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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor tenants of the demesne lands of Newcastle Lyons. King and Council. The tenants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5888
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This record is about the Poor tenants of the demesne lands of Newcastle Lyons. King and Council. The tenants... dating from [1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/118/5888
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor tenants of the demesne lands of Newcastle Lyons.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request a writ to the treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer in Dublin, releasing them from their arrears of rent. They claim that they are unable to pay the £200 and more owed on account of their poverty, caused by attacks upon them by various Scottish and Irish rebels, both in the time of the present king and his father.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king, of his good grace, releases them of £100 of their arrears.
- Places mentioned
- Newcastle Lyons, [County Dublin, Ireland]
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Dublin, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- [Edward II, King of England].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant pardon is dated 20 June 1334 (CPR 1330-4, p.551).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/86/4296
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4517
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.551 (pardon to the tenants of Newcastle Lyons of £100 of their arrears)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.41 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150569/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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