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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Justiciar, Chancellor, Treasurer and others of the council of Ireland. King. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5897
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This record is about the Justiciar, Chancellor, Treasurer and others of the council of Ireland. King. The... dating from [1352] 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 8/118/5897
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1352]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Justiciar, Chancellor, Treasurer and others of the council of Ireland.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Irish officials give details of various methods by which they intend to increase the King's revenues and profits in Ireland, and request the king's assistance in these efforts.
- Nature of endorsement
- To our Lord the King.Ireland.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Palatinate of Durham
- Palatinate of Cheshire
- Llanthony Priory, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- [Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitzgerald], Earl of Desmond.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enrolled on the Close Roll alongside entries for January-February 1352. The calendar gives a full transcription of the enrolment, which includes the various clauses from this document together with their respective responses from C 49/43/19.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the response to this petition see C 49/43/19
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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 4528
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IX, 1349-1354, (Public Record Office, 1906), pp.459-62 (full edition of petition and responses enrolled on the close roll)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.203-7 (nos.221-2) (full edition of petition and associated answers in C 49/43/19)
- 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.42 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150578/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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