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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare; John de Bermengham (Bermingham). Fitz...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5944
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This record is about the Thomas Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare; John de Bermengham (Bermingham). Fitz... dating from [1319] 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 8/119/5944
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare; John de Bermengham (Bermingham).
- Name(s)
- Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare; de Bermengham (Bermingham), Thomas; John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the Justice of Ireland be allowed to receive into the king's law and custom all those Irishmen wishing to do so, and that they may be granted commissions to do the same in their lands. The names of those received would be given to the king, so that they may have the king's charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King grants that both should have what they seek.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant commissions were issued on 7 June 1319. The petition presumably dates from shortly before, and probably before Bermingham was created Earl of Louth on 12 May 1319.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition probably from the same John de Bermingham, see SC 8/81/4049
For transcript, see no.47 of PRO 31/7/95
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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 4672
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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 II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.342 (commissions to the petitioners allowing them to receive such Irishmen into English law)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.90 (no.120) (edition of petition)
- 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.43 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150628/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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