Thomas Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare; John de Bermengham (Bermingham). Fitz...

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.

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

• 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)