Thomas Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare. Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare...

Petitioners

Thomas Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare.

Name(s)

Fitz John Fitz Gerald, Earl of Kildare, Thomas

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

The Earl of Kildare makes two requests.1) He asks for a grant of royal service in order to go to Thomond to avenge the death of Richard de Clare.2) He asks for the debts of his ancestors accumulated since the time of Henry III to be pardoned, amounting to £400.1)

Nature of endorsement

Concerning the first petition the council advise that it should be sent to the justiciar of Ireland that, having summoned those of the council he sees fit to summon, they should act concerning the said service as seems right to them.2) Concerning the second petition, the council advise that the Treasurer of the Dublin Exchequer be ordered to certify to the king how much and what manner of debts are due, and meanwhile he should have respite.

Places mentioned

Ireland

Thomond, [Ireland].

People mentioned

Richard de Clare

Henry [III], King of England

[Roger de Mortimer], Justiciar of Ireland.

For transcript, see no.48 of PRO 31/7/95

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.90 (order to Roger de Mortimer, justiciary of Ireland, to cause Thomas to have the king's service, unless it had already been granted to the Earl of Ulster)
• Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.91 (no.121) (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)