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Thomas de Morley, Lord Morley. de Morley, Lord Morley Thomas King and Lords in Parliament....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6254

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This record is about the Thomas de Morley, Lord Morley. de Morley, Lord Morley Thomas King and Lords in Parliament.... dating from [c. 1381] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/126/6254
Date
[c. 1381]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Morley, Lord Morley.
Name(s)
de Morley, Lord Morley, Thomas
Addressees
King and Lords in Parliament.
Nature of request
Thomas, Lord Morley, requests the restoration to him of the office of Marshal of Ireland, which he should have inherited from his father, William. This was taken into the King's hands following the death of both Roger Denys, his father's lieutenant, who died while William was in England, and the subsequent death of William himself.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ireland.
People mentioned
[Edward III], King of England
Roger Denys, lieutenant to William de Morley
William [de Morley], father of the petitioner.
Note
Dated by Connolly to c. 1381. William de Morley died on 30 April 1379.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner on this subject see SC 8/20/960

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5524
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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.45 (brief calendar of petition, incorrectly referenced)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208428/

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