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Elizabeth [de Burgh[, widow of John de Bourg [Burgh], earl of Ulster. de Burgh, Elizabeth...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/134/6697

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Reference
SC 8/134/6697
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Elizabeth [de Burgh[, widow of John de Bourg [Burgh], earl of Ulster.
Name(s)
de Burgh,, Elizabeth
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Complaint concerning disputes with Despenser over property in Ireland.
Nature of endorsement
Have a writ to the justices of Ireland that they show the orders and do right.
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland]
Typerargh (Tibberaghny), County Kilkenny, Ireland]
Stristellaueras (Inch St Lawrence), [County Limerick, Ireland]
Esclon, [County Limerick, Ireland]
Brownrath, [County Meath, Ireland]
Strothir (Shrule), [County Mayo, Ireland]
Kilcolgyn (Kilcolgan), [County Galway, Ireland]
Glancoskery [unidentified], [Ireland]
Kynaleth (Kenlough), [County Mayo, Ireland]
Loghmesk (Lough Mask), [County Mayo, Ireland]
Connacht, [Ireland]
Munster, [Ireland]
Colrath (Coleraine), [County Antrim, Ireland]
Dromtarssy (Dromtarcy, Killowen), [County Londonderry, Ireland]
Porteros (Portrush), [County Antrim, Ireland]
Portkaman, [County Antrim, Ireland]
Domsomery (Dunseverick), [County Antrim, Ireland]
Dauntrom (Antrim), [Ireland].
People mentioned
Richard de Burgh, earl of Ulster
John de Burgh
Hugh Despenser the younger.>
Note
Securely dated by reference to summary of petition on parliament roll of 1327: Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., pp. 151-3. The names of the manors have been identified largely according to the index to that volume.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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.47 (brief calendar of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.151-3 (Latin summary of petition and outcome, with modern full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208879/

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