John Fitz Thomas. Fitz Thomas John King. John Fitz Thomas petitions on behalf of...

Petitioners

John Fitz Thomas.

Name(s)

Fitz Thomas, John

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

John Fitz Thomas petitions on behalf of David Fitz Gerald, who was in the King's service in John's company in Scotland and Ireland, and endured great losses there, and asks that he might be pardoned the arrears of his account from the time when he was Sheriff of County Kerry, as the wars with the Irish there are preventing the levying of this money.

Nature of endorsement

Because it is attested by John de Hothum that he gave him great aid in those parts, and that on this account he led him to hope that the King would pardon him of part of his debt, and that he would allow him to pay the rest in instalments, it seems, if it pleases the King, that he should be pardoned half of the debt, and should pay the rest in instalments, as has been said above. It pleases the King.

Places mentioned

Scotland

County Kerry, Ireland.

People mentioned

David Fitz Gerald, formerly Sheriff of County Kerry

John de Hothum.

For transcript, see no.28 of PRO 31/7/100

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.285 (order to discharge David Fitz Gerald of part of his arrears, at the request of John Fitz Thomas)
• 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.49 (brief calendar of petition)