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William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster. de Burgh, Earl of Ulster William King. [The sense...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7757

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This record is about the William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster. de Burgh, Earl of Ulster William King. [The sense... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/156/7757
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster.
Name(s)
de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[The sense of the petition is impossible to recover because so little of the petition survives, but the petitioner requests a writ concerning a larceny committed in Ulster].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Ulster, [Ireland].
Note
If this petition, as the guard note and Connolly believed, was the petition enclosed in the writ found as SC 8/156/7758 then this petition dates to 1331.
Related material

For the writ in which this petition was probably enclosed see SC 8/156/7758

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.51 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209949/

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