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Mayor and commonalty of the city of Dublin. King and council. [Petition in three...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7783

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This record is about the Mayor and commonalty of the city of Dublin. King and council. [Petition in three... dating from [? 1316] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/156/7783
Date
[? 1316]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and commonalty of the city of Dublin.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[Petition in three parts].1) The mayor and commonalty request a reduction in their farm for two years because they had to burn their suburbs on the coming of the Scots.2) They request a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Dublin Exchequer to allow them to answer for their debts in the Exchequer.3) They request the grant of all escheats of money in aid of acquitting their farm.1)
Nature of endorsement
Concerning the first and last, coram rege.2) Concerning the second, nothing because it is against the law.
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland].
Note
The petition probably dates to 1316 when the king pardoned them a portion of their farm for 4 years. However, the first part of the petition only requested a pardon for two years, so that it seems strange that the king should grant more than was requested (CPR 1313-17, p.471).
Related material

For a petition by the Dublin Dominicans concerning damage during the Scottish invasion see SC 8/325/E673

For another petition concerning debts in the Exchequer see SC 8/130/6481

For another petition concerning the burning of the suburbs see SC 8/106/5264

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.471 (pardon to the mayor and commonalty of a portion of their farm for 4 years)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.86-7 (no.112) (full 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), pp.51-2 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209975/

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