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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Magnates and others of the realm of England, Ireland and Wales. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7946
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This record is about the Magnates and others of the realm of England, Ireland and Wales. King and council.... dating from [? 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/159/7946
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Magnates and others of the realm of England, Ireland and Wales.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The magnates and others complain that they have been ousted from the lands which formerly belonged to the Templars and which the king has now granted to the Hospitallers. As heirs of the original donors, they were entitled to repossess the lands when the Templars were suppressed.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- [Largely illegible].2) This petition is not able to be answered, the statute being in force, by which statute the hospitallers hold the lands comprised etc.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1327 on the basis of the dating ascribed to the petition by Connolly, though no explanation is given for this.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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.52 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210138/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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