Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin. de Bicknor Alexander King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7958

What’s it about?

This record is about the Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin. de Bicknor Alexander King and council.... dating from [c. 1333] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/160/7958
Date
[c. 1333]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin.
Name(s)
de Bicknor, Alexander
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Archbishop of Dublin
Nature of request
Bicknor requests allowances for various payments made to the Templars, the Friars Preachers and Minor and others from the times when he was treasurer and chancellor of Ireland for which he has still not had allowance.
Nature of endorsement
He should have a writ to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains of Dublin to examine and certify the treasurer and barons of the English Exchequer of all payments made in petit cases, just as has been in other cases.
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland]
Drogheda, [County Louth, Ireland].
People mentioned
Templars
Walter de Thornbury
John Bermyngham
Thomas de la Fontaigne
Friars Preachers
Friars Minor.
Note
The archbishop petitioned on several occasions on this matter, and the allowance was finally granted on 18 June 1333, though it is not clear whether the allowance was made in response to this petition (CCR 1333-7, p.56).
Related material

For a writ relating to the same matter see SC 8/43/2136

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/43/2137

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.56 (order to make allowance to the archbishop)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.162-3 (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), p.53 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210150/

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/160

7951-8000. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/160/7958

Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin. de Bicknor Alexander King and council....

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.