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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh FitzJohn of Ireland. FitzJohn Hugh King and council. Hugh requests that Caunteton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8180
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This record is about the Hugh FitzJohn of Ireland. FitzJohn Hugh King and council. Hugh requests that Caunteton... dating from [1308] 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 8/164/8180
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh FitzJohn of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- FitzJohn, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Hugh requests that Caunteton or Rochford be appointed to hear an action of novel disseisin brought against Blount and fitzHugh relating to the lands of Knockrath. Blount was allied to the great lords of the land and in four years acquired 400 librates of land by champerty, conspiracy and fraud, to the detriment of Hugh, his wife and their ten children.
- Nature of endorsement
- No endorsement.
- Places mentioned
- County Cork, Ireland
- Knockrath [unidentified], [Ireland]
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Westminster, [London].
- People mentioned
- Davy le Blount
- John FitzHugh
- William de Kaunteton (Caunteton), sheriff of Cork
- Maurice de Rocheford (Rochford)
- William le Flet', cousin of Davy le Blount.
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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.54 (brief calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294025/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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