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Eleanor de Multon, widow of Thomas de Multon of Egremont. de Multon Eleanor King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/167/8306

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Reference
SC 8/167/8306
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Eleanor de Multon, widow of Thomas de Multon of Egremont.
Name(s)
de Multon, Eleanor
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
Eleanor, widow of Thomas de Multon, states that the advowson of the church of Aherlow formed part of her dower, but the chancellor of Ireland has wrongfully presented Hide to that church. Eleanor sued a writ of repeal to remove him, but the bishop of Emly refused to act, and Eleanor brought the case to the Archbishop of Cashel. However, Hide procured letters from Despenser and Baldok, prohibiting the Archbishop from hearing the case, and barring her from her right. She therefore requests a writ out of the chancery of England to countermand this.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] For the Lady of Multon.[on dorse] Sue in Chancery [deleted]Have a writ in chancery containing the effect of this petition to the chancellor of Ireland ordering that he is to view the writ and make a consultation concerning this matter.
Places mentioned
Egremont, [Cumberland]
Natherlagh (Aherlow), [County Tipperary, Ireland].
People mentioned
Thomas de Multon of Egremont, late husband of the petitioner
Richard de la Hide
Chancellor of Ireland
Bishop of Emly
Archbishop of Cashel
Hugh le Despenser
Robert de Baldek (Baldock), chancellor of England.
Note
Dated on the guard to c.1327. The petition noted in Rot. Parl. II, p.437 does not seem to be this one, although it clearly relates to the same matter, but the reference to Baldock as 'then chancellor' would seem to date it to after his dismissal in November 1326.
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.54 (calendar of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.437a (summary of a related petition and response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294151/

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