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William de Bourg (Burgh), kinsman and heir of Richard de Burgh, earl of Ulster. de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8498

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Reference
SC 8/170/8498
Date
[c. 1327-1330]
Description
Petitioners
William de Bourg (Burgh), kinsman and heir of Richard de Burgh, earl of Ulster.
Name(s)
de Bourg (Burgh), William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts:]1) Bourg requests a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that he be discharged of a demand made on him for £200 which the king's grandfather gave to Richard de Burgh as a gift by prest of the Wardrobe.Copy of a charter of Edward I granting £200 to Richard de Burgh. 11 July 13 Edw. I (1285).2) Bourg requests that allowance be made in the debts of his ancestors against the 100 marks which the late earl of Ulster paid to Luda by the hand of Berneval.Acquittance of William de Luda to the earl of Ulster for 100 marks. 1 September 13 Edward I (1285).
Nature of endorsement
He should show his letters in Chancery and have a writ to the treasurer and barons according to this.
Places mentioned
Leeds, [Kent]
Winchester, [Hampshire].
People mentioned
Richard de Bourg (Burgh), earl of Ulster
Edward I, King of England
William de Luda (Lude), treasurer of the Wardobe
William de Berneval
Richard Fitz John, ancestor of Richard de Burgh.
Note
The petition is dated c. 1327-1330 as the petition refers to Richard de Burgh, late earl of Ulster who died in mid 1326, and the petitioner was styled earl of Ulster after 19 June 1330, but is not so styled in the petition (Handbook of British Chronology, p.497).
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.55 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294347/

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