James Botiller (Butler) of Ireland, son and heir of Edmund le Botiller. Botiller...

Petitioners

James Botiller (Butler) of Ireland, son and heir of Edmund le Botiller.

Name(s)

Botiller (Butler), James

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Botiller requests remedy as his ancestors were accustomed to take prise of wines from the royal towns of Ireland, but this was not expressly included in the writ for delivery of his estates to his disinheritance.

Nature of endorsement

Let it be ordered by writ to the justice and chancellor of Ireland that they examine the inquisition diem clausit extremum returned into Chancery after the death of the petitioner's father, and if they find that the father did die seised and it was taken into the king's hand they are to make delivery, and if not they are to enquire of this and call those who should be called.

Places mentioned

Dublin, [Ireland]

Drogheda, [Ireland]

Waterford, [County Waterford, Ireland]

Cork, [County Cork, Ireland]

Limerick, [County Limerick, Ireland].

People mentioned

Edmund le Botiller (Butler), father of the petitioner.

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/35/1715

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.84 (order to the justice and chancellor of Ireland to examine the matter and give seisin to the petitioner if they find his claims true)
• Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.130-1 (no.159) (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.55 (brief calendar of petition)