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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer). de Mortemer (Mortimer) Roger King. [Petition in 2 parts].1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8660
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This record is about the Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer). de Mortemer (Mortimer) Roger King. [Petition in 2 parts].1)... 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 8/174/8660
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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
- Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer).
- Name(s)
- de Mortemer (Mortimer), Roger
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts].1) Mortemer requests that the king render to him his land of Dunamase which is in the king's hand by Mortemer's minority.2) Mortemer requests a grant of a licence for Geneville to grant to Mortemer and his wife all the lands which he holds in Ireland of his wife's inheritance, and that they are able to have and enjoy all the liberties and free customs pertaining to them, and to plead by writ of their own Chancery as Geneville and his wife has done, Joan Mortimer being Maud Geneville's heir.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants to Mortimer all the contents in the petition with the liberties etc.
- Places mentioned
- Dunamase, [County Laois], Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey de Genevyle (Geneville)
- Joan [de Mortemer (Mortimer)], wife of the petitioner
- Maud [de Genevyle (Geneville)], wife of Geoffrey de Geneville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1308 as Geneville was granted a licence to surrender his lands and tenements to Mortimer on 24 December 1308 (CPR 1307-13, p.33).
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.33 (grant of a licence to Geneville to surrender his lands and tenements to Mortimer)
- 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.56 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294526/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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