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Henry de Gorham; Annora de Gorham, wife of Henry de Gorham. de Gorham; de Gorham...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8662

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This record is about the Henry de Gorham; Annora de Gorham, wife of Henry de Gorham. de Gorham; de Gorham... dating from [1274-1280] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/174/8662
Date
[1274-1280]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Gorham; Annora de Gorham, wife of Henry de Gorham.
Name(s)
de Gorham; de Gorham, Henry; Annora
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts].1) The Gorhams request the king's letters to the treasurer of Ireland that they might be able to pay a debt of 20 marks over 5 years at the two terms of the year.2) The Gorhams requests that they be granted that they can pay their Easter farm at Michaelmas, and the Michaelmas farm at Easter for the farm of Chapelizod.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Chapelizod, [County Dublin, Ireland].
Note
The petition is dated to 1274-1280 on the basis of the dating found in Sweetman (Cal. Docs Ireland, vol. I, no.1760).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/309/15401

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files, Bundle 20.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland, 1171-1307, vol. I, H.S. Sweetman, (Public Record Office, 1974), no.1760 (summary 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.56 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294528/

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