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People of the city of Cork. King. [Petition in 4 parts].1) The people request confirmation...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8668

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Reference
SC 8/174/8668
Date
[1323]
Description
Petitioners
People of the city of Cork.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 4 parts].1) The people request confirmation for a reasonable fine of the liberty that no citizen of Cork should plead or be impleaded except before the mayor and the bailiffs of the city.2) The people request that they be able to arrest any of their goods and chattels taken by the justice or other ministers, and to be able to do this without impeachment of the ministers, as the ministers have been taking them although this is against their liberties.3) The people request that they not be elected as ministers in other counties of which they have no knowledge if other suitable and more knowledgeable people who can attend to the office are available.4) The people request that they are able by their letters to make attorneys to make their proffer in the Exchequer of Dublin so that the mayor and bailiffs can avoid the perils that can often befall them by robbers and malefactors. They request this for a reasonable fine.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be done for a fine of £100.
Places mentioned
Cork, [County Cork, Ireland]
Dublin, [Ireland].
Note
The petition dates to 1323 as a charter granting the requested liberties was enrolled on the charter roll and dates to 18 November 1323 (CChR 1300-26, p.460).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.460 (grant of the additional liberties for a fine)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.109-10 (no.149) (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.57 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294534/

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