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Hugh Kent, burgess of Galway. Kent Hugh King. Kent requests the grant by letters...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8670

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This record is about the Hugh Kent, burgess of Galway. Kent Hugh King. Kent requests the grant by letters... dating from [1297] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/174/8670
Date
[1297]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh Kent, burgess of Galway.
Name(s)
Kent, Hugh
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Kent requests the grant by letters patent that he and his children are able to use the law of England as this will be to the king's profit.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Galway, [County Galway, Ireland].
Note
The petition dates to 1297 as the petitioner received the grant of his request on 25 March 1297 (CPR 1292-1301, p.245).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files, Bundle 13.
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.1174 (summary of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.245 (grant to the petitioner as requested)
  • 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/C9294536/

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