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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/174/8670
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1297 as the petitioner received the grant of his request on 25 March 1297 (CPR 1292-1301, p.245).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files, Bundle 13.
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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 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294536/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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