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John Darcy. Darcy John King. Darcy requests that the king grant a year's protection...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8797

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Reference
SC 8/176/8797
Date
[1333]
Description
Petitioners
John Darcy.
Name(s)
Darcy, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Darcy requests that the king grant a year's protection to Grendon who is going to Ireland in his company.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Ireland.
People mentioned
Roger de Grendon.
Note
The petition dates to 1333 as the protection was granted to Grendon and others on 26 January 1333 (CPR 1330-4, p.393).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, and possibly related to this petition, see SC 8/176/8798

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.393 (grant of protection to Grendon and others)
  • 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.58 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294665/

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