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James le Botiller (Butler), earl of Ormond. Botiller (Butler), earl of Ormond James...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8808

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Reference
SC 8/177/8808
Date
[1332]
Description
Petitioners
James le Botiller (Butler), earl of Ormond.
Name(s)
Botiller (Butler), earl of Ormond, James
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[The petition is very badly damaged and the details are supplied from the duplicate]1) Botiller requests pardon of the debts that he and his ancestors owe, as he has been put to great cost maintaining the peace and has lost men, horses and armour.2) Botiller requests that he be discharged from rendering the account for lands destroyed in wartime from the time of his ancestors, as the tallies of payments and other things were burnt by felons when he was a minor and they were in the king's hand.3) Botiller requests that he be re-granted the liberty of Tipperary to support him as it was granted to him for life by the king after he was made earl and then subsequently retaken into the king's hand, or that he can have lands and rents elsewhere in allowance of this.4) Botiller requests the grant for life of the prise of wines in Ireland which he and his ancestors had until Lucy's time rendering as much as his ancestors rendered.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Ireland
County Tipperary, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Breen Obreen
Anthony de Lucy, late justice of Ireland.
Note
The petition dates to 1332 as the duplicate is answered by a writ and return of writ dating to 1332 and 1334 respectively (SC 8/271/13541-3).
Related material

For an apparent duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/271/13543

For a duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/93/4606

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294676/

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