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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and commonalty of Dublin. King. [Petition in 2 parts].1) The mayor and commonalty...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8817
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This record is about the Mayor and commonalty of Dublin. King. [Petition in 2 parts].1) The mayor and commonalty... dating from [1317] 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 8/177/8817
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and commonalty of Dublin.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts].1) The mayor and commonalty request that the king reserve the deliverance of the earl of Ulster to himself, as they despair of having justice before any justice in Ireland who has land to lose in Ireland.2) They further request that only the king should have the release of felons because of the bribery of ministers in Ireland; and they request this for their neighbours of Drogheda.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dublin, [Ireland]
- Drogheda, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- [Richard de Burgh], earl of Ulster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1317 based on the dating given by Sayles who notes that the earl of Ulster was seized on 21 February 1317, and that he was released on 8 May.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/177/8820
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.85-6 (no.111) (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.58 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294685/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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