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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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Joan Cusac (Cusak, Cusack), wife of Geoffrey Cusac. Cusac (Cusak, Cusack) Joan King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/181/9012
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This record is about the Joan Cusac (Cusak, Cusack), wife of Geoffrey Cusac. Cusac (Cusak, Cusack) Joan King.... dating from [c. 1395-c. 1427] 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 8/181/9012
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1395-c. 1427]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan Cusac (Cusak, Cusack), wife of Geoffrey Cusac.
- Name(s)
- Cusac (Cusak, Cusack), Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Joan Cusac states that although an inquisition held before the Treasurer and Sturmy showed that her husband Geoffrey was the son and heir of Thomas Cusac, Shugley and Curles have claimed that Geoffrey was illegitimate, ousted him from his lands and imprisoned him without trial in Trim castle. She requests that the king order his lieutenant to summon Geoffrey before the king in England, so that right can be done, as his captors are so powerful that no justice can be had without the king's order.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Drogheda, [Ireland]
- Trim, [County Meath, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey Cusac (Cusak, Cusack), husband of the petitioner
- Thomas Cusac (Cusak, Cusack), father of Geoffrey Cusac
- Treasurer of Ireland
- William Sturmy, justice
- John Shugley
- Robert Curles.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Connolly to temp. Henry IV. This is probably correct, but a wider range would seem possible. Sturmey was appointed as justice by Richard II in 1395 (and is probably the man of that name who died in 1427), while Joan Cusack died 1441.
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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)
- 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.60 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294889/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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