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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Sprot, clerk. Sprot Thomas King clerk Thomas Sprot requests that his appointment...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9159
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/184/9159
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Sprot, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Sprot, Thomas
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Thomas Sprot requests that his appointment as Archdeacon of Meath be ratified and confirmed, as the king had no right to present Carlell to the office.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Meath archdeaconry, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- William [Andrew], Bishop of Meath
- William Carlell, clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested ratification was issued on 12 March 1384.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.32 of C 81/1341
For a related petition see SC 8/269/13449
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.364-5 (licence for the bishop to act on this matter) & p.390 (requested ratification) & p.476 (related licence)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), no.271 (p.258) (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.61 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295036/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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