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Citizens of Dublin. King and council. Request for power to arrest all those contravening...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/207/10311

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SC 8/207/10311
Date
[c. 1363]
Description
Petitioners
Citizens of Dublin.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for power to arrest all those contravening the franchises of the city of Dublin in taking herbergage and seizing the goods and chattels of citizens and of others coming to the city, as has happened since the arrival of the Duke of Clarence.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland].
People mentioned
[Lionel of Antwerp], Duke of Clarence.
Note
Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p. 64.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/210/10461

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.215-16 (edition of petition with references)
  • 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.64 (calendar of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333867/

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