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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified. Council. The petitioner requests that the Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/208/10386A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/208/10386A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1349]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests that the Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr in Dublin be appointed as Chancellor of the Dublin Exchequer, as agreed by the king and the council at Portsmouth.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that the present chancellor is sufficient, and that they do not wish to remove him without reasonable cause.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Dublin, [Ireland]
- Portsmouth, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr, Dublin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Connolly and Sayles to c.1349, suggesting that the Abbot may be Nicholas Allen, late Bishop of Meath. The petition was presumably submitted either by the abbot or another on his behalf.
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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), p.191 (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.65 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333942/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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