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Maurice de Stokes. de Stokes Maurice King and council. Request for confirmation as...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/208/10392

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SC 8/208/10392
Date
[1346]
Description
Petitioners
Maurice de Stokes.
Name(s)
de Stokes, Maurice
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for confirmation as constable of Drogheda Castle.
Nature of endorsement
The keeper does not have power to grant titles of confirmation.
Places mentioned
Drogheda, [Ireland]
Ireland.
People mentioned
Ralph Ufford, former Justiciar of Ireland.
Note
Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p. 66.
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.187 (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.66 (calendar of petition with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333949/

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