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Citizens of Dublin. King and council. Petition in five parts, for the maintenance...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/210/10461

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This record is about the Citizens of Dublin. King and council. Petition in five parts, for the maintenance... dating from [1363] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/210/10461
Date
[1363]
Description
Petitioners
Citizens of Dublin.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Petition in five parts, for the maintenance of the citizens' rights, for the amendment of the statute of the staple, and for equality with Cork, Waterford and Drogheda in the extension of their franchise.
Nature of endorsement
[Responses to each item interlineated on the face of the petition.]
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland]
Calais, [France]
Gascony, [France]
Westminster
Cork, [County Cork, Ireland]
Waterford, [County Waterford, Ireland]
Drogheda, [Ireland].
Note
Dated by Sayles, Affairs, pp. 216-17.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/207/10311

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), pp.216-217 (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/C9334018/

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