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Robert de Wikeford, Archbishop of Dublin. de Wikeford Robert Council. Archbishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/211/10503

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This record is about the Robert de Wikeford, Archbishop of Dublin. de Wikeford Robert Council. Archbishop... dating from [c. 1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/211/10503
Date
[c. 1376]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Wikeford, Archbishop of Dublin.
Name(s)
de Wikeford, Robert
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
Archbishop of Dublin
Nature of request
Request for release from financial obligations incurred by the petitioner as constable of Bordeaux.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
Guyenne, [France]
Aquitaine, [France].
People mentioned
[John of Gaunt,] King of Castile [and Duke of Lancaster]
[Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales and] Aquitaine
Thomas de Felton, Seneschal of Aquitaine.
Note
Dated by Connolly, 'Irish Ancient Petitions', p. 66, as 1376 on the basis of CCR 1374-7, p. 385; it should be noted that the petition is much more general than the close roll entry, and that the latter provides only an impressionistic date for the petition, which may be a little later.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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/C9334060/

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