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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Assheton (Ashton), late Justiciar of Ireland. de Assheton (Ashton) Robert...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10845
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This record is about the Robert de Assheton (Ashton), late Justiciar of Ireland. de Assheton (Ashton) Robert... dating from [1375] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/217/10845
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Assheton (Ashton), late Justiciar of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- de Assheton (Ashton), Robert
- Addressees
- Governor and Keeper of Ireland, and the King's Council in Ireland.
- Occupation
- Justiciar of Ireland
- Nature of request
- Robert de Ashton, former justiciar of Ireland, requests that the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer of Ireland be ordered to make an allowance in the account of Robert de Lythum, his clerk of wages, for wages and regards paid to men at arms and English archers retained by him in addition to his agreed retinue, in place of certain other soldiers which were to be paid from the revenues of Ireland. He also requests allowance for a further eighteen archers retained between 21 June 1372 and 28 October 1373.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Memorandum that a writ was issued to the governor according to the form of this petition by the advice of the council, enrolled on the close roll for this year.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- [William of Windsor], Governor of Ireland
- Robert de Lythum, clerk of wages.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested order was issued on 26 October 1375.
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.170-1 (requested order to the Treasurer and Barons of the Irish Exchequer)
- 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.69-70 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334402/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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