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Duncan de Mackoury, bachelor of John de Argyle. de Mackoury Duncan King and Council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10869

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Reference
SC 8/218/10869
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
Duncan de Mackoury, bachelor of John de Argyle.
Name(s)
de Mackoury, Duncan
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
Duncan de Mackoury requests that he may be granted the custody of the lands and heir of Ledwich in Ireland, worth 20 marks per year, and the marriage of his widow, in consideration of his long service to the king and his father in the Scottish wars, and his great losses in those wars.
Nature of endorsement
Order by writ under the great seal to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer of Dublin to certify the king of the annual value of the lands mentioned in the petition, and the age of the heir, and the value of the marriage.
Places mentioned
Scotland
Ireland
Dublin, [Ireland].
People mentioned
John de Ergeyl (Argyle)
[Edward I], King of England
Nicholas de Ledewyche (Ledwich).
Note
Assigned by Rot. Parl., vol. I, p.310 to the Hilary parliament of 1315.
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.70 (calendar of petition with references)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.310 (transcript of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334427/

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