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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare and John de Bermingham, for the commonalty...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10873
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This record is about the Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare and John de Bermingham, for the commonalty... dating from [1317-1319] 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 8/218/10873
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317-1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare and John de Bermingham, for the commonalty of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- FitzJohn FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare; de Bermingham, Thomas; John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Kildare and Bermingham, on behalf of the commonalty of Ireland, request that none of the king's officials or ministers in Ireland be allowed the right to pardon people for the murder of Englishmen in Ireland, but that they be judged according to the law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Sayles to the period between the succession of Thomas FitzJohn as Earl of Kildare in 1317 and the creation of Bermingham as Earl of Louth in 1319.
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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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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.101 (no.137) (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.71 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334431/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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