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Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald, earl of Kildare. Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald, earl of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/228/11395

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Reference
SC 8/228/11395
Date
[c. 1369]
Description
Petitioners
Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald, earl of Kildare.
Name(s)
Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald, earl of Kildare, Maurice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Earl Maurice requests an exemplification of the rolls and that right be done to him as his father was granted various liberties in Kildare and the office of sheriff in Co. Kildare by the king's father and he died seised of it, and the petitioner as son and heir was seised until it was seized into the king's hand by Ufford for no cause upon which a writ was sent to the justice of Ireland of the cause of the taking which was returned.
Nature of endorsement
It was placed amongst the writs of the king from the 43rd year of Edward III.
Places mentioned
County Kildare, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Thomas [Fitz John Fitz Gerald], earl of Kildare
Ralph de Ufford, then justice of Ireland.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1369 on the basis of the response.
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.74 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334955/

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