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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Portreeve, bailiffs and commonalty of Galway. King The portreeve, bailiffs and commonalty...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/231/11540
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This record is about the Portreeve, bailiffs and commonalty of Galway. King The portreeve, bailiffs and commonalty... dating from 1402 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 8/231/11540
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1402
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Portreeve, bailiffs and commonalty of Galway.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The portreeve, bailiffs and commonalty request confirmation of the grant by Richard II of murage and pavage for 40 years.
- Nature of endorsement
- 12 [March], 3 [Henry IV], it agreed by [members of the council, named] that they should have confirmation for a fine.
- Places mentioned
- Galway, [County Galway, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster, lieutenant of Ireland
- [Edmund Stafford], chancellor
- [Henry Bowet], treasurer
- [Thomas Langley], keeper of the privy seal
- [Henry Percy], Earl of Northumberland
- [Ralph de Neville], Earl of Westmorland
- [Thomas Percy], Earl of Worcester
- [John] Prophet
- John Cheyne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 by the dating clause in the response, the month not being entirely legible, but it is March 3 Henry IV as this is also the date that the inspeximus and confirmation was issued (CPR 1401-5, p.86).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 484.
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.86 (inspeximus and confirmation of the grant of murage and pavage and another grant of Richard II)
- 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.75 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335099/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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