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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey de Morton. de Morton Geoffrey King. Geoffrey de Morton states that the tower...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11985
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/240/11985
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey de Morton.
- Name(s)
- de Morton, Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Geoffrey de Morton states that the tower at the head of the bridge in Dublin was accidentally burnt down and destroyed, as well as the wall around that tower, and, because of the peril that could come to the King and the city from this, Geoffrey has employed masons to rebuild the tower and wall, and he has already spent more than £80 on this. He therefore asks the King to grant him murage at Dublin for ten years.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The King has granted him murage for six years.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Dublin, [Ireland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Apparently enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.273, which is dated 15 June 1308. CPR 1307-13 pp.90-91 is dated 20 July 1308, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.273 (mandate to give the petitioner suitable letters)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.90-91 (grant of murage on various goods for six years)
- 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.76 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335549/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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