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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prior and convent of the church of St Peter of Selsker of Wexford. King. The prior...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12054
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This record is about the Prior and convent of the church of St Peter of Selsker of Wexford. King. The prior... dating from [1334] 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 8/242/12054
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of the church of St Peter of Selsker of Wexford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The prior and convent request that the king command a writ of ad quod damnum to the escheator of Ireland to enquire upon the points of Sotewell's wish to grant land in Tikillin and the advowson of the church there. They are greatly impoverished by the war.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wexford, [County Wexford, Ireland]
- Taghkylyn (Tikillin), [County Wexford, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Sotewell
- McMurrough.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1334 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 16 July 1334 [8 Edw. III] (C 81/215/7991).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.7991 in C 81/215
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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)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439657/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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