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Thomas O Mellaig, Bishop of Annadown. O Mellaig Thomas King. Bishop of Annadown The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12094

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This record is about the Thomas O Mellaig, Bishop of Annadown. O Mellaig Thomas King. Bishop of Annadown The... dating from [1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/242/12094
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas O Mellaig, Bishop of Annadown.
Name(s)
O Mellaig, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Bishop of Annadown
Nature of request
The bishop requests that the king write to the pope to cause the revocation of the union of his see with the archbishopric of Tuam procured by the archbishop.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
People mentioned
Malachy [Mael Mac Aeda], Archbishop of Tuam.
Note
The petition dates to 1330 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 11 February 1330 [4 Edw. III] (C 81/168/3252).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 3252 in C 81/168

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.146-7 (full edition of petition)
  • 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.77 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439697/

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