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John de Grauntsete. de Grauntsete John King. Grauntsete requests that he be granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12164

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Reference
SC 8/244/12164
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
John de Grauntsete.
Name(s)
de Grauntsete, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Grauntsete requests that he be granted a licence to found a chapel dedicated to St Mary on the bridge of the city of Dublin, and to establish 2 chaplains to sing perpetually there. He requests also a licence to 100s. of land of burgage to the mayor and commonalty of Dublin to pay the sustenance of the chaplains.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland].
Note
The petition dates to 1348 as the privy seal warrant was issued and the licence was granted to the petitioner on 24 October 1348 (C 81/334/19814; CPR 1348-50, p.197).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 19814 in C 81/334

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/154/7664

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.197 (grant of licence)
  • 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.78 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439769/

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