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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Sotheron. Sotheron John King. Sotheron requests that the justiciar and treasurer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/249/12402
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This record is about the John Sotheron. Sotheron John King. Sotheron requests that the justiciar and treasurer... dating from [1391] 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 8/249/12402
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Sotheron.
- Name(s)
- Sotheron, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Sotheron requests that the justiciar and treasurer of Ireland and the mayor and bailiffs of Dublin be ordered to return his wife Joan to him. She was captured by Eustace in the petitioner's castle of Dangan and subsequently recovered by Stanley who handed her over to Berle and Cusack for safekeeping. He also requests that Eustace, Berle and Cusack be arrested to answer for their actions before the King and council.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dangan, [County Meath], Ireland
- Dublin, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- John Eustace
- Joan [Sotheron], wife of the petitioner
- John Stanley, late justiciar of Ireland
- Edmund Berle, citizen of Dublin
- Thomas Cusak (Cusack), citizen of Dublin
- Thomas Wodheved (Woodhead)
- John Corbet.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Connolly to 1391, with reference to CCR 1389-92, p. 463, a commission in accordance with the 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)
- 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), pp.78-79 (calendar of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440008/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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