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Robert Burnell of Castleknock. Burnell Robert King. Burnell requests that he be granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/253/12623

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Reference
SC 8/253/12623
Date
[1388]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Burnell of Castleknock.
Name(s)
Burnell, Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Burnell requests that he be granted the office of second baron of the Dublin Exchequer notwithstanding any grant of the same office to any other by any minister of the king, the office being void by the death of Carlisle.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:]This petition is granted by the king.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Castleknock, County Dublin, Ireland.
People mentioned
John Carlell (Carlisle), late second baron of the Dublin Exchequer.
Note
The petition dates to 1388 as the office was granted to the petitioner on 28 May 1388 (CPR 1385-9, p.449).
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, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.449 (grant of the office)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.259 (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.80 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440230/

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