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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Baltinglas. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Baltinglas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12871
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Baltinglas. King and council. The Abbot and convent of Baltinglas... dating from [? c. 1300-1307] 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 8/258/12871
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Baltinglas.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Baltinglas state that in the reign of King John their lands at Wathmelan, Athlerduan and Rathmanath were seized into the King's hand because some of the lay-brothers who were wardens of these lands were receiving thieves and felons there. They have sued to the King and his council for grace, and the justice of Ireland has often been ordered to do what is just and reasonable for them, but has done nothing. They ask for a writ to the justice to inquire fully into the truth of this matter, and to return the inquisition to the King, so that he can give them grace if it please him.
- Nature of endorsement
- Ireland: 5 petitions.Nothing is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Baltinglas, [County Wicklow], Ireland
- Wathmelan [unidentified], [Ireland]
- Athlerduan [unidentified], [Ireland]
- Rathmanath [unidentified], [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- John, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to the reign of Edward I by the mention of John, the King's grandfather, and by the hand to the latter part of that reign.
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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)
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- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.63 (no.81) (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.81 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440483/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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