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John Leynagh, Bishop of Lismore. Leynagh John Chancellor of Ireland and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/262/13074

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Reference
SC 8/262/13074
Date
[1327-1331]
Description
Petitioners
John Leynagh, Bishop of Lismore.
Name(s)
Leynagh, John
Addressees
Chancellor of Ireland and council.
Occupation
Bishop of Lismore
Nature of request
John, Bishop of Lismore, makes two requests:1) He states that the seneschal of the liberty of Ormond has held an assize of novel disseisin between Geoffrey de Prendergaste and William de Brymengham concerning tenements within the crosslands of Lismore, contrary to the King's prohibition. He requests a writ of attachment against the lord and seneschal of the franchise, or some other suitable remedy.2) He states that as vicar-general of the Archbishop of Cashel, who is residing in England, he is impleaded within the liberty of Ormond by the Abbot of Abington, concerning the church of Moykarky. He has claimed that the church is a prebend of the church of Cashel, and that Edward I presented Richard de Samde to the church during time of vacancy, but nevertheless they have continued in the plea. He requests a suitable remedy for the estate of the King and of Holy Church.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Lismore, [County Waterford], Ireland
Ormond liberty, Ireland
Moykarky, [County Tipperary, Ireland]
Wetheney (Abington), [County Limerick, Ireland].
People mentioned
Geoffrey de Prendergaste
William de Brymengham (Birmingham)
Archbishop of Cashel
Edward [I], King of England
Abbot of Wetheney (Abington)
Richard de Samde.
Note
Datable to the reign of Edward III by mention of his grandfather, and to before 1331 by the fact that William de Birmingham was hanged as a felon in that year.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
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.150-1 (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.84 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517018/

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