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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Canons of St Thomas the Martyr, Dublin. King. The canons request that they are able...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13484
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This record is about the Canons of St Thomas the Martyr, Dublin. King. The canons request that they are able... dating from [1316] 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 8/270/13484
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Canons of St Thomas the Martyr, Dublin.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The canons request that they are able to have the keeping of their temporalities during the next vacancy of the office of abbot. They also request that the justice of Ireland that he is able to grant a licence that at the next vacancy that they are able to elect the next abbot. They also request that it is granted that they are able to receive gifts from their friends and purchase land.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have a writ to the treasurer and barons.2) They should have a writ to the justice that he grant a licence.3) They should have a writ of licence to acquire in fee up to £20 notwithstanding the statute.
- Places mentioned
- Dublin, [Ireland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1316 as the petitioners were granted a licence to acquire land in mortmain on 13 July 1316 (CPR 1313-17, p.517).
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.517 (grant of licence for acquisition of land)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.83 (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.87 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517431/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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