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Archbishop of Armagh. King. Archbishop of Armagh [The petition is very badly damaged...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13486

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This record is about the Archbishop of Armagh. King. Archbishop of Armagh [The petition is very badly damaged... dating from [? 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/270/13486
Date
[? 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Archbishop of Armagh.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Archbishop of Armagh
Nature of request
[The petition is very badly damaged and much of the petition remains illegible:]The archbishop requests that he be granted the lordship of Ardee in perpetuity because all his lands have been burned and destroyed by the Irish, and requests pardon of £200 . . .
Nature of endorsement
It pleases the king that he have a pardon of the £200 for the service that he has done to the king.
Places mentioned
Ardee, [County Louth, Ireland].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.565 (order to allow to the escheator sums in the farm of Atherden for his losses in the king's service)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1452 (extent of the manor of Athirde)
  • 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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517433/

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