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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John le Blount, bachelor of the Earl of Cornwall. Blount John King. Blount requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13495
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This record is about the John le Blount, bachelor of the Earl of Cornwall. Blount John King. Blount requests... dating from [1309] 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 8/270/13495
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John le Blount, bachelor of the Earl of Cornwall.
- Name(s)
- Blount, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Blount requests that he be granted the manors of Castlewarden and Oughterard for his life for his service to the late king in Scotland and Ireland.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants this petition at the instance of the earl of Cornwall but not for life, but at the king's will, rendering annually the extent.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Castlewarny (Castlewarden), [County Kildare, Ireland]
- Oughterard, [County Kildare, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- [Piers Gaveston], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1309 as the grant was issued on 10 September 1309 (CFR 1307-19, p.49).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.173 (order to discharge the petitioner of the value of the manors for 1309)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.49 (grant to the petitioner of the manors during pleasure)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517442/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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