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Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of York. de Bicknor Alexander King. Archbishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13501
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/271/13501
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of York.
- Name(s)
- de Bicknor, Alexander
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Archbishop of York
- Nature of request
- Bicknor requests restitution of the wardship and marriage of the heir of Robert de Clohull which he purchased from Athy, but which Breton has recovered from the archbishop by false allegations by which he was able to purchase a writ. The king has already recovered the wardship from Breton following a gift to Breton by Mortimer.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ directed to the chancellor of Ireland that the archbishop should have a writ of ejection from the wardship if the archbishop so wishes.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Carrickfergus, [County Antrim, Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortemer (Mortimer), lieutenant in Ireland
- Adam de Breton, knight
- John de Athy
- Robert de Clohull.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1321 as it seems likely to date closely to a very closely related petition by the same petitioner in part on the same matter (SC 8/82/4094).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see fol.8 of PRO 31/7/99
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/44/2177
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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.97 (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.88 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517448/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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