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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Citizens of the city of Waterford. King. [Petition in 4 parts:]1) The citizens request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13502
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This record is about the Citizens of the city of Waterford. King. [Petition in 4 parts:]1) The citizens request... dating from [? 1283] 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 8/271/13502
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of the city of Waterford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 4 parts:]1) The citizens request that their liberties and free customs be maintained and protected.2) They request that no-one who takes goods to Ross remain unpunished as it is against the king's prohibition.3) They request that they can use the liberties and customs just as those of Bristol use.4) They request that none of them be impleaded except in their guildhall.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Waterford, [County Waterford], Ireland
- New Ross, [County Wexford, Ireland]
- Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1283 as an order directed to William de Odiham and the justice of Ireland may well be in response to this petition, and dates to 1 February 1283 (Cal. Docs Ireland, vol. II, no.2039; C 81/1684 no.71).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the document in which this petition was probably originally enclosed, see no.71 in C 81/1684
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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)
- Latin
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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 Documents Relating to Ireland, 1171-1307, vol. II, ed. H.S. Sweetman, (Public Record Office, 1974), no.2039 (orders in response to the petition)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), p.30 (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 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517449/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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