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James le Botiller, Earl of Ormond. Botiller, Earl of Ormond James King. [Petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13543

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Reference
SC 8/271/13543
Date
[1332]
Description
Petitioners
James le Botiller, Earl of Ormond.
Name(s)
Botiller, Earl of Ormond, James
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 4 parts:]1) Botiller requests pardon of the debts due from him and his ancestors which amount to £3, 000 having regard for his losses in the king's service.2) Botiller requests that he be discharged of the accounts demanded from him in the Dublin Exchequer as he cannot render them without great harm as the lands were burnt by the Scots during the time of his ancestors.3) He requests grant of the honour of Tipperary for life as the same was granted to him for life but has been removed by order of the king without him making any default.4) He requests that he be granted the prise of wine in Ireland for his life, as he and his ancestors have taken it, but it was seized into the king's hand in the time of Lucy.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
County Tipperary, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Breen (Brian) Obreen (O'Brian)
Anthony de Lucy, late justice of Ireland.
Note
The petition dates to 1332 as the petitioner was granted respites of his debts on 10 May and 20 September 1332, the latter date corresponding with the writ formerly found enclosed with this petition, SC 8/271/13541.
Related material

For another badly damaged duplicate, see SC 8/177/8808

For a badly damaged duplicate of this petition see SC 8/93/4606

For the fragmentary responses to a duplicate of this petition, see C 49/7/5

For the return to SC 8/271/13541, being a schedule of the debts of Theobald, Edmund and James le Botiller and formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/271/13542

For a writ of certiorari enquiring of the debts owed by the petitioner and formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/271/13541

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. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.565, 602 (orders for respite of debts owed by the petitioner)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.154-5 (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.90 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517490/

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