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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayors and commonalties of the cities of Limerick and Cork. King. The mayors and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13580
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This record is about the Mayors and commonalties of the cities of Limerick and Cork. King. The mayors and... dating from [1369-1377] 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 8/272/13580
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1369-1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayors and commonalties of the cities of Limerick and Cork.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayors and commonalties request that the council in England be commanded to ordain a remedy for them as Robert Droupe and others loaded a ship of Spain called 'Seynt Marie de Castres' to go from Cork to Bordeaux and set their attorneys with the ship but on returning towards Cork the ship was attacked off Brittany and the attorneys and the cargo of wine were taken.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Limerick, [County Limerick, Ireland]
- Cork, [County Cork, Ireland]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Bay de Hodierne (Baie d'Audierne), Brittany, [France]
- Vugas [unidentified], [Spain].
- People mentioned
- Robert Droupe, mayor of Cork
- Thomas Ston (Stone)
- Andrew Stakepoll
- William Pollard
- John Droupe the elder
- John Droupe the younger
- Gilbert Flemyg (Fleming)
- John Dyes of Vugas, master of the ship 'Seynt Marie de Castres'.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1369-1377 as it is addressed to Edward III as king of England and France, and he began using that title again during those years.
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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)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517527/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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