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Nicholas de Verdun. de Verdun Nicholas Chancellor. Nicholas de Verdun states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14799
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/296/14799
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas de Verdun.
- Name(s)
- de Verdun, Nicholas
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Nicholas de Verdun states that he was made Keeper of the Peace in Ireland by the King's writ, but that the Justiciar of Ireland challenged his actions in this office against those who were against the peace, and would not acquit him but put him on mainprise, which he continued until the quindene of Easter last, when Nicholas was in England with the King. And because Nicholas feared that his mainpernors would be harmed by his absence, the King granted that he and his mainpernors would be safe in respect of this day, and the process sent before the King. He requests a writ from the Chancellor in accordance with this grant.
- Nature of endorsement
- John de Hothum recalls that the King, with the assent of his council, wills that, with regard to the day contained in the petition, the same Nicholas and his mainpernors should be preserved unharmed, and that the record and process held on the contents of the petition before the Justiciar of Ireland should be sent to the same King. And letters of the great seal on these things should be sent to the aforesaid Justiciar etc.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- John de Hothum.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1315-1316 by 'Irish Ancient Petitions' p.93.
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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.93 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518000/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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