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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Moriz, escheator of Ireland. Moriz John Chancellor. escheator of Ireland John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14818
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This record is about the John Moriz, escheator of Ireland. Moriz John Chancellor. escheator of Ireland John... dating from [c. 1336] 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 8/297/14818
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Moriz, escheator of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Moriz, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- escheator of Ireland
- Nature of request
- John Moriz states that he has long been escheator of Ireland, and that he has needed to employ sub-escheators and farmers under him in this office, and that these sub-escheators and farmers now owe him money. He requests a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Dublin Exchequer to summon the debtors to acknowledge their debts, and that the King might receive the money from them, or discharge John where appropriate.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ has been granted by the Chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Dublin, Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John Moriz was escheator of Ireland between 2 March 1329 and 10 August 1336, according to Sayles, Affairs p.167. As this petition says that he has been escheator for a long time, it seems likely to date from around 1336.
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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.167 (full edition of original 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), pp.93-94 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518019/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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