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Nicholas, Archdeacon of Ferns. Nicholas Chancellor. Archdeacon of Ferns Nicholas,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14823
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This record is about the Nicholas, Archdeacon of Ferns. Nicholas Chancellor. Archdeacon of Ferns Nicholas,... dating from [1285] 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 8/297/14823
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1285]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas, Archdeacon of Ferns.
- Name(s)
- Nicholas
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- Archdeacon of Ferns
- Nature of request
- Nicholas, Archdeacon of Ferns, who is blind and ill, states that he was executor of the testament of Adam de St John, and that William Waspayl, with the collusion of the Justiciar of Ireland, is impleading him as executor for a certain debt, before the Barons of the Dublin Exchequer. And although such cases ought not to be heard there, they are nevertheless forcing him to answer before them for this. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ferns, [County Wexford, Ireland]
- Dublin, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Adam de Sancto Johanne (St John)
- William Waspayl, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1285 by Sayles and Connolly, based on Cal. Docs Ireland, vol. II, no.2361.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 39.
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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.2361 (translation of petition)
- Calendar of Documents Relating to Ireland, 1171-1307, vol. III, ed. H.S. Sweetman, (Public Record Office, 1974), no.35 (calendar of related writ)
- Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.32-33 (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.94 (brief calendar of petition)
- The History of King John, King Henry III, and the Most Illustrious King Edward I, vol. III, W. Prynne, (, 1670), p.435 (edition of petition) & p.1274 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518024/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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