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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Writ from Edward III to the Sheriff of County Meath, stating...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/298/14898
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/298/14898
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1371
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ from Edward III to the Sheriff of County Meath, stating that he has recently ratified and confirmed Thomas Bache's status as parson of the church of Kilberry, although he now understands from the information of Nicholas de Wotenhull, whom the Lieutenant has presented to that church, that Thomas had no title to that presentation, and that he has procured the ratification to deceive the King, and while a plea was pending in Ireland concerning the right of patronage to that church. He asks the Sheriff to instruct Thomas to appear before the King in Chancery in England one month after Michaelmas, to show any evidence he has for why this ratification should not be revoked, and to do and receive what the court decides.
- Nature of endorsement
- Thomas Bache has been instructed to appear on the day contained in this writ, as the writ requires, by Richard Wythy, Richard Weston, John Mounteney and Adam Cotterell.This is the reply of John Fitz Richer, Sheriff of Meath in Ireland, by return of Adam Davy, Chief Sergeant of the same county.Whereupon the aforesaid Thomas Bache puts in his place Ralph de Pynyngton, clerk, to prosecute and defend the aforesaid case and to win or lose the same, as this writ requires.
- Places mentioned
- Kilberry, County Meath, Ireland
- Meath diocese, Ireland
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- John Fitz Richer (Richard), Sheriff of Meath
- Thomas Bache, parson of Kilberry
- Nicholas de Wotenhull (Wattenhull), clerk
- Miles Rodipak
- Peter Botiller (Butler)
- James de Wotenhull (Watenhull), rector of Kilberry
- Richard Wythy
- Richard Weston
- John Mounteney
- Adam Cotterell
- Adam Davy, Chief Sergeant of County Meath
- Ralph de Pynyngton, attorney of Thomas Bache.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Writ dated 7 July 45 Edward III (1371).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition which gave rise to this writ, see SC 8/298/14898
For a series of documents relating to a subsequent inquisition into this matter, see no.5 of C 47/10/23
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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)
- 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)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518101/
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