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John L'Archer (Archer), Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15311

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Reference
SC 8/307/15311
Date
[1342]
Description
Petitioners
John L'Archer (Archer), Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland.
Name(s)
L'Archer (Archer), John
Addressees
Chancellor.
Occupation
Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland
Nature of request
L'Archer requests writs ordering the justice of Ireland or his lieutenant, the chancellor of Ireland and the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer of Dublin to allow the prior and brothers of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland and their attorneys to have due execution of recognisances made to Outlawe when he was prior, which recognisances do not mention the prior's successors so that some of the King's ministers propose to bar the petitioner and his brothers from their action concerning the same.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Ireland
Dublin, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Roger Outlawe, late Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Ireland.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1342, with reference to CCR 1341-3, p. 407, an order to restore to Archer the advowson of Balyogary and p. 416, an order to restore to Archer the manor of Chapelizod.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1341-1343, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.407 (order to restore to Archer the advowson of Balyogary) & p.416 (order to restore to Archer the manor of Chapelizod)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.180-1 (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.97 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518366/

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