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Henry de Gorham. de Gorham Henry King. Gorham requests that whereas by the King's...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15325

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Reference
SC 8/307/15325
Date
[c. 1273]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Gorham.
Name(s)
de Gorham, Henry
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Gorham requests that whereas by the King's letter 18 feet of the gorce of Kilmainham were levelled because it was impeding the fishpond of the King's manor of Chapelizod, and by another letter the King ordered an inquisition into the damages sustained by Gorham by the destruction of his corn in Chapelizod which he had at farm of the King, that his said damages be restored to him and that Burnell write to Geynvill for Gorham asking that he be reappointed sheriff of Dublin.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Kilmainham, [County Dublin, Ireland]
Chapelizod, [County Dublin, Ireland]
Dublin, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Robert Burnel (Burnell)
[Geoffrey] de Geinvil (Geynvill).
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1273, with reference to CCR 1272-9, p. 20, an order to deliver the corn of Chapelizod to Gorham in consideration of damages sustained by Gorham to his corn there.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/174/8662

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1279, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.20 (order to deliver corn of Chapelizod to Gorham in consideration of damages sustained by Gorham to his corn there)
  • 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).
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