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Walter de Ulvester (Ulster) of Ireland. de Ulvester (Ulster) Walter King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E746

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Reference
SC 8/326/E746
Date
[c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
Walter de Ulvester (Ulster) of Ireland.
Name(s)
de Ulvester (Ulster), Walter
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ulvester requests a writ to the justices and ministers of the king in Ireland that he is able to safely come and reside in Dublin and sue his business and defend himself by right and reason against the malice of the vicar of the Dominicans in Ireland and the prior and convent of the Dominicans of Dublin who claim him as their professed.
Nature of endorsement
This does not pertain to the king.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Dublin, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Vicar of the Friars Preachers of Ireland (Dominicans)
Prior and convent of the Friars Preachers of Dublin (Dominicans).
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1300 by Sayles but on what basis it is unclear. The hand appears consistent with a petition of this date.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.51-2 (no.63) (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.100 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682741/

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