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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Helen Don. Don Helen King and council. Don requests remedy because the escheator...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15632
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This record is about the Helen Don. Don Helen King and council. Don requests remedy because the escheator... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/331/15632
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Helen Don.
- Name(s)
- Don, Helen
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Don requests remedy because the escheator has ousted her from the lands in Carrickfergus given to her by the earl of Ulster for her long service to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justice of Ireland should be ordered to examine Helen's deed of the Earl's grant and hear her complaint so that he can do justice to her request.
- Places mentioned
- Carrickfergus, [County Antrim, Ireland]
- Ulster, [Ireland]
- Ireland.
- People mentioned
- [William Donn de Burgh], Earl of Ulster
- justice of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1330 by Connolly, Irish Ancient Petitions, p. 102.
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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)
- French
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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.102 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683043/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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