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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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John More, esquire. More John King. More requests restoration of the castles of Carlingford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15671
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This record is about the John More, esquire. More John King. More requests restoration of the castles of Carlingford... dating from [c. 1408] 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 8/331/15671
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1408]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John More, esquire.
- Name(s)
- More, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- More requests restoration of the castles of Carlingford and Greencastle granted to him during the minority of Edmund, son and heir of Roger, late Earl of March, and subsequently granted to Dartas by Scrope.
- Nature of endorsement
- For John More.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Carlingford in Coly (Carlingford), County Louth, Ireland
- Greencastle, [County Donegal], Ireland
- Ulster, [Ireland]
- Drogheda, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- Edmund [Mortimer], son and heir of Roger, Earl of March
- Roger [Mortimer], Earl of March
- Stephen le Scrope, King's deputy lieutenant in Ireland
- Thomas [of Lancaster], King's lieutenant in Ireland
- Janico Dartas, seneschal of Ulster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1408 or later, since it refers to events of June in the 9th year of Henry IV.
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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 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683082/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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