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Hugh Canoun (Canon), King's justice in Ireland. Canoun (Canon) Hugh King. King's...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15696B
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This record is about the Hugh Canoun (Canon), King's justice in Ireland. Canoun (Canon) Hugh King. King's... dating from [1316] 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 8/331/15696B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Canoun (Canon), King's justice in Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Canoun (Canon), Hugh
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- King's justice in Ireland
- Nature of request
- Canon requests a grant in tail male of lands and rents in Rathcoffey, Mainham and elsewhere in the barony of Ikeathy which are in the King's hand by reason of the death of Isabel, wife of Henry son of Henry de Rochford, who held the same in dower.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition should be sent to the King's council in London and who should be advised by Hotham, and they should certify the King what should finally be done.2) Hotham testified before the council that Canon well and faithfully served the King in Ireland but he does not know the quantity or value of the land, but says that the land was assigned in a gift of lands late of Rochford which came into the King's hand as his escheat, and that John Wogan held two parts of those lands for his life by the King's commission.
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Rathcoffey, [County Kildare], Ireland
- Mainham, [County Kildare], Ireland
- Ikeathy barony, [County Kildare], Ireland
- London.
- People mentioned
- Isabel [de Rochford], wife of Henry [de Rochford]
- Henry [de Rochford], son of Henry de Rochford
- Henry de Rochford (Rocheford
- John de Hothum (Hotham), bishop-elect of Ely
- John Wogan.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement dates to between June and October 1316 since it refers to Hotham as bishop-elect of Ely.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related letter see SC 8/331/15696C
For the memorandum in which this was formerly enclosed see SC 8/331/15696A
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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.103 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683108/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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