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Michael Griffyn (Griffin), chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland. Griffyn (Griffin)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15873
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This record is about the Michael Griffyn (Griffin), chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland. Griffyn (Griffin)... dating from [1444-1445] 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 8/336/15873
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1444-1445]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Michael Griffyn (Griffin), chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland.
- Name(s)
- Griffyn (Griffin), Michael
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland
- Nature of request
- Griffyn, to whom the King granted the office of chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland for life, requests punishment for the earl of Ormond who appointed Cornewallsh to the same office, disobeyed the King's writ to admit Griffyn to the office, and entered the petitioner's manor of Griffin Rath, taking its profits for 2½ years. He also asks that Butler admit him to his office and return his manor, and that he be compensated for loss of earnings and his legal costs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Griffin Rath, [County Kildare], Ireland.
- People mentioned
- James Botiller (Butler), earl of Ormond, late deputy governor of Ireland, then chief governor of Ireland
- Leo Welles, chief governor of Ireland
- John Cornewallsh, chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1444-5, since it refers to events 2½ years after Ormond' appointment as chief governor, and in June 1445 Cornewallsh's lands were restored to him after being seized into the King's hand as a result of this petition (CPR 1441-6, pp. 352-3).
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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)
- English
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. IV, 1441-1446, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.352-3 (restitution of Cornewallsh's lands after seized into the King's hand as a result of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736261/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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