Catalogue description Petitioners: Michael Griffyn (Griffin), chief baron of the Exchequer of Ireland. ...

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Details of SC 8/336/15873
Reference: SC 8/336/15873
Description:
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.
Note: 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).
Date: [1444-1445]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

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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