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Richard de German of the Isle of Guernsey. de German Richard The king The petitioner...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2388

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This record is about the Richard de German of the Isle of Guernsey. de German Richard The king The petitioner... dating from [1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/48/2388
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de German of the Isle of Guernsey.
Name(s)
de German, Richard
Addressees
The king
Nature of request
The petitioner requests that those lands, tenements, goods and chattels now in the king's hands be returned to him, because he has confessed and abjured in Holy Church that he broke into the house of Alan the Provost at night and wounded him, and that he was party to the killing of Guethehou one of his [Alan's] companions.
Nature of endorsement
The king agrees [to this petition].
Places mentioned
Isle de Guernere (Guernsey), [Channel Islands].
People mentioned
Alan, Provost of Guernsey
Ralph de Guethehou.
Note
Firmly dated by reference to CPR 1324-7, p.13.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3594
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), p.11 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.13 (pardon to the petitioner for the related offence)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062600/

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