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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Jersey and Guernsey King and council The community of Jersey and Guernsey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2669
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This record is about the Community of Jersey and Guernsey King and council The community of Jersey and Guernsey... dating from [1329] 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 8/54/2669
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Jersey and Guernsey
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The community of Jersey and Guernsey state that their Keeper, John de Roche, is trying to levy farms and rents in a manner contrary to their customs, and that they ought to be levied as is observed in the manner in which the Duchy of Normandy pays to the King of France. They request a writ to him that they might be quit of such payments, and that they might pay as the Duchy of Normandy does to the King of France.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Jersey, [Channel Islands]
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Roan (Rouen), [Normandy, France]
- Normandy, [France]
- France
- People mentioned
- John de Roche (Roches), Keeper of the Channel Islands
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another to that writ is SC 8/54/2675
A letter also in response to that writ is SC 8/54/2673
A duplicate of this petition is SC 8/54/2672
A response to that writ is SC 8/54/2671
A writ sent as a result of this petition is SC 8/54/2670
A duplicate of that writ is SC 8/54/2674
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 3675
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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)
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- Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.55-57 (translation of petition and related documents)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.350-351 (order to John de Roche to levy the farms and rents according to the value of the money now current there, and to cease levying the remainder at the value of the old money until the next parliament, so that the king may ordain on this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062885/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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