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? No Petitioner named Writ from Edward III to John de Roches, Keeper of the Channel...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2670

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ from Edward III to John de Roches, Keeper of the Channel... dating from 1329 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/54/2670
Date
1329
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ from Edward III to John de Roches, Keeper of the Channel Islands, enclosing a petition from the people of Jersey and Guernsey, and asking him to inform himself on the contents by inquisition or in any other manner that seems suitable, and to send the king what he has found at the octave of Michaelmas next.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Jersey, [Channel Islands]
Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
Sark, [Channel Islands]
Alderney, [Channel Islands]
Windsor, [Berkshire]
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England
John de Roches, Keeper of the Channel Islands
Note
Dated at Windsor, 28 July 3 Edward III (1329).
Related material

A duplicate of this writ is SC 8/54/2674

A letter also in response to this writ is SC 8/54/2673

A duplicate of that petition is SC 8/54/2672

An inquisition held in Guernsey in response to this writ is SC 8/54/2671

An inquisition held in Jersey in response to this writ is SC 8/54/2675

The petition mentioned in this writ is SC 8/54/2669

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3674
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
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), pp.55-57 (translation of related 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 Roches 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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062886/

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