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? No Petitioner named Letter from John de Roches to Edward III, saying that he has...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2673

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from John de Roches to Edward III, saying that he has... dating from [c. 1329] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/54/2673
Date
[c. 1329]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Letter from John de Roches to Edward III, saying that he has sent him the result of his inquisition, but that he has also taken the advice of wise men among the English and the Normans, all of whom advise against abandoning the coinage in which the rents are currently collected.
Nature of endorsement
To our lord the king or to his council
Places mentioned
[Channel Islands]
Normandy, [France]
France
People mentioned
[Edward III, King of England]
[John de Roches, Keeper of the Channel Islands]
Note
Response to SC 8/54/2670 or SC 8/54/2674, which is dated at Windsor, 28 July 3 Edward III (1329).
Related material

The writ which produced this response is SC 8/54/2670

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

The petition which produced that writ is SC 8/54/2669

An inquisition mentioned by this letter is SC 8/54/2675

Another inquisition also held on this subject is SC 8/54/2671

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3677
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), pp.55-57 (translation of this 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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