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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Subjects and commons of the Isle of Guernsey. King and council. The subjects and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5611
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This record is about the Subjects and commons of the Isle of Guernsey. King and council. The subjects and... dating from [c. 1370] 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 8/113/5611
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1370]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Subjects and commons of the Isle of Guernsey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The subjects and commons request a charter of franchise that they are able to come and go in England without paying customs and other charges, and reminding the king that they are part of the Cinque Ports and ought to enjoy their liberties.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The likely context is the grant of freedom from tolls recorded in CPR 1367-70, p. 401.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the same petitioners on a similar matter see SC 8/114/5676
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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 3715
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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), p.85 (full calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1367-1370, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.401 (grant of freedom from tolls in England to men of the Channel Islands)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150278/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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