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Thomas Appelby (Appleby), receiver and approver in Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5626

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This record is about the Thomas Appelby (Appleby), receiver and approver in Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney.... dating from [c. 1384] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/113/5626
Date
[c. 1384]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Appelby (Appleby), receiver and approver in Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney.
Name(s)
Appelby (Appleby), Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
receiver and approver in Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney
Nature of request
Appelby requests his reward for his diligence and good administration in the office of receiver and approver of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney for which he received a commission from the king's father, and was promised a reward, he being greatly impoverished by his good service.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
Jersey, [Channel Islands]
Sark, [Channel Islands]
Alderney, [Channel Islands].
Note
The most likely date for this petition seems to be in association with the letters patent granted to Appleby in 1384: CPR 1381-5, p. 414.
Related material

For another petition probably by the same petitioner, see SC 8/251/12550

For transcript, see no.89 of PRO 31/7/108

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3738
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.76-7 (full calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.414 (grant of twenty marks yearly to Appleby for good service)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150297/

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