Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Attorneys of Otho de Grandison of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5662

What’s it about?

This record is about the Attorneys of Otho de Grandison of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council.... dating from [1305-1309] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/114/5662
Date
[1305-1309]
Description
Petitioners
Attorneys of Otho de Grandison of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Grandison requests the king's prohibition to the bishop of Coutances and his officials who harass the king's people in the isles of Guernsey and Jersey summoning them to many places in Normandy for trespass, contracts and of debts as well as testaments and matrimony against a bull of Pope Honorius prohibiting the summonsing of the people outside of the island.1)
Nature of endorsement
Let a general prohibition of the king be made.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
Jersey, [Channel Islands]
Coutances, [Normandy, France]
Normandy, [France].
People mentioned
Otho (Otto) de Grandison of the isles of Guernsey and Jersey
Bishop of Coutances.
Note
See PROME, Lent 1305 Channel Islands membrane, appendix, no.16. The petition dates to 1305 or 1309 for the king addressed writs to the bishop of Coutances concerning his attempts to cite the people of the islands outside of the islands (CCR 1302-7, p.327; CCR 1307-13, p.149).
Related material

For a related petition on the same matter see SC 8/53/2642

For a related petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/49/2439

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3801
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.53-4 (edition of petition and response on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Lent 1305 Channel Islands membrane, appendix, no.16 (full edition and translation with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150335/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/114

5651-5700. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/114/5662

Attorneys of Otho de Grandison of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council....

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.