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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council. The people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5676
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This record is about the People of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council. The people request... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1345] 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 8/114/5676
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that it is granted to them by charter that they should be quit of all charges and quayage which they are forced to pay when trading in England as their islands are part of the king's ancient heritage and they should not be forced to make such payments as aliens.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Jersey, [Channel Islands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Detailed notes on the guard suggest a series of possible contexts between the 1310s and the 1340s; the precise dating of the petition is unclear, though the hand suggests that it is more likely to be of the latter part of this date range.
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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 8/113/5611
For transcript, see no.69 of PRO 31/7/104
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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 3824
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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)
- Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), p.86 (full calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150349/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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