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John de . . . John King and council. Guernsey, [Channel Islands]. [The petition is...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5691

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Reference
SC 8/114/5691
Date
[? c. 1304]
Description
Petitioners
John de . . .
Name(s)
John
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged by gall and the sense remains unclear]. The petitioner states that whereas he was attorned to make suit for a writ in the court . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition is dated speculatively to? c. 1304 as the transcript of the petition contained in Channel Islands Petitions suggests that it mentions John de Ditton, and he was made one of the justices in the island on 15 March 1304 (Channel Islands Petitions, pp.14-15; CPR 1301-7, p.215).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3853
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.14-15 (largely incomprehensible free translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150364/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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