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Commons of Jersey. Duke of Cornwall and Council. The people of Jersey recount how...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5880

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Reference
SC 8/118/5880
Date
[1339]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Jersey.
Addressees
Duke of Cornwall and Council.
Nature of request
The people of Jersey recount how a large French fleet had arrived on Jersey, demanding their surrender, but when they refused, they attacked and burnt houses until driven off. Part of the fleet went to Guernsey, while the rest returned to Normandy, and then sailed to La Rochelle and elsewhere to load with wine. They therefore request that a fleet be sent to intercept the French ships in Poitou, and also to re-take the castle of Cornet on Guernsey, which was lightly defended. They also ask that they bring money to pay and provision the garrison.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Jersey, [Channel Islands]
Genoa, [Italy]
Normandy, [France]
Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
La Rochelle, [Poitou, France]
Esnandes, [Poitou, France]
St Savinien, [Poitou, France]
Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
Poitou, [France]
Castle Cornet, Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Duke of Cornwall
Robert Bertran, Marshal of France
[Philip VI], King of France.
Note
Dated in the dating clause to Thursday before the Resurrection of Our Lord (25 March 1339), referring to events of 12 March 1339.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4501
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.67-9 (full translation of petition)
  • Documents relatifs aux Attaques sur les Iles de la Manche, 1338-1345, H.M. Godfray, (Ordnance Survey, 1897), pp.14-16 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150560/

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