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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor people of the Channel Islands. King. The people of the Channel Islands request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5884
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This record is about the Poor people of the Channel Islands. King. The people of the Channel Islands request... dating from [? c. 1297] 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 8/118/5884
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of the Channel Islands.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of the Channel Islands request the appointment of a sympathetic guardian for their islands. They have suffered greatly, having their customs removed during time of peace and being attacked during time of war, and have been harshly ruled by previous guardians.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- [Channel Islands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to?c.1297, but no evidence cited.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.123 of PRO 31/7/92
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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 4513
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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.61 (full translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150564/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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