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Poor people of the Channel Islands. King and Council. The people of the Channel Islands...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5890

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This record is about the Poor people of the Channel Islands. King and Council. The people of the Channel Islands... dating from [? c. 1309] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/118/5890
Date
[? c. 1309]
Description
Petitioners
Poor people of the Channel Islands.
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
The people of the Channel Islands make three requests.1) They ask to have their rights restored to the position when the islands were given into the hands of Otho [de Grandison], claiming that he has forced them to come to the pleas every day when they should only attend every two weeks, thus losing their labour.2) They complain that Ditton and Barentyn, the ministers of Otho, unjustly imprison the people for all kinds of trespasses, despite offers of pledges, and fine them, contrary the law.3) They complain that the ministers amerce the people without regard and at their own will, where they ought to be judged and fined by jurors according to the offence.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Channel Islands.
People mentioned
Otho [de Grandison]
John de Ditton
Drew de Barentyn (Barentin).
Note
Dated on the guard to 1309, on the basis of a commission of oyer et terminer issued for similar reasons on 20 May 1309 (CPR 1307-13, p.131). However, it is unclear whether this commission was prompted by this or another similar petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4520
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.35-6 (full translation of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.131 (commission of oyer et terminer on petition of the Channel Islanders regarding injuries and trespasses by the ministers of the king and Otto de Grandison)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150571/

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