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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the Channel Islands. King and Council. The people of the Channel Islands...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5893
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This record is about the People of the Channel Islands. King and Council. The people of the Channel Islands... dating from [? 1299] 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 8/118/5893
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Channel Islands.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of the Channel Islands make three separate complaints against the ministers of Otho de Grandison.1) They complain about exactions made by the ministers, who have taken fines contrary to judgements of the court, and ask that the ministers' actions be judged in the king's court, according to English law.2) They ask that fish landed in Guernsey be taken from port to certain places at least three times a week, so that the people might buy the fish for their own use and profit, to prevent them being sold on at high prices or bought by foreign merchants. The ministers have allowed this to happen.3) They ask that no man be allowed to be ousted from his free tenement without judgement or inquiry. The ministers have done this, not fearing punishment due to the remoteness and poverty of the islands, and they request that justices look into this complaint.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Prior of Wenlock. John de Neuwent.Bill of Guernsey.
- Places mentioned
- Channel Islands
- Guernsey
- St Peter Port, [Guernsey]
- Caubo
- la Perrelle
- People mentioned
- Otho [de Grandison]
- Prior of Wenlock
- John de Neuwent (Newent).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1299, with reference to CPR 1292-1301, p.433.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition on this matter see SC 8/9/419
For a related petition see SC 8/118/5894
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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 4523
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.433 (commission of oyer et terminer to the Prior of Wenlock, John de Newent and others, regarding lands in the Channel Islands and their homages, services, estreats and liberties removed since the time of Henry III)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150574/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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