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William de Marchia, clerk. de Marchia William [None specified] clerk William de Marchia...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6316

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Reference
SC 8/127/6316
Date
[c. 1298]
Description
Petitioners
William de Marchia, clerk.
Name(s)
de Marchia, William
Addressees
[None specified]
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
William de Marchia requests remedy, stating that he was presented by the king to the church of St Mary in Jersey, which was then in the king's hands along with other possessions of the abbey of St Sauveur. However, the abbot has now presented another man to the position.
Nature of endorsement
Before the Council on the morrow.
Places mentioned
St Mary [Mosterars], Jersey, [Channel Islands]
St Sauveur-le-Vicomte, [Normandy, France].
People mentioned
Abbot of St Sauveur.
Note
The presentation by Edward I was made on 10 February 1298, and presumably the petition was presented at some point thereafter. The petition is stained and difficult to read, but the sense can be discerned with reference to the original presentation, to which it clearly refers.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5767
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.331 (presentation of William de Marchia to the church of St Mary Mosterars (Sancte Marie de Castro), Jersey, in the diocese of Coutances)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208491/

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