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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Messengers of the Isle of Jersey. King. The messengers request remedy for the salvation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/157/7814
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This record is about the Messengers of the Isle of Jersey. King. The messengers request remedy for the salvation... dating from [? c. 1340] 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 8/157/7814
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Messengers of the Isle of Jersey.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The messengers request remedy for the salvation of the isle, as they are threatened by the enemy, Guernsey being in enemy hands, and the garrison is in need of reinforcement.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that the garrison is sufficient, but if more are needed let them be recruited from the people of the isle at their cost as it is for their salvation.
- Places mentioned
- Jersey, [Channel Islands]
- Normandy, [France]
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Gascony, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated on the basis of a guard note to c. 1340, though the entries clearly do not relate directly to the petition, they do reveal that their was considerable French naval activity in the Channel at this time (CPR 1340-3, p.18).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
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- Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.69-70 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.18 (grant to the men of the Isle of Guernsey of an acquittance of customs for three years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210006/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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