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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Germain of the Isle of Guernsey. Germain William King. Germain requests grace...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8002
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This record is about the William Germain of the Isle of Guernsey. Germain William King. Germain requests grace... dating from [1311] 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 8/161/8002
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Germain of the Isle of Guernsey.
- Name(s)
- Germain, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Germain requests grace for him and his co-parceners as his grandfather died seised of a bordage of 4 virgates with the service of carrying summonses to another bordage called 'le grant mester' but his heirs were too poor to do the service and the bordage was taken into the king's hand. They are the issue of the heirs and are prepared to do the service.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Saint Peter Port, [Guernsey, Channel Islands].
- People mentioned
- Henry Everard, grandfather of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1311 on the basis of the Chancery warrant in which this petition was probably enclosed (CCW 1244-1326, p.380).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see no.2420 in C 81/83
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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), p.11 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.380 (mandate to accomplish the petitioner's rights)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293846/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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