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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council. The men of Guernsey and Jersey request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8295
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This record is about the Men of Guernsey and Jersey. King and council. The men of Guernsey and Jersey request... dating from [1328] 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 8/166/8295
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men of Guernsey and Jersey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The men of Guernsey and Jersey request that, since Grandison, who had the keeping of the islands for the term of his life, is now dead and the islands lack a Warden, that Roches may be their Warden.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is witnessed that Grandison is dead, it is agreed with the advice of the council that the King shall seize those lands into his hands and appoint as keepers those whom he shall approve.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Jersey, [Channel Islands].
- People mentioned
- Otto de Graunzon (Grandison)
- John de Roches.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1328, with reference to Rot. Parl. Vol. II, p. 21. Otto de Grandison died in 1328.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related writ and letters patent see SC 8/166/8296
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.21a (no.23) (edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 13-30, no. 23 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294140/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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