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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 1) Copy of a writ of Edward I to Cobham ordering...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8717
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This record is about the People of the Channel Islands. King 1) Copy of a writ of Edward I to Cobham ordering... dating from [c. 1295] 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 8/175/8717
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Channel Islands.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- 1) Copy of a writ of Edward I to Cobham ordering him to compensate the men of the islands who suffered damage in the war, to be compensated from the goods of those Norman and other fugitives of the islands, who were of the king of France's power.2) Cobham takes the third part of the goods of those who died in the war, and the people request grace as they have nothing to live on.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Jersey, [Channel Islands]
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edward I, King of England
- Henry de Cobbeham (Cobham), warden of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The document seems to date to c. 1295 based on the dating clause of the writ which is 24 August 1295. However, the structure of the document is strange as the writ takes precedence, while what appears to be the petition is short and appended below the writ in an unfamiliar form.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition with another copy of this writ, see SC 8/275/13731
For a related petition, see SC 8/175/8719
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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 and Latin
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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.9 (full summary of another copy of this writ)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.428 (order to the keeper of the islands in accordance with the transcript of the writ)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294585/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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