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People of the Isles of Jersey and Guernsey. King. The people request that the order...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8719

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Reference
SC 8/175/8719
Date
[c. 1295]
Description
Petitioners
People of the Isles of Jersey and Guernsey.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The people request that the order to Cobham be fulfilled and that they have a judge who will not be a party as despite the losses that they have incurred [given in full and graphic detail] the order given to Cobham that the people should be compensated from the goods of those who have not come to the king's peace and turned to the king of France, and that the goods of those who died in the assault should pass to the heirs, Cobham does not wish to do anything, and has given them a term in London.1)
Nature of endorsement
Concerning the losses they have had the king's answer that he had previously ordered Cobham to give compensation to them according to their losses in goods of the Normans and other fugitives according to the quantity of their goods.2) As to the chattels of those who died in the assault, of this let it be as it is commanded elsewhere.
Places mentioned
[Jersey, Channel Islands]
[Guernsey, Channel Islands]
London.
People mentioned
Henry de Cobbeham (Cobham).
Note
The petition dates to c. 1295 as it clearly refers to the writ, copies of which elsewhere in the SC 8 class date to 24 August 1295 (SC 8/175/8717; SC 8/275/13731). As Cobham seems still to be warden at this time, the petition cannot be later than 1297.
Related material

For a related petition, see SC 8/175/8717

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.5-6 (full summary of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.428 (grant of the chattels of those of the power of the King of France)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294587/

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