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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Levesque (Bishop) of the Isle of Jersey. Levesque (Bishop) Robert King. Levesque...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8765
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This record is about the Robert Levesque (Bishop) of the Isle of Jersey. Levesque (Bishop) Robert King. Levesque... dating from [1313] 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 8/176/8765
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1313]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Levesque (Bishop) of the Isle of Jersey.
- Name(s)
- Levesque (Bishop), Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Levesque requests a pardon of the outlawry made against him in the assizes in Jersey for trespass and battery as he was in England at the time and knew nothing about it, and is prepared to answer all those who wish to say anything against him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Jersey, [Channel Islands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1313 as the petitioner received a pardon on 6 April 1313 (CPR 1307-13, p.561).
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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.4 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.561 (pardon to the petitioner on condition that he surrender to the prison of Jersey)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294633/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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