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Robert Lyont, parson of St Peter Port, Guernsey. Lyont Robert King and council. parson...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10139

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This record is about the Robert Lyont, parson of St Peter Port, Guernsey. Lyont Robert King and council. parson... dating from [? c. 1313] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/203/10139
Date
[? c. 1313]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Lyont, parson of St Peter Port, Guernsey.
Name(s)
Lyont, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
parson of St Peter Port, Guernsey
Nature of request
Lyont requests remedy for the menaces and threats made to him by de la Sale and his people.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
St Peter Port, Guernsey.
People mentioned
Margaret [of France], Queen of England
Walter de la Sale, clerk of the king's court.
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1313 on the basis of the dating given in the guard note. This is based on unrelated references to de la Sale in the patent rolls, though the petition is clearly after 1307 as the petition refers to the king's father and Queen Margaret.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.420 (order to remove the king's hand from the church of St Peter Port, it having granted to Lyont)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.398, 578 (unrelated references to de la Sale and Guernsey)
Record URL
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