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John Kaenel of Guernsey. Kaenel John King. Request for re-admission to the king's...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/205/10211
What’s it about?
This record is about the John Kaenel of Guernsey. Kaenel John King. Request for re-admission to the king's... dating from [1308] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/205/10211
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Kaenel of Guernsey.
- Name(s)
- Kaenel, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Request for re-admission to the king's peace, the petitioner having committed a theft.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- St Peter Port, Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by reference to SC 8 /205/10210.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a writ resulting from this petition see SC 8/205/10210
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333766/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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