John le Moigne (Monk) and his companions, the King's tenants of the Channel Islands....

Petitioners

John le Moigne (Monk) and his companions, the King's tenants of the Channel Islands.

Name(s)

Moigne (Monk), John

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

John le Moigne and his companions, the King's tenants of the Channel Islands, state that they have complained in various parliaments of wrongs inflicted upon them by Otto de Granson and his ministers, and that the King and his council have often sent justices to the islands to hear and determine these grievances, and in particular in the parliament at York in the twelfth year of the King's reign, John de Stonhore, William de Burne, Nicholas de Cheyny and John de Carteret were appointed as justices of oyer et terminer. Otto and his ministers, seeing that this would not be to their liking, bribed Hugh le Despenser the son and Robert de Baldok to send Henry Spigurnel and William de Denom to undo the good work that William de Burne and his companions had done; and they committed many wrongs against the King's tenants there, evidence of which is sewn to this petition. The petitioners request a remedy, and also that justices might be appointed who are loyal and not suspected.

Nature of endorsement

Concerning the exceptions attached to the present document, insofar as they concern the laws and customs of the Isles, there is to be an inquiry in those parts by the King's justices who are to be sent there soon. And the King is to be informed so that he justice can be done to the petitioners.

Places mentioned

Channel Islands.

People mentioned

Otto de Granson (Grandison)

John de Stonhore (Stonor)

William de Burne

Nicholas de Cheyny

John de Carteret

Hugh le Despenser the son

Robert de Baldok (Baldock)

Henry Spigurnel

William de Denom.

For a related petition, see SC 8/257/12834

• Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), p.33 (calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.370 (commission to Henry Spigurnel, William de Denom, Henry de Clif and John de Ifeld to hold assizes in the Channel Islands) & pp.439-40 (reference to a case before these justices and involving John le Moigne and others)