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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Guernsey. King and council. The people of Guernsey request that whereas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13224
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This record is about the People of Guernsey. King and council. The people of Guernsey request that whereas... dating from [c. 1300] 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 8/265/13224
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Guernsey.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Guernsey request that whereas at their request the King at his parliament preceding his coming from Calais forbade their bailiffs to be justices in eyre, and the said bailiffs have continued to be their justices in eyre and their inquisitors, that the King perfect the said grant.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King; whereas by his command etc. Otto grants that from henceforth those who were bailiffs after the last assizes shall not be justices.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- People mentioned
- Otto [de Grandison].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1300 since the endorsement names people who were appointed in May 1299 and with reference to CPR 1292-1301, p. 433, a 1299 oyer and terminer re lands in the Channel Islands, CPR 1301-7, p. 97, a 1302 oyer and terminer re bailiffs of Guernsey and elsewhere, and to Channel Island Petitions, p.45. The petition probably relates to the Channel Islands eyre of 1299-1300 (see Crook, Records of the General Eyre, pp.191-2).
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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.45 (translation of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.433 (oyer and terminer re lands in the Channel Islands)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.97 (oyer and terminer re bailiffs of Guernsey and elsewhere)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517171/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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