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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Denis, son of John Denis. Denis Richard King and council. Richard recounts...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13242
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/265/13242
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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
- Richard Denis, son of John Denis.
- Name(s)
- Denis, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard recounts that his father John, who was killed in the King's service defending the island of Jersey, had been appointed receiver of the lands and tenements of those who should live in France in time of war, and had offered to give account during his life praying that he might be dismissed from the bailiwick because he would not receive any of the said escheats due to the danger of the war and the wardens refused him, and soon afterwards the King's enemies killed John and robbed him. Now the prior of Wenlock and other ministers of Otto force him to account on his father's behalf though he has none of the goods, of which he awaits an enquiry, and requests remedy because his land on this account has been taken into Otto's hand.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.2) If the things contained within are true his seized goods should be restored under good security to stand aright.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands}
- France
- Wenlock (Much Wenlock), [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- John Denis of Guernsey
- [Henry de Bonvillars], prior of Wenlock
- Otto [de Grandison].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in Channel Islands Petitions to c. 1300. The reference to the Prior of Wenlock suggests that 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)
- Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.13-14 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517189/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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