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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Jersey. King. The people request that the isles of Jersey and Guernsey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13589
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This record is about the People of Jersey. King. The people request that the isles of Jersey and Guernsey... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/272/13589
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Jersey.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the isles of Jersey and Guernsey be taken into the king's protection as they are threatened by Normandy in time of war, and there is no refuge between England and Gascony and the Isles.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Jersey, [Channel Islands]
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
- Normandy, [France]
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- Otto de Gransson (Grandison), [late keeper of the Channel Islands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1328 as it is clearly following the replacement of Otto de Grandisson as warden of the Isles, and he was replaced in March 1327, and the government seems to have been particularly concerned with the defense of the Isles at this time (CPR 1327-30, p.63; CCR 1327-30, p.318).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition in part on the same matter by the people of Guernsey, see SC 8/272/13590
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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.48 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.318 (order for the repair of castles and mills in the islands neglected by Grandison)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.63 (appointments of new keepers of the Isles to defend it as Grandison is no longer resident)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517536/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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