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Men of Guernsey. King. [Petition in 4 parts:]1) They request that the king will keep...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13590

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Reference
SC 8/272/13590
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
Men of Guernsey.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 4 parts:]1) They request that the king will keep them safely in his hand so that they do not suffer the damage suffered during the time of the king's grandfather.2) They request that the king make his will known to his keeper concerning the completion of the castle of Jerbourg which is vital for the defence of the Isles and which remains incomplete because the work is undertaken from the issues of the isles.3) They request that the keeper be commanded to keep and maintain the usages and customs, and that he be ordered to enquire of how the people were treated and governed during the time of Grandison.4) They request that they be free of all customs in buying and selling merchandises in England as the people of England are in the Isles.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
Jerbourg, [Guernsey, Channel Islands]
Gascony, [France]
Normandy, [France].
People mentioned
John de Roches, keeper of the Channel Islands
John de Clyvedoun (Clivedon), late keeper of the Channel Islands
Otto de Gransson (Grandison), late keeper of the Channel Islands.
Note
The petition dates to 1328 as the king ordered the castle of Jerbourg to be completed on 30 August 1328 (CCR 1327-30::p.320).
Related material

For a petition in part on the same matter from the people of Jersey, see SC 8/272/13589

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.49-51 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.320 (order for the completion of the castle of Jerbourg)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517537/

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