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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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This record is about the Men of Guernsey. King. [Petition in 4 parts:]1) They request that the king will keep... dating from [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 8/272/13590
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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).
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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 from the people of Jersey, see SC 8/272/13589
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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), 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517537/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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