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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Fishermen of Guernsey. King. The fishermen request that they be granted that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13674
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This record is about the Fishermen of Guernsey. King. The fishermen request that they be granted that they... dating from [c. 1297] 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 8/274/13674
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fishermen of Guernsey.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The fishermen request that they be granted that they can fish in the sea and carry their catch to England to sell in a specified market quit of paying the custom in the kingdom for each market for once in whatsoever place they shall sell them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the Cheyneys be ordered that they call people to enquire as to whether such customs were paid before the time of Grandison, and that they certify the king on this and of all the proceedings in Chancery, and let Grandison's bailiffs be called.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
- People mentioned
- Nicholas de Cheyny (Cheyney)
- Philip de Cheyny (Cheyney)
- Otto [de Grandison].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1297 as this was when Nicholas de Cheyney was sent to the Channel Islands in the king's service (CPR 1292-1301, p.296).
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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.8 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.296 (protection for Nicholas de Cheyney going to the islands, and letters appointing Philip Cheyney his attorney)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517621/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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