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Men of Guernsey. [Archbishop of Canterbury]. The men of Guernsey request that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13810

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Reference
SC 8/277/13810
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Men of Guernsey.
Addressees
[Archbishop of Canterbury].
Nature of request
The men of Guernsey request that the Archbishop, having seen the commissions of the custody of the Channel Islands made by the King's father to la Roche and Norton, nominate them or others to the wardship of the Islands, because there are rumours that after their last removal from the keeping of the Islands, some people were killed by the Normans and many houses destroyed.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Channel Islands
Guernsey, [Channel Islands]
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
Archbishop of Canterbury
John de la Roche, knight
Robert de Norton, knight.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1327, with reference to CPR 1324-7, p. 306, 1326 letters of Roches and Norton nominating attorneys while they are in the Channel Islands, and to CPR 1327-30, p. 63, an appointment of Roche and Norton as keepers of the Channel Islands, and p. 301, a 1328 appointment of Roches as keeper of the Channel Islands.
Related material

For the second part of this petition see SC 8/277/13811

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
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), p.46 (translation of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.306 (letters of Roches and Norton nominating attorneys while they are in the Channel Islands)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.63 (appointment of Roches and Norton as keepers of the Channel Islands) & p.301 (appointment of Roches as keeper of the Channel Islands)
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