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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Desmares, clerk. Desmares William King and council. clerk [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/293/14639
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/293/14639
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1297-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Desmares, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Desmares, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged, and the right-hand side missing.] William Desmares states that Richard Guesdel, priest of the church of St John in the Isle of Jersey, abandoned his church during the war, and went to live in the power of the [King of France]. Henry de [Cobham], warden of the Isles, made William keeper of this church at the king's command, receiving the issues, and he installed a clerk in the church. But Richard has now re-entered the church by force, and William requests a writ to the bailli of the isle to retain him in his position.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et . . .Or before lord Otho [de Grandison]. . . will be delivered by this petition . . . until the present parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Jersey, Channel Islands.
- People mentioned
- Richard Guesdel, priest of the church of St John in the Isle of Jersey
- Henry de [Cobham], Warden of the Channel Islands
- Otho [de Grandison].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the reign of Edward I, after 1297, by mention of the war.
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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)
- Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.4-5 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735801/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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