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Nicholas de Cheny (Cheney), warden of the Channel Islands. de Cheny (Cheney) Nicholas...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1363

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This record is about the Nicholas de Cheny (Cheney), warden of the Channel Islands. de Cheny (Cheney) Nicholas... dating from [c. 1298] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/346/E1363
Date
[c. 1298]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Cheny (Cheney), warden of the Channel Islands.
Name(s)
de Cheny (Cheney), Nicholas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
warden of the Channel Islands
Nature of request
Cheny requests that a writ of Chancery is commanded to the barons of the Exchequer that Cheny be allowed his costs and expenses that he has incurred because of the war between the king and the king of France. He was granted the office of warden by the king in the time of the war and the previous warden delivered the same to him.
Nature of endorsement
It is answered by the other petition.
Places mentioned
Jersey, [Channel Islands]
Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
People mentioned
Henry de Cobeham (Cobham), late warden of the [Channel] Islands.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1298 because the petition refers to events in 25 Edw. I.
Related material

For a related privy seal warrant, see 2168 in C 81/22

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/339/15992

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Unsorted Miscellanea of the Exchequer (transferred August 1932).
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736787/

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