Fiefs and their Seigneurs. From
Guerin's Almanack, 1890, in the
Library's
News Cuttings on Guernsey IV, p. 79, Staff.
Marked thus (*) owe suit and service to the
Court of Chief Pleas
|
Her Majesty |
*L'Evêque de
Winchester |
|
do. |
*L'Abbé de Mont St
Michel |
|
do. |
*L'Abbé de Noir
Moutier |
|
Bertram
Gosselin-Lefebvre |
*L'Abbé de
Blanchelande |
St Martin |
|
Her Majesty |
*L'Abbé de la Rue
Frairie |
|
do. |
*L'Abbé de la Croix St
Geffroy |
|
do. |
*L'Abesse de Caen |
|
Amias Charles Andros |
*Anneville de
Fauville |
St Sampson |
|
George De Saumarez |
*Saumarez, St Martin |
St Martin |
|
Peter De Baugy |
*Bruniaux de St
Martin |
St Martin |
|
Amias Charles Andros |
*Mauxmarquis |
St Andrew |
|
Heirs Mary Messurier
Allez |
*Bruniaux de Noirmont |
Vale |
|
Daniel Henry¹
|
*Vaugrat |
|
Jean Lenfestey
(Frie)² |
*Philippes |
|
Rev. George De C.
Guille |
*Cannelly which included the Fief Thomas
Blondel |
St Sampson |
|
do. |
*Fantôme |
St Sampson |
|
Reginald Bainbrigge |
*Rohais |
St Andrew |
|
Her Majesty |
Le Roy |
|
do. |
Lihou |
|
do. |
Pomare
|
St Peter-in-the Wood |
|
do. |
Halia (two-thirds) |
|
do. |
Suard |
|
do. |
Des Trois Bouvées de
l'Erée |
|
do. |
Huit Bouvées |
|
do. |
Couture |
|
do. |
Jean du Gaillard |
|
do. |
Quarante Quartiers |
|
do. |
Dix Quartiers Blondel |
|
do. |
Liven |
|
do. |
La Haule |
|
do. |
Rozel (SPP) |
|
do. |
Corvée |
|
do. |
Veilleresse de la
Fallaize |
St Martin |
|
do. |
Veilleresse de
Fermains |
St Martin |
|
do. |
Franc Fief St Martin |
|
do. |
Sotuas |
|
do. |
Franc Fief Gallicien |
|
do. |
Nannage |
|
Heirs of Mrs
Hutchesson |
Le Comte, with
dependencies³ |
|
George De Saumarez |
Halia (one-third) |
|
T Corbin |
Beuval |
|
Marie Le Messurier |
Robert De Verre |
|
Marthe Le Messurier |
Janin Besnard |
|
do. |
Reveaux |
St Peter-in-the-Wood |
|
Heirs Marie Le M.
Allez |
Quantraine |
|
Heirs John Carey |
Ste Hélène |
St Andrew |
|
P Robilliard
(Pleinmont) |
Thomas Blondel |
Torteval |
|
T Robilliard
(Pleinmont) |
Bouvée Duquemin |
Torteval |
|
do. |
Guillot Justice |
Torteval |
|
do. |
Courriqua |
Torteval |
|
Rev. George De C.
Guille |
Domaine Dom Hue |
Câtel |
|
Chapelle St George |
Câtel |
|
A C Andros |
Beauvoir |
St Peter Port |
|
J F T Dobrée |
Carteret |
Câtel |
|
Hon. James Saumarez |
Saumarez, Câtel |
|
do. |
Coltons |
|
do. |
Gohiers, Dieu le voye, Bouvée Marquand,
Bouvée du Fief aux Roux, Fief Herne |
Câtel |
|
William Carrington
4 |
Videclin |
Câtel |
|
Rev. F J Jeremie |
Groignet |
Câtel |
|
John R Tardif
5 |
Au Merchand |
|
John T Ross De
Havilland |
D'Anjohan Le Moigne,
Prêtre,
alias du Castel; formerly known as
the Fief Lucas Hernault |
Câtel |
|
W P Cohu |
Au Cocq |
Câtel |
|
Rev. F J Jeremie |
Massy Gros |
Câtel |
|
John Rougier |
Eperons |
St Andrew |
|
Mary Carey & heirs of Mary Le
Messurier (Catel) |
La Rivière |
|
William Le Messurier |
Saint |
St Martin |
|
Frederick Le
Messurier |
Fief Fortée |
|
Marked thus (*) owe suit and service to
the Court of Chief Pleas |
|
See
Fiefs 1680 |
|
¹ In right ofMartha Hocart his
wife
|
A list of the Livres de Perchages of
many of these fiefs held digitally in the Library. |
|
Please request further
information. |
|
² In right of Rachel Le
Messurier his wife |
|
³ see below |
|
4 In right of Betsy Marquand his
wife |
|
5 In right of Sophie De Putron
his wife |
³ Viz: Pomare (St-Pierre-du-Bois); Rozel (Vale); La
Court (Câtel); Grantée (Câtel); Longue & dependencies (St Saviour); Fouqués (SPdB); Bequepée; Au
Crochon (SPdB); Au Mière (SPdB); Huchon (SPdB); Gouïe (St Saviour); Des Cherfs; Cobois; Bellenzère;
Grangiers; Besognes; A l'Ecachier; Effards; Au Saunier; Des Feuvres; De la Landelle; Des Queux; Des
Forgiers; Moullinets; Canvière; Au Breton (Câtel); Clerc de l'Erée; Mauxconvenants; Hillaire; Trois
Vattiaux (St Saviour); Damellaines; De la Vingtunième Boissellée; Du Quartier Du Camp Rouf; Au
Carpentier; Robert Gosselin; Richard De Nermont; Du Quartier des Goubies; Du Camp des Hais; Richard de
la Folie; Dame Alianor (Vale).
See Ewen, A H, 'The fiefs of the island of
Guernsey,'
Report & Transactions of the Soc.
Guernesiaise, 1961, pp. 173-209, with a Schedule of
Fiefs by Parishes;T F Priaulx, 'Fief des Mauxmarquis,' in
Quarterly Rev. of the Guernsey Soc., XX (4), Winter 1964, pp. 85 ff.; 'Fief de Beuval',
Quarterly Review of the Guernsey Society, XII (1) 1956, pp. 16-17, by T. F. Priaulx; Selected House pedigrees; Fiefs and hunting, 1680. T F Priaulx also translated into English the findings from
a 14th century inquiry into the Rights and Privileges of the Seigneur d'Anneville (actually Fief Le
Comte) and the Services and Dues owed to him (translated into French from the Latin in 1406), and
published it in the
Report and Transactions of the Société
Guernesiaise, 1962, p. 279.