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All Applications for Agencies in those places where the Company have not yet appointed Agents to he addressed to the Manager. Agent for Jersey-CHARLES DE CARTERET, Esq., Val Plaisant. ^ c'-i^ "EFOEE proceeding to the more local part of my subject, it will not bo irrelevant briefly to sketch, the rise and progress of Heraldry generally ; to take a view of it in its fabulous as well as in its historic phase; and also to suggest the influence it maj' be said to have had upon the morals, manners, and habits of oiu* forefathers. From the Jewish era to our o^vti times, Genealogy* has excited attention and careful research, and the flj'st Pedigrees ever penned are to be found in the sacred pages of the Bible. Length of descent and purity of ancestry are coveted by all ; and no more general instance of the involuntary deference that is paid to its claims exists, than in the plea of the poor and needy man, when he says : " I am jioor, it is true, but then I come of a good faiuilijy His condition, under these circumstances, even in this practical day, is seen in a new light; his claim to consideration is allowed; and in the sympathy that is excited for the decline of his race is merged the unmerited contempt poverty has ever met with. I think every one will admit, who has paid the slightest attention to the subject, that Heraldry is capable of exciting as much or more enthusiasm in its devotees than any other science; so that when we find that History in all countries has had its fabulous jn-eface, it is not surprising that Heraldry possesses one also, and that the zeal which some of its earlier commentators have exhibited has led them very far beyond the bounds, not only of truth, but of possibility. The fii-st Heralds were men accustomed rather to the brand than to the quill; in short, to use plain English, they were old retainers of noble families, to whom was committed the task of lauding and chronicling the noble deeds and ancient descent of theii- masters' houses, f This to them was a labour of love, and not being bothered by troublesome critics in these "good old times," they drew pretty fi-eely upon their imagiuations— imaginations which, as I shall shoAv, were in a high state of fertility. This, however, was not the whole extent of the evil; for the next generation of Heralds, who called to their aid much erudition and considerable ingenuity, instead of superseding these transparent fictions, sought only to give theni plausibility and consistence, by perverting and adapting to their purpose quotations from almost every author since the Deluge. * Heraldry and Genealogy may, in a broad sense, be used indiscriminately, for after all, as a science, they are one, and therefore synonymous : Heraldry being the coloured frontispiece to Genealogy, and deriving almost all its value from its eldtr sister. t They were all very much upon a par with Cuptain Walter Scott, who, some two centuries ago, wrote (}) The True History of Several Honourable Families of the llight Honourable Name of Scott, and who describes himself as "an old souldier and no schoUer, and one that can just write nane but just the letters of his name." 031 2 INTRODUCTION. TLey, iudeed, were scarcely conteut to begin with Adam, for the reader will find, on reference to the "Boke of S. Alban," * an account of the orders of angels, and how they were ensigned ! These of course arc not described with great prolixitj^, but the coat armour of our first parents, and those of the Patriarchs, are given with much minuteness, and with the utmost confidence. Pedigrees, too, under their revisal, went up to Adam with a glibuess that is wonderful, one of Avhicli, as an instance, I give, fi'om Sylvanus Morgan's " Sphere of Gentrie," published in IGGl, and noticed by Moule. It is that of O'Mora or More, and commences thus : f — " God the Father, Sou, and Holy Ghost, who Avas from all eternity, did, in the beginning of time, of nothing create red earth, and of red earth formed Adam, and out of a rib out of the side of Adam, fashioned Eve. After which creation, plasmation, and formation, succeeded generation. I. Adam, siu-namcd the Protoplast, lived 930 years, and from his wife Eve begat sons and daughters, &c." The Genealogy is traced regularly through the Patriarchs to Noah, and from Noah to Nilus, and through the kings of Scythia to Milesius, who conquered Spain, and afterwards Ireland, from whom it is continued to Cu Chogry O'Mora, King of Liex, whose daughter Cacht married Dermot Nagal McMorrough, King of Leinster (who first invited the English to the invasion of Ireland, under Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, temp. Henry II.), and theuce to Anthony O'More, Dynast or Sovereign of Liex, whose daughter Ellen married, circa 1450, Sir Oliver Grace, &c. &c. "If any family," facetiously says a critic in the Literary Gazette,'^ "can show any higher pedigree than this, we will allow them to print and promulgate the same for the amazement of planet-struck mushrooms, Avho have prided themselves on springing up from the hot-bed of the Conquest, instead of being floated in and watered by the Deluge." Those who have a taste for the marvellous will find among these old authors many other quite as choice selections, Avhich possess every element of interest to the lover of ingenious fiction. Christ and the Apostles, of course, were not omitted among the "Gentrie;" aud Dame Julia Berners shall speak for herself, in a passage which is very interesting, if only to show how curious were the then ideas on this topic. She is describing " A Gentylman Spirituall." " Ther is a gentylman a churl Tone a prelle to be made and that is a spirituall gentylman to God and not of blodc. Butt if a gcntlemannys fone be made prelle he is a gcntvlman both spirituall and temperall. Cril'te was a gentilman of his moder be halue and bare cotarmure of aunccturis. The iiij Euangelift berith wittenefe of Crillis workys in the gofpell with all thapollilles. They were Jewys and ofgentylmen come by the right line of that worthy conqueroure Judas Machabeus bot by fucceffion of time the kynrade fell to poucrty after the deftruction of Judas Machabeus and then they fell to laboris and ware called no gentilmen, and the iiij doctoris of holi church Scvnt Jerome Ambrofe Augyftyn and Gregori war Gentilmen of blode and cotarmures." Arms were also given to the pagan gods, to the heroes of classic antiquity, to Scythians * The Eolve of S. Albau. Tliis book claims the third place, in point of antiij^uity, in Monle's celebrated Bibliotheca Heraldica. It %vas written by Juliana Barnes or Berners, daughter of Sir James Berners, of Berner's Boding, Esses. and sister of Bicliard, Lord Berners. She was Prioress of Sopewcll Nunnery, a cell to and ^ery near the Abbey of S. Alban's, Hertfordshire. It was printed in 1486, and consists of four separate treatises, but there is great doubt if the whole work can safely be attributed to its reputed antboress. f Slater also, in liis Genethliacon sive Stemma Regis Jacobi, &c., 1030, deduces the king's descent from Adam. J Literary Oozette, Oct. 5, 1822. Moule, in one of bis MS. notes to his own copy of this work, thinks it was written by William Jerdau, so many years editor of that journal. IXTRODTJCTIOX. and Teutons of eminence, to our Saxon forefathers, and, in fine, to almost every name of note down to the period when Ileraklry really did begin, llaiij, although denouncing its absurdity, urge that much temptation Avas given to these enthusiastic writers by passages, not only in the Bible,* but in classical authors, tending to prove the existence of badges or marks of personal dis- tinction, expressed on the defensive attire, arms, and banners of the ancients ; but they overlook the obvious fact that, until these distinctions become hereditary, they did not commence to be Heraldic; as little would the reckless assertion of a family bearing "Vert, roundle or," be justified by the said family's representative arraying himself in a bottle-green coat Avith gilt buttons. An unvarnished collection of such badges, distinctively worn by the warriors and chieftains of past ages, as corroborated by contemporary writers, would be very interesting, but I should deny its connection, in any wan, "^^^^^ t^^ science in question, for whereas the very " head and fi-ont" of the value of coat-armour consists in its identification with departed aucesti-al greatness, badges were valueless except in connection with their wearer, ^l^sop entered into this feeling while writing the fable of the Ass with the Lion's Skin. The present system, unfortunately, sometimes admits the adaptation of the exterior of the lion to the useful long-eared quadruped in a way that would have been impossible then. To arrive at the conclusion, therefore, that Ilereditary Coat-armoiu- was nothing more than an invention produced by parent necessity, to perpetuate the doughty prowess of the Crusaders, is, I think, simply stating the truth ; and fiu'ther, that any attempt, however zealous and determined, to claim for it a higher origin, must inevitably be futile. From the first Crusade, the soldiers of which started in the spring of 1096, to the ninth, circa 1209, all who returned from the Holy Land bore about with them the distinguishing badges under which they had fought and suffered, much as the soldiers of to-day proudly display the many-clasped Peninsular or Crimean medal ; then it was, doubtless, that the idea arose that these marks, made hereditary, * Vide Gen. xlix.; Exodus sxviij. 2; xxix. 14, 30; lumbers ij. 1, 2; Kings xxj. 8; Xehcmiali ix. 38; Esther iij. 12; viij. 8; Psalm xx. 5; Ix. 4; Isaiah xiij. 2; Jeremiah sxij. 10; Daniel vj. 17. Also Lydgate's Story of Thebes, p. 2; Orlando Furioso, Canto x., St. 70 ; and Potter's JJschylus and Euripedes, &c. &c. &c. 4 INTRODUCTION. would, as it were, form a stenography of family history. This is supported by the fact that the principal object only in the shield was then deemed of consequence ; marks of cadency were greater than now, and tincture altered at will. Thus the arms of Sire Tomas Mallet and Sire Eobert Malct, described in the Eoll of Knights, tmp. Edward II., diifered considerably, although the bearers were of the same family; the former bearing "de goules a une fesse d'ermyne a vj fermails de or,'' the latter " de sable a une cheveron et iij fermails de argent," which obviously show that the buckles were the distinguishing feature, and the accessories treated as of no moment ; in this the infant science differed from present usage, but proves the assertion stated above. In some cases the arms of relatives were even entirely dificrent, although the instance quoted is the rule. Many authors, although ignoring the classical existence of Heraldry, Avould claim for it an antiquity prior to the Conquest, or, as M. de Courcelles* dates it, soon after a.d. 938, "for about that period," he states, "Armorial Bearings were known as a system in the North," biit quotes no authority for his somewhat bold assertion. The question arises as to where the North may be ; certain it is that in the north of France, at the period of the Conquest, nothing was known of the science, for the celebrated Bayeux tapestry, undoubtedly executed very shortly after this event, proves neither Saxons nor Normans to have had on their shields any devices that can be tortured into the slightest resemblance to modern bearings, except some few delineations of the cross, evidently in iron or brass bands, which served the utilitarian purpose of binding and strengthening the shield. Tlie far-famed tiles at Caen, to which a more detailed reference is made in connection with the Mallet family, would, if they deserved the reputation of being placed there temp. William I., as sometimes asserted, be unanswerable, but they bear no less than three distinct proofs of the contrary, among the arms they portray. One contains three lions passant guardant. Now if these are intended for those of England, they were not adopted until the reign of Henry II., who, upon his marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaiue, joined the single lion of that province with the two of Normandy, which have remained as the arms of this kingdom to this day. Anotlier bears semce of fleur-de-lis, of which no examples are found prior to 1120 ; while a third expresses a quartered coat, a custom the origin of which the first known instance places in the reign of Edward I., whose queen, Eleanor, bore quarterly Castile and Leon.-f That much quoted but apocryphal document, the Battel Abbey Eoll.J has been so tampered * Fide Le Dictionnaire TJniversel de la Noblesse de France, par M. de Courcelles. f Vide Hfunikor s llemarks on the Tiles at Caen, Montagu's Heraldry, &c. \ This was formerly suspended in the Abbey of Battel in Sussex (erected on the battle-field of Hastings), with the foUowiug superscription : — • "Dicitur a bello, helium locus hie quia hello, Angligena; victi, sunt hie in morte relicti: ilartyris in Christi festo ceoidere calixti : Scxagenus erat sextus niillesimus annus Cum pereunt Augli, stellii monstrante cometa." llolingshed (p. "i) and Stowc (p. 10.")) have each given lists, but they differ so much from each other, aud from the Xorman accounts, printed by S. Allais, that but little credit can be paid to them unless corroborated elsewhere. Honest Maitre Wace's list is perhaps the most correct and authentic of all. INTRODUCTION. with by the monks, that its historic authority is much diluted with fable ; * aud then if it were originally a genuine list of the companions of the Conqueror, what authority have we that any description of coat-armour accompanied the text ? And, notwithstanding much learning has been brought to bear upon the point that royal and other seals of arms exist from a.d. 600 or 700 to 1100, I think them all open to the objection previously stated, that although borne on shields as now, they were then merely personal, not hereditary badges. Dallaway,t who writes at much length on the subject, with most other authors, alloAvs to the Germans this invention, but none furnish satisfactory evidence in favour of the supposition ; for although the Germans have complicated, and the French elaborated the science, yet I imagine the Anglo-Normans can give proofs of as early if not of a more ancient usage of armorial bearings than either. Once fairly in existence, the science rapidly developed itself. The warlike Edward III., and his successor, Eichard II., although utterly different in general character, gave every incentive to its increase, as an adjunct to tlie growing beauties of architecture and clothing. Under the former monarch the English Knighthood became the fii'st and proudest of the world, and, aided by their invincible courage, he reaped from France a harvest of wealth, then new to this kingdom ; this added to the thii-st for armorial distinctions, for in the human breast the next desire after the acquirement of riches is to add honours to their enjoyment. In this reign commerce became remarkable for the consequence of its votaries ; and, as they were forbidden, under severe penalties, to bear arms, in their ambition to imitate the custom they invented those curious and arbitrary signs or monograms called ^iHertbiUlts' l^livrhs, rendered famous, and brought under our more immediate notice, by those used by the eminent early printers. In the reign of the latter king, ostentation rather than chivalry was the object studied by the encouragement of Heraldry, yet this did not prevent its rules being stringently carried out — and carried out they were about this period to that extent, that in the subsequent reign, an individual, confessedly of gentle birth, denies his right to arms, " because neither he nor his ancestors had ever been engaged in war," J showing that, with the exception of the clergy, they were at that time deemed an honour due only to the soldier. The science had deservedly obtained such consideration that, in the reign of Eichard III., heralds ceased to be mere private retainers, and were incorporated as a collegiate body by that monarch, who amongst his many bad had several A'ery redeeming qualities ; but, like those of most of our monarchs, his character, tinctiu'ed by the feelings of his biographers, gives posterity but little clue to its right appreciation. The College of Arms thus constituted was then situated in the Parish of All Saints, London, at a house called Pulteney's Inn, or Cold Harbore, a mansion formei'ly belonging to Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter. It continued to progress in sj^lendour and development to the time of Henry VIII., whose vain and lavish humour made him pay the utmost deference to the gorgeous attributes of * Although the revenue of the monks of this establishment amoimted to what would bo £10,000 per annum in our day, yet many of the old writers accuse them of adding to this favoured list many a name whose only title to appear there consisted in a timely present to the Abbey by its ambitious owner. f Dallaway's Inquiry into the Origin and Progress of Heraldry, -ito, London, 1793. I Vide Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry. 6 INTEODTJCTION. Heraldry. The happy results of his self-will and caprices, which have gained him a notoriety and respect which he never deserved, caused him to abolish the regular clergy of the day, and at one blow, Nebuchadnezzar-like, to change the religion of a nation, and also to cut off many of the ancient nobility, whom he supplanted by creatures of his own, taken indiscriminately from all stations — their one indispensable and common merit being that they must have given proofs of skill and bravery in statecraft or war. Of this class Sir Hugh Yaughan, some time Governor of Jersey, was a foir example ; of whom all, from Wolsey to Vaughau, Avere endowed witli armo- rial insignia. Tilts and tournaments were the order of the day, which the king, with his stalwart person and courage, individually patronized ; and the merchants made another stride toAvards that "merchant-princedom" they subsequently have so amply enjoyed, and as a body they had the honour of couuting, among the descendants of one of themselves, the second of Henry's queens.* Then it may be said that Heraldry had arrived at its zenith of glory ; of which the famous Field of the CHoth of Gold formed the culminating point. It pervaded alike the solemn precincts of the church and cathedi-al, in the stained glass of their windows, and the encaustic tiles of their pavements ; the palace and the castle, in the keystones of their arches, the vanes of their roofs, and, in short, wherever such decoration could find a place ; the surcoat and shield of the knight and the housings of his steed ; the elegant dresses of the ladies ; the liveries. of the serving-men ; and, by the elegance and purity of its adornment, influenced and nurtiu-ed the progress of taste, while the study of its principles formed the chief acquirement in which it behoved all of gentle birth to be well grounded. In this reign, although some attribute the disuse of the custom to that of Elizabeth, bishops, abbots, and priors ceased to confer knighthood upon the parochial clergy — Sir being generally affixed to their names ; but although in England numbers of instances occur to prove that many of these ecclesiastics actually were knighted in due form, yet we may imagine with reason that they frequently adopted the title as a right; for in Jersey, priests, in Eoman Catholic days, were invariably styled Sire, although no evidence is given that they ever received the honour of formal knighthood. f Subsequently the title of Esquire was given to rectors and vicars, but this, with much good taste, has long been disused. Heraldic bearings, which at first were of a very simple character, became more florid both in themselves and their accessories as architecture advanced from its first principles : a bend, a fesse, an animal, or some such simple charge, forms a great criterion as to the probable era of its being adopted, while too great an elaboration in charging the shield is justly looked upon as a modern vitiation. It was due to the vagaries of heralds in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to invent a species of language of arms, which they termed Armilogia ; J and in which the tinctm-es and charges are supposed to represent virtues and failings, to accord Avith * Vide Noble's College of Arms. f Vide also an observation of Durcll, ia bis notes to Falle's Jersey, on the subject, in which he admits himself at a loss how to account for the practice. Fuller, in his Church History, hazards the opinion that such priests that had the addition of Sir appended to their names were men who had not graduated at the universities — being in orders, but not in degrees; whilst others entitled masters had commenced in the Arts. I This, with several absurdities of a like character, has been ably and liumurously discussed by Mr. Lower, in his Curiosities of Heraldry, to which work reference has already been made. I INTRODUCTION. 7 the spii'it of the bearer:* this was too absurd even for tlie credulous sph-it of those tunes, and therefore was never iu much vogue, so that any meaning they ever did possess (if indeed they had any save that given to them by the imagination of their chi'oniclcrs), has long since been lost. Perhaps the only exception to this is in what are called Pimning Arms (arma can- tantia). Of these many different varieties are enumerated hj heralds ; and the French, with their usual love of system, di\dde them into five classes : 1. Are those in which the first letter or syllable of the name is expressed in the arms.f 2. Those that allude directly or remotely by animate or inanimate figiu'es to the proper name.J 3. Those that iu a very remote manner signify the cognomen of their wearer.§ 4. Those that do not immediately refer to the name, but represent something in connection with it.[j And 5. Those arms that allude to the wearer's name in a foreign language or obsolete dialect.^ And appertaining very closely to these are Allusive or Historical Arms, which refer variously to the illustrious actions, negotiations, embassies, discoveries, inventions, soubriquets, honourable offices and employments, orthodoxy, piety, and memorable events in the lives of their first wearers. The former have been much decried by not only English but foreign writers, as mere modern inventions, tending to under- mine the true devices of Heraldry. But this is a false idea, for examples of armes jmrlantcs may be noticed among the earliest kuown examples, which a reference to the ancient Rolls of Arms will prove, where they occur in connectiou with the noblest founders of our old houses : as a familiar instance of which, it is an all but imiversally admitted fact, that the fleurs-de-lis, the former bearings of France, were adopted from the word Loys, the old French for Louis. Indeed, armcs parlavtcs may be considered as forming the connecting link between personal badges and hereditary bearings. This emblematic figuring is not confined to the shield, but also occurs in the crest and motto. For examples of each in the following pages, see the arms of Cabot, La Cloche, and Poingdestre, and the crest of Robin. The crest was introduced some time after armorial bearings became usual, and at one time the right of bearing a crest indicated even a higher rank than that of bearing arms themselves. This was natural, as the custom undoubtedly arose from the immemorial practice of chieftains to wear on theii" helmets plumes of feathers, both for distinction in the melee and to keep their followers from straying. After the crest came the motto ; this was religious, allusive, punning, or defiant, according to fancy. Mottoes, down to the middle of the sixteenth century, were not confined to per- sonal usage, but ornamented buildings and apartments, by expressing their piu-pose, in a Latin * Eveu so late as tlie beginning of this century an attempt was made thus to read the arms of a feudal family in Jersey. The idea, however well-meant, was simply ridiculous, and, fortunately for the writer, his MS. was not printed, and therefore is not generally kuown. f Altheim (.Austria), Gules, on a fesse argent, a gothic A sable. Gottingen (German town), Gules, a gothic G argent. J D' Andre, or, a S. Andrew's cross gules. Cockburn, argent, a mascle azure, between three cocJcs gules. § Baudry, Gules, a baldric argent. Fontenay-le-Comte (French Town), azure, a Fountain argent. II Le Roy, azure, a sceptre or, in pale. Soldati, azure, a lance or, in pale. ^ Arundel, sable, six swallows {hirondelle, Fr.) argent, 3, 2, 1. De la Chastre, azure, three camp tents {castrtim, Lat.) or. 8 INTRODUCTION. or other legeud, over the door. Thus may be read over the postern of the seigneurial house of Tourville, " Sileto et Spera." The motto of the family of Fortescue, placed beneath its arms, over the grand entrance of the castle, is " Forte scutum salus diicum." And over the principal door of the hospitable mansion of Earl Cowper is the comfortable assurance, " Tnum est."* In France, to this day, crests and mottoes are in very much less general vogue than in England. Badges, properly so called, in contradistinction to crests, with which they are sometimes confounded, deserve a notice here. They were cognizances adopted by royal and noble houses, chiefly on account of remarkable family events, and worn as a distinguishing feature by the retainers and men-at-arms of the chief, either on the arm or cap, the minstrel or bard having them suspended to his neck by a silver chain. The history of the origin and circumstances connected with badges would hi itself form a volume, abounding in most stii-ring and romantic incident. Who does not call to mind the White Hart of Eichard II., fondly borne in honoiu' of his mother, Joan Holaud, the renowned and beauteous Maid of Kent ; and the badge of the Princes of Wales, the three ostrich feathers? Nearly allied to these arc the cognizances known as Wake's and Harrington's Knot; the Pelham Buckle ; and, as a variation, may be noticed the rebus adopted and worn by Prior Bolton, of the Priory of S. Bartholomew, London, as a badge, being a bolt (arrow) inserted in a tun, and which exists to this day in the familiar inn-sign of the Bolt and Tun. Such political influence and party feeling were excited by their display, and speculation on theii* influence, that even as late as the reign of Elizabeth an act was passed by which severe penalties Avere laid on "all phantasticall prophecies upon, or by, the occasion of badges, cognizances, or like things." Their last remains may still be seen on the arms of the ser- vitors of some of the London trade companies, and on those of the minor oflicials of borough towns. Notwithstanding the unparalleled glories of Heraldry under Henxy YIIL, they did not undergo any material change for the worse through several reigns ; and Cromwell, despite the puritanical pretences by which he succeeded in clutching at, and holding, more than sovereign power, was, like all parvenus^ desirous of surrounding his new-born dignities with all the eclat possible. His patents to his peers of Parliament were decorated in the margin by his own por- trait, arrayed in regal robes, and surmounted by his paternal escutcheon with many quarterings ;f and his receptions of foreign ambassadors were accompanied with every possible mark of splen- dour. A curious entry of the items of his funeral pageant is extant, which consisted largely of heraldic insignia, and so great was its magnificence that its whole expense amounted to £28,000. Gradually, however, and by almost imperceptible degrees, from this date Heraldry declined from its high estate ; the rules and regulations of the heralds were disobeyed and evaded ; visi- tations ceased ; and the dark ages of the science commenced, which are thus deplored by Sir William Segar, Garter, in his envoy to Guillim's Display of Heraldi-ie,J in the following graphic but quaint lines : — " Beesy//C/f tht' Flowers, others ent their Hony, Poor digge the Mines, Rich Men hiive the Mony, Sheep //eare the Fleece, others weare the Wooll, And fome plant Vines, and some the Grapes do pull ; Sic vos non vobis, may to us be laid." * r»V7e the Hunchback of Notre Dame, by V. Hugo. f Dallaway. | Edition 16G0. rNTROBUCTION. " We i/azort Armes, and fome ejleetn them not. We write of Honour, others do it blot. We uphold Honour, other i pluck it down. Burying them/elves in bafe Oblivion : Such are the effeSls of our defective Age." " Peet'ijh Precisenesse, loves no Heraldry, Crosses in Arms, they hold Idolatry : All Funeral's pompe, and Honour but a vaunt. Made Honour onley by the Honorant ; Shortly no difference 'twixt the Lord and Page." " Honours Recufants do fo multiply. As Armes, the Enfigns of Nobility, Must be laid down ; they are too glorious. Plain, idlejkewes, and fuperftitious ; Plebeian bafeneffe doth them fo e/ieem." " Degrees in bloud, the fteps of pride and fcorne. All Adam's Children, none are Gentle born ; Degrees of fate, titles of Ceremony : « Brethren in Chrift, greateneffe is Tyranny : O impure Purity that fo doth deem /" Now of late this, to a certain extent, influenced by the many learned and interesting publications that have emanated from the press, has changed for the better, and the literary world, or I might with more justice say, the world generally, has acknowledged the inti'insic value of the science, and evinced a desire for its cultivation ; and it is to be hoped that in like manner as Eeligion and the Arts gained new vigour after their revival from the toi-por into which they had fallen during the middle ages, so in Heraldry — that its last state may be far more perfect and complete than its fii-st. But the reason why? "What has posterity done for me, that I should do anything for posterity?" cried the indignant Irishman. "What has Heraldry done for society that we should wish to promote its interest ? " exclaim my readers. — " Heraldry," says Victor Hugo, " to those who can decipher it is an algebra — a language. The entire history of the middle ages is written in Heraldry, as the history of the first half in the imagery of the Eoman Churches." And its value to the historian,* genealogist, architect, painter, novelist, poet, the ends of justice,f and far stronger than these to Self, has been so fi-equently and so eloquently discussed and proved by ingenious and learned authors, that should I dilate on this part of my subject, I should be, I fear, guilty of repeating what has been better said before ; therefore to the curious reader I strongly recommend the perusal of some of those authors who have devoted so much * Sir F. Palgrave, the talented compiler of the Parliamentary Writs, observes "that Heraldly frequently affords the best and sometimes the only mode of identifying individuals." f "I know three families," says Ralph Bigland, late Garter, "who have acquired estates by virtue of preserving the arms and escutcheons of their ancestors." 10 INTRODUCTION. time and atteution to their subject,* contenting myself with preferring an argument in its favour which, if not possessing the merit of originality, is one I have never heard used, and is one which must apply itself to the consideration of all. When civilization in Europe succeeded the semi-barbarism that before had reigned supreme, the feudal system was undoubtedly looked upon as the most accurate balance of power between the various sorts and conditions of men that Imman wisdom could possibly devise : and indeed, surveying it in its proper light, that of contrast to the state of things it superseded, it will be found that the many privileges conceded by might to right ; the chivalrous respect to Woman (the base of all moral in our character) ; and the thousand and one ameliorations of the former state of society, were all OAving to the working of this much-abused system : and to vilify it because it does not meet the requu-ements and exigencies of this present, would be to blame the modest rushlight for not bursting into the refulgent brightness of the gas-jet. f The middle class proved the death of feudalism. Now, as then, the highest class eiijoijcd, the lowest endured life ; but when a body arose from the middle classes who were competent and willing to wage warfare with their hereditary rulers in the arena of ambition and learning, and were met of course with jealousy and clujue, the old state of things could not bear the innovation; convulsed to its centre, it fell, because its founders had not foreseen, and consequently had not provided against, its particular antagonist— a contingency that occurs to mar the working of more systems than the feudal. Indeed it may be said that Heraldry bore a part in bringing about this result, for thi-ough its portal alone could the wealthy or talented plebeian enter the then sacred precincts of aristocracy. And more — for all the higher attributes that render the character of the media3val knight and gentleman so pleasant to look back upon ; for all his pacific, and most of his warlike vii'tues, (except of course, the inherent one of bravery) have we not to thank the science that formed his order; which provided him with his rules of life ; and which, by its semi-religious and wholly moral character, supported him in carrying out his vows. A science, indeed, which, tempering the bull- dog ferocity of warfare while giving greater prominence to the intellectual qualities, has contri- buted, long after its ostensible influence has vanished, a noble share towards paving the way for our present high state of moral and literary culture — a consideration which raises Heraldry fi-om the rank of an obsolete and fantastic study to class as one of the great benefactors of the world ! * Vide Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry ; Nares' Heraldic Anomalies; De la Motte's Historical and Allusive Arms, &c. f The celebrated William Godwin, writing to Shelley the poet, says: "Almost every institution or form of society is good in its place and in the period of time to which it belongs. How many beautiful and admirable effects grew out of Popery and the monastic institutions, in the period when they were in their genuine health and vigour ! To them we owe almost all our logic and our literature. What excellent effects do we reap, even at this day, from the feudal system and from chivalry!" MPLE evidence remains to prove that from tlie earliest ages Jersey was inhabited ; indeed the large mimber of Druidic remains once existing in the island would suggest that its Celtic or Frank population must have been much larger than its Norman.* But my subject has nothing in common with its pagan historj' ; it refers to a subsequent era, when it was not merely a Neustrian colony, but an integral portion of the duchy itself; when the name of a Jerseymau was not, being merged in the more com- prehensive one of a Norman ; and when the insular possessions of the feudal Seigneur may have served him as a pleasant retreat from the cares of statecraft and war, to be given in time as a patrimony to the younger branch of a noble house. This identity Jersey has preserved almost intact until the commencement of the present century. Laws, habits, and customs have been handed down with astonishing fidelity. The " Claraciu' de Ilaro," the legacy of EoUo's stern justice, although disregarded and ignored in its fii'st home, is here as potent as ever ; and honest Master Wace still speaks in the fondly che- rished language [patois, as a critic would say) of his countrymen. j* The character, too, of its people preserves much of the high repute of their ancestors. Great and proverbial powers of memory, much and genuine hospitality, an innate and Hibernianesque wit, with which is curiously blended the phlegm and frugality of the caunie Scot, and a native bravery, that needs no other eulogy than it has already gained in the annals of the islimd, may fairly be numbered as Jersey chai'acteristics. Yet there is a reverse to every pictiu-e, and were I to say that with so much good were blended no faults, the most careless reader would pay but little heed to the rest of my assertions. Those, then, that most forcibly strike the attention of a stranger are a parsimony unfitting the present age, and an incurable mania for petty political intrigue ; although even to these, Jerseymen possess such bright and so many exceptions, that it may be confidently pre- dicted that both are on the wane. And it is scarcely flattery to add that in a great measure their national faults are those of circumstance and place — their ^artues are all their own. Until comparatively a recent period, little or no alien blood flowed in the veins of the Jersey folk, and in them continued the main features of theii* nationality, while on the one hand persecution and tyranny have so far debased the modern inhabitant of Normandy as to leave in him but few traces of his heroic ancestry ; and, on the other, the sturdy Saxon admixture has much altered, admitting it to have improved, the Englishman of to-day. The Jersiais are fully aware of the degeneracy of their continental neighbours ; for when one of the lower classes would express the nc plus ultra of contempt for an antagonist, he sums it up in the significant phrase — " Tu es un Normand ! " " The force of" malice " can no further go." J * Vide a clever work on the Druidio remains of Jersey, bv J. P. Aliicr, Esq. f "On retrouve a Jersey un echantillon des vieux Normands; on croit entendre parlcr Guillcaumc le Biitard. ou I'auteurdu Eoman de Ecu." — Chatcaulriand. \ Vide Durell's note on this subject, p. 278. c2 12 INTRODrC'TIOX. But despicable as may be the modern parody of a Norman, bistory shows that as a nation, they regenerated the workl. They made their appearance in Western Europe just at a period when both Saxons and Franks were fast becoming disorganized, on the one hand by coarse luxury and dissipation, and on the other by the despotism of Charlemagne, whose ceaseless wars had decimated his people, and whose lust of government had wi'ested from them every vestige of representative power. Hardy and abstemious, clever, brave, and warlike, the Normans earned for themselves a home on the fair borders of France, where they flourished while all around them was misery and wretchedness. Then it was that Jersey was part and parcel of their domain ; the Jcrseyman was in his duchy and in his island at one and the same time, and in default of knowing the pre-Normau history of the Channel Archipelago, there is no reason to doubt that its inhabitants were not as purely Teutonic as the rest of theii- compatriots. The two points in which Mr. Warburton* compares the English to their Neustrian fore- fathers, are their love of genealogies and their skill in horsemansliip. In the former and more important feature the Jerseyman certainly participates ; for, indeed, what Jersey fiunily of any consequence is there which cannot exhibit its pedigree, generally noted with more minuteness than those existing in the English Heralds' Visitations ; and if subject, like all else sublunary, to occasional error, they have, in many instances, been strikingly corroborated by contemporary documents of value. , • ■ ■ .,■ . Mr. Warburton, with his usual elegance and felicity of expression, dilates upon this subject with so much warmth, that I am sure my readers will, in the interest of tlic subject, pardon me for quoting him at some length. "A desire," he says, "of pi-eserving an authentic history of his descent characterized the Norwegian noble from very early times. We are told that those songs with which the uorthern bards regaled the heroes at their 'feasts of shells' were but versified chronicles of each ancestral line, symphonied by their stirring deeds, f No parchment told his lineage to the warrior of those days, but the heroic names were branded each night upon his swelling heart, by the burning numbers of his bard. Thus did the Norman chronicle his ancestry in those unlettered times. Afterwards, when the oak fire was extinguished, and the ' night came' no more ' with songs' — when we reach the age of records, we find this love of lineage availing itself of the new method of commemoration. Tliis strong ancestral spirit may be traced partly to the profound sentiment of perpetuity which formed the principal and noblest element of his character, and partly to the nature of the property to which he was linked by the immemorial custom of the Teuton race. The means, too" (that of personal merit), "by which the fief was originally acquired, served to give an interest and value to the Norman genealogy which we shall vainly seek in that of other nations, save the Hebrews, among whom genealogies connected witli those stupendous promises on which the hope of the world hung, were naturally kept Avitli a trembling and awfrd regard. Eut it is not as a mere pedigree of names that the Norman regards the records of his line. They are, as it wore, solemn documents constituting him as the trustee of a stainless name, and their silent characters seem to express a hope tliat he will take care to transmit it unsullied on. Moreover he views the long line upwards to the chief wlio trod the Neustrian soil, as forming with himself but one family, whose co-existence, * Vide Hollo nnd liis llacc, by Acton "Warburton. f Tbc Gaels, or lliglibindors, bad a very similar custoir. INTRODUCTION. 13 thougli forbidden here by the laws which regulate the succession of human generation, is sure to be brought about hereafter, wjien existence shall lose its progressive character, and there will be space enough for all at once." Amid the numberless works on Ileraldry and Genealogy, Jersey has yet, strange to say, been unrepresented, although the fact of the ancient descent of its inhabitants has been noticed by almost all who have written of this " peculiar people." Falle says, " In this island are many very ancient families, not only among the qualified gentry, but even among those of a middle class and degree ;" and a more modern writer,* in giving short sketches of the families of the higher official personages, arrives at the same conclusion. This, however, will seem the less wonderful, when it is considered that the proper history of Jersey has yet to be written. Indeed, until 1694, f 110 liistorij of it had ever been in print, and then it was written by an absentee, and con- fessedly from the labours of another; and was at that time summed up in a 12mo volume of 216 pages. Although several have been written since that period, chiefly on Fallc's design, yet none have possessed that degree of minuteness the subject demands. To doit full justice would, it is true, be a work of much difficulty, requiring a large outlay of time and money ; for while the State Paper, Eecord, and other offices in London deserve a minute and careful research, the various depositories of deeds in Normandy and those of the Eoyal Court of JerseyJ arc equally important ; and lastly, but not least in point of either consequence or difficulty of access, are the private chronicles, which, before the introduction of printing, were the only means of trans- mitting to posterity the history of the narrator's own times. These are guarded with a tenacity and exclusiveness difficult to be understood by strangers, which renders access to them extremely precarious, if not actually impracticable. § But still, the want of a connected account of Jersey families is cin-ious, as their national taste leads them to be amateur genealogists, one and all ; and the interest is increased, in the present instance, by the fact that a great proportion of its inhabitants arc allied by the ties of marriage, and amongst their members are to be found a very largo number who have distinguished themselves in almost every branch of theu- country's service. It cannot be denied that an undertaking of this kind, commenced a century ago, or even earlier, would have been accomplished with more ease, and completed with more exactitude ; indeed, were it much longer delayed, who can tell but that it would be but to chronicle a people then no more ? For the gradual absorption of native into alien families, and the extinction of many an honoured name, now all but forgotten, is gradually lessening their number ; and it may be, ere many generations are passed, that this last and purest remnant of the ancient Normans will have merged into that oUa podrida of nations known as an Englishman, and his name be given to a casual dweller in his former island home. * Vick La Ville dc S. Hclicr, ^jar M. De la Croix. f An Account of the Isle of Jersey, &c., by Philip Falle, M.A. London: Printed for John Newton, at the Three Pigeons, ovcr-against the Inner Temple Gate, in Fleet Street. 1694. A copy of this extremely rare and curions edition ia in the valuable library of Durell Lerrier, Esq., and another in the Bib. Eeg. British iluseum. J Tlie public documents of Jersej' have much need of collation and transcription, as well as to be of more easy access to non-official readers. § All connected with Jersey are aware of the light thrown on insular history by the resuscitation of the Chevalier MSS., and certain data lead me to imagine that there are extant at this moment several of the same kind, equally important to the antiquarian and historiuu- 14 INTRODUCTION. Besides the pure Normans, there are, however, some families from other parts of France, and also from England ; for political or religious eflfcrvescences in either country rendered those on the losing side anxious to seek a safe and quiet retreat ; and Jersey was thus particularly eligible for French refugees, as here they were ever hospitably received, and had the benefit of being understood, without the inconvenience of learning a new language. These principal eras were the Massacre of S. Bartholomew and the Kevocation of the Edict of Nantes. The persecu- tions then so rife caused the representatives of many noble fixmilies to seek an asylum in this favoured isle ; but leaving, as one of their descendants feelingly observed, " with only their Bibles in their hands," they naturally, after one or two generations, forgot the oral traditions of their descent, and date only, with few exceptions, fi-om their arrival here. Although Guernsey with Jersey partakes equally of these chief characteristics, it appears that the latter island, in a question of precedence, asserted its priority, as appears from the fol- lowing curious document, never, I believe, before printed.* "TOUCHANT LA PRESEANCE D'HONNEUR CHALENGEE PAR GUERNESE. EN 1624. " II a efte toujours donne a Icrfc, comme il apert par beaucoup tant ancies que modernes records, prefls a eftre produits, dedans refqucis IcrJ'e eil le premier nomme, et la raifon eft aparcnte. " Prcmu-rcmcnt, en refpect que lerj'e eft d'une plus large cftendue que Guernefe d'une tierce partie. Seco>'.de??ient, pource qu'elle eft plus peuplee d'une moitie que Gucrneje, Scrcq, et Atirigiiy. Tiercement, pource que les reuenues deubs a fa Ma^ en lerfe font beaucoup plus grands que dans tout le refte des Illes. Ouartement, pource qu'il y a eu des perfonnes de lerfe qui ont efte Gouvcrncurs et Baillifs de Guernefe, mais jamais nuUe personnc dc Guernefe n'a efte Gouverneur, Lieutenant, ou Builly dsjerfe. "1303: Edw. II. Ottho efloit du Prk'e Coufell. Sedition Populaire. " Ottho de Geardijfeon eftant Seigneur des Illes enuoya un M'''' Gerard\ pour eftre son Lieutenant Gouverneur en Guernefe et centre luy les habitants fe leverent et affiegerent le Chafleau, le prindrent prilbnier, et un fut appointe Bailly de leurs : pour laquelle fedition populaire, ils furent taxes a milles livres fterlings, toutc I'aqucile procedeure aparoift en Foffice des Records de fa Afrf'^' au Banc du Roy a Weftmefter. " Anno Edzv. III. 1338. Guernefe fut prins par les Francois {vide Froifirt et Mon/lrelet). "L'iflc et chafteau de Guernefe furent prins par les Francois et aulTi gardes durant Fefpafle de trois ans; dans lequel temps I'Amiral de France, nomme Bahuchet, fill beaucoup d'aterrages et entrees en jerfe, bruflant et gaftant leurs bleads eftant sur bout raaifons, granges, et tout ce qu'ils trouvoient, et de la donnerent beaucoup d'aflauts au Chafleau de sa Ma^' apelle Mont Orgucil que les Habitants vaillement garderent, et d'effendirent fous Drouet de Barentin, S'' de Roffel, lors Lieutenant Gouverneur, qui eftant occis en un aflaut, les habitants dtjcrfc en c'efte d'eftrefle choifirent Renaud de Carteret en fa place. " Anjto 1 5 Edzv. III. Guernefe reconvert par la valeur et aide des hom?ne% de lerfe. X * The original is in the possession of Miss Ann Gallichan, of S. Martin. f The chronicler here is correct, Gerard Dormer having been appointed Lieut. Governor to Grandison. G. Rot. ParLi. 419. a. J In a copy of this MS., in the possession of Edgar MacCulloch, Esq., of Guernsey, occurs here the following interpolation, evidently written, by its allusions to Charles IL, at a much later date, and possibly added by one of the Andros family, sometime Seigneurs of Saumarcz, in Guernsey, since they were perhaps the only staunchly loyal family of that island during the Great llebellion, or, as is more likely, by one of the descendants of those Guernseymen who unsucccssfidly opposed the French in their native island ( J'iile Le Coma and Guille), and of whose deeds this offers corroborative testimony : — " L'Honorable Jean de la Marche dvi bas, Commandant-en-Chef de la paroisse de S. Martin, voyant I'isle dc Guernsey revolte centre son Roi, et servant de preference sous les drapeaux Fran(;ais ; cc vaillant homme, dis-je, emu par un esprit vraiment loyal, et seoonde par I'honorable Messire Pierre de Sausmarez, James Guille, Jean de Bhinche- lande, Pierre Bonamy, Thomas Vauriouf, et Thomas Etibaut, qui allerent partout chercher du secours, et tachant de detruire tous les factieux, et animes d'un desir d'assister ;\ lour bienfaiteur pour reprendrc la Chateau Cornet, assistes par les braves habitants dc la petite Cesaree; la paroisse de S. Martin leva et envoya, 87 hommes qui se joignirent, aux dites honorablcs pcrsonucs sous le commandcment du dit noble Jean de la Marche du bas : ce nombrc etait autant INTRODTJCTIOX. 15 " Par la valeur et grande aide des hommes Ae. jerje, qui outre la vcrtu dc leurs perfonnes, contribuerent six mille quatre cent marcs pour recouvrer Pljle et Chaftea^i Cornet de Guernefc, les Fnincaii furciit totallement chafle hors de Guernefe, dans lequel lervice beaucoup fignales et hommes de qualite de jerfi y perdirent leurs \ies. Nommcment le S''^ de Vincheles, de Mautravers, des Augres, de Garis, de la Hougue, Lempriere,* et beaucoup d'autres commandateurs nommes pour leur fervices efpecial, outre le vulgaire. " Guernefe et Sercq : la Phmtation par les Hommes de lers'e. Premierement, "II plaife a c'eft honorable eftat d'apointer un temps que les hommes Aejer/e puiflcnt parler par leur conftil et produire leurs preuues. II fera fait paroeftre que toutes les chefues families de Guernefe ont iflu deyV;y?qui premierement le peuplerent, comme I'lfle de Sercq semblablement. " Les nomps de diverses families et personnes de bon rang en lers'e. " Les families de Matravers,^ Barentins, et Cattrets ont efte eminents en c'eft eftat et de longue continuance. Thomas que la paroisse de S. Martin put en fournir dans ce temps la. Ayant ete attaques au Mont Madan (dit les Huhis) ils firent retraite et s'cmbarquerent ;i la petite Porte (qui porte ce nom a cause de cette aventure) sur de frilcs barques, parmi les Roohers, et arriverent enfin a Jersey, et se joignirent sous le commandemcnt de Messii-e Ilenaud de Carteret, Grand Gouverneur des Isles, et se battirent vaillamment sous les drapeaux de Sa Majeste, apres avoir echappes a la furcur d'une mer orageuse. S. Martin I'tait la seule paroisse de cette Isle de Guernesey, qui se garda sous I'obeissance du Eoi, pour lesquels bons services, il plut a Sa Majeste Charles II., lour accorder les revers et paremens bleus, puis apres leur fut accorde ;i leur rt'quete le galon d'argent comrae le plus noble. Cost alors que plusieurs habitants de S. Martin donnerent leurs services pour leurs vies au susdit Ilenaud de Carteret, Gouverneur-cn-Chef, et con(;urent un tel mepris pour leurs pays qu'ils habiterent Jersey. Lisez pour ccla le discours que Charles II. donna au Parlement a son retour, et I'estime et I'eloge qu'il fait de ces heros." * The correctness of this list is questionable. No Maltravers is known to have perished, and De Garis is, it appears, solely a Guernsey name, although a fief De Garis is numbered among the many minor ones of this island. t Matravers — Mautravers — Maltravers. The zeal of the writer here claims for this family a nationality it did not possess. The following is a brief sketch of their history. The first of whom record is left is Hugh Maltravers, who was witness to a charter of Henry I. to the monks of Montacute, in co. Somerset. In 5 Stephen, WiUiam Maltravers gave a thousand marks of silver and one hundred pounds for the widow of Hugh de la Val, and lands of the same Hugh, during the term of fifteen years, and then to have the benefit of her dowry and mai-riagc. After him were John and "Walter (who died without heirs male), then John Maltravers, who took part wdth the rebellious Barons against John ; — returning however to his obedience in 1 Henry III., he was of the retinue of Earl William Mareschall ; and in June, 26 Henry III., had summons to fit himself with horse and arms to attend the King into France. He died in 24 Edward I., being then seised of the manors of Henneford, co. Somerset ; of Woodchester, co. Gloucester ; of Luchet and Wychampton, co. Dorset, and certain lands in Chelrey, co. Berks ; leaving John his son and heir. This John was, in 34 Edward I., made a knight, attended the King into Scotland, and obtained in the same year a charter or free-warren in all his demesne lands at Lychet- Maltravers, co. Dorset. He was, \ipon the deposal of Edward II., when he was styled John Maltravers the elder, appointed one of the principal persons to whom the custody of the King was committed, in which charge, tradition says, he was characterized by his severity to the fallen monarch. At the death of the King he fled to Cicrmany ; but, in 19 Edward III., upon the arrival of the King at the port of Swync, in Flanders, he came voluntarily to him, and was, by the judgment of the Parliament, 25 Edward III., fuUy pardoned, and had summons to sit in that convention. His son, John Maltravers the younger, received the honour of knighthood, in 34 Edward I. In 2 Edward III., he was constituted Governor of Carekcnny Castle. In the following year he obtained a grant of aU the castles, manors, and lands of John Giffard, of Bummesfield, which devolved to the King by escheat ; and the same year he was made Constable of Corfe Castle. Shortly after, however, for some oftence, aU his lands were seized by the King; for, in 5 Edward III., Agnes, his wife, by the King's especial favour, obtained livery of those lands wherewith she had been endowed by John de Argentine and John de Nerford, her former husbands. He soon retui-ned to favour again, for he served the King in France, and was, for his services there, made Governor of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney. While in this oflioe he founded, according to Dugdale and others, an hospital, at Bowes, in Guernsey, for poor men and women : this, however, is an error, for by the patent, Edward III., p. 2, m. 18, it appears that Peter de S. Peter founded, de novo, that hospital under the auspices of the Governor. He died, 16 February, 38 Edward III., leaving Alianore, wife of John, second son of PJchard, Earl of Arundel, and Joane, wife of Sir John de Kaynes, Knt., his grand-daughters and heirs, they being childi-en of John, his son, who died ritd pafris, and who was, in 23 Edward III. (the year of his death), constituted Governor of the Norman Isles, twelve years before his father's succession to that dignity. Arms : Sable, a fret or, with a file of three points ermine. — Vide Dugdale's and Banke's Baronage, Hutchin's Dorset, &c. 16 INTRODUCTION. dc Soullcmont eftant Secraitdire pour la langue latine a IS.S. ct CU-rcq du Parlemrnt en la maifon dc Haut, ct alors Hclier dt Carteret, etoit fupervifeur de la Chambre. " Item, les Barcntins et Carterets ont ete eminents et Gotiverneurs dans les ditcs Ifles, et de temps en temps divers hommes dsjer/i- ont efte et a prefent font Lieutentints-Gouz'erneiirs et Bui/lis dans les deus ifles."* The islands are guileless of Heralds ; f grants and confirmations are for the most part unknown among them, and for the sources of then- arms, it will be found that immemorial prescription, as those of De Carteret and Dc Barentine ; of retaining the original arms of their- ancestors, as Lcrrier and Pellier ; of plagiarism, as Ecraon, bearing those of Eaymond ;| and some instances of assumption at will — have all had their share in illustrating the following pages. Yet some attention was paid to the science, as an examination of the old private seals will show, in which marks of cadency and quarterings are exhibited. The right of bearing arms also was sometimes disputed, which is proved by the following summons sent by the Seigneur of Samares to Pierre de la Eocque in 15G7. ., J _g^ -| Prevoft de S' helier femones ou faite femondrc, a Mercredy dixicme jo'' du mois de Decembre, Mille V lo" lo''™ j foixante & fcpt, fi compreor a S' helier aux pleiz de catel, tenus a la cohue de fes Majestes la Roine, Pierrcj de la Rocque contre honnefte gentfhome Henry Dumarefq, S'' du Fief, S™, et appartenances de Saumarefq : Et led' de la Rocque, ufurpate'' et cntreprene'' de porter et avoir en pourtraict en sa maison et aultres lieux les ppres Armeuries dud' S'' dc Saumarefq ; et led' Dumarefq S' come d' eft, adjoinct avecq I'advocat de notrc Souveraine Dame la Roine, stipulant I'office de Procurcur en cefte Isle de Jerfey, et a refpondre audit advocat ct adjoinct a to'"^ les cacs qu'ils luy fairont a demander et selon que le'' conscill le'" donnera : Item, Semones ou faits femondre audit jour et lieu le Sgeant on Pvolt dud' Pierre de la Rocque a venir recorder led' adjournement fait entre lefd'' parties." La bille fignee de P. E. le Saulte'' " Memorand"^ Des raifons q. Pierres de la Rocque, gent., replique a la bille d'ajoncti" q. henry Dumarefq S'' dc Saumarefq lui a envoiee, instance du Procureur du Roy po'' le fait des Trefles§ en le""^ armoiries," &c. " Prem' led' de la Rocque d' qu'en 1367 le Manier de Rossel et de Saumarets &c: furent vendus p. Phle de Barentin Esc"^: a Raoul Lempre et a Guille Pain, et qu'il y avoit toujo" eu du depuis proces fuivis p. les herit""^ succefs''^ de Barentin, po 'en avoir la Retraitte jufqu' en I'annee 1462 au temps que le Comte de Maulevrier eftoit Seig*' des Isles ; &c"- " " Nota. de laifser courir la deff'^": de Henry dumarefq po'' la clame"" de mes Amies." " Si on eft cotraindl de refpondre, de demander son declinatoire qui eft le Roy des heraults et dc dire au Baillil qu'il ne lui apptient de juger d'armes." " Vbi noti7. Oue les armes des anciens S'''de Saumarefq n'apptient point a Henry Dumarefq ilTu de Guille dc Pain, Breton, lequci achcpta le fief de Saumarets fans achepter les armes, ne qu'il lui cusscnt efte concedes p. le Prince ny confernies p. I« Roy des heraults, aufly aifavoir f'il a paie le tresienie et qu'il n'aptient point a ung eftranger de doner armes d'une extraftion noble, et que armes ont efte donees prmierem' p: Alexandre le grand p. le confeil d'Aristote le Philosophe po'' doner courage et noble vouloir a (es vaillants homes, 8''^ , et gentilfhomes Src"- " \ ■*■ There are many discrepancies in this document, but EaUe thought it 'worthy of credence, and it supplies names and dates that otherwise would have been wanting. \ This assertion must be taken in its heraldic sense only, for, as a King's messenger, the name of Mont-Orgueil Herald frcc^uently occurs in the records of the College of Arms. One of this name attended at the coronation of Henry VII. ; another at his funeral. Mont-Orgueil attended among other heralds at the famous meeting between Henry VIII. of England, and Francis I., of France, in 1520. This herald, Randolph Jackson, Esq., was made a herald in ordinary in the 7 Henry VIII., having the same fees and privileges as the other heralds. He 'wore the King's coat at the creation of Henry Fitzroy, King Henrj''s illegitimate son, to the earldom of Nottingham. Some years afterwards, Jackson, surrendering his patent, was created Chester Herald, when this former office ceased. John Gibbon, Blue- Mantle poursuivant, temp. Charles II., a member of the same family as the great historian, lived for some time in Jersey. Viie Noble's Coll. Arms. \ Some authorities are inclined to attribute this rather to a corruption of name, which is not unlikely. One common in the Island, that of Huelin, is strikingly like a perversion of the Welsh Llewellyn, especially 'when the aspirated character of the Cambrian double ll's is taken into consideration. § Trefoils. Alluding to those borne in the arms. See arms of Dumaresq. \ Tide Porny's Heraldry, p. 3. INTRODUCTIOX. 17 I regret I could not obtain the settlement of the question, but as the arms of De la Eocque are represented as being a fesse between the three trefoils, it is possible that the difference was adopted in compliance with the terms of this remonstrance. The Jersey families generally placed theii- arms on the keystone of the arch leading to their dwellings, or over the door itself ; another mode may be observed of a shield with initials, accompanied with arbitrary marks, of which instances are given. 'SXSSm:^ mm ^?y[ixi^^^^^ tgi!ii^lp.^-g;©' >.>"":;('3^;'MI;,^. "T" ''||l■^l;:!::lMl,l'""'':^^i!'^'''|ll'j||^''l'':'l!iU'^'^v;'^:::?:v..^"'lV-;.,llll^.^''r^ The former, however, are not very plentiful, and it is supposed that when the majority of the houses were rebuilt, about two hundred years ago, armorial ensigns were omitted in the new buildings ; nor are they much more frequent on the public edifices, excepting the bearings of a few official personages. Over the door of the keep in Mount Orgueil Castle are the Eoyal arms, bearing the initials IVyi'™«li|l(ii:iiilllv!||ll!»'ll!jtl!'ri))|f"''''i"|'| "■■'-I * When a bactelor built a house, he left on this stone a blank space on the sinister side, to be filled up upon his assumption of the shackles of matrimony. 18 IXTRODUCTIOX. E. E.,* between tlie arms of Poulett on one side, and Poulett impaling Norrcys on the other. On the wall of the keep arc the arms of Henry Cornish, •)■ Lieutenant-Governor, nnder the Duke of Somerset, in 1537, and several stones with the cross of S. George sculptured in bold relief. This old and once- powerful stronghold, rendered famous by the prowess of the islanders, has been shorn of most of its beauty, and is now gradually crumbling into decay. Over the pre- sent keep soared an upper tower to the height of sixty- four feet, J which greatly added to its imposing appear- ance; and its former outworks extended on the S., close to the beach, where the village and pier of Gorey now stand, and on the W., half across the plateau, which divides the eminence on which the fortress is erected from the opposite hill : the present gateway, too, was defended by a portcullis and a covered way of some considerable length :§ this was its ai^pearance in 1G80. The old Coiu't House, or Cohue, was at one time decorated with several coats of arms, but the plain facade of the present one is relieved only by an indifferent moulding of the Eoyal arms, which are much excelled in point of taste and consequence by those surmounting the doors of those tradesmen patronised by her Majesty in her auspicious visit to the island in 1846. Ornamenting the walls of Elizabeth Castle are the Eoyal arms ; those of Sii' John Lanier, * It will be noticed that the ensigns of England are here supported with the lion and a dragon, which last was first borne by Henry VII. as the bearing of Cadwallader, the last king of the Britons, from whom he boasted his de- scent. James J. was the first monarch who bore the lion and unicorn as supporters. f Arms — Sable, a chevron, embattled, or, between three roses argent. X !?ee Dumaresq'sMS. This tower was demolished by General Don, an ex-Licutcnant- Governor, from motives of safety. § A splendidly executed MS. of the Defences of Jersc}- was presented to the King by Colonel Leggc, afterwards Lord Dartmouth, and shows artistic talent of no mean order. It is preserved among the MSS. in Bib. I'cg., British Museum. Vif/c, also. The Landing Places of Jersey, in the llarleian MSS. INTEODTJCTIOX. 1 9 Lieutenant-Governor in 1679 ;* those of Thomas, Lord Jermyn, Governor in 1684 ;"f and those of Colonel Thomas Collier, Lieutenant-Governor in 1703, who died in 1715, and was buried in the church of S. Ilelier. J The flagon of the communion plate of the chapel here, bears the arms of Capel Earl of Essex,§ and the chalice and paten the arms and crest of Lord Jermyn, j| which plate was probably the gift of those noblemen. It is to be regretted that the defence of the castle required the destruction of the ruins of the old chapel of that garrison, which formed the only vestige of the once magnificent abbey of S. Helier. In an old drawing^ made before its demolition, it forms a very pretty and prominent object ; evidently there was much more elabo- ration bestowed upon it than upon any other ecclesiastical building in the island. On a small islet in close proximity to the larger one on which the castle is erected, stands one of the most antique and most interesting buildings in Jersey — the hermitage of S. Helier ; which, although possessing no heraldic remains, deserves a notice here. All who have told its history, loosely state that it was undoubtedly the original dwelling of that holy recluse, and point to a rude recess on the N". side of the erection as the place of his martyrdom. Turning for a moment to the date in which he flourished, the most fervid admirer of this time-worn structui-e, will shrink from assigning to it so great an age. Poingdestre** imagines this to be circa a.d. 857 ; but is mistaken, for it is a received axiom that when the saint lived, the inundation that separated those rocks ft-om the main land had not taken place, and this event the Abbe Manet has fixed at about a.d. 700. In the account given of the life of S. Ilelier, in "Les Yies des Saints," his death is said to have occurred circa 550, which is possibly correct.tt To his monkish devo- tees, therefore, we must attribute the erection of this dwelling, which, with the chapel at S. Brelade, forms the only perfect specimen now extant of the many sacred edifices that existed prior to the erection of the parish churches. The interior of the hermitage has vestiges left of the paintings in distemper that once decorated it, and by the east door is still the recess for the bcnitier. In Sir Thomas Morgan's time it was fortified, and used as a guardhouse, and had a * Arms — Azure, a saltire lozengy, between four eagles, displayed, or. f Arms — Sable, a crescent in base, and a mullet in chief, argent. The family of Jermyn was possessed of the manor of Rushbrooke, Suffolk. Henry Jermyn, second son of Thomas Jermyn, of Rushbrooke, was one of the most prominent Royalists of his day, and was, in 19 Charles I., for his services created Lord Jermyn, Baron S. Edmundsbury, in Suffolk, and subsequently Earl S. Albans, with limitation of the barony, in default of male issue, to Thomas, his elder brother, and his heirs male. Dying in 1683, unmarried, his title of S. Albans became extinct, but that of Jermj-n descended to his nephew Thomas, son and heir of Thomas, his elder brother. Thomas, second Lord Jermyn, was Governor of Jersey in 1684, and died in ] 703, without male issue, when the title became extinct. J Arms — Sable, a cross patee fitclu'e, or. Crest — A cross as in the arms. § Arms — Gules, a lion rampant between three crosses crosslet fitchee, or. II Crest — A talbot passant, gorged with a coronet. ^ MS. of Colonel Legge, Brit. ilus. ** Poigndestre's ilS., folio 416. If A MS. history of the diocese of Coutances informs us that the saint was not a recluse, as is generally supposed, but that he foimded a monastery here:— De fon temps (S. Lo) arriva le martyre de S. Helier; c'cftoit un Difciple de S. Marcou, lequel s'eftant par sa permifsion retire dans I'ifle de Gerfay y avoit batit un monaftere et y eftoit pur. de plufieurs Religieux, mais une troupe de pirats infideles y eftant abordez, voulurent obliger ces bon religieux de renoncer a I. CH. E, qui refufant conftament, ils le firent mourir cruellement, avec la plus part de fes religieux. Le martyrloge en faidt mention en ces termes. Conftantia hi Normannia 5^'". hclerii a Vandalia in Gerzeio infulie occiji." Harl. MSS. 4599. d2 20 INTRODUCTION. Union Jack floating from its summit ; * all the walls that then surrounded it are gone, but the remains of an oratory or perhaps a niche for a statue, still exist at the foot of the steps leading to it. Every one admits the light thrown on family history by cenotaphic and monumental remains, but of these but few of consequence are left to Jersey ; whether they shared the miitilatiou that overtook every thing else that the misguided fury of the Puritans thought idolatrous, and were used like the few incised monuments that are still to be found, built into the walls of the chiu-ches and houses, is a question of but little moment ; but I imagine that many such did exist, fi-om the number of the earlier ones now extant, as may be seen in the buttresses of several churches, the keep of Mont Orgueil Castle, and other places. -l" Varieties of the same character of slabs had frequently armorial devices painted on them, especially when accompanied with shields and inscriptions. Their present remains prove that the island was well represented by such monuments up to the thii'teenth and fourteenth centuries, and it may well be supposed that those of later date were destroyed, :J: as there appears to have been no period of retrogression either in useful or ornamental work in the Channel lslands.§ By far the earliest, and perhaps the only example of sculptured arms that can claim a very high antiquity, is that on one of the S. buttresses of the parish church of S. Martin. The stone, although it has lost all sharpness of outline, has sufficiently resisted the ravages of time as to render the device easily legible. On a shield, supported by two angels, is a lion rampant, above which is the crest, a flag on a staff; this last is the only argument against its excessive age, but the state of the stone speaks equally on the other hand by its decay, for the durability of the insular granite is proverbial. Although the arms evidently belong to Ingclramus de Furneto, the predecessor of the Do Barentiues, as Seignem- de Eozel, temp. John, yet I am unable to furnish positive proof of the fact ; this accomplished, would go very far to prove the early xrse of bearing crests.|| * Vide Landing Places of Jersey. MS. Harl., Brit. Mus. f Fide examples given in The Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses of the Middle Ages. By the Rev. E. L. Cutts, B.A. London, 1849. \ Dr. Heylin, Jersey's first tourist, infers this, for it was his original plan to write an antiquarian history of the island; but he says biiat he found " the churches naked of all monuments, and not so much as the blazon of an armes permitted in a window, for fear, as I conjecture, of idolatry." P. '280. § Instances have occurred where monuments have disappeared from the churchyards : a tomb of the Mauger family, with arms and inscription, has done so within the last twenty years, from the churchyard of S. Laurence parish. II Pices, in his " History of Jersey," explains these arms in a very curious way. I quote him on the subject, premising that the italics are mine : " On a buttress," (of S. Martin's Church) " is an ancient piece of sculpture, respecting which nothing beyond conjecture can be obtained. It seems to comprise iiro Lni/s supporting a kind of shield, in which is a figure apparently rising info the air ; it therefore is probably a monumental tablet, thuiujh supposed to be an armorial bearing belonging to the ancient possessors of (he fief of Rosel. The sculptured tablet appears to be coeval with the buttress on which it is engraved (Jrigiuully none but the nobility possessed the right of wearing arms; and as all the baronial privileges were tenaciously kept from infraction, it is not likely that the seigneur of a fief, in an inconsiderable island, should possess what was esteemed to be so great an honour. Even supposing the engraving in question to be arms respecting tlio fief, yet we believe that such bearings, termed ' arms of succession,' did not appear much before the fourteenth ccntuiy. It must be admitted, however, that the tablet is placed on the buttress of an aisle that has been added to tlic original one ; it may therefore not be so ancient hy some centuries." Mr. Plees' knowledge of lieraldry, either in connection with the island or as a science, was ovidentlj- small ; the former would have told lum that the DeCarterets and Do Barentines (who were, in fact, hamnes ininores) bore arms f, oni their earliest known usage ; the latter, that arms of succession, which are those borne by possessors of manors, &c., are always used like arms of ofiice, impaled with the paternal coat. INTRODUCTION. 21 The island has but little to boast of in the architecture of its churches, for none of them are at all remarkable for beauty of design or decoration ; and although ample proof exists to show that they have not escaped the mutilations consequent upon the Eeformation, and which the strong Calvinistic spirit the inhabitants evinced led them to execute with a will ; yet it is clear they never did present the imposing appearance to be found in so many parish churches in England and France. This may have happened from the circumstance that the diocesan took the lion's share of tithes and endowments, or from the superior attractions offered by the shrines at the Abbey of S. Ilelier, and those at the other religious houses, of which Jersey then had so many, in gifts to which the donations of the faithful wei'e concentrated. Had these structures remained to the present day, there is no doubt but that they would have furnished most interesting details ; the tombs of the Seigneurs and the architecture of those sacred fanes would supply many gaps in the history of the mediasval progress of the island. The churches, all said to have been built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, appear to have been of the usual crucial form ; most have had additional aisles added, running parallel to the main one, of which the names of three of their builders have reached us ;* for in those days of simple faith the people thought, poor ignorant souls, that to beautify God's house and benefit the poor, was doing Him far more service than the clashing of creeds and bigoted hatred that characterize the rcligiosi of this wiser age. These additions, which the piety of their erectors suggested, and the increase of population rendered necessary, have effectually destroj-cd all symmetry of form and style ; for the connecting arches of the new portions differ entirely from those of the old, and the later windows are much more floriated. The arches of the old buildings are the plain simple pointed, f the doors having tlie semicircular Norman arch, with single moulding and plain soffit; occasionally in the alterations, however, the skene arch awkwardly springs from the elevated quarter of its predecessor. Eight of the churches have pointed steeples, which appear to be even of later date than the additions just referred to ; two have but low pack-saddle roofed belfries, scarcely rising above the high pitch of the roof of the aisles ; and the remaining two possess what I imagine to have been the original design of the builders, viz., a square, massive tower, harmonizing well with the character of the edifices, Avhose chief merit is their substantiality. Tiu'uing from an architectural to a more general description of them, there is but little worthy of note. In S. Laurence Church, some part of the floor is devoid of stone or boards, and remains in its original state of mother earth, grown green by age and damp. By the side of a small door at the E. end is a piece of marble, embedded in the wall, bearing the charitable inscription, " Ayez Souvenance des Pauvres," and beside it hangs a massive lantern-like box to receive the fruits of the remembrance.^ On the N. side of this church is a ciirious small * Members of the families of Amy, Guerdain, and Hamptonne, have severally made additions to the churches of Grouville, S. Trinity, and S. Laurence. f Of the pointed arch, there are three varieties — the equilateral, formed on an equilateral triangle ; the lancet, formed on an acute-angled triangle ; and the drop arch, formed on an obtuse -angled triangle. Those referred to in the text vary bet^veen the two first. X John, Earl of ilortain, afterwards King of England, by his charter, dated at Tinchebrai, 8 Feb. 9 Eic. I. (1198), gave to the Abbey of S. Nicholas of Blanchelande, and the brethren there serving God, in pure and perpetual alms, this 22 INTRODUCTION. circular turret, enclosing a newel staircase : these were at one time common in dwelling-houses of the hotter kind ; one still exists with the tower at Longucville Manor ; and the stair only, of extraordinary size and strength, in one of the out-buildings of the manor-house of Les Pres, Grouvillo. Like most of the other churches, this has preserved some remnants of stained glass in the windoAV-heads. S. Ouen's Church,* although the parochial church of the De Cartcrets, has little to recommend it to the notice of the heraldic antiquarian ; here, however, is the only attempt at an armorial design, in stained glass of ancient date, to be found among the churches. It represents the arms of Dc Carteret, but the tinctures are incorrect. On some elaborately carved seats are painted the arms of various families of the parish, which, being coloured to fancy, aptly show the effect of rustic skill. In one of the aisles is a marble tomb, to the memory of Elizabeth, daughter of ex-Lieutenant-Governor Wilson. The spire of S. Martin's Church was formerly used as the rector's Colomhier, or dove-cote, once a feudal perquisite in the island ; however, one of the rectors incurred the displeasiu'e of the then Seigneur of Eozel, and the doves, consequently, left their ecclesiastical eyrie, and " their place knew them no more for ever." The holes for their egress, and some perches, remain to this day as evidences of the fact. Here also is the curious tablet referred to above. S. Saviour's Church is the largest and most compact of all : an instance is showm here of the studied demolition of architectural ornaments that disgraced the period of the Eeformation ; the crest of the roof being formerly decorated with crosses, of which the arms were then hacked off, giving them the appearance of round knobs. Among the many epitaphs which crowd the church, is one to the memory of Daniel Dolbcl, with a curious medallion of the accident by which he was killed, that of falling from his horse. And on the wall dividing the old from the new cemetery, are tablets in memory of members of several distinguished French emigrant families, victims of the French Eevolution. Another tablet, with arms, records the death of Sir Edward Gibbs, a late Lieutenant-Governor. Grouville Church, although small, is remarkably pretty in situation and form. The stained glass of the central E. wmdow bears the letters HP., having been the gift of Hugh Hoopee, brother to the celebrated Bishop of Gloucester, f who, settling in the island, founded a family of high respectability in this pai'ish. Church of S. Laurence, in insula, as it had belonged to his right and presentation, entirely and fully, with all its appurtenances, which Geoffrey, the priest and dean, had held, " ita quod in pdicta abbatia quamdiu visero memoria mea habeatur, et post dccessum meum solcmpne et perpetuum anniversarium pro me celebretui', et ejdem loci conventus in die obitus mei in victualibus celcbriter procuretur." PI. de quo War., p. 831. * S. Audoen or Ouen, was born at Sancy, near Soissons, and descended from a good family there. He received his education in the Abbey of S. Medard in Soissons, whence he was removed to the Court of Clothaire II., where he was preferred to several considerable employments; and when Dagobert ascended the throne, was appointed his resendary and chancellor. In the year 646 he was consecrated Archbishop of Kouen, and died at Clichy, 24 August, 689. ( Fide Ducarel's Norman Antiquities.) It would seem that St. Ouen had eai'ly been the patron saint of the De Carteret family. f John Hooper also held the see ofWorcester, in commendam, in 1552, was deprived of it by Queen Mary in 1553, and condemned to the stake in 1555 ; on the 9th of February of which year he was burnt at Gloucester. Arms. — Or, on a fesse dancette, between three flames of fire, gules, proceeding from clouds argent, a lamb couchant between two estoiles of the last. MS. Roll of Parliament, 7 Edward VI. INTKODUCTIOK. 23 S. Peter's Churcli offers an agreeable feature in having stained glass memorial wdndows — two in the S. aisle, to George William Le Feuvee, Esq., who died in 1842, and to Jane Le Brocq, his wife, who died in 1854 ; and two small medallion ones in the chancel record the death of Georgina A. Alexandre, the wife of F. Browning, Esq. The general effect of this church is much enhanced by the pillars being freed from the plaster and whitewash that wi'ap up those of the others as with a shroud. At the present restoration of Ely Cathecbal, upon removing the several coats of distemper with which the cleanliness of the age had clothed the columns of the nave, they were foimd to be of Purbeck marble — rather a sharp commentary upon the good taste of our fathers. These three last churches, A\-ith that of S. John, have been restored in a manner which much redounds to the credit of their several rectors ; but the others are, for the most part, in a deplorable state of neglect, and, as flir as the perishable materials of the interior are concerned, of decay. They generally boast of no altars; a domestic-looking table with flaps supplies the omission, placed generally in front of the pulpit, or anywhere else " out of the way," the E. windows being invariably blocked up with cumbrous, heavy, and square pews, which here may be seen in all their glory.* On the bell of the church of S. Trinity are depicted the arms of Dumaresq of Les Augres, Lempriere, Do Carteret of Trinity, and another shield on which appear thi-ee leopards' heads, jessant-de-lis, the owner of which is not known, but is variously supposed to be either the family of Cabot or Kichardson. When the churches were sacrilegiously sacked of their fui'uiture and ornaments, in the reign of Hem-y VIII. , the bells even did not escape, but were with the rest shipped off to S. Malo, to be sold. The vessel, however, never reached its destination, but foundered when but a little * The inhabitants here, as in England, fondly cling to the unscriptural notion of possessing the churches as private property, forgetting that they belong to Him to whose worship they are dedicated, and that their purpose is entirely perverted by being parcelled into a number of petty freeholds. In England, spite of the rancorous opposition and even persecution with which the dissemination of this fact has been met, the people at large are beginning to think more justly on this point; and it is to be hoped that the subject, once brought fairly before their notice, will tend to ren- der churches available alike for rich and poor, and through this means correct much of that practical infidelity and non-attendance at public worship that now characterize our poorer classes generally. 24 INTEODTJCTIOX. way from the shore ; the circumstance gives Falle an opportunity of pointing the obvious moral.* The parishes not being sufficiently rich to purchase new peals, single ones were obtained by subscription among the parishioners, and were cast in the island. Tradition says that of S. Saviour's was cast in the S. porch. The other bells I examined only bore on them dates and the names of the churchwardens ; but not having seen all, it is just possible that some others may have been ornamented with arms in the same way. The rest of the churches^ contain nothing worthy of further remark than what applies to most of them, and is a peculiarly insular custom — that of having the arms of the principal families placed above their respective pews, carved in relief in oak ; and the fact of these edifices being almost imperishable, from the strength of their material ; for as no wood is used in then- erection, they can safely defy everything but forcible destruction. The roofs, though, in some cases have needed repair, and their picturesque red tiles have, with bad taste, been replaced with slates ; — their earliest roofing was, I imagine, of rubble, like that of the Hermitage of S. Helier. In a very humble and unornamental way, the massive principles that characterize this early style are here as apparent as in the most magnificent specimens left in France and England. Nor were the private dwellings less strong in their proportions ; the immense stones used in their construction, and the heavy piles of chimneys, must strike the most careless tourist, in the farmhouses that dot the country. The usual method of construction was in the form of a quadrangle, enclosing a large coiu'tyard, three sides of which formed out-offices, and the fourth, the dwelling. The wall facing tlie road was pierced by two archways, the large, for vehicular, and the small for pedestrian, traffic, both seciux-d by massive doors. In the middle of the seventeenth century, the houses throughout tlie island seem to have been rebuilt, as the dates on them testify.^ It was my privilege to inspect one of these that had undergone no change from the time of its erection, the present owners having reversed the original order, by living in what were originally the out-buildings, and leaving the house itself intact and uninhabited. It was the manor house of the fief de Ponterrin,§ once the property of the Le Hardy family. On the ground-floor the interior party walls were far thicker than the outer ones of modern and degenerate buildings ; the room doors were arched, and the rooms themselves garnished by fire- places extending the whole length of the room, speaking volumes for the comfort of the " ingle- nook," surmounted with such large and solid mantel-pieces of one stone, as would give the builders credit for Titanic or Druidic strength. Xor was this substantiality confined to the * Tliis, howevfi-, is not an original tradition, for it is related that the Lord Deputy of Ireland, in 1538, Leonard de Grey, " without anie warrant from the king or counccll, prophaned the church of S. Patrike in Doune [Downpatrick, CO. Down], turning it into a stable, after plucked it doune, and stript the notable ring [peal] of bels that did hang in the steeple, meaning to have sent them to England, had not God, of his justice, prevented this iniquitio by sinking the vessell and passengers wherein the said belles should liavo been conveid." — Vide Hall's Ireland, vol. iii. p. 10. f In that of S. Helier is the only specimen of a monumental brass extant in the island. It records the death of Jacob North, Esq., of Allercourt, co. Somerset. \ Possibly the mad freaks enacted during the Eebellion may account for this wholesale demolition, and the consequent rebuilding that followed. § Erom the proceeding upon a writ of quo tcarranf. in 2 Edward II. (1309), we learn tliat the MiU of Pountterryn had been in the enjoyment of the Abbesses of Caen time immemorial. — Stapleton's Rolls of the Norman Exchequer. IXTRODl'CTION. 25 basement ; above, still were stone walls and arched doors, -witli chamfered archivolts and jambs, the floors being of solid oak. Scattered about were fragments of carved panelling, which at one time lined the rooms, with several specimens of the once indispensable coffer, or chest, ornamented with tracery, but descended from their former usage to the office of holding fodder for cattle. Verily, ye mcdifeval Jerseymen, your houses were your castles in no figurative point of view ! For it would have required all the appliances of modern warfare effectually to have battered them about your ears ! * Jersey offers another peculiarity well worthy the notice of the antiquarian. Mr. Lower, whose researches entitle his opinions to much consideration, says that in England, among the middle and lower classes, hereditary surnames can scarcely be said to have been in use before the era of the Eeformation, when the introduction of parish registers naturally acted as instruments for settling them.t And so late as the seventeenth century, another author remarks,:j: that many families in Yorkshire, even of the more opulent sort, had not stationary names. Those very excellent authorities, the Extcntes, prove that this was not the case in Jersey, for in that of 1331, names are quoted which are still common in the island ; and but few of these are territorial, most being arbitrary and personal. And in very many instances their representatives still live, after the lapse of five centuries, unchanged in parish or in circumstance. This is particularly the case with the small freeholders of the island, who, not having mixed prominently in political or social struggles, have escaped the vicissitudes common to the great in all countries and in all times. For, it must not be supposed Jersey has escaped the immutable law — that of the decay and extinction of those, whose fortune it has been to stand foremost in their country's history, and which is so strikingly exemplified in the chronicles of England, '\\hcre one may read that the great-great-grandson of Margaret Plautagenet followed, in 1637, the humble craft of a cobbler, at Newport, in Shropshire. And at this day, among the lineal descendants of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, sixth son of Edward I., King of England, and entitled to quarter the Roijal Arms, are Joseph Smart, of Hales Owen, a butcher, and George Wilmot, a toll-gate keeper, at Cooper's Bank, near Dudley. § In concluding this necessarily brief and cursory sketch of the most notable facts concerning the subject of my work, it must not be supposed that I have, by any means, exhausted the peculiar features of this isle of long lineages ; on the contrary, the jurist, the historian, and the ethnologist, will find it possesses ample and novel claims upon their attention, fully entitling it and its inhabitants still to be termed a distinct and interesting place and people. * Poingdestre, in his MS , says : " The houses in Jersey are not soe slightly built, as they are generally throughout England, being built of stone, very substantially ; " and gives as a reason " that in England, tenures are temporary, either for lives or yeares, but in Jersey they are for ever " {djin d' heritage) ; " soe as the people being perfect owners of their lands, it is noe wonder, if they applye all their studyes to build, plant, and augment thereon more than if they had them but for a time." Eo. 15. t English Surnames, by M. A. Lower, Esq. I The History of the CoUege of Arms, by the Rev. Maik JJ'oble. § Vide Burke's Anecdotes of the Aristocracy. iHIS family has tindoiibtedly an English origin, but has been established in Jersey from a very remote period. Dm-ing the middle ages several of its members were ecclesiastics ; one of whom, then Eector of Grouville, retiu-ning from a voyage to France, was in imminent danger of being drowned, and, in compliance with the custom of the day, vowed an addition to his parish chui'ch, should Providence permit him to land in safety. This vow he lived to fulfil, and erected in pursuance of it the N. chapel or aisle of that edifice, dedicated to S. Margaret. Eaulin Amy, another priest of the same family, is better known by his will, still in existence, and c|uoted in one or more of the Histories of Jersey, In a curious roll of the militia, compiled in 1617, Francis Amy is mentioned as Captain of the Train-Band of the parish of Grouville. The eldest branch, that of Upper Castillon, is represented by Edwaed Gibbs Poingdestre, Esq., of Grainville House. A junior branch is represented by Philip Amy, Esq., of S. Martin. Arms : Or, on a chief embattled, sable, three mullets argent. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a peacock's head, proper, holding a sprig, vert. Motto : Hostis honori invidia. ^tJrtigrrr of Slmij. Thomas Amy and Cardine, his wife, liviug 14iO. Richard Amy, of Castillou.= -dau. of Laurence Anquetil. Richard Amy, of Upper CastUlou. Clement Amy. T Francis Amy. John, Ob. 1639. Raiiliu, of Lower Castillon. Drouet Amy. Andrea. Guillemette. dim. of Ph. Godel. John Auniunt.* I Anthony. Sire John Amy, Presbyter. Philip Amy, of "Upper Castillon, Ob. 1G4C. Sire Rauliii Amy, Rector of Grouville, founded amass, to be celebrated every Wed- nesday in Ills parish church, in perpetuity, for the soul of his father, Anthony Amy. I Denys.= Collette. Catherine. Philip Jutize. Heury Mallet. Francis Amy. Perntdle, dau. of Toussaiut De Rue. I — De La Hue. John KicoUe. Rudolph. James. Raulin Amy, to whom his \nicle Raulin left ten crowns and his valise. I I I I I Francis, to Catherine, whom his and three uncle Raulin other sisters, left ten crowns to whom and a tunic, their uncle Raulin left each a cow and twelve Iambs. Kicholas, James Amy, an Acolyte, to whom Helier De La Rocque and Guillemette, widow of Drouet Amy, gave fifteen livres Touniois for liis reception intu holy orders. * Arms of Aumont of Normandy— Ai-geut, a chevi'on between seven martlets, gules: four in chief and three in base. AX AEMORIAX OF JEESEr. Philip Ann*. Philip Ainj. T Jane, onlv dau. And heir. JohnPoiDgdessre. Esq^ of Grain'olle House. Kargaret John AmT. Fnnds Amy, who, by his tenore of Lower Castflion, was charged with the repairs of the lodge of MoBi- OrgneifCastle, and w^ Conszable azid CsriaiD of Groorille. Esther, dau. ofiDciiacl Lempnere, Seig. of Dielaiaeiu. Ph. De B:ie. I Sire James Aidt, lo 'S'hom his uncle RaTiIiii lef: by win, da:^ 1515. forty crowns for hi ^ education. I I I DrooeL FranosL Edward. I John Amy- Jane, dao. of John A nhm. U.I ' Eslier. Ferrer e. Marr, ciZL of EicLarf Da Parc^3. Joshn I Philip^Aaj. T PhUip Amy and Sns&n, his vife. T Pbilip Amy, of Bonlirot. ^T I I John. John. MarjGan^n. Philip Amr. Franos. J«ne. Suali. Elizabeth VaUat. Jcbii Amv, b. l»i.' I I Jane. John. Elizac-eih I Philip Amv, ifsiy. Frencii Amv, 01" the Pisd du Pfa-Amj. Ciji:; !L. Philip AmT. b.i-;i;.' 7T~TrrT— ^ Jane. Ma.-v. J.-hua, b. i!>:4. Francis Amj, of BooliTotT Elizabeth Martin giv. JohiL b. 1646. Eliziteth CoUas, of 5. Saviour. MaiT. Cement Fane. Bach£L I I I JaneL Elizabesii. Mary. 1. Elizabe;h = Philip Aicy. = 2. Mary Mourani, — ■■ ■ Mallet. OMp. 3. Esther Carrel,* oj^. I John Amy. Mary Payn. T John Amv, Mary. Francis Amy, Constable of GrooviDe, m-ins. Phiiip'. Esther. Elizii-ciiAi-ihiiLe. . Hoiman. T Jane, dan. of Charies Le Hardv. John Amr. Elizabeth Amy. Francis Amy, Con- stable of GronTiHe, b.int Maiy. John Payn. Elias NicoIIe. I Phibp Amy. Esq. Jane, dan. of Ph. Lal)er,£sq, ofl^aigaerilie. Flufip A -my J olISM- Anne. Pe^er Carey Le PeUy.Esq., Uia Saz. of Saii I { I I I I I Juhn ^Vinter, oo. E-ther. -■>■. Anuionj, Perchari. John Amy. m-inr. Esther, dan. of Thos. LeBrewn, of Trinity. T Miry. Francis FanreL 1 1 1 Augustus. Geori^e^ Chajles,o&. at Boston, U.S. Jcfcl Amv, Capt. P,..JJL, m.1749. JlarrFane, 0. a.p. PhiBn. Mary EcimeriL I'll Chazles. JoshoB. Fraocis. Jisiiaa Le Bouttllier- Philip = Margaret Mary, only daa. and Amy. I heir of John Mtirean. lineal I = --■ -■-■ -" vj '" reaa, - and 1 - i of Bev I I Mary. FlJTahfth. PMBp AmT, Zsa_ m. ISSb. Kacbel Mary, only dan. and^Lcir of Ph. Le Gros, Esq, Capt.RJ.M. r John. E^zabeSfa Baeh^ 0&. Fredeiie. Lois^a Ibrgares, c&. Alfred Charles. AnnaManau PhiHpLeG Jural E.C, M :ream Amy, Esq. ■ena-e'de^dan, : -\n5 God&ay, Esq., Grein£rE.cr God&ay Amy, Hary L-jnisa. Adelnia Godfiray. Moreao. Henry. Elatmora Emeline. ' Asms 07 CaSRSX of N^r^isiacay— Ermne, thras lozenges cazreazix', azare. + Asjks of Moay.iu of Pottoa — Gol^a sward in pale, argsit, garnished or, p^int in bttse. 28 AN AKMOEIAL CF JERSEY. ^nk]), oi iHaitlanti. HIS family, originally of Guernsey,* has been located in Jersey for some generations, and is represented by Philip Nicolle Anley, Esq., wbo also represents the family of Nicolle, of Longueville, and is connected with that branch of the family of Lempricve of which Captain James Lempriere, E.N., was so distinguished an orna- ment, in the reign of Queen Aune.f Arms : Vert, three escallops, or. Crest : A dexter arm, hand gloved, holding a hawk's lure ppr. ^ctJigrrr of iBtiroUc of Eongucbillc. John Nicoll, Master-Warder of Mont Orgueil Castle, settled in Jersey, and purchased the Manor of Longueville from E. De Carteret, and became Bailly of Jersey in 1494. 2. Peter, settled in England. 3. Hosea Nicolle, succeeded his father at Longueville. I . 1 . Henry Nicolle, settled in England. John Nicolle, Attorney-General of Jersey. Collette Nicolle. 1 1. Hostes Nicolle, Bailly of Jersey, 1653. Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Perrin, Seig. of Rozel. T Hugh Nicolle. 2. r John 1 2. Thomas. 1 M. NicoUe. 1. Clement Messervy. NicoUe, e age of 108. icolle. Thomas Herault. 2. Benjamin La Cloche. Elias lived to th T JohnN 1 John Herault, Baillj- of Jersey, 1615. 1 EUas. T 1 1. John Nicolle. Edmund, of England. Elias. John Nicolh m. 1 Elizabeth. 1 Edmund. Jane Le Geyt. I Anne Le Bretc I Daniel Janvrin. * A family of this name had, however, existed in Jersey from a very early date, and held land in the parish of S. VeXex —Vide ExtenU, 1331. I /'/(/(' Lenqiiicre. AN AKMOEIAL OF JERSKY. 29 A 1 B 1 1 1 Elizabeth. Philip Nicolle, Esq. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. James Lempriore, E.N. T Elias Nicolle. 1 Ann. Elizabeth Jauvrin. John D'Auvergne. 1 Elizabeth. Philip Nicolle, Esq. Jane Dumaresq. T Jane. 1 Mary D. 1 Philip Nicolle, Esq., Lt.-Col. H.M. 17th Kegt., o.s.p. 1 2. James, o.s.p. Jane. P. B. Aiiley, Esq. lilip Nicolle Anley, Esq., Capt. H. M. Service. Thomas Bandinel. 13 Children, of whom 4 sons and 1 daughter survire. It is not known from which brancli of the various English families of NichoU or Nicoll the Jersey branch descends, although the ancient arms assimilate somewhat closely to those of NichoU, of Walden, co. Essex, whose pedigree commences with John Nichole, 31 Edward I.* By a seal of Hostes Nicolle, Bailly of Jersey, it appears he bore, — 1st., ermine, a pheon, possibly for Nicolle ; 2nd, ermine, a chevron, with a label of three points, for ; 3rd, a chevron between three birds, for ; and 4th, three fusils, evidently intended for De Carteeet. By his quartering the arms of De Carteret, it may be surmised that the family estate was acquired by marriage, instead of by pui'chase, as stated above, but this, in absence of positive proof, is merely conjectural. t * Ancient asms of Nicholl, of Essex — Argent, a pheon sable, on a canton, a bird of the field, beaked, or. — Vide Berry's Peds., Essex, pp. 46 — 7. f Or, as a friend suggests, John Nicoll, who became tenant to the property of Eenaud De Carteret, whose succession was repudiated by the children of De Carteret, may have quartered the De Carteret arms from an idea, once prevalent in the island, that possession of an estate gave a right to bear the arms of its ancient owners. 30- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. ^tiquftil, of ^. €kmfut. HIS name, of great antiquity in Jersey, is of ISTorman origin, in which province the parent stock still exists. It is mentioned by Wace,* who states that one of that name was killed by "William Longue-espee. " A jugleors oi en m' efFance chanter Ke Willame jadis fift Ofmont cflbrher, Et al Conte Riouf li dous oilz crever, Et Ariquetil le pros fift par engein tuer, E Baute d'Efpaigne o un efcuier gardcr." — Roman dc Rou. In the Extentf of 1331, Peter, AUiou, and Colin Anquetil are mentioned as holding lands in the island. This family was one of those which offered such generous hospitality to Charles II. during his residence in Jersey, and at its residence he was lodged and entertained for some days. So pleased was the monarch with the cordial and respectful attentions of his host, that he offered him a baronetcy, which was, on financial grounds, modestly declined. In remembrance of this courtesy, however, the king was pleased to command that a wreath of oak should for the futm-e be borne encircling the family arms. * Maitro Wace, whom Jersey has the honour to numher among her sons, was born there in the twelfth century, and in these oft-quoted lines, gives a resume of his early days : — " Ic di et dirai ke je fuis, Vaice de 1' ifle de Gerfui .. . Ki eft en mer vers 1' Occident Al ficu de la Normandie apent. En I' ifle de Gerlui fui nez A Caem fui petit portez Illoques fui a lettres mis. Puis fui longues en France apres." From what is gleaned from his works, it appears that he was a priest, and was presented by Henry II. with a pre- bend's stall in the cathedral of Bayeux. However, even his Christian name is disputed, for Kobert, which is given him generally, has no sufficient warrant, although it occurs with that of Wace, in the charters of the abbey of Plessis Grimoult ; but Eichard Wace, who appears in the chartulary of the abbey of S. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, has been supposed by the Abbe de la Hue to have a more probable claim to identification with the poet. He possessed considerable powers of observation and description, combined with a fidelity that is rare among more modern poets, who, in writing historically, often consider that the "rhyme" makes up for the want of "reason." Among some other works of an ephemeral character, which have not reached us, he wrote, and is chiefly known by " Le Brut d'Angleterre," so called from Brutus, or Brute, the first king of the Britons. "The history of the irruption of the Danes into England and the northern provinces of France." The famous "Roman de Rou," his most celebrated and best-written work, which is a chronicle of the Norman invasion. The " Romance of William Longespee," son of RoUo : this, although generally con- sidered as a separate work, is looked upon by some, and probably is, a continuation of the last. The " Romance of Duke Richard I., son of William Longespee." " A Continuation of the History of the Dukes of Normandy." " The Origin of the Feast of the Conception of the Virgin." " The Life of S. Nicholas." "The Romance du Chevallier au Lion." The authorship, however, of this last is disputed. The whole of these are in verse, and do high honour to their author, filling up, as they do, what would otherwise be a vacuum in Norman history. The family, variously named Viace, Vaicce, Wace, and Wassc, existed in the island for some centuries after the poet's era. In 1-154, one Guillemin Vasse, of S. Clement, sold some lands that he held to the Anquetil family. AN AEilOIUAL OF JERSEY. 31 The family of Anketel, of England, is undoubtedly derived from the same source, and had settled there in very early times. In the reign of Edward I., Fitzamcline Anschetil represented the borough of Shaftesbury in Parliament.* It continued for centuries in the S. of England, and intermarried with the Filliols, Penruddocks, Pheli^is, and other families of distinction. Like their Jersey cousins, the Anketels were eminent for theii' loyalty during the EebeUion. Colonel Anketel held Corfe Castle, ex imrtc regis ; of the surrender of -which a curious narrative is given in Hutchin's " History of Dorset." The English family has, however, long been ex- tinct, but is represented by the descendants of Matthew Anketel, Esq., who settled in the north of Ireland, in 1036. f A marble tablet in S. Helier's church records the death, in 1842, of Brigadier- General Anquetil, of the Bengal Ai'my, with a eulogium on his services, by the Governor-General of India. Arms : Or, three leaves, vert, the shield surroimded with two branches of oak, ppr. ^fiigrrr of EmiuctU. JojiDAx Anquetil, living 1433. I Guillemin Anquetil = .... d. of Thomas Guilem. Lorans Anquetil, living 1468. Richard Amy = .... a dau. of Upper Castillon. Guillemin, living 1474. Colin Anquetil. Sire Thomas Anquetil, bequeathed his pro- perty to his nephew Thomas, 7 Sept. 1548. Thomas Ficquet = IsabeUe. Lorans Anquetil : Catherine, dau. and eventual heiress of Peter De Carteret, Jurat and Lieut. - BaiUy of Jersey. Andre. Thomas Anquetil, Constable of S. Clement, 1587. Holier Anquetil = Michelle Poingdestre, m. 1581. John Anquetil = Mary Godfray. Martha, b. 1624. John Anquetil, = Mary, dau. of Philip, had the honour of enter- taining King Charles II., and was offered a baronetcy by that monarch. and aunt of the Rev. Philip, Falle, the His- torian of Jersey. Marv. John, son of Kicholas Richardson. Elizabeth, b. 1627. * See Burke's Landed Gentry. f Arms of Anketel : Or, a cross raguled, vert. Ckest : An oak tree, ppr. Motto : Yade ad formicam. 32 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. A Thomas Anquetil = Elizabeth, dau. of Philip De Carteret, m. 1681. Bailly of Jersey, and relict of Benja- min Dumaresq, Jurat E. C. Helier Anquetil, Lieut. R.J.M. b. 1682, o.s.p. George, b. 1712. Mary. George Labey,* Capt. R.J.M. Mary = George Messervy, I Capt. R.J.M. Elizabeth Le Geyt Jfary, b. 1708. Thomas Messervy. = Rachel, dau of rhili]) Falle, of S. Peter, and of Elizabeth, his wife, eo-heiress of John Hamptonne Jurat R. C. Amice, b. 1710. Philip. I Susan. John Tocque. (This branch is represented by Hugh Godfray, Esq., of Woodlands) Deborah Messervj-. 2. John Filleul. 3. John Dutot. 1. Philip, eldest son of John Ahicr, Lieut. Jl.J.M. I Elizabeth. John Dean. (This branch is repre- sented b_v Moses Gihaut, Esq., of Mainland.) Mary Ahier, only dau. and heir. Philip Collas, Esq., C qit It J.M. of the Maison de fci. Martin ^ntfion]), or ^ntftoine. JljlIIIS family descends from William Anthony, a native of Cologne, on tlie Ehine, ^*' whose son, Diricke Anthony, Avas citizen and goldsmith of London, and chief engraver of the Mint and Seals in the reigns of Edward VI., jMary, and Elizabeth. It afterwards settled in Li.sl)on, and subsequently was established in Jersey, about the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth. Thomas Anthoine, Esq., possessed at one time part of the paternal property of Falle, the insular historian, as his descendant maternally.f * AuMS OF Labet : Argent, a S. Andrew's cross, vert. f The name of Falle seems, like those of Ahicr, Pipon, Poingdestrc, Renouf, and others, to be peculiar to this island. It is a family, as Mr. Falle himself informs us, that belonged to that happy class of substantial freeholders who, not sufficiently elevated to excite envy, enjoyed enough of the necessaries and even comforts of life, to preserve unsullied their integrity from the temptations of avarice and ambition. Mr. Falle quotes in his History of Jersey, from the Extcnte of 1331, four individuals of this name, who held lands at that period in the parish of S. Saviour, where the family was settled down to the time of the historian. The Rev. Philip p^alle was the son of Mr. Thomas Falle, of S. Saviour, and was born in Jersey in 1656. In 1669 he was a commoner in Exeter College, but translated himself, out of friendship for Dr. Narcissus Marsh, to S. Alban's Hall, where he took the degi-ce of M.A. On taking orders, he returned to Jersey, and became rector of the parish of S. Trinity, and afterwards succeeded the Rev. Thomas Poingdestre in S. Saviour's parish. " There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" — that tide in Mr. Falle's life was this : the French having been thought to have obtained a temporary superiority at sea, the Channel Islands were considered in danger, and were by no means prepared for a sudden attack. In this emergency the States resolved to AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 33 The family is now represented by Thomas and Nicholas Anthoine, Esqrs., of S. Saviour. Arms : Argent, a leopard's head cabossed, gules, between two flaunches, sable, each charged with a plate.* send a deputation to England to solicit aid, of which Mr. Falle was a member, and is supposed to have drawn up the address to the King which was voted on the occasion, and which loyally stated that the Jerseymen, " although their tongues were French, their hearts and swords were truly English." Mr. Falle, and Nicholas Durell, Esq., Soli- citor-General of the island, who was with him in the deputation, were admitted to a private conference of the sovereign, to whom they were introduced by Lord Jormyn, at that time Governor of Jersey. They were most graciously received, and commanded by the King to assui-e their countrymen of his special care and protection. On this occasion Mr. Falle was appointed chaplain in ordinary to the King, and shortly afterwards was preferred to the rectory of Shenley, co. Herts. The history of Jersey never having been written — since the desultory remarks of Dr. Heylin can scarcely be deemed one — it struck Mr. Falle that his undertaking such a labour would be specially opportune at this juncture ; and having access to some family MSS., among which were those of S. Ouen's, of Poingdestre, and of Dumaresq, he compiled the history known by his name, of which three editions have appeared ; and an altered version of it, appended to Warner's History of Hampshii-e. He was perhaps the only pluralist Jersey has ever had, and employed a curate at S. Saviour's during his residence in England. He greatly benefited the island by the gift of his books, as the nucleus of a public library at S. Helier, which was subsequently added to by Dr. Daniel Dumaresq. His writings, besides the History of Jersey, were but sermons. One, preached at Whitehall, December 30, 1694, " Of the Impunity of Bad Men in the World." Another, " On the Descent of the Paraclete," London, 1695. One on the occasion of " The Tiiennial Visita- tion of the Bishop of Lincoki at Hertford;" and a sermon preached at S. Alban's, " Against Rudeness and Ill-manners upon account of Difference in Religion. London, 1715." He also was engaged by Bishop Gibson to revise, in his edition of that work, the article relating to the Channel Islands in Camden's " Britannia."— F/(/e Caesarea, DureU's Falle, &c. His portrait adorns the public libraiy he founded, and another exists at the house on his patrimonial estate at 8. Saviour's. In 1689 he was preferred to a stall in the cathedral of Durham, which he held during the remainder of his life. He died in May, 1742, at the age of 86, and was buried at Shenley, where the following inscription exists to his memory : — PHILIPPUS FALLE, A.M., ex insula antiquitus C^SAREA modo lERSY dicta oriundus, hujus Ecclesiae ultra quadraginta annos Rector Domus Parochi (sive Presbyterialis) Collapsoe magno sumptu Instaurator Canonious Dunelmensis, &c. Gloriosum Domini nostri Iesu Cheisti adventum Prffistolaus placid e sub infra posito Lapide requiescit. Obijt anno salutis MDCCXLii fetalis lxxxvi. His niece, Mish-ess Rachel Aubin, is also interred in the same church. Lieutennn -Colonel Philip Falle (or Fall, as he usually wrote his name), of the same family as the historian, was Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey in 1 787, and bore— argent, on a chevron between three martlets, sable, as many fleur-de- lis of the field. Ceesi : A talbot, ppr. One of the several branches of the family is represented by the Rev. Edwaed Faile, Rector of S. Brelade. * To these arms is added a crest, viz.— A goat's head, argent. DtrC- K^^J^Si:^-- 3d AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. Bailfjacftc. HIS family is of liigli antiquity in [Normandy, where its members were Seigneurs of Eauville, Biesville, Longueval, la Corderie, &c. The Norman stem is traced fi'om Eaoul de Baillehache, living near Caen in 1305, where the name is and has been variously spelt, Ballehache, de Bellehache, de Bailhache, de Baillhache, de Balliehache, and de Baillehache.* The Jersey family had been long settled in the parish of S. Laurence, where it had held offices of trust, and whence branches afterwards migrated to the parishes of S. Ouen and S. Ilelier. Its members were merchants of celebrity before and during the reign of Charles I. and II. Clement Bailhache, Esq., of this family, who died in 1819, was a Jurat of the Eoyal Court. It is now represented by Henry Bailhache, Esq., Adjutant of the S. Helier's Battalion, E.J.M. Arms — Azure, a Uon rampant, or ; in chief a crescent between two mullets of the last. Crest — A ship, ppr. Motto — Vive memor lethi fugit horse. 33annnc. HIS family, whose name has been spelt at various times Bolen, Baleyne, Baleue, BaUaine, and Balleine, settled in Jersey at a very early period, probably from France. In 1331, Ehilip Balein was a member of the jury empanelled to ascertain the Eing's dues in the parish of S. John. Among the more distiiiguished members of this family was the late Eev. George Balleine, of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was inducted in 1812 to the living of S. Ouen, from which he exchanged in 1815, with the Eev. Francis Eicard, to that of S. Peter, where he remained until 1829, when he was preferred to the rectory of S. Martin. He died in 1856, and left issue, the Eev. John James Balleine, M.A., of Pem- broke College, Cambridge, Chaplain and Naval Instructor of H.M.S. Tribune, and the Eev. Le Couteur Balleine, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, the present Eector of S. Mary. Arms : Argent, a lion rampant sable, armed and laugued gules. 13rtrigvff of ISallriur. John De La Ballisixe, of the paiish of S. I'eter, fiom wliom descended Thomas Balleine. James Bulleine=Douce+ Le Brocq. George Balleiue=EUzabtth Bdlcine. * Akms ok Caii.uache of Normandy — Gules, a saltire between four martlets, argent. D'Hvzier, Armorial Ghurnl. t The feminine Christian name of Douce now, and for an elongated period, common in Jersey, is corrupted from Dowse, the maiden name of the wife of Sir Philip De Carteret. ( Vide De Carteret I'edigree.) AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 35 I Elise. Philip Le Brocq, of S. Peter, Esq. A I James. I James Balleine. June De La PerreUe. E1i?.alieth. JoimDe Jersey Le Montais. Elizabeth, dau. of = Amice Le Couteur, of the Island of Sark, Esq., and of De Carteret, his wife. I I George Balleine, Esq. Jane, dau. of Wm. Edwards, Esq., M.E.C.S. El iza-Jane Balleine. O.S.JI. Carterette. Kev. Edward Falle, M.A., Rector of S. Brelade. llev. George Balleine, : Hector successively of Ouon, S. Peter, and iHoC. S. Martin, d. Mai7 Ann, dau. of Jolin Le Poitevin- dit-Le Roiix, of the I>.laud of Guernsey, P'.sq., and of Eliza- beth Le Mottee, his wife. Joshua. o.s.p. Eev. John James Balleine, jr.A., Chaplain R.N. Louisa, dau. of Col. Vigoureux. and widow of John Isaac, Esq. Florence Mary Balleine, b. 1856. I Rev. Le Coutcur Balleine, M.A., Rector of S. Mary. Mary Ann. Charles C. Ick, Esq., R.N. l-'rancis. o.s.p. iJantiincI. HE earliest undoubtedly historical record of this ancient and noble family dates from the year 1040 (twenty-six years before the Norman conquest), when its then representative, Bandinello Bajjdinelli, held the rank of Count, and " Console di giustizia " at Sienna. Tradition, however, as handed down to the present Italian members of the family, traces its descent two centuries higher, when it is said that a distinguished warrior of noble birth, Band-Scinel by name, a native of Aix-in-Provence, was left in charge of Sienna by the Emperor Charlemagne, on returning from his Italian expedition. But from the year 1040, the descent of the Bandinelli in the direct male line is clearly traced by official and legal documents. Bandinello Bandinelli, above mentioned, had three sons, the founders of three Siennese families of considerable distinction. Eanuccio Bandinelli (whose wife, Muratori designates as " Tedda e primaria vice-comitum nobiUtate Pisana ") had two sons, of whom the elder was the ancestor of Count Gixilo, of whom presently, and the younger, EoLANDO, became the celebrated Pope Alexander III., the same who compelled Henry II. of England to walk barefoot to the tomb of Thomas a Becket ; and, after a long and severe contest, Avhieh ended in the liberation of Italy from the German yoke, obliged the renowoied Frederic Bar- barossa to kiss his toe.* It is related that when the Emperor endeavoui-ed to excuse the act, on the * Samuel Kogers, who paid much attention to the Italian legends during his travels in that country, makes the Emperor perform even a more humiliating service. Says he — " In that temple-porch [The hrass is gone, the porphyiy remains] Did Bakbaeossa fling his mantle off. And, kneeling, on his neck receive the foot Of the proud pontiff." — Italy, p. 63. A magnilicent painting of the Pope giving his benediction to the Emperor at Venice exists in the Church of the Madeleine, Paris. 36 AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. plea that it was to S. I'ctcr that he offered the humiliating homage, Alexander haughtily replied '■'■ ctPctro ct niihi'''' — both to Peter aud to me. In oue of the chambers of the palace of the Venetian Doges was a series of handsome frescoes describing the eventful history of Alexander's contest with his great enemy. It is not to be wondered at if the present rulers of Venice have (as is supposed) allowed the obnoxious delineations to fall into a melancholy state of non- preservation. It may be observed here, that Alexander is said to have instituted, or, as others think, given ecclesiastical sanction to, the annual ceremony by which the Doge of Venice was married to the Adriatic. Alexander's stirrup was also held on one occasion by his ally and adherent, Louis VII. of France. On the memory of this great man the present Dean of Dui'ham has passed the following well-merited eulogium : — " Among the very few characters which throw an honourable lustre upon the dark procession of pontifical names, we may confidently record that of Alexander III., not only from the splendour of his talents, his constancy, and his success, but from a still nobler claim which he possesses on om- admiration. He was the zealous champion of intellectual advancement, and the determined foe of ignorance. The system of his internal ad- ministration was regulated by this principle, and he carried it to the most generous extent. He made inquiries in foreign coimtries, and especially in France, for persons eminent for learning, that he might promote them, without regard to birth or influence, to the highest ecclesiastical dignities. He caused large numbers of the Italian clergy, to whom their own country did not supply sufficient means of insti'uction, to proceed to Paris for their more liberal education ; and, having learned that in some places the cathedral chapters exacted fees from young proficients before they licensed them to lecture publicly, Alexander removed the abuse, and abolished every restriction which had been arbitrarily imposed on the free advance of learning. At the same time he was not so blinded by this zeal as to consider the mere exercise of the imderstanding a sufficient guarantee for moral improvement. But observing, on the contrary, with great appre- hension, the progress of the scholastic system of theology, and the numberless vain disputations to which it gave rise, he assembled a verj' large council of men of letters, for the purpose of con- demning that system, and discouraging its prevalence in Paris." The noblest, however, of his mau}^ noble acts, was the publication of a bull against slavery, in which he declared that institu- tion to be contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man, inconsistent Avith Christianity, and incompatible with salvation.* Amongst the many distinguished heroes of the flxmily, a pre-eminence is generally accorded to Count GiULO, grandson of the elder brother of Rolando (Alexander III.), and representative of Eanuccio, and consequently of Baudinello Bandinelli. He led nine hundred lances to the Holy War, and performed such signal service to S. Louis, in his Egyptian expedition, that this monarch bestowed on him as an augmentation to the simple golden shield borne by Bandinello Bandinelli and his descendants, the peculiar and characteristic bearing from which he obtained * The Picdmontese city of Alessandria, concerning whicli so much interest prevails at present, was built bjf the in- habitants of Milan, Plaoentia, and Cremona, originally as a bulwark of Italian independence against the Gcniian Emperor, and was named Alessandria in honour of Alexander III. It was commenced on the 1st of May, 1 1 69, linished the following year, and besieged, without success, by the whole force of the invader, for the space of four months in 1174. Alexander III. also laid the foundation-stone of the cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris, in 1163. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 37 the surname of " Cavaleante,^^ viz.: — on an escutcheon azui-e, a knight on horseback, with his spear in rest, argent. The family of the Baudiuelli, in that and the succeeding centuries, distinguished itself, as the Bishoj) of S. Malo expresses it, ^'dans Pepce, Feglise, ct. Petat," producing six cardinals and other ecclesiastics of note, besides many laymen who obtained reno\\Ti in politics, diplomacy, and arms. It was, however, in the sixteenth century that the head of this house achieved a greater triumph than any which had been accomplished by his predecessors, by sacrificing all the worldly advantages of his exalted position for conscience' sake. This high-minded nobleman took up his residence at Geneva, where he was, however, greatly distressed at the excesses of the Swiss Eeformers, and endeavoured, though fi'uitlessly, to oppose the prevailing current of opinion. His only son, David, in the course of his travels, came to England, where, at the house of her grandfather. Sir Nicholas Stalling, (who was gentleman-usher in daily waiting to Queen Elizabeth and James I.) he made the acquaintance of his futm-e wife, Elizabeth Stalling.* The tomb of Sir Nicholas Stalling (or, as the name is sometimes spelt, Stallinge and Stallenge) still exists in the parish church of Iveun, co. Somerset. On the second of August, 1G02, he was naturalized as a British subject, his letters of naturalization being signed by Sir Walter Ealeigh, then Governor of Jersey, where he, as well as many other continental Eeformers, had taken up his residence. David Baxdinel, Bandinell, or Bandinelli, having settled in Jersey, where he purchased some property at S. Martin's, partly, as appears, if not wholly, by the sale of his family jewels, became successively rector of the parishes of S. Brelade, S. Mary, and S. Martin, and Dean of the Island ; where his character stood very high for his numerous charities, his great benevo- lence, his extreme courtesy, and his brilliant and varied talents. He was on terms of intimate friendship with Archbishop Abbott (who filled the see of Canterbmy from 1611 to 1633), and was held in high estimation by his successor, Laud. His eldest son, James, entered at Broadgate Hall, Oxford, March 12, 1618-19, and after- wards at Christ Church, in the same university. He took orders in the English church, and became rector of the parish of S. Mai-y, Jersey. He mai'ried Margaret Dumaresq, by whom he had an only son, David. At the conclusion of the struggle that broke out in Jersey, shortly after the commencement of the Great Eebellion, the dean aud his son James, who had rendered themselves peculiarly obnoxious to the De Carteret family, were imprisoned in Mont-Orgueil Castle ; in a vain attempt to escape from which, February 10, 1644, they were so much injured, that the father, who was immediately recaptured, died in twenty-four hours, and the son, who a few days afterwards met his parent's funeral as he was led back a prisoner, died before the end of a twelvemonth. David, the Dean's namesake and grandson, married in 1657 Eachel Messervy, the heii-ess of Bagot. "On lira," says the parisli register, "les canons, tant en la dite paroisse de S. * Arms of Stalling — Gules, three escallops in bend, argent : on a chief of the second a martlet, sable. Csest— A martlet, sable. 38 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Sauveur, qu'a cellc cle S. Martin, avec plusieiirs mousquetaires." Falle, in a note to liis "History of Jersey," when speaking of Dean Bandinel, says, "This reverend person has left a worthy posterity among ns. His grandson, of the same name with him, David Bandinel, Esq., Seigneur de Bagot, was a man in whom the island might justly glory ; a man of most singular prudence and addi-ess in all affairs and concernments of life. Many years he sat upon the bench of justice, with great honour to himself and no less benefit to the public, through those moderate and healing counsels which he always pursued, and which he had a peculiar art and faculty of insinuating into others. Indeed the peace of the country seems to have died and expii-ed with him. lie was my guardian in my nonage, and I had so many obligations to him otherwise, that 'tis the least thing I can do, upon this occasion of mentioning his ancestors, to consecrate these few lines to his memory." The eldest son of this David, George Bandinel, was Seigneur of Melcsches* as well as Bagot. He married firstly Elizabeth Poingdestre, by whom he had a son David, whose male lino became extinct in the eighteenth century; and secondly Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Francis De Carteret, Esq., and grand-daughter of Sir Philip Do Carteret, for many years the bitter antagonist of Dean Bandinel and his son. From George, the only male issue of this marriage, the present family descends. His grandson, named George after his three immediate ancestors, had a large family, none of whom left any issue. During the first French Revolution, he gave a home to a French priest, Monsieur do Grimouville, who after his death repaid his hospitality by kindness and attention to his surviving daughters. On the restoration of the Bourbons, M. de Grimouville was pre- ferred to the see of S. Male. During his residence in Jersey, he took a great interest in the genealogies of the families of the island. The Eev. James Bandinel, brother of the last-named George, second son of their father, by his second wife, Elizabeth Lempriero, was, as a young man, secretary to the last Jacobite club at Oxford ; he was also, when at Spa, accredited emissary to Prince Charles Edward. He obtained great distinction at the University, both as a scholar and a divine ; became public orator, and was selected to preach the tii-st Bampton Lecture. Ilis known attachment to the house of Stuart alone prevented him from attaining the highest ecclesiastical dignity. This attachment would appear to have been hereditary in the family, who still possess two miniatures of Charles I., which tradition states to have been given to its representative by Charles II. The Eev. James Bandinel was presented to the vicarage of Netherbury, Dorset, by Dr. Dumaresq, prebendary of Salisbury. He was a man of deep learning, sincere piety, refined mamiers, and great kindness of heart. His memory was long cherished at Nctherbury, with a respect and devotion which had not died out in fifty years after his death. His eldest son, the Rev. Bdlkeley Bandinel, D.D., librarian to the University of Oxford, is the present reiJresentative of the family, being the dii'cct heir male of David Bandinel, first Protestant dean of Jersey ; and through him of Bandinello Bandinelli, and, if tradition is to be * George Bandinel, Esq., purchased of Lord Carteret, in 1095, the large properties and manors of Melesches, Grainville, Handois, S. Germain, and Garis; the first of which is held by knight's banneret tenure. A>" ARMORIAL or JERSEY. 39 credited, of the still more ancient Band-Scinel. He man-ied Mary, eldest daughter of John Phillips, Esq., of C'ulham, co. Berks. Dr. Bandinel was proctor for the University of Oxford in 1815, and has edited several works for the University Press; among others, Dugdale's " Monas- ticon Auglicauum," and Clarendon's '" History of the EebeUion." James Bandinel, Esq., second son of the Eev. James Bandinel, -was for many yeai-s head of the department, in the Foreign Office, for the suppression of the slave trade. His talents were of a high order ; his public services were felt, and admitted to be of no common kind ; and his indefatigable labours in searching out and relieving the sick and poor were such as, unfortunately for the world, are rarely to be met with. He was the author of a valuable work entitled '• Some Account of the Trade in Slaves from Africa, as connected with Eui'ope and America, fi-om the Introduction of the Trade into Modern Eui'ope, down to the Present Time, especially with reference to the Eiforts made by the British Government for its Extinction." He maixied, in 1813, Marian Eli^a, eldest daughter of the Eev. Eobert Hunter, D.D., Sector of Omford Fitz- paine, co. Dorset, who came of a very old Scotch family, the founder of which is said to have fought under Kenneth MacAlpine, in the field which decided the dominion of Scotland. The only issue of this marriage, the Eev. James Baxdixel,* M.A., of Witney, co. Oxford, was born in 1814, and man-ied, in 1845, his fii-st cousin, JuUa, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier, Eector of Haughton-le-Shorne, co. Dui'ham, and foiu'th son of John Le Mesurier, Esq., Hereditary Governor of the Island of Aldemey, hj whom he has issue three childi'en siu:vi\"ing. To this family, also, the famous sculptor, Baccio Bandinelli, the rival of jNIichael Angelo Buonarotti, claimed to belong, and his claim was admitted. Some of his frescoes, from the choir of the cathedral at Florence, are represented by casts in the Mediaeval Court of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. His arms were — Ai'gent, a cross fleiu'-de-lize or, in the dexter and sinister chiefs, and sinister base, a fleur-de-lis or ; in the dexter base a torteau. There were apparently other branches of this house formerly in different parts of France, as De BandineUy in Languedoc, De Bandinel of Figarct, in Provence, and another family in !N^or- mandy. One branch of the family in Florence bore, sable, thi'ee bars or. It is not known to which branch belonged Magister Byndno de Bandinelli, instituted to the incumbency of Levo- rustoke, co. Worcester, 9 Kal. Jan. 1314. Arms : Or, in the dexter chief, a round shield, azui-e, charged with a knight, in full career, spear in rest, argent ; the shield sui-mounted with the coronet of an Italian count, or. Crest : A helmet close, crested with a plume of feathers, ppr. * Author of Luffra; or, the Convent of Algarve, &c. &c. 40 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 13rtiigrrc of Bantiiiirl. The Very Rev. David Bandinel, = Elizabeth, granddaughter and heiress of settled in Jersey, and became Dean of that island 1020. Sir Nicholas Stallenge, Kt. Rev. James Bandinel. Margaret Dumai'esq. David. Jane, dau. of Nicholas Gervaise. I Esther. Clement Galhchau, o.s.p. Anne, ra. I(i37. Clement Dumaresq, Capt., R.J.M. Esther. Thomas Le Breton. I Thomas, Constable of S. Martin. Collette,dau. of James Lempriere. Daniel, d. I(ii7. Rev. John Bandinel. David Bandinel = Rachel, eldest dau. Elizabeth. Jurat, R.C., in 1683, m. 1C37. and heiress of Philip Messer%'y, Seig. of Bagot. Thomas Bandinel, b. 1640. Judith, dau. of Thos. Lempriere. Clement Lempriere. MM James, Clement, David, John, o.s.p. Philip = Mary, Nicolle. eventual heiress of this branch. Thomas Bandinel, o.s.p. 1. Esther Hilgrove. 2. Jane, dau. of VAv/. Marett. James, o.s.p. I Ehzabeth. Philip Fauvel. T Issue o.s.p. Elizabeth, ob.juv. 1. Elizabeth = George Bandinel, Esq., Poingdestre. Seig. of Melesches, Vicomte of Jersey. "2. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis De Carteret, Esq., and co- heiress of the .Seigneur of S. Ouen. I Margaret, b. 1650. Thomas DureU. David, b. 16G.5. Mary Le Manquais. 1. Anne Corbet David Bandinel, Esq., Vicomte of Jersey, Seig. of Melesches. 3. Mary Le Feuvre. Darid, b. 1723. I Rachel. George Le Fevre, of Guernsey. 1. Elizabeth Ahier. I Esq Elizabeth Bandinel. Thomas Le Vavasseur- dit-Durell. George Bandinel, = 2. Elizabeth, ~ dau. of James Lempriere. Philip Bandinel, Esq., Seig. of Melesches. Susan Horman. I I John, d. 1720-1. David, b. 1706. Philip Bandinel, Esq. N. M auger. Elizabeth. Charles D'Auvergne, Esq. Rachel. John Dumaresq. I Esther. 1. — Watts. 2. — Nugent. Philip Bandinel, Esq. o.8.p. Elizabeth Dumaresq. I Charles. I Elizabeth. James Corbet, Seig. of Rozel. Chas, Hilgrove. George Bandinel, Esq. Douce Dumaresq. Rev. James Bandinel, D.D. Margaret Dumaresq. Anne-Elizabeth. John Lempriere. Thomas, Francis. I I I George, James, Francis, o.s.p. I I Douce-Anne, d. 1829. Elizabeth, d. 1844. Thomas Bandinel. Jane Nicolle, o.s.p. Margaret. Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier, of Guernsey. Henrietta-Anne. Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D.D. Mary, dau. of John I'hillips, Esq. Mary-Anne. AN ARMORIAL OP JERSEY. 4l A I James Bandinel, Esq., m. 1813 Marian-Eliza, dau. of the Rev, R. Hunter, D.D. Julia, youngest dau. of the ^= Rev. James Bandinel, M..\., of Wadliam College, Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier. I Oxon., b, 1M14, m. 1H45. I I I I I I James-Julius-Fredk. Bandinel, Thomas-Ranulph, RichardBulkeley, DavidGuido, Robert-Alexander, Margaret-Anne, b. J845. b. 1W7. b. 184!). b. and d. 1851. b. IsS'i, d. 1853. b. 1856. iUT little is known respecting the origin or descent of this family, although at one time it must have been of consideration in the island, as the names of many of its members in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries swell the roll of the insular clergy. Among them are those of Sire Eichard, and Sire Augustin Baudains ; while John BaudajTis is mentioned as being one of the four sworn men of S. Clement's i^irish appointed in the Visita- tion of the State of the Fortifications of Jersey, in 24 Henry VIII. The family possessed the fief of Guille Payn,* from whom it was alienated by marriage in the sixteenth century, and was enjoyed respectively by those of Sarre and Payn, in the possession of which latter it now remains. In its grounds stood a chapel, one of the preciu'sors of the parish churches, known as the chapel of Augustin Baudains. This has long been demolished, but some of its antique carved ornaments are in existence, being built into the walls of the house that stands near its site, and a massive stone cross now in the possession of F. Gme. Collas, Esq., formerly surmounted the gable of its chancel. The munificence of one of its members has kept the memory of his family eternally enshi'ined in the grateful remembrance of its countrymen. This was Lorans or Laurence BAUDArNs, by some supposed (and correctly) to have been in orders, but by others to have filled the office of schoolmaster of the parish of S. Martin. He was a man of substance, and possessed property not only in his native parish of S. Martin, but also in several others ; and his piety is proved by his will, wherein, among other bequests, he leaves money to repair a chapel in the church of S. Martin, the name of which does not appear (" Chapelle tombee et en mal ordre ") ; and his Bible, together with a silver cup and saucer, to the church of S. Martin. But the gift by wliich he is best known, is the one he made of thirty-two quarters of wheat-rents, f with a water-mill and its appurtenances (called Denmark-mill, situated in the parish of S. Lam-ence), the proceeds of which were for ever to be applied towards the assistance of young Jerseymen, whose means * There is also a minor fief, named the fief es Baudains, situated in the parish of S. Clement, which undouhtedly received its name from this family, and which appears to be of considerable antiquity, as it is mentioaed in a deed as early as 1292, quoted by Durell in his notes to Falle's History of Jersey. f The insular mode of computing property. AU land in Jersey, instead of being said to be worth so much money, is valued at so many quarters of wheat ; by which valuation it is bought, sold, and mortgaged. 42 AN ARMOEIAL OP JERSEY. are otherwise insufficient, in obtaining a ixniversity education, to fit them for the service of the Church in Jersey. Many of the most eminent insular ecclesiastics have owed to this foundation the education which rendered their names famous, amongst whom may be mentioned the Doctors Lemprierc and Valj^y, some of -whom, on accepting preferment in England, are said to have refunded, with a justice that redounds to their credit, the suras which they had received from this beneficent and pious bequest. Tliis, however, was only a part of the original plan of the donor, which had for its primary object the foundation of a college, which would provide for the youth of the island the curriculum of a mathematical and classical education ; this idea, unfortunately, the bounty was not sufficient to cai'ry out. For the proper distribution of " Baudaiu's gift," thirteen governors or trustees were appointed by patent, the 13th September, 1610. These governors, whose number is kept intact, by filling up death vacancies, were, and are, chosen from the most influential and talented of the Jersey gentry. Baudains left collateral, although no direct descendants, whose families are stiU in existence. Curiously, his wife survived his death but by a day : — " He first deceased ; she for a few hours tried To live without him — liked it not, and died !" They were buried in the same grave, in the churchyard of S. Martin, 28 June, 1611. "With unpardonable neglect, the directors of the proceeds of Baudaiu's liberality have hitherto omitted to erect a memorial to perpetuate by a monumental inscription the sense of gratitude that should be felt towards this good and philanthropic individual, whose efforts for the future welfare of his countrymen have been without parallel in the history of Jersey. His house, situated in that part of the parish of S. Martin, known as La Villc Brcc, still exists, and now belongs to Mr. John Messervy. Arms:* (on the seal of "Baudaiu's gift") Azure, a sun, in its sijlendour, or, impaling on the dexter side the arms of the island. Legend : " Gouv. du don de Baudains, 1611." Bntram, of Craffort). HE name of Bertram is of very early occurrence in the annals of the island. In the Extcntc of 1331 Pdchard Bertram is mentioned as paying six sols for a bovivee of land in the parish of S. Martin, which has for several centuries been the place of settle- ment of this family. Their estate of Grafford, Crafford, or Crayford, as it is variously spelt in the several E.vtentes, was formerly possessed by a family of Crauford, of English extrac- tion, and which at a remote period appears to have been of much consideration and importance. * These are not intended to represent the bearings of his family, but were adopted, by a loose analogical reasoning, as being those of the family of Baldwin. However, no family of that name in England has this cognizance, which appertains to the families of S. Clere and Aldliam. AN AKMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 43 In 1447, Williani Bertram was warden or governor of the Norman Isles, and may have been like William de S. John, Drogo De Barentine, and Thomas Hamptonne, a native of Jersey. This family is rein-escuted by Geoege Bertram, Esq., of S. Martin; and Francis Bertram, Esa., of Beaulieu. Arms : Azure, an eagle, displayed, or. Crest : A demi-lion argent. IJftiifjrrr of Brrtram, of ffirafFortJ. Abraham Bertkaji, b. circa lObO. T a. Alartha NicoUe = Abraham Bertram = 1. Elizabelh, dau. of Thomas Le Febvie relict of George CoUas. b. 1015. I and Jane Le Bastard, m. 1051, d. 1672. I Edward. Abraham Bertram, m. 1071, d. 171)1). 1 1 Jane. m. lO^i, Elizabeth, Tbos. Jlesservy, b. 1661, d. 1 of Gorey. 750. Elizabeth, Collette, dau. of George CoUas, d. 1735. 7 ob.juv. 1 Thomas, b. 10M3, d. 1091. Abraham Bertram b. 1080, m. 1700, d. 17 1 Philip, b. 101)1, 31. Jane Ealle. 1 George, b. 1094. 1 1 Sarah JIartba Jaue, dau. of Nicholas C of Triaity.= ^abot, 1 1 Jane Bertram, b. 173i). 1 1 George. Sarah 1 1 Abraham Berlram, Philip, b. 1711. b. 17(17, d. 1751, Susan Sohier 1 1 1 Philip Aubin Thomas, George, Jane. ■^11. oh. juv. Sarah, dau Carteret, de Bas.^ of l-'.Jvvard De == of Vincheles | Philip Bertram, b. 1741, d. 1 Susan Marett. T 1 1 Abraham Bertram, b. 1738, ob.j>io. Abraham, b. 1740, d. 1752. George, Sarah, b. 174.3, b. 17 U), d. 1786, Peter Duheaume Esther, dau. of Edward of S. Peter, m. 1701 Viberl ^ 1 Philip BerU-am Charles, Jane, ob. juv. Rachel Du Parcq, o.s.p 'i. Jane, dau. of John — George Bertram, Esq., = 1. Elizabeth, dau. Cabot. i Constable of S. Mnrtin, of John Nicolle, I Jurat R. C, b. 1773, Capt. E.J.M. I d. J842. Charles. .\nn, ob.jin-. Peter, died a prisoner of war in France. I Charles. I I Nancy. George, ob.juv. I Elizal)eth EUas Falle. I Esther Joshua Falle. Jane Mary George Bertram, Esq., of S. aiartiu, R.J.II. John Godfray, PiiTGaudin, Esq. Esq., Lt.-Col. Capt. R.J.M. E.J.M. Anne l)elaval. 7 I I George-John. Eleonore, ob. juv. I I George-Clement, b. 1841. Anne-Elizabetb, b. 1843. Mary Jane, b. 1848. Francis-George, o.s.p. Jane Jolin Le Maistre. Esther Phihp l^ayn, Capt. R.J.M. Francis Bertram, Esq., of Beaulieu. Maiy Mauger. Mary Hugh De Carteret, Esq. William Charles Bertram, Esq. Heurietta, dau. of John Godfray, Esq. I I Mjry Charles Jones, M.R.C.S.E. I Francis- Godtray. Emily-.4nn. AUce. 44 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. Bertram, of (Sroubidc. HE family of Bertram, of Grouville, has long been settled in ttat parish, and although, from the want of requisite documents, no connection can be established between it and the foregoing, there is but little doubt but that both proceed from one common soui'ce. It has possessed, from the reign of Elizabeth, the residence now tenanted by its representa- tive, which is little altered in appearance from that period. Charles Bertram, Esq., Jurat of the Eoyal Coiu-t, is the present head of this family. Arms : Or, an orle, azure. Crest : A demi-lion, gules, holding between the paws a shield of the arms. ^rtigrcf of iSmram, of ^JCfV>'=^-J 50 A\ ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. HE eldest branch of this family, which formerly held much landed property in the parish of S. Trinity, emigrated to America, in the person of George Cabot, so early as 1680, and is now represented there by Henry Lee, Esq., of Boston, U.S. The Hon. George Cabot, one of the descendants of the first colonist of this name, was a man of influence and position in Boston in the first quarter of the present century. By some it is imagined that this is a branch of the celebrated family of Chabot, which figures conspicuously in the mediteval history of France, where its members held many high ofiices of state ; * but by others, that it is identical with the family of Cabot, of Normandy. Family tradition gives to this house the honour of numbering among its members the celebrated circumnavigator Sebastian Cabot, who was the son of John, of that name, and born in the city of Bristol. A mourning ring now in the possession of Mr. Lee, bearing the name of that early explorer, offers some ground for this supposition. Arms : (as borne by the Cabots of America.) Or, three chabots, haurient, gules.f Crest : An escallop, or.ij: €l)atcaul)nantr, OUNTS CHATEAUBEIAND. This family derives its origin from, and is a branch of the ducal flxmily of Britany ; and the barony which bears its name was, before the annexation of that province to the oi'own of France, one of the most considerable dignities of the duchy. Although not a native family, its members have been settled in Jersey for thi-ee genera- tions; and while belonging to one of the most illustrious French houses, the late Count Frederick de Chateaubriand was proud of having been born in an English dependency, and took the most lively interest in all connected with the island, his native place, and so endeared to him by early associations. At the close of the last century, the family of Chateaubriand was divided into two branches, of which the first was represented by Count Eene de Chateaubriand, father of the famous poet, whose visits to, and residence in, Jersey are frequently alluded to in his " Memou'es d'Outre- Tombe," and other works. The second branch had for its chief the brother of Count Eene, Peter de Chateaubriand, * Philip Cliabot, Count of Newblaneh, and Lord Admiral of France, was elected a Knight of the Garter at Calais, where a chapter was held during a second interview between Henry VIII. and Francis I., in 1532. — Vide Moule's Heraldry of Fish ; Anstis' Order of the Garter, §-c. A Francis Cabot, in 1 74 1, possessed the manor of Hougham, or North Court, CO. Kent. As this is perhaps a solitary instance of the name occurring among English landed proprietors, it is not unlikely that he was of the Jersey family. — Vide Halstcd's Kent, vol. iv., p. 45. f The tinctures are varied by the many branches of the family, but all continue the characteristic charge of the Chabots — aiifflicc, miller's thumbs, or chubs— a small fish very common in the shallow water around the Norman coast and Channel Islands. One branch of the family bears for motto — Semper cor caput cabot. \ Arms of Cabot of Normandy ^Argent, three leopards' heads, sable. 7 .::#' ?^,/^' ^i4i:^/Mt< AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 51 who was the father of Ai-mancI de Chateaubriand, the first of the name established in Jersey. After having bravely fought for the Koyal cause, during the whole of the campaign of 1792, he was entrusted with the honourable yet perilous mission of conducting, between Jersey and France, the correspondence and communications of the EoyaUsts. This delicate task he pursued with success for the long period of fifteen years — from 1795 until 1810, when, being cast upon the coast of Normandy by stress of weather, he was arrested, canned to Paris, and condemned to death by the government of the day. The Count Armand de Chateaubriand was one of the numberless exiles of good family expa- triated by the French Eevolution. Although Germany and England received by far the greater number, yet as many as four thousand sought refuge in Jersey, among whom were ecclesiastics of all grades, from the bishop to the priest, and nobles of the highest rank, accompanied by their servants and dependants. As most of these were well provided with money, which they spent liberally, and brought with them habits and manners of the most courtly order, Jersey has to thank them, in more senses than one, for the benefits that their misfortunes were the means of showering on the island. Count Armand married Jane Le Brun, (a native of Jersey), by whom he had Jane, born in Jersey, died 1820 ; and Frederick, Count de Chateaubriand, born in Jersey, married the grand-daughter of Count Castaldi, ex-ambassador of the Eepublic of Genoa to the English court, and subsequently a naturalised subject of the British crown, by whom ho had five children — Henry, the present Count de Chateaubriand; Louisa; Mary; Theresa; and Blanche. Arms: Gules, semee of fleui-s-de-lis, or.* Motto : Je seme I'or, hollas, of tfje iilaison tre ^. iHartin. NE of the most ancient houses of Britany is that of CoUas, Seigneurs de I'Espine. At the disastrous battle of S. Aubin-du-Cormier,t Gratian CoUas, of this family, being grievously wounded, was one among the many Bretons whose only safety lay in fiight. He found, however, time and opportunity to carry with him his wife, and also some of * The arms of this family were originally — Azure, three pine-cones, or ; but Godefroi de Chateaubiiand having greatly distinguished himself at the disastrous battle of ilassoura, in 1250, Louis IX. granted him, as a reward for his valour, the arms mentioned above, and the motto — Mon sang teint les bannieres de France. The family has continued to bear these ai'ms, impaled on the dexter side, with its original ones. f The battle of S. Aubin-du-Cormier had for its origin the quarrels that ensued upon the death of Louis XI. of France. His son, Charles VIII., was but thirteen years of age, and was weak, iU-formed, and sickly. The testamentary disposition of Louis had entrusted the care of the prince to his daughter Anne, wife of the Seigneur de Beaujeu, a brother of the House of Bourbon. Her authority, however, was questioned, and her power usurped by the Duke of Orleans, as First Prince of the Blood, and his pretensions were supported by the principal nobles. Unable to agree, for the first time for many years in the history of France, a real Assembly of the States was convoked at Tom-s, at which all classes were fairly represented. The Orleans faction had previously tried every means in order to sway the opinions of the people in their favour. Oliver the barber, one of the most hated of Louis' myrmidons, was hanged; the taxes were reduced, and the odious Swiss mercenaries, to the number of 6,000, were disbanded. Notwithstanding this, the disorders of the reign of Charles VI. and their consequences, had disgusted the nation with the rule of rinces of the blood ; the States, therefore, confirmed the care of the King's person, with all the 52 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. his wealth, and, crossing over to the opposite coast of Jersey, took refuge in the parish of S. Martio. There, ou the 15th September, 1490, he purchased, conjointly with Appaulina, his wife, the Maison de S. Martin. As a striking instance of the integrity and simple faith of the islanders at that time, it may be mentioned that the contract referred to above was merely read at the foot of the high cross in the parish churchyard, which rendered the purchase valid. However, twenty years afterwards, it was deemed right to register the sale in the form of a deed, sealed with the broad seal of the island, and countersealed by Nicholas de Hamptonne, then Lieut. Bailly ; which deed is still extant in the family. From this spot the family has never removed, and the house, although rebuilt, occupies the site of its veteran predecessor. It is connected by marriage with some of the best insular houses, and is now represented by F. Gme. Collas, Esq. Arms : Argent, a double-headed eagle, displayed, with wings inverted, sable, armed gules.* Quartering, — Or, on a mound in base vert, a holly-bush ppr.; a bordure, sable, eutoyre of eight mullets of six points, pierced of the first, for BissoN : gules, thi-ee mullets, or, for Hamptontste i or, three cherries, gules, stalked vert, for Messervy : or, three leaves, vert, for Anquetil : and gules, foul- fusils conjoined in fesse, ai-gent, a mullet for difference, for De Carteret. Crest : A plain cross, or. Motto : Crux, spes unica, influence accruing, to the Dame de Beaujeu. This of course hugely dissatisfied the Orleans party, -who actually ques- tioned the authority of the States ; and the Duke, assisted by Dunois, son of the famous Bastard of Orleans, made every effort, first by intrigue, and then by force, to retain his authority. He was, however, closely pressed by the Duke de la TremoiUe at the head of a superior force, and was obliged to make submission, and Dunois upon this was banished to Italy. A peace, however, could not permanently exist under these circumstances. A plot was hatched to carry off the King, which failed, and Orleans was forced to retire to Britany, where he became a suitor for the hand of Anne, eldest daughter and heiress of Francis, the reigning duke. At first the nobles and people were jealous of the Duke of Orleans, and took part with the Dame de Beaujeu against both ; but she, too ambitious, showing a disposition to conquer the duchy, and to garrison and appropriate its towns, they abandoned her, and returned to their allegiance to the duke. The war nevertheless continued, and the troops of both sides met at S. Aubin, where a battle ensued. The French were commanded by La Tremoillc, and the Prince of Orange and the Duke of Orleans led on the Bretons. With the latter were three hundred English, and many of the Bretons, the more to intimidate their adver- saries, adopted for the nonce the British garb. In this battle the Bretons fully sustained their high character as foot soldiers, but the French gendarmerie, having beaten the cavalry opposed to them, took the Bretons in flank and rear, and entirely routed them. The Prince of Orange and the Duke of Orleans were both taken prisoners. Led to the victorious La Tremoille, they were startled to perceive a confessor enter the tent towards evening. He observed and enjoyed their inconcealable discomfiture, when, smiling, he remarked that it was but the inferior rebels who had to clear their consciences and prepare for death. Then it was that the neighbouring coast of Jersey afforded many a brave com- batant the asylum denied him at home. Without entering at length into the events that followed this decisive battle, suffice it to say, that the Duke of Britany survived this defeat but a short time. His daughter Anne, who was betrothed and even married by proxy to Maximilian, king of the Eomans, was finally espoused by Charles VIII., who on his part broke off negotiations respecting Margaret, daughter of Maximilian ; she undergoing the mortification of being sent home, after having been brought up as the future queen of France; being, as she herself plaintively expressed it, " a widow, ere she was a wife." The cause of the struggle was ended by this event, and Charles setting at liberty his former rival, the Duke of Orleans, the latter became his faithful friend, and even seconded the King's views in espousing Anne of Britany. * The family in France for some centuries has borne the eagle crowned, probably as an augmentation; but the original arms are those borne by the Jersey branch, as is proved by the signet ring of Sire Gulielmus Collas, son of Arnulpho dicto Colas, mentioned by De Magny as being present at the Crusade of 1249, who flourished in the thirteenth centuiy, which is now in the possession of the representative of the family. eSl^t /s^. 1 iJ.J'^' ^ Br 11'/ /w //lis P/ P. o rd d > o oT -4J O d c3 o 6JD ^ S 1 -1 3 05 1 C f 4f d o i4 c3 P4 o F-i o ^ •J pH TJ CO W =*-! =4-r o S o !-i w g CO ^ s -fj • rH r— H CT< rO % o ;! a © s .a o Q o t/T O a o -1^ a CO ©" o ,d O 1 IT C3 ■ w CD Is © r-l O o d a !h d o _&4 •rH be d 6 Ei3 o o © d P-1 ''5 © O O CO CI P rH © rd O d "o =»-( -^ CO • 1—1 o H M £ o rH © rd aT >H d Ph % T* rS © d ■^ w =2 .s p3 rd -4-:> O d © d © bC O © o d < cS o "^ d P4 ^ o c3 ^ ■zs. .2.- D. 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Arjis : Ai'gent, thi-ee martlets gules ; on a chief azure, three estoiles or. H'^ubercjne, HE family of D'Auvergne* may fairly claim, by the deeds of its members, and by its vast territorial possessions, to rank among the noblest and most distinguished of the French nobility, while its antiquity is carried back, by authentic documents, as far as about the year 800. It appears, bj^ researches entered into at the command of Godfi'oy, last reigning Duke of Bouillon, that a cadet of the house of Auvergne had emigrated after the crusade against the Albigenses, in the early part of the thirteenth centiu-y, and was traced to England, where he continued, imder the auspices of Guilleaume (or Peter) des Eoches, who became, by the favour of the Prince (afterwards King Hemy III.), Bishop of Winchester and High Chancellor of England.! This cadet was called Eobert, and surnamed De Clermont, but at his emigration had taken his family name of Auvergne, having married, contrary to his father's consent, (who was Eobert, fourth Count of Auvergne,) % a lady named Boutet, of an ancient patrician house of Aquitaine, * The prefixes du, de la, le, and la, used before proper names, and originally indicative of their territorial deriva- tion, are invariably used in France with small letters, but in Jersey custom has caused them to be printed and written with capitals, a mode followed in the present work. t Arms of Peter de Eupibus, or Des Koches : — Gules, three roaches naiant, in pale. — Vide the Boke of S. Alban's. X The following pedigree, extracted from Baluze's Histoire Genealogique de la Maison D'Auvergne, will show the connection of the Jersey branch with the parent stem : — Bernard, Count d' Auvergne and de Bourges (circa 800), Marquis de Nevers. Acfred I., Count de Bourges and de Circasonne=Adelinde. Bernard I., Count d'Auvergne=Blitsende. 56 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. and in whose family GuUleaume des Eoclies had been brought up. By this man-iage Kobert d'Auvergne had a son, whom he called Thiebault, after his maternal great uncle, Thiebault, Count of Champagne ; and this Thiebault obtained, through the influence of the Chancellor des Eoches, a grant of lands in the island of Jersey, about the year 1232, on which he settled, and became the stock from which the Jersey family of that name lineally descend. The grant in question was, from its fii'st grantee, called La Thiebault, and tradition has handed down the name to a portion of it (in the parish of S. Ouen) to this day ; although, as appears from the records of sales preserved in the Eoyal Court of the island, it was alienated towards the close of the seventeenth century by a member of the family, after having been in its possession upwards of four hundi-ed years.* At this period one branch of the family settled in S. Ilelier, while another remained in its ancestral parish of S. Ouen, in Jersey. A Eustorge, Viscount d'Auvergne=:Aseiiclane. Eobert I., Viscount d'Auvergne=Adalgarde. Eobert II., Viscount d'Auvergne=Ingelberge. Guilleaume IV., Viscount d'Auvergne (succeeded Gyon, his brother)=Humberge. Eobert I., Count d'Auverffne=Ermengarde d' Aries. Guilleaume V., Count d'Auvergne=PhilIipie de Giraudan. Eobert II., Count d'Auvergne=Judith de Melgueil. Guilleaume VI., Count d'Auvergne=Jeanne. \__ I I Eobert III., Count d'Auvergne. Guilleaume VIII., Count d'Auvergne=Anne de Nevers. T : -■ : Guilleaume VII., Count d'Auvergne. Eobert IV., Count d'Auvergne =Mahault de Bourgoyne. II II I — Boutet=5. Eobert de Clermont. 2. Guy, Count 1. Guilleaume, 3. Eobert, Archbishop 4. Marie. d'Auvergne. o.s.p. of Lyons. Thiebault d'Auvergne, settled in Jersey. * It is but fair to observe that Baluzo, in his genealogical history of the family, docs not place implicit faith in the statement that the Jersey family thus descends from its French namesake ; but the researches of the ducal antiquarians quite satisfied the last reigning duke that his Jersey cousins were of the same stock as himself, and thus justilicd his acts iu their favour. AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 57 In the latter part of the eighteenth century, his Serene Highness Godfroy de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, having lost his second son — the eldest being so afflicted as to preclude the hope of a lineal succession — was without prospect of an ultimate heir. He was therefore induced to seek among his relatives for some one whom he might select as a successor to his titles and immense wealth ; and accordingly caused researches to be made in the different archives of the provinces with which the history of his house was connected, and directed the Abbe Coyer, who had been his private tutor, to examine, with the assistance of some learned Benedictine monks, the different depots in the province whence the family di-ew its origin, and of which its heads had been feudal sovereigns before the union of the great fiefs to the crown of France, under Philip Augustus. This search elicited the facts narrated above ; when about that period Lieutenant Philip d'Auvergne, of the British Eoyal Navy, and a member of the Jersey family of that name which had settled in England, being a prisoner of war in Trance, was introduced to the Duke of Bouillon by the French Minister of Marine. Struck with the similarity of name, his Serene Highness invited his ncAvly-found friend to his seat at Navarre, in Normandy, where he received him with much cordiality, and hinted to Lieutenant D'Auvergne at the inquiries he had insti- tuted, and which he gave fresh orders should be continued with renewed diligence. Lieutenant D'Auvergne was, soon after his return to England, professionally employed until the Peace, when he again met with the Duke in London, who was still engaged in prosecuting his inqumes with regard to the stray branch of his family. In 1786, the Ihike's learned commissioners having completed, to his satisfaction, their research, which had occupied them ten years, Letters-Patent, under his personal signature,, sealed with the great seal of the Sovereignty of Bouillon, acknowledging the descent of Charles D'Auvergne, Esq., and Major-General D'Auvergne his younger brother, — father, and uncle of Captain D'Auvergne (who had been promoted in the interim), " from the ancient Counts of Auvergne, their and the Duke's common ancestors, also confirming to them theu- common armorial bearings, and acknowledging them as cousins," were transmitted by the Duke to these two near relatives of the Captain, and which formal documents were, by his Majesty's most gracious licence, of the 1st January, 1787, duly recorded and exemplified in the College of Arms, and also announced in the London Gazette. The Duke, moreover, by a formal act of adoption, with the full consent of his eldest son, Leopold, the States of Bouillon, and his Britannic Majesty, adopted Captain Philip D'Auvergne as his son,* and as heir-apparent in the event of failiu-e of issue male of Prince Leopold.f Captain D'Auvergne, thus raised by good fortune fi-om the rank of a private individual to be the prospective successor to one of the largest dependencies of France, continued in the British Navy, and was successively promoted in 1805, to the rank of Eeaa-- Admiral of the Blue ; in 1810, to be Vice-Admii-al ; and in 1813, * The Act of Licence to Philip D'Auvergne, Esq., to accept and enjoy the nomination and succession to the Sovereignty of Bouillon, was addressed, by his Majesty George III., to the Hereditary Marshal of England, the Duke of Norfolk, and duly entered in the College of Arms. And the Act of the States of Bouillon, acknowledging and consenting to the above nomination and succession, was duly promulgated previously throughout the duchy. t As a testimonial of this Act, the Duke presented Captain D'Auvergne with an original bronze of Turenne, on the plinth of which was engraved — I 58 AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. to be Vice-Admii-al of the TVliite, and was stationed in the Channel Islands in command of tlie " Nonsuch " and a flotilla of gunboats, for their defence, and to communicate with the Eoyalists of France on the ojiposite coast. Godfroy, Duke of Bouillon, died in 1793, and was succeeded by his son, Prince Leopold, who himself dying without issue, in 1802, during the short interval of peace. Prince Philip D'Auvergne repaired to Paris to claim the succession,* but was arrested, thi-owu into prison, and his papers seized by the Consular Government. He was, however, released iti a few days, but ordered immediately to quit France. After the Bourbon restoration, the Prince was, for a short time, put into nominal possession of his duchy ; but, by an Act of the Congress of Vienna, upon " considerations of general policy," he was finally dispossessed of the Dukedom, which reverted to a member of the Eohan family, also descended fi-om the ancient Dukes of Bouillon. lie did not long survive these reverses, which were as sudden and unlooked-for as his previous elevation, but died in London, in 1816, and was buried at S. Margaret's church, Westminster. Leaving no descendants, lineal or collateral, the representation of the family devolved upon his kinsman, Philip D'Auvergne, Esgu, of Leoville, in the parish of S. Ouen, Jersey. His Highness, during his official residence in Jersey, purchased a spot of ground con- taining the most interesting relic of mediajval antiquity of which Jersey had to boast, being the remains of the Chapel of Our Lady de la Hougue 'Bie, or la Hougue Hambie, situated in Grouville parish. This chapel had been built at a very remote period, on one of the tumuli, of which the island at one time possessed so many, and was restored by Kichard Mabon, Dean of Jersey, in the sixteenth century. It is traditionally said to have been erected in memory of a member of the once jjowerful family of Paynel, of Hambye, by his widow. The circumstances connected with this event, and which are generally allowed to be founded on historical facts, form one of the most pathetic and touching of Jersey's heroic legends. The Prince D'Auvergne, however, with questionable taste, incorporated this interesting structure with a tower, which he built on its site, and which is generally called, from its first owner. Prince's Tower. Among the members of the Jersey branch worthy of note is the Eev. Edward D'Auvergne, J\I.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, born about 16G0, Chaplain in Ordinary to their Majesties William and Mary, and known by his 'm-itings, princii)ally on military topics. Owing to the scarcity of ecclesiastic and other documents, materials for a connected TURENNE. Donnu a PuiurrE D'Attvergne, C.D.V.A.S.D.L.G.B., pur GoBEFEor Due de Bouillon, Chef de la Maison, en temoignage de sa tendre amitie pour son fils adoptiii MDCCLXXXIV. He also presented him with a magnificent MS. Bible, superbly illuminated by the Benedictine monks in the twelfth century, and which had been given by King John of France, in 13G1, to his son, the Duke of Berri, Count of Boulogne and Auvergnc, and by his (the King's) mother entailed in perpetuity upon the family, and in which the Duke wrote an autograph donation in French and English. This Bible was purloined in England, and was, a few years since, advertised for sale in London. * The seal of Philip D'Auvergne, which was engraved at this period, is still preserved. The legend runs thus : Sig. Phil. D. G. Dux Bouillon, 1802. AN ARMOKIAL OF JERSEY. 69 pedigree of the family do not exist ; the following short ones, however, will show the connection of this family with several others of both Jersey and Guernsey. Arms — Or, a gonfalon, of three pendants, gules, fringed vert. Crest — A tower argent, ma9onne sable. Motto — Nous ne changeons jamais.* ^ctiifjrce of IB'Eubfvgnc. BRANCH OF S. HELIER. D'AuvERGNE, sold the estate of La Thiebault towards the close of the XVII century. T Charles D'Auvergne, Esq. = Elizabeth, dau. of James Corbet, Esq. ! 1. Elizabeth le Geyt. = Charles D'Auvergne, Esq. = 2. Elizabeth, dau. Lieut. -General James b. 1724. of Philip Bandinel, D'Auvergne, attache Esq. of the court of George III. I 1 Elizabeth, Vice-Admiral Prince Philip d. 1840. D'Auvergne, F.R.S, Knight of S. John of Jerusalem, Knight of S. Joachim, d. 1816. Corbet James D'Auvergne, = Victoria Stuart, who claimed Esq., Captain, E.N., and to be the dau. of Prince Edward. I Anne. Keeper of Game in Jersey, by Letters- Patent. o.s.p. Charles Edward, the young Pretender, by the Princess Louisa Masimiliana of Stol- berg. Mary-Esther 1. Lieut. Lem- Fiott. priere, R.N. o.s.p. 2. Captain Le Gros, R.N. ^ftjigrcc of H'^lubcrgne. BRANCH OF S. OUEN. John D'Auvergne, Esq., Constable of S. Ouen in 1645, = Douce de Vic. d. 1662. I John D'Auvergne, Esq., Constable of S. Ouen, drowned with his wife in 1681, = Rachel Le Montais. Rachel. Francis Ricard, Esq. Philip D'Auvergne, Constable of S. Ouen, ^ Mary Sallenouve. m. 1686. I A * The late Admiral Philip D'Auvei-gne, Duke of Bouillon, bore quartered with the arms of Auvergne, those of Be la Tour—svL., azure, seme of fleurs-de-lis or; over all, a tower argent, magonne sable, with the same crest and motto. 60 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Edward D'Anvergne, Esq., = Esther, dan. of Philip Le Ge3't, Esq., m. 1729. Lieut. Bailly of Jersey. I Philip D'Auvergne, Esq., = Jane, dan. of Edward Eicard, Esq., m. 175S. I King's Keceiver. Charles = Mary Oliver Griit, Francis. of Guernsey. o.s.p. Edward, Jane. Midshipman, K N., perished Aaron De Ste. in the " E,oyal Croix, Esq., ■George." Jurat R.C. Charles D'Au- vergne, Esq. Ann. Collins I Edward, Surr(eon, Jane. Matilda. I Elizabeth. I I Ann. Elizabeth. Stade. Philip Durell, of Sans Souci. Mary. Esther. Ward. GriU, Esq Amelia. Philip D'Anvergne, = I.Rachel, dan. of Esq., Chas.Payn,Esq., Bonamy Francis de Jurat R.C. Colliugs, Ste. Croix, o.s p. Esq. Esq. = 2. Jane, dau. of 1 Amice Gabourel. Henrietta, dan. of Charles Fixott, M.D. Philip D'Auvergne, Esq., Deputy for S. Ouen. Rachel. John De Ste. Croix, Esq. Henry-Philip Francis-Owen. Edward-Fixott. Charles-Adolplius, oh. Henrietta. Laura-Jane. -0^»51C5^ T wliat precise time this family quitted Norraaudy, where it had attained to distinction from the earliest historic period of that duchy, is not certain. It appears that previous to its emigration it was settled near, and took its name from, the village of Barentin, near Eouen. The first mention made of the name in England, is in the person of Alexander de Barentin, who is stated by Brayley, in his " History of Surrey," to have been baker to Hemy II., circa 1160, and to whom the King gave much land in Caveham or Cobham. Shortly before the year 1220, Drew, Dru, Drocus, Drogo, or Deouet De Barentine, obtained, through cii'cumstanccs iipon which history tln'ows no light, the important Seigneurie of Eozel ; and, in 1367, his descendants were possessed of extensive and valuable estates in Jersey, consisting of the manors and lordships of Eozel, Samares, Longueville, Dielament, and les Augres. Upon the authority of notes appended to the record of a lawsuit, that attended the eventual transfer of this property, it has generally been alleged that these largo possessions were bestowed, as a free gift, by the King upon this eminent person — part or all of it having escheated to the Crown, by the adherence of Engelramus de Foiu-net, Seigneur of Eozel, to the AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 61 French monarch, at the period of the revolt of the Normans.* But, as this same De Fournet appears in a Liberate Eoll of 10 Henry III., as having been at that period in the King's service,! it may, with greater probability, be surmised that part, if not all, of the property, was acquired by purchase. Owing to his influential pos ti' n. Drew de Barentine was constituted Warden or Governor of the Norman Isles in 1220. Although their names have not reached us, it appears probable he, at some period, governed by deputies, for in 1223 he is mentioned as having been in the King's service in Wales,:]: and in 1225-6 he served among the English knights in Gascony.§ In 1230 he held, with Jane his wife, the manor of Cheveres, n Norfolk, in which year he was granted a weekly market, and a fair yearly, with free warren on his demesne lands there. In 1239, being very aged, he appears as being accredited ambassador to Kome.|| He was succeeded in his English and Jersey estates by his son, William De Barentine, who died young, and who founded a chapel and hospital for lepers at Cheveres, and gave considerable lands and part of his lordship to endow them.^ His son. Drew De Barentine, was Governor of the Scilly Isles in 35 Henry III.,** 1251, and shortly afterwards held the same dignity in the Norman islands ; vested with which, he was slain in 1253, in a gallant defence of the Castle of Mount Orgueil from an attack made on it by the French.ft Dying without issue, his estates were inherited by his nephew William, of whom presently. He appears to have had other relatives, not mentioned in the pedigree, among whom were Henry, who is mentioned with Eleanor his wife, of the county of Essex, in 1271 ; Stephen, with Matilda his wife, also of the county of Essex, in 1248 ; XX ^^^ Drew, who was Seneschal of Gascony in 12G0, and in 1264 was Constable of Windsor Castle,§§ and who, by an Issue Eoll of 61 Henry III., is paid for " going as the Queen's Messenger beyond the seas, 30 marks for his expenses ; " and in the same year is paid " <£10 for palfreys, sumpter-horses, and harness for his two nephews, whom the King, in Gascony, decorated with the belt of a knight." This Drew also appears identified with that Drogo de Barentyn, who held lands in Essex, * Vide also the Abbreviatio Placitorum, 16 Edward II., Eot. 89. It appears that Silvester de Fournet, the brother of Engelramus, had held the lordship of Rozel previously. " Tempore Johan. Reg. Angl. et Due. Norman., post defectione Normanniae ab eius ditiono qui Elgeramus de fumeto ad regem Erancie defecit, propterea confiscavit maneriu. de Eos. in Insula de Jerseye : et tunc p. regem Henriu. Tertiu. datum fuit isto Droco Barentine, praedictu man. de llosel." (Pedegradus Barentinorum in custodia Durelli Lerrier, Arm.) Arms of De Fournet, of Normandy — Barry of eight, or and azure. The arms of the Jersey branch were undoubtedly those figured on a buttress in S. Martin's Church {vide Introduction). t " Henry, by the Grace of God, &o. Pay from our Treasury to Engeram de Fumet, 4 marks, of our gift, for his expenses. Also pay to Philip de Cartret, 3 marks of oui- gift ; and to William dc Salmelcs (Samares), 3 mai-ks of our gift. Witness ourself at Westminster, 19 May, 10th year of our reign, &c." X Eot. Lit. Claus. p. 561. § Idem. Vol." II., pp. 34, 129. 1| Eymer's Fojdcra. Tom I., p. 238. f Fide Blomfield's Norfolli. Vol. II., p. 401. ** Vide Heath's History of the Scilly Isles. ft A MS. in the possession of Durell Len-ier, Esq., states that John de Barentine, and not Drew, was the chieftain killed upon this occasion. An old pedigree, however, that seems to have been drawn up to show the descent of the family estates, and its ultimate heirs, shortly after their removal from Jersey, ignores John altogether ; and from this circumstance, and from the fact of De Carteret having been chosen as the successor of the slain warrior, owing to his military skill and popular repute, it would appear that Drew De Barentine, who was Seigneur of Eozel as weU as Governor of the island, was more likely to have led his countrymen to battle than his reputed brother John, who possesses no identity whatever. ++ F(V?e Eot. Fin. in Turr. Lond. §§ Firfe Eymer's Foedera. Tom. I., pp. 401, 441. G2 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEr. Hertfordshire, and Oxfordshire, and who, on account of them, was summoned to perform military service in the years 1296-7.* William De Barentine, who succeeded his uncle Drew in his possessions in Jersey, had three sons : Philip, of whom presently ; Thomas, who will be referred to in connection with the English branch of the family ; Drew ; and one daughter, Mabel, who was the wife of Eaulin Payn, Jurat of the Eoyal Court of Jersey. Philip De Barentine, who succeeded his father as Seigneur of Eozel, &c., was accused by his relatives of being tainted with leprosy, and who made this a pretext for endeavouring to deprive him of his property. This allegation may have been true, as his ancestor, William, who founded a hospital for lepers, may have done so from the fact that this disease was hereditary in the family. Philip, however, to disappoint his descendants, made a hasty sale of his lands to Eaoul Lempriere and GuiUe Payn in 1.36 7-8. ^ He had two sons, Philip and Gilbert, who, to revenge a scandalous imputation, cast by one Jolin De S. Martin, on the character of their mother, entrapped, and, at her instigation, mui-dered him, with circumstances of singular barbarity, on a road leading from S. Martin to S. Trinity. On the site of this outrage was erected a stone cross, which was called John's Cross, the socket of which still exists by the road-side, and the spot is vernacularly termed " La Croix au Maitre." The cross itself, with part of the shaft, was pre- served near one of the neighbouring houses, until within a few years ago. The inhabitants who dwell in the vicinity of this spot, although ignorant of the circumstances of the tragedy, relate the reminiscences of their Catholic forefathers respecting the annual masses said at the cross, and point out the route of the priestly procession. The mui-derers, upon the completion of their design, fled to France ; Gilbert, the younger, was pursued, apprehended, and hanged at Caen ; but Philij), more fortunate, settled peaceably at Eouen, and there founded a family which still exists in that neighbourhood.^ From this period the name has been extinct in the island. * 1296. Drew de Barentyn was enrolled, pursuant to the ordinance for the defence of the sea-coast, as a knight having lands within the county of Essex, but non-resident in that county. 1296. Drogo de Barentyn summoned to perform military service in person against the Scots. Muster at Newcastle-on-Tyne, March 1. 1296. Erogo de Barentyn summoned from the counties of Essex and Hertford to perform military service in person against the Scots. Muster at Berwick-on-Tweed, on the Nativity of S. John Baptist, June 24. 1297. Drogo de Barentyn returned as holding land or rents in Oxfordshire to the amount of £20 yearly value, and upwards, and as such summoned under the general writ to perform military service in person, with horses, arms, &c., in parts beyond the seas. Muster at London, on the Sunday next after the Octaves of S. John Baptist. Vide the Parliamentary Writs. f "Martis xjj Octob. an. miiijlxij in assis Insul. Jersay p. Willm. de S"'" Martino, & s. ptionar. adversus Dom. de Rosello, ppositu. fuit qd. Phlus. de Barentino erat suspectus de morbo lepra?, et q. eius consauguinci velle illu. prevare patrimonio, ipse propterea vendidit Rosdum & Samarez et alia heridit. GuLUo. Payn, & Radulpho Lempriere, q. sues hffirides successione privaret, factum quid eo anno 1368." " Nota. Qd. Lempre. & Payn erant Britones et alienigen, & post venditionem banc coaoti sunt pacissi cum Regia Mat. tunc Rico II., et solvcrunt pro licen. septuagentas libras sterling." " Nota. Quod asserat venditionem fuisse facta precio octengenta lib. sterling, et quia dicit alienigen. p. licen. custodiendi solverit Dno. Rcgi. Sept. libr. St." — Ex. MSSto. X " Contigit quodam die ut uxor Philippi Barentini dicerit ad filios. filii ! Johauctus de S'" Martino vocavit me adulteram, si filii estis ulcissimini injuriam matris; vellem hujus modi defamatorum linguas heremento substractas; fiHi commoti, insidias Icevarunt, puerum opposuerunt, q. fistula advenientcm indicaret, advenit, rapiunt linguam, per mentum substrahant pugiobus interunt ubi jam est cru.x quae vocantur Joluinati, duobus fores stadiis a Templo Martini AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 63 The possession of the estates thus sold to Guille Payn and Eaoul Lempriore was disputed by Sire Peter Payn, Eector of S. Brelade, and nephew of Philip De Barentine the elder, and afterwards by some members of the Lovell family, who (by marriage) were the eventual heirs of this Philip De Barentine. Both of these claims, however, appear to have been compromised, as the descendants of the original purchasers finally remained in peaceful possession of the property.* Eeturning to Thomas De Barentine, son of "William, it will be observed he settled and died in England, and his grandson. Drew De Bauentine, or Barentyn was Lord Mayor of London in 22 Richard II., 1398 ; and also in 10 Henry IV., 1408. He was a goldsmith, and " builded a parte of Gouldsmithes' Hall, and gave them landes : he was buried in S. John Zacharias, at the end of Foster Lane, over against the Gouldsmithes' Hall, from which he made a gallery over the lane to his owne house." t He was also Court jeweller, and among the Issue Eolls of the 17 Eichard 11. occurs one in which he is paid £26 13s. 4d. for a cup sent to the Queen of Sweden and Denmark, and another of the 9 Henry IV., in which he is paid ,£550 "for a collar of gold garnished with precious stones, for the King's use." His epitaph, in the church of S. John Zachary, ran thus: — "Hie jacet Drugo Brantine, civis and aurifaber, and quondam Maior veteris, qua ita ad Templum Trinitatis quse ibi extructa est, in memoriam ejus facinoris, et vocatur crux Johaoati. Filii autem in Normanium fugerunt. Alter tamen eorum Lndicio ooireptus et condemnatus, suspenditur Cadomi. Alter haud procul Rhotomago mansit, et ibi habitavit in pace, sobolemque procreavit in hunc usij. diem propogat." — Ex. MSSto. * Lettre paflee par jugement en forme d'Indentoire, par devant Richard de S. Martin, Bailly du Roy, en I'an mille ccclxvij, le jour de Samedy prochain apres la fefte de la Tiphanie, entre William Haftorp Ecr, d'une part, et Raoul Lem- priere, et Guille Payn, conjointement d'autre part. Ledit William Haftorp recognu et confefla avoir vendu, cede et delaifle de luy, et de fes liers, audit Lempriere et Payn conjointement, et leurs hers, tons les heritages anciennement lefquels peuvent et doivent pouroyent et devroyent efchoir a Janequin Louvel et a Jes freres et soeurs & a tous autres qui pouroyent et devroyent eftre hers de Gilbert et Philippe de Barentin, a la caule defdits Louveaux, a heritage en I'ifle de Jerfey. Aflavoir Magniers, terres, froments, franchises, droits de patronage, moulins, homages, deniers, services, viviers, verp, garenne, camparts, chapons, gue- lines, oeufs, avoines, et tous autres heritages audit Hastorp appartenant de la delaiflance a heritage dudit Louvel freres et soeurs, et hers desdit Gilbert et Philippe de Barentine sy comme plus amplement et pleinement appert par une Charte Extente de la Chancellerie notre Sire le Roy d'Angleterre sceUes en laces de soye&en verde cire & parchemins Scellees du sceel Janequin Level fils de Jean Lovel, de Herdington, neveu aifne de Philippe de Barentin et dudit Gilbert, Le tout avcc le prix et cours de paym'. sous le scell de la Baillie de ladite Isle centre cachete des armoiries dudit S. IVIartin bailly, et avcc les cachets dudit Lempriere et Payn, en lambeaux de parchemin de cire verte. i:j/£j The seal without a legend is the signet of Guille Payn. The device seems, like that of Lempriere, to be intended for a crest, and strongly and strangely resembles that of the Paynes of Dorsetshire and Leicestershire : — out of a ducal coronet or, a woman's head couped below the shoulders ppr., vested ermine, her hair dishevelled of the first, on her head a chapeau, azure. t '^i^e Harl. MSS., 1349. 64 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSET. London. Qui obiit 15 die Mensis Martii, An. Dom. 1415. Cujus Anima; pr^picietur Deus." That of his wife: — "Hie jacet Christiana, iix. diet. Drugonis : qua obiit 11 die Mensis Martii, An. Dom. 1427. Cjus, &c." From this eminent citizen descended the Barentynes of Plympton, whose pedigree is recorded in the Visitation of Sussex of 1G63. This family seems now to be quite extinct, for although the name occurs occasionally for some years after the last member mentioned in the pedigree, yet it is believed that for the last hundred years no one in England has borne this time-honoured patronymic. It is more than probable that from some of its earlier members is derived the ancient family of Barrington, of the counties of Essex and Ilertfordshu-e : for, notwithstanding Le Neve in his pedigree of that family aifects to deduce its descent from one Barentona, a Saxon worthy, yet no extraneous authority certifies the fact, and the name itself is opposed to the genius of the Saxon tongue. Sir Jonah Barrington, a member of a branch of the family settled in Ireland, details in his memoirs, his researches into the genealogical history of his house, and arrives at the conclu- sion that his name was derived from a Norman, and not from a Saxon, soiu'ce, and indicates the Jersey family of De Barentine as its root. That Barrington is corrupted from Barentine is far from unlikely ; the less so, because the pre-Norman history of the former family appears altogether fabulous, and the spelling of the latter name in the "Testa de Neville" and other contemporary documents strengthens this supposition ; for by the vague and indefinite rules that then guided orthography, proper names were spelt almost at will. In the work just quoted, members of the same family appear as Barenten, Barentyn, Baruntun, and Barenton. Arms — Sable, three eagles displayed argent, beaked and membcred or.* Crest (borne by Barentyne, of Plympton) — A demi-eagle, argent. * These bearings were diversified by their several wearers, as appears from the various records of early arms. In the Eoll of the Arms of Knights of the reign of Henry III., Dru Barentine bore sahle iij egles de or ; in that of the reign of Edward II., another Drew bore sable, d vj egles de argent ; and Drew Barentyn, Lord Mayor of London, bore sable, three eagles displayed argent, with an anniilet for difference. Finally, Barantine, of Essex, bears, according to Burke, in his " General Armory," argent, three chevrons, gules, the identical arms of Barrington, of Essex and Ireland. Other variations of arms also occur in the same work, common to both spellings of the name. (MTC/Q^! AX ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 65 ^3ftiigrcc of 3Bt iSarcntine. Drew De Baeentine, Seig. of Eozel, and Warden of the Norman Islands, 1220. "William De Barentine. Drew De Barentine, Warden of the Norman Islands, o.s.j}. Jordan — his widow married the Seig. of S. Ouen. William De Barentine, Seig. of Eozel, heir to his uncle. Other sons. .. I . . Philip De Barentine, Seig. of Eozel, sold his estates in Jersey, 1367-8. Gilbert, Philip De Barentine, settled at hung at Caen. Eouen. Drew. Thomas De Barentine, settled in England. Eeginald De Barentine. Mabel Eaulin PajTi. Drew Barentine, Lord Mayor of London. Sire Peter Payn. Jordan. Eeginald or Eeynold Barentine, = Elizabeth, dau. of I Sir. — Popham. Jane (or Eleanor) dau. of = Sir William Barentyne, Kt. ^ . . . . widow of ... . Grey.* Sir Eoger Lewknor, Kt. Sir Drew Barent5Tie, Kt.j of Plympton, SufF. Mary. Hannah. Anne. Edward. IBt (tavUvtt of S. ^ucn. DEQUATELY to chronicle or minutely to describe the distinguished deeds of this race of heroes, which has contributed in almost every age to exalt the national character and compass the internal prosj^erity of its native island, woiild occupy a volume ; a brief sketch only of its members and their most conspicuous actions must, therefore, in a work like the present, suffice. This ancient Norman and noble feudal house, which possessed the attributes of haute noblesse and chevalcric, and whose name has been variously written at different periods — Carteray, Charteray, Carteres, Cartred, Katereck, Ivarteret, Quarteret, and Carteret — carries back its * In Dagenham Church is a monument to Anne Barentine, wyf to Syr William Barentyne, who dyed 27 Decern., 1522. — Weever's Ancient Funeral Monuments. 66 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. authentic history by regal and other records to a period anterior to the Conquest, when it held a high position among the powerful vassals of Normandy, and in which duchy it possessed, fi-om the most remote times, the Seigneuries of Carteret and Angeville, with others of less importance. In the reign of John the fear of losing the Channel Islands, which had been so recently severed from the Duchy of Normandy, attained to such magnitude, that those feudal lords who held possessions there and in Jersey were ordered, under the penalty of the escheat of their insular lands, to abandon those in France and to pay homage to the English king ; and among those who postponed all views of interest to those of duty and honour, and remained immoveably fixed in their allegiance to England, the Seigneur of Carteret and S. Ouen was prominently and illustriously conspicuous. His Norman lands and lordships, far excelling his estates in Jersey, were forfeited, while the Seigneurs De Paynell,* De Commendes, D'Anneville, De Fournet, D'Orglandes, and others who were bidden to repair' to Jersey, disobeyed the injunction, and became vassals of France. Before entering upon the lineage of the family, necessarily compressed into a naiTow compass, it may be well to observe that, whether for the greatness and importance of the public benefits conferred on its native island by this energetic and loyal race, either in war, whilst defending it against the frequent and well-sustained attacks of the French, or in peace, in the vigorous and fearless support and administration of its laws and civil institutions, as its chief rulers, and for many generations its hereditary Baillies, it stood pre-eminently distinguished among its coimtrymen during several centuries for the exhibition of those great qualities which added lustre to its exalted rank; and finally, in reward of its unswerving fidelity and great services to the English crown, raised it, in its second branch in 1681, to the dignity of the peerage, and to offices of the highest public trust and honoiu' in the mother country, whilst one of its distinguished later members was created a Knight of the Garter. TJirce times has the island of Jersey been rescued by the valour and sagacity of members of this family from the dominion of the French, events of imequalled importance in its history, and which will be duly noticed in their proper order. The name is derived from the lordship of Carteret, situated on the opposite coast of Normandy, between Cherbourg and Coutances. The priory of L'Ecq, in the parish of S. Ouen, was founded by one of its early Seigneurs ; and the family possessed the patronage of the Priory de I'Islet, in the parish of S. Helier, and of that of S. Michael, in the parisli of S. Brelade. Their own parish was, and continues to be, divided into six cucillettcs, or " gatherings," whilst the remaining eleven are portioned out in vinijlaiiu's, or districts of twenty houses ;t which difference is accounted for by the surmise that, at a remote period, the parish of S. Ouen was * The Jersey commentator here anticipates; for, by a Eot. Chart. 14 John, it appears that the King confirms to Thomas Paynell all the land held by Thomas De Hommct, and to his heirs for ever, on performing the service of one knight. And a Hot. Chart, of the same year, states, " Enjugorus De Bohun became security to the King for the aforesaid Thomas, that he would neither depart from his service nor ask any other lands to be given him in exchange for those he held in Normandy, until the King, by the grace of God, recovered that duchy." A subsequent E.ctentc, nevertheless, shows that his property was eventually confiscated, but it was probably long after this period. Vide p. 71. f Divisions which, like the hundreds of English counties, have now lost their numerical significance. AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 67 entirely possessed by this family, who divided it in this manner to facilitate the collection of its rents and dues. The lordship or Seignem-ie of S. Ouen takes precedence, as first, among the five fiefs haubcrt* of the island, and thence is styled the Grand Fief Hauhert. It is held in caj)ite, and owes suite de cour, as it is termed in Norman feudal phraseology — that is, the declaration of homage to the sovereign, made in a formal manner tri-annually before the civil tribunal of the island, in common with several other fiefs ;-|- knight's service; and the sum of nine livres of France as relief, whenever the cause for its payment occurs. In war time, its Seigneur owed anciently military service to the King at the castle of Mont-Orgueil, with men-at-arms and horses at his own cost — '■'■ lui tiers, Vcspace de deux parts de quarante jours ;^^ and being of garde noble, this Seigneui-ie fell into the King's charge and custody during the minority of its heir ; and at the death or sudden removal from the island of the Captain or Governor of Jersey, the Seigneurs of S. Ouen, by their tenure, replaced him in that iniportant command until a successor was named by the King. J The first of this family of whom connected record is given is Gtjy De Carteret or Carterai,§ who was Lord of the Barony of Carteret, in Normandy, cirea a.d. 1000, and who, from his skill in the chase, was surnamed L'Oiseleur, or the Fowler. He had two sons, William and Godfrey. William De Carteret succeeded his father in 1004, and took upon him sovereign authority in the Barony of Carteret; this appears in the "Annals of Normandy," and also in the " Histoire des Croisades," written by Louis de Couis. The family is also mentioned honoumbly in the chartularies of the Cathedi'al of Coutances, and those of the abbeys of Fontenelle and Bee, in one of which former, William De Carteret is mentioned as co-Lord with the King of France of the Barony of Carteret, in Normandy.|| He died without issue, and was succeeded by his brother, Godfrey De Carteret, Lord of the Barony of Carteret, who founded the Abbey of Fontenelle, on his retm-n from a pilgrimage to a shrine, the name of which does not appear. He had four sons, of whom Onfrey, Onfeoi, or Humphrey De Carteret, Lord of the Barony of Carteret, and his younger brother Maujeir, or ]\Iauger, accompanied Duke William to England, and fought at Hastings, where they are mentioned by Wace, in his " Eoman de Eou," in the list of the Norman Barons and Knights — " E de Bohun, lo vieil Onfrei, De Cartrai, Onfrei e Maugier, Ki etoit novel chevalier." * The five fiefs haubert of Jersey are those of S. Ouen, Rozel, Samares, Melesches, and Trinity. The seigneurs of these fiefs, before the establishment of the Eoyal Court, were the dispensers of justice, and from their decisions there was no appeal. With regard to the term haubert, Gough, in his Sepulchral Monuments, says, " Baronies, in some customaries, are called fiefs de haubert, because held by the service of wearing or furnishing a hauberk, helmet, shield, and complete armour of a knight." Vide alio Le Grand, Fabliaux, pp. 17, 19. Besides these five fiefs haubert, there are in the island one hundred and sixteen _^(!/i suhalterncs. \ Vide a list of those who owed this homage in Les Chroniques de Jersey, ch. iii. p. 10. \ Vide the vai'ious Extcntes. § Vide A History of the noble House of Carteret, by Arthur Collins, Esq. II F/de Collins. 68 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY, Onfrey, in his old age, piously bestowed much, of his wealth on the Abbey of Fontenelle. He was succeeded by his son, Sir Eeginald, or Eenaud, De Carteret, Knight, Lord of the Barony of Carteret, in Normandy and S. Ouen, in Jersey, who, according to a MS. roll, formerly preserved in the Cathedi'al of Bayeux, was present, among other knights, under Robert Courte-heuse, and Godfrey De Bouillon, Duke of Lorraine, at the taking of Jerusalem.* In 1125, he gave to the Abbey of Mont S. Michael, in Normandy, the Church of S. Germain of Cartrait, with aU its appurtenances, and also the land belonging thereto, in Jersey, being the King's Almoyne : he further gave tithe of his household goods — " decima bonorum domus mee." He married Lucia, who sm-vived him, by whom he had issue, Philip, Humphrey, and Geoffrey. Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Lord of Carteret and S. Ouen. In 1135, he con- firmed his father's gifts to the Abbey of S. Michael, which, until then, he had repudiated, adding thereto the tithes of his mills, and also two pieces of land adjoining his manor in Jersey.j" In 1156 he gave to the same abbey — the Abbat, Eobert de Thorigny (better known as Eobert de Monte) being his kinsman — the Church of S. Ouen, with the Chapel of S. Mary, both in Jersey. J About the year 1130, in pursuance of a vow made at sea, when in danger of shipwi'eck, he erected and endowed the parish church of S. Philip de Torteval, in Guernsey.§ He married Nicholaa, by whom he had issue — * Du Moulin, in his list of the knights, gives also theii- arms. Those of Sii- Reginald were " De Gueule, a une fesse fusUee d' argent, accompagnee d'un lambel d'azur." Sir Eeginald, with other Norman gentlemen, was in the train of the Comte d'Eu. ■f This charter, now in the archives at S. Lo, is written on the same parchment as that of his father, and is witnessed, and both confirmed, by Algar, Bishop of Coutances, whose seal is appended. I Char. Abbey S. Micliael, fo. cix, now in the City Library at Avranches. En File de Jersey un seigneur, appele Rainald de Carteret, donna aux religieus du Mont Saint Michel I'Eglise et les dimes de St. Germain-de- Carteret, avec la terra de I'avimone du roi a St. Germain, dans I'ile de Jersey, eum terra de elemosina regisque est sancti Germani in Oerseio. Philippe, fils de Rainald, vint au Mont St. Michel pour prier, avec sa mere Lucie, ses freres Hunfred et Geofiroy, et quelques uns de ses hommes. II confirma les biens donnes precedemment, et deux places dans Jersey dans un lieu convenable, hors de sa cour, confirmavit diws plateas terre in Gerseio extra curiam siiam loco congriw. . . . L'abbe Bernard donna a la mere de ce seigneur un bysantin d'or, et a Geoffrey un epervier ; Hunfred rc^ut des bottes pour monter a cheval ; c'etait en presence de Algare, eveque de Coutances, I'an 1135. Quelques annees plus tard, I'an 1156, ce meme Philippe de Carteret donna a l'abbe Robert du Mont, qui etait son parent, I'eglise de Saint Ouen, dans I'ile de Jersey, la chapelle de Sainte Marie, dans la meme ile, et Alain de Vincels [Vincheles] lui fit aussi don de sa chajjelle, Philippus Chartrai dedit Rolerto abbati de Monte cognafo suo ecclesiam sancti audoeni in Gersoi et eappellam Sancte Marie in eadem parrochia et Alanus de Vinceleis capellam suam. — Vide Annales du Pays d' Avranches, par I'Abbe Desroches. § The following account of the solemnity is exti'acted from a document entitled " Dedicace et Consecration des Eglises Paroissialles de Guernesey :" — " Le 14th jour du mois du Novembre, I'an de notre salut par Jesus Christ, notre Sauveur, 1 130. Comparut tres-puissant Frere George Belicq de I'isle de Guernesey, dite Sainte, a cette fin, de dedier une certaine Eglise Paroissiale, en la Paroisse de Torteval, dument fondee par un Gentilhomme Noble ordinaire, le tout par forme, voeu, et promesse a Dicu, le priant de mettre a Port, de salut et de sauvete, etant sur mer, et sur les ondes, et I'ame dicelui assaillie de grandes tempetes de vents, & orages impetueux; ainsi Dieu I'ayant exauce, il arriva sauvement environ le minuit, un Samedi, le 14 Septembre, I'an 1129, au Port Roquaine, au Quest de ladite Isle Sainte; I'avant dit Noble Gentilhomme nomme Philippe Do Carteret, dc I'isle de Jersey, seul & vrai fondateur dudit Temple, parquoi D'Islarion Careye, Gouverneur de ladite paroisse, Pierre Bouquan, Guillcaume Gallieno, George Brehault, Jean Ilamel, Girard Do Beaucamp, Giret De Beauvoir, Thomas Le Clcrq, Jean Brouard, Helier AUes, Michel Dru, Michel Hailla, Pierre Monnier etant assembles, le susdit Frere Belicq, comme autorise de Monscigneur L'Evesque de Coutances, fil prosterner tout le peuple TortevaUois, entrer a genoux, les mains jointes, disant — ' Temple Paroissal, Dieu le benisse AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 69 Sir Eeginald De Carteret, Knight, Lord of Cartaret and of S. Ouen, who is styled Baron de Carteret in Normandy in 1156 * had issue two sons, Keginald and Richard.t Sir Eeginald De Carteret, Knight, Lord of Carteret and S. Ouen. On the 8 July, 1203, on the occasion of the invasion of Normandy by the French, King John ordered Peter de Preaus, then Warder or Governor of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, to cause to be levied by the hands of Eegin. de Cartray, on the inhabitants of those islands a reasonable aid for the main- tenance of the knights and men-at-arms engaged in their defence.| On the final conquest of Normandy, Eeginald De Carteret continued faithful to the English crown, whereby he lost his estate and lordship of Carteret, with others he possessed in that duchy, which escheated to the French king.§ In 1207-8, the King having demanded hostages for their fidelity, from the principal men of the island, Eeginald De Chartray gave his son Philip, who was committed to the custody of his uncle Eichard, then Constable of Castle. || This son was, however, not in his imcle's charge long, for in 1212 he was transferred from the custody of Stephen De Turn- ham to that of Philip d'Albini, or d'Aubigne, Warden of the Islands.^! Shortly afterwards an attack on the islands by Eustace le Moine, probably in the interest of the revolted barons, being defeated by the valour of the islanders, the King, being fully satisfied Avith that proof of their fidelity, forthwith ordered their hostages to be returned to them.** This Sii' Eeginald gave to the Abbey of S. Holier one acre and half a vergee of land, as appears fi'om dociunents relating to the abbey now in the archives of S. Lo. He had one son. Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, who accompanied Henry III. in his expedition to Britany in 1230-1. The following year he was, in consequence of the good service he had there and then rendered, constituted, in conjunction with Amcry or Arnold do S. Armand, Warden of the Norman Isles, by Letters Patent, dated at Eeading, 25 October, 1232. f-f He continued to deserve so well of his country, that Hem-y III. granted him two permits, to endeavour to reclaim his lands and lordships in Normandy, which, however, did not procui-e the et garde de tout mal et peril a jamais, et en son Saint Nom, je te benis et dedies et consacres pour son Saint service; et porteras le nom de Saint Philippe, qui baptisa I'Enuque aux fleuve, priant Dieu que sa sainte parole y soit dument declaree, et les Saints Sacrements fidelement administres, au grand salut et profit des corps et des ames, priant un chacun de voir que tu sois entretenue, maintenue, et augmentee sur tes pilotis, et graduellement prions le Grand Gou- verneur des Cieux et de la Terre, que tous ceux et celles qui seront enterres en toi, et en ton C'imetiere, ayant cette grace d'avoir part en la bienKeureuse Eesurrection de ton vrai fils, Jesus Christ, notre Sauveur et Eedempteur, en la grande et derniere journee et consommation du monde, pour resusciter a la vie eternelle !' Et tout lo peuple disant ' AMEN.' " A very eminent insular antiquarian, however, gives it as his opinion that this dooument, containing descriptions of the ceremonies incidental to the consecration of the Guernsey churches, although of great antiquitj-, is proved by internal evidence to contain several errors, and thinks that in this instance it is more probable that Sir Philip added a chapel to the original church, which he dedicated to his patron saint ; as in authentic and very ajicicnt docu- ments, still preserved in Guernsey, this church is called " Nostra Dame de Torteval." * 3 Henry II. f Rot. CI. 9 John, m. 7. \ Pat. 5 John, m. 8. § Registrum Eegis Philippi de feodis. || Hot. Clans, is. John, m. 7, Ti. p. 10-i b. ^ Rot. Pat. xiv. John, m. 4. p. 95. ** Rot. Pat. xvi John, m. 11, p. 122 b. ft Rex commisit Arnaldo de Sancto .4mendo, et Philippe de Carteres, Insulas de Jeresey, Gemesey, Aureney, et Sarcq, custodiendas quamdiu Regi placuerit. Et mandatum est probis hominibus de eisdem Insulis, quod eis sunt de omnibus, &c. Intendentes et respondentes sunt predietum est anno xvj Henrici iij. 70 AN ARMOHIAL OF JEESEY. re-establishment of liis honoiirs in that duchy.* By a charter, without date, he gave to the Chapel of S. Mary de la Wie, and to the monks of S. Michael, " ibidem Deo servientibus," twenty-nine perches of land, adjoining the manor of la Wic. In 1252, xxx-vj. Henry III., he and Jourdan De La Hogue were commanded by the King personally to survey the castles in the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and to take an account of the state of their armaments, when Drogo De Barentine, Bailly (Warden ?) of the said islands, was discharged from that office. He married, and had issue — Philip, of whom presently ; and John, who was knighted, and was Bailly of Jersey, and who, in a letter addressed by the Dean of Jersey to the official of the see of Coutances, and dated 1st September, 1291, was stated, conjointly with Colin de Vinchelays and Php. Fondans, to have caused certain tithes in the parish of S. Ouen to be arrested by Peter de Arenis, Bailly of Jersey. He also Avas, with Nicholas Chcignye and John de Ditton or Dutton, named by the King's Justices to inquire into the rights of the Abbey of S. Michael to the Priory and Manor of S. Clement.f His son, Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of St. Ouen, of which manor he was styled Lord, in viij. Edward !.,% 1270, married Margaret, the niece and heiress of Philip D'Albini,§ Bailly of Jersey, by whom he had Sir- Reginald De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, who, before the death of his father, as appears by an inquisition held ij. Edward I., 1274, was, in right of his mother. * Eex licentiara dedit Philippo de Charteray, quod accedat ad Eegem Francie, pro terril sua, quara dicit esse jus suum in Norraanniil, perquiranda si possit. Ita quod postquam terram illam, reeupcraverit, det illara duabus filiabus suis quas liabet, ad illas maritandas ; et postea revertita ad insulas Regis, ibidem moraturus sieut aiitea moratus est. In cujus et teste Eege apud Merewell xxx. die Maii. Eex omnibus ad quos presentes litterae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quod conccssimus et licentiam dedimus Philippo de Cartrcd, quod accedat ad Eegem Francie, ad impetrandam si potuisset, quod idem Eex reddat ci terras suas in Nor- mannia in quibus idem Philippus dicet se jus habere. Ita quod post(|uam recuperaverit, dat eas filiabus suis (]uas habet, et postea rcvcrtitur ad Insulas Eegni nostri. In cujus rei testimonium, et teste Eege apud Westmonasterium vj. die Junii XIX. Hen. iij. X Eiley, Plao. Pari. p. 286. + T'ide Collins' Carteret Family. § Philip D'Albini, or D'Aubini, as this branch of the fomily is generally termed, was the son of Ealph, a younger brother of William de Albini, the first of that name of Belvoir. He was in the 18 John (1217) made Governor of the Isle of Jersey. (Eot. Pat. 18 Job. m. 4.) This same Philip, in his day, was a most celebrated character, renowned alike in learning and arms. He was in chief command at the battle of Lincoln, when the rebellious barons of Henry III. were signally defeated : and, in the naval encounter with the French, which followed this engagement, his baud of arehers did great and signal execution upon the enemy. Matthew Paris designates him as " Iteffin Anglorum Magister et eruditor fdelissi//ms." Py a Eot. Pat. 2 Henry III., m. 8, (1218) having the guvernracnt of the isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Aurreny, and Serk, ho received a precept from the King to see " that the same rates and prices of commodities should be then and there observed as had formerly, in the reigns of Henry II., Eichard I., and John." By reason of his personal attendance upon the King (Pat. 3 Henry III., m. 8) (1219) and his ser\-ices otherwise, he had licence to depute Philip de Albini, his nephew, (son of his brother Ealph) to be his Lieutenant in the isles of Gersey and Garnsey. (Pat. 5 Henry III.) (1221). This last named Philip bore, according to a Eoll of Arms, femp. Edw. III., and exemplified bv Erummond in his Noble British Families, — Gules, a fcsso, embattled, argent. Curiously enough, his brother Elias, (whom Dugdale makes the heir of Philip) bore arms identical with those of De Carteret. Philip, the elder, was again in 16 Henry III., (1232) formally made Governor of Gersey and Garnsey, by Patent, 16 Henry III., m. 1. By a Eot. Claus. I.j Jolian. it appears that an Oliver d'.llbini was also in the King's service, in Jer.sey, but in what capacity it is not stated, nor what relationship he bore to Philip of that name. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 1 1 Margaret, possessed of lands and tenements in tlie parishes of S. Peter and S. John to the yearly value of £20. In 1270, John, Bishop of Coutanees, desires the Dean of Jersey to admonish Eeginald de Carteret and his tenants, and even to compel them by censure, to permit the Abbess of Caen and her nuns to enjoy their goods and revenues in the Island.* He was eminently conspicuous for his services both by sea and land, and, in xxv. Edward I., was granted by that monarch, a prize of certain wines taken from the enemy. In the xxxij. of the same reign he was appointed, with Henry de Guldeford and John de Button, a Judge Itinerant, and three years later, the King grants to his beloved and faithful Eeginald De Carteret, those lands and tenements forfeited in the island of Jersey by Thomas Payncll, and which he held by the death of Eobert de Melesches, and the which Otho de Grandisou-f holds by grant of the King foi- life, to have and to hold to the said Eeginald for his life freely, and to his heirs for ever after his decease, paying yearly sixty livres Tournois, and a pound of cummin-seed. Witness, the King, at Lavertost (Lanercost ?), Dee. 4, 1307. Sir Eeginald died before ij. Edward II., and left three sons — Philip, of whom presently, Geoflh'oy, and John. J * D'Anisy, Archives du Calvados. Vol. ii. p. 199. f The family of Grandison derived its name from the Castle of Grandison, now called Graunson, near Lausanne, •which formed part of the ancient kingdom of Burgundy, and subsequently of the duchy of Savoy. Peter, Sire De Grandson, who died before 1262, had several sons, the eldest was ancestor of the subsequent Lords of Grandison, several of whom were ambassadors of the kings of England to foreign sovereigns in the XIV. and XV. centuries. Otho De Grandison appears to have accompanied Eleanor, Queen of Henry III., to England, and became an English subject. He was Governor of the Channel Islands iv. Edward I. He had two sons, Otho and William, the former of whom was a Peer of Parliament, and also Governor of the Channel Islands, which office he held until his death in i. Edward III. ; he was the constant friend and companion of Edward I. His brother. Sir William, Lord Grandison, among other sons, had John, Bishop of Exeter ; and Sir Otho, who had one son, Sir Thomas, Lord Grandison, heir to his uncle John, who> according to a chartulary in the Abbey Ste. Trinite, at Caen, was also Governor of the Channel Islands, i and in which Jehan De Seulbeno or Semblencjay, is named as his Lieutenant. This Thomas, Lord Grandison, dying without issue before xlix. Edward III., the barony fell into abeyance, until claimed by Sir Henry Paston Bedingfield, Bart., of Oxborough Hall, co. Norfolk, descended from Mabella, daughter of William, Lord Grandison, and who, by a recent decision of the Committee of Privileges, has made good the claim. Interesting accounts of the ancient family of Bedingfield, are given by Blomcfield, and other county historians, and a history of its magnificent baxonial residence appears in the papers of the Norfolk Archseological Society, vol. iv. p. 271. Arms of Bedingfield — Ermine, an eagle, displayed, gules. Crest — A demi-eagle, wings expanded, gules. Motto — Despicio terrena et solem contemplor. Arms of Grandison — Paly of six, argent and vert (some say azure), over all a bend, gules. Sir William De Grandison, who was present at the famous siege of Carleverock, bore, paly, argent and azure, on a bend gules, three eagles displayed, or. (MSS. Cott. Cidig. A. xviii.) A deed signed by Sir Otho, the elder, is preserved in the archives at S. Lo, and has his seal appended to it. J About this period several collateral members of the family are mentioned in legal and other documents, but with- out sufiicient identification to warrant their being joined to the pedigree. One settled in Guernsey, and there founded the fief de Carteret. Several of its members were ecclesiastics, and some appear to have settled in England, despite som^ discrepancies of spelling that occur in their names. Of whom, RegLnaldus or Eenaud le Cartere, is mentioned in the Parliamentary writs, as obtaining a pardon as an adherent of the Earl of Lancaster, and for his participation in the death of Gavaston, and in the disturbances occasioned thereby: tested 16th Oct. vij. Edw. II. And also William de Charte- ray, of co. Lincoln, who is fined 100 shillings for the same offence. A John Cartere is mentioned in the Calend. Post. Mortem, Edw. III., as holding land in Northumberland. It is far from unlikely that settlers in England of this name, have had it in some instances corrupted into Cartwright. 1 The will of this Sir Otho, which is very curious, is printed in Nicolas' Testamenta Vetusta. Vide Extraits des chartes dans les Archives de Calvados, vol. ii. p. 178. il AN AKMOEIAL OF JERSEY. Collins, in his histoiy of the family, with whom are also other authorities, makes this Sir John the eldest son of Reginald, but without sufficient proof. It is more probable that he was the youngest, and collateral heir of his brother Geoffroy, who was a monk in the Benedictine Abbey of S. Michael ; held for some time the office of Dean of Jersey ; possessed, as appears by the Extente of 1331, the fief of Melesches from his father; and in 1364, was constituted Prior of the Vale in Guernsey.* At his death, liis brother. Sir John, inherited Melesches, and during the reign of Edward II., was frequently commissioned as one of the Justices of Assize. In 1309 he, by his attorney, the aforesaid Geoffroy, ■!■ appeared before the Justices of Assize in Jersey, as respondent in appeal made by John De Ditton or Button, Lieutenant of Sir Otho De Grandison. That he was not a successor of his father, as Seigneur of S. Ouen, is proved by the following extract from a document in the Archives of S. Lo, where, among the jurats present at the hearing of a cause, on the 10th October, 1318, before Henry De S. Martin, Bailly of Jersey, were, " Sire Johan De Quartyt. chr., le Segnor De Saint Ouayn, Maistre Gyeffrey De Quartyt, le piour. de I'Islet, e autres sages." Sir John De Carteret married Lucia de Vincheles, and left, among others, an elder son, also named John, one of whose descendants, another John, in 1446, on the Monday next before the feast of the conversion of S. Paul, conveyed the fief of Melesches to Sire William Le Hardy, as appears by a contract passed before the Eoyal Court of Jersey of that date. Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, eldest son of Sir Eeginald,J succeeded his father ; and in 2 Edward II., at the assizes held in Jersey by Fressingfield et soc, was sued to show quo warranto he exercised certain feudal rights in his manor of S. Ouen ; likewise jointly with his brother Geoffroy for certain property they claimed as belonging to their manor of Melesclies.§ He died in or before 2 Edward III., for in that year the King signified to the Governor of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey that, whereas Eeginald, son and heii" of Sir Philijj De Carteret, deceased, cannot leave the island of Jersey to go to England personally to do homage to the King for the lands and tenements there belonging to his late father, by reason of his being Governor of the King's castles there, and for certain other causes ; therefore the King, of his special favour, respites his homage for one year, provided he performs the accus- tomed services. 1 1 Sir Eeginald De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, complied with the injunction above stated, and did homage, in person, to the King at Amiens on the 8 June, 3 Edward III., who thereupon sent letters to John des Eoches, Governor of the Islands, stating he had taken homage of Sir Eeginald De Carteret, son and heu- of Sir Philip, deceased, of all the lauds and * ArohiFes at S. Lo. j At this period priests commonly combined legal witli sacerdotal functions. \ That Sir Philip, and not Sir John, was the elder, is also proved by the following document, where, in March, 1290, Sir Eeginald De Carteret, with the consent of his eldest son Philip, appeared in the King's Court before the Bailly of .lersoy, and abandoning the claim which he had there preferred for the right of presentation to the Church of S. Ouen, further ratified and confirmed all the preceding grants made by himself and his ancestors to the Abbey of Mount S. Michael. In the record of this transaction, now in the archives of S. Lo, five preceding charters are transcribed, and the whole attested by the seals of the Bailly of Jersey and of Sir Reginald, the latter of which is still perfect, and haam—ihree fusils in fesse, surmounted with a label of four points, with the legend llAotNARD Caktraio. § Plae. quo Wo. in insul. Geres. 2 Edw. II. || Dated at Woodstock, 8 June, 2 Edward III. AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 73 tenements which the said Phihp held In rajnte of the King at the time of his death. During the Hfetime of this Sir Philip, the French made several most destructive descents upon the island, " burning and destroying houses and crops, and attacking the Castle of Mont Orgueil, then held by the Governor of Jersey, Drew De Barentine;" who, in its defence, was unfortunately slain. Upon this untoward event, Sir Reginald was, by the inhabitants, unanimously elected his successor; and, after performing prodigies of valour, he finally forced the enemy to retire. Not content with this, he joined the English fleet under Reynold de Cobham and Geoffroy d'Harcourt,* and mainly contributed, by his complement of men, to the recovery of the island of Guernsey, of which the French had succeeded in gaining possession, t By some he is thought to have been that Seigneur of VincheMs who is mentioned as having been slain on this occasion ; but as John De Carteret, the husband of Lucia de Vincheles, had conveyed the fief of Vinchel^s de Haut in 1324 to Nicholas Cheignye, a local JTistice of assize, it is more likely that the Seigneur thus distinguished belonged to the family of its new possessor. Sir Reginald married Genette de Guerpil, and, dying the second week in Lent, 1349, left issue Phihp and Reginald, of whom presently, and William, who died xxiij Edward III., 1350. + Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, died without issue in 1351-2, and was succeeded by his brothei'. Sib REGiNAiiD De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, and who also was Captain of the King's Castles in Jersey. He was destined to give a brilliant proof of his eminent capacity for command, and to him belongs the signal distinction of ha-sotig repulsed the * Geoftroy d'Harcourt was a renegade Norman, wlio had expatriated himself on account, as appears by the G-randes Chroniques de S. Denis, of a quan-el with the Marshal de Briquehec respecting a marriage which had been broken off. The disputants fought witli uncertain success, and the French King ordered the affair to be finally discussed in his Parliament; but Harcourt, instead of appearing, besieged a castle belonging to the Bishop of Bayeux, brother to the Marshal. At the same time he entered into negociations with the enemies of his country, and by his hatred to the French monarch gained the favour of the English King. Geoffroy, says Froissart, was brother to the Earl of Harcourt, and was Seigneur of S. Sauveur-le-Yicomte, and of many other towns in Normandy. He did homage, as may be seen in Bi/mer''s Fcedera, to Edward III., as King of France, 13 June, 134.5, when Edward engaged that, if he could not recover for him his estates in Normandy, he would give him iheir equivalent in England. He was killed about Martinmas, 1356, at the battle of Coutantin (?). The town of S. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, and all his other lands, from the time of his death, remained attached to the English, for Geoffroy had sold his estates, retaining in them a life interest, to the King of England, to the prejudice of his nephew Louis, whom he disinherited for not joining his party. His estates were given by the King to Sir John Chandos, and were at that time said to be worth 1,600 francs yearly. t Dvmcan, in his history of that island, with whom also are most local antiquaries, denies that the French ever held permanent possession of Guernsey, or that Jerseymen rescued it from their power. Jersey historians, however, are equally positive in the affirmative. It needs more documentary evidence than has come to light, at present, effectually to clear up the doubt. J This William possessed a " Maner' in la paroisse de Sanct' Martin' valens per ann' £30 ; tentum in la paroisse de Sanct' Maine," and a " maner' in la paroisse de GrunvUle vocat' le Hommete." Calend. Inquis. post mort. xxiij Edw. III. L C* AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. celebrated Bertrand Du Guesclin, confessedly the greatest soldier of Lis age.* Du GiiescUn, whose renrontren with the English had generally been crowned with success, crossed suddenly from Britany to Jersey in 1374, with an army of ten thousand men, including the Duke de Boui'bon and the elite of the chivalry of France. f Sir Reginald, however, having secured the Castle of Mont Orgueil, defended it with such distinguished skill and valour, that the French general, after many fruitless assaults, finally withdrew his discomfited forces, decimated by sword and disease. For this gallant achievement, De Carteret and his seven sous were knighted in one day by Edward III. He died iv Richard II., 1381, and was succeeded by his son. Sir Reginald De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen and of Longueville, who was BaiUy of Jersey, as appears by RoUs of the Royal Court, in 1446. He was succeeded by his son, Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, who at the time of his father's death was a minor in ward of the King. His guardianship was granted to Roger de Walden, Rector of Drayton, co. Leicester, " he paying into the Exchequer ten pounds per annum, for which the said Roger gave security." This Sir Philip inherited all the military talents of his ancestors, and was the principal instrument in again preventing his native island fi-om falling into the hands of the French. About the year 1460 the Castle of Mont Orgueil, then the chief stronghold of Jersey, was seized by the Seigneur de Surdeval, a relative and lieutenant of the celebrated Peter de Breze, Count de Maule\Tier, + who is said by the S. Ouen chronicler to have shortly afterwards joined his successful emissary, and to have held, during the lengthened space of six years, the six eastern parishes of the island for the King of France. The others were, despite the alternate assaults and cajoleries of the French leader, firmly retained, during this eventful period, by the inhalDitants, * Bertrand Du Guesclin, Constable of France. One of the most celebrated and chivalrous warriors of the xiv century. He was born about ISli, at the castle of Motte-Broon, near Rennes, of a noble and very ancient Breton house. After a life of successes, to which his reverse in Jersey formed almost the solitary exception, he died at the castle of liendan, 13 July. 1380. He was bm-ied at S. Denis, in the burial-place of the Kings of France, a privilege until then without a precedent. Arms : Argent, an eagle, displayed, sable, armed gules ; over all, a bend of the last. t T7(7e Histoire de Bertrand du Guesclin, p. 24<2. D'Argentre, Histoire de Bretagne, p. 597. X The estate and Seigneurie of Breze, from Avhich the family took its name, is situated in the province of .\.njou. The Pere Anselme speaks of Geoifroy, Seignem- de Breze and de la Varenne, so early as 12S8, and of John, Seignem- de Breze, Knight, who died in 1293. The first connected ancestor of the family mentioned is John de Breze, Seigneur de la Varenne, who died in 1351. His descendant in the fifth degree, Peter, is the Count de Maulevrier mentioned above. He was the second of that name, Seigneur de la Varenne and Brissac, and Count de Maulevrier. He was besides Grand-Senesehal of Anjou, Poitou, and Normandy, and was constituted Captain or Governor of Angers by oath, taken before the Bishop of that town, 18 November, 1437. He accompanied the King of Prance when he went to the relief of S. Maixent in ItlO, and was granted, in consideration of his services there, the estates of Nogeut-le-Roy, Anet, Breval, and Mont Chauvet, confiscated from the King of Navarre. He acquired the following year those of Montfort, Aillac, Chains, and others, from the Sire de Pons. He was present at the Siege of Mans in 1447 ; accompanied the King during his conquests in Normandy, and shared the honours of the victories at Couches, Pont-de-l'Arche, Vermeuil, Pont-Auderaer, Mantes, and Vernon ; was at the taking of Rouen, of AN ABMORIAL OF JERSEY. 75 headed by De Carteret. This was not accomplished without serious personal risk; for whilst fishing in his Mere of S. Ouen, situated on the low gi'ound near the sea, he was surpinsed and nearly cut off by a considerable body of French men-at-arms. The enemy suddenly appearing almost at his side, escape seemed impossible ; but the undaunted Sir Philip, throwing himself on a favourite horse which always accompanied him, dashed off in the direction of a deep and precipitous road, leading from the Manor of S. Ouen to the shore. His pursuers, who held this approach, deemed his capture certain, — when De Carteret, urging the gallant animal to its topmost speed, crossed the upland, and leaped fi'om one bank of the road to another, notwithstanding they bordered a chasm twenty-two feet wide and eighteen deep. By this daring feat he gained so far on the enemy as to be able to reach his home in safety. His noble steed, however, had saved its master's life by its own ; for, exhausted by its unparalleled efforts, it reeled and feU dead as it gained the portal of the Manor House. The ancient road, where this eventful and romantic episode was performed, is termed " Le Val de la Charriere," and is apparently unchanged in its most minute features ; and the horse — that staunch retainer — lives eternally, on canvass, in the house whose master he had served so well. Sir Philip, in liis energetic love for his country, was uneasy imder a passive resistance. He therefore incited Richard Harleston,*" who was then off Guernsey with an English fleet, to co-operate -with him against the French ; which he became Captam, and was made Governor of the Pays de Caux, after the reduction of tlie town of Caen ; he was also present at the battle of Fonnigny in 1450, " when he covered himself with glory." In August, 1457, he invaded England with 4,000 men-at-arms, and took the town of Sandwich, and, on his return, assisted at the trial of the Duke D'Alen^on, at Vendome. He obtained from the King of France, in January, 1460, a sum to assist him in fortifying the town of Nogent. However, on the death of Charles VII., he appears, from some unexplained cause, to have fallen into disgrace, for Louis XI. caused him to be imprisoned in the Castle of Loches ; but to gain his liberty he ofTered to serve in Sicily with the Duke D'Anjou. In 1460-1 he sent his son-in-law, the Seigneur de Surdeval, to seize upon Jersey, aided by the connivance of the Governor, John Nanfan. He afterwards is said to have followed him thither, but this rests on the authority of Jersey historians, his French biographers making no mention of the fact. He was killed in battle in 1465. The family is extinct. Arms of Breze, Count do Maulevrier : Argent, an inescutcheon azure : on an orle, or, eight crosslets of the second. Vide De la Chesnaj''s Noblesse de France, &c. * The family of Harleston is one of great antiquity in the county of Norfolk. It took its name from a manor in that county, named Herolfs stone, or Herolveston. so called fi'om Hcrolf, one of the Danes who came with Sweyne, or Swain, King of Denmark, into Norfolk, circa 1010. (V/iIp Blonificld's Norfolk.) The family claims for its immediate ancestor Eichard de Herolveston, who settled there circa 1109, from whom descended the famous Sir John de Herolvestone, so often mentioned for his valiant prowess in martial exploits by our old English chroniclers, (ride Froissart, fo. 136-8-9, a 213 b; a 247 b; Holingshed, fo. 413-21-2-4-36, 1136; and Stow, fo. 293, 666.) Ivo de Harleston, who died 1403, was the son of John Harleston, Lord of the Manor of Wantons, co. Essex, from whose son John, settled at Shrinipling, co. Norfolk, descended Kichard Harleston, Joint- Governor of Jersey. {Vide Morant's Essex, Vol. II., p. 349). Another Eichard Harleston is stated by Manning to have been instituted to the Eectory of Compton, co. Surrey, 31 July, 1448. The chronicler of S. Ouen dubs Harleston a Knight, but perhaps without sufficient authority. It does not appear that he was a Knight upon his institution to the Government of Jersey, as by a record in the MSS. Harl., 433, art. 794, Eichard Harleston, and William Hareby, Sqiii/res, are named as Joint-Captaynes of the island. In Guillim's Heraldry, Edition 1660, are exemplified the arms of Eobert Harleston, Secretary to the Master of the Eolls, which are the same as those borne by most branches of the family, viz., argent, a fesse, cotised, sable. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet a stag's head, ermine, attired, or, bearing a hawthorn bush, with berries, ppr. Motto : Concilii nutrix taeiturnitas. 76 AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. and, besieging the Castle of Mont Orgueil both by sea and land, they at length forced the enemy, after a stubborn resistance, to capitulate. For this eminent service Harleston was, ^vith William Hareby, created joint-Captain, or Governor of Jersey ; but, strange to say, no adequate recompense was bestowed upon the originator of the enterprise. Sir Phihp married the sole daughter and heiress of Sir William NcAvton, Knight, of the coimty of Gloucester, by whom he had issue Philip (who died vita patrls, and who, marrying Perrine, daughter of Penna de Caux, of the Pays of Caux in Normandy, left a son Philip, his heir) ; John ; and three other sons. Philip De Caktebet, Seigneur of S. Ouen, succeeded his grandfather, and was for eighteen years a ward of the Crown, as a minor. An ancient MS. records that, on his coming of age, alder trees grew in the hall of the manor, owing to the neglect and covetousness of his guardians. He married Margaret, only daughter and heiress of the above-mentioned Richard Harleston, Yice-Admiral in the English sei'vice, by whom he had twenty sons, who were j^resented to the King on one day, and a daughter — Mabel, mfe of Drouet Lempriere, Seigneur of Trinity. Margaret De Carteret was fated to become the heroine of a tragedy the details of which surpass the boldest imaginings of fiction. Her husband was in imminent danger of falling a victim to a foul and deeply-laid plot, devised against his life and honour by Matthew Baker, sometime Governor of Jersey, in the reign of Henry VII. The Seigneur of S. Ouen had incurred the resentment of the Governor by his bold and manful remonstrances touching the great abuse of power exercised by this tyrannical official, and the heavy and exorbitant taxes which he cruelly and unjustly levied on the inhabitants. In concert with a creature of his own, whom the Seigneur had saved from the gallows. Baker caused a forged letter, "\vi-itten by his criminal underling in the name of De Carteret, and purporting to be an offer to betray the island to France, to be presented to him as he journeyed, attended with his suite, from the Castle of Mont Orgueil to S. Helier. Fired with assumed indignation, Baker hurried to the Court-House, and immediately laid this impudent forgery before the Bailly, who, himself to gratify a mean enmity against this noble and loyal islander, caused him to be incarcerated in a damp and solitary cell, and so scantily supplied with food as to subdue his energy and bodily vigour. The base associate of Baker, on the other hand, maintained his accusation, and, as an easy means of depriving his adversary (purposely starved) of life, demanded trial by combat. This challenge S. Ouen refused to accept, by reason of the low birth and criminal disrepute of his cowardly antagonist. He was, however, at length compelled to submit to this degrading con- dition, and lists for this unequal comhat a Vouirance were prepared on Grouville Common, which was appointed to take place on the eve of the feast of S. Laurence. But before the last act of this wicked plot coidd be enacted, Margaret De Carteret had determined to make one grand effort for her husband's dehverance. So, secretly leaving the island, in the depth of winter, and but four days after her confinement, in an open boat, she directed her solitary attendant to steer in the direction of Guernsey; for Baker, the better to develope his plans, had strictly forbidden any vessel to leave the island, except by his express AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 77 permission. Arrived at Guernsey, she took refuge at tlie house of WiUiam De Beauvoir, one of the Jurats of that island, who, being a man of courage and decision, and a firm friend of the house of S. Ouen, himself conducted her in his own ship to Poole, whence she rode in all haste to Salisbury, where Henry VII. at that time Avas holding his court. And as if by the manifest interposition of Providence to bring to nought these nefarious designs, she left the presence-chamber in possession of a warrant, issued by the Sovereign himself imder the Great Seal, restoring her husband to his liberty and honours, as Baker entered it to attempt to justify his villany. And, the lists being examined on her return to Jersey, which took place on the eve before the day of combat, the purpose of the confederates was fully brought to light by the discovery of numerous and deep pits studding the arena, which, known and avoided by his adversary, would have rendered the death of the Seigneur of S. Ouen all but certain. For his share in this disgraceful transaction. Baker was deprived of his post ; and effectually to check the abuse of power by, and pliant subserviency to, future Governors, the Baillies and Deans of the island, from this period, ceased to be nominated by them, and since have held their respective oflBces directly from the Crown. Among other sons, this Seigneur of S. Ouen left Philip and Edward, of whom presently ; Richard, to whom Catherine de Vincheles bequeathed her property, and who thus founded the branch of De Carteret of Vincheles ; and Helier, Bailly of Jersey in 1515, who enacted a most prominent part in securing the j^olitical and social liberties of his countrymen. Baker had been succeeded as Governor of the island by Sir Hugh Vaughan,* a m.an of low birth, but of extraordinary courage and martial skill, who, at his first induction into oSice, had gained the affections of the inhabitants, and become the bosom friend of the family of S. Ouen. After a certain period, however, his conduct grew so reprehensible, that the foUoAving outrage fanned the resentment of those he had injured to a flame. Sir Hugh * But little is known of Sir HuejIi Vaughan, save that he was Gentleman-Usher to Henry VIII. The Chronicler of S. Ouen, who describes his character at some length, and relates some of his exploits, is curiously corroborated in his account of a combat which took place between Vaughan and a Sir James Parkar, on account of a dispute concerning their armorial ensigns, by Stow. He relates, that " in the month of May, 1492, was holden a great and valiant justing within the King's manor of Sheen, now called Richmond ; the which endured hj the sjiace of a month, sometime within the said space, and sometime without, uppon the greene witliout the gate of the said maner. In the which space a combat was holden and done betwixt Sir James Parkar, Kt., and Hugh Vaughan, gentleman-usher, uppon coutroversie for the arms that Garter gave to the sayde Hugh Vaughan ; but he was alloweil by the King to bear them, and Sir James was slaine at the first com-se." He is described as Sir Hugh Vaughan, Kt., of Littleton, co. Middlesex, and bore arms, — quarterly, first and fourth, azure a fesse or, between tliree horses' heads erased of the last, within a bordvu-e gobonated argent and vert ; second and third, per pale, azure and purpura, three whales' heads, erased, or, ingulphant of spears argent (which the Jersey chronicler observes were adopted from his having bravely swum to the rescue of a drowning comrade at sea). Crest, a lion's gamb, or, holding a human head, gules. Supporters : Two griffins, per fesse gules and azure, platee and fretty of the first. A docquet of the grants of a Guydon and Banner to him, the one before and the other after his Knighthood, exists at the College of Arms. (Vide Bentley's Excerpta Hii=torica.) On his standard, borne in the field, which was striped gold and green, was a griffin passant, double-queued, gules, fretty, or, charged on the neck, head, and wings with plates, holding in the dexter fore-claw a sword, argent, with three whales' heads, erect and erased, each ingulphant of a spear, argent. Towards the extremity of the flag were two similar whales' heads. (Vide Moule's Heraldiy of Fish.) 78 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY, had coveted possession of one of the finest estates in the island, — that of the Manor of Trinity ; * and to procure its confiscation from a member of the family of Lempriere, determined that a false charge should be brought against its late owner, Thomas De S. Martin, as having been a traitor to England. As wickedness seldom lacks an instrument, the Governor found a ready one in the person of Raulin Le Marquand, then Attorney-General of the island, who undertook to conduct the case. The alleged proofs were so flimsy that the Bailly, Helier De Carteret, was about to pronounce judgment against the Governor, when Sir Hugh, finding the case about to be decided against him, rose, and, after using most violent and threatening language to the Jm-ats, clapped his hand to his sword, exclaiming that if the Bailly did not deliver judgment in his favour, he would run him through. The intrepid magistrate rose instantly and ordered the doors of the Coui't-House to be thrown open (for at that time justice was administered privately), when the populace, crowding in, were awe-stricken to see the brave and unscrupulous Governor in the grasp of their Bailly, who, with his dagger at the throat of Vaughan, delivered a just sentence, and condemned Le Marquand, as having failed to prove his allegation. Subse- quently, however, Sir Hugh, by his influence Avith Cardinal Wolsey, caused Helier De Carteret to be involved in a long and expensive law-suit in London, touching questions arising fi^om this quarrel. He received, however, tardy justice from the Cardinal, through the intercession of the Duke of Norfolk, Lord High Treasurer, and Sir William Compton, whose friendshiiD he had secured ; in connection, too, with the favourable effect De Carteret's firmness and courage had produced upon the Minister, when pleading before him in the Star-Chamber. The King, to whom he was presented, and whose taste for field- sports made him appreciate several ingenious inventions that Helier De Carteret had made in weapons of the chase, treated him as a friend, and conferred on him, as a special mark of favour, the fief of S. Germain with its dependencies. f After having placed several of his Ijrothers advantageously in ^Dositions of trust at Court, he returned to Jersey, where he narrowly escaped being murdered by one Jasper Peun, a creature of Sir Hugh Vaughan, who had usurped the office of Bailly during his absence. He was among the most prominent Reformers of Jersey, and to him are his countrymen indebted for the exemption of being obliged to plead before the ordinary Courts of Law in England. From a dread of the extension of the plague, which devastated the island in 1623, he is said, in com- pliance with a then prevalent, but erroneous, idea that paper and parchment were easy means of convejdng infection, to have caused the Records of the Baillywick to be burnt ; a circumstance that may account for the scarcity of mediaeval documents in the island, and which often forms an insuperable bar to the progress of the local histoi-ian and genealogist. He died in 1560, leaving an only daughter and heiress, Margaret, who was * Vide Lineage of De S. Martin. t An account of the revenues of the Manor of S. Jermai/ne in the Island of Jersey exists in the Biu-ghley papers. Vide Bib. Lansdowne, cv. 15. AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 79 the wife, successively, of Clement Dumaresq, Seigneur of Samares, and of her cousin, Helier De Carteret, Seigneur S. Ouen.* Edward De Carteret, Seigneur of S. Ouen, second son of the preceding PhiHp, succeeded his father, his elder brother having died young. He was constituted Carv^er to Prince Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII. He was twice married. The name of his first wife has not reached us ; his second was Mary, only daughter and heiress of Simon Sarre, a wealthy landholder of the parish of S. John. He died in 1531, and was succeeded by his son, in early infancy, Helier De Carteret, Seigneur of S. Ouen, who until his majority was a ward of the Crown, under the guardianship of his uncle, Helier, Bailly of Jersey. It was during the lifetime of this Seigneur that the French, flattering themselves with hopes of success, by reason of the minority of Edward VI., seized the island of Serk. They formed a scheme, by making a settlement on it, to harass, and finally to capture the remainder of the Channel Archipelago. Whereupon, making a descent upon Guernsey, and being repulsed, they afterwards landed in Bouley Bay, in Jersey, but were so fiercely attacked by the islanders, led on by De Carteret, that they returned to their ships, after suffering a loss of nearly one thousand men. Wlien they arrived at S. Malo, in Britany, to refit, no fewer than three- score dead bodies of gentlemen were taken on shore to be buried ; and the King of * The following instructions to this eminent islander from Edward VI., upon the installation of Sir Hugh Poulett as Governor of Jersey, will be read with interest, as showing the state of the English language at this epoch, and giving the formula of the oath taken then by the Governors of the Island : — " Super Gubernatione Infulanam de Jerfey et Guerfey." " Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God, &c., to our truftie and well-belovyd Helier De Carteret, Efquier, Bailif of the Ifle of Jerfey, Clement Lamprier, John De Carteret, and Nicholas Lamprier, Gentilmen, Greetyng," " Wheare we have heretofor geven and graunted to our trtiftie and well-belovid Sir Hugh Poulet, Knight, the office of Governour and Capytayne of our Ifle of Jerfey, and of our Caftell of Guerfey, otherwife called Mountorguiil, and have nomynated, appoynted, and made our fayd Servant oiu Keper, Governour, and Capitayne of the faid Ifle and Caftell, as by Our Letters Patents, dated xx day of March, in the fourth year of our Reign, made to hym of the fame, playnely doth appear." " Know ye that We, " For certeyn Caufes and Confiderations, Us and our CounfeU movyng, having fpeciall Tiiift and afsured Con- fidens in your approved Fidelities, Wifdoms, Dexterities, and Circumfpedions," " Have appointed and auiftorifed, and by thefe Prefents do appoint and auftorife you four, thre, or two of you, willing and commanding you four, thre, or two of you, that ye, by auftority hereof, do repare aflbne as ye con- veniently may, uppon the fight hereof, to our faid Caftill of Mountorguiil, and there make, or caufe to be made, an Invytoi-y, by Indenture betwene you four, thre, oi' two of you, on our Behalf, on th' one Partie, and our faid fei-vant, Governour, and Capitayn on th' other Partie, as well of all fuch Ordenaunce, Artlllerie, Municions, and all other Habillyments of Warre, together with all requiiites of our Store whatfoever, being left there unto the Charge and Cuftodie of the faid Governour and Capytayne by Heniy Cornidie, Gentilman, late Deputie of the faid Ifle, under our right traftie and riglit entirely belovyd Uncle, Edward, Duke of Somerfctt, there being Capytayn and Governour of the fame, as alfo of ail fuch Ordenaunce, Artilleiy, and Mynicions, as hath ben fent at any tyme or tymes heretofore to the faid Castell, and provided there by us for the Fyrniture of the fame, fythens the said xx day of March, in the said fourtli year of our Reign, wherein We will and command you diligentlie to execute this our Pleafoure and Commandment accordinglie.' 80 AN AEMOEIAL OP JEKSEY. France was so affected by the disaster, that he forbade any mention to be made, not only of this event, but of the entire expedition.* Shortly afterwards, the enemy being finally expelled from Serk, Queen Elizabeth, in 15G5, " confeiTed on Helier De Carteret, and his heirs for ever, in reward of the many services received by herself and her royal ancestors fi'om this family, the aforesaid island of Serk, to be held in capite, as a fief haubert, on the payment of an annual rent of fifty shillings." And the island was by him, the first united Seigneur of S. Ouen and of Serk, colonized, its waste lands reclaimed, and its defences made available. He married his cousin, Margaret, sole daughter and heiress of Helier De Carteret, and widow of Clement Dumaresq, by whom he had issue two sons, Philip, of whom presently ; William ; and Amias or Amice, Seigneur of Handois, in the parish of S. Laurence, Avho, by marriage with Catherine, only daughter and heiress of Gilles Lempriere, Seigneur of S. Trinity, founded the branch of De Caeteeet of S. Teinitt. SiE Philip De Caeteeet, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen and of Serk, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and married, in 1580, Rachel, daughter and co-heiress of George Poulett, Bailly of Jersey, and niece of Sir Amias Poulett, Governor of Jersey, the ancestor of the present Earl of that name.t An ancient MS. in the possession of a younger branch of the family states him to have held a command in the army sent by BUzabeth in aid of Henry of Navarre, and there to have lost an arm. By his wife he had issue Phihp, of whom presently ; Elias, father of Sir George Carteret, the founder of the Baeonial Beanch OP De Carteeet ; Gideon, who was Vicomte or High Sheriff of Jersey ; and six daughters. " FurtheiTnoie our Will, Pleafour, and Commandment ys that you, the faid Helier De Carteret, Clement Lampiier, John De Carteret, and Nicholas Lamprier, four, or three, or two of you, (hall gyve a corporal Othe to our fayd Servaunt, Capytayne, and Governour in maner and forme following." " Ye fhal be trewe and ioiall to the Kyng of England, our Sovereigne Lord, and to his Heyris, Kyngs of England ; ye Ihall with all your Powre, Mynde, and Industrie well, furely, and loiually kepe and defende, and caufe to be kept and defended by your Deputie, Servants, and Souldiers, and all others as much as in you lye, the fayde Ifle and Castell, and femblablie all the Rights, Dignities and Honours, Laws, Customes, Ufaiges, Franchefies, Privi- ligies, and Libeities thereunto of good Ryghte appertenyng, together with the comenweale of the fame, ye fliall entierly maynteyn, defend, obfei-ve, kepe, and accomplifhe : So Helpe ye God and thies Hollie Evangelits." " In witnes whereof &c. "Teste Rege apud Wcstmonasteriura tertio Die Mali. 5 Edw. vL, 1551. Per ipsum Regcm." — Rymer's Fcedera, Tom. xv., p. 261. * Tide Holingshed, p. 1055. t This family enjoyed much consideration in Jersey, and possessed, by turns, its chief Governmental, Judicial, and Ecclesiastical offices. Sir Amias, the most distinguished of the family, succeeded his father. Sir Hugh, in the government of the island in 1571. In 1576, he was Ambassador to the French King, and subsequently held several important employments, especially the custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, which trust he entii-ely discharged to the satisfaction of his royal mistress : and in xxix Eliz., being one of the Privy Council, was in commission for her trial. The year after, on the eve of the feast of S. George, he w.as, at Greenwich, sworn Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, and constituted Custos Rotidorum of the county of Somerset. Sir Amias died in 15SS, and was buried in the old Church of S. Martin-in-the-Fields, where a magniticent monument was erected to his memory. His portrait occurs in Harding's Biographical Mirror. Some branches of the family appear to have settled in F^rance ; for Dubuisson chronicles the arras of a house of this name in Picardy, which are identical with those of the Enghsh family. A suburb of Dieppe is named Paulet. As Edmonston and others, in their Pedigrees of the family, have made certain errors and omissions, one is subjoined, so far as it is connected with Jersey, compiled from authentic records. AN ARMORIAL OP JERSEY. 81 Sir Philip Db Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen and of Serk, was born in Feljruary 1583-4, and was educated at Oxford. Possessed of considerable abilities and of courtly manners, his mental qualifications, joined to his social position, made him the most eminent Jerseyman of his day. On attaining his majority he was elected a Jm^at of the Royal Court, and subsequently was appointed Bailly, to which office was added that of the Lieutenant- Governorship of the island. His letters, many of which are still extant, prove that he was a man of no common order, and that from reading and experience he was intimately acquainted with the constitution and local customs of Jersey. It was Sir Philip's lot to live during the dark and troublous period of the Rebellion ; yet even under these adverse circumstances his judicious rule and concihatory spirit would undoubtedly have spared his native island the horrors of the contest that afterwards ravaged it, and which Chevalier in his MS. so minutely describes, had it not been for the cabals of a factious few, headed chiefly by foreign and renegade priests, who, wilfiUly misinterpreting the policy of Sir Philip, sought to make England's great struggle a vehicle for the advancement of their own private ends. In spite, however, of this faction, the majority of the islanders remained staunchly loyal. Therefore it was more from the temporarily successful efforts of those who in their enmity to De Carteret became traitors to the Crown (for the grievances that animated the Republicans in England had no existence here) that De Carteret was at length compelled to retire into, and to hold for the King, the Castle of Elizabeth, whilst his wife, with her eldest son, defended that of Mont-Orgueil. After undergoing the severities of a siege, and witnessing the daily 1. Margaret, d. of Jolm Poulet, Esq. o. s. p. iUrtiigrfc of ^oulrtt. Sir Amias Poulett, of Hinton, or Henton, = "2. Lora, d. of Sir Wm. Kellaway. S. Georare. I 2. Sire John Poulett, the last Roman Catholic Deaa of Jersey, ob. 1675. 3. Henry. 1. Sir Hugh Poulett, Governor of Jersey. Elizabeth. PhUippa, d. & h. of Sir Lewis Pollard. I 1. Sir Amias Poulett, Governor of Jersey. Jane. I I 2. Nicholas. 3. George Poulett, BaiUy of Jersey. Margaret, d. & h. of Anthony Hervey, Esq. 1. Elizabeth Poulett. 2. Elizabeth Perrin. 3. Lucretia Dabucy. Sir Anthony Poulett, Governor of Jersey. Catherine, sole d. & b. of Henry, Lord Norreys. Dorothy. Hugh Perrin, the younger, of Rozel. I Philip De = Rachel, eld. Carteret, d. & co-h., bur. Seig.ofS. at St. Ouen 28 Ouen. Feb. IfJSU— 1. The Rev. John Durell, Rector of that parish, preached the fimeral sermon. Akms of Poulett. — Sable, three swords in pile, points in base, argent, pomels and hilts, or. Crest : An arm, embowed, in armour, holding in the hand a sword, all ppr. Motto : Gardez la foy. M 82 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. decrease of his adherents from the casualties incidental to war and famine ; after experiencing the fruitlessness of his overtures to those in Parliamentary authority, which were met by insulting accusations of his being " a traitor to his country and a rebel subject ; " with a frame enfeebled by age, and his tenderest feelings haiTowed by the death of one of his sons in the Castle, it is scarcely surprising that exhausted nature should leave him on a dying bed. Yet here, despite the respect generally felt, in all ages, for a brave enemy, party-spirit still rankled deeply. He was denied the last services of the Church, which his fi'iend, the Reverend Stephen La Cloche, would fain have administered to him ; nor were the applications of his mother, his wife, and his daughters to bid him farewell, more successful. At last, however, the fond pertinacity of Lady De Carteret prevailed, and a few hours before his death she was permitted to enter Elizabeth Castle. He could not speak to her, but, waving a mute though expressive adieu, expired, on the 23rd August, 1643, this firmest and most faithful partizan of the then failing fortunes of the Stuarts. Brave old Knight ! Your glory and heroism can never fade while Jersey has a name, and the glow of your devoted patriotism, mellowed by time, still seems to light up the scene of your struggle and death ! In after years, ample justice was done to his memory by Charles II., who, in presenting a mace to the dignitaries of the island, inseparably coupled the gift with the name of Sir Philip and his distinguished nephew ;* and the Royal Court, as the exponents of the feeling of the people of Jersey, caused a well-merited eulogium of his services to be inserted in their Records.! Sir Philip married Ann, daughter of Sir Francis Dowse, of Browton and Nether-Wallop, co. Hants, J by whom he had issue, among other children, Philip, of whom presently ; Francis, who was Attorney-General of Jersey, and whose heirs, eventually representing this elder branch, transmitted that honor * " Tali haud omnes dignatur. Honore." " Carolus Secundus, Magnae Britannis, Franciae, et HiberniK Rex fereniffimus, affectum Regium erga Insulam de Jersey (in qua bis habuit leceptum, dum ceteris ditionibus excluderetur), hocce Monumento vere Regio posteris con- fecratum voluit. Juilitque ut deinceps Balivis prxferatui', in perpetuara Memoriam Fidei, turn Augustifimo Parenti Carolo Primo, turn fuse Majestati, fsvientibus Bellis Civilibus, fei-vatse a Viris ClarilTimis Philippo et Geoigio de Carteret, Equitibus Auratis, hujus Infulas Baliv. et Reg, Prxfect. t Chacun fait quelle est la reputation de feu Mefllre Philippe de Carteret le pere, Chevalier, en fon vivant Seigneur de S. Ouen, &c. II poffeda les premieres places, ct au Gouvernenient et en I'administration de la justice, et s'en acquitta toujours avec tant d'honneur et d'integrite, qu'il ne fe rendit pas moins confiderable par fon propre merite, qu'il I'etait par I'importance de ces charges. Sa vie fut prefque toute entiere une continuelle fonction publique, car meme d^s avant qu'il fut majeur il fe vit dignement appele par la voye des fuffrages pour prendre, en ce lieu, le rang de fes ancetres. II fut done aime du Prince et du Peuple, et Ton peut dire enfin que fa mort fiat le comble de fa gloire, puifque ce fut en la defence des Chateaux et des Foiterefles du Pays, oil il donna, jufqu'au deinier foupir, d'aflurees preuves de fa valeur et de fon zele pour la gloire de Dieu, pour le fei"vice du Roi, et pour le bien de fa Patrie. Mais le feul titre de la Maffe, que fa Majeste a depuis peu donnee a Meffieurs les Baillis de I'ile, pourroit fiire connaitre quel a ete cet illustre defiint, et combien de refpect on doit avoir pour fa memoire. II femble luperflu de coucher fur ce jiapier, ce qu'on peut voir grave fi magnifiquement fur cette Made en lettres d'or. Peut il estie encore besoin de louer un homme, a qui le Roi a dej'a fait un monument et un eloge ? — Vide the Records of the Royal Court of Jersey, November 24, IGGS. J The following Pedigree of tlie family of Dowse is corrected from that given by Berry in liis Pedigrees of Hampshire by reference to the Heralds' Visitations of that county of 15GG and IG'Si : — AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 83 successively to the families of Dumaresq, Le Maistre, and Mallet ; and Edward, wlio was knighted at the Restoration, was in the household of the Duke of York, and to whom the Perquages, or Sanctuary-Roads of Jersey, were granted by Patent 30th May, 1G63.* Sir Philip was succeeded by his eldest son. Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, of Serk, and of Rozel, who was one of the gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, and was Bailly of Jersey. He had, with his mother, shared in the defence of the Castle of Mont-Orgueil against the Parliamentarians, and at her death, in 1644, succeeded to the chief command of that fortress, which he held for the King until the 27th October, 1651, when it capitulated to the superior forces imder Colonel Haines and Admiral Blake. Sir Philip was knighted by Charles II., then Prince of Wales, at a grand review held in S. Aubin's Bay, 29th April, 1645, a ceremony thus quaintly described by Chevalier, who has minutely chronicled the stirring events of the Rebellion : — " On the day fixed, the whole of the troops were concentrated in the appointed spot, between the Boulevard de S. Laurens and the Douet de S. Croix in S. Aubin's Bay. One regiment was commanded by the Seigneur of Trinity, the second by Colonel John Dumaresq, while the third, that of S. Ouen, awaited its hereditary chieftain, the young Seig-neur of S. Ouen, who also by feudal right was to take the command of the whole iirtigrrc of ©oVosic. Nicliolas Dowse, of Hunsborne, co. Hants = Alice, d. of . . . Ingpen, of Gallaker, co. Hants. I ^ ' 'I 2. Eicharcl, of Moore Court, co. Southampton = Alice, d. of George Tutt, co. Southampton. 1. William Dowse. I 2. John, of Moore Court = Alice, d. of William Taylor, of Beaulieu. 1. Thomas Dowse, o. s. p. 1. Richard Dowse, of Moore Court = Elizabeth, d. of Lord Thos. Paulett, of 2. Thomas, of Browton, co. Hants. Melplash, CO. Dorset, 2nd son of Wil- ham. Marquess of Winchester. Blanche, d. of . . . . Covert, of co. Sussex. George. Paulett. Seven children. Elizabeth, d. & h. of ^ Sir Francis Dowse, of Hamden Pawlett. Elizabeth. Browton and Nether- Wallop, CO. Hants. 1. Hamden Dowse. Thomas. Sir Philip de Carteret, Seig. of S. Ouen. = Anne. AhMS of Dowse : Or, a chevron, cheeky, argent and sable, between three greyhounds courant, of the last. Ceest : An heraldic tiger's head, per pale, argent and or, horned and tufted, sable. * A cm-ious incident in the life of this Sir Edward is recorded by a local writer, who says, " Or de ce qui a ete fait de memoire en cette ile de Jerfey, c'est que quand le Roy Jacques II. fe maria avec la PrincelTe Marie de Modenes, il donna son habit de noces, favoir fa cafaque, veste, et culotte, et pour fon cheval, la felle et la bride, a Meffire Edouard de Carteret, Chevalier, petit fils de la maifon de S. Ouen, et frere de celui a qui le Roy Charles II. avoit choifi une femme au chateau Elizabetli : et ledit Edouard de Carteret, Chevalier, poitoit ledit habit du Roy Jacques, quand il y avoit de Revues generales et aux jours folonels, en memoire de fa Majeste." 84 AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. forces, so soon as released from his attendance on his Eoyal Guest, then refreshing himself at the Castle of Mont-Orgueil. About two of the clock in the afternoon His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by a numerous cavalcade, arrived, and proceeded to review the troops drawn up in battle array. The young Seigneur of S. Ouen, in the meantime, took his station in the right wing of the line, and when His Royal Highness rode up to the head of the Brigade, he approached at a given signal, dropped on one knee, and presented the hilt of his drawn sword. The Prince, alighting, asked his name, to which he replied ' Philip De Carteret,' whereupon His Royal Highness took the proffered sword, and, waving it gracefully over the kneeling officer, touched him lightly on the shoulder with the naked blade, and exclaimed, ' Arise, Sir Philip De Carteret ! ' And thus it was that the young Seigneur came to be knighted right triumphantly at the head of his troops, amid the shouts of the soldiery and of innumerable spectators. For no less than two-thirds, at least, of the islanders were present to view this gladsome sight." Sir Philip married in 1649 Ann, daughter of Abraham Dumaresq, Seigneur des Augres ; and Pirouet, another chronicler, thus records the interest that the Prince took in all that concerned his loyal and affectionate host: — "Vers I'an 1649, le Roy Charles II. fut curieux de revoir Jersey, et y fit avoir des Montres Generales, comme aussi un Grand Festin au Chateau Elizabeth, et y convia toutes les nobles demoiselles de Jersey, avec plusieurs gentilshommes, et le Roy y fit le choix d'une femme pour le Seigneur de S. Ouen, nommee Ann Dumaresq de la Maison des Augres. Ce qiii fut un gTand avantage pour la Maison de S. Ouen." Sir Philip died in 1662, and was succeeded by his son. Sir Philip De Carteret, Baronet, Seignem' of S. Ouen, of Serk, and of Rozel, who was Bailly of Jersey, and was named Philip, in anticipation, by the King at his father's marriage. He was created a baronet in 1670, by the style and title of " Sir Philip De Carteret, of S. Ouen, in the island of Jersey." He rebuilt the Manor House, Avhich is the one now in existence; and, says the same chronicler, "II devint un homme fort sage et prudent, beau de visage, and qui se conduisait avec honneur, civilite, et justice, et qui se faisoit bien aimer de tout le monde. II etoit riche en biens et honneurs, et il avoit un grand revenu en I'lle de Jersey, et 6toit Seigneur de Sercq et Bailly de Jersey ; enfin I'abondance de ses biens etoit si grande et son honneur si notable, qu'il gardoit un carosse a six chevaux pour se promener, soit a Jersey, ou en Angleterre, la oil il alloit, son carosse le suivoit." He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward De Carteret, and died in 1693, and was succeeded by his only child. Sir Charles De Carteret, Baronet, Seigneur of S. Ouen and Bailly of Jersey, who died immarried in 1715, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. In him the title and male elder branch became extinct, after an uninterrupted succession of upwards of seven himdred years. By his will, dated two years before his death, he bequeathed the whole of his property, both in England and Jersey, to John, Lord Carteret, first Earl of Granville — his kinsman, though not his heir ; his eventual co-heiresses being Frances De Carteret, who married Elias Dumaresq, Esq., Seigneur des Augres : Anne De CiUiTERET, who married AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 85 James Corbet, Esq. ; Elizabeth De Carteret, wlio married George Bandinel, Esq. ; and De La Riviere De Carteret, wlio married Daniel Messervy, Esq. These ladies were daughters of Francis De Carteret, above mentioned, fifth son of that Sir Philip De Carteret, Knight, Seigneur of S. Ouen, who died in Elizabeth Castle, Avhilst gallantly defending it against the Parliamentarians. By the peculiar operation of the laws of Jersey, wliich does not permit inherited real property to be bequeathed to any save its lineal successor, Sir Charles' will was null and void, so far as regarded the Manor and Seigneurie of S. Ouen ; but, for family reasons, the aforesaid co-heiresses, with the consent of their husbands, permitted the bequest to be carried out, with this proviso, covenanted between them and John, Lord Carteret, the legatee ; namely, that should he or his descendants die without male heirs, they, or their descendants, should inherit the lands and honor of S. Ouen. To resume, however, the line of the Seigneurs of S. Ouen. Sir Charles De Carteret, Bart., was succeeded by that distinguished and illustrious nobleman, John, Lord Carteret, first Earl of Granville, Seigneur of S. Ouen and Bailly of Jersey, who died in 1763, and was succeeded by his son, Robert, Lord Carteret, second Earl of Granville, Seigneur of S. Ouen and Bailly of Jersey, whose life, with that of his father, is more fully noticed in the Baronial branch. He dying in 1776, unmarried, the Jersey property reverted to its legal heirs, the descendants of the four ladies above named. He was therefore succeeded by Jane-Anne Le Maistre, Lady of S. Ouen, vfite of Elias Le Maistre, Esq., Seigneur of Quetivel in the parish of S. Martin, and eldest daughter and co-heiress of John Dumaresq, Esq. ; she being the great-granddaughter of the eldest co-heiress, daughter of Francis De Carteret, Esq., and thus hereditarily Lady of the Grand Fief Hauhert of S. Ouen. She died in 1806, and was succeeded by her eldest surviving son, Charles Le Maistre, Esq., Seigneur of S. Ouen and of Quetivel. He was elected a Jurat of the Royal Com-t in 1810, and on that occasion took precedence of all the other Judges, in virtue of a privilege accorded from time immemorial to the Seigneurs of S. Ouen, and confirmed by various Orders in Council, ti'inji. Charles II. He died without issue in 1845, and was succeeded by his only brother, Philip Le Maistre, Esq., Seigneur of S. Ouen and of Quetivel, who married Rachel, daughter of Philip D'Auvergne, Esq., of the parish of S. Ouen, and had issue two daughters, Jane-Anne and Mary; the elder of whom married John Mallet, Esq., H.E.I. C.S., eldest son of the late Rev. John Mallet, Rector of Grouville. This Seigneur of S. Ouen died in 1848, but, his eldest daughter having died vita patris, he was succeeded by his grandson, John-Paignton Mallet, Esq., Seigneur of S. Ouen, Lieut, in H. M. 47th Regiment, who died in 1856, and was succeeded by his only brother, Edward-Charles Mallet-De-Carteret, Esq., the present and twenty-seventh Seigneiu' of S. Ouen, sometime Lieutenant in H. M. 88th Regiment, and at present of H. M. 25th Regiment. He has served in the Crimean campaign, and subsequently in India, where 86 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. he took part in the assault and capture of Calpee, with the forces under Sir Hugh Rose. This gentleman was authorised by Sign-Manual, of the date otli April, 1859, to assume the name and arms of De Carteret, in addition to his paternal patronymic, as the direct descendant in the eldest line, and representative of the family of De Carteret of S. Ouen; He is also the heir-apparent to the representation of the eldest existing branch of the fomily of Mallet of Grou\aUe, thus uniting in his person two families whose names and arms are among the noblest and earhest in the rolls of Norman chivahy.* '""^^PWCS^I^?^'"^' ^'^^i^^ ^^^^^! MANOR HOUSE OF S. OUEN. The Manor House, which presents to the antiquary one of the most prominent objects of interest in the Island, is beautifully situated iB the parish which bears its name, embosomed in trees on all sides except the S., where the land slopes to the sea. The structure, which is of immense strength, is fronted by a spacious promenade, in front of which is a dry moat, flanked on the eastern side by the justing ground, now an orchard, around which still exists an artificial embankment, forming a kind of amphitheatre made for the convenience of the spectators of the martial exhibitions. Another field, still named les listet<, exists to the N. of the House, where possibly combats on foot took place, and from which were lately removed the stone sockets used in erecting the barricades. In this * "Lieut. Mallet-De-Carteret sorved with the SStli Regiment in tlie Indian Campaign of 1857-S, and was present at the repulse of the Gwalior Contingent at Boojureepore, 4th February ; and at tlie taking of Calpee on the 22nd and 23rd May, 1858, by Sir Hugh Rose (medal and clasp)."— Hart's Army List, April, ISGO. AN AEMORIAL OF JEESEt. 87 field is a well, formerly connected -watli the house by means of leaden pipes, to provide against scarcity of Avater in the event of a siege. The walls of the manorial Chapel, dedicated to S. Anne, are still standing to the right of the grand entrance, which is under a noble archway, in granite, adorned with the arms of De Carteret, Poulett, and Dowse. The estate was at one time by far the largest in Jersey. During the minority of Philip De Carteret, under James I., it was estimated to be worth about what would now be £5,000 a-year ; and during the reigns of Charles I. and II. it was much increased. But owing to the divisions consequent upon the extinction of the male elder branch, which ultimately caused the partition of its land, although the title remained intact mth the descendants of the eldest co-heiress, its present value is not nearly so large. Arms (as borne by the Seigneur of S. Ouen). Quarterly, 1 and 4. Gules, four fusils conjoined in fesse, argent, for De Carteret; 2 and 3. Gules, three round buckles, or, a crescent in chief, argent, for difference, for Mallet : quartering, — Argent, a chevron gules ; on a chief, aziu'e, three estoiles, or ; in base a thistle slipped, ppr., for Le Maistre : Gules, three escallops, or ; a mullet for difference, for Dumaresq : Gules, four fusils conjoined in fesse, argent, for De Carteret : Gules, a chevron between three towers triple towered, or, for S. Ouex :* Gules, foiu* fusils, conjoined in fesse, argent, for D'Albixi :t Sable, two shin-bones in saltire, argent, the dexter surmounted of the sinister, for Newton : Azure, three lions, rampant, or ; a bordure sable, for De Caux : Argent, a saltire, gules, between four fleurs-de-lis, azure, for Harleston : Gules, two bars, ermine ; in chief, three martlets, or, for Sarre : Gules, four fusils conjoined in fesse, argent ; in base, an annulet, or, for difference, for De Carteret : Sable three swords, in pile ; argent, points downward, hilts and pomels, or, for Poulett : Argent, two -^Anngs, conjoined, ermine, for Raynez : Azure, six mascles, argent, three and three, for Credie : Party per fesse, gules and azure, three crescents, argent, for Aumeral : Barry of eight, argent and gides, over all a bend, sable, for Bourton : Ai'gent, a chevron, gules, between three garbs, vert, for Bosco : Azure, on a chief, argent, a demi-lion couped, gides, for Deniband : Argent, three chevrons, sable, for Archdeacon : Gules, a cross, fleury, or, charged with seven roundles, sable, for Latimer : Gules, a wyvern with T\dngs erect, argent, for Le Brent : Gules, three lions passant, in pale, argent ; over all, a label of three points, sable, for Giffahd : Argent, a fesse between three cinquefoils, gides, for Poutkell : and argent, a fesse between three wolves' heads erased, sable, for Seale.J * These arms are found quartered with those of De Carteret from a very early period. The D'Avranches MS. (referred to hereafter) states them to be borne for S. Ouen. Another ancient authority describes the cognizance of " De Cai-teret, Seigneur de Sarque." WTiether they formed the device of the honor of S. Ouen, or of tlie island of Serk, which is doubtfid, or were borne in right of an alliance, as is more probable, is an open question. t A deed extant in the Ai-chives of S. Lo, bearing the seal of Philip D'Albini, halUms in insuU.i, shews these to have been the bearings of this branch of the family. J A valuable and curious MS. in the possession of Madame D'Avranches gives the following cognizances borne by the various branches of De Carteret : — De Caetehet or Vischeles. Sable, four fusils, argent, within 88 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Crests. 1. On a mo\ind vert, a squirrel, sejant, cracking a mit, ppr., for De Carteret. 2. Out of a ducal coronet, a cock, statant, gules, for Mallet. 3. A dexter arm, in armoiu', embowed, grasping a Avreatli of laurel, all ppr., for Le Maistke. Mottoes. Loyal Devoir. (Above tlie arms.) Eu Dieu affie. Supporters. Two winged deer, gules, langued, azure. GATEWAY AT S. OUEN's MANOE UOUSE. Mt ©artcrtt of l^indjcUs. ERY few memorials are left us of tlie early possessors of tbis fief. Wbetber tbe possession of Vincbeles was, witb tbe rest of tbe parisb of S. Ouen, vested in tbe De Carteret family, or wbetber its earliest owners were a distinct race and gave tbeir name to tbe fief, as is sometimes supposed, cannot Avatb certainty- be decided. It is, bowever, an acknowledged supposition tbat tbe separate estates of Vincbeles de Haut and Vincbeles de Bas were originally one, altbougb tbe date of tbeir partition is unknown. Tbe first mention of tbe name occurs so early as 1156, wben Alain de Vin- cbeles is recorded as giving tbe advowson of bis cbapel in Jersey to tbe Abbe Robert du Mont.* Cobn de Vincbeles is named in a deed bearing date 1291, a bordure of tho first, saltii-ed, or, between four fleurs-de-lis of the last. De Caeteeet op Teinity. Sable, four fusils, argent, within a bordure, azure, charged with nine billets, or. Tue junior bkanches of S. Ouen. De Carteret and S. Ouen quarterly, a crescent for difference. De Cakteeet of La Hague. Gules, four fusils, argent, a double crescent in chief for ditiference, within a bordure, argent, charged with eight trefoils, sable. Berry, in his Encyclopajdia Heraldica, gives as variations of arms borne by various members of this family. 1. Argent, three mural crowns, gules. Crest. A reindeer's head cabossed. 2. Gules, three clarions, or. According to the same authority Captain I'hilip Cartaret, R.N., of Guernsey, in 181-i, bore De Carteret and De S. Martin quarterly. Crest. A squirrel sejant, gules, cracking a uut, ppr., on a sprig of laurel springing up before him, vert. With the motto and supporters. * Tide page G8. II ^-t C5 H < ^ g i <4 s &> W o B m ^1 '5'a a 3 o c- » W t- <1 W l-!\ s <1 p a ^ P o ° M cn (J W P a; g O en a ■I I —S — a o — CO •a -a I a a o 12; hi I o R -3 d a R R a R f' . V «j a* •— < *- . T3 ^ t^ - — *-3 « ti, .a £■ a 31 ^3 pj S _--a a I ceo a al u o r^ 1-^ -a ■= a o 5^ ^ ft ■Sa' ■s Ph 3 2 ■a II "T p-ft <5.-i -a f^ sa to « O o tit- fe2 fax cd c^ t- to as d . ".3 -a . Pti S-^ " s ■2fl -ij ^^1 a ="-» r+«2 d^!^ Oi3 II a . si o MO £-3 ■S B.a o S s i" -•fl --2 O'?" a^,- §■0 a g o S' OS coot Ph fa « -1) li to s =1, O O ■Jo a a 32 AN ARMORTAL OF JERSEY. 89 conjointly with Sir John Do Carteret, the brother of Sir Philip, who married Margaret D'Albini. Some time prior to the year 1324, it would appear that the estate had devolved upon an heiress, Lucia de VincheMs,* who married another Sir John De Carteret, grand-nephew of the preceding. Sir John, in xvii. Edward II., sold the fief to Nicholas Cheyney or Cheignye, a local Judge of Assize.f In 1363, the estate appears again to have become the property of a lady, Eleanor, or Aliennor, de Cheyney, whose husband, Geoffroy Valix, "Walsh, or Wallis, conveyed it to Jacquet Hascoul.J From this period to 1504, when Catherine de Vinchelcs, the daughter, as appears by her deed of gift, of John de Vincheles, presented VincheMs de Haut to Richard De Carteret, documentary evidence is altogether wanting. In default of which it may be suggested that Cathei'ine may have been a descendant of its last known purchaser — Jacquet Hascoul, The Chronicler of S. Ouen considers her to have been a daughter of Geoffroy Wallis, § but as this is not reconcileable with the foregoing, it may not be unreasonable to suppose that she was the wife, in second marriage, of Wallis, she having been, previously, the widow of Philipot de la Hougue. |1 The original family of Vincheles existed apparently in junior lirauches, after the extinction of the elder line, for the Ext cute of 1331 shews that Philip and James de * The arms of Lueia de Vinehelais, as recorded in the De Carteret Pedigree in the College of Arms, are argent, three billets engrailed, gules. t Eo qd. man'ium de Wincheleys tenebatur de dno' Eege p. .Toh'em de Carteret, et Luciam ux'ejus, qui illud alienaverunt Nicho' de Cheny', &c., &c. {Vide Ahbreviatio Placitorum, 18 Ed. II., p. 349.) Philip de Chenny, in the same year, by the same documents, appears as claiming free warren and other privileges in the jiarislies of S. Saviour, S. John, and S. Ouen. J " A tous ceux qui. Sec. . . . Raoul Lempriere, Baillif. . . . Sachent tous que I'an de Grace mil ccclxiij. . . . furent presens a S. Helier Jaquet Hascoul d'une partie, ct Giefroy Valix par la raison dc Aliennor DE Cheyne, fa femme, d'autic Lequel Giefroy, par la reson de laditte feme, de sa pure volonte . . . afin et a heritage, pas la cause de laditte Aliennor, le Magney de Wincheles scant en la paroisse de S. Ocn, Sec. Signe par GuiLLE Ernaud I _, „ , ,, , , Jurets." Guille Faien (Payn) ) — MS. in the possession of Madame de Vincheles de Bas. § This name, with variations in spelling, occurs not unfrequently in Jersey about this period. As is seen above, another Geoftroy Valis or Wallis was the husband of Aliennor de Cheynej', and in 1-410, Eaulin Walich was a Jurat of the Eoyal Court. The last-named Geotfroy died seised of the fiefs of Handones (Handois), Pynell, Morvylle, Grenevile, &c., as appears by an Inquis. post mort. of xiii. Henry VII. He fought at Barnet, under the Earl of Warwick, and was killed tliere. These lands at his death were appropriated by Eichard Harleston, until by a patent, ^e)«^. Henr3'- VII., it was declared that he had not been attainted, and that his inheritance was to be restored to his kinsman, John Sautleroy, who, after two years' enjoyment of them, sold them to Lord Willoughby de Broke. Matthew Baker, the then Governor of Jersey, however, sequestrated the estates, when a long litigation ensued, until, by the death of the former, they reverted to the King (Henry VIII.), who presented them to Heher De Carteret, Bailly, for life. (Ex. MSSto. DureUi LerrierArm.) Although no documents are now extant in the family, as I am informed by the present Baron, to prove that Eobert, first Lord Willoughby de Broke, did possess these lands, yet the insular historian is supported in his assertion by the fact that his Lordship was a firm partizan of Henry VII., when Earl of Eichmond, and fought under him at Bosworth, and undoubtedly accompanied him to Jersej', when he fled from England, en route for France. 11 MS. of the Seigneur d'Avranches. N 90 AN ARMORIAL OP JERSEY. Vinclieles were living at that period in the island. An Inquis. post mort. of xiv. Edward III., 1341, states Philip de Wincheleis and Gwyllemota his wife to have been resident in Guernsey, though holding lands in Jersey. And an ancient MS. at Vinclieles de Bas states William de Vincheles to have been Bailly of Jersey in 1347. From an early period the estate of Vincheles de Bas formed a separate and distinct fief from that of Vincheles de Haut, and was possessed successively by the families of Le Febvre,* De Beauvoir, and Dumaresq,t until Amias De Carteret, a cadet of the House of Vincheles de Haut, by his marriage with his heiress in 1 663-4, brought both fiefs into the possession of the same family. That of Vincheles de Haut was sold circa 1826, by John De Carteret, Esq., to a member of the Le Cornu family ; and that of Vincheles de Bas is now possessed by Maeie- AxN, only daughter of the late Colonel John-Daniel De Carteret, and wadow of the late * This family of Le Febvre is of Guernsey origin, and must not be confounded with that of Le Feuvre, a purely Jersey family. The former, the name of which was in Guernsey spelt Le Feyvre, was there numerous in its members and influential in its position. John Le Febvre, of S. John La Hougue Boete, descended from a branch settled at S. Martin, and was collaterally descended from Michael Le Febvre, noticed below. The family is extinct in both islands. ^rtilgrrc of He jFrblirc of l^inrf)fUis Xit Bas. Michael Le Feyvre, Jurat R.C. of Guernsey, bought of CoUas de Saumarez half the fief S. Helene, in that island, in 1303. Nicholas Le Feyvre, possessor of half the lief S. Helene, hi 144,2. Michael Le Feyvre, or Le Febvre, Seig. of Vincheles de Bas, probably ca. uxor., and Jurat R.C. of Jersey, in 1430. 1. Jeanette Le Febvre. John De Bagot, Seig. of Gorge. Jeanette De Bagot, only d. & h. Thomas Dumaresq. 2. Peronelle. Nicholas Morin, Bailly of Jereey, 1460, who sold, ca. uxor., half of the fief S. Helene to John Perrin. 3. Margaret. John De Beauvoir. Guille De Beauvoir. Seig. of Vincheles de Bas, from 1479 to 1486. .John Dumaresq, Seig. Helen Morin. Other daughters. of Vincheles, in right of liis grandmother. {Vide John Poingdestre. Fed. Dumaresq of Samares.) Guille de Beauvoir obtained Vincheles de Bas in 1479, through Margaret Le Febvre, his mother, youngest daughter of Michael Le Febvre. But upon the majority of John Dumaresq, the grandson of the eldest co-heiress, in 1485, a r\6'N partage was effected, and he became, as was his right. Seigneur of the fief of his great grandfather, t Donation of CATirEEiNE De Vincheles to Kiciiaed De Caeteret. " A tous cheulx a qui ces pntes. has. verront ou orront. GuiUe Harcby Bailly de nostre Sire le Roy d'Angleterre en I'isle de G'sey., salut en Dieu. Sachent tos. que I'an de grace mill cccciiijxx et quatre, le ix jour du mois de Decembre furcst pns. en droit a St, Ouen par devant nous, chest assavoir Phot, de la Hougue et Katherine fa fame, fille ct y/T ii/// /// ////x /'/u/i /K /j/>.\/ ///>// /////> llirA\ AN AEMOEIAL OF JEftSEY, 91 Edward Tuohy, Esq., wlio is Dame-Chatelaine of Vincheles, and tlie only existing member of tins branch of the earliest offshoot of the House of S. Ouen. The Manor Houses of both these fiefs are modern structures, the ancient buildings ha\dng been demolished some years since.* The only relics of antiquity now remaining are to be found in the small arched gateway of Vincheles de Bas, over which, in bold relief, are carved the arms and supporters of Dumaresq ; and the antique stile near it, surmounted with the shaft of a cross, which led to the chapel of S. George, now demolished, the site of which was, not long ago, determined by the discovery of several interesting sepulchral remains, disinterred by the workmen at the erection of the present residence of Vincheles de Bas. droicte heriti^re de John, de Vinchelles son psire, et de Peronnelle sa m^re, fille de John Lempriere, I'aquelle Katheiine au rothorite de fon mary, de fa pure et agreable volontey, fans contiainte de nulluy, mene de fon franc courage et fervante amour, donna, ceda, et resigna et delessa par chettes pntes. donne, resigne et dclefTe en pur don, charite, et osmosne, afin et a p.petuite de heritage de elle et de fes hers, en cas que ladite Katherine naira hers de fa chair, a Richard de Carteret, son filleul en fiUeulage, fils de Honorable Homme PhiHppe de Carteret, Seignour dudit St. Ouen, y es fiens hers, to\is et telles heritages entierement come laditte Katherine est vestue et ceszie pour le pnt. a cause de fondit pere et m^re, et que en temps advenii- luy pourrest escher et succeder, exceptc vi qrtiers. de fiomant de rente, desquels vi qrtiers. laditte Katherine peult et pourra faire tout a fon vouloir et fon plaisir, et du surplus comme dit est, ledit Richard Dc Caiteret et fes hers, en temps advenir, jouiront et expleteront a heritage, comme de leur propre rente se laditte Katherine na hers de se chaii'e come, dit est. Chest assavoir, meisons, formants, terres, deniers, poullailes, redcb- vranches, casaulitez, libertes, dygnitees quelconques a laditte Katherine appartenans fans rien en reserver, retenir, ne excepter feulements lesdit vi qrtiers. comme devant est dit. Et jurerent ledits maries que james encontre les choses susdittes nyront ne feront aller par eux ne par aultres en aucune maniere en temps advenir en peine de parjures. Et en especial ladite Katherine jura p. fon ferment que pour faire le don deffus dit n'avoit este battue, fercie, menachie^ ne molestee en aucune maniere, mes le fesoit de fon pur gre et assent, et que jamais du contraire nyra par voye de mariage, encombre ne aultrement, en peine de parjure. Et nous avandit Bally les y condempnames en tesmoing de ce, nous avons scelle ces Itres, du fceill de notre Baillie. Pnts a ce. Clement Le Hardy, John Poingdestre, et John Mychiell, Jurets du Roy." This grant caused much litigation between Richard De Carteret and the heirs of Catherine. These were John, son of Thomas Dumaresq and Jeanette de Bagot ; John, son of Jacquet Dumaresq ; John Dupont ; Philippot and Peter Horman ; with John and Guille Godfroy ; some, if not all of whom, derived their title from a common ancestor, Michael Le Febvre, who had (probably by marriage) become possessed of a shai-e of the Vincheles property, circa 1430. The suit lasted for a number of years, until De Carteret, by certain concessions made to John Dumaresq, the eldest of the co-heirs, "par ainiable composition faicte eutre eux en presence de gens de bien, leurs parens et amys," obtained peaceable possession of the property devised him by his godmother, 2nd June, 1523. Both parties, however, claimed the title of Seigneur de Vincheles, until Sir John Peyton, then Governor of the Island, by his friendly advice, induced the possessors of the property to execute deeds before the Royal Court in the years 1603 and 1005, agreeing that De Carteret should bear the title of Seigueiu- of Haut Vincheles, and Dumaresq be styled Seigneur of Bas Vincheles ; that both fiefs were to be for ever after held in capite direct from the Sovereign, and not from each other ; that, at the same time, the boundaries of the estates were to be accurately defined, to prevent a recurrence of the feuds so long existing between the two families * Before the demolition of the Manor House of Vincheles de Haut. there existed above the smaller entrance gate, a stone bearing the following arms : — Quarterly, 1 and 4. — Four fusils conjoined in fesse. — 2 and 3, three water bougets. Motto, " Pour bien faire parvenir." At the side, the initials I and E. with date 1674. 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Pt CO CO c3 «5 is be c3 SD (M OJ 00 CQ o -t-l o-< yi m -1) r^ 0; JH t^ be „ cs 3 5 a<) CD ^ m ;a c3 W 3 o O o 'o Ph 05 CO flH o 0^ 3 be o 9 « =! o LO o h^i >5 -4-^' OJ ?^ yi s > W^ be O . m CO o •^ I— 1 i-H id CO -^ u ,6 1 ^ wT «3 OJ ^M c3 (l^^^ O ^ ^i ■+2 a a be Ti IK c-i^ M il I-H r2 w > u 'TS be =3 « -a o 1-5 n <1 ' o tw 00 O rH a" a AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 95 tj '^ c £3 CS cS Si 3 ^ tH OJ cS C3 a g S p Oi CD 3 H^ H^ U c CI rJ5 ;3 o ^ 1-5 -a c3 H s --a o "C5 1 =^ 1 oo =« '-I o . bi S -e ^1 d CO 1—1 CO e-1 03 c^ ,— j X) 00 11 i-H 1 '-' II ~h2 u 1 b qJ" rt a> rt 1? g CO o O r5- a: 2 c r3 w CO o c^ ." ^ t^ 5 r^ 1—1 -*^ CC =3 , r^ C o O s d ^J o ^ a cu 2 ^-Q .-?U CD q be ■gK O ° o m S'^ cc o , ■ >o i -err C 'o °TJ ■ ^ p CJ p O W . ?^ O CO - s g s 0^5 '£ •s-S Oj o (3 feTJ S ° S ^ a o bn S a I -6 ^ a, ^ t- J» -f-, w 2J -. w M g tT "^ S ■-^ ^ o Oj -t^ ;- 1:^— o -R '^^ ° ? C •-' •-• o i^ ,. ; 1 ^ ~if C3 ^ l^-iA ^ &g 2 <;-a cS n c f-t '5 J ,^- r3 Q rt ^ ** P 1^ ■; br. • 'i £ ^ is oo: I - ^ a; -X. '^ O AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Vt IBs: CTartrrrt of ^. Crlniti). MIAS, or Amice, De Carteret, the second son of Helier De Carteret, Seigneur of S. Ouen, founded this branch of the family by his marriage with Catherine, only daughter and heiress of Gilles Lempriere, Seigneur of Trinity. He was educated at Winchester College, and, subsequently, at Cambridge, and became, on his retm-n to Jersey, one of its Jurats, Keeper of the Dean's seal, and, finally, Lieutenant-Bailly of the island.* His judicial talents wei'e so highly esteemed that he ultimately attained the honor of becoming Bailly and Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, in the enjoyment of which offices he died, and was buried in the parish church of S. Peter's Port, in that island, in which a monument exists to his memory. t Among other children he left issue, Joshua De Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity, Captain of the Train-Band of the parish of S. Lam'ence, who married Jane, daughter of Edward Herault, Esq., by whom, among other children, he left issue Amice, of whom presently, and Edward, who was knighted, became Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod and Bailly of Jersey by patent 1663, and to whose Amias De Carteret left issue thi^ec chil- dren, Amias, Mavy, and Anne. Amice, or Ajiias, De Carteret was born in 1638, and died at S. Lo, in Normandy, in 1664 ; his heart was embalmed and interred in the family vault in the church of S. Trinity. Leaving no issue, the Seigneurie and estates devolved on his eldest sister, Mary De Carteret, Lady of Trinity, the wife of Charles, son of Helier De Carteret, Attorney- General of Jersey, who memory is erected in Trinity Church by far the most elaborate and splendid altar-monu- ment in Jersey. Amice, or Amias, De Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity, married Mary, eldest daughter and co- heiress of ]\Ionsieur Jean Girard or Gerar, a wealthy jeweller of Paris, who died there in 1680, worth 300,000 livi-es. His property was divided between the heirs of his daugh- ters, Mary, above men- tioned, and Jane, the wife of Abraham De Carteret, Seigneur of S. John la Hougue Boete. left issue, among other children, TOMB OP SIE EDWAHD DE CAHTEEET IX S. TEINITY CHrECH. * Vide Les Chroniques de Jersej'. Ex MSSto Edwardi (J. Le Couteur, Dom. Sti. Johannis. t Vide Register of Burials, parish of S. Trinity. 98 AN ARMOEiAL OF JEESEY. Charles De Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity,* wlio married, in 1G83, Elizabeth, daughter of the Very Rev. Clement Le Couteur, Dean of Jersey, who, among other issue, left Charles, of whom presently, and Philip, the direct ancestor of the yomiger branches of this house. Charles De Carteret, SeigTieur of Trinity, married, in 1723, Frances-Mary S. Paul,t by whom, among other children, he had issue, Francis, Seigneur of Trinity, who died s.j)., and Eear-Admiral Philip De Caeteeet, R.N., Seigneur of Trinity, who is celebrated for a voyage he made roimd the world, as Commodore, in the sloop " Swallow," in the years 1766-7-8; dui'ing which he discovered a cluster of islands in the South Seas, to which he gave the general name of Queen Charlotte's Islands, four of which he distinguished by the names of New Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Serk. He also discovered some other islands, which are fully described in the accoimt of his voyage, written by himself, and published in Dr, Hawksworth's Collection. Upon his return. Admiral De Carteret settled at Southampton, where he died, and was buried in the catacombs of All Saints' Church, in that town. He married Mary-Eachel, the daughter of a French Protestant physician, and sister of Sir John Silvester, Bart., Recorder of the City of London, J by whom he had issue, Philip ; Silvester-Samuel ; Elizabeth-Mary ; and Caroline. Sir Philip De Carteeet-Silvester, Bart., Seigneur of Trinity, succeeded, by the term of the Patent, his uncle, Sir John Silvester, Bart., in his title and name. He was brought up, like his father, in the Navy, in which he attained Post-Rank, and commanded the fi-io-ate which, in the pi'esence of Napoleon I., destroyed the flotilla of gun-ljoats at Cherbouro" intended for the invasion of England. § Dying without issue, the Baronetcy became extinct, but he was succeeded in the Seigneurie and estates by his sister, * This Seigneur of Trinity, by Patent 1663, had precedence granted to him before the Seignem- of Samares, a privilege which was some time afterwards revoked. t Aem3 of S. Paul, argent, a saltire, dentelle, s-able. t ^rtiigvrr of ^^ilbrsitrr. Daniel Silvester, Advocate in the Parliament of Bordeaux. = Susanna Bernardino. Francis-Jason Silvester, = Catherine Berbineau. Esq., 1713. 1. Peter, M.D., Physician to William III. Sir .John Silvester, M.D., Physician to =^ Catherine-Alctta Everardina, dau. of Col. d'Aulni.s, the Army in the Low Countries. } of the Dutch Sei-vice. Sir John Silvester, Bart., Recorder of the City of London, o. s. p. Arj[S. — Argent, a sea lion, ducally crowned, azure. § Vide James' Naval History of Groat Britain. Eear-Admiral = Mary Kachel. Philip De ; Carteret, | R.N., Seig. of 1 Trinity. | Srimirnr nf S.€riiiitj«. //r (i/w« ///.v /'/irff i\i /'risf-nterf ttf r/i/ [I'/rA-. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 99 Elizabeth-Mary De Carteret, Lady of Trinity, the mfe of Sir William Symonds, Kuiglit, R.N., C.B., late Surveyor of the Navy. Upon her death, the Jersey estates, of which she had had the usufruct, devolved upon her sister, Caroline De Carteret, Lady of Trinity, the wife, in 1805, of Gabriel- Henry, Count de S. George, of the ancient and noble family of that name. She dying in 1858 — her younger son, Carteret-Wilhara-Henry S. George-De-Carteret, and the adopted lieii' of his uncle, the last Seigneur of Trinity, having died vita matris — the Seigneurie and estates in Jersey devolved upon her eldest son, Alexander-Henry-Augustus-John, Count de S. George, the present Seigneur of Trinity, of whose lineage the following condensed account is given : — S, (f5cor(j;c» HE family of S. George comes originally from La Marche de Limousin, in France ; and if it has not attained a grand historical reputation, yet it has ever held a pro- minent position among the most ancient and most distinguished of the French nobility. It possessed, for several centuries, the barony of S. George, situated two leagues from Limoges, and whence it appears primarily to have derived its patronymic* The most ancient record discovered of the family is the inscription formerly existing on the bell of the pai'ish church of S. George — Jacobus a Sancto Georgio, miles, me dedit, anno incarnationis, DCCCLXXXVIII. This bell, after eight centuries, was re-cast in 1687, as is stated in the parochial registei- of that period, in which this inscription was copied. It woidd be difficult, if not altogether impossible, to give a connected pedigree from a period so remote ; for at that date registers only existed on lands belonging to ecclesiastics. The historian, in default of an unbroken list, can only be guided by official deeds, in which the names of various members of the family appear, and it is beyond doubt that, fi-om, and even before, the date just referred to, the family possessed the Barony of S. George, as the patrimony of the eldest branch, until 1582. A few of its more eminent earlier members are recorded below, as preserved in authentic documents. Baudoin de S. George was one of the knights who accompanied the Conqueror to England, and, settling there, became the source of the families of S. George of England and Ireland. t Gaufridus de Sancto Georgio, mentioned in 1189 among those Barons who were to furnish knights for the ward of the Glinteaib du Loir.X * By a cm-ious coincidence the old legends, speaking of the Saint of that name, often characterize him as the " Baron S. George, le bon Chevalier." t Vide Stowe. Ducange, Coll. Hist. Eom., p. 1125. Noble's Coll. Arms, &c. + MS. Clerambault. iOU AN ARMOItlAL OP JERSEY. Victor de Sancto Georgio, Abbat, appears as witness in a cliarter granted by Eicliard Coeur de Lion to WoUateran, Archbishop of "Rouen, in 1197.* Several other knights, abbats, and canons of the same family figure in the charters and documents of the centre of France, during the twelfth and tliirteenth centuries ; among others — MAi^FRED de S. George, one of the knights condemned to pay the fine of ten livres toimiois for being found at the war made by the Bishop of Alby.f This fact proves that Manfi'ed had fought for the Albigenses against Simon de Montfort and other cruel per- secutors of the followers of the Gospel. Peter de S. George, Miles, Baron de S. George, married in 1281 the sister of Renaud d'Aubusson, and acted as witness to his will : the will, in dog-Latin, was sealed by William d'Aulnisson, brother of the testator, and by his two brothers-in-law, Peter de la Tour d'Auvergne and Peter de S. George, all knights : it contains, among others, the following passage : — " Item lego terre saucte transmarine centum libras semel solvendas pro nobis et pro legato predicto nostro, tradendas petro fratri nostro in primo generali passagio, si idem petrus vidt transfretare, &c." Peter de S. George fulfilled the wishes of the testator. The Knights of S. John of Jerusalem having seized the island of Rhodes, under the Grand-Mastership of Foulques de Villaret, Othman, the Emperor of the Tui'ks, attacked them there. Peter de S. George repaired to Rhodes, and was made prisoner by the Turks, but afterwards released from captivity by Pope Clement V., his near relative. Oliver de S. George, Seigneur de S. George, grandson of Peter, was one of the knights killed at the battle of Poictiers, 19th September, 1356. Olive de S. George, daughter of Oliver, married in 1368 Peter de Nailhac, and was mother of Philibert de Xailhac, Grand-Master of the Order of Rhodes in 1396. Several other knights of the same name and family appear in documents of the second half of the foiuieenth century, among whom is Oliver de S. George, Knight, Seigneur of S. George, de la Bussiere, de Verac, de Fraisse-en-Limousin, &c., who became the source of the various branches of the family. He married in 1404 Catherine de Rochechouart, of the family of the Dukes of Mortemart, from which period all the branches of his family have borne their arms quartered with those of Rochechouart. By this marriage Ohver de S. George had three sons and a daughter, which last, Agnes, married John d'Aubusson, Seigneur de la Borne, and Chamberlain of Charles VIL, King of France. The sous were named Guichard, William, and John. Guichard de S. George, Baron de S. George, eldest son of the preceding Oliver, married in 1442 Catherine d'Aubusson, and was the soiu-ce of the two elder branches of the family. That of the Barons of S. George occupied a distinguished position among the nobility of La Marche imtil 1582, when the name became extinct by the death * Rot. Tur. Loud., vol. i., p. OH. t Hist, ilc Lauguedoc, vol. iii., p. o-ia. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 101 of Isabeau, only daiigliter of Gabriel, last Baron de S. George. The castle and barony reverted to the sister of Gabriel, Magdalen de S. George, wife of Anthony de la Saigne, Baron de la Boi^ne. Giiichard was also the source of the branch of the S. Georges of Burgundy or S. Andre, who bore the title of Marquis, and possessed immense estates in the provinces of Lyons, Bourbon, and others. Several members of this family fdled important stations in France. Among whom was Claude de S. George, Ecclesiastical Count of Lyons, Bishop of Clermont, afterwards Archbishop of Tom\s, and finally Archbishop of Lyons. He was born in 1625, and died in 1714 ; his tomb may yet be seen in the centre of the Cathedral of Lyons, in fi-ont of the steps of the choir. This branch became extinct in 1704 by the marriage of Claude-Mary de S. George with the Marqids de Vichy-Chameron. William de S. George, Seigneur de Verac, younger brother of the preceding Guichard, married Jane du Mesnil-Simon, and was the source of the present existing branches of the family. By his wife he had issue, Guichard de S. George, who married in 1490 Anne de Mortemer, Lady of Couh^ in Poitou : this lady brought her husband a large accession to his landed property, which was already considerable fi'om the side of both father and mother. This branch formed one of the most influential families of the nobility of Saintonge and Poitou- Guichard had four sons and four daughters ; three of which latter married gentlemen of the pro\4nce, and the fourth became a nun at Fontevi^ault. Of the four sons, Gabriel de S. George, Knight, was the source of the branch of S. George de Verao. PoNTUs de S. George became Abbat de Valence at S. Maixent. Andeew de S. George, Knight, Seigneur de Bourleuf, whose descendants formed the branches of S. George op Suaux, of Maesay, and of Dieac. GuiCHAED de S. George was Abbat of Bonuevaux. These four brothers were among the first disciples of Cahdn, and the influence of their example greatly encouraged other persons of rank to decide in favour of the Reformation. The Gallia Christiana in an article on Pontus de S. George contains the following : — " Hie, abjurata fide catholica, Calvino in Ecclesias navi sute perversa dogmata preedicare permisit. Monialem virginem et Priorissam Parthenonis de Bonneuil, ordinis Fontevraldensis, sibi inatrimonio copulavit, nee ab ilia filios sumpsit. Arma in regem an-ipuit, et tandem anno 1573 occubuit." In the History of the Protestants of Poitou, by M. Licvre, Pastor at Couhe ; in La ixdita Chronique Protedante de France, by M. Crottet, Pastor at Pons ; and in the History of Saintonge, by President Massiou, as well as in other works on the History of the Reformation in France, mention is made of the great influence that these four brothers exercised over the political and religious events of Western France, and the active part taken by Guichard de S. George, and his descendants (the Sires de V6rac), in the religious wars of the period. John de S. George, Seigneur de Fraisse, youngest brother of Guichard de S. George, married in 1436 Margaret d'Aubusson, sister of his brother-in-law John D'Aubusson, and 102 AN ArvMORIAL OP JERSEY. of his sister-in-law Catlierine, before mentioned. He was tlie source of tlie two youngest branches of the family — that of Fraisse, and of Regnier-Perisse. The former settled in Lusig'uan, where its descendants still exist, but the family was ruined by the Eevolution of 1789 ; to it belonged Sir Philip de S. George, who, having embraced the party of the League, was condemned by the Parliament of Bordeaux, and decapitated in 1581. The last representative of tlie branch of Regnier-Perisse died Ecclesiastical Count of Lyons in 1822. ISrnnrf) of ^. SrmQf of Vtvat. Gabriel pe S. George, Marquis de Verac, eldest son of Guicliard de S. George, married in 1527 Anne d'Oyron; he organised in 1568 the insurrection of the Protestants of Languedoc and Dauphine; in 1569 he retook his castle of Couhe from the King's troops ; and in 1570 he commanded the vanguai'd of the Reformers at the battle of Ai-nay le Due. Joachim de S. George, his son, Marquis of Verac, was also a distinguished personage, and a skilfid general ; he was employed in several negotiations and important missions on behalf of the Reformers, both in France and abroad. Olhtir pe S. George, his son. Marquis de Verac, married in 1601 Anne de Jousserant, Lady of Tassay and Champagnd-le-Sec. Forced probably by the rigour of the times, and by the heavy expenses incui'red by his grandfather and father in sustaining the war just referred to, he sold, in 1626, the estate of Verac. One of his daughters, Madeleine, married Claude de la None, Seigneur de Montreuil, son of the celebrated Bras de Per ; another, Louisa, married Jacques de Caumont, whence descend the Dukes de la Force. Oliver de S. George, his son, married in 1631 Margaret de la Muce-Ponthus, Lady de Tregu in Britany (daughter of David de la Muce and of Margaret de la None, whose names were veiy prominent among the firm supporters of the Reformed Church in Britany). Oliver de S. George, their son. Knight, Seigneur of the Barony of Couhe, de Chateau- Garnier, Champagne-le-Sec, Treg-u, &c., was at first as zealous in the cause of the reformed religion as his forefathers. He married Margaret Le Coq-Madeleine. In 1666, Charles Colbert de Croissy, in his Memoire corircrnaid VEtaf dn Poitoii, speaks of him thus : — " Le Marquis de Verac, Chef de la maison de S. George, est un jeune Seigneur, riche de 30,000Z. de rentes, il a, entr'autres, laterre de Couhe, pres de Poitiers, &c. II est de la religion P.R., et sa famille a toujours ete la support de cette religion en Poitou ; car son ayeul et ses oncles ont produit plus de vingt mille Huguenots. II est encore considere comme un de piliers de cette religion. Sa mere est do la maison Huguenote de la Muce-Ponthus." Benoit, the historian of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, frequently mentions in his memoirs the Marquis de Verac, sometimes as a Protestant zealot, at others as converted to Catholicism, and even as a propagator of his newly adopted faith. In fine, after having, in early life, defended with vigour the cause of liberty of conscience, he allowed himself to be tempted by Court promises, by the bait of Royal favours, and by an inordinate desire to preserve intact his large possessions. He therefore abandoned the evangelical faith, caused his wife to bo confined in a convent to force her to abjure her religious ojiinions AN AKMOKIAL OF JEESEY. 103 (wliicli attemjDt, however, was not cx'owned ^\'itli success), and brought up liis children in the Roman CathoHc faith. As a recompense for his apostasy, the King raised to a Mar- quisate, under the title of Couh6-Verac, the estate of Couhe, which was until then but a barony, and Oliver became successively Lieutenant-Geueral of the King's armies, Lieutenant- Greneral of Poitou, Commandant of the Province, Chevaher des Ordres du Roi, &c. From this period his descendants continued to enjoy a large share of Royal favour and to occupy a very distinguished position in France. C^SAE DE S. Geoege, his SOU, Marquis de Couh6-Verac, and Seigneur of several other places, was, after the death of his father, Lieutenant-General of Poitou, Lieutenant- General of the King's armies, and Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, and married in 1706 Catherine Margaret Pioger, by whom he had several children. He died in 17-11. His son, Feancis-Olivee de S. Geoege, Knight, Marquis de Vcrac, &c., was also Lieutenant- General du Poitou after the death of his father. He married in 1741 Elizabeth Margaret de Riancourt-Orival, and was of delicate health. He died in 1753, aged 41, leaving an only son, Cuaeles-Oliver de S. Geoege, Knight, Marquis de Yerac, Peer of France, &c., who was born at Couhe in 1743. Although but ten years of age on the death of his father, Louis- Fran9ois de Bourbon, Prince de Conti, obtained from the King for him the Lieutenancy- General of Poitou. He married in Paris, in 1760, Mary Charlotte Josephine Sabine, Princess de Croy, daughter of L. F. J. de Croy, Due d'Havre, and of Mary Louisa Cun6- gonde de Montmorency-Lusemboiirg. He filled various public offices under Louis XV. and XVI., and was Ambassador to several of the foreign courts, and among others to that of Russia, where he remained until the end of the last century. He Lived to an advanced age, and left three sons and a daughter, of whom the eldest and youngest son died without issue ; the second, Aemand-Maximilian-Feancis-Joseph-Oliviee de S. Geoege, was born in 1768, and was created IMarquis and Peer of France during the lifetime of his father, who was also a Peer. Devoted to the house of Bourbon, he it was who planned that flight of the unhappy Louis XVI. which ended so disastrously at Varennes. After his emigration he entered the Austrian service. At the restoration of the Bourbons, he was constituted Marechal de Camp and Governor of Versailles, and became distinguished in the Chamber of Peers in spite of his well-known Legitimist principles, by his moderation and stern sense of justice. The Marquis de Verac is now resident in Paris, and, although 90 years of age, is still in the possession of aU his facidties. He married in 1810 Euphemia, Countess de NoaiUes, grand-daughter of the Duke de Noailles, by whom he has three daughters. The eldest, Mary, is married to the Count de Rouge ; the second, Martha, to the Marquis de Costa de Beauregard in Savoy; and the youngest, Alix, to the Count Gaspard de Castries.* * Since the above was written, an oLituary notice in the Aflienceum of August 28, 1858, has the following : — " The death of the Marquis (Olivier de S. George) de Verac, at the age of 90, in his old Chateau du Tremblayi cannot pass without a word on our part. When a boy, he filled the post of Private Secretary to the Baron 104 AX ARJIORIAL OF JEESEY. ISranrijcs of .^, (Srorgr of ^unux, iBarsiaij, antr IBIrar. Andrew de S. George, Seigneur cle Bourleuf, one of the four brothers Avho embraced the tenets of the Eeformation at the commencement of the sixteenth century, married in 1552 PauUne de Puyguyon-Surgeres, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Lewis de S. George, the eldest son, Seigneur de Boissec, had issue two daughters. Isaac de S. George, the second son. Seigneur de Bourleuf, Boisaubin, and Loubigny, married in 1790 Magdeleine de Joubert, Lady of Suaux, by whom he had issue two sons, Philip and Lewis, of whom presently. He was assassinated before he had attained his thirtieth year. Philip de S. George, Knight, Seigneur de Suaux, w^as the source of the branch of Suaux, which settled in Holland in consequence of the persecutions, and became extinct there in its fourth generation in 1757. Lewis de S. George, Knight, Seigneur de Loubigny, was boim in 1592. He was a man distinguished by his courage and by his talents ; he was an officer of the body-guard of Henry IV. at the period of the assassination of that monarch, when he immediately quitted the service, and retired to his estates. He married, firstly, in 1624 Judith de la Roche- foucault, Lady of Marsay, who died without issue, although, liy arrangement, the estate of Marsay remained in her husband's family. He married, secondly, in 1629 Charlotte du Bois, Lady of Dirac, and other places, by whom he had two sous, Lewis and Hector. Lewis de S. George was the source of the branch of Marsay, the eldest existing branch of the family. Hector de S. George married in 1694 Mary de Brilhac, and was the source of the 1 (ranch of Dirac, which became extinct in the fourth generation, at the close of the last century. Hector-Lewis de S. George, Knight, Seigneur de Dirac et de Genouille, and son of the preceding Hector, was a man of profound learning, an author, and the historian of his family. ISranrf) of ^. Srorgr of ifftarsan. Lewis de S. George, Knight, Seigneur de Marsay, Loubigny, and la Chambaudiere, manned in 1676 Louisa, daughter of the Marquis de Lescours, Lady of the Barony of Nieul. He lived in the dark and troublous times when Louis XIV. heaped persecution upon persecution of all kinds upon his unhappy Protestant subjects. As long as possible de Breteuil, then resident at Soleure. Baron and boy alone jiossessed the secret (out of Paris) of the intended royal journey to Varennes. The gallant lad more than once put his lil'e in jeopardy by secret visits to the capital, after the arrests of his unhappy Sovereigns, where he contrived to put himself in communication with the royal prisoners. M. de Yei'ac retained in his possession several letters, and fragments of letters, written by Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, and the hoped-for publication of these would tend, we are assured, to raise in general esteem the King and Queen, to whom misfortime gave such terrible dignity." AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 105 Lewis de S. George aflfbrded in liis castle at Marsay a refuge for tliose Protestant families who had been dispossessed of tlieir homes by the King's dragoons. This castle, as well as that of M. d'Olbreuse (whose sister had married the Duke of Bruuswick-Lanenbouro- and Zell), and the one belonging to M. de I'Aleigne, afforded, by then' vast extent and their means of defence, a shelter capable of admitting a large number of refugees, although this last resource was soon denied the imhappy Protestants of the neighbourhood, for the Castle of Marsay was besieged by the di\ag-oons, and its owner f reed to seek refuge in flight. In October, 1685, he repaired to Paris, and lived there several years, until at last the increasing rigour of the persecutions forced his wife, with five of her childi'en, to seek a refuge in Holland, whence she went to Geneva, and finally to Zell, where she was received, with other noble refugees, with great kindness by the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick. Her husband, however, was detained at Pai'is by a serious affliction, where he was attended by his eldest son, who added to his filial duties the care of the vital interests of the family. The Seigneur de Marsay, after having undergone two painful operations, died in Paris, in November, 1701. His eldest son, Armand-Lewis de S. George, designated in oflBcial documents as the Count de Marsay, succeeded his father in his titles and estates at the age of twenty-one, and, as in rejoining his family abroad he rendered himself liable to the loss of both, he endeavoured to dispose of at least part of his lands. He succeeded, in piu'suance of his wish, in selling the Barony of Nicul, but only by making an enormous pecuniaiy sacrifice. The sole wish of the Count de Marsay was to aid his familjr, and to reside with them Avhore he coidd enjoy the blessings of hberty of conscience. He was so well and favourably known in France by his learning, his character, and the amenity of his manners, that several propositions of settling in life were made him ; among others, the Duke de Chfitillon pressed him to accept the command of a company in his regiment of cavalry ; but all these offers were steadily refused by him. At last, in 171G, he obtained from the Court of France permission to travel in Germany, and, passing Geneva, joined his mother at Zell. There he married his cousin- german Mademoiselle de Schiitz, daughter of the Baron de Schiltz, ex-State Minister of the Elector of Hanover, and niece of the celebrated Baron de Bernstorff, Minister of George I., King of England. Althoiigh this marriage had been contracted in a foreign country, con- trary to French decrees on this subject, the Baron de Bernstorff, then ah-powerfid with George I., obtained from the French Government permission that his nephew might rettirn to France, there enjoy or sell his property, and even, if he desired it, enter the service of his Britannic Majesty. The Count de Marsay availed himself of these various permits. In 1717, having in the meantime revisited his estates, he received orders from the King of England to repair to Geneva as his Resident Minister : some time afterwards he was accredited in the same capacity to the Helvetian Body and the Grisons. Two years later he was fortunate enough to be able to render a signal service to his sovereign, George I., by arresting, at Geneva, the Earl of Mar, who was secretly returning fi-om Italy to put himself at the head of a Jacobite party in Scotland. His Majesty was much pleased with this act of 106 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. zeal, and wrote a letter of tlianks to tlie Council of Geneva, and Lord Stanhope, then Secretary of State, evinced in several letters to the Count the King's satisfaction. Lord Mar was kept prisoner for a year, when, the Stuart faction having been totally dispersed, he was released upon parole. In the same year, 1719, the Count de Marsay lost his wife, by whom he had issue a son and a daughter, who both died young. At the period of these losses, the Republic of Geneva presented to the Count the right of citizenship as a mark of its esteem and affection. In 1724 he married, secondly, Henrietta de Mestral de Pampigny, a member of one of the most distinguished famiUes of the Pays de Vaud, by whom he had two sons. In 1740 he disposed of his estate of Marsay, as well as of some others, having, in 1731, acquired from the femily of his second wife a seigneurial estate in the Pays de Vaud, called Changins, near Nyon, where his descendants have ever since been located. He died in December, 1762, in his eighty-third year. Armand-Lewis de S. George died regretted by all who knew him for his open, benevolent, and generous character, his varied accomplishments, and the purity and firmness of his pinnciples, which caused him to be loved and respected by all. Although he had sold the estate of Marsay, he continued to bear the title of Count de Marsay till his death, as did his eldest son ; however, the title appertaining to the family, and not to the estate, his other descendants continued to bear the title of Count simply prefixed to their paternal surname ; and this title has been confirmed to them by the several sovereigns they have served since their exodus from France. Gabriel-Lewis, Count de S. George, eldest son of Armand-Lewis de S. George, by his second wife, was born at Geneva in 1727. After having travelled over Evirope, he attached himself to the Court of William IV., Stadtholder of the United Provinces, as Gentleman of the Bedchamber. He passed the greater part of his life in Holland, and was nominated Chamberlain, and afterwards Marshal of the Court, an appointment which he occupied for many years. He was designated in Dutch official documents as the Coimt de Marsay- S. -George. He possessed Changins, and acquired in 1760 the Seigneurie of Duillier, con- tiguous to it. The Revolution of the United Pro\ances in 1795 deprived him of his appoint- ment, and the French Revolution and that of the Canton de Vaud caused the loss of a large portion of his wealth. Attached to the anclen regime, he saw with dismay all those institu- tions he had been accustomed to revere crumble around him, and his chagrin may be said to have accelerated his end. He died at Changins, whither he had retired, in 1801-2. Dying unmarried, he left his estates to his only brother, Henry -Augustus, Count de S. George, born at Geneva in 1728, who also entered the Dutch service soon after his brother. He was placed in the Horse-Guards, and rose by suc- cessive promotions to be Colonel of Dragoons. In 1767, being on leave in Switzerland, he married his cousin, Gabriella Beata de Mestral, and settled at Chardonnay, near Aubonne, in the Pays de Vaud, which he had recently purchased. In 1769 he retm-ned to Holland in order to resign his commission as Colonel. He was of extraordinary mental powers, learned, and an amateur in music and painting. Although his suavity and his dis- tinguished manners and exquisite politeness would have claimed the highest success in AN ABMORIAL OF JEESEY. 107 society, he mucli preferred living in the bosom of his family in the country, where he died in 1809. He had issue three sons, AtvMAND de S. Geokge, born in 17G8, died unmarried in 1798. Gaukiel-Henet de S. Geoege, born in 1770, of whom presently. Alexander de S. Geoege, born in 1772, was an officer in the Swiss Guards in the Dutch service ; he was mortally wounded in the attack on the French intrenched camp before Landrecies, and died some days after at Quesnoy, in 1794. Gabeiel-Henky, Count de S. Geoege, was placed by his uncle, the Count de Marsay, as Ensign in the Dutch Guards in 1787. The follo^\4ng year he was appointed first Lieu- tenant, and in 1791 Captain. With this rank he served in 1793 in the Flanders campaign, diu-ing which he manifested a capacity for military tactics, for which he was highly compli- mented by his superiors in command. In 1794 he was wounded in an affair near Menin, which prevented him for some time from serving actively, and he was soon after named Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Stadtholder. During his absence on leave, the French army invaded Holland, in 1795, and the Stadtholder and his family being forced to retire, the countiy fell under the domination of the French. The young Captain of the Guards, Hke his imcle, the Marshal of the Court, lost his appointment by these circumstances. At this era of revolutions Switzerland formed no exception to the general rule, and the Count de S. George was appointed Captain of Grenadiers in the Vaudois Militia, but, the majority of the Canton having declared in favoiu' of the Eevolution, the Count withdi'ew from any further participation in public affairs. In August, 1798, he rejoined the Prince Frederick of Orange, who was forming a corps in the North of Germany, but the project was abandoned when the Count arrived in Brunswick. The hereditary Prince of Orange, who met him there, wished him to accompany to Berlin, as Secretary of Legation, General Baron Stamford, who was charged with a diplomatic mission to the Court of Prussia. After passing about a year there he, in 1799, joined General Hotze, who was then raising in the North of Switzerland a body of troops, destined to act in concert with an Austrian army in dehvering Switzerland from the French. Hotze at first wished to attach the Count de S. George to his staff" as aide-de-camp, Init, this plan presenting some difficulties, the General commended him to Mr. Wickham, then Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty to the allied armies, and to him the Count acted as Secretary of Legation for military affairs. He received at the same time the rank of Captain of the Staff" in the English service. In 1800 he was appointed Major, and in March, 1801, Lieutenant-Colonel. In this capacity he served actively until the Peace of Amiens in 1802, and when the Staff of the Swiss troops in the English service was disbanded, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and came to England with Mr. Wickham. The Count on his arrival was sent for by the Dowager Princess of Orange to Hampton Court, who proposed that he should become the governor of her grandsons, the young Princes of Orange. However agreeable this proposition might have been to his feehngs, the Count de S. George declined it solely on account of his parents, whose only son he was. Therefore, after spending nearly a year in Scotland to study in Edinburgh, 108 AN ARMOKIAL OF JERSEY. he returned in 1805 to settle in Switzerland near his father, after having married CaroHne, daughter of Rear- Admiral Philip Carteret,* Seigneur of Trinity, in Jersey. After his retvu-n to S^\^tzerhlnd the Count de S. George retired entirely from the public service. In 1823, WilUam I., King of the Netherlands, nominated him ChamberUiin. He died in December, 1826, in his fifty-seventh year, at Edinburgh, loved and deeply respected by all who knew liirn. His wife suiwived him more than thirty years, and died in February, 1858, at S. Saphorin-sur-Morges. The Count de S. George had issue, Alexander-Henry-Augustus-John de S. George, of whom presently. Carteret- William-Henry de S. George, born in December, 1815. Augusta-Henrietta, born in January, 1809, married in 1834 M. Albert Victor Rodolph de Mestral, of S. Saphorin-sur-Morges, formerly an oflGicer in the Dutch service, by whom she has issue six children. Elizabeth-Henrietta, born in March, 1811, married in 1835 M. P. J. Elout de Soeter- woude, a member of the States-General of Holland, and Coimcillor of the Court of Appeal. She died -without issue in March, 1837. In virtue of an Act of Parliament of the reign of Anne, f Henry-Augustus de S. George, born in 1728 in the house of his father, the Britannic Minister in Switzei'land, was considered as though born in England; an Act of the reign of George II. J extended this privilege to his son; and another of the subsequent reign § confirmed it to another generation, but there the naturalization ended, unless further renewed. Therefore it was found expedient to cause the issue of Gabriel-Henry, Count de S. George, to be recog- nized as natives by the States of Jersey ; and further, the eldest of them, Alexander, was naturalized by Act of Parliament in July, 1839, without prejudice to his rights as citizen of the Republic of Geneva and of the Canton de Vaud. Sir Philijj Carteret- Sylvester, Bart., dying unmarried in August, 1828, named by his will Carteret-William Henry de S. George, his heir, upon his taking the name and arms of the family of De Carteret, and becoming an English subject. These conditions were complied with. Carteret-William-Henry de S. George added to his family name that of De Carteret, and was placed at Rugby School under Dr. Arnold, where he highly distinguished himself, and gained several of the highest prizes. Too great an ardour in the pm-suit of learning, however, injuring his health, he fell a victim to consumption, and died in Switzerland in his eighteenth year. Alexander-Henry-Augustus-John, Count de S. George and Seigneur of Trinity, was born in July, 1807. He was brought up at the Academy of Geneva, and finished his studies at the University of Leyden, in Holland, where he received the degree of Doctor in Roman ;md Modern Law. Deeply imbued with the hereditary attachment of his family * In the Admiral's first commission the De was omitted hy mistalie, and tliis omission was continued in all the Hubsequent ones. t 7 Anne, cap. 5. + 4 Geo. II., cap. 21. § 13 Geo. III., cap. 21. AN AKMORIAL OF JERSEY. 109 for Holland and the House of Orange, he saw with disgust Belgium revolt againt its proper sovereign, and Holland abandoned by the Allies ; this led laim, much against his personal tastes, to enrol liimself as a volunteer in the Dutch army, in which he served in 1830 and 1831, in the Belgian campaign, in a corps of Chasseiu's. Afterwards he was attached to the Staff of the Prince of Orange, and remained in active service until 1833, when he was recalled to Switzerland by private duties. He married in 1835 Elizabeth-Sophia, daughter of the Rev. Henry Heigham, of Hunston Hall, co. Suffolk, who died in December, 1855, and by whom he had issue, William Hemry Theodore De Carteret de S. George, born 1841. Elizabeth Mary Henrietta, born 1837. Merelina Mary Ann Augusta, born 1838. By decision of the English Court of Chancery, and in consequence of the decease of his brother, Carteret William Henry de S. George, Alexander Henry Augustus John, Count de S. George, became Seigneur of Trinity, in the island of Jersey. By his will, Sir PhiUp Car- teret Silvester had left the usufruct of the estate to his eldest sister, Lady Symonds, and afterwards to his yoimgest sister Caroline, Countess de S. George. Arms. Quarterly, 1 and 4. Argent, a S. George's cross, gules, for S. George : 2 and 3. Barry-nebul6 of six, argent and gules, for De Rochechouart. On an escutcheon of pre- MANOE HOrSE OF S. TRINITY. no AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. tension, quarterly, 1. Argent, a sea-lion, naiant, azure, for Silvester; 2. Gules, foiir fusils, in fesse, argent, a martlet for difference, for De Carteret ; 3. Gules, three eagles, displayed, or ; a crescent for diiference, for Lempriere ; 4. Azure, nine billets, or, for De S. Martin. Crest. Out of a count's coronet, a demi-tub, and issuant therefrom a mermaid. Supporters. Two mermaids, jDpr. Motto. Nititur per ardua virtus. The Manor House of Trinity is a picturesque and solid mansion, originally erected in the reign of Elizabeth, but which has received several subsequent additions ; it is surrounded by its own well-timbered grovmds, and fronted by a lawn and a piece of water, which give it all the air of an English country seat. It possesses a well-stocked Ubrary and the largest col- lection of family and other portraits to be found in the island : among which is a large and valuable portrait of Charles II., by Lely, a gift from that King ; and on the lawn still exists stone table, connected by tradition with many a jovial feast given in honour of the " merrie monarch" while a visitor in Jersey. KETSTOXE rOE»i:ilLY OVEE THE ENTEANt'E-DOOE AT S. TEINITT MAKOE.* * Upon a stone now at Trinit}' Manor, which was sculptured evidently shortly after the marriage of Amias De Carteret with Catherine Lempriere, the fourth quarter of the shield is charged with three mallards, which quartering is also represented at S. Ouen's Manor on a broken but highly elaborate tazza, ornamented with the arms of the alliances of the family. It is not known to which insular family these bearings belong. AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. Ill « tJ eg W Cm h-l w Pi i ^ ^ hP'-= Pv o a .«? ja" OQ !3 OQ .2 ^,o 'S^ 9«o „-i«^ » 1— 1 11 o 3 d5 a g j ° •-a 00 ^ s ^ 3 HO ea •a 'S ^ H J 5 5^' . p oi-M j3 I Joi^aj 1^ S .5 ■50 ■S 13^-2 I a 1-5 !» ^ ^8 3 .a 3 -d^ ;C3 a Tj O 4> ii - "5) g "o § cS OS O ,a ., '^ S '^ |J a g § II — so • ^ ;a g t-o^^ ^■"^ -3 t.-S-^ f^^ H S W " . .s:?-«s -« e r f,-S c3 3 '^ & a fi y tri:^ J .« ^ .0 •< fi^ II - -sO 5^ CD — s- CO _, o ^< 1^ :a^ - a a 3i M C! N ;a & W o w pq ^ lA o • S -■^ -D W M .S 3 a > a M 4 s •g g I -a S H (a cc -e en t- a* !:3 or ^ o :a^^ H ►^ a -^ o — M „■ 1>» c c5 r- ca 5 o S2 Sf4 -■•il w -M O 3 03 O o a CD _ ® a — .- S -1 J3 -! S I 5 " 5 5 o II — S-a ^-< . £ Si- ■a ,--a «*- ..J* r p, O 5-1 |.«g 5m Qo Pi:; a K- — ^ .ta cS 02 'SI - iS;5 o ^ I- o a 3-3 &. §^ § = I ® • 2 -a " 3 r a o •a a . 2PP Ji«ii ? S =»! >^ C w 112 AN AKMOEIAL OF JERSEY. ^^1 ■^ W r^ « ^ ^ ^ ^'►•^ ITB 3 rt H •^ Hi (A s M ^ c: fn £- s Tl ■^ <1 d s FQ M Ci oj > OJ O -T", ■*3 I— < Si US MM S l-S c3 M — ->i — • o 'd'S,"^ S 1 o Wg •§ w s ,1 d3 ^. s O ID 02 H 03 be 1 s § W 1^ a ^iS P4I^M ^ p4 M '-f w^ ai ->-3 "o It ^1 B S II OS OD
  • m w -° -7- G ^ 1^ X o p^^ f^ .- ^^•^ b ;« ■SO 2 <^ H — 3 w 3 O r « g I s I 5 " S o 00 f^ fi 2 t, o +^ ■oM 02 O p4 o 4;^ H j: "O «> o o e "g^ 'CCS ^'3 •S g .9 -S c is:: O O r-l i:i k;= ^ ' t; « v^ CD o t— 1 t; o C3 Opq H M i-J-S 5 ts o^„ O-c O 3 AN ABMORIAL OF JERSEY. ill) q O O M o •-3 d s o o w a;* OJ :^ H r-; :<^ •3S o 2 o H a to O l^ tn — <-i a N „ 3 .Oi>.2 a as-- i;-^ a S aO I t-5 _fq H is n ^ us -3 X aj CO ^'^ a a o " i-z h" 8?^ be o a -S >-. bo a'S a ;" W a ^ 1 3 at •> W ■T! pq OJ OJ S2 ^ ^ S 5 o O o'i ii «^ « o-"-' O fl *^ ^ c ? P-> OJ 'V. si o a" -a o cf o^ Hs - '3 a -2 c^ ja a i^ ►-3 c; "3 CO 'rt OJ rH ^ -O rW cS ». £ ? tS -H 3 ^ J^ 3 o ^ _Pq_g^ is s .§■-=■ ^ '':5 ,a j3 C CO ^ XI O 120 AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. Mt (Bvnd)^, iN common with, most families of mediaeval importauce, tlie variations of spelling in the name of this one are numerous. Its name lias been written, at different epochs, De Groschie, De Grochie, De Grouchy, De Gruchy, and Gruchy.* The patronymic is of such early occurrence in Norman annals that, to use the words of the Revue Generale Blographlque, the origin of the family " is lost in the night of time." Among the followers of William the Conqueror to England was a Grouchy, while another member of the family fought in the Holy Land in the first Crusade. Among the soldiers in that of 1296 was Henri De Grouchy, whose arms are blazoned among those which decorate the ceiling of one of the chambers of the Palace of Versailles. The French branch received a confirmation of nolnlity at Rouen, 7th of Januaiy, 1407. The present General Count De Grouchy, son of the celebrated Marshal of that name, and Commandant of Division at Strasburg, writing on the snbject in 1855, says, " I have heai'd from my father that two branches of our family were obliged to expatriate themselves after the conquest of Normandy by Philip-Augustus. One settled in Jersey, and engaged in commerce there, Avliile the other sought refuge in England, where its descendants remained until they emigrated to America, in consequence of their religious opinions, which were opposed to the Puritan principles of Cromwell. This branch is now, I think, extinct, for I met its last member at Philadelphia in 1817, and who bore the same arms as myself ; he was sixty years of age, and, although married, had no issue. "t The Jersey branch has various traditions respecting its exodus from the Cotentin, where several places still bear its name, as shown liy the maps of that district. It settled in the parish of S. Trinity in that island in the latter part of the twelfth, or commencement of the thirteenth century, where it acquired considerable landed property, and gave its name to the fiefs De Grochy and De Gruchetterie. This last is now possessed by the Seigneur of Rozel, who holds the court of the fief in the house pointed out as the original residence of the fomily. Several of its insular members have been in orders. Sire John Grouchy was Rector of S. Mary in 1557 ; in 1G07 the Rev. Olivier Groschie was Rector of S. Clement. The Rev. Daniel Grouchie, M.A., who married Catherine De Carteret, sister of the Seigneur of Trinity, was Rector successively of S. Peter and S. Mary. The Rev. Philip * Among the various contracts or lethal deeds in the possession of tlie family is one dated 13G2, in wliieh the name is spelt De Grouchie; another, dated 1120, where it ai)pears as De Grouchy; and in one of l(ji)5, as De Gruchy. t Lettre adrcssi'e par le General de Division Conite de Grouchy h ]\I. le Comte de Malortic. J:>ltilili ( Ijtilinnll.l )i\[m C>nr^cMnum% A'y u//i'/// l/iix /'/,/// /x Prrsi/i/rt/ fc ///) llrr/i- AN AKMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 121 Grucliy was Rector of S. Laurence in 1 730, and one of tlie last Eomau Catholic RectoKS of S. Trinity was also of this family.* Many branches derived fi-om the same source have, from a very remote period, relinquished the prefix de. Its members are very numerous : in one vingtaine in the parish of S. Trinity there are no less than sixteen individuals named Phihp De Gruchy, besides many others in various parts of the island. Although the Jersey family has increased to such an extent, the French branches have been less fortunate, and aic soon likely to become extinct, as its present members have no male issue. The late Marshal de Grouchy, being acquainted with the fact that a portion of his family had settled in Jersey, -sasited the island some few years before his death, formally acknowledged the relationship, and presented one of its members \\4th his portrait, which is treasured as a valued heirloom. It is represented by Me. Philip De Grughy, of the parish of S. Trinity, who, about fifteen years ago, sold the family estate to another De Gruchy, of a younger branch. The house on this property stands, curiously enough, on the five fiefs of Diclament, De Gruchetterie, Saval, Petit Rozel, and Vanaise. Aems. Or, frettv azure. t i^OR a very long period, the family of De La Garde has been of consequence in Jersey. The French Barons of that name have repeatedly claimed it as a branch of their house — a house distinguished for its courage, ability, and Huguenot principles. Concurrent dates, with various other circumstances, com- bine to render the common origin of these two families highly probable ; but the con- nexion has not been indubitably established, owing to the loss of early documents relating to the history of the Jersey branch. | * A biography of Matthew De Gruchy, a Roman Catholic priest, native of this island, living in the eighteenth century, of amiable manners and irreproachable life, is given in the Pafrie of 1st February, 1851. t The Marshal Grouchy bore ou an escutcheon of pretension over these arms, argent, three trefoils, vert. These are the arms of Gruchi, of Normandy, Escuyers, Seigneurs of Robertot, Grenj-, and Bressy. The former arms are also borne by the Lords Willougbby d'Eresby, of Parnham, and Barons Middleton. X About sixty years since the then Baron de La Garde came over to claim kindred with the Jersey branch oi his family. His statement of its descent was to this effect, that a branch of his fiimily had emigrated — it may be pre- sumed during the Reformation — from political .and religious motives, to Holland, where it exists to this day ; that a member of this branch had subsequently removed to Jersey (a well-known place of resort for the early Reformers), and there settled. This person, there is every reason to suppose, was the Jean De La Garde whose death is recorded in the earliest register of the parish of GrouviUe which lias been preserved. Whether he married in Jersey, or was already married when he arri\'ed, cannot, apparently, now be ascertained, as neither his marriage, nor the death of his wife, is included in the parochial register. The family of Dr. Paul de Lagarde, the eminent Greek and Syriac critic of Berlin, emigrated from Lon-aine about a century later. The difficulty of finding suitable employment in France for the cadets of this Protestant house may explain these repeated emigrations. E 122 AN AEJIOKIAL Oi'' JERSEY. The family formerly possessed an estate at Gorey, in the parish of Grouville, and is represented by Colonel Charles De La Garde, who married Mary, daughter of Bi-un Benest, Esq., by whom he has issue sis daughters. A branch settled in England in the person of the Rev. Philip De La Garde, sometime Rector of S. Martin, Jersey, who married Sai'ah, second surviving daughter and co-heiress of Jonathan Chilwell, Esq., of Westerham, and Hadlow, co. Kent (who was the son of William Chilwell, Esq., of Vauxhall, by Mary, only daughter and heiress of John Bailing, Esq., of Westerham, and who was allied to the families of Barstone, Pratt, and Mawbey, of Surrey, and that of Daulinge or Balling, of Kent, Surrey, and Suflblk), by Maria, only surviving daughter and heiress of John Balling, Esq., of London, merchant.* The Rev. PhiUp De La Garde died at Chelsea, in 1798, and was buried in the parish church of Westerham, Tills branch is represented by his only child, PiiiLir-CiiiLWELL De La Garde, Esq., of Exeter, of which city he was Sheriff in 1832 and Mayor in 1834, and where he holds several public appointments. He has written a work on Cataract, and various papers in the Arclia?ologia, Exeter Bioc. Arch. Trans. ; Trans. Inst. Civ. Eng. (which obtained the Telford Medal) ; Med. Chir. Trans. ; Prov. Med. Surg. Journ. ; Medical Gazette, &c. He married Susan, second daughter of the Rev. John Lempriere, B.B., by whom he has issue five children. Another member of this family, Mary, daughter of the Rev. Charles Be La Garde, Rector of GrouviUe, was of considerable literary attainments. She wrote " The Candid Friend," and other works of no small merit, but was chiefly engaged as a contributor to the English Reviews of her time. Martin Be La Garde, the author of a poem of considerable beauty, entitled " An Essay on Real Felicity," to which is prefixed a complimentary epistle, in verse, by John Hill, was probably of this family, but nothing is known of him save that he published his essay in 1736. Arms. (As borne by Philip-Chilwell Be La Garde, Esq.) Argent : a bend, gules, charged in chief with a cross patee, or, between six mullets of the first; quartering, Argent, a palm-tree, vert, within a bordure, gules, for Herault ; Azure, a chevron between three arrows, or, for Chilwell ; and Ermine, on a bend, or, three acorns, ppr., for Balling. Impaling, gules, three eagles, displayed, or, a crescent for differ- ence, for Lempriere. Crest. A deer hound, or, collared and ringed, gules. * Vide Hasted, History of Keut ; will of John Bailing, Prerogative Court of Canterbury ; and nioinimeiits in the parish churches of Lamhoth and AVcstcrhani, and Christchurch, Southwark. AN A]fM(,»l;TAL OF .lEIiSEY. 123 ^rtiigvfc of Wt Ha Sartre. William Hooper, said to have been the brother Joiix De La Garde, d. 1598.= of John Hooper, Hoper, or Houper, |_ Bishop of Gloucester. Philip Ue La Garde^Mary, d. of . . . Triguel. m. 1607, d. 1614. i John. Hugh Hooper.* T Clement Hooper. T Clement Hooper. . Jane. d. of . . . Philip. De La Garde, b. lG09.=Mary, d. & eventual co-h of John Herault. Pliilip De La Garde Jane. Susan Hooper or Houper, only d. & h.,=George De La Garde, Mary, b. 1647. I I. Francis. m. 1674. b. 1643. Philip Collas, of the Philip, Maison de S. Martin. o. s. p. George De La Garde, Constable or Mayor of ^ Ann, d. of Elias Pipon, Seig. of the parish of S. Martin, b. 1676. Noirmont. Mil Susan. Elizabeth. Ann. Mary, o. s. p. I I Rev. Charles De La Garde, of Gorey, ^ Mary, d. of John Le Hardy, George, for 50 years Rector of Grouville, " ' | Jmat R.C., m. 1737. b. 1699. b. 1698. I Peter Patriarche.= Ann. b. 1701. I I I I Charles De La Garde, Esq., = Mary, d. of Capt. George, Rev. Philip, = Sarah, d. and Thomas, Mary, Jm-at R.C., b. 1744, d. 1820. George Bernard. b. 1746. Rector of S. ' co-h. of b. 1748. b. 1752, Martin, b. j Jonathan d. at 1747, d. 1798. , Chilwell, Esq. Clifton. Charles De La Garde, Esq., Col. R.J.M. Mary, d. of Brun Benest, Esq.f Philip-Chilwell De La Garde, Esq.. = Susan, 2nd d. of the Rev. John F.R.C.S., b. 1797. | Lempriere, D.D. ..I I Philip, b. 1828, John-Lempriere De La d. 1833. Garde, Esq., M.B., Loud., F.R.C.S,, b. 1833. Jessy- Williamson, b. 1827. Elizabeth-Miller, b. 1836, d. 1857. Richard A. Becher, Esq. Katharine, b. 1838. Marv-Ann De La Garde, b. 1809. Rev. Clement Le Hardy, Rector of S. Peter. Louisa-Jane, b. 1810. Elizabeth, b. 1812. Sarah, b. 1813. Jane, Susan, b. 1815, b. 1817, Capt. Thos. P. Le Hardy, Rev. Chas. Sevmour. Dr. Sharkey. d. 1S41. d. 1840. R.N. Provost of Tuam. * Hugh Hoopei-, fitz William, for the houfe and grounds of the forfeiture of Mourant Befnard, to carry the King's wheat 3 quarters. I cabot. Hugh Hooper for William Hooper for the forfeiture of Mourant and Rofuerd, which he holdeth of the King in fee for ever x fous. — Vide Extente, 1607. t The family of Benest has been settled in the parish of S. Brelade for several generations, where one of its branches is represented by Geoege-Philip Benest, Esq., for several years Constable or Mayor of his native parish. 2 1. AN AKMOKIAL OF JERSEY. iUrtigrrc of ISfncst. JosnrA Benest. ==..., youngest d. of Jolni Le Febvre, Seig. of S, John La Hougue Boete. Raulin Benest. = Sarah, d. of . . . Bailhache. Raulm Benest. = Appolinc, d. of . . . Corbet. Aaron, d. 1709, Eaulin Benest. Aaron. Philip, li. 1706. George. Rachel, d. of Riuilin, o. s. p. Joshua, Elizabeth, eventual o. s. p. heiress. Fallot. Philip Benest. Elizabeth, d. of — Mausrer. Sarah. Mary. Rev. Andre Daniel Migault, Hamon. Rector of S. Saviour, Guernsey. John, d. 1759. Sarah, d. of — Marett. Mary, d. of - Monamy. Brun Benest. Jane, d. of Philip D'Auvergne. - ..I I I I I'liiHp Benest, George. Sarah, Jane, d. at d. 176-1. d. at Chester, Youghal, — 1816. Ireland. Jane, d. of ■ Hamon. Major Charles Shireff. Brun Benest, George, Philip, b. 17-10. Deputy- Vicomte ob.jiiv. or Sheriff of Elizabeth, d. of Jersey, and Col. — Godfray. 4th Regt. R.J.M, Mary -Jane. Elizabeth. Elizabeth, d. of Hamon. Philip Benest, Esq., Andre, d. 1804. Elizabeth-Catherine, d. of — Mauger. I. Harriet. Peter Cotter, Esq., H. M. 58th Eegt. Mary Elizabeth. Benest. Colonel De La Garde. Harriet Benest, b. 1797. John-Joshua (Jabourel. Elizabeth, b. 1797, ob.juv. George-Philip Benest, Jurat R.C. Elizabeth, d. of Philip Winter. Elizabeth, ob.juv. Philip, Lieut. R.J.M. Susan, d. of — Le Beir, of the Island of Guernsey. Jane. George Neel. Elizabeth. George-Philip Benest, Esq., Constable of S. Brelade. Ellen-Campbell, d. of Capt. John Fitzwalter, H.E.I.C.S. Harriet. George-Philip. Ranlin-Fitzwalter. Anthony-Philip-Georgc. Ellen-Georgina. .\R,\rs. A chevron between two roses, slipped, in chief, and a heart in base. AN AEMOKIAI, OF JERSEY. 125 He la DIace, HE insular founder of this family was the Reverend Peter De La Place, a member of the ancient and honourable family of this name, of the province of Angouleme. He, Avitli his wife, fled from France on account of his rehgious opinions, and settled in the parish of S. Ouen,* as appears by a formal document given by the Bailly, Philip De Carteret, and a quorum of Jurats, to the Rev. Blias De La Place, son of Peter, as a proof of his descent. This deed is dated 1st October, 1641. Elias De La Place became possessed of the fiefs of Anneville, Everat, and Lempriere, by purchase, from his Majesty's Commissioners, in 1649. These fiefs are held by Knight's service, and owe the maintenance of a horseman equipped and ready for service, with arms and other requisites, at all times when the enemy shall assail or be near the island ; these fiefs are also to remain impartable in the male, or collateral, line for ever.f The estates were afterwards held by Philip De Carteret, Esq., Bailly of Jersey, by his marriage with Mary De La Place, Lady of Anneville, the last member of the elder branch of the family, a most estimable person, who, as says the Parish Register, " fut regTette du peuple, de ses tenants, et des pauvi-es, auxquels eUe faisoit beaucoup d'aum6nes."| Branches of the family, now extinct, are represented by the families of Le Hardy and Le Maistre of S. Ouen. Aems. (Of De La Place of France.) Azure, three midlets, or. ^rtiigrcc of Mz 3La ^lare. 2. Elizabeth, d. of=REV. Petek De La Place, a native of Angouleme, afterwards= John Dumaresq. A daughter. Rector of S. Ouen. Le Ruez. :1. Michelle, d. of . . . . Girard,§ of the ancient Nor- man family of that name. Rev. Samuel De La Place, Pastor in the island of Guernsey. Peter, j Settled — I in David, ' Britany. I 2. Jane, d.^Rev. Elias De La Place, of . . . . Rector successively of S. Dubosc. Martin and Grouville, and Sei'j-. of Anneville. B =1. Jane d. .To.shua, settled of Noble- at Saumur. homme Julian Dagobert, Seig. of La Hayrie, in Normandy. * Where he gave his name to the property which he purchased, to this day called La Place, t Vide Extente of 1668. J Tide Register of Burials, parish of Martin. § Asms op Giraed of Normandy, Gyronny, of six, or and azure ; a chief, or. II The ftimily of Le Ruez is descended from a gentleman of that name, a native of the province of Languedoc, wlio settled in Jersey at a very remote period. He was the lineal ancestor of Nicholas Le Ruez of S. Ouen. I A 1 12G AN ArwMOKlAL OF JERSEY. B I Eev. Joshua De La Place, Rector of S. Trinity and S. Laurence. Samuel. Thomas. Genette. Elizabeth. Mary De La Place,=Philip De Carteret, Esq., Esther. Ansrel. Mary De La Place, b. 1663. Eev. John De La I'lace, Rect. of S. Mary. vSarah, dau. of Benjamin Bisson, Esq. sole d. and h., m. 16-i2, in S. George's Chapel, Mont Or- gueil Castle, d. 1676. Bailly of Jersej', brother of Sir (Jeorge Carteret, Bart. (J'ide Ped. of De Carteret, Baronial Branch.) Sarah De La Place, d. 1755, aged 95 years. John Le Brun, o. s. p. Mt la Castf. EAN DE LA TASTE, tlie first settler of tliis name in Jersey, was one of the victims of tlie persecutions which followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Having fled from his native place, Saintes, near Bordeaux, he settled first in Spain, iDut finally retired to Jersey, where he married Marie-Susanne Souze, liy whom he had a numerous family. The parent stock still exists in Trance, where, at the end of the last century, it was represented by Monsieur Jean-Jacques De La Taste, Seigneur du Chatelet, President de I'Election de Saintonge, who, by Dame Catheruae Dangibeaud d'Averton, his wife, left issue two sons and three daughters, one of which latter became the wife of the Comte Pierre de Bremond d'Ars, and another that of the Chevalier de Maureville. Its present head is Monsieur Aristides De La Taste, Receveur des Contributions directs a Neufchatel. In Jersey the family is represented in the male line by Frederick De La Taste, Esq. Arms : Gules, a plain cross, humette, between three doves, argent. Crest : a dove, ppr. Motto : Virtus, Pietas, et Fidelitas. Philip Lc Rucz, of S. Oiun, o. s. p. B . . . Lc Broeq. =^ Susan. Amliv Le Erocq, Esq., tlie present veprescntalive of this braneh of the family. Arms op Le Ruez, Gules, three arrows in fease, or, points downward. Crest. A lion rampant, gules. Motto. Vi et Virtute. Dt la Tm MalU, Bilfarani? AN AEMORTAL OP JERSEY. 127 13ctiigrfc of 33c 3La Ea^tt. Jean De La Taste. = Marie Gamier, oh. at Saintes. Jean De La Taste, settled in Jersey. = Marie Susanne, d. of Jean Souze. Marie. Mane. ) Sara. ) oh. at Saintes. Edward, ) | Eacliel. ■ o.s.p. JeanDe La Taste. = Sarah, d. of William Matthews. Frederick, I I I Marie-Susanne, Thos. Williams, Marie-Deborah, of Alderney. — Susanne, ol. jtiv- Jean De La Taste. = Judith, d. of John Mellish, of Guernsey. I Sara, ob.juv. John De Edward, ^ Jane, d. of John Hooper, Frederick, Thomas-Eugene. Mellish. La Taste, Lt.-Col. of GrouvUle. oh.Juv. R.J.M. Elise, d. of Margaret of Mary-Jane, d. of James Grellier. Poole Giffard Edward Renouf. Jane. Clara-Eliza. I I Leonora. Loms Poignard. Sarah. Leonora-Maria. H. C. Ber- — tram, Amelia. Eliza. Wm. Anley- Three sons and ___^___ two daughters, | till of whom the Thomas-Francis Charles. John. Twodaus. eldest, James De La Taste, H. De La Taste, Capt. R.J.M. Mary-Ann, Esq. d. of Ph. Pelher. Louisa Ann, d. Isabella, d. of of Capt. Bayfield. T. E. De La Taste. Mellish De La Taste, Capt. & Adj. R.J.M. A. ob. 1859. I ' M M Edward, Philip-Matthew, Mary, Capt. R.J.M. — — • John-James. Jane- JuKa, d. of Honorine. the late N. both ob. Le Quesne, Jurat E.G. Mc ©ucttfbille. HIS family lias been settled from a very early period in the eastern parisli of S. Martin, of wliich one of its members was Constable or Mayor about 1330, Its name is very probably derived fi'om the village of Quetteville, in Xormandy ; and the fief of Quetivel, in Jersey, received the name of this family, who were probably its first proprietors. 128 AN AEMOEIAL fiF JERSEY. In 1331, Andrieii De Quetteville appeal's as one of the jury empanelled to ascer- tain the King's dues in the parish of S. Martin, and in 154G John De Quetteville was one of the procureurs of the same jiarish. The family has continued to reside in its old ancestral house, and is now represented there by Francis De Quetteville, Esq. Another branch also residing in S. Martin is represented by JosnuA-DuMAEESQ De Quettea^lle, Esq., descended maternally from the ancient families of Mallet and Dumaresq of Samares. Among its principal members was the late Philip Do Quetteville, Es(i., Colonel R.J.M.A., which l:)rancli is represented by his son, David De Quetteville, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court and President of the Chamber of Commerce of Jersey. A branch of the family apjiears to have settled at an early period in Guernsey. Jolm De Quetteville was Bailly of that island in 1631, and his namesake was elected Jurat of its Royal Court in 1053. Aems. Or, a saltire, azure, dentelle, sable. J3t &it. (tvoix. HIS family has been settled in the island from a very early date, for in a confirmation of lands to the monks of S. Mary of Bellozauue by King John in 1200, the name of Robert De Sancta Cruce is mentioned as a trustee.* One branch of this house, still holding land on tlie fief of Bellozanne, on an estate known as the " Pied du Cotil," is now represented by the eldest son of the late G-AUTiEii De Ste. Croix, Esq., and by Feanois-Gautiee De Ste. Croix, Esq., who, with Durell Lerrier, Esq., also represent the distinguished Norman family of De Gascoing, Seigneurs of several important and extensive fiefs in that Duchy. Another branch is represented by Philip De Ste. Croix, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey, son of the late Aaron De Ste. Croix, Esq., who was also a Jurat. His l)rother, Francis De Ste. Croix, Esq., married Amelia, daughter of the late Charles D'Auvergne, Esq., of Guernsey, and is thus connected with some of the most distinguished families of that island. Arms. (As borne by Francis-Gautiee De Ste. Croix, Esq.) Argent, a lion rampant, sable : quartering. Argent, three spear-heads radiating from the fesse point, l)etween as many mullets of six points, pierced, gules, for Dj-: Gascoing ; and Azure, a gi-iffin, segreant, * Vide Rot. Cliart., 1 Joliii, 1200. Touching the uiituiuity of the name as a patronymic, M. About, in his recent sparkling worlc on ]\ome, incidentally states in his remarks upon the llonian nobility, that the family of Sancta-Croce had representatives in the days of Livy. ;)Pr,in:rb (§aittm' Jf §fc €r#i^, f.0j.i|irtm By n/ir'?» //i?s P/,i/, is 7'/y\i/i/ti/ fr- f/i, ll'> lA: . AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 129 or, for LoiTVEL. Impaling, gules, on a mount, vert, two lions, rampant, supporting a tower, argent, for Kelly. Crest. A dexter arm, embowecl in armour, ppr., holding in the hand a cross passion. Another : A cubit arm, vested, holding a plain cross. Motto. In Deo confido. iPrtigrff of 3if ^tf. (Sxoix. BRANCH OF PIED-DU-COTIL HOUSE. Abeaham De Ste. Croix. Abraham De Ste. Croix, d. 1707. = Margaret, d. of . . . . Poingdestre. Abraham De Ste. Croix. Margaret, d. of — Luce. Joshua De Ste. CroLx, b. 1707. Magdalen, d. of Samuel Passem. Rachel, m. 1728. Philip Bechervaise 1. Eachel, d. of = Thomas De Ste. Croix. = 2. Ann, d. of Samuel. — Le Breton. Sorel. Magdalen De Ste. Croix. Thos. Du Jardin. I I Rachel. Margaret De Ste. — Crois. Mary. Philip Ahier. Magdalen. Esther. Mary. Nicholas James George Boudier. Ereaut. Sohier. Joshua De Ste. Croix, oh.juv. John, died a pi'isoner of war in France. Abraham De Ste. Croix. Joshua De Ste. Croix. I . Francis. Mary, d. of — Collas. Esther. Joshua, b. 1740, d. 1820. Magdalen, d. of Thomas Luce. Elizabeth, oh.juv. Ehzabeth. Magdalen. Francis Hamptonne. PhiHp. Margaret. Henry De Ste. Croix. Francis De Ste. Croix. Marv. Elizabeth, d. of — De Ste. Croix. Rachel. Francis De Ste. Croix. Henry. PhUip De Ste. Croix. PhUip. Peter. Rachel, d. of — De | Ste. Croix. Peter. I John. Francis De Ste. Croix, Lieut. Ehzabeth. Philip De Ste. CroLx. Rachel. R.J.M. John. PhUip. Jane, d. of — Gautier. Philip Payn. Susan, d. of — Ahier. Philip Bichard. Ehzabeth, d. Susan. = of — Dyment. B 130 AN AinK'iRIAL OP JERSEY. B Anne De Ste. Croix. Edward IJenize, of La Eoussetterie, S. Laurence, Capt. R..T.M. Gautier De Ste. Croix, Esq. Francis-Gautier. Ann, d. of the late Henry Biggs, Esq., Rifle Brigade. Susan, d. of the late Captain Kelly, E.N. Mary-Ann. Louisa. Francis De Ste. Croix. Henry-Biggs. Gautier. Edith. Alice. Phoebe. .John De Ste. Croix. Jane, d. of — Duehemin. The representatives of this branch have settled in the United States. Jane. John Le Cronier. Ann. Isabel. Grace. Be ^. ilflartin. OR many generations this family, long since extinct, possessed the Fief Hubert of Trinity. Thomas De S. Martin, the last Seigneiu' of Trinity, -was accused after his death of ha\dng participated in the attempt to deliver the island to the French, during the Governorship of John Nanfant. This charge probably derived an air of possibility from the fact that Guille De S. Martin, brother of Thomas, had been Attorney-General of Jersey under the Count de Maulevrier, the French commander. It was Tuade use of, in the reign of Henry VIII., by Sir Hugh Vaughan, the then Governor, as a pretext for endeavouring to wrest the estate from Drouet Lempriere, nephew and heir of the aforesaid Thomas. The allegation, however, was proved to be false, and the rapacious claims of Vaughan were, to the honour of the BaiUy, Holier De Carteret, disallowed by the Court.* Durell, in his notes to Falle's history, mentions that John, Guillot, Ralph, and Guy de 8. Martin (probably cousins of Thomas) were also implicated in the accusation. f The family is represented by the Seigneurs of Trinity and of S. John La Hougue Boete. * ride p. 78. t Laurence De S. Martin was Bishop of Eochester from 1251 to 1274. Whether he was, as is probable, of this family, records fail to show. His arms were — Sable, six lionccls, 3, 2, 1, or. Vide the Blazon of Episcopacy. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 131 ^rtiigrrr of S«. Ittartin. JoEDAN De S. Martin, mentioned in a confirmation of lands by King Jolin to the Monies of S. Marv of Hellozanne, 1 Johan., A.D. 1200, from whom descended, Henry De S. Martin, Bailly of Jersey in 1318, Scig. of Trinity. Iticliard De S. Martin, Seig. of Trinity, Bailly Geoffroy, Lieut. -Governor of Jersey John, Bailly of Jersey 136R. of Jersey 13G7. 1371 (i)j(/e Rymer's Fccdera). '= Richard De S. Martin, Seig. of Trinity. John De S. Martin. John De S. Martin, bur. at S. Saviour, Thomas De S. Martin, Seig. Guille, Attorney-Gen. of Gideon. ^Mabel, d. 1462. of Trinity, Usher to Henry Jersey 1463. of ... . = VIII. when Prince of Wales, La Cloche. | living 1497. John. Guillot. Ralph. Guy. Thomasse, sole d. and h.,=George Lempriere, of Rozel. Lady of Trinity. (Tide Fed. of Lempriere.) Aem.s. Gules, nine billets, argent. (When the Manor of Trinity became possessed by the family of Lempriere, the tinctures were altered to azure and or.) The ancient arms of the family were a fesse between three mullets . . . ., as appears from a seal of Richard De S. Martin, Bailly, appendant to a deed dated 1367.* Bt VanmovtL Pw PHILIP DE VAUMORBL, the first of that name in Jersey, married Constance-Charlotte Le Hardy, daughter of the Attorney-General of that island, by whom he had John, M.D., and Philip, Colonel H.B.I.C.S. This latter served in India with much eclaf, and was present at the siege of Seringapatam ; a sword taken at the sacking of the town, and a portrait of the veteran, are in the pos- session of F. Gme. CoUas, Esq. Neither leaving issue, the family became extinct, in tlic male hne, in the second generation of its insular existence.! Arms. Barry of eight, ermines and argent, over all, a lion rampant, or ; on a chief of the second, three owls, ppr. Crest. On a wreath, an esquire's helmet, ppr. MoTTO. Loyal Devoir. * Vide p. 63. t The representation of the family devolved, on the death of Col. Vaumorel, in 1820, upon the descendants of one of his sisters, the wife of .... Le Sauvage. 132 AN ARMORIAL OP JEB.SEY. I3u!jcaume. HE date of the first settlement of this family in the island has not been ascertained. Its eldest branch possessed lands in the parish of S. Ouen, where, becoming extinct, it is now represented by John-Daniel Chevalier, Esq., who possesses, among other objects of vertu formerly belonging to the family, an antiqvie tortoise-shell l)rooch, upon which are carved its armorial bearings. A junior branch has long been settled at Les Augerez, in the parish of S. Peter, and is represented by the Rev. William Ddheaume, M.A., Rector of S. Trinity. Arms. Cheeky, argent and vert, on a bend of the first, a leopard's head, cabossed, between two annulets, sable ; a canton ermine. Crest. A dexter hand issuant fi'om clouds, holding a sprig of three roses, all ppr. ^rtiigrrr of JDuljcaumr. RlCHAHD DunEAUME, of the parisli of S. Peter, living 1600, from whom descended Peter Duheaume, a junior scion of Duheaume of Les Augerez. = Sarah, d. of Leonard Lc Grand, of La Vallee. Peter Duheaume. = Susan, d. of Drouet Gallichan, of la Maison de la Chasse, S. Trinity. I Peter Duheaume. = Sarah, d. of Abraham Bertram of S. Martin, by Sarah De Carteret. I I I . .1 I Peter Duheaume, o. s. p. Philip, o. s. p. William. ^= .Jane, 3rd d. of Rev. George Duheaume, = Elizabeth, only the Eev. Richard M. A., of Pembroke I Le Feuvre, Coll., Oxon., Rector of S. William Duheaume, M.D., = Caroline, d. of CTement Rector of S. Peter. Laurence. Surgeon 84th Regt. Bailhache, Jurat R.C. d. .t h. of Daniel Poingdestre. Rev. George William, M.R.C.S. Sarah. Ann. p]liza. Duheaume, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke Lam-a-Caroline, John Fallo, Philip, Willian Coll., Oson., d. of William of S. Peter. eld. son of Le Couteur 0. s. p. 1S37. Duheaume, M.D. Advocate of Hamp- 1 Le Couteur, tonne of Hamptonne House. Elizabeth-Caroline. House. Laura- Jane. George-Philip. William-Leighton. Sarah-Ann. Alice. /1\ II /j/ //I //av /'/,//, /.-.■ />j.;sy ///>>//- ///f- II /!/■/,' . AN AEMOKIAL OF JERSEY. 133 Rev. William Duheaume, M.A., of Jesus Coll, Cambs, liector of S. Trinity, : Mary- Ann. only d. of the Rev. Edward Le Vavasseur- dit-Doi'ell, Rector of S. Saviour, William-Charles, b. 1857. Mary-Mildred, b. 1858. Laura-Caroline. Delicia, o s, p. Wm. Duheaume, M.R.C.S. IBumarcsq, EW families in .(; Jersey can boast a more length- ened lineage or more distins-uished mem- bers tban tbat of Duma- resq. It is one of the few patrician bouses of the island, the representatives of which have, from the earliest historic period, held offices of trust and distinction in the public service of Jersey. Falle, the historian, makes special mention of its rank and antiquity, and congratu- lates himself upon his con- nection with it. The first insular settler of the name is stated to have been of a Norman family, and to have mi- grated in the suite of certain ecclesiastics who visited Jersey for the pur- pose of dedicating one of the parish chiirches, in the early part of the thirteenth century. The earliest offi- ABMS AXD SUPPORTERS OF DrilAUKSQ, SCULPTUEED ON THE SOUTH WALL OF S TEINITT CHURCH. cial mention of the name occurs in a roll of the Exchequer, 21 Edward I., recording assizes held in Jersey, 23rd November, 1292, in which Jordan Du Maresq appears as a Jurat of the Royal Coiirt of the island. The name has been variously spelt De Marisco, De Marais, Dumateys, and Dumaresq ; a name which was not, at one period, peculiar to the island; for in 1217 John De Marisco held the See of Dm-ham, and in 1272 Wilbam De Mareys held lands in Oxford. There exists, however, no evidence to prove the common origin of the Jersey and English families.* * ViiJe the Abbreviatio Placitorum, the Inquisitiones post Mortem, &c. The Testa de Neville also mentions individuals named Marisco, Maresco, Le Mareys, and De Marej's. By a privately printed history of the family of Montmorency, written by Henry de Montmorency-Morres, and published in Paris in 1817, it appears that a branch of this house was formerly styled De Marisco, since corrupted into Morres. 84 AN AEMOEIAL OF JEESBT. That of Jersey appears primarily to have been established in the parish of S. Brelade, where it held the estate of La Hanle. So early as the reign of Edward II., William Dmnaresq was Attorney-General of the island, and is justly remembered with admiration on account of his successful and able defence of the liberties and ^Drivileges of his countrymen before John de Fressingfield, Drogo De Barentine, and John De Button, the Commissioners appointed by the King to inquire into the legislative and jurisdictive state of the island. From this liranch the late Sir John Dumaresq, Knight, derived his descent, of whom the following obituary notice is translated from a local journal : — " Gifted with a lively imagination and with superior genius, Sir John Dumaresq directed, at an early period of his life, his attention to the study of jurisprudence, and at the age of twenty-one was nominated an advocate of the Royal Court. Here his natural energy and stirring eloquence, supported by his logical style of pleading, his excellent delivery, and his sound judgment, soon predicted his ultimate success. Successively called, by public approval and by the choice of Government, to fill various administrative, financial, military, and judicial functions, he became Constable (Mayor) of his parish ; one of the Receivers of His Majesty's Revenues ; Colonel of the N.W. Regiment R.J.M. ; Attorney- General of the island in 1801 ; and finally its Lieutenant-Bailly in 1802. He eminently comprehended the insular laws and constitution ; and it was undoubtedly owing to this valuable advantage, combined Avith his other qualifications, that he was deputed on no less than twenty-one occasions to represent the States of Jersey before His Majesty in Coimcil. He terminated his long honourable career on the 19th March, 1819, aged sixty-nine. More than one thousand individuals, among whom were members of the most distinguished families of the island, assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to their beloved and talented countryman."* In S. Peter's Church exists an elegant mural tablet to his memory, and to that of his wife, the daughter of John Le Mesurier, Esq., hereditary Governor of Alderney. In the same church there is also one to that of his eldest son John Dumaresq, Esq., Attorney-General of Jersey, and another to that of his youngest son, Thomas Dumaresq, Esq., Deputy- Assistant Commissary-General, who served in Egypt, in the Mediterranean, and in the Peninsula, and had charge of the Army of Occupation in Paris in 1815. This section of the family is represented by Geoege Duiiakesq,, Esq., of Seafield, S. Lam-ence. From La Hanle a branch settled at Vincheles de Bas, of which fief it obtained the Seigncurie in 1486 ; whence, about 1500, John, son of Thomas Dumaresq, Seigneur of Vincheles de Bas and of Gorge, by his marriage with Mabel Payn, the lady of Samaras, removed to that Fief Haubert, which remained in the possession of his descendants for eight generations. Of this Itranch, Henry Dumaresq, Seigneur of Samares, was con- spicuous for the support he gave to the Republican cause at the period of the Great * Vide Gazette de lisle de Jersey, March 27, 1819. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. l;3i Rebellion, when lie was one of the Rebel Commissioners, and for his friendship for Michael Lempriere, the Parliamentarian Bailly of Jersey. His son Pliilip, however, appears to have held opposite views, for he figures as a Jurat of the Royal Court very shortly after the Restoration. He was born about 1650, and entered at an early age the Royal Navy, where he rose to Post rank. He is well known as the author of a Survey of Jersey, which he presented to James II. in 1685. The original MS. is preserved at the British Museum. His only daughter Deborah, avIio conveyed the Seigneurie of Samaras to the Seale family, died without issue. One of the junior sections of this branch is repre- sented by John Dumaeesq, Esq. AEilS AND QUAETEHI^GS OF DUMAEESQ OF SAMAHES, S. CLEilEXT S CUrECH. On the south side of S. Clement's Church is an altar-monument, surmounted by the arms depicted above. It records the death of John Dumaresq, Jui'at R.C., and Esther Dumaresq, his wife. Lady of Samares. This latter, vnih. her sister Sarah, the wife of Heher De Carteret, were remarkable for their patriotism, in voluntarily resigning their joint seigneurial rights to the Mont de la Vihe (upon which is erected Fort Regent), which is situated on a dependency of Samaras, in order that so commanding a site might be fortified for the protection of the town and harbour of S. Heher. The idea, tln.'n suggested, was not carried out until many years afterwards. In the interior of the same church is a slate tablet recording the extinction of one of the branches of this family, on which are inscribed the following quaint lines, which, fi^om their pathos, deserve repetition here : — (See page 136.) 136 AN AKMORIAL OF JEKSEY. Ici reposent les coqis d'Hclier Dumaresq, Gentilhomme, qui Deceda le 2 2 May 1 7 1 6, et dt- Demoiselle Esther Dumaresq sa fiUe, Qui deceda le lyme Avril 1717. Ester Le Geyt sensiblement touchee de la mon de son Fidele epoux et de sa chere fiUe, leur a fait dresser Cet epitaph pour estre un monument peipetuel de son souvenir. J'etois encore inconsolable Apres le trepas d'un mari Que j'avois tendrement cheri Lors que la mort inexorable Mettant le comble a mes douleurs Fit de nouveau coulei' mes pleurs, Et m'enleva ma chere fille, Tu le scais 6 mon Dieu c'estoit H(51as ! tous ce qui me restoit D'une assez nombreuse famille. Seule sans enEins, sans epoux Q u'heureuse pour moy sera I'heure Oft je les pouray joindre en ta sainte demeure Et gouter dans ton sein les plaisirs les plus doux. Arms. From the family at Samares sprang the various branches of Ddmakesq du Morin, Dumaresq des Augres, with others settled in various parts of the island. The estate of Morin derives its name fi'ora a family once of some note in the island, but now extinct. Perrez Moryn was Lieutenaut-Bailly to Sir John Bernard in 1431, and Nicholas Morin was Bailly under the Count de Maulevrier in 1467.* This branch of Dumaresq, now quite extinct, was allied by marriage to some of the best famihes of the island. The fief of les Augres was acquired by this family by the marriage of Richard Dumaresq with CoUette Larbalestier, its heiress. The family of Larbalestier is one of very early settlement in Jersey, and is said to have derived its patronymic from the fact of an ancestor having held the post of bow-bearer to the Conqueror. Of this branch was the Rev. Daniel Dumaresq, D.D., F.R.S., Canon of Salisbury; Prebendaiy of Netherbury-iu-Bcclesia ; Rector of Yeovilton, Somerset ; Pi'ebendary of Wells ; and honorary member of the Academy of Sciences at S. Petersburgh. He was educated in his native island at the school of S. Manelier, afterwards entered Pembroke College, Oxford, and * Ahms (as borne by Pekrez Morxn) : A pike, naiant, in chief; in base, waves, ondee. Motto : Fortune le veut. The seal used by Nicholas Morin had for device a sprig, leaved and fructed, hut this probably was not intended as an armorial bearing. Anils of Morix of Normandy : Or, a cross, engrailed, sable. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 137 finally became a Fellow of Exeter College in 1740. He was some time Chaplain to the British Factory at S. Petersburgh, and, while there, was honoured with the special notice of the Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II. of Russia. Upon the application of Stanislaus, the last King of Poland, for some Englishman of talent to superintend the scheme, he was considered the fittest person to conduct the establishment of schools, which the King- had determined to open throughout his dominions. Entering into his task -with much taste for the employment. Dr. Dumaresq succeeded in carrjdng out this educational plan to the admiration of every one concerned. On his departure from Poland the grateful monarch was solicitous to present the leai^ned doctor with some adequate mark of his good--wil]. Dr. Dumaresq, however, refused both honours and money, and would accept nothing save the watch that the King wore, and which he took simply as a gage cVamitlc* Upon his arrival in England he retired to his small living near Bath, which no promises of preferment made him by his personal friends, George III. and William Pitt,t were sufficiently powerful to induce him to leave ; for, had it not been for his genuine love of repose and tranquillity, he might imdoubtedly have arrived at the dignity of a mitre. " Perhaps the uniform conduct of no one man," says Hutchins, in his History of Dor.set, "in this or any other coTuitry came nearer to that of the primitive Chinstians in the apostohc age, than that of this venerable divine during his very long life."t At his dcatli, which occurred at Bath, October 28, 1805, in his ninety-fifth year, he generously left liis books to the Public Library of Jersey, which nearly doubled the original gift of Falle. A characteristic portrait of Dr. Dumaresq is in the possession of Madame de Vincheles de Bas, who is descended from his sister EHzabeth. This branch is represented by the families of ]\Iallet, De Carteret, and Vibert. Another branch, several of the members of which are settled in England, is represented by the descendants of Lieutenant-Colonel John Dumaresq and of Phihp Dumaresq, Esq., late President of the Council at Cape Breton. Its insular, no less than its Enghsh, aUiances, * This watch is still m existence in Jersey, having been given by a female relative of Dr. Dumaresq to her legal adviser, some few years ago. t Several interesting anecdotes are extant respecting this good and erudite man. It is said that when Pitt could steal a few days from his sterner duties, he would go and visit his friend, and, in his humble but snug parlour, the haughtv and eloquent Premier would resuscitate his earlier days by discussing with his learned friend some disputed classical passage, or bv relating, with much interest, on difs touching their early companions, many of whom were among the most prominent characters of the day. Dr. Dumaresq was formally introduced to George III. by Pitt himseff, at a levee, when the King was delighted at the Doctor's combined modesty and erudition. Some time after this introduction, as the King with some of his suite were stroUing ou the Weymouth esplanade, the latter were surprised to see His Majesty accost, -with much cordiality, a tall, ungainly, travel-stained ecclesiastic, who liad just landed from a vessel. Their astonishment was not diminished when the King, evidently warming with the "conversation, took the stranger's arm, and. in a paroxysm of delight, fairly clapped him on the back. When the unknown had departed, after an animated interview of above an hour, they crowded round to inquire who and what he was. " That, gentlemen," said the King, '■ is Dr. Dumaresq. one of the most worthy and most disinterested men in my dominions." + Tide Hutchins's Dorset, vol. iv., p. 369. T 138 AN AKMORIAL OF JEESEY, together witli its social position, render it the most prominent portion of this famous house. Arms. (As borne Ijy John Dumaresq, Esq.) Grules, three escallops, or ; a martlet for difference.* Quartering — Ermines, a cross-bow di-a-\vn, charged ^^^th an arrow, all argent, for Laebalestier :t Gules, three escallops, or, a crescent for difference, for Dtmaresq : * The Jersiaias followed a custom, ouce prevalent wliei-ever arms were borue, that of bearing maternal armorial ensigns, in default of their possessing paternal ones. If the following extract from a very old MS. be worthy of credence, it would appear that an instance of this practice occui's in the fiimily of Dumaresq. Another ancient heraldic peculiarity may be observed in the seals of its various members, that of dividing the various coats of arms, and giving portions only of the charges of each on one shield. This custom has, from its confusion, been long and wisely disused. " Les Dumaa-fqs portent S., trois dauphinets, argent, conime principal chef defcendu de Jean de Bagot, Seigneur du tief de Gorge." '• Item, gueules trois vaneaux, or ; comme principal chef defcendu de Michel Le Febvre, .Seigneur de Vincheles de Bas, &ca." " Item, A. trois Treyeuillets, fable, comme Seigneur du Manoir et lieu de Saraares." " Item, Ermines, une Arbaleftre bande, comme chef defcendu d'Anthoine Larbaleftier, Seigneur des Augres, en la paroifle de la Trinite, le tout en I'ifle de Jerfey." In most of the medi;eval signatures of the Samares Dumaresqs. one observes the trefoil introduced as flourishes — a striking instance of the pride this branch took in its descent from the house of Payn. The trefoils, arms of the Payn family, were looked upon by the Dumaresq Seigneurs of Samares more as manorial than ancestral ensigns, and generally preceded their own coat. A cm-ious variation of the Dumaresq arms occurs on a pew-door in S. Peter's Church. In this, which appears on a quartered shield bearing De Carteret on the 1 and ■1 quarters, the escallops are reversed, and have a bend sinister separating the one in chief from the two in base. The families of De Soussay, of Britany, and of Chamberlayne, Pale, and Palmer, of England, all bear gules, three escallops, or. t Although the lief des Augres became alienated at a very early jieriod from the family of Larbalestier, it is not extinct to this day. John Larbalestier, Rector of the parishes of S. Trinity and S. Petei', was appointed Vice-Dean of the island in 1531, by the Vicar-General of the Diocese of Coutauces. (Vide the Ilegisters of that See.) Until very lately a family of the name lived in their original parish of S. Trinity, in a dwelling appropriately named Cross-Bow House. And the celebrated Puilippe Laebalestier, the Parina of Jersey, comes from the same source. AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 139 Sable, three dolpliins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot : I Argent, three trefoils, sable, for Patn : and Gules, four fusils in fesse, argent ; an annulet in base, or, for difference, for De Caeteeet. ^rtiigrrr of IDumnrrsq of Ha l^aulc. GuiLLE DuMAEESQ, Seig. of La Haule, Judge-Delegate, and Lieut. -Bailly of Jersey, living 1407. I Thomas Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule. I A Daughter. John Payn, Seig. of Samares. I . Jacquet Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule. T John Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule. Thomas Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule, Jurat E.C. in 1519. A Daughter. Parrot Nicolas, of Guernsey. 2. Thomas. Jcanette. only d. & h. of John de Bagot, Seig. of Gorge. ( Vide Fed. of Dumaresq of Samares and of Vinchelt5s de Bas.) Edward Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule, Judge-Delegate of Jersey. I Helier Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule. Martha, d. of Nicholas De SouUemont. Thomas. Eichard Dumaresq. John Dumaresq. Edward. This branch is represented by George Dumaresq, Esq., of Seafield. I Elizabeth. Hugh Lempriere, Seisr. of Dielament. Jane. Gilles Lempriere, Seig. of Trinity. Elias Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule. Martha, d. & co-h. of Nicholas Lempriere. Elizabeth. Clement Dumaresq, of S. Clement's. Jane. Benjamin La Cloche, Seiff. of Longueville. Sarah, m. 1587. Helier Lempriere. Elias Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule, d. from a gunshot wound, and was bm'ied in S. Brelade's Church, • 24.th Sept., IGll, s. p. I Edward, d. 1635, s.p. 1. John Dumaresq, = Susan, Lady of La HaiUe, Seig. of and h. to her brothers. Vincheles de Bas. 2. Elias Marett. {Vide Pedigree of Marett.) J The family of De Bagot, long extinct, has left its name to a suburb of S. Helier's. Little or nothing is known of the insular history of this house or that of Gorge, with which it would appear to have been uitimatel3' connected. It is far from improbable that scions of these two great English families, whose ancestors entered England with the Conqueror, were settled in Jersey at a very early date, although the connexion cannot definitely be traced. r3 6D 8>. 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Thomas Ddmare^q. seconrl son of Thomas Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule- Jeanette, only d. and h. of John De Bagot, Seig. of Gorge. T John Dumaresq, the elder, Seigneur of Vinchelfe Je Bas, and of Gorge = Mabel, only d. and h. of Philip Payn, Seig. of Samaras. I John Dumaresq, the younger, Seig. of Samares. Jane, d. of Thomas Lempriere, Bailly of Jersey. I Clement Dumaresq, Seig. of SamaiiiS, Margaret, only d. and h. of HelierDe Carteret, Bailly of Jersey. Richard, Seig. of Vinchel6s de Bas. Jane Catherine. I Collette. Collette, d. and co-h. of .Anthony Nicholas Lempriere, Richard Mallet, Nicholas Journeaulx. Larhalestier, Seig. des Augres. Jurat, R.C. Jurat, R C. Jurat, R.C. ( Vidi' Ped. of Dumaresq of Vin- cheles de Bas.) Henry Dumaresq, Seig. of SamariSs. Mary, d. of Philip Lempriere. I Collette. Jane. I Elizabeth. I Mabel. John Dumaresq, Bailly of Jersey. 1. Richard Le Brocq. Nicholas Lempriere. Richard .Messervy. 2. John De Carteret, Seig. of Vincheles de H. J . Esther Dumaresq, Lady of Samares, m. 1580, d. 1597. == John Dumaresq, Jurat, R.C., eldest son of John Dumaresq, Bailly of Jersey, d. 1606. 2. Sarah. Holier De Carteret, Seig. of La Hague, Jurat, R.C. Daniel Dumaresq, Seig. of Samaras, d. 1634. Elizabeth, d. of Peter De Carteret, of S. Peter. I Joshua, o.s.p. Clement Dumaresq, of S. Clement. Elizabeth, d. of Helier Dumaresq, Seig. of La Haule. Henry Dumaresq, Seig. of John. Elias "I Samar(5s, Jurat R.C. ( TUe Ped. Du- — niaresqofthe Elizabeth J Helier Dumaresq. Clement, of Grouville. Elizabeth. o.s.p. Margaret.onlyd. of Abraham Colombiers.) Herault, of S Helier. Jane, d. of . . . Janibart. Agnes, d. of ... Gevain. Joshua Lempriere. T ^ ■ Philip Dumaresq, Seig. of Samares Jurat, R.C, Capt. R.N. Deborah, sister of Sir Wm. Trum- ball, Rt., Secretary to William UL I I I I Henry. Margaret. Esther. o.s p. I Helier Dumaresq. Clement. Jane. Deborah Dumaresq, Lady of Samares^ Philip, son of Benjamin only d. and h., o.s.p. Dumaresq, a junior scion of Dumaresq iles Augres. Esther, d. of . . . Le Geyt. Mary, d. of . . . Philip Filleul. -= De Carteret. Esther Dumaresq. | 1 I Helifi Dumaresq. Jane, li. ol John Collas. T^ Jane. ra. 17 JO. Amice de Carteret. I Philip Dumaresq, o.s./). Jane, Lady of the fief Elie. Philip Nicolle. Deborah = John Dumaresq, eldest son of the I Seig. des AugrJs. I Deborah Dumare?q, til>. innupl. Jane. Elias Le Maistre. \. Susan, d. of... Hamon, m. 1692 = James Dumaresq, b. ltj-47 = 2. Dorothy, d. of ... Heher, m. 1673. I I Susan Dumaresq, b. 1669. | I . I James Dumaresq, oh.juv. James, b. 1679. I Clement. I Susan, d. of John Hooper, John Dumaresq, o.s p. m. IfiyS. Agnes, b. 1677, m. 1691. James Roissier. Clement, b. 1651. I Elizabeth, b. 1681. 1. Charles Le Boutillier. 2. Hugh Hooper. T'^ 142 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. I Charles Dumaresq, b. 169G, m. 1722. Mary, il. of . . . Labey. I i I I Clement Dumaresq, b. 1729. Charles, o.j.p. Elizabeth, b. 1723. I William, b. 1701, m. 1736. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Roissicr. Elizabeth. Susan. 1. Mary, d. of . . . Payn = James Dumaresq = 2. Mary, d. of Elizabeth, d. of . . . Roissier. ^T b. 1737. ...Filleul. I Rev. Clement. Dumaresq, M.A., Rector of S. Mary, d. 1837. Klizabeth, d. of Niaholas Mallet. Elizabeth. George INIallet. John. I Elizabeth jMallet. Joshua De Quetteville. George Dumaresq, b. 1771, killed in attempting to es- cape from a French prison. Jane, d. of . Pirouet. Helier Dumaresq. Mary, b. 1781. b. 1788. John LeFeavre. I. I I Clement. Thomas. Jane. I Elizabeth. Marv. Anne. Capt. Geo. Peirson. Daniel Dumaresq, . . . Le Couteur. JohnLeBiun. of theColornbiers. George-Shaffner. William-Bromley. o.s.p. I Helier Dumaresq. Jane, d. of . . . Bertram. I John. Jame?: I George. Mary. Jane, d. of Philip Gaudin. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Couteur. Clement De Venlle. Jane, oh. Mary-Jane. Elizal'eth. Emma. John Dumaresq. I Jane. Mary. I Emma. I I I I James-Le Couteur. Elizabeth-Jane. Albert- James. Julia, oh. juv. prtiicjrff of IBumnrfsiti of t\)t Colombitr^. John DuniARnsQ, second son of Daniel Dumaresq, Seig. of Samares = Rachel, d. of . . . Le Feuvre. I I John Dumaresq, of the Colombiers = Rachel, d. of . . . Bosquet. I Marv. Rachel. I .lolin Dumaresq, of thu Colombiers. 1. Elizabeth, <1. of Amice De Carteret. Philip Vibert. Nicholas Le Marqnand. Seie. of Vincheli^s de Bas. 2. Jane, d. of John La Cloche, and widow of Abraham Richardson. I I I Philip. Peter. Elizabeth. o.s p. Elizabeth. Rev. Peter De I.a Place. Johii-Helier Dumaresq, o.s.p. Susan, eld. d. of Abraham Bisson, Dame of the Fief l,uce-de-Carteret. Philip. Rachel, d. of . . . Hooper. Philip Dumaresq. John. o.s.p. .Mary, d. of . . . Prouings. Daniel. Flias. Sarah, o s p. Rachel, d. of Amice. Margaret, Susan, (1. of Anne, d. of John Allez. James Langlois. Thos. Pipon. Le Cerf, of S. Ouen. I I John Dumaresq, Capt. R.J i\l. Susan, d. of . . . .Alexandre. Elizabeth. John De La Perelle. Klizabeth. b. 17G3, m. 1783. Nicholas Le Bas. Capt R J.M. 0) . fill luiav^ ( ]\] iwU^i Hxmaw^ - 1) umavfc.q . K^rJlCHl Of" p 5YLV'E^TEF\ of f^OpiE OF I^ABFLL/\ |HE d/lTHOLlC OF pP^I^|-.S^ Of f f p/iUI^ICt 8^ if^7f.f\U^ OF piEDf^ON j5V n/ii III f/iix riiitt iW /'/iviV/Ui/ /' t/i, 111 iH AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 143 Philip Dumaresq. Mary, sister of the Rev. John Vibert. Philip Dumaresq. of theColombiers, Esther, d. of . . . Prouings. I I I I I I John. Thomas. Daniel. Amice. Mary. Susan. I I I I I John-Arthur. Mary. Susan. Dumaresq. — — Esther. Jane. Daniel Dumaresq. Anne Dumaresq, eld. d. andco-h. Francis Valpy. Mary. o.s.p. D I Amelia-Carteret Dumaresq. only <\. and h. Charles-Anthoine-Maiie-Gabriel Armand. Edouard-Charles Armand, b. 1826. Assumed the name and arms of Dumaresq. pursuant to Letters Patent granted by H.I.M. Napoleon III , 1R5S.» I Daniel Dumaresq. I Philip, Capt R.J M. I Elizabeth. Ann. Mary. Elizabeth, d. of the Rev. Susan, d. of . . . Le Cerf. Clement Dumaresq, Ree- = tor of S. Mary. 1 Syvret. Philip Dumaresq =: (I of .- . Fruing. Susan. John Le Feuvre. I William Dumaresq. Walter. Philip. Clarence. I Clement. Elias. George. I I I Philip. Elizabeth. Mary-Ann, d. of . . . Tostevin, of Guernsey. T Daniel, b. 184G ; Susan, b. 1848. Jane, d. of Delphine, d. Jane-Ellen, d. . . . Langlois. of . . . Despr^s. of . . . Coffin. John. Philip de Quesne. Frederick. I Susan. John Vibert. Philip Ab. Duprfe. James Syvret. I I ! Jane. Esther. Susan. * This clistinguislied artist, who holds as high a position iu France as does his countryman, MiUais, in England, was born in 1826, and studied under his father and Thomas Couture. He first exhibited at the annual Exhibition in Paris of 1850, a dead Christ, eventually purchased by the Minister of the Interior for the church of Dole. In 1853, he executed for the Minister of State an important picture representing the martyrdom of S. Peter, Avhich was placed in the Abbey Churcli of Caen. About the same period, be painted -a chapel for Pope Pius IX., which gave such satisfaction to His Holiness, that he decorated M. Armand-Dumaresq with the insignia of the Papal Order of S. Sylvester. In 1855, he exhibited at the Rvposif inn Gcnernlc a composition representing the death of General Korgener, and iu 1857 was des])atched by the ^linister of War to Africa, where he made a part of the campaign of Kabyhi. By the present French adminis- tration, he was subsequently directed to paint all the uniforms of the Imperial Guard and of the entire army of France ; a most important and lengthened commission, upon which he is now ( 1861) employed. In 185!), M. Armand-Dumaresq exhibited a picture illustrative of the death of General Bizot, who was killed in the Crimea, which has been deemed worthy a place in the historical iMuseum of Versailles. In the same year, he was attached, as painter of the ^klinister of War, to the staff" of Major-General ]\Iarshal Vaillant, and thus took part in the great campaign of Italy ; and received from Victor-Emanuel, King of Italy, the insignia of SS. Maurice and Lazarus, of Piedmont, for services rendered to the Italian cause. In illustration of this campaign, M. Armand-Dumaresq has just completed a large ])icture of some eighteen feet in length, describing an episode in the battle of Solferino. In further recognition of his eminent services, he has had the honour of receiving from the Queen of Spain the order of Isabelhv the Catholic, of Spain, having been engaged, as painter to the Minister of War, in designing the uniforms of the Spanish army. T 2 144 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Arms (as borne by Moasieur Edouard-Charles Armand-Dumaresq*) : Quarterly, 1 and 4, Gules, three escallops, or, a fleur-de-lis for difference : 2 and 3, Azure, three helmets, argent, for Armand. Quartering — Ermines, a cross-bow, drawn, charged with an arrow, all argent, for Larbalestier : Gules, three escallops, or, a crescent for difference, for Dumaresq : Sable, three dolphins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot : Argent, three trefoils, sable, for Payn : and Gules, four fusils in fesse, argent, an annulet in base, or, for difference, for De Carteret. Motto: Toujours le mesme. ^SfUigife of JDumaresiq Urd :3u0rrs- Abraham Ddmaresq, second son of John Dumaresq, Seigneur of V. de B., settled at his father's house in S. Trinity, d. 1G31. Snsan, d. of Philip De Carteret, Seig. of S. Ouen, d. li;58. Elias Dumaresq, Seig. des Augres, Jurat, R. C, 1645, had a grant of his (ief from King Charles II., 5th Feb. 1B49, d. 1G77. Jane, d. of the Rev. Thomas Payn, Rector of S Laurence. Benjamin, Jurat, R.C., b. 1B2B, d. 1680. Elizabeth, d. of Philip De Carteret, Bailiv of Jersey, b. 1647. Gideon. Amiee, gave, by will, a silver dish to the Church of S.Trinity, n.s p. I John. Receiver of the King's revenues in Jersey. Mary, d. of . . . Dumaresq, of the Jlesnage d'Allain. T I I Francis, b. liJl7-». Sarah, b. 1616-7. o.s.p. Anne, b. 1627, m. 1649, d. 170U. Sir Philip De Carteret, Kt., Seig. of S. Ouen, Serk, and Rozel. John Dumaresq, Jurat R. C.and Capt. R. J. M. = Jane, d. of . . . Corbet I George, Capt. H.M. Service, and Dept. Governor of Jersey, 1714. John Dumaresq, Capt. R. J. M., and ConstableofS. Helier, Philip. Anne, d. of . . . Lafosse Chastry. George. I III Magdalen. Elizabeth. Edward Gold, Jane. Lieut, H M. — Service. Elizabeth. o.s.p. Philip Dumaresq, Seig. of Anneville, in right of his mother. Jurat, R. C, and Col. E. Regiment, R. J.M., b. 1671. Deborah Dumaresq, only d. and h. of the Seigneur of Samares, o.s.p. I Benjamin. Ann, d. of . , . Hilgrove. Mary, Lady of Anneville. b. 1678, d. 1734. Clement Chevalier. ' " Ministere *' NAPOLEON, Par la Grace de Diea, et la Volont6 Nationale, Empereur des Fram.^ais. A tons presents et avenir, Salut. de la Justice." Sur le rapport de nntre Garde des Sceaux, Ministre Secretaire d'Etat au departement de la Justice. Le conseil d'Etat — entendu. Avons d^cret^ et d^cretons ce qui suit." ■' Direction "Art. 1. Le Sieur Armand (Charles-Edouard) peintre en miniature ne le 1 Janvier 1826, a Paris (Seine), y de- des meurant, est autorise a ajouter a son nom patronyiniqne celui de Dumaresq, et a s'appeler a Tavenir Armand-Dumarestj." Affaires Civiles " Art. 2. Le Sieur Armand ne pourra se pourvoir devant les tribunaux pour faire operer sur les registres de I'Etat- et du Sceau." Civile 'e changement resulrant du present d6cret qu'apres Texpiration du delai fixe par la loi du 1 1 Germinal, An XL. et — en jnstifiant qu'ancune opposition n'a ete fiirmee devant le Conseil d'Etat." "2 Bureau." "Notre Garde des Sceaux, Ministre Secretaire d'Etat, au departement de la Justice, est charge de I'execution ( ^ 1 du present d^cret, qui sera publie et insere au Bulletin des lois." ' iNo. 77ll.X^-" *' Fsklt au palais des Tuileries, le vingt-quatre fevrier, mil-huit cent cinquante huit." (Signe) " NAPOLEON." " Le Garde des Sceaux. Ministre Secretaire, 1 . r-< n .. au departement de la Justice. (Signe) / Pour copie conforme. ' Le Secretaire Gtmerale Ministre dela Justice." (Signt;) \"nE Hi AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 14.^ Elizabeth Dumaresq, only ci. ami h , b. 1708, ni. 1734. James Pipon, Seig. of Noirmont. ^1 I I Clement Deborah. Elizabeth, Chevalier, b. 16G8, d. 1701. Seig. of Anneville, Joshua Pipon. o.s.p. Lieut. -Bailly of Jer.sey, 1715. Elias Dumaresq, Selg. lies Augrtis, Jurat, R.C., b. lG4S,d. 1731. Frances, eldest d. and co-h. of Francis De Carteret, eventual heir ofthemanorand honor of S. Oucn. Philip. I I I Edward, Lt. R.N. Sarah, d. Benjamin, b. 1 655. of Benest — • LeGros. Amice, b. 165'J. I I I John Anne, b. Ifi53. Susan. Greffier, R.C. John Durell, ]. Joshua Le Boutillier. I I Jane.b. Ifi58. Elizabeth, b. IGGy. Lifut. -Bailly Berry. Ann, d. of of Jersey. . . . Bockam, from whom descend I 2. Francis Grouchy. Matthew Le Geyt. Licut.-C(d.,R.J.M. William DuTiiaresq. Thomas, Admiial, R.N. I Ann. I Ehzabeth. Lieut. Button. A (lau. ^= William Dumaresq. I Funny Dumaresq = Admiral George O. Lempriere. Philip Dumaresq. Lieut. R.N. Edward. Ann, d. of John De Carteret. 7 I Abraham. Capt H.E.I.C.S. d. of Sir John Reynell. I I John. Ann, o.s p. I Elizabeth. 1. Masurier. 2. Robert Slowly. Margaret. . . . Guerin. I Edward Dumaresq. John. I Rachel. Ann. I Magfialen. I Elizabeth. I Sarah. I Elias Dumaresq, Seig. des .^ugrJs, Jurat, R.C, and Col. R.J.M., b. 1652, d. 1754. Elizabeth, d. of John De Carteret, Seig. of V. de H. = Philip. Susan, d. of . . . Perry, of Havre de Grace. I I John, Capt. R.N. Anne, m. 1705. Frances. Elias Le Jlaistre, Seig. of Quetivel. Ed ward Le Cras. Magdalen. b. 1095. Thomas Wroe, of CO. Yorkshire. Carolii Alice. Frances. Caroline. Douce. Elizabeth. ob.juv. Philip Dumaresq. oO. jiw. Philip. I Susan. I Douce. I Elizabeth. Ann. George Bandinel. Nicholas JIallet. John Dumaresq, Jurat, R.C, b. 1705, d. 1747. Deborah, eldest d. of Helier Du- maresq, of S. Clement. I I I Michael, b. 1706. Philip, b. 17U8. Edward, b. 1710. I Rev. Daniel, D.D.,F.R S , Rect. of Yeo- vilton.b. 1712, d. 1805. I I Elias, b. 1715. George, b. 1719. I William, b. 1720, d. 1740. Mary,d. of Thos. Robert. Elizabeth, b. 1713. m. 1739. John De Carteret, Seig. of v. de Bas. Rachel, b. 1717. I Frances, m. 1745, d. 1754. George Duma resq, of Pon terrin. William Dumaresq. Rachel, d. of Philip Le Montais, of Leo- ville. Philip. Mary, d. of . . . Le Montais. George Dumaresq, b. 1747, o.s.p. Mary, d. of Clement Richardson. I I Richard, oi).y«D. Frances, b. 1750. Jane. Thomas Le Hardy. Matthew La Cloche. Margaret Dumaresq, eld. d. and co-h. Amice Vautier. I Elizabeth. Philip Vibert. I Anne. Jane Dumaresq, only d. and heir. Philip Vibert, of La Fontaine, S. Ouen. T Carterette Vibert, only d. and h. John Collas. 146 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Jane-Ann Daniaresq, eld. d and co-h.. became lady of S. Oucn on the death of Robert, Earl of Granville, in ri^ht of her great grandmother, Frances, eldest d. and co-h. of Francis De Carteret, of S. Guen, b. 1733, m. 1756, d. 1806. Elias Le Maistre, Seig. of Quefivel. {Vidp peds. of De Carteret, of S. Guen, Lo Maistre, and Mallet.) Deborah, b. 1744, d. 1802, inniipl. \itXiiQrtt of IDumarrsq tm iRorm, miH tit la €\)n\h, CiEMF-NT Dumahesq, a junior son of Richard Dnmaiesq, Seig. of V'incheles de Bas, SL'ttled at La Cbenee. the estate of his wife. Margaret, eld. d. and co-h. of John Messervy, of S. Martin. I Hugh Dumiresq, Richard, m. 1597 drowned in return- I I Edward, John, m. 1601, m. 1606 Mary, ^ Elizabeth, d. of Collette.d.of John | d of . . . Humphry Journeaulx. Abigail Duniaresq. Nicolle. Godfray. ing from Guernsey Mary, d. and co-h. of d. 1626. 1595. Nicholas Lempriere. I Elizabeth, m. 1594. John De Quetteville. I Clement Duniaresq. Mai'garet, d. and h. of Edward Crafford. I Sarah, d. 1659. Mary, d. 1645. I Susan, d. 1652. Nicholas Richardson. from whom descends Nicholas Ralph Richardson. 1. Richard DeCartcrct, Nicholas Mallet. 1. Abraham Messervy. ni. 1597. 2. Philip Mallet, m. ICM. ?. Jo'in Nicnllp. 111. Ii;i2 Clement Dumarcsq, b. 1604. Richard, b 1615. m. 1641. Elizabeth, d. of Peter Laurens. I I Elizabeth. Margaret. oh. niv. Rachel. I I Sarah, b. 1603. Mary, b. 1609. I Elizabeth, b. 1611. Clement Le Bastard. Thomas Machon. Abraham Hamlvn. Margaret Dumaresq, b. 1642. I Ann, b. 1645, oh. jur. 1 . Sarah, d. of . . . Payn = Philip Dumaresq = 2. Elizabeth, d. of m. 1620. I du Morin. John Le Hardy. I III Philip Dumaresq. Elias. Margaret. Jane. nb.juv. d. 1626. d. 1623. Cleinerit, d. 1613. Sarah, d. of Ed. Risson, ni. 1610. T I Elizabeth, m. 1608. Elias de Carteret, (FiUf Ped. De Car- teret, Baronial Brach.) I Collette, m. 1595- Germain Le Febvre. Clement Dumaresq, b. 1611, m. 1637. Ann, d. of the Very Rev. D. Bandinel, Dean of Jersev, d. 1655. I Collette, b. 1613. 1. Edward Hubert, m. 1637 2. Thomas Falle, m. 1646. I I I I Elizabeth, b. 1630. Philip Dumaresq = Susan, d. of Hugh, b. 1633. b. 1632, Solicitor | Benjamin — — General of Jersey. . Frott^, Seig. Francis, b. 1635. Collette, b. 1634. de Vieux- — Fonts, Nor- Abraham, b. 1638. John De Carteret, mandy.* _ Constable of S. George, b. 1647. Saviour. I I I Elizabeth Dumaresq, Sarah, b. 1643. Collette, b. 1647 b. 1638. d. 1655. Philip Messervy, of -Anneville. I I Philip Dumare.^q, b- 1659. Charles, b. HJIJO. Elizabeth, <1. of John Messervy. uf Baent. I I I II Benjamin, b. 1('.(;2. George, b. 16()4. Elizabeth, b. 1665. Elizabeth, b. 1667 ub. jiiV. — Susan, b 1668. * When this lady left S. Lo for Portbail, en route for Jersey, on her marriage with Philip Dumares^q, she was escorted thither by a numerous and siilendid cavalcaile of her relatives and friends. An interesting genealogy of the De Frotte family, recording its alliances with several noble Prench families, is in the possession of one of the descendants of this family. Arms of De Frottb; Azure, a chevron, between two mullet< in chief, or, and a plate in b:ise. /ivtl)uv ( liavlco Fit.ron^Shimarroii.f oiiuirr. J!y iv/ii's, />n/tir/i ,////! /■;,/, iiVi ////s /'/,!// ,s/in.s;7i/^'/ /' //', II rr/.: AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 14] I I I Philip Duraaresq, b. 1683. Sarah, b. 1697. Rachel, b. 1701. Rachel, d. and h. of Thomas Falle. John Godfrey, of S. Laurence. T Philip Dumaresq, b. 1701 ^ Ann, d. of Elias Le Maistre. \ I i i i i Philip Dumaresq, b. 1725, Charles, b. 1729. Douce, b. 1747 (twins) Susan, b. 1747. Frances, b. 1749. uli.juv. George, b. 1733. Abraham De Ste. Croix, John Falle. John Collas. — of S. Laurence.* Daniel, b. 1734. Philip, b. 1744. o.x.p. ©innaresq, of Cnglanti* HE principal repveseutation of tliis euiineut branch devolved upon Arthur-Charles- FiTZROY Dumaresq, Esq., upon the death of his fother, Colonel Henry Dumaresq, of Avhoni a brief sketch appears beloAV. It is also represented in a junior .section l)y the sons of Philip Dumaresq, Esq., of Cape Breton, whose father, John Dumarescj, was no less esteemed in private life for his amiability of temper, refined taste and feelings, than for his literary attainments, and was, perhaps, the most accomplislied mathematician Jersey ever produced. Among these, the eldest. Perry Dumaresq, Esq., entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman, on board the " Magicienne," in 180^5. He served as Sub-Lieutenant of the " Hawke," in 1806: as acting-Lieutenant of the " Epei'vier," 1807, and as Lieutenant in the " Savage," 1809. While in command of the " Paz," in 1811, on the Nortli American Station, he captured the American vessels, the " Revenge," the " jNIontcsquieu," and the " !Massasoit.'" His brother, William-Grant Dumaresq, Esq., is a distinguished officer (retired) of II.jNI. Civil Service, and known as an insular reformer, to whose eflForts Jersej^ is mainly indebted for tlu- boon of a paid police. But by far the most prominent name of which this branch has to boast, is that of the late Colonel Henry Dumaresq, its late eldest representative. He joined the 9th Regiment from the Royal Military College, at the age of sixteen, and as detailed in the official record of his services at the Horse-Guards, " served in eight campaigns, of which six were in the Peninsula, one in Canada, and the last, that of Waterloo." He was present in the thirteen battles for which medaLs were bestowed, besides many affairs of out-posts, of advance and of rear guards, also at the sieges ui' Badajos and Burgos, and at the assault of the Forts of Salamanca; on the two former occa.sions he served with the Engineers as a volunteer, and on the latter (again a volunteer) being the foremost person in the assault of that redoubt, he received from the officer in command of tlie Victoria convent the terms of his capitulation, which document he delivered to the Duke of AVellington. He attained the rank of Lieut. -Colonel after nine years' service, and was gazetted * Now represented by Charles De Ste. Croix, Lieut. -Col. R.J.M., and ex-Grellier of the Royal Court of Jersey. 148 AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. to tbat grade iu June, 1817, for services in the field. He was employed on the staff uj^wards of eighteen years, and out of twenty-six years' service, he was employed more than twenty-two aljroad, and had been twice dangerously wounded. At the battle of Waterloo, he was on the staff of Lieut.-General Sir John 13yng (afterwards Lord Stratford), and Avas shot through the lungs at Hougoumont, but being at the time charged with a message for tlie Duke, he, in spite of his wound, reached him, and delivered the despatch before he fell.* In the obituary notice of this officer, which appeared in the United Service Journal^ the following tribute of respect is jiaid to his memory : — " We have to record, with unfeigned regret, the death of Lieut. -Colonel Henry Dumaresq, an old and much valued associate, one of the survivors of Waterloo, who from his years might have expected to see many adtlitional anniversaries of that great victory ; Init the severe wound he received on that memorable occasion, though temporarily subdued, eventually by inducing paralysis, carried him off at the age of forty-six, at the establishment of the Australian Agricultural Company, in N. S. Wales, in the management of whose large concern as Chief Commissioner, he succeeded a most distinguished member of the sister profession — Captain Sir Edward Parry, R.N. — and for his able and zealous conduct in the superintendence of their affairs, repeatedly received the thanks of the Directors of the Company." Among the many officers of distinguished talent that the Peninsular war, so fertile in heroes, produced, perhaj^s none were of superior merit to Colonel Dumaresq; in proof of which, it is only necessary to refer to the rapid promotion w'ith Avhich his services wei'e rewarded, and to the very flattering testimonial received by him in 1834, on his retirement from the army. " No one is more sensible than Lord Hill of the value of your services, and of the zeal and gallantry which you have applied to the discharge of your duty, whenever an opportunity has been afforded you of displaying those qualities." In private life his talents, his varied merits and acquirements, and his many endearing qualities won for him the regard and esteem of a very numerous circle of friends, and secured the affections of his iunnediate connections. His brother, William-Juhn Dumaresq, Esq , late Captain Poyal Staff Corps, is also an officer who lias eminently served his country in both military and civil capacities. He joined tlio army from the Poyal Military College at Great Marlow, in June, 1809. Li 1811, he proceeded to join the army in the Peninsula, and continued with it until the close of the war in 1814; principally employed, as belonging to the Quartermaster-General's Denartment 'in Ilecomioissances, and in the Char2;e of Bridiies. For his services he received the Peninsula medal with four clasps — Ciudad llodrigo, Padajos, Nivelle, and Pyrennees. In 1815, he was employed with the British Army in Belgium, in reconnoissances, and in the construction of Hope Bridges at Antwerp, to provide for forward movement of the ti-oops. ^^'llen with the British Army in Paris, he was entrusted by the Emperor of Austria to super- intend the removal of the Venetian Horses from the Place de Carrousel, and the Lion from the Invalides, and was presented with a gold snuff-box, with cypher in brilliants, on the occasion. In 1819, he proceeded to Canada, and was there engaged in the construction of the Ottawa Canal. In 182.'), he removed with his company to Sydney, N. S. Wales, and was ])laced in * Tliis incident is grapliically related by Scott in I'aiii'.s Letters to his Kinsfolk : and Colonel I)uniares(| is also Imnourablv mentioned by Booth in his Anecdotes oi' the Field of Waterloo. Ian- Qlnpraiii lumul ^laff (ilnrpi-.. /i'l ii//f'/// //,/s /'/irfr fx J'/rxi/if,,/ /f //i,- Jr,'t7r AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 149 cliiirge of the Public Works, Roads, and Bridges. He retired from tlie service iu 1829, to settle in that colony, where he was elected to sit in its first Parliament.* Arms (as borne by Arthur-Fitzroy-Charles Dumaresq, Esq.) : Gules, three escallops, or; an annulet for difference. Quartering : Sable, three dolphins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot : Argent, three trefoils, sable, for Payn : Or, iu the dexter chief, a round shield, azure, charged with a kniglit in full career, spear in rest, argent, for Bandinel : Gules, three escallops, in bend, argent; on a chief of a second, a martlet, sable, for Stalling: and Or, three cherries, gules, stalked vert, for Messervy. Crest : A bull passant, guardant, ppr.f Motto : Dum vivo spero. J Supporters: Two greyhounds, reguardaut, argent, collared and ringed, gules. § Arms (as borne by William- John Dumaresq, Esq.) : Same as preceding. Impaling : Argent, on a chevron, gules, between three stags' heads, erased, ppr., a falcon's head, erased, between two salmon, haurient, of the field ; on a chief, azure, an anchor between two garbes, or, for Macleay. THE LESSER GATE, MANOR OF VINCHELES DE BAS. SURMOUNTED BY THE ARMS AND SUPPORTERS OF DnMARESQ.Jl * It is curious the only Norman-looking name that appears on what is said to be the original Round Table of King Arthur, which is preserved in Winchester Castle, should be that of Sir Ector Demarys, one wliich is a common mediaeval rendering of Dumaresq. t Captain Henry Dumaresq, R.N., bears as crest : Out of a mural crown, argent, a lion ppr., holding a flag. J Mottoes variously borne by Sir John Dumaresq : In utranique paratus, L'Enquete et la loi. By Captain H. Dumaresq, R.N. : Loyaute sans tache. § The three families of De Carteret, Dumaresq, and Lempriere have, for a very long period, borne supporters. Their use as applied to Commoners is limited, but quoting the following authoritv. I think that its m>fllB..I, Ih' >i'7iom dasFlaie zs presented txi ^n work AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 151 Henry Dumaresq, Lieut -Col. H.AL Army. Elizabttli-Sophia, li. of the Him. Augustus Butler Danvers. William-John, late Capt. Edward. Royal Staff Corps. ■ Frances- Blanche, d. of . . . Legge. Christ lanne-Susan, d. of Alexander Macleay, F.R.S., F.L.S., Colonial Sec, N.S.Wales. Marianne. The Rev. P. Boissier, M.A. I Elizabeth. General Sir Ralph Darling, G.C.B., late Governor ami Cora. -in-Chief, N. S. Wales. I Amelia. John-D'Auvergno Du Collector H. M. Cu maresq, Esq., toms, Deal. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Weed. I I Herbert-Nisbet Dumaresq. John-D'Auvergne. I I I Edward Dumaresq. Henry. Alfred. Blanche-Marianne. Rev. S. B. Windsor, M.A. I I I Elizabeth. Amelia. Cornelia. William-Alexander Dumaresq, Alexander-Macleay, Elizabeth-Ann, B.A., Cambs. Capt. G3rd Regt.' uli.juv. Susan-Sophia-Frances. Eliza-Henrietta. Hon. Louis Hope, son of .lohn, fourth Earl of Hope- tuun, and late Capt. Cold- stream Guaids, Artliur-Fitzroy-Charles Algernon-Edward. Henry-Hart-Davis, Dumaresq, Efq., Lieut., Capt. R. E, R.N. I I I I Louisa-Susan. Harriette-Maria-Amelia. Priscilla- Cornelia-Charlotte Isabella- Major Inglis, late Rowland Winn, of .Ap- Laura. 5th Dragoon pleby Hall, York. Guards. Henry Strickland, of Wassand, second son of Sir Geo. Siricklanil, Bart. 3BurelL (originally le vavasseuk-dit-durell.) jMONGST others, the name of this family presents relics of a custom peculiar to the Channel Islands — that of havins; an additional surname affixed to tlie orioiual patronymic. From notes appended to a Pedigree of the family, compiled in 1765, it appears that " the ancient name was Le Vavasseur only, which is an old word of feudal jurisprudence, of which the derivation is far from certain. Camden .states that in England it was a dignity ranking immediately after Barons ; and it is classed by IJracton, before Knights. Some derive the word ' a iialois — quasi ohllgatus sit adstare ad vulvas domiiii, vel diynus sit cas infrare.' Menage, quoting Cujas, says that the word comes from the Latin vass/is — formed from 'gesse,' an ancient Gallic word siguifyiug a companion-at-arms. T)u Cange remarks that there are two kinds of Vavassours; the greater, called Valvassores, created by the King, as Earls and Barons; and the lesser, called Valvassini, created by these last." " The lamily of Vavassour of England came into that coniitry with tlio Conqueror ; and those settled in Jersey have been located there nearly as long a time, for the name appears in the E.vte life of 1331. It appears that about the commencement of the sixteenth century, the name of Durell was added to that of Le A'avasseur, possibly for distinction, as the family had at that time several branches, and undoubtedly on account of some alliance with that of Durell, and which is of French origin."* * So far the .Jersey commentators. But it is more probable that the origin of the Durell.'; is to be found in the English lamilv of Davrell, the more so as I cannot find tliat Durell is a French surname, and this supposition is favoured u2 152 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. The family of Le Vavasseur-dit-Durell, as from that time it Mas called, and -which in some branches still bears both names, ordinarily used but the last, until Thomas Durell, of the eldest branch of the family, having omitted by error to style himself Le Vavasseur in his first patent of Vicomte (High-Sheriff) of Jersey in 1742, his family has since entirely discontinued tlie use of the former.* Among the many eminent members of this fjimily, Dr. John Durell, or Durel, as he spelt his name, stands very prominent. He was boi-n at S. Helier, in 1G25, and was entered at Merton College, Oxford, about 1640; after remaining there two years, he retired to France, on account of that city being beseiged by the Parliamentarians. While there, he studied at Caen, and took his degree as M.A., in the Sylvanian College of that place, in July 1G44; from Caen, he went to Saumur, whei'e he studied divinity under the famous Moses Amiraux, divinity reader of that University. In 1647, he returned to Jersey, and was Chaplain of Elizabeth Castle in 1651 ; he was also an envoy from Sir Geoi-ge Carteret to King Charles H., in France. Ipon the expulsion of the Royalists, he left the island, and shortly after received episcopal ordination in Paris, from the Bishop of Cxalloway, at the ^Embassador's Chapel. From Paris, he went to S. Malo; and while there, was invited to Caen to succeed the learned Bochart, who was about to visit Sweden. About the same time the Landgrave of Hesse, having applied to the Ministers of Paris to send him a Protestant who could preach in the French language, Mr. Durel was recommended as a fit person ; however, from private reasons, he declined both appointments; and afterwards became chaplain to the Duke de la Force, with whom he remained eight years. At the Restoration, he came to England, where he was greatly instrumental in establishing the episcopal French church in the Savoy, Strand, under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London; in wdiich he performed the first service, July 14, 1661, assisted by the Rev. ;Mr. Le Couteur, another Jerseyman. He officiated here some years, highly to the satisfaction of his congi-egation. About this time he was appointed Chaplain in ordinary to the King; and in 166o, he was preferred to a prebend's stall in the Cathedral of Salisbury, and in the following year was made a canon of Windsor — which several preferments show the King's esteem and regard for his faithful and talented adherent. In July, 1668, he was installed a prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Durham, and at the same time had a rich donative conferred on him. In 1669, he took his degree as Doctor of Divinity by creation; and in 1677, (.'harles II. gave him the Deanerv of Windsor, in which he was installed July 27, of that year. liv the possessors of the latter patroniyinic. Hasted, in liis " History of Kent," (vol. iii., p. 224,) says that the Dayrells are descended from one of the name of Darcll, who is mentioned in the Roll of Battel Abbey, as may be seen by Fuller's " Church History." A descendant of whom, William Darell, son and heir of William, was of Sesay, co. York, in King Henry the Third's time, who bore for his arms, azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or, membered gules: from whom come all the dift.rent branches of Darell or Dayrdi in this kingdom. The great-grandson of this last. Sir John Darell, of Calehill, co. Kent, Knight, was so great a promoter of the interest of the Ear! of Richmond, that King Richard HI. declared him a rebel and traitor, and seized all his lands, comprising no less than thirteen manors, which were, however, restored to him by King Henry VH., to whom he was Squire of the body, Captain of Lancers in that part of Kent, and in the seventh of this reign. Sheriff of his County. His eldest son, Sir James Darell, Knight, was Governor of Guisnes and Hann'S Castles, near Calais. His great-grandson, Nathaniel, was Governor of (Juernsey, levip. Charles H., and married Anne De Beauvoir of that island. * It appears a branch of the family settled at Poole, for Hutchings, in his " History of Dorset," mentions one Aaron Durell, who was fined Jb'20 for refusing to serve as water-bailiff of that town, 2? July, ,'f (Jeorge I. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 153 He died in June, 1683, and was buried in tlie Collegiate Chapel at Windsor, where is erected a marble tablet with a Latin inscription to his memory. He is described not only as a learned man, but as possessing the rare combination of being at once erudite and a man of the world. He wi'ote, among other works, " A View of the Government'and Public Worship of God, in the Reformed Churches beyond the seas, wherein is showed their conformity and agreement witli the Church of England, as it is by law established." In another able work also, " The Liturgy of the Church of England Vindicated," his orthodoxy and allegiance to the Church is shown in a very favourable light. He translated the Book of Common Prayer into French and Latin, and the Whole Duty of Man into French ; in the execution of which last, he was efficiently assisted by his wife. In his general character, firm and stanch loyalty is perhaps the pre- dominating principle, but his orthodox sentiments are beyond all praise, tending as they did to " maintain the honour of the Church of England, when in its lowest and most deplorable condition."* Of this family also was Dr. David Durell, who was born in 1728, and was entered at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1753, where he took the degree of M.A. He was afterwards elected Fellow of Hertford College, and on the resignation of Dr. Sharp, succeeded him as Principal. He then became Regius Professor of Greek at the University, and Rector of East Hampstead, in Berkshire. In April, 1760, Mr. Durell took his B.D. degree, and in J7(J4 that of D.D. In 17G7 he succeeded Dr. Potter as prebendary of Canterbury, and at the latter period of his life, he was possessed of the Vicarage of Sysehurst— the last preferment he had. Dr. Durell was Vice-Chaucellor of the University of Oxford in 1765, and the two following years, and while he held that high and honourable office, a circumstance occurred in which the Rev. Doctor's complicity is scarcely known. But from the anti-collegiate irregu- larities of some of the students of Edmund Hall, who, upon complaints made to Dr. Durell as Vice-Chancellor, were expelled, arose the schism so well known from the names of its chief promoters, Whitefield and Wesley. Among other works. Dr. Durell wrote " The Hebrew Text of the Parallel Prophecies of Jacob and Moses relating to the Twelve Tribes, etc., with the Samaritan and Arabic Versions," and " Critical Remarks on the Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles," and in the preface to which latter he moots a subject that has been of late very freely canvassed — that of a new translation of the Bible. He had also projected a work on the Prophetical Scriptures, which was never completed, and which was, after his death, sent with other ISISS. to the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth. Dr. Durell died at Oxford in 1775, in the 47th year of his age. Several of the family distinguished themselves in the profession of arms. Among them may be noticed Captain Thomas Durell, R.N., who died in 1741; Captain John Durell, R.N., who died in 1748; Captain George Durell; and Rear- Admiral Philip Durell, who assisted in Wolfe's glorious capture of Quebec in the Princess Amelia, 80,and Avho died at Halifax in 1766. Solomon Durell, Esq., was Gentleman of the Horse and Equerry to the Princess of Wales in 1743. He appears also as one of the esquires, and has his arms recorded as such, of the Earl of Leicester, created K.B. in 1725. * Vide Caesarea; Biog. Brit.; Chalmer's Biog. Diet., etc. 154 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Prouiinent amoug the talented Jevseymen of the present ceutury, stands the Rev. Edward Durell, M.A., sometime Rector of S. Saviour. He was born 20 December, 1781, and e(hicated at Peml^roke College, Oxford. Upon his taking duty in his native island, he consulted at once his scholarly industry and his antiquarian tastes, by devoting himself to collect materials to illustrate its history. In this he was very fortunate, and among other discoveries of ancient MSS. that he made, Avas the valuable one of Chevalier's Record of the Insular affairs during part of the reigns of Charles I. and Charles II. It is much to lie regretted that the design did not occur to him of entirely rewriting a liistory of Jersey, instead of merely commentating vipon Falle's feeble and meagre work ; for with his talents and the opportunities he possessed for the task, there is no room left for doubt but that such a woi-k from his pen would have been a most valuable contribution to the literature of his native island. Rare as is the combination, Mr. Durell followed the example of his talented countryman, Wace, and was at once a poet and an historian; and was as favourably known in the former as in the latter capacity. Although many of his poems were published at various times, yet by far the most important still exist in MS. in the possession of his son-in- law, the Rev. William Duheaume, Rector of S. Trinity. These poems are entitled the " Heroic Legends of Jersey," and l}y the brilliancy and aptness of their imagery, their fluency of description, their simple pathos and pure idiom, remind the reader of Scott's happiest style. It is to be hoped that ere long their publication will give the reading world the opportunity of perusing this version of those romantic h/sforicttes with which tlie island teems. Mv. Durell died in 1848, from causes induced by domestic affliction, leaving behind him a reputation for scholarship and talent, rarely, if ever equalled among his countrymen, and undoubtedly never surpassed. The family of Le Vavasseur-dit-Durell is represented by David-Vavasouk Durell, Esq. ; tliat of Durell, by tlie Rev. John-Durell Durell, B.A., of jNIarchwood Parsonage, South- ampton. Arms of Le Vavasseur-dit-Durell: Or, a fesse, dancette, sable. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet, a gazelle's head, sable, attired, oi-. Motto : Dos est magna parentum virtus. Arms of Durell (as borne by the Rev. John-Durell Durell) : Azure, a lion rampant, crminois, ducally crowned, or. (jjuartering : Argent, a saltire, gules; on a chief of the last, three mullets of the field, for Stables : Impaling : 1 and 4 : Ermine, on a fesse, sal^le, tln'ee mullets, or, for Lister; 2 and 3, Or, on a bend between six crosses crosslet, ;izure, three garbs of the field, for Bancroft. Crests: 1. Out of a ducal coronet, a Sai-acen's head, full-faced, ppr., wreatlied around tlie head, or and azure, for Durell: 2. A demi-lion, gules, holding between the paws, a nudlet argent, for Stables. Motto : Fidelis et generosus. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 155 ^Srliicjite of ?Cr 2iJatia£(siriu--liit--QurrIK SENIOR BRANCH. Heliei Le Vavasseur, and Guille Le Vavasseur, of S. Martin. Geoffrey Le Vavasseur, of S. Peter. Fide Extenle, 1331. Catherine, d. of . . . Lempriere = John Le Vavassrur-dit-Durell, b. 1497 = Ann. d. of . . . Messervy. \ I I 1 homas Le V.-dit-Darell = Judith, d. of . . . Poingdestre. Nicholas = Jane, d. of . . . Malzard. I Thomas Le V.-dit-Durell = Louisa, d. of . . . Dumaresq. I I i ^1 Abraham Le V.-dit-Durell, m. 1610 = Jane, d. of . . . Duhamel.* Andr^ = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Pitre. John I Abraham le V.-dit-Durell = Sarah, d. of . . . Poulain.f of Caen, Normandy. I n Abraham Le V.-dit-Durell. Margaret, d. of David Bandinel, Seig. of Bagot = Thomas, b. 1654 = Mary, d. of . . . De La Douepe, Joshua. of Poitou. — Jadith. T~\ i I Rev. Daniel Le V.-dit-Dnrell, M.A. ^ Susan, d. of the Rev. . . . Powell, George. Margaret. Rector of Coychurch, Preb. of Llandalf. I of co. Glamorgan. — Mary- Ann. Susan Le V.-dit-Durell = John Franklin, of Lanthangale, Joseph. E. Syvret. John Hamptonne, Jurat, R.C. Thomas Le V.-dit-Durell, b. 1683, d. 1736 = Mary, sister of Charles Hilgrove, Jurat, R.C. I I John. I I Joshua. I George. Henry. David. I 1. Mary, d. of John Aubin, Denunciator, R.C, and niece = Thomas Le V.-dit-Durell = 2. Elizabeth, d. of George David, D.D., Principal of the Rev. Philip Falle, m. 1717. I Bandinel, Vicomte of Jersey, of Hertford Coll., Oxon.. and Canon of Canter- Henry Le V.-dit-Durell. I Elizabeth. James Hilgrove. bury, b. 1789. Thomas Le V.-dit-Durell, David. Rector of Mongewell, b. 1759. and Preb. of Durham. I John, o.s.p. I I I I I Anne. Mary. Margaret. Rachel. Jane. 1. Jane, d of N. Fiott, of Ann, d. of Philip Robin, of S. 1. Mary, d. of Ph. Robin. N. Cotes. Charles M. Gosset. J.L.Ham- Thomas mond. Hammond. La Hougue. Aubin. 2. Ann, d. of Ph. Lerrier. Le Maistre. 2. Ann, d. of Major Hull, m. 1819. I David-Vavasour Durell. I Thomas-Vavasour, o.s.p. Maria, d. of Wm. Le Breton. Harriet, d. of Rev. James Adams. 1 Philip-Vavasour. Ann-Vavasour. Jane-Vavasour. Mary- Vavasour. II III II- David-John-Vavasour Durell. John-Vavasour. Ann-Maria- Vavasour. Emily- Vavasour. Elizabeth-Vavasour. James-Philip- Vavasour. Jane-Louisa. Louisa- Vavasour. Margaret-Vavasour. Elizabeth-Charlotte. n \ III I I I I Thomas-Vavasour Durell, b. 1787, o.s.p. David, b. 1797 o.s.p. Jane-Ann, b. 1788. Rose-Mary. Louisa-Carteret. Eliza, b. 1790. Ann-Peyton. Rev. Charles Marett, Rector of — — S. Clement. Mary, b. 1791. Sarah. Louisa. ♦ Arms of Duhamei., of Champagne : .\rgent, a chevron, gules. f Arms of Poulain, of Britany : Argent, a holly tree, vert ; on a canton, gules, a cross engrailed, argent. 156 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. f cDigite of 2Ce ^•abassnir-tnt-JBurdL JUNIOR BRANCH. Nicholas Le Vavasseur-dit-Durell = Jane, d. of . . . Malzard {Vide preceding Ped.) Nicholas Le V.-dit-Dureli. Moyse, d. 1644. Jolin. I I I I I I Andrew. Henry. Laurent. Rachel. Jane. Felicia. Martha, d. of . . . Janvrin. Moyse Le V.-dit-Durell. John, d. 1C31 = Jane, d. of . . . Beaugie. Aaron. Nicholas. Noel. Jane. Mary, d. of . . . Luce. Judith, d. of ... Durell. Abigail, d. of ... Durell. Helier Cabot. I I Nicholas Le V.-dit-Durell, b. IfilS = Rachel, d. of . . . Chevalier. Moyse. Thomas. I Judith. Esther. Jane, d. of . . . Durell. Oliver Estienne.* 1. {Name unknown) = Nicholas Le V.-dit-Durell = 2. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Mollet. \ I , I Edward Le V.-dit-Durell = Mary, d. of . . . Le Maistre. 1 . (Name unknotcn) = Amice = 2. Jane, d. of . . . Le Maistre. I Thomas, and several other children. I Amice Le V.-dit-Durell. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Sueur. Nicholas = Frances, d. of . . . Bazin.f Edward. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Esnouf. I III I Amice, Le V.-dit-Durell, b. 1730. Gideon, b. 1737. Philip, b. 1751 = Ann, d. of ... John. Frances. Nicholas. I I I Philip Le V.-dit-Durell, Major R.J.M. = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Mennell.J James, R.N. = Eliz.-Mary, d. of John. Elizabeth. I Charles Pinel. I i Ph. Le Maistre, Ann-Charlotte Le V.-dit-Durell = Edward Gibaut, Jun. Elizabeth. S\ir&X, R.C. I Philip Le V.dit-Durell I I Edward. Charles. Carteret. John. I Elizabeth. 1. Capt. Sweeny. 2. Capt. llderton. I Julia-Esther. . . . Barnes. I Ann. .. Hil I Eleonora. 1. Thomasse, d. of .. . Anley = Amice Le V.-dit-Durell = 3. Mary, d. of Edward, b. 1714. Susan. I b. 1706. 2. Jane, d. of . . . Dolbel. . . Cabot. I Mary. Rachel. Rachel, d. of . . . Romeril. Elias-John = Le Gros. Three sons and three daughters. Amice Norman. § Henry Le V^dit-Durell. T Henry Le V.-dit-Durell. George. I Frederick. Edward Le V.-dit-Durell, b. 1738 = Elizabeth, d. of Philip Le Breton, and of Eliz. De Carteret, his wife. John, b. 1740. The Rev. Edward Le V.-dit-Durell, M.A., Rector of S. Saviour = Mary, d. of Thomas Anthoine. I I I I I I I Edward Le V.dit-Durell, Esq. Charles-Rouse, M.R.C.S., ot.. Carteret-Philip, ob. Alfred, B. A., John-Tindal, LL.B., Mary-Ann. Trin. Coll. S. Peter's Coll., Cambs. Cambs. Amice Le V.-dit-Durell, b. 1735 = Rachel, d. of . . . Voisin. I I Nicholas. Amice Le V.-dit-Durell = Margaret, d. of ... Amy. Amice Le V.-dit-Durell, Esq., of Mont au Pretre. Edward. Rev.Wra.Du- heaume,M..A., Jesus College, Cambs., Rec- tor of S. Trinity. • Arms of Estienne, or Stkvens, of Guernsey: Per pale, or and vert, a chevron between three Curnish choughs, counterchanged. Crest: On a rock, ppr., a salmon, in fessc, argent; in the mouth a rose, gules leaved and stemmed vert. t Arms of Bazin : Azure, three ducal coronets, or. J Arms of Mennel: Vairy, argent anil aable. § The family of Noiiman of Jersey is said to be a branch of that of Sussex. Arms: Gules, on the waves of the sea, a ship of three masts, all ppr. ; in chief three mullets, argent. Motto; Deus dabit vela. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 157 ^ftrigrrc of ©lufll. John Le Vavasseur-dit-Durkll, b. 1497. = Ann, (i. of . . . Messervy. Thomas Le V.-dit-Durell. Nicholas, Elder of the Church of S. Helier. d. IGIG, aged circa 80. Jane, d. of . . . Malzard. T Nicholas Le V.-dit-Durell. Moyse Le V.-dit-Durell, b. 1635. Elizabeth, d. of . . . LeGallais. II I Thomas = Jane La Cloche, d. of the John, Greffier, R.C. = Martha, d. of . . . Janvrin. Other Seig. of Longueville. I children. L Jane, d. of . . . Hailhache = Thos. Durell, Constable = 2. Madeline, d. Nicholas. Martha. Mary. of S. Heher. I Charles Durell, b. 1G31, o.s.p. John Le V.-dit-Durell. b. 1(15). of . . . Guilleaume.* John Dumaresq. Sarah. Ann. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Bouton. T John Le V.-dit-Durell, b. 1G83. Ann, d. of . . . Le Geyt. T I i Jane. Martha ' ' III John Durell, Lieut.-BaiUy of Nicholas, Advocate- Thomas. Jersey, b. 1642. General of Jersey. — Elias. Ann, d. of Elias Dumaresq, Judith, d. of .. . — Seig. des Augr^s. Foubert. + Madelaine. T I I I MINI I John Durell, Advo- Philip, Seig. Thomas, b. 1685. Charles. Madelaine. Jane. Ann PhilipLe V.-dit-Durell, b. 1717. Other cate-General of of Grainville. — b. l(;"4,m ^ . -. . r u I f'na children. Jersey, b. 1678. Mary, d.of . . . Robin. T Philii) Le V.-dit-Durell, of Sans Souci. Elizabeth, d.of . Corbet. Anne, d.of . ..Bulkeley. Nicholas. 1694 Elizabeth. Matthew = de Saus- I Sir Ed. De marez.of Magdelaine Duiell, b. 1713. Carteret. Guernsey. I John Durell, Advocate-General of Jersey, b. 1705- Ann, only d. and h. of Amiuu La Cloche, Seig. of Longueville. 1 . Madelaine, d. of , . . Sausmarez, o.s.p. Sophia, d. of H. Weld. I I II I II John-Thomas Durell, Philip. Madelaine-Ann, Ann. Seig. of Longueville, — b. 1728, eventual — Advocate-General of George, heiress of Lou- Elizabeth. I Jersey, b. 1733, o.s.p. gueville. I I 11 I Philip, Rear-Admiral, b. 1707. Thomas Durell, Capt. R.N., Robert. b.l717. — Charles. George-Charles. 2. . . . d. of . Skey. 3 widow of . . . Taylor, u.sp. T Ann Durell, only d. and h. George Biirrard, Es(|., of Lyming- ton, Hants. Rev. Thos. Warwick. I Sophia. Ann. I Eliza Durell. J Ann-Sophia. Thomas- Philip Durell. Anne.d.of John Roberts, of 1. James Alexander. Keene-Zachary Stables, Esq., of Kingsgate, L of Thanet. Bread Green Lodge, co. Surrey. = 2. George Ellis. = I I Durell Durell, Esq., assumed his mother's name, by S. M., in 1833. John Blaki>, Capt. R. Ma_\o Anthony Blake, Caot 13th Regt. Mditia. Anne, third d. of Joseph Hamer, of Demarara. I The Rev. John-Durell Durell, B.A., of Southampton. Florence-Arabella, third d. of Matthew-Henry Lister, Esq., of Burwell Park, co. Lincoln | I,, Fredericii.- 1 hoinas. Anne. Marv- * Arms of GuiLT.AUME, of Britany : Gules, a lion, argent, crowned and langued, or. f Arms of Foubkrt, of Normandy : Argent, on a fesse, azure, a lion, passant, guardant, or. J The family of Lister, of Burwell Park, forms the senior existing line of the ancient family of Lister of Yorkshire, of which was Sir Martin Lister, the celebrated physician, temp. Charles L Bv the marriage of Mattht^w Lister, Esq., of Burwell. with Eleanor, daughter, and eveotual co-heiress of Sir Cliarles Dynioke, ot Scrivelshy, Knight, Cham|.ion at the Coronation of James IL, this family became one of the co-heirs to the ancient barony of Kyme. Lord Ribblesdale descends from a junior branch of this house. 158 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. jTilleuL jHOMAS LE FILLEUL, of the parish of Pirou, Vicouite of Coutances, settled iu Jersey circa 1430, from whom descend all of this name in the island. This Thomas, in 1435, sold his French estates to his brother, John Le Filleul, and thus ceased to liave any connection with the Duchy of Normandy. The family is an offshoot from the family of Filleul, Seigneurs of Freneuse, in Normandy, from which source also spring the Seigneurs de Chesnets and other branches of the same name, noticed by French genealogists. The first of the branch of Freneuse, Duraud Filleul, was, as several of his descendants subsequently became. Mayor of Rouen in 1268, and was at this early period, certified as belonging to an ancient and considerable family of that city. Amauri Filleul, Seigneur of Freneuse in 1353, was, with John Mustel, sent into England as hostage for the deliverance of King John of France, where both died in exile. The influential family of Filiol, of Woodlands, Dorsetshire, now extinct, is generally given an identical origin with the foregoing.* Hutchins, in his great work on that county, who gives a detailed pedigree of this house, says " The family of Filiol took its name from Filiolus, in French, Filleul^ — Godson, as appears by a seal appendant to a grant of William Filiol to Coge- sliale (Coggeshall) Abbe}^, in Essex, which has a representation of a font— a king on one side, and a bishop on the other, holding a child, as in the ceremony of baj^tism ; so that the surname seems given by some King of England, to one of their ancestors at the time of baptism. Their name occurs in some of the Rolls of Battel Abbey, among those who came iu Avith the Conqueror." Among several branches of the fiimily, the most important, that of S. Clement, is repre- sented by the Rev. Philip Filleul, M.A., Vice-Dean of Jersey, and Rector of S. Holier. Arms (as borne by the Rev. Philip Filleul) : Argent, on a bend, gules, three escallops, or. Impaling: argent, a digamma, sable, for Valpy. Crest : An anchor, or, cabled jipr. Motto: Facta non verba. ^3ftiig:rtr of jTillfuI of ^. Clrnifiit. John Filleul, living 1520 = Jeanette, d. of John Averty. I \ i \ \ ^1 Francis Filleul = Martha, n:-!Klif'- thfiiirk. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 159 I III Philip FiUeul, m. 1G44 = Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Godfray. John. Jane. Margaret = Thomas Ahier. Philip FiUeul, b. 1649 = Jane, d. of Helier Dumaresq. John. I Elizabeth == Aaron Noel. John. Jane. I Philip Filleul, b. 1690, Lieut., R.J.M. = Sarah, d. of Thomas Godfray. ^1 I I I Mary, d. of... Stephen Clement Philip Filleul, Constable of S. Clement, John, b. 1739. Sarah. DeQuetteville. Mourant. Mattinglcy. Capt., E. Regt., R.J. M., b. 1736. =' Esther, d. of ... _J I Elizabeth. Rachel. Esther. John Touzel, Constable of S. Clement. Deborah, d. of John Touzel. Touet. T John Filleul, b. 1725. Aaron = Elizabeth, d. of John Touzel. Jane. I Sarah, d. of Clement I I John Filleul, b. 1776. Esther. Mary. Mattingley. Aaron Filleul, o.s.p. Sohn, o.s.p. Esther, d. and h. ■ T Mary, d. of John Touzel. John Le = Neveu. Ph.-J. Le Neveu. I Philip Filleul, Constable of S. Clement =■ Esther-Elizabeth, d. of Other George Laurens. children, o.s.p. Esther-Elizabeth Filleul, only d. and h. = John Janvrin. I I I John Filleul. Elizabeth = John Le Jeune. Mary =^ Ph. Vivi;in. I Nancv- I III Philip Filleul, Lieut., E. Regt., R.J.M., b. 1764 = Ann, d. of Joshua Mourant. Esther = Aaron Ahier. Elizabeth = Ph. Touzel. Deborah. i ' i i ' i The Rev. Philip Filleul, M.A., successively Vice-Dean of Jersey, Rector of Ann-Elizabeth. Elizabeth-Deborah. Marv-Elizabeth. S. Brelade, S. Peter, S. Saviour, and S. Helier, b. 1793. Catherine-Elizabeth-Blanehe, d. of Dr. Valpy, of Reading. Ph. Nicolle. Isaac Malzard. The Rev. Philip-Valpy-Mourant Filleul, M.A., Rector of Biddi- shani, CO. Somerset, formerly Warden of Christ's College, Tasmania. Marianne, d. of Saml. Girdlestone. 7 I William-Valpy, oh. juv. Philip-William Filleul. I Samuel-Edward. I William-Gabriel, of Papakaio, Otago, New Zealand. I Richard-Anthony, of New Zealand, who, with his brother, William- Louisa, second d. of Gabriel, was one of R. S. Belcher, of the earlier settlers Burton-on-Trent. in the province of of Otago. Mary-Jane. Ann-Penelope. F. J. Henslev, .M.D. fiott m HE family of Fyot, Fiot, or Fiott, appears to have existed in Jersey for some centuries, ^ where it has always held a respectable social position. It may be supposed, owing to the identity of surname and similarity of coat-armour, a branch of the distin- guished house of Fyot de la Marche, one of the most eminent of the Duchy of Burgundy. Two branches of this latter bear titles of nobility; one, that of the IMarqui.sate de la ]\Iarche, and the other, that of the Marquisatc de Mimeure. The parent stock is traced to Guillaume Fyot, who represented the fiiniily in 1382.1 * Arms of Alexandre, of Normandy : Paly azure and gules, a fesse, argent : in chief a crescent, or, in base a trefoil of the third. t For detailed notices of this family, vide Palliot. Hist, du Parlement de Bourgogne, and its continuation, by Petitot : x2 160 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. The brnncli of Jersey settled in tlie parish of S. Saviour, whence a section removed to 8. Holier, and in the person of Nicholas Fiott, Esq. ( who was buried in the churchyard of that parish, where a handsome monument exists to his memory) became possessed of the Fief Ilaubert of Melesches A collateral descendant of this Nicholas, John Fiott, Esq., D.C.L., F.R A.S., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., F.G.FI.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., representative of the family in England, assumed by Sign-Manual in Octoljer, 1815, the surname and arms of Lee, pursuant to the will of his maternal uncle, William Lee-Antonie, Esq., of Ilartwell, Bucks.* A branch of the same fomily is located in the parish of S. Brelade, and is there repre- sented by Mr. John Fiott. Another settled in Guernsey in the seventeenth century, but is now extinct.f Arms : Azure, on a chevron between three lozenges, or, an anchor erect, cabled, sable. Crest: A demi-horse, argent, charged on the shoulder with a fleur-delis, sable. Motto : Malgre I'injustice. |Y some authorities this family is said to be derived from a French source, but by others, to be identical with that of Gabriel, of England. . The ancestor of the existing branch, represented by John Gabourel, Esq., of La Coloinberie, is supposed to have been a seventh son, who, absent on a voyage, escaped the fate of his six elder brothers, who fell victims to. the plague which ravaged the island about the year 1526. These brothers were buried hi the graveyard of the now demo- lished feudal chapel of S. George, at Vincheles de Bas, where the tomb erected to their memory is still remembered by some of the patriarchs of S. Ouen. G<;liot's Ann. ( ii ii : Coutume do Bouigogue, by President -BouLier: the Perc Anselmc : Gallia Christiana, vol. IV: Catalogue di'S Gcntilshommes du Duche de Bourgogne : Du Chesnay-des-Bois : etc., etc. Arms of Fyot de la Marche : Azure, a chevron hctwccn three lozenges, or. * Vic/e pedigree and history of the family of Lee, and an incomplete and imperfect pedigree of Fiott, in Lipscomhe's History of Buckinghamshire. A lengthened and erudite history of the ancient house of Lee, of Hartwell, its mansion :ind manor, appears in the ^des Hartwellianee, by Admiral W. H. Smyth, K.S.F., D.C.L., F.R.S., 1851. t Arms of Fiott of Guernsey : Or, three hends, azure : a canton ermine. The discrepancy between the arms of the .Jersey and Guernsey families is thus ingeniously explained by a learned antiquary of the latter island. The last-named arms are blazoned on a monument in the church of S. Peter Port, to the memory of John Fiott, who died in 174-1. In (he same church is a monument in memory of Mary, wife of .lohn Broughton, Captain of Invalids, son of Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart., of co. Stafford, who died in 1722. The arms on it are Broughton, impaling in chief— or, a chevron azure, between three mascles gules (a comprehansible variation of the true Fiott coat) and in base — or, three bends sinister, azure; a canlon, also sinister, ermine, for Charty. The conclusion very naturally to be arrived at, is that Captain Rroughton's first wife was a Fiott, and that the chief impale (allowing for the incompetence of a provincial artist) represents the bearings of that family— but from some unexplained cause the Fiotts of Guernsey subsequently mistook the base impale for their own arms. By w/ii'//i I/iI.< /'/ii/t' Af PreseiUet/ to Uie Jihrk . AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 161 Arms (as borne by John Gabourel, 1''sq.) : Argeut, an ancbor erect, azure; on a cbief ot the last, three roses of the field. Quartering : Argent, a chevron between two roses slipped in chief, and a heart in base, all gules, for Benest. Crest : A greyhound's head, couped, argent, collared and chained, or. ^rliigrft of (Sabouid. Pasquerel Gabourel, living 1582. John Gabourel, living 1612 = Mabel, d. of . . . Le Brocq. I Thomas Gabourel, living 1G45. Thomas Gabourel, d. 1678 = Elizabeth, d. of Michael Journeaulx. Thomas Gabourel, d. 168&. Sarah, d, of Edmund Falle, of S. Saviour. John, d. 1702 = Margaret, d. of . . . Le Quesne. I Elizabeth. Thomas Gabourel, b. 1654. Catherine, d. of . . . Alexandre, of S. Brelade. I Fhomas Gabourel, d. 1691. 1. Judith, d. of ... Le Gros. 2. Magdalene, d. of . . . Le Vesconte. I I George, b. 1658. Philip. I Elizabeth. Rachel, d. of Simeon Syvret. I I George Gabourel. Susan. I John Gabourel, b. 1679. 1 Judith. Abraham Le Marquand. John. I Joshua, b. 1669. 1. (Name unknown.) = 2. Sarah, d. of Michael Perchard. 3 Susan I.e Grand, widow of Raulin Ball o.s.p. I Nicholas. I Sarah. I Elizabeth. 1 Katherine. 1. Jane, d. of . . . Dolbel, o.s.p. 2. Jane, d. of . . . Le Brocq. T I III Jane Gabourel. Mary. Magdalen. I Charles Gabourel. I I Ann. Sarah. Sarah. > twins. Rachel. I Thomas Gabourel, of Portinfer. Joshua. Amice. John. Catherine. Sarah. Jane I Joshua Gabourel, b. at Southampton. Ann Durell, o.s.p. Catherine, d. Philip, of . . . Balleine. 1. Su.*an, (]. of Philip Le Bailly. 2. Margaret, d. of . . . Bayles, o.s.p. Amice Gabourel. .\nn. 1 Catherine. Mary, d. of . . . De La Perelle. Nicholas Le Bas. Henry Le Vavasseur-dit-Durell. I John-Joshua Gabourel. Mary Gabourel, clil. d. Jane. and CO. h. • Philip D'Auvergue. John Perchard, of Les Jurat, R.C. Augres. I I I I Amice. Michael. Philip. Thomas. Joshua Gabourel, b. at Southanipton. Hannah, d. of . . . Bick, m. 174T. I I Joshua Gabourel, b. 1761. Susannah. I Sarah. I I Ann. Marv. Elizabeth, d. of James- Chas. Durell Louis Guillet. Lauchlan Ph. Hamon. Mc Lean, M.D., settled in N. America. 162 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSET. I I II Joshua Gabourel, b. 1787, John-Joshua, b. 1796, d. 1854. Elizabeth. oh. juv. Harriet, d. and h. of Philip Susannah. Benest, of S. Brelade. I ^ III I I I I I I I John Gabourel, Esq., R.J.M.A., Joshua. ") Harriet. Ann. Amelia- Susannah. only surviving son. — | — Catherine. John. y oh. juv. Elizabeth. Francis-Shortt John-Wheler — I — Arnott, M.D., Robert-Crossing Cnllington, Charles. J Mary-Ann. C.B., H.E.l.C.S. Thorpe, M.D., Capt. R.A. H.E.I.C.S. Louisa. I FIE family of Gervaise lias long held a biglily respectable position in its native parish, where, for some generations, it possessed the Franc-fief of S. Brelade.* D'Hozier, in his Armorial General^ Regcstre II., mentions a Peter Gervaise, who was Secretary to Henry VIII. of England, and who, by tradition, was supposed to have been a member of a family of that name settled at S. Malo, in Britany. It is far more probable, however, that this Peter Gervaise was a Jerseyman, and belonged to the family in this island; for among the muniments now in the possession of its descendants, is the oriqinal of a curious letter addressed by the Dean and Jurats of Jersey to Cardinal Wolsey, complaining of the mal-practices of their Bailly, Holier Do Carteret. It appears impossible to account for the preservation of this document in a quarter so remote, except on the ground that the then secre- tary, being a native of the island, should naturally lie consulted on insular affairs, and thus obtain possession, officially, of so interesting an instrument. Nor would such an appointment l>e without precedent, for, if I am correctly informed, it was very usual until the close of the last century, to attach natives of the Channel Islands to the service of the Houses of Parliament as Secretaries, in consequence of their familiarity with both English and French. Arms : Argent, a chevron, gules, between three escallops, sable. ^fljisiff of 6nbai£(f. R.VNrLPinjs Gervasy, mentioned among the Secttaores Curia? as Seigneur of the Franc-iief of S. Brelade in 1331, from whom descended Nieholas Gervaise, Jurat, R.C., in llftS, from whom descended Thomas Gervaise. Nicholas Gervaise, Seigneur of the Franc-fief of S. Brelade, in 154.,). Vide Lineage of Lauglois. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 163 Thomas Gervaise, d. 15!)0. Philip, o. $. p. = Collette, d. of . . Lo Marquand. Nicholas, b. 1566'. 1. Catherine, d. of . . Bequet. 2. Jane, d. of . . Herault. I I I I I Thomas Gervaise = Mary, d. of Richard. James. Stephen, b. JIary, b. 15U4. . . Becquet. 157i,o.s.p. Peter Picquet.* I Jane Gervaise, only d. and h., b. 1C05. 1. Jolm Goupil. Philip Gervaise, m. 1627. Toussaint, o.s.p. Mary, d. of . . Alexandre. 2. David Bandinel. Philip Gervaise, b. 1631 = Elizabeth, d. of .. Le Marquand. John. Toussaint. Thomas. Elias. Mary. Philip Gervaise, d. 1721- = Jane, d. of Philip Messervy of Anneville, m. ITOC. Jane, ni. 1703. Thomas Jean.t Philip Gervaise, d. 17-19 = Jane, d. of . . Robert, m. 1739. John. Edward. Rachel. 1 Jane. Philip Gervaise, I). 17^0 r= Mary, d. of . . Marguerite.! Jane. Anne Gervaise, only d. and h., d. 185-1 = Philip Le Bas, of Les Niesmes. §■ * Arjis of Picquet, of Picardy : Azure, on a bend, gules, three vases, or, between three trefoils of the last. t Arms of Jean of Normandy : Azure, three acorns, or. I Marguerie, ilarguerye, or ^larguerite, one of the most ancient of the aucienne noblesse of Normandy. Abms: Gules, three field daisies, argent, § Le Bas. — Normandy is the province whence this family draws its origin, and it has been settled in the island for centuries. The name appears in documents of the thirteenth century, existing in the archives of S. Lo, which relate to the possessions held by the monks of S. Michael in Jersey. The family possesses several branches, settled principally in the parishes of S. Peter and S. Brelade, which, however, owing to the absence of evidence, cannot be traced to a common origin. Of these, the principal are those of Les Niesmes and La Presse, in the Parish of S. Peter, and that of S. Brelade, now represented by Mr. Nicholas Le Bas, of Jlont de Tigne. This latter Ijranch is of great antiquity in its parish, the present representative lieing the ticcntieth of the name in lineal descent. That of Les Niesmes has been in possession of this estate for, at least, sixteen generations, when bj' the marriage of Ann, only daughter and heiress of Nicholas Le Bas, Ef^q., with Philip Le Feuvre, Esq., it passed into the possession of the last-named family. The only brother of this Nicholas, Philip Le Bas, having married Anne, onlj' daughter and heiress of Philip Gervaise, of S. Brelade, settled on the paternal estate of that very ancient family, which is now in the possession of his eldest son, Mr. Philip Le Bas. The branch of La Presse came originally from S. Laurence, where it held a considerable estate, known to this day as La Ville-au-Bas. It became possessed of La Presse by its marriage with the heiress of the Bechervaise family. Its present bead is Henry-Philip Le Bas, Esq., who also represents a section of the ancient Norman family of Mace, the first insular settler of which was a victim of the French Revolution of 17S0. Arms of Maci; : Gules, three clubs, argent. Arms : The sculptured stone on which the arms and quarterings of the family were pictured, was unfortunately lost in the repair or rebuilding of the house, but the branch of Les Niesmes bear the coat borne by the late Professor Le Bas, of Haileybury, whose source is strongly suspected to be identical with the insular family. 164 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. MIGRATING at the commencement of the fifteenth century from Fhmders, this femily settled in the parish of S. Laurence, where its representative still lives.* Nicholas Gibaut, or Gybault, as the name was then spelt, was Rector of the parish of S. Saviour so early as 1497. Louis Gybault was Vice-Dean of Jersey in 1514. And a namesake and collateral relative, another Louis Gybault, possessed the living of S Clement in 1.567. From this ecclesiastic, who was born about 1.530, the existing family of the name directly tiescend. Its chief representatives are Mr. Abraham Gibaut, of La Vallee, Colonel Moses Gibaut, R..J.M., Philip Gibaut, Esq., Constable of S. John, and Moses Gibaut, Esq., of Mainland. The junior branch descended from a second son of the Rev. Louis Gybault, of S. Clement, is extinct. The estate of La Vallee, in the jjarish of S. Laurence, comprised at one period four hundred vergees of land, and has been held by the ancestors of its present possessor for at least i'our hundred and fifty years. The house, jjerhaps one of the most antique in the island, still stands, being now used as an outhouse. Arms (as borne by Moses Gibaut, Esq., Colonel, R.J.M.): Azure, a tower, or, maconn^, sable. Quartering: Azure, a fesse between three stags, trippaut, argent, for Le Cerf; Per fesse, argent and or; in chief, a dexter-hand, clenched, ppr., cutfed of the second; in base a mullet of the first, for Poingdestre. Crest : A tower, as in the arms. Arms (as borne by Moses Gibaut, Esq., of IMainland) : The same Arms and Crest. Quartering : Azure, a fesse, between three stags trippant, argent, for Le Cerf ; Or, three cherries, gules, stalked, vert, for Messervy; Or, three leaves, vert, for Anquetil; Gules, four fusils conjoined in fesse. Argent, a mullet for ditt'erence, for De Carteret ; argent, on a chevron between three martlets, sable, as many fleurs-de-lis of the field, for Falle; and Gules, three mullets, pierced, or, fur Hamptonne. Impaling: Gules a plain cross, humette, between three doves, argent, a crescent for diff'ereuce, for De la Taste ; and. Argent, a bend wavy, sable, a crescent for difference, for Wallop. ^3ftii5rff of (0il).^ut. The Rev. Louis GyBAUi.T, Rector of S. Clement, 1567. T I Nicholas Gybault, b. 1556. Louis, b. 1568. I T I I Philip Gybault = Catherine Le Goupil, Abraham Gyhault, il. 1661 = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Bisson. Ehas, d. 1666. I '"'' Guppy. I I A B * A family named Gir.oT, which demonstrated its nobility in the years 1GG7, 1097, and 17U', was formerly settled in the province of Anjou. Arms : Argent, a lion, sahle. ^0 '{31 or i-i (ioLorjF-L, F{.J.>1 /})■ m7ii'iii f/iis /'////,■ IS /i/rsi///i// //• f/ii jro/-L\ ,.:rj fl) i} % k^ '"(^t % til , ^ % \^ lire. Mainland. Jh' whfiii !hif F/'ii/i' is /)risr/ilii/ h> ihf Urric: AN AKMOKIAL OF JERSEY. 165 I Nicholas Gybault, m. 1680 = Mary, d. of ... Laurens. I'hilip, d. 1690 = Judith, rf. of ... LeGoupil. Louis Gybault. Philip. Margaret. I Nicholas Gybault, m. 1687. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Laurens. I I I Jane. Moses Gybault, b. 1684. I I I I I I I I Nicholas Gibaut= Ann, d. of ... Abraham. Mary. I De La Cour. . — I Elias. Edward Gibaut. Catherine. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Payn. T Moses Gibault, b. 1706. I Abraham Gibaut. Elizabeth. Catherine. Sarah. Margaret. Mary, d. and h. of Philip Le Cerf. I I I I I Philip. John. Abraham. Nicholas. Thomas. Philip Gybault. Mary. I ^1 Moses Gibaut, b. 1732 = Ann, d. of . .. Payn. Nicholas, b. 1734, o.t.p. Abraham Gibaut, o.s.p. John. Philip. I I Abraham Gibaut, Ann Gibaut, of La Valine. only d. and h. Moses Gibaut, Constable of S. John. Ann, d. and co-h. of Philip Poingdestre. Philip. Elizabeth, d. and h. of John Dean. Devize Moses Gibaut, Esq., Col., R.J.M. Philip, Constable of Elizabeth, d. of John Perchard, of S. John. Lea Augriis. I Harriet. Ann. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Gruchy. Elizabeth Gibaut. John Le Gallais, of Surville. Thus. Falla. John Orange. I I Philip Gibaut. Moses, Deputy for S. Laurence, Elizabeth, d. of and Major, . . . Langlois. R.J.M. Ann. John Godtray. I I Mary. Elizabeth. ob. Edward Gibaut. 1. Mary, d. of Mellish De La 'I'aste, o.x.p. 2. Henrietta, d. of William Wal- lop, grandson of E. ot Ports- mouth, 0.1. p. I I I I I I I I John Gibaut, Esq., Advocate, R.C. Philip, Capt., Walter-Moses, James, Capt. Alfred, Lt, H.M. Clifford, Ann. Ellen. H.M. 73rd Assist. -Surgeon, and Adjutant, 74th Regt., killed H.M. 20th Uegt. H.M. 17th R.J.M. at Lucknow, Regt. E. C. Jeaf- F. Steriker. Regt. 1857. freson. <2^irautiot» T is supposed, by its existing members, that this family settled in Jersey soon after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A. family bearing arms almost identical with the one in question, named Girardot, is mentioned by Dcs Bois; of whom Prudent Girardot, Seigneur de la Roche, was Councillor of the Parliament of Dijon in the seventceiitli century. The family in the island is represented by Mr. Francis Giraudot, of S. Peter. 1G6 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSFA'. ^etntjiff of (Sirauliot. Francis Giraudot, first of the name settled in Jersey = Susan, d. of . . Dolbel. Fraucis-Peter Giraudot := JIary, d. of . . Renouf. Susan. Francis Giraudot = Jane, d. of . . Le Yavasseuv-dit-Noel. Elizabeth-Jane. Mary. P. J. Simon. J. B. Wadsworth. Francis-Noel Giraudot. Matilda-Jane. Elizabeth-Jane. Arms: (^unrterh', 1 aud 4; Argent, a lion, rampant, sable, armed and langued, gules; 2 aud 3 ; Gules, a chevron, argent. Crest : A lion, rampant, sable. Motto: Nil desperandum. HIS family settled in Jersey some time previous to 1600, in tbe person of Drouet Godfray. His son, Humpbrey Godfray, as appears by family tradition, based on documentary evidence, baving sold some landed property in the county of Northumberland (whence bis father bad emigrated), purchased an estate in the parish of S. ^lartin, near S. Catherine's Bay. Thence, in the middle of tbe last century, the representative of the elder branch of the fomily, Philip Godfray, removed to Anneville, ou bis marriage with Sarah, daughter aud eventual heiress of George Messervy. Their eldest son, Philip Godfray, on the death of bis mother, inherited this estate, and in 1773 married Frances, the daughter and heiress of Francis Fauvel, a member of a wealthy insular flimily. The eldest sou of this marriage, Philip Godfray, was for several years Constable of S. Martin. The other son, the late Francis Godfray, Seigneur of Anueville, was Grefher of the Royal Court, and Treasurer of the States of the Island for upwai-ds of thirty yeai's.* * Upon the death of this gentleman in ] 84.6, the States, to mark the high sense they entertained of the services he had rendered to the island during his long and arduous career as a public servant, unanimously voted the following act of condolence, which was transmitted to his son, authenticated by the broad seal of the island : — " Aux Etats de I'Ifle de Jersey." " L'an mil huit cent quarante fix, le trentieme jour de Novembre. Francois Godfray, ecuier, ayant 6te enlev^ par unc mort inopinee aux fonftions de Greffier de la Cour Royale, et de Treforier des Etats — les Etats ont a I'unanimit^ refolu de donnef a fa famille ce temoignagc public de leur regret, ct de leur approbation de la haute integrity, du zele, et de I'infatigable induftrie (ju'll apporta pendant un grand nombre d'annecs, dans Tcxercife de ses fonftions importantcs et laborieufcs, dont il f'acquitta, jufqu'au dernier moment dc fa vie, k I'entifere fatisfadtion de cette aflemblee, et du public de cette ifle." "Les Etats ont en meme temps prie Monfr. Le Prefident de tranfmettre le prclent Adte a Jacques Godfray ^cr. fils du dit defunt." SEICI^EUP^ 0F/(1\(|^e/iLLE. Jir u/i,'/)i //ii'x /'/- lli'd: n' LBK.38.IEa G0©I^RAT,]eSQm3a.E. /iv n/ic/ii ////-Y /'/K )K »•; •«; »• T< ;* ■«• REAR ADMIRAIi HRHRY GOSSKT, /)';- ir//r\, r,'/M//r ////s/V///,- /.y ^//ysc///?// A' ///,- JIV'/-/r AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 171 <3omtt OHN GOSSET, a member of aii influential French family, settled in Jersey, shortly after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and founded a fixmily now existing in various branches, both in that island and in England. Among its many noteworthy members may be mentioned Matthew Gosset, Esrj.. of Bagot, who, during the first French Revolution, was conspicuously active in his oftbrts to ameliorate the svifFerings of the many noble and other refugees who sought an asylum in Jersey. The exiles were so sensible of his disinterested kindness, that they presented him as a token of their grateful appreciation of his services, with a gold snuflf-box, now in the possession of his descendants. Another eminent member of the family, the late Major-General Sir William Gosset, K.C.B.. was for some years Sergeant-at-Arms of the Flouse of Commons, at whose death the members of which passed a resolution expressive of the high sense the House entertained of his services. The Rev. Isaac Gosset, D.D., F.R.S., of Exeter College, Oxford, was a well-known Greek scholar, and was especially famous as a collector and judge of books. His sou, the Rev. Isaac Gosset, M.A., also of Exeter College, was for thirty-eight years Rector of Datchet, and for thirty-four years Vicar of New Windsor, both in Buckinghamsliire. In May, 1818, he was appointed Chaplain at Windsor Castle, an appointment Avhich he held during four reigns, until his death. The family is represented by Rear- Admiral Henry Gosset; by Philip Gosset, Esq., of Bagot, Jersey; and the Rev. Isaac-Henry Gosset, M.A., of Northam, Devonshire. Arms (as borne by Rear- Admiral Henry Gosset) : Azure, a bean-wreath, or, leaved and fructed; on a chief, argent, an eagle, displayed, sable. Crest : A greyhound's head, erased, argent, collared gules, ringed and garnished, or. ■e- ^: ya -o- ya 3* )K ■*; p. •« :# ^- ■*; )K 172 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. ■tf> o Q ^ rt '— rt CQ O ^ 5 S Z >> I o a; q i sl 1 J-S rt .- -6?; I 3 "a I "2 = I ■= >= tA d S J S -S I, i - « = I = a 3 -•J '^0 3 - X Z - rt a> g er J § "a •r" =Z ■2 ""-3 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 173 "J I"! s . o-s" 3^ n o c e S 5 Coo ■So JU I", II -1 o-g i - 3.2 ^ S I e oz 3 O EC! I IS IS 4* I I C -a '^ '^. '^ ^ >K « B 174 AN ARMORTAL OF JERSEY. (iuertjaitt. WITZERLAND is traditionally assigned as the country whence this family emigrated to Jersey. Dr. Denis Guerdain, probably the first settler in the island, was a firm adherent of the Royal Cause at the jjeriod of the Rebellion. Indeed, it was here that the ever spendthrift and careless Prince Charles, during his visit in 1646, "fist battre de la monnaye, a la niaison de jNIousr. Denis Guerdain Ti la Trinite," no doubt to defray expenses that even the enthusiastic and loyal Jerseymen refused to incur.* Another of its members married a member of the local familv of Richardson, who havine; survived her husband, erected a monument to liis memory in the Pavish Church of S. Trinity, adorned with the arms of both tamiHes. That of Guci'dain has been extinct for some period. Arms: A cross calvary. F Guernsey origin, this family owes its settlement in Jersey to an episode in the French occupation of Guernsey, in the fourteenth centur}'. In 13.38, when Guernsey was attacked under the able leadership! of Evan de Galles,t a renegade of much skill and daring, a truce was agreed on between Edward III. and Phihp of France, by the articles of which the island remained in the possession of its enemies. Smarting under a foreign yoke, some patriotic inhabitants ( prominent among whom were the ancestors of the families of Guille and Le Cornu) determined to exert themselves to rid Guernsey of the French. Their efforts, howevei', were unavailing against superior force, and the little band of adventurers, retiring to Jersey, settled in the parish of S. Ouen. According to Duncan, in his " History of Guernsey," an old family record, preserved among the S. Ouen muniments, states that King Charles II. offered to Paul Guille, descendant of James Guille (the first of the name in the island), a Baronetcy, in grateful remembrance of the hospi- tality and services rendered by the family to himself, and his royal ancestors. When Paul refused the proffered honour, as inconsistent with his moderate fortune, the King was pleased * This insular niiut, however, has been, by tlic industrious and exhaustive researches of Dr. Hoskins, discovered to have been a mere bubltle — a small South Sea scheme, iu fact. It is unnecessary to add that specimens of the Jersey coinage may be looked for in vain. ■(■ Villaret says that this Evan was called the Poursuivant d' Amour, and that he \vas the son (descendant ?) of the last of the ancient sovereigns of AVales, who was beheaded liy King Edward. He had been brought up at the court of Philip de Valois, as page of honour to his chamber. In time of peace, when holding for the Duke of Lancaster the castle of Beaufort, near Chalons, he deserted to the service of the French king. His melancholy end is pathetically described by Froissart in his Chronicles, vol. ii., chap. 79. Dy iiliri/i tills J'/iil, IS prS TO THE N.E. OF 8. LAI RENCK CHURCH. /j\ \v/u>f/i !h/s I'/,i/i ,'i'fus ttr/ii<>n,i/ f'uiruiii.^ tiwf /ii//ith ns/iimri isnn-.onfnf/iif/it- ii <>/•/,• AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 177 ilamptonne, of i^amptonne. 1499. THE COFFER, OR C.AKDE-ROBE, AND THE PILASTERS OF THE BED USED BY CHARLES II. ON HIS VISITS TO THE RESIDENCE OF THE HAMPTONNE FAMILY; NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF ONE OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES S. ELLIOTT HOSKINS, ESQ., M.D., F.R.S.. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF GUERNSEY. HE patronymic of this family indicates an English origin, Init it has been located in Jersey from a very early date. Its supposed insular founder, Thomas De Ilanip- tonne, was Keeper or Governor of the Norman Isles in 1343. William De Hamp- tonue was Lieutenant-Bailly of Jersey in 1470, and again filled the same office in This William was Seigneur of the fiefs es Hastains, Godelierc, and Luce-l)e-Carteret, on which former was the original home of the family.* In 1602, however, this estate became possessed by the house of Bisson, when the Hamptonnes migrated to an estate formerly possessed by Richard Langlois, which they called after their own nanie.f In 1.') 10, Nicholas De Hamptonne was Lieutenant-Bailly of the island. In the same century, his brother, Sire Louis Hamptonne, erected an additional chapel to his j)arish church of S. Laurence, vvliere in the bosses of the roof his armorial ensigns still exist. This same individual gave two (piarters of wheat rent for ever, the proceeds to be applied to the repair of the roads of the same parish; and effected so much of good for the island generally, as to deserve a well-merited eulogium from Chevalier the Chronicler. But the high and palmy days of Hamptonne and its owners, were when Charles II., then Prince of Wales, accepted and enjoyed the hosj)itality of Laurens llamjitonne, Vicomte of Jersey, and of Edward Hamptonne, his son. Whether from the official position of the former. * " 1490, Mars 27. GuiLLE DE Hamptonne etait S'. du fief es Haftains, contient le melnage dudit Hamptonne, le C\os de Herman, le Val Hubaut, et les Monts Secr^es, avec les Prays, Vaux, et Collils, Commcncant au Vivier de cy au Doiit du Moulin que feit Raul Payn, et finiflant devant le moulin Vicart." t Vide Langlois. 1 78 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. as Sheriff' of Jersey, or fi'om a kindred spirit that the young and deboiinair Prince discovered in his liosts, they were indebted for the honour of the personal friendship and the famiHar com- panionship of tlieir future King, no contemporary writer lias informed us. But true it is, that perhaps no other insular family could boast of more intercourse with, and devotion to, the Royal Refugee from avowed enemies and faithless friends, than the denizens of Hamptonne. Relics of his stay are still religiously preserved by the chief representative of the family, and tlie present owner of its house. Here are still various articles of the monarch's clothing, and a ])air of his silver spurs; the bed on which he slept, and the embroidered quilt tliat covered liim; the carved oak table and chair which he used; and a seal on which are the Hamptonne ai-nis, which the King is said personally to have presented to his entertainers. But by far the most important of these Loyalist mementoes, is the original draught of the document which proclaimed C'harles H., King of Great Britain, on the reception of the news of the execution of liis father. It cannot be doubted but that the enthusiasm engendered by his personal friendship for the King, led Laurens Hamptonne to canvass the friends of the Stuart dynasty, and to obtain their signatures to this document: a labour and a risk which he lost no time in consummating by formally proclaiming Charles H., in his capacity as Vicomte, at the Cross in the Market Place of S. Helier.* The heroism and steadfostness of the men v.'ho .signed this Proclamation disclaims comment : for at this period, specie, never plentiful in Jersey, was particularly scarce, owing to the exigencies of the struggle then pending; therefore its subscribers, by this confes- sion of faith, not only exposed their property to confiscation, themselves and their families to ignominy, and jierhaps to death, but in addition, were well aware that they could neither sell their local property, nor, in most cases, even procure the money necessary for their escape from the island. The male eldest branch of the family is extinct, and is represented by George Syvret, Esq., of Hamptonne, au estate entailed by Patent, and held by Knight's service ; by the families of PoiNGPESTRE, of Graiuville, Patriarciie, and La Cloche; and by Dr. Hoskins, of Guernsey. Another branch of the family long located at Hamptonne, in the parish of S. Peter, is also extinct, and is represented by the descendants of Elizabeth, wife of Philiji Falle, and by those of Margaret, wife of Amice Alexandre, eventual co-heiresses of John Hamptonne, and sisters of John Hamptonne, Esq., Jurat, R.C. A third branch, which has not been traced to its source, is represented by the Le Hardy family. A junior branch of the original family of S. Laurence is represented by Francis- Hamptonne Barreau, Esq., M.R.C.S. Arms: Gules, three mullets, pierced, or. * I have hecn enabled fo present my readers witli a fac-simile of this document through the kindness of the Rev. the Lord John Thynne, Colonel Le Couteur, the Seigneur de S. Jean, Mrs. Colonel Dumaresq, Dr. Hoskins, William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A., John La Cloche, Esq., and John Mallet, Esq. 'mMMifiMm:fMmw^ >y@L(0) Jl IHKDca TEMFL®^ '■'i 0(n)MT¥M¥]LAMT¥l l.LMlMMWilillililS' ¥21(01 AC II MT ^^isirtpii MllMll^Ji mw^MMA mWMMMMMM FllliMlU '2M TiC10©Mli> MM MiflL. H^jmiMSMl^ i¥M wmwr. ]\mwBmE mmm mmmT.ETimi OAfSirAMl¥^ 'i^'M^ '(m&E] ymLmtEiKmTt] w.mmMwm, 11' m iTl.€( mAf^Aii^Kgw L© Mlf¥i.¥^ aiiMfSHf lll^XlHiIll SlfflfMlTil.lF ■mMMfiffli ©®4s» ,f»lI^f@»Mf^ U\}uj 1 (^" AJ»M^ is) * FmLl ¥MT(0)IRo¥II¥EIL¥(SE~i | ^lL!lTlII€@LIf¥l MlMOlT^ i te-''-. s-i .._^/ I J .■'1,11 ill'" • • '■■■■'^•'•,''IIIP ..■■'\l JJHural iHonuiiunt to tl)f I'Hfmori) of itaurnue anU of ifiUluart feamptonnt, nui-usttt in tl)t ouUr i&. inall of t\)t partsjj Cljurcf) of ^. 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T Nicholas Hamptonne. John Hamptonne, <1. 1G58 = Collette, d. of . . . . William Hamptonne, of Hamptonne House, S. Peter, m. 1645 = Martha, d. of . . Tocque. Helier Hamptonne, ob. 1009, inmipt. John, b. 1G49, d. 1707 = Elizabeth, d. of Philip Anlcy, and aunt of Philip Anlcy, Jurat, R.C. I I.I. John Hamptonne, Jurat, E.G., Elias, sold Hamptonne House, in 1759, Amice, b. 1()78. to Philip Le Couteur, o.s.p. o.s.p. Elizabeth. I jSIargaret. Mary- Ann, d. of Thos. Durell. Philip Falle. Amice Alexandre. John Falle, o.s.p. Rachel. Elizabeth. Thos. Messervy {vide Pedigree of Auquetil.) John Remon. ACOB HEMERY, of the parish of Vidouville, Bishopric of Bayeux, Xormandy, settled in Jersey at the period of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and was traditionally supposed to have descended from the Seigneurs of Villiers. In the attack made upon Jersey by the French, under the Baron RuUecourt,* in 1781, Capt. Clement Hemery, of the Town Battery of Artillery, R.J.M., particularly dis- tinguished himself by his zeal and bravery in the proceedings that led to the final defeat and expulsion of the enemy. Some of the female and youthful members of this family are immor- talized in Copley's picture of the battle that ensued, in the Royal Square of S. Helier, on that occasion, by being represented in the foreground, as taking refuge in tlieir house, adjacent to the scene of action. The late Very Rev. James Hemery, Dean of Jersey, was a meml)er of the fomily, to whom a memorial window is erected in the extra-parochial church of S. Luke. Its present representative, Clement Hemery, Esq., is the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the S. Helier Battalion, R. J.M,, and is Deputy for the same parish in the States of Jersey. * Arms of the Baron Rullecoubt : Or, a palm tree, ppr. Crest : A fleur-de-lis, or, between two palm trees, ppr. A A 182 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Arms (as borne by INIrs. Clement Hemery) : Sable, a crescent between five mullets of six points, pierced, or, 2, 2, 1. On an escutcheon of pretension: Azure, a lion, rampant, erminois, ducally crowned, or, for Durell. Crest of Hemery : A stag's head, argent. Motto : Flecti, non fraugi. f^eraiilt. i,0 early as 1331 this name is found appertaining to a landowner of tlie parish of S. Mary, Avhose dues to the King are enumerated in the Exfcutc of that year. The family, however, does not appear ever to have been a rich or even an important one ; and having been long extinct, its members, and ])erhaps even its name, would .slumber in oblivion, save for the memory of John Herault, sometime Bailly of Jersey. He was previously Greffier, or Registrar, of the Royal Court, and was connected by the marriages of various members of liis family with some of the best insular houses. He was specially recommended to the notice of the Royal Commissioners, Gardiner and Hussey, as the one most fitted, by his extensive local and legal knowledge, to assist them in compiling the Ed'tente drawn up under their superintendence. He was preferred to tlie ofiice of Bailly in 1611, and soon after his appointment rendered himself conspicuous by a spirited resistance to the encroachments of tlie Governor, Sir John Peyton, of which the histories of Dui'ell and Le Quesne contain full accounts.* In the various struggles for superiority that ensued, the civic defender was always victorious over his military antagonist; and during the proceedings that terminated the dispute, being obliged to repair to London to protect liis interests, and to claim the good ofiices of James I. (to whom, it appears, he was personally known), he was received in triumph on liis successful return by a congratu- latory deputation from the States of tlie island. The cause of tlie disagreement between these two heads of departments may be summed up in a few words. From the known adherence of Sir John Peyton to the Church " as by law established," and fi'om his suavity and courtesy of uiauner, he was entrusted with the govern- ment of Jersey, mainly to correct the vagaries of the strong Calvinist }Kirty in the island. His zeal for reform, however, carried him beyond the limits of his ofiSce, and among other encroach- ments, he was desirous of being recognised as patron of the post of Bailly. This Herault energetically resisted, and the grand result of this dispute was efi'ectually to curtail the jurisdic- tion of future Governors within the bounds provided by the ordinances of Henry YH. * Sir John Peyton, Kt., of DoilJingtoii, Camljs., was the son of Sir John Peyton, Kt., of Knowlton. Kent, and was, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Governor of the Tower, and one of tlie Queen's Privy Couneil. In the reign of James I. lie was appointed Governor of Jersey. Although bred in the enervating atmosphere of the Court, his temperance and abstemiousness were such, that he lived to the advanced age of ninety-nine, in robust health until his death. The MS. 2ii2, in the Sloane Collection, bears for title : A Colleftion of ieverall inllrutlions and directions given to divers AmbafTadors and other Commiffioners, etc., and alfo fome things concerning the ifland of Jerfey, etc., made by Sir John Peyton, Kt., fome ycares Liettenant ot the Tower, and afterwards Govcrnour of Jerfey; and now tendred to his moft Sacred Majcllie Charles II., by the Grace of God, etc., by Algernon Peyton, grand-child of the faid Sir John, D.D., Rcdor of Doddington, in the ifland of Eley and county of Cambridge." Arms of Puvton : Sable, a cross, engrailed, or : a crescent for ditt'erence. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 183 Herault, althougli lifiuglity and overbearing in character, was conscientious in the discharge of his duty, and won not only the respect of his contemporaries, but the lasting gratitude of his countrymen, for the spirited manner in which he defended his official prerogatives; pride was perhaps his weakest point, a failing ludicrously exhibited by his assuming the title of Monsr. de S. Sauveur, from a small patrimony he held in that pai'ish, (but which, it should be stated in justice to himself, Heyliu, without quoting his authority, says was conferred on him by the King.) During the rebellion, Abraham Herault rendered himself particularly obnoxious by his partiality for the Republican cause, and to him, Michael Lemprierc, and Henry Dumaresq is ascribed the joint authorship of a pamphlet, entitled " Pseudo-Mastix," intended as a refutation of the " Lyar Confounded," of the famous William Pryune, both works founded on the state of insular politics at that period. The name occurs in the parochial registers until about a century later, when it appears to have become quite extinct.* Arms : Argent, on a mound, a palm-tree, vert ; a bordure, gules. * Herault— Harold— Herald— signifying a courageous person. In old French documents, the name of King Harold, slain at Hastings, is ahvays spelt Herault, as is exemplified in the following curious inscription. In the year 1522, a Cardinal, attended by an Archbishop and several dignified ecclesiastics, visiting the town of Caen, was prompted by a strong curiosity to see the body of the Conqueror. Having for that purpose obtained permission from Peter de Martigny, Bishop of Castres, at that time Abbot of S. Stephen, they caused the tomb to be opened. Upon removing the cover-stone, the body, which was corpulent, and in stature greatly exceeded the tallest man then known, appeared as entire as ^vlu■Il first buried. Within the tomi) lay a copper plate gilt, on which was engraved the same epitaph as on its exterior, and beneath it the following lines in old French : — " Je Guillen urn e tres magnanime. Due de Neuftrie pareil a Charlemaigne Paffay le mer par un doux vent de Suji Pour Conquefter la Grand Bretaigne Puis deploy er fs tnainte noble enjeigne Et drejjer tentei et pavilions de guerre Et on drier fis comrtie fil d'airaigne Neuf cents grands nefzft toft qui euzpied a terre Et puis en armes de la partis granderre Pour coups recent es au doubt e roy Herault Dont come preux teux toute la defer re Non pas fans dur et marveilleux affault Pour bein joufter le dij loyal ribault Je mis a mort et Soixante et fept mille Neuf cents dix huits et par atnfi d'un fault Fu% Roy d'Anglois tenant toute leur ife Or n'est il mie t ant foit fort et habile ^i quant c' eft fait apres ne fe repofe Mort 111 a deffait que fuis il cendre vile De toute chofes on jouit une pofe." The coffin being again closed, was left undisturbed until 1562, when the Calvinists, in senseless fury, opened it in order to discover treasure. Finding only his bones, they scattered them about the church, and entirely destroyed th« monument. — Vide Ducarel's Anglo-Norman Antiquities. A A 2 1 84 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. NOWN originally as Valpy-dit-Jauvrin (a duplicate mode of uomeuclature far from uncommon in the island, but of very uncertain origin), this fjimily has been settled in the parish of S. Brelade for several generations.* In the church of that parish exists an elaborate mural monument, with medallion bust, to the memory of Francis Valpy-dit-Jauvrin, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court, and in the churchyard is the vault of the family, where the deaths of several of its members are recorded. A small islet in Portelet Bay, near Noirmont Point, is named Tlslet Janrriii, from the following melancholy incident. A member of the family arriving in his ship from an infected port, was obliged, with his crew, to perform quarantine in the bay, and being there attacked with the plague, died within sight of his home, without one interview with his wife, children, or friends. f Frederick Janvrin, Esq., of Bath, is the present representative of the fomily. Arms (as borne by Frederick Janvrin, Esq.): Azure, a chevron, argent, between two bezants in chief, and a fleur-de-lis, of the second, in base. On an escutcheon of pretension : Azure, a chevron, argent, between two bezants in chief, and a fleur-de-lis of the second, in base, a crescent for diiFerence, for Janvrin. Quartering : Azure, three escallops or, for Mallet : Per chevron, gules and or, in chief two mullets, argent, for Pipon : and Argent, on a chief sable, three lions' heads, erased, or, for Richardson. Crest : A griffin's head, between two eagles' wings. (Another) A dolphin embowed, ppr. Motto: Labor ipse Voluptas. (Another) Pour mon Roy. ^actiirrite of Sanfarm. Daniel Valpy-dit-Janvrin. T Brelade Valpy-dit-Janvrio = Elizabeth, d. of . . . De Lecq. \ I I I I I I I Brelade Valpy-dit-Janvrin, Francis, Jurat R.C. Philip. John. Peter. Elizabeth. Ann. O.S.J) Elizabeth, d. of Elizabeth, Esther-Elizabeth, Philip Hamon. Philip Marett, Hannibal Sheppard. d. of John d. of Ph. Filleul, of La Haule. ^= Dolbel, of Le Haguais. I Constable = of S. Heller. T * In 1S2C, upon petition of several members of the family, Uoyal License was obtained to retain the name of Janvrin only, instead of Valpy-dit-Janvrin. f " Monsieur Philippe Janvrin revonaut de Nantes, et etaut oblige dc fairc quarantaine dans le havre de Belle ( 'rouette, mourut au bout de deux jours, a boi'd de son batiment ; et les Messieurs de Justice, eu presence dc Monsieur li" Lieutenant-Governeur, ordonnerent cju'il serait entcrre sur une ile dont la mer fait le tour, appi'llec I'isle au Giierdain. et ainsi fut le dit Jauvrin enterre, le 27 Septembrc, 1721." — Ejctrail du Registre de la paroisse de S. Brelade, Jersey. T '•'n * 'U iliI!W. _fiv iiA'OT tJdsPlat^ is presented to the MWk . Utral iilomimrnt to tijc fHtmon) of dTraiiciS TTalpit,-l)it.3>aiUuiii, iEsqutrt, in tljc pan'Sl) Cfjurcl) of ^. JJrclalJc. Thii PLitc is Prefcntcd to the M'ork by FieJerick Jn/ivriri, Efq. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 185 I John Janvrin. ... rt. of .. . Jean. George-Frederick. Sarah-Amelia, d. of Edward Sellon. Peter. I Maria-EMza. Philip Marett, of La Haule. I I Amelia. Ellen. I Selina. I Esther-Elizabeth. T. B. W. Potts, Philip Marett, M.D. of S. Laurence. Esther-Fillenl Janvrin. Selina-Potts. I Philip Janvrin. Elizabeth, d. of Clement Hemery. I 1. Ann, d. of Philip Marett = Daniel = 2. Louisa, d. of I Francis. of La Haule. Francis Janvrin. I John-Louis. Edward Janvrin, o.s.p. I Ann-Elizabeth. Robert Pipon. Daniel Janvrin. I Louisa. 1. Letitia,d.of Julia, d. ofElias Durell. . . . Goslin, o.s.p. = I 2. Sara, d. of . George Charlton. Pope. I Juiia-Mary Janvrin, e!d. (1. ami co-h., n.x.p. I Elizabeth. Chas. Robin. Rev. James Janvrin. Kate, d. of . .. Scriven. Ann-Susan. Henry Dumaresq, Capt. R.N. Frederick-William Janvrin. Julia, d. of . . . Wood. T Hubert-Small. I Ann-Letitia. I Eliza-Mary. Thomas Dickson, W.H.White. I Herbert-John Janvrin. I .lulia. Francis Janvrin. Harriet, d. of Sir John Dumaresq, Bailly of Jersey. Daniel = Mary Elizabeth, d. and h. of Peter Mallet. I Elizabeth. IVIary. Jane. Frederick de Lisle. John Dumaresq, William-Peter Price. Solicitor-General of Jersey. Henry-Edward Janvrin, o.s.p. I I William, Francis Frederick, o.s.p. 4th Light Dragoons, AD.C. to Sir C. Halkett, Com. in Chief, Bombay. o.s.p. Jane, only surviving child, and co-representative of the families of Pipon, Poingdestre, and Richardson. Frederick Janvrin. I Frederick Janvrin, Esq. = Jane, d. of Daniel Janvrin. I Harriet. Colonel Le Couteur, Q.A.D.C, F.R.S. I Louisa-Mary. Daniel Janvrin. I Adolphus-Frederick Janvrin, b. 1831. I Francis-William, clerk, b. 1833. fersej). CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ARMS. T does uot appear that the Island of Jersey has ever possessed any armorial hearing or device peculiar to itself. It can hardly he douhted that the three lions passant guardaut in pale, used as the arms of Jersey and of Guernsey on their pubhc seals and special coinage, are, in fact, the lions of England. In all probability they appeared on the Seal (which superseded in all writs or contracts requiring authentication the Great Seal of England), presented to the islands by Edward I., in the seventh year 18() AN ARMOraAL OF JERSEY. of his reigii, 1279: tliougli from the absence of a descriptiou of the seal in the Letters Patent which accompanied it, and finding no sealed document as early as this grant, I am unable positively to assei't this to have been the case. There is extant, however, a seal bearing the shield with the three lions, appended to an instrument dated 1286, and preserved in the archives of S. Lo, in Normandy,* which I am disposed to think is an impression from King Edward's Seal. This document purports to be " given under our" (that is, of Reginald Suelle [alias D'Ayswelle] Bailiflf and Attorney of Otho de Grandison, in the islands of Gersey and Guernsey), " seal, which seal is of our Lord the King of England of the bailiwick of the said islands," and the legend round the seal runs ♦*^*. 23alhblt CnSblaitin pro lUcjf 2nq\lt)^** We have here then, a seal common to both islands, at that time included in one bailiwick ; and the language of Edward L's Patent shows, both that the King in fact sent but one seal to the islands, and that in 1279 also, one bailiff only existed: for the Patent is addressed thus — ^'- Rex, ballivo fuo infularum de Gere/eye et Gernfeye, falutem" using the singular number; and throughout that document mention is made of a seal, also in the singular number.f Thus it will be seen that the S. Lo impression (only nine years later than the King's grant) tallies with what we might, a priori, expect to find in the seal of 1279. It may here be added, that the present brass seal used by the Royal Court of Jersey, cannot, at all events, lay claim to be the one transmitted by Edward I. In general design and character, it is much the same as the seal above described, but the legend surrounding the shield {^** Balllbir I-nSblr 'at Irrs'rj'r) indicates that it belongs to a time when the baihwicks were distinct, wliicli, as we have seen, was not the case in 1279. The administrative change seems to have taken place between 1291 and 1315, of which year there exists an instrument (also at 8. Lo) under the seals of each bailiwick, the Jersey seal appearing identical with that now in use. Appended to a third of this series of documents, dated l;-)32, is another distinct seal for Jersey alone, very slightly varying from the last. How one supplanted the other, and the earlier seal came again into use, the evidence at present within my reach fails to explain. De Havilland, in his " Remarks on the Constitution of Guernsey," quotes a deed in which the men of that place complain to the Crown of the great hurt and prejudice sustained by a certain seal which Otlio de Grandison, then Governor, caused to be made, calling it, and using it as the seal of the Imillivvick. And a fourth is figured by D'Anisy,J as having been used during the Governor- ship of Thomas de Grandison, by John de Semblen^ay, his Lieutenant, which exhibits the three lions crowned, and the shield encircled with two sprigs of laurel. § The decanal seal of Jersey has also changed with the times. From old charters existing at S. Lo in Normandy, to which the Dean's seal is appended, it appears tliat the original one * I have copies and casts of seals ajipeiidaiit to this and two other similar instruments in the same custody, mentioned presently. All relate to certain aliliey lands in -Jersey. f These points are clear from a recent examination of the enrolment of the Patent in the Record Office. The printed versions are inaccurate in several respects. I Vide " Extraits des Chartes, etc., dans Ics Archives de Calvados," vol. ii., p. 178. § For suggestions that form the basis of the foregoing remarks, I must own myself indebted to C-harles Spencer J'erccval, Esij., LL.D., F.S.A., Secretary to the Royal Commission of 1859-tiO. (0^' .Jol ju I(a (iloclir fequirr y/r w/ii III //lis I'/iif, IS /'nsiii/,,/ A //i, lli'/A- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 187 was rouud, and bore the sign of Pisces, with a connecting line from the mouth of eacli fish, and the legend ** ^, ©frnuatUSi kSfrSOll," This may have been typical of the finny wealth, or of the fertility of the island, for " When in the Zodiac the fish wheel round, They loose the floods and irrigate the ground."* At a later period, and before the Reformation, the Deans used a seal, on which was a shield bearing three bends, probably being the private insignia of the ecclesiastic who first used them officially. Later, a larger and oval-shaped seal was employed, combining the charges of the two former; the fish were separated b}^ a column, with weaves in base, in chief, a shield Avith the three bends. Since the period of Dean Philip Le Couteur, the bends have been impaled with the armorial ensigns of each Dean, and used as his official seal.f The maritime ensign of Jersey displays, Argent, a S. Andrew's cross, gules. 5la €lot\)u long has this family been located in Jersey, that the names of its first members have not I'eached us. It possessed at one time all the mills in the Valley of It's Clraiids VaiLv — no inconsiderable patrimony; and among other estates, one of its branches became possessed, by marriage, of the manor of Lougueville, in the parish of S. Saviour. J * At the E. end of Canterbury Cathedral, in a chapel near Beeket's crown, are considerahle remains of encaustic pavement, rudely executed, which hear the figures of the Zodiac, in circular compartments. That of the sign Pisces is identical with the design on this seal. — Vide Moule's Heraldry of Fish. t These bends have been generally supposed to be the private arms of Dean Slabon. That they hare a higher antiquity is proved by a will, in Latin, of Drocus Amy, of the parish of S. j\Iartin, of Grouville, dated 28th of October, 1519, and signed by Dean Thomas ftlalet, whicli will is now in the possession of the family of the testator, and has the seal, with the bends, still appendant. Mabon did not succeed JIalet until the 22nd of December of the same year, and differenced his seal bv the addition of a pastoral staff placed, in pale, at the liack of the escutcheon. X The following valuable testimony of the late Bishop of S. Malo, who during a lengthened residence in the island chiefly devoted himself to his favourite study of Genealogy, was presented by this ecclesiastic to the then rejiresentative of the family of La Cloche : — " Nous sous-signe, Charles-Simeon de Grimouville-Labciiant, des anciens Barons de ce nom, ancien Vicaire- General et Chanoine de I'eglise Cathedrale de Lisieux, Prieur-Commandatoire du prieure Royal de S. Celerin, etc., etc., presentement Vicairc-General des Isles de Jersey, Guernesey, etc. " Certifions ([u'ayant eii occasion, pendant une residence de plus de vingt-et-trois aus dans cette Isle de .Jersey, d'examiner beaucoup de titres anciens des meilleures maisons du pays, pour faire des Genealogies ou autres raisons ; et plus, aides par la tradition des gens honngtes et marquans du pays, nous avons remarque constamment que la famille des La Cloche est I'une des plus ancieunes et des plus nobles en -Jersey; que quelquefois ils signaient — De La Cloche, ct plus souvent (et surtout depuis environ 153 ans) ils signaient et signent — La Cloche. Qu'aucun membre n'a ccsse d'etre qualifie d'Escuyer 188 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Some centuries ago, the cliurcli of S. Helier was endowed with lands by a La Cloche, in order to participate in the then coveted privilege of being bui'ied in its precincts. The Eev. Stephen La Cloche was Eector of S. Ouen at the period of the Rebellion, and the bosom friend of Sir Philip De Carteret, whose dying request was, that next to having an interview with his wife, he might be consoled by the ministrations of his reverend friend. This request, however, to the lasting disgrace of the local Republicans, was sternly refused. The family is represented by John La Cloche, Esq. ; by Thomas La Cloche, Esq., M.D., of Mont-au-Pretre; and by John La Cloche, Jun., Esq., of La Colomberie. Arms (as borne by John La Cloche, Esq.): Azure, three church bells, or. Quartering: Azure, three spur-shafts, rowelled, argent, for Patriarche : Gules, three mullets, pierced, or, for Hamptonne : and Azure, a chevron, or, between three cinquefoils, argent, for De Beauvoir.* ou de Geiitilhomrae. Qu'ils ont occupes a diiferents temps, les premieres places de I'lsle, daus lesquelles ils se sont toujours comportes en braves et loyaux gentilshommes. Et qu'ils possedent encore uue terre duns cctte Isle qui atteste leur anciennete. En foi de quoi, et pour servir et valoir ce que de raison, nous avous ecrits et signes la presente attestation sur du papier ordinaire, et y avons ajjposes le sceau ordinaire de nos armes." (Locus SiffiUi.) A Jersey, le 19 Janvier, 1816. Arms of de CtRmorviLLE, Seigneur de Larcbant, d'Auteuil, et de la Boulais. Quarterly, 1 and 1 ; Azure, tbree mullets, argent ; 2 and 3, azure, a lion rampant, or. bolding between tbe paws a mace. — Vide Registre de I'ordre du S. Esprit. Paris, 1057- * It is a disputed point wbetber the family of De Beauvoir firstly settled in Jersey or in Guernsey; certain it is, however, that by for the greater part of its insular existence was passed in the latter island. In the Extente of Jersey, of 1331, in a list of the mills (then feudal perquisites) existing in the island, appears Beauvoir mill, which would go far to prove a very early settlement there. Later the family was connected with that of Le Feljvre of Vincheles de Bas, in the person of John De Beauvoir, who married Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Michael Le Febvre, Seigneur of that fief. The authentic pedigree of the Guernsey family commences with Peter De Beauvoir, living in 1331. His descendant, AVilliam De Beauvoir, Bailly of Guernsey in 1572, settled in England, and purchased, it is believed, a considerable estate in Berkshire. From his brother, Peter, descended the family of Beauvoir, of Balmes, Hackney, Middlesex, and of Do^vnham Hall, Essex, from ^vhoni the late Richard-Benyon-De Beauvoir, of Englefield House. Berks, and the wife of Sir J. De Beauvoir, Bart., of Johnstown, Dublin, are, maternally derived. Otherwise the name is extinct in Guernsey (since 1810), Jersey, and England, although some families of Beavor, Bevoi', Beevor, in England assume an identical origin. Another pedigree of this family, fabricated circa temp. James I., by one Hamlet Saukye or Sankye, causes members of the house to possess Belvoir Castle, gives them honours and dignities in France, and contains several other fictions, equally transparent and clumsy. It has been, traditionally, held by all branches of the family that its representative accompanied the Conqueror into England, but no conclusive evidence can be arrived at upon this point. True it is, that one Bevois or Bevais played a conspicuous part during the reign of William I., and then obtained the Earldom of Southampton ; whose son, the famous Sir Bevis of Hampton, is too well known by his fobulous exploits to need a lengthened mention here. This being the only family of the name known in England at the period, renders any connection between it .and the insular one vei-y problematical, since Brooke, in his " Catalogue of Honour," says Sir Bevis died without heirs. As the name is very common and frequent in Normandy, it does not appear unlikely that the family may have migrated directly thence to one of the Channel Islands. Branches of the house of De Beauvoir are represented in Jersey by those of La Cloche and Le Hardy. Tile arms of the family, as borne in Guernsey, were: Azure, a chevron, or, between three cinquefoils, argent. The branches settled in England changed the tinctures to : Argent, a chevron between three cinquefoils (another quatrefoils), gules. These, however, do not appear to he the original arms, since the seal of Nicholas de Beauver, Seneschal of the Court of S. Michel du Valle, Guernsey, in 1470, l)ears a chevron between three escallops; a bearing most probably i^^ATERNiTATI. Dans cttte chapelle ancienne place DES SEPVaCHBES DES SEIGNEVRS BE LONG^'EVILLE REPOSi: 50VS CE TOMBEAV LE CORPS. D'HONNETE ETBE PIEVS TERSONNAGE GEO^&E Ia cloche . GENTIL-HOMME, LE QVATRIEMEDE SA FAMILLE. S? DE LON&VEVILI-E ILATOrr POVEPJERE CARTKB£T LA CLOCHE, POVR MERE LA.EILLE DE S"-l0HM" PAWLET. PO-V3^ AIEVE BE>aAMIlsr LA C-LOCHE, EOTO/AlE\XI.EI.Ai'lLiEDvSEI(?:nE SAINT 0\-EN POVR BISAIEVL BENIAMIN LA CLOCHE POVKBISAlEyiXElAElIIXD'JJOSTES NlCOLLE,aiILI.r, ET SEiG*DE LONGVEVILLE. ILS OHT TDVS.PoS.5FK^ HANS LA POIICE )XT DANS lA-MILICE LES CHABGES- qVZ SONT DES PLVS HONpKABLES EE CETTE ISLE ILS LES ONT EXERCEES SANS REPROCBE as soNT Toviovas DEMEVRES PIDELES ALEVRPRIKCE AfECTIONIoJs AV SERVICE DE LEVrPaTRIE : ILS SONT-'MORTS EKEXNEN VERITABLESCheeTIENS APBES AVOIR TAII PAROITBE DE IA. IVSTICE^ ET IE l'hOMNETETE DANS LETB? M0E^'R5. cist ce qv'on pevi dire en partic\xier, deCeiatdont le corps est bentermeenceliev, qVI XST MORT Adrf KE 37 ANS, LE S'^IQVB.-aV MOIS d'oCTOBBE AKNO DOMINI 16B1 ETAKT KEVETVDE LA CHARGE DE IVSTICiER. DE LA COVR SMALE DE IeRSEY, ETDK CEllE DE MAIDR DV EEGIMENT DE L'EST, DONT-IL AREMPLl TOVS LE S DEVOIRS AVEd BEATOOVP DE PROBITE ET d'hONNEVR QE QVr ik MH MSKETEKJIE CEVS vere : Argent, a chevron, gules, between two cinquefoils in chief, and an eagle, displayed, in base, sable. Crest : A griffin's head and neck, with wings, addorsed and couped, argent, holding in the beak a branch of woodbine, ppr. B V, 190 AN ARJIORIAL OF JERSEY. I I Thomas La Cloclie, ob. Ifi49, innupt. Rev.Stephen, Rector of S.Laurence. Ann. Mary. Martha. Jane. Esther, d. of . , . Planson. Philip Aubin. John Chevalier. John Le 1. Ph. Lempriere. Goupi!. 2. Nicholas Da Pont. I I I John La Cloche, Jurat, R.C., Colonel, R.J.M. = Margaret De Carteret, d. Jane = Philip Le Geyt. Rachel = Helier De Carteret, of I of the Seig. of Trinity. S. Saviour. I John La Cloche, Capt., H.B.M. Army. Maria-Classina, d. of Admiral Van Gangelt. I I Edward, Amice, Advocate, R.C., Capt., H.E LC.S. b. 1660. = I I I Margaret Jane-De Carteret. Elizabeth, ob. in London, • bur. at Great Hillingdon, 1. Peter Marett. Lieut. -Gen. Peter Middlesex. Duiand, of E. Bar- 2. Hugh Duma- net, Herts, resq, Seig. of Di^laraent. Francis La Cloche, settled in England, and assumed the name of Bell. Another child. I John La Cloche. Matthevf = Deborah, d. of John Le Breton. I .lane. Martha. 1. Ab. Richardson, Jurat, R.C. 2. John Dumaresq. E. Bishop, Capt., H.M. Service. Matthew La Cloche, Capt., R.J.M. = Jane, d. and co-h. of George Dumaresq. Rev. John, Rector of S. Trinity. Jane. Deborah. Jane La Cloche. Ed. Ricard, Capt., 73rd Regt. I Elizabeth. I I I I I I I I .1 I Ten children, ob. juv. Esther, d. and co.-h. of David Patriarche, Jurat, R.C. Ed. -Thompson Dickson, Surgeon. I I I John La Cloche, Esq., George, Capt., R.J.M. Philip, R.N. aged 92 years. Mary, d. of . . . Le Montais. Esther, d. of . . . Noel. T Thomas, M.D., Possessor of the ancestral residence. Margaret, d. of. . . Le Breton. Esther. Hugh de Carteret. Mary La Cloche, Mary i^a *jiocne, | b. 1825, d. 1854. Rev. Philip La Cloche = Jane, d. of ... Langfc. Jane. Julia-Maria. Elizabeth I I John La Cloche, Esq. ^ Jane, d. of John Le Cronier I Elvina-Jane La Cloche, b. 1860. Thomas-De Beauvoir, ob. 1849. Matilda-Jane, oh. 1856. John-Frs. De Carteret, Esq. ilattgloifi. |HIS family is of very early settlement in Jersey. In 1331, Philip Langlois was a Jurat of the Royal Court. The name has been variously spelt Lenglez, Lenglois, Langloys, L'Anglois, and Langlois, Init that the source of individuals thus differently termed is one, is proved by documentary evidence. In 1445, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Lord, or Governor of the Channel Islands, by Letters-Patent under his own seal, granted to Richard Lenglez permission to erect on his estate situated in the pai'ish of S. Laurence, and in the vicinity of his house there, a square Colo»)biet\ JSj w/umi ///i-'^- P/tite us- J^esefilr^i //> //ir Wor/c AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 191 01' dove-cot — tlieu a coveted feudal appurtenance.* More than two centuries later, in 1G49, Laurens Hamptonne, wbo had purchased from the descendants of this Richard Loiglez^ the house and a part of the land attached to it, obtained from Charles II. a renewal of the right to rebuild the ColomMcr " on the lands of Langlois, as had been formerly allowed to Richard Lanr/lois" one proof among many of the various renderings of this name.f Of this Richard little is known, save that by tradition he is said to have been of the household of the Duke ; but his family continued in possession of the estate until 1638, when it was sold to Laurens Hamptonne by the grand-children of Frances, daughter of John Langloys, in whose person her branch of the family became extinct. She inherited from her uncle, Sire Philip [Langlois] (or Dom. Philippo, as he is also styled), the Franc-Fief of S. Brelade, and manned, firstly, Hugh Lempriere, leaving issue two sons and some daughters ; and secondly, John Ilerault. From the absence of documents relatina; to this extinct eldest branch, and from tlie impossibility of obtaining access to those referring to the elder section of the second line, much of the earlier history of this interesting family remains in obscurity. Its remaining eldest branch has become extinct by the faiku'c of issue male of the late John Langlois, Esq., * "A Tous ceulx qui ces piitcs Ires verront orront Regnaud de Carteret Baillif nre S'"^ Ic Roy d'Engletcrrc cii I'lde dc Jerley, Salut. S''avoir faiibns que Fan de grace mill quattre cents xlviij. le jour du Samedy fcftc Saint Bertholomcy Apoftre, fe comparut en droit a Saint Oucn p. devant nous cell aflav^ Richard Lenglez lequci Rvchard nous monftra unes Ires patentes faines et cntierres non cancelleys vicies ne corrompues en aulcune ptie dycelles fcclleyes en Rouge eyre du Seel darmes dc Trefnoblc pnce HuMFREY nagueres Duk de Glouceftrc que dieu abfoille contenant la forme qui cnfuit. Humfrey fils frere et oncle de Roys Duk de Glouceftre conte de Pembrok Grand Chambrelain D'Engleterre et Seigneur dcs Ides de Jerfey Guerniey ct aultres Ifles a ycelles adjoinftes. A rous ceulx qui ceftes noz Ires v''ront ou orront Salutz: S'avoir faifons no" av'' donne et grainte et p ces pntes donnons et graintons a nrc bicn Ame Rychard Lenglez demourent en nre ditc Ifle de Jerfey congie et Licence de Ediner ou faire Edifier une maifon de Colombicr quarri pour av' et nourir coulonbs en quelque place que il luy plaira en to' son olTtel ct mefnage feant en la proefle de S'' Laurens en nre dite Ifle a avoir et tenir ledit Co/umLier gi/iirre c\\ temps a advenir en fin de heritage Et en Resjoir de par nous luy et fes hers coiue de fon propre heritage franchement et quitement p nous faire Annuellcment et a nos hers et fuccefleurs ung Chapon de Rente p. chacun an a la fefte et la nativitev de Noel. Parquoy nous mandons et chargeons a tous noz Justiciers et ofEciers qui font ou qui po'- le temps feront que eulx fouffrcnt et leflent Le d'- Richard Lenglez et fcs hers Resjoir plainement et paifiblement dud'' Columbier come dit eft joufte et felon nre dit Don ct ottroy contenu en ces piites que remifles nous plaift eftre fait. En tefmoing de ce nous avons fait mettre nre feel a ces piites Ires. Donne en nre Chaftel de Gourroy Le xij''' jour du mois de Septembre Lan de grace mill quattre cents quarante et chincq. Donne p copie soubz le (eel dc nre baillye piits ad ce michiel Leffeyvre ct Nicholas morin jurcts de la cour de nre dit Si" le Roy. " Cefte piite a efte coUationn^e de mot a mot fur le vray original deubement autenticq' fous le fceau de la baillye de lad'* Ifle et trouv^e conforme a yceluy p devant mons' le Lieut, de mens''- le Baillv et les jurets fous fign(;s ce quinz'jor du mois de Dccembre Lan de grace mille six cents trente huit. E. De Carteret, Lieutenant. H. De Carteret, x P. DUMARESQ, f J. Herault, >Jurets." M. Lempriere, ' I " Et outre nous avons donne et octroye et de notre plus ample puiflance et autorit^ Royale, donnons et octroyons par ces prefentes audit Laurens Hamptonne, fes hers et fuccefleurs on ayant caufe, pouvoir et autorit^ de relever et rebaftir le colomhier tomb6 en ruine et decadence, sur les dites terres de Langlois ; et le faire re-edifier en telle lieu et place fur les dites terrcs qu'i! trouvera le plus propre et convenable (nous payant et k nos fuccefleurs un chapon de rente annuelle, au jour de Noel par chacun an :) Selon qu' autrefois avait ete permis a Richard Langlois par Humfrey due de Gloucefter, Seigneur des Ifles, et accordant I'oftroy au dit Seigneur portant date du 1 2"- jour du mois de Septempre, I'an de grace, 1 4+5, de la maison et tenement du quel Richard Langlois le dit Hamptonne jouift ct eft en poflefiion paifible " BB 2 192 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. on whose death its representation devolved upon his younger brother, Philip Langlois, Esq., M.R.C.S. Arms (as borne by Philip Langlois, Esq., M.R.C.S.): Azure, a chevron, or, between three crescents, argent; on a chief, gules, as many stars of six points of the second, pierced. Quartering : Argent, a cherry-tree, fructed, ppr., for Estur. Crest : A rock, ppr. ^fiiigrrf of ?!.angIoi6« Raulln Langlois = Guillemine, d. of . I , . Langlois. T John. Jeanette, living 1504 ^ Edmund Le Gallais, of Sui-ville. Sire Philip Lan(;lois, purchased in 1516 the franc fief of S. Brelade, from Nicholas Gervaise. Richard = Catherine, d. of Thomas Lempriere, Seig. of Catherine, widow in 1659. La Hougue Boete, and Bailly of Jersey. Richard Estur. John Langlois, d 1560. T I Raulin. Richard, Frances Langlois, only d. and h.. Lady of the Fief of S. Brelade, which she Raulin Langlois, living 1596 = Ysabel, d. of . . . Le Cras. sold to Helier Dumaresq, of La Haule. H. also to her uncle Dom. Ph. | Langlois, who possessed the house afterwards known as Hamptonne. Hugh Lempriere, Jurat, R.C. T I I I Plirlip Lempriere. Elias = Elizabeth, d. of Daughters. = N. Hamptonne. I Raulin Langlois, d. 1675. I I I Raulin Langlois. Matthew. Elizabeth Centenierof S. Laurence, m. 1682, d. 1724. I Helier. Elizabeth, d. of H;stienne Le Bas, of S. Peter. John, o.s.p. I Elizabeth Lempriere, eld. d. and co.-h. Daniel Sarre. Susan. John Le Geyt. Mary. John Payn. Mary. d. of Philip Dumaresq. I I I I John, Raulin. Ysabel. Elizabeth. m.l672. Edward Le Gros. Ann,d. of ... Gibaut. I Elizabeth Sarre, only d. and h. .Abraham Payn. of S. Martin, who sold Hamptonne to Lau- rens Hamptonne, in 1638. Philip Langlois, b. 1686. Helier Langlois = Mary, eld. d. and co.-h. of Louys Estur, of S. Laurence.* Sarah De Rue, relict of Michael Giffard. . • This is a junior branch of the Guernsey family of Estur, in the parish of Notre Dame du Castel. The Jersey family settled in the parish of S. Laurence, circa 1412, whence sections established themselves in those of S. Mary and S. Saviour, in which latter it possesses the estate of Le Jardeiy. It is now (piite extinct, and in this island is represented by the families of Langlois, Bisson, Anthoine, and Aubin. One branch appears to have se^ttled in Havant, co, Hants, temp. Elizabeth, in the person of Peter Estur, the son of Richard, and nephew of Honjifste-personne Mychaell Estur, tutor to Lord William Gray. These facts are elicited by documents referring to property of this last named individual, sealed by the then mayor of Southampton, now in the possession of Philip Langlois, Esq. Alois of Estur; Argent, a cherry-tree fructed, ppr. ^ciJigift of lEiiwx. GuH.i.E, Ami of John Estur, of the parish of Notre Dame du Castel, Guernsey, living 141 1. Phyn. Estur. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 193 I Philip Langlois. I Francis, b. 1741. Ann, d. of . . . Pipon. Helier Langlois, b. 1673, m. 1701. I Jane Langlois, only d. and h. = Joshua Falle. Jane, d. of Peter Laurens, of S. Laurence. Mary. Thomas Poitevin- dit-Le Roux. Helier Langlois, b. 1703. Philip, b. 1705, John, b. 1712. Mary, b. 1702. Susan, b. 1707. Elizabeth, b. 1719. oh. innupt. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Manger, of S. Laurence. Elizabeth, d. of I.John Cabot. Elias Le Gros. Nicholas La Boutillier, . . . Laurens, of of S. Peter. S. Helier. 2. Daniel Bisson. I Philip Langlois, of the Maison de Bas, b. 1747, m. 1767. Mary, d. of Francis Luce. John Langlois, Major, R.J.M., and Constable of S. Laurence. Mary, d. of . . . De Ste. Croix. I I Helier, Capt., R.J.M. Philip. 1. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Margaret, d. Gallais. of . . . Ahier. Helier, b. 1749, of the Maison de Haut. 1. Mary, d. of Joshua Mourant. 2. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Poingdestre, o.s.p. Francis, ob. imiupl. I Francis Langlois. Helier. Mary, 2. Esther-Jane. d. of . . Luce. I Philip Langlois. I Esther. Jane. Ann, d. of . . . Vibert. Ann, d. of Joshua Edward Le = Mourant. Rossignol. I George Messervy. Philip Binet. Helier Langlois, o.i./). Ann. Mary. John Estur, living 1473 = Perotte, d. of . . . Regnault. Estienne, of S. Mary. Jeanette = Guille Allayn. John Estur = Guyllemyne, d. of Peter, sister of Sire John Le Jarderay, and widow of John Ahier. Collette = Philip Amy. I I Clement Estur. Richard = Katherine, d. of R. Langlois. Edward = Johanne, d. of ... Gibault. Sire Mychaell, Barbe. Collette. I "Tutor of ye Mary, d. of Peter | I | Lorde Willyam John Hubert. John Sarre. Guilie, ot b. Mary. Peter Estur, settled at Havant, ciVca 1571. Richard. Mabel. Graye." Temple Chevalier, of the Menage du Rocher, S. Trinity. Louys Estur, living 1568. John, o.*.j), Collette. Agnes, d. of Michael LeCousteur. Germain Seale. Dame Peronelle de I'Espine, of an ancient French family I I Abraham Estur. Catherine Mary. I Jane. Mauricette, d.of Peter LeGros. N.Norman. John Le Boutillier. . . . Gibault. Temple Chevalier, Catherine, = John, s. of Peter De La Rocque, b.lGOl. b. 1594-5. I Attorney-General of Jersey. John De La Rocque, of the Manage du Rocher, b. 1618. Magdalen, d. of the Rev, Joshua Slowly, Rector of S. Trinity.* I III I I Louys Estur, d. 1683. Abraham. Elias. Clement, d. 1690 = Catherine De La Rocque, only d. and h. Mary, d. of . . . Benest. Nicholas. Mary Estur, b. 1661. I Catherine, m. 1678-9. Abiaham Bisson, of S. Laurence. Mary Estur, eld. d, and co.-h. = Helier Langlois. Mauricette. Susan. • Akms of Slowlv : Argent, on a bend, gules, three mullets of the field; in chief, a martlet, sable, for difference. 194 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 1 John Langlois, Capt., R.J.M. Ann, d. of Henry 1 Phihp, M.R.C.S. 1 Elizabeth. Jane-Mary. Francis-Ed. Luce. Mary-Gallais. Ph. Gibaut. Philip Simon. Nicolle. Helier Langlois. Philip Lieut., 1 o.s.p.y Ann. RIM 1 Elize. Jane, d. of . . . Vincent Ph. Pirouet. Ph. Pirouet. Marv. Henry Langlois, ob. juv. Ann, oh. juv. Mary = Charles Godfray, Capt. R.J. A. Jane. THIS, near the small town of Conde-sur-Noireau, in Normandy, was the original place of settlement of this family, now rejo resented by Joshua Le Bailly, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Coui-t. Possessed there of considerable landed j^roperty, its representative formed one among the numberless Huguenot fugitives, who in couseqvience of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and in spite of the merciless statute to the contrary, hazarded their lives and sacrificed their wealth by flight, in order to enjoy even in a foreign land, in jioverty, and amid strangers, that priceless boon — liberty of conscience. In common with a large majority of these refugees, both in England and in Jersey, the sojourn of this family in its new home has been marked by prosperity ; a circvimstance the more worthy of note, when it is considered that, unaided by connections, and crippled, in many instances, by abject poverty, the French Pro- testants owe their worldly success chiefly to those virtues, the exercise of which places wealtli and position within the ultimate reach of all. This fixmily must not be confounded Avith an aboriginal Jersey one, of almost similar cognomen, settled from time immemorial in the parish of S. Trinity, the name of which, originally written Le Baillif, has been corrupted or changed to a spelling identical with the foregoing. Arms (as borne by Joshua Le Bailly, Esq.): Azure, a fortress, argent, maconne, sable. Impaling: Gules, three pears, argent; on a chief of the last, a demi-Iion issuant, sable, for Perrot. Crest : A demi-lion, ppr. Motto : Deus fortissima turris. £r w/„m, ////s /'/,,/. /.^- /Ws,v,/,;/ /- //-• Jl^r/.-. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 195 ^t BoutilUer* ROM a very early Norman period this family has existed in Jersey, and its name frequently occurs in the history of its native island. In its ancestral parish of S. Trinity, its members have filled municipal offices for centuries. A curious and pleasing instance of liljerality exists in the record of a gift by one of this family, some centuries ago, of the annual sum of twelve g^'os (groats) to furnish with ink and paper the parochial school of S. Trinity, for the use of poor scholars. The same family also made an annual donation to the same parish of a bushel of wheat to be made into bread for the Holy Communion. Its estate is taxed with the gifts to this day. One of its branches is represented by George Le Boutillier, Esq., of Cincinnati, U.S. Another branch located at S. John, is represented by Amy Le Boutillier, Esq. S. Ouen is the place of settlement of another section of this numerous family. At Grouville, a branch has been settled for a very elongated period ; one of whose junior representatives is Mr. George Le Boutillier, of S. Holier. Arms (as borne by Mr. George Le Boutillier): Azure, seven chevronnels, argent; in base a stag, trippant, of the second. Quartering : Argent, three birds, gules, for Drieu : and Or, on a chief, embattled, sable, three mullets, argent, a crescent for difference, for Amy. Crest : A cubit arm, gules, cuffed argent, holding in the hand a sprig of oak, fructed, ppr. Motto : Pro Rege. ^eUigree of ae 33outintn-, of (groubi'IIr, Helier Le Boutillier, m. 1611 = Damaris, d. and h. of Roger Drieu, a member of the ancient I Norman family of that name. Francis Amy, of Grouville. Jane, d. of John Le Ray, of Faldouet. Elias Le Boutillier, b. 1614. Mary, d. of John Mollet. Henry, b. 1620. John, b. 1624. Parmenas, b. 1628. Mary, b. 1612. Ill I Other children, o.s.p. Jane Amy, d. and co-h. Philip Le Boutillier, I. Pauline, d. of = Elias, b. 1649 = 2. Pauline, d. of John, b. 1668. b. 1648. Thomas Le I I . . . Ahier. b. 1654. Cauraais. | | j Clement Le Boutillier, b. 1683. Edward Baudains. T Susan Baudains, d. and h. Francis Baudains. Charles Le Boutillier. b. 1681, m. 1703. Elizabeth, d. of James Dumaresq. Marv, b. 1678. Charles Le Boutillier, b. 1705, m. 1726. Catherine, d. of Thomas Godfray. Elizabeth, b. 1704. 196 AN ARMORIAL OP JERSEY. I I I III I I Two other daughters. 2. Elizabeth Baudains, d. and co.-h. = Philip Le Boutillier = 3. Rachel, d. of . . . Morris. Charles, b. 1727. I b. 1733. I Mary, d. of . . . Bree. George Le Boutillier = Elizabeth, d. of John Filleul. I I George Le Boutillier. Philip. 1. Susan, d. of Clement Mallet, ni. 1760. Elizabeth-Susan. Ann, d. of Joshua Mourant. James Le Templier. Charles Le Boutillier 1. Ann, d. of . . . Godeaux. 2. Mary, d. of . . . Gaudin. I Jane. Elias Hubert. I John Le Boutillier. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Gaudin. John Le Boutillier. Jane. (i. of R. Roissier. I , Francis, Ehas. Philip, ob. Elizabeth, Charles Le Bout.llier. ob. Frances, Elizabeth, George, ob. d. of... d. of... Messervy. Laverty. Rachel, d. of John Fauvel. AilVed- Philip. I I Francis. Adolphus. Ann, d. of George Lar- balestier. I Francis Le Boutillier. b. 1859. pttrigrrc of %t 33outinifr, of ^Imrrira. Philip Le Boutillier, of the parish of S. Trinity = Mary, d. of . . . De Ste Croix. I I John Le Boutillier ^ Rachel, d. of . . . Le Geyt. I George Le Boutillier, Esq., settled in America = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Maistre. George Le Boutillier. I Charles. I Thomas. I James. I Eliza. I Mary. Ann. ile Breton. T is supposed that this family is derived from Britany, although the arms borne by it, differ but slightly from those of Le Breton, of Normandy.* One of its early members is reputed to have given to the parish church of S. Brelade, its service of connnunion plate. In 1283, Philip Le Breton, "I'homme du Mont S. Michel," held the franc-fief of Noirmont, the fief es Guarauz, and the fief Burnouf.f * Arms of Le Breton of Normandy : Argent, two clievronnfls l)ct\vcr'n three eseallops, gules. Motto : Moriainur pro rege nostro. t From documents in the archives of S. Lo, it appears that ahout the year 1291, certain disputes arose between the al)bRt and monks of Mont S. A[icliel in Normandy, and the Prior of S. Ch^meiit, Jersey, and Philip Le Breton, Seigneur of Noinnont, Viho held certain lands and fiefs in the parish of S. Clement, concerning their relative rights. A decree exists whereby the rights of the Clmrcli are acknowledged. Li 1332, a final setllement of these claims appears to have been made, with a solemn confirmation before William de S. Remy, Peter d'Arcy, and Radulpbus Odo, Justices in Eyre, .lusticcs, who at that period, apparently periodically visited the islands for the purpose of hearing and deciding ai>peals. Jbilip hcMcry k BretoN. Esouirc Jlr w/ii'f/i t//ts J'li/li- I.--- pnffnlid tr tfie Wcr/c. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 197 111 1370, William Le Breton was a Jurat of the Royal Court. The family formerly possessed much land in the parish of S. Clement. It has given to the Island three Deans and two Baillies. Of the former, the Very Rev. Thomas Le Breton was Rector of S. ]\Iary and Dean of Jersey in 1714; the Very Rev. Francis Le Breton, Rector of S. Saviour and Dean in 1775; and the Very Rev. William-Corbet Le Breton, INI.A., who at present holds the two last-named preferments. Of the latter. Sir Thomas Le Breton, Kt., Avas the eldest son of Dean Francis Le Breton, and was born in 1763. He received his early education at Winchester College, whence he removed to Pembroke College, Oxford ; and while there obtained the Chancellor's prize. He was elected a Fellow in 1786, but declining to take orders, returned to Jersey to prosecute his studies for the insular bar. In 1799, he was sworn an advocate of the Royal Court, where he soon became eminent. He was appointed Attorney-General of the Island in 1802, and Lieutcnant-Bailly to Lord Carteret in 1816. In 1824, he was deputed by the States of Jersey to plead the cause of the Islanders before the English Government in resistance of the encroach- ments of the French on the local ovster fishing limits : on this occasion, Mr. Le Breton had conferred on him the honour of knighthood. On the death of Lord Carteret in 1826, the patronage of the office of Bailly, long held by his family in hereditary succession, reverted to the Crown, and Sir Thomas succeeded to the vacant chair. He died in 1838. His portrait, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, is in the possession of the family, and has been engraved. His eldest son, also named Thomas, was for many years Attorney-General, and afterwards Bailly of the Island. He was born in 1790, and studied jui'isprudence at Caen, in Normandy; and whilst thei-e was presented to Napoleon I., on the occasion of the Emperor visiting that city. Subsequently, he became a member of the Jersey bar, Vice-Consul for France in Jersey, and a Receiver of the King's dues in the Island. He had, before this, entered the S. Ilelier's Battalion of the jNIilitia, in which he rose to the command in 1820; and on the auspicious visit of her INIajesty to the Island in September, 1846, the whole of the insular troops being under the command of Colonel Le Breton, Her Majesty conferred on him the honour of knighthood. In July, 1848, Sir Thomas succeeded the late Sir John De Veulle as Bailly of Jersey — a post which he held until his death in November, 1857. The family is represented, amongst others, by Francis Le Breton, Esq. ; by the Very Rev. William-Corbet Le Breton, M.A. ; and by Philip-Hemery Le Breton, Esq., Barrister- at-Law. Ar:\is (as borne by Philip-Hemery Le Breton, Esq. ) : Azure, two chevronels, or ; a mullet for difference. Impaling : Argent, an oak-tree, ppr. ; on a chief, gules, three mullets of the field, for AiKiN. Crest : A rose, gules, slipped and leaved, vert.* * A John Le Breton, Esq., of Jersey, is mentioned in tlie EncycloptBdia Londinensis, and his Anns given as — Azure, a bend between sis mullets pierced, or. Crest : A lion's gamb, erased, azure, charged mth a chevron, or, between three billets, argent. C C 198 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. pelrisrte of %.t asretom Thomas Le Breton. David Le Breton. Mary, d. of .. . Dapin. I I John, o.s.p. Edward. Jane. I Elizabeth. Thomas Lempriere. I Esther. Denis Noel. Ann. John Nicolie. The Very Rev. Thomas Le Breton, M.A., Exeter College, Oxon, Rector of S. Mary = Mary, d. of Raulin Robin, and Dean of Jersey, b. 1697, d. 1728. I Thomas Le Breton, Seig. of La Hague, b. 1707, d. 1760 = Alice, d. of Philip Anley, m. 1729. Thomas Le Breton, Seig. of La Hague, b. 1730. Jane, d. of Amice Marett, Jurat, R.C. ' T Jane Le Breton, only d. and h. Thomas Pipon. Philip, b. 1733. John, b. 1735. Very Rev. Francis, Rector of S. Saviour and Dean of Jersey. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Penrose. Joshua, b. 1741. Hannah, d. of . . . Ward. Susan, b. 1744. Rev. M. Youngson. 1. Ann, d. of John = Sir Thomas Le Breton, = 2. Margaret, d. William. Hue, and sister of Kt., Bailly of Jersey. of Clement Dean Hue. Hemery. Jane, d. of John Hue. I Rev. Philip, Rector of S. Saviour. Susan, d. of Clement Hemery. Francis, Lieut. R.N. John. Edward. I I Mary. Esther. Elizabeth. John Dolbel. Clement Le Breton = Dona Con- of Buenos Ayres. I ception di I Sola . I I Clement Le Breton. Thomas. I Eliza-Margaret. Lieut. -Col. Ed.- Kent-Strathern Butler, of Mar- tock. Nova Scotia. William-Corbet Le Breton, Clerk, M.A.. Dean of Jer- sey, Rector of S. Saviour. Erailie-Davis,d. of W. Martin. I Maria. David-Vavasour Durell, of Ox- ford. I Jane-Penrose. John HanimonJ, Esq., Bailly of Jersey. I I Anne-Louisa. Julia-Charlotte. Philip-Hemery Le Breton, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, King's Bench Walk, Temple, and Milford House, Hampstead. Anna-Letitia, d. of Charles- Rochemont Aikin. I James- Edward. Ellen, d. of ... Dickenson. I Mary-Ann. H.W. Busk, Barrister-at-Law. Henrietta. Edward-Hemery Le Breton. Philip-Henry. Philip-Aikin Le Breton. Arthur-Hemery. I I I Anna-Letitia. Lucy. Susannah. I I I Rosa. Katherine-Henrielta. Mary. Edith. Ellen. Sir Thomas Le Breton, Kt., Bailly of Jersey, = Frances, d. of Thos.- Colonel R.J.M., ob. 1858, s.p. Jekyll Rawson, of Oake- over Hall, Stafford. I Francis, of Crosby Square = and Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London. ... d. of George Struve, .M.D. .\nn-Corbet. Major George, Simmons, late Riile Brigade. / / // /h n/i, ,/, f/iis P/,i/, IS /Wsi-iitii/ to f/lf nl'li. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 199 3le Couteur, of 3$ellebue» EEIVING its descent from a Norman source, this family has held a most respectable position in Jersey for centuries. By the Extente of 1331, it appears that Eobeil Le Couteur, of the parish of S. Brelade, owed to the King eight sols for a bouvee, or ox"gate, of land.* However, from the non-existence of parochial records and the want of family archives, a connected pedigree of the family can only he traced to the sixteenth century. And although from these causes the precise connection between Julian Le Couteur, living in 1598, and Jacques Le Couteur, hviug in 1604, and the founder of the branch of S. John, La Hougue Boete, cannot be ascertained ; yet there are no sufficient grounds for doubting the common origin of both families. From the testimony of the late Sir Isambard-Kingdom Brunei, himself born on the patri- monial estate of the family, it seems that those of Jersey are an offshoot from the house of Le Couteur of Gisors, Department de I'Eure, where the parent stock still exists, represented by a Colonel in the French army. In the parish church of S. Brelade exist tablets to the memory of General Le Couteur, and to that of his wife, the eldest daughter of Sir John Dumaresq ; her memory is deservedly respected, not only from her private vii'tues, but also from the fact of her having been the foundress of the Jersey branch of the Ladies' Bible Society. The epitajjh of the former contains so succinct an account of his long and honourable career, together with so fjivourable an insight into his private character, as to deserve perpetuation here.f The original estate of this family was Les Butfes, which, cmiously enough, was exchanged by its owner for its present residence, in a friendly controversy, as to their relative value, with a member of the De Carteret fixmily, to whom the latter previously belonged. The name of * An ox-gate — as much land as one os could till. The following tahle will show its relative value : — 40 Perches = 1 Vcrgee ; 4 Yergees = 1 Acre ; 5 Acres = 1 Bouvee. The Vergee forms the general integer for the computation of Jersey land. I "To the memory of Lieutenant-General John Le Couteur, born at Les Buttes, in the parish of St. John, 2Gth August, \1C\Q ; died at Bellovue, St. Brelado's Parish, 'i.'jrd April, 1835, aged seventj'-four years. He served his country from his youth as Captain in the first Regiment of Militia ; he then obtained his first commission in His Majesty's 95th Regiment, and served with it in the glorious capture, in this Island, of Rullecourt's force, 6th January, 1781. He served against Tippoo Sahib in India, in the 100th Regiment, was made prisoner, and kept in chains eleven months, fed on rice and water; all his superior officers were poisoned, but the Lord preserved him. In 1790, he was elected, ivithout oppo- sition, a Jurat of the Royal Court ; he acted as Brigade-Major to the Militia ; and, in 1798, received the thanks of the States for his unwearied zeal. In 1798, he was appointed Inspector of Militia. He performed the duties of Quartermaster- General, and conducted the secret service during the French Revolution, with Georges Pichegru and La Roche- Jacquelin. He instituted the system of boy's drill, founded on the ancient 31ilitia laws ; and carried it on for eleven years to the applause of all. In 1800, he again received the thanks of the States; and, in 1811, being raised to the rank of Major-General, he, for the third time, received their thanks, together with a piece of plate. He commanded a brigade in Jamaica till 1813, when he was named Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Islands of Curagoa, Bonair, and Amha, Dutch Colonies, where he administered the laws with so much wisdom, mildness, and firmness, that on the Restoration of the Islands to the Dutch, 4th March, 1815, he received affectionate addresses from the superior and inferior Councils, the Merchants, the Freeholders, and the Spanish Refugees ; the negroes and the slaves C C 2 200 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Les Biittes^ or the Butts (which also occurs in other parishes), proves Archery to have been cultivated with assiduity by Jersey men; and, undoubtedly, had tlie necessary records descended to our day, we should find that, as feudal x'etainers, they had worthily laid the foundation of that fame which they have so gloriously earned since their incorporation into a regular Mihtia. The present representative of the family, Colonel John Le Couteur, Q.A.D.C, F.R.S., Viconite of Jersey and Adjutant-General, R.J.M., has, with much concern for the welfare of his native island, turned his attention to its improved agriculture; and is the author of an erudite work on the cultivation and varieties of wheat, which, with one on Rifle-Drill, is well and fiivourably known; while another, now in preparation, on the "History of the Royal Jersey Militia," will, doubtless, tlu'ow much light on this interesting subject, and will be looked for with the more interest, since the corps is indebted for much of its efficiency to the family of its historian. Arms (as borne by Colonel John Le Couteur) : Argent, three bends, azure. Quartering: <;)r, on a mount, vert, a holly-bush, ppr. ; a bordure, sal:)le, eutoyre of eight mullets, of six ])oints, pierced, of the first, for Bisson; and Gules, four fusils in fesse, argent, a fleur-de-lis for difi^erence, for De Carteret. Impaling: Azure, a chevron, argent, between two bezants in chief, and a fleur-de-lis, of the second, in base, for Janvrin. Crests: 1. A dove, holding in its beak an olive branch, all ppr., for Le Couteur (ancient). 2. A sword and a sprig of laurel, in saltire, ppr., for Le Couteur. 3. A blackbird, ppr., for Bisson. Motto : Toujours prest. ptDi'ffrrf of %.t Cciitfur of Brllrbur, Nicholas Le Couteur, and Mabel, his wife. I I III Julian Lb Couteur, m. 1598 = Catherine, d. of . . . Queree. Thomas. Andrew. Juliana. .shed bitter tears on the departure of their ' Massa Father.' On liis return to Jersey, in 181(), God blessed him ^vitli many years of health, peace, and contentment, which he devoted chiefly to the study of the Scriptures. At seventy years of age, he committed the Gospels and Epistles to memory. He was a man meek and lowly in his heart, waiting with ardent faith and huralile hope for the coming of the Lord. This epitajdi is erected to his memory by his only son, Colonel John Le Couteur, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen." Obituary notices of the gallant General apjiear in the United Service Junrtwl and Annual Biogropliy ond Ohituari/ for 183C. In 1790, John ]Murray published a translation of "Letters from India," by General Le Couteur, which, among other subjects, contain interesting descriptions of the religion, manners, and customs of the inliabitants of Hindostan. ©ntiu^ 0-)riirj.\i^]lc Ci^ul'nir 6I.iH|iiirt\ ; M prescTzteil to i^wMrA:. AN ARjrORIAL OF JERSEY. 201 A I I I Philip Le Couteur, born 1601 = Lucasse, sole d. and heiress of Leonard Bisson. Abraham, b. 1602. Phihp Le Couteur, b. 1632, m. 1667. Juhn, ob.juv. Catherine. Lucasse. Jane. Mary. Priscilla. oh. jiiv. Andrte, d. and co-h. of Heher De Carteret. 1. Rev. C. Guerant. G. La Cloche, R. Picot. = Seig. of Longueville. I 2. Thomas Dulbel. John Le Couteur, b. 1661 , m. 1689 = Esther, d. of John Arthur, of S. Mary. Andree, b 1665 = Helier Le Qucsne. \ I III John Le Couteur, b. 1691 = Mary, d. of J. Poingdestre. Amice, b. 1694. Joshua, b. 1G96. Esther, b. 1G90 = John Querte. I I I I I I I I I I John Le Couteur, b. 1717, oA. (■««!//;/. John. (Twins) Philip. Amice. Mary. Elizabeth, oS./h!). Elizabeth. Mary.d. of . .. Ber- Jane, d. of . . . Joshua. Esther. J. Le Couteur, of fault. Filleul. S. Mary. 1 1 Aniice Le Couteur, b. 1758. 1 1 Clement. Joshua, n.s.p. II 1 1 Philip. Araice, Clement, o.s/j. 1 1 Jane. Esther. .... d. of ... De Carteret, of the Island of Serk. T John, n.s.p. Marianne, d. of . . . Bishop. 1 Helier father charles Ahier. of Creii. I ouzel. 2. . . . Aubin. Amice Le Couteur, of Serk. 1 John ^ Elizabeth, d. of . . . Poitevin-dit-Le Roul.\. 1 Elizabeth. R ;v. G. Balleine, Rector of S. Martin I John Le Couteur, Esq., b. 1760, d. 1835, Lieut.-Gen. H.M. Service = Mary, eld. d. of Sir J. Duraaresq, Kt., by Mary, Mary. Jane. j d. of . . . Le Mesurier, Governor of Alderney. I I John Le Couteur, Esq., b. 1794, Col. R.J.M., Q.A.D.C., F.R.S., V icomte of Jersey := Harriet, eld. d. of Francis Gordon-'l'liomas, oh.juv. I Janvrin, Esq., m. 1818. I \ i \ I John Le Couteur, b. 1820, o!).,/uu. John-Halkett, b. 1826, Lieut.-Col. Cold- Harriet, b. ISI 9. Mary, b. 1822. Sophia, b. 1832, stream Guards, Order of Medjidee. uh juv. Mary, d. of Alexander Low, Esq., of Sumner, eld. s. of Craigievar, N. B. Lord Bishop of Rev. John-Maunoir mner, eld. s .ord Bishop o Winchester. Ee Couteur of g*. f oj)U's iHanor f^ouse, ila f^ouguc Boete, T what period the founder of the family of Le Couteur settled iu the island is not known; but the fact of the name being found in the Extente of 1331, proves it to have existed here from an early Norman period. The first of this branch, of Avhom records are preserved iu family documents, was a clergyman, living tern}). Elizabeth, who had the honour (no inconsiderable one in those days) of preaching before the Queen. The original MS. of this sermon was until recently in the possession of his descendants, together with very interesting memoirs of Jacques Le Couteur, the Receiver of the King's Dues. 202 AN AKMORIAL OF JERSEY. The family numbers among its members two Deans of Jersey, besides others who have held high positions in the local Church and State. The Very Rev. Philip Le Couteur enjoyed a wide reputation as a divine and a man of letters; a very valuable collection of autograph letters written between the years 1659-62, exists at the Manor, addressed to him by several eminent ladies of the Court of Louis XIV., the Marechalle de Turenne, the Princess de Bouillon de la Tour d'Auvergne, with many others. These letters are couched in terms of the warmest fi-iendship, and esteem for his talents and character. Another eminent man was the Rev. Francis Le Couteur. He first entered Jesus College, Oxford, wliei'e he obtained an exhibition, and afterwards was elected Fellow of Exeter College. He resided some time at Oxford, but after taking orders, he accepted a curacy at Shrewsbury for a fcAV years. His taste for travelling had led liim to decide upon making the tour of Europe with a young gentleman, a design which was frustrated by the fi-acture of his thigh ; he therefore returned to Jersey, where he was preferred to the living of S. INLartin, which he afterwards exchanged for that of Grouville. One of the most stirrina; incidents in his life was the share he took in rei^elling the Livasion of the French under the Baron Rullecourt in 178L As he did not reside at S. Helier, he had not the opportunity of joining those who nobly refused to sign the capitulation of tlie Island, but by his decided conduct and contempt for " red-tapeism," he mainly contributed to the recovery of the battery of Platte Rocque, which the enemy had surprised en j^assanf. Placing two guns, his own property, in position on the l)each, he simk two of the enemy's ships, and incited the lieutenant commanding a detachment of His jNIajesty's troops immediately to attack the battery, and disregard the articles of the capitulation, of which notice had by this time been received. The officer remonstrated, and alleged that his commission would be forfeited, should he act in disobedience to his commanding officer. " Then I myself will indemnify you for its loss," said the patriot, and the battery was taken forthwith. This conduct was not the less brave, when it is considered that had Rullecourt held the island, his treatment of a Protestant clergyman, active in resisting his invasion, jirobably would not have served as a model of lenity. "With him also originated the plan of the excellent military roads, which now intersect the Island, although the chief credit of this improvement is popularly given to Lieutenant-General George Don, who adopted and carried out J\Ir. Le Couteur's suggestions. To him, again, is due by his scientific experiments, the merit of having made the cider of the Island, at one time the staple article of home consumption, very superior in point of manufacture to what it previously was; a labour to which, with other improve- ments in local agriculture, he devoted, amid other and pressing duties, more than thirty years of his life. He published, in 1801, a work on the subject, which he dedicated to Sir J. Sinclair; one which has since been translated into English, and which may be met with in the early editions of " Pitt's Survey of Worcestershire." His son, Francis-John Le Couteur, Esq., who was liorn in 1773, received an academical education under the Rev. John Dupre, whom he left to visit Paris, for the purpose of studying jurisprudence. While there, he was a spectator of the horrors of the Reign of Terror, and relying upon the fact of his being a British subject, he still remained in the French capital, even after the reception of several warnings. He was finally, therefore, made prisoner, and confined AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 203 with other victims of Rohespierre. After experiencing continued and increasing severity, he ultimately was exposed to the imminent peril of appearing before thfit Tribunal, the only fiat of which was death. However, in the interim, Robespierre died, and Mr. Le Couteur was set at liberty, but not before his constitution had received, fi-om the perils he had undergone, a shock from which he never recovered. After his arrival in Jersey, he published a detailed and affecting account of his sufterings, and with it some very pleasing pieces of poetry, composed during his captivity. He subsequently became a distinguished and eloquent member of the Jersey bar, and was, in 1817, appointed Solicitor-General of the Island, an office which he held until 1823, when ill health compelled its resignation. As is remarked above, Mr. Le Couteur was eminent as a poet, to which he added an extensive and critical acquaintance with English and French literature, and to which his retentive memory led him to refer, and to quote with a taste and pathos as rare as it was delightful. Polished and courtly in manner, and disinterested in friend- ship, his memory is still held in veneration by those who had the privilege of knowing him.* The family is now represented by his twin sons, Edward-George Le Couteur, Esq., Seigneur of S. John's Manor, La Hougue Botite, Colonel, R. J.M. ; and Francis-Joiin Le Couteur, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel, R.J.M. iMANOR HOUSE OF S. JOHN, LA IIOLHUE HOETE. * Vide " Caesarea ; or, an account of the Island of Jcrsev," etc. 204 AN ARMOKIAL OF JERSEY. The ]\Iaiior House, wliicli is approached through a long and stately avenue of firs, is built in the Italian style, with the aimis of its present and former owners ornamenting the fa9ade, and is ])leasantly situated in the midst of the pleasure grounds, which are, in style and extent, unequalled in Jersey. At one time it is supposed to have been ornamented on the Xortli with a large piece of water ; for the water-gate still exists, and tradition speaks of the time when the transit to the parish church was made in a boat. The estate probably derives its name from a family named Boet or Boiste, which held property in the parish anterior to 1331, as appears by the Extcnto of that year, and in which the name is feminized to Boistel. In support of this supposition it may be remarked, that at a short distance from the house, stands a Hougue or Tumulus, that still belongs to the estate, although the surrounding land has long been alienated, and which is still called in the vernacular, "La Tetc du F/cf."* The Manor has descended successively tln-ough the fomilies of De Barentine, Lempriere, Journeaulx, Le Febvre, De Carteret of Trinity, and Le Maistre, to its present possessor, as the annexed Pedigree will show.f * Thesci Hougues, Tumuli, Mottes, or Mounds, from tlu'ir number, formed at one time an important feature in Jersey landscape. Tliey have been attributed to a Celtic perioil, but tbey more probably belong to a later age. and may have been used to mark the spot of family sepulture, in tlie days when private chapels were the only religious edifices in the island. Although Poingdcstre, in his MS. history of Jersey, mistakes them for SpecuUe, or watch-hills (erections whicli tlie undulating surface of the island renders unnecessary), they are now, by common consent, classed, like the Pyramids of Egj-pt, the Cairns of Scotland, the Barrows of England, and the funeral mounds existing in almost every known portion of the globe, among sepulchral remains. That one, so celebrated as La Ilougue 'Die, or La Hougue Hamhie, has, by tradition, a distinct monumental cause assigned for its construction {vide p. 58) ; and very probably, \vere these mounds carefully examined, traces of their purpose might be found in the shape of stone coffins, images, and the like. That the practice of burying images, etc., was not unknown in Jersey in the earlier days of Christianity, is proved by the following extract from a paper read before the Philosophical Society, by J. Ward, in 1748: — " Li pulling down a very old house in Jersey, in 1748, a small brass image was found deposited in a hollow of the wall, near the foundation. It is said to have represented St. Roc ; it h■//'■ ll'"<- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 207 Rev. Francis Lc Couteur, M.A., Jun., John = Elizabeth, d. and h. of Francis Payn, of Rector of S. Martin. I Philip, b. 1695. James, b. 1695. Jane, only d. and h. of Joshua Le Cou- teur, Jun. Grouville, and h. of her niece, Jane, wife of the Rev. . . . Jones, M.A., and only d. and Mary, d. of Cabot. h.of the Very Rev. F. Payn, Dean of Jersey. Francis Le Couteur, b. 1723, ob. innupt. I Francis. I Elizabeth. Charles De Carteret, Seig. of Trinity. j Rev. Francis Le Couteur, Rector successively of S. Jane. Martin and Grouville, oh. 1808. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Perochon. T Jane. Francis'John Le Cou- = Elizabeth, only d. and h. of James = Bennett, d. of . . . Wood. Elizabeth = Chas. Le Hardy, Col., K.J. M. teur, Solicitor-General of I George Syvret, Esq. j Jersey, b. 1773, d. 1824. I I I I ■ James Le Couteur. = Jane-Sippings, d. of . . Glandfield, co. Kent. I I James-Francis. George-James. ob. I Francis, ob. I I I Emily-Bennett. Caroline. Elizabeth-Mary. I I I I I I II James- Wood Le Couteur. Francis, ob. Harcombe-Caff. Emily-Ann. Mary-Jane. Caroline-Elizabeth. Ellen-Sophia. Ann-Edith. ^ ^ I Edward-George Le Couteur, Esq., Seig. of S. John, } twins S Francis-George, Lieut. -Colonel, R.J. M. Philip, Capt. La Hougue Boete, Colonel R.J.M. — ■ 31stRegt.,d. Frances, 6th d. of Sir C.-Edraund Carrington, Kt. in India. Elizabeth-Maria, 2nd d. of Sir C. -Edmund Car- = rington, Kt., and of Paulina Belli, his wife. 1 I Paulina-Mary-Isabelle Le Couteur. I I Ada-Paulina-Frances Le Couteur. Florence-Elizabeth-Mary. ile Cromer. HIS is one of the numerous families wliich owes its settlement in the island to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It is represented by John Le Cronier, Esq., M.D. Arms (as borne by John Le Cronier, Esq.) : Or, a chevron, azure, between three mullets of seven points, sable. Impaling : Argent, three bai's, wavy, azure, for Browning. Crest : A mastiff, ppr. Motto : Je garde ma foy. ^Srtiigier of Sc Cronier. Pierre Le Cronier = Susanne, d. of . . . Barbey. I I II George Le Cronier, b. 1693. 1. Jane, d. of . ..Stroud, d. 1731. = Philip = 2. Marv,d. of George Messervy. Susan, b. 1695. Abigail, b. 1699. I I A B DD 2 208 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Philip Le Cronier, b. 1727. Peter = Elizabeth, d. of George Susan. Thomas Le Cronier, b. 1734. George, b. 1735. I ...Anbin. Jane, d. of . .. Le Geyt, j j d.l783. Peter Le Cronier. b. 1753. Elizabeth, b. 1757. I II I I I I I I I I Philip Le = Elizabeth, d. of Peter. George, b. 1766. Joseph, John, Ehzabeth. Susan. Margaret. Anne. Mary. Jane. Cronier. Joshua Le Quesne b. 1769. b. 1772. I Margaret, d. of Elizabeth Le John Lang4e. Cronier, only d. & h. James John Du . . . Sauvage. Philip James John Elizabeth Le Gallie. Camonun. Dolbel. Jolin. Nicolle. Touzel. Ph. Thoreau. I II II Philip-Joshua Peter, b. 1783. John, b. 1800. Le Cronier, — — b. 1782. Peter, b. 1786. Elizabeth, b. 1785. Elizabeth-Susan Le Cronier. George Le Cronier. = Susan, d. of John Le Brocq. John, b. 1800. Philip. I Margaret. Jane, d. of Francis Charlotte-Helen, d. Francis De Ste. Croix. of T. B. Campbell. Anquetil. John Le Cronier. George-Francis. Margaret. I Jane. = John La Cloche. I Charlotte-Helen-Jane-Campbell Le Cronier. Caroline-Maria-Blayney-Campbell. Thnraasine-Isabella-Mary-Campbell. I I John Le Cronier, Esq., M.D. George-Lewis. Susannah. Jane. Harriet-Alice. Ann-Elizabeth. Sarah, d. of William- Hardwick Browning. Laura, d. of . . . Seer. T James Browning. William-Locke Lancaster. George Le Cronier. 1 Annie-Laura. Hardwick Le Cronier. Ernest. I Janette. ile jFeubre. OTHING," says de la Chesnaye des Bois, iu his great aiid comprehensive '•'■ Armorial of France" " is more common than the name of Le Fevre, in the various provinces of the Kingdom. That of Normandy furnishes several, for besides others, are chronicled the names, pedigrees, and arms of Le Fevre of Argentan, Valognes, Carentan, and Rouen." The name is Latinized Faher, i.e., Smith; and it seems to answer, by its frequency in France, to our own most familiar English patronymic. In Jersey, this name occurs from a vciy early period, being mentioned in official instruments of the XIIL century. A liranch of the femily appears to have settled at Southampton, in the XVIL century, John Le Feyvre, of that town, then being the representative of this section. Bv »'/ii>/n dux p/tUe is presfnled h? f/ie Tl hr/c. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 209 The name has, at various periods, and in various localities, been spelt Faber, Febure, Febvre, Feubvre, Feyvre, and so on, as far as the ingenious rules of permutation and combination can go. In Jersey, the same peculiarity of accent that has corrupted Morant into Mourant, Coutance into Coutanche, Ranulfus into Renouf, etc., has rendered its most usual orthography, Le Feuvre. Of the various insular families of this name, one for some centuries located in the parish of S. Peter, is the most important. It numbers among its members a Jurat of the Royal Court, temjj. Cromwell. The Rev. George Le Fevre belongs also to this family. He passed his academical career at Pembroke College, Oxford, with distinction, and subsequently performed the duties of Chaplain to the British Embassy at Paris, for many years. Here, his self-denying labours, and benevolejice, endeared him to a large cii'cle of our countrymen resident in or visiting the French capital. His son, Sir George- WiUiam Le Fevre, chiefly resided on the continent, and filled, for fifteen years, the post of Physician to the British Embassy at S. Petersburgh. On his return to England, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and received the honour of knighthood. Of his wanderings in Europe, he has left an interesting and clever souvenir in his " Diary of a Travelling Physician," to whicii literary labour he added others of a professional nature. Obituary notices of Sir G. W. Le Fevre appear in the various medical serials of 1846. His brother, Dr. Henry-Belfield Le Fevre, for some time practised in Paris, where he was well known in literary and scientific circles, and is the author of several valuable communications to the Academy of Sciences of that city. In Jersey, the family is represented by Philip Le Feuvre, Esq., of La Hougue, and by George-William Le Feuvre, Esq., of Les Niesmes, both in the parish of S. Peter. In England, by Henry-Belfield Le Fevre, Esq., of Exeter. And in America, by the Rev. Clement- Fall Le Fevre, of Hazlewood, Mil wanker, Wisconsin, U.S. Arms (as borne by the Rev. Philip- Alfred Le Feuvre, M.A.): Argent, a chevrou, gules, between three mullets, pierced, sable ; * a label of three points, for difference. Quartering : Sable, on a chief, indented, argent, three martlets of the field, for Le Bas : Or, a gonfalon of three pendants, gules, fringed vert, for D' Auvergne : Per fesse argent and or ; in chief a dexter hand issuant, ppr., cuffed of the second; in base a mullet of the first, for PoiNGDESTRE : Argent, a lion, rampant, sable, armed and langued, gules, for Balleine : Sable, a chevron between three eagles, displayed, argent ; on a chief, or, a rose between two fleui's-de- lis, gules, for Remon : and, Azure, a chevron between three escallops, or, for Le Miere. Crest : A triple-eared stem of corn, ppr. * Chevrons and mullets, with variations of tincture and number, form the staple charges in the arms of the families of Le Fevre of all parts of France. Of these, several exist, or have existed, in Normandy, Artois, and the Boulonnais. Of the last-named family, the famous Jacobus Faber Stapulensis, the Luther of France, was a member, and is claimed as coming from the same source as the Le Feuvres of Jersey. 210 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. petiigm of Se #nibre of ^. ^3ftfr. Phimp Le Fedvre = Susan, d. of . . . D'Auvergne. I Peter Le Feuvre, m. IG45. = Frances, d. of . . . Le Brun. Simon Le Feuvre, b. 1G52, d. 1735. = Susan, d. of . . . Mauger. I Philip Le Feuvre = Jane, d. of . . . Carrel. Peter Le Feuvre, b. 1724, d. 1781. = Mary, d. of Nicholas Poin^destre. Peter Le Feuvre, b. 17fi2, oli.s.p. I Philip, b. 17G4, d. 1855. Ann, only d. and h. of Nicholas Le Bas, R.J.M.A. of Les Niesmes. T Rev. George [Le Fevre], M.A., Oxon, b. 1771, d. 1848. Jane, b. 1759. Phcebe, d. of William Bayley, of Tring, co. Herts., Sur- W. Le Brocq. peon, heir of her maternal uncle, the Rev. H. Belfield, Lord of the Manors of Studham and Barworth. * Sir George-William Le Fevre, Kt., M.D., b. 1796. d. 184G. Frederika, d. of Col. Fraser, H.E.LC.S. Four Children, all ob.juv. Rev. Clement-Fall, of Wisconsin, U.S. Mary, d. uf . . . Clowes. Henry-Belfield, M.D. Anastasia, d. of . . . Reid. I I I Annie. Frances. Emma. o.s.p. I George Le Fevre, Esq. Emma, d. of Lieut. -Governor Beale, of Wisconsin. Henry-Belfield Le Fevre. I Francis. I William. I Edward. Mary. Ellen-R b. at Sherbrook, Canada, 1823. John-C. Coleman, of Montreal. 1. Ann-Elizabeth, only d. = Philip Le Feuvre, Esq., of La Hougue, = 2. Jane, d. of . . .Guille, and and h. of Francis Balleine, | b. 1795. Widow of the Rev. Wm. Le b. 1804, d. 1848. | Lievre, B.A., o.s.p_ George-William = Jane, d. of John of Les Niesmes, | Le Brocq, of La b. 1801. I Fontaine. I I George-William Le Feuvre, Esq., m. 1858 ^ Helen-Margaret, youngest d. of Ph. Le Capt. R.J.M.A. Gallais, Jurat, R.C. Henry-John, Lieut. R.J.M.A. The Rev. Philip-Alfred Le Feuvre, M.A., Wadham College, Oxford. II II II Charles-William, oh. Charles-William. Alfred-George, oh. Francis- Clement. William- Henry. George-Edward. Ann-Eliza. Louisa-Maria. Ellen-Mary. Jane-Emily. %.t Gallais, HIS family, which is supposed to have migrated hither from Britany, has been naturalized in the island from a very remote period. It is divided into sevei'al branches, which, although the connection between them is not precisely ascertained, are universally allowed to derive from one com- luou source. One of the.se is represented by Matthew Le Gallais, Esq., Seigneur of Surville. • The family of Belfield, of Hertfordshire, is now extinct, and was a junior scion of that of Belfield, of Clegge-in-Rochdale, co. Lancaster. It was one of much consideration in the former county, where it possessed the manors of Studham and Barworth. as aforesaid. Its pedigree exists at the College of Arms, and is given at length in Clutterbuck's Hertfordshire, vol. i., p. 497. By the nmrri,igc of Ellen Belfield, the eventual heiress of her family, with VVilliam Bayley, Esq., of Tring, its representation became vested in her descendants, of whom three (her daughters Eleanor, Harriet, and PhiEbi) married, curiously enough, into as many Jersey lamilies — those of Dupre, Fade, and Le Fevre. Arms of Bklfiulo, of Studham : Krmine, a mullet, gules, on a chief of the last, a label of five points, argent. Crest: A demi tiger, argent, armed and tufted, or, pierced through the body with the binKeu stalf of a Hag, the latter hanging between his fore paws, and party per fesse, argent and azure. (I)att(|em h? (|a((aiCK (\cqinrp. p E I C rJ E U l\ OF ^Uf^\/lLLE. £v whom. tJus PltzM IS presented^ to the. Work FlIJLIF M miaM^^. IStMlIE. fly n7wni tlxi-sJIodt is presented U'tiu v,; AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 211 Another, now settled at La Moye, in the parish of S. Brelade, formerly possessed an estate at Rouge Bouillon, in the parish of S. Helier ; an estate which, as stated by the two Extenies, or Royal Rent Rolls of the XVIIth century, owed to the Crown the somewhat fanciful dues of two cabots of wheat rent, two capons, two hens, and fourteen eggs. This branch is represented by Philip Le Gallais, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court, and Stipendiary Magistrate of the Police Court A third is represented by Mr. John Le Gallais, sou of Nicholas Le Gallais, who, through his mother, Elizabeth, daughter and eventual heiress of Thomas De Gruchy, of S. Trinity, represents also a branch of that family.* Arms (as boi-ne by Matthew Le Gallais, Esq. ) : Gules, a crescent, between six roses, or, three in chief and three in base. Quartering : Argent, three trefoils, sable, for Payn : Gules, four fusils, conjoined, in fesse, argent ; a crescent, in base, for difference, for De Carteret : and. Per fesse, argent and or; in chief, a dexter hand, clenched, ppr., cuffed of the second; in ba.sf, a mullet of the first, for Poingdestre. Impaling : Azure, three crescents, or, for Nicolle. Crest : A cock, statant, ppr., the dexter foot uplifted. Motto : Jamais chancelant. Arms (as borne by Philip Le Gallais, Esq.) : Same Arms, Crest, and Motto. Impaling Or, on a chief, embattled, sable, three mullets, argent, a crescent for difference, for Amy. Arms (as borne by John Le Gallais, Gent.): Same Arms and Crest. Quartering: Or, fi-etty azure, for De Gruchy. Motto : Semper Fidelis. ISeliigrec of %t aallai's of turbine, anti of Sa iHoye* Ec (SaOatS of ^urfaillc. Symon Le Gales, living 1400. Ec (SallaW of Jta iHotir. Fkancis Le Galles. I John Le Gales. Guiile, purchased the fief des Hamonets, in 1475. I Symon Le Gailes. T I Edmond. John Le Galles. I Edmond. John Le Galles. A daughter. Colin Langre. Syre Mathew, pbr. Jeanette, d. of . . . Langlois. John Le Gallais, mentioned in the Extente of 1607, in mn- nection with his property at Rouge Bouillon. Margaret, d. of Henry Le Cras. Peter Le Gallez, m. 1G26. Sarah, d. of John Le Febvre. I 1 Elias. John. I I I Mary. I Mabel. Elizabeth. Margaret. Thomasse. Collette. * The brother of Elizabeth De Gruchy, another Thomas, was formally recognised by Marshal Grouchy, on his visit to Jersey, as a descendant of the De Grouchy family, a branch of which, many centuries since, settled in the island. Among other tokens of countenance and favour bestowed by the Marshal on his newly-discovered kinsman, were a long correspondence, couched in most friendly terms ; portraits of himself and wife ; and a gold seal, bearing the arms of the family. The annexed fac-simile of the signature of that great general is full of interest. 212 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. I John Le Gall^s. Thomvne. Margaret, Dame de la Rondiole, youngest d. & co.-h. of Philip Payn.Seig. of Samares, and of Thomasse, his wife, d. and eventual heiress of Regnault De Carteret, Seig. of Longuevilie. Hugh Le Bastard. Francis Le Gallays, ni. 1650, d. 1663. Elizabeth, d. of Ph. Vivian, of S. Sa- viour, mentioned in the Entente of 1668. in connection with her husband's property at Rouge Boudlon. I 1. Jane, d. of John = Francis Le Gallais, = 2. Judith, d. of Le Sueur. I m. 1679, d. 1712 I Jonas Roraeril. Edmond Le Gallt's. Symone, d. of Noel De Ste. Croix. Katherine. Nicholas Le Sebirel. Mary. Peter Le Couteur. Francis Le Gal- Ann. lais, b. 1689. I I Jane. Rachel. Edmond Le Gallays, Seig. of the fief des Hamonets. Cullette, d. of ... Le Geyt. Hugh, Seig. of the = Margaret, d. fief de Hfirupe. | of Matthew I Le Montais. I Katherine, Dame de la Rondiole. I III John Le Gallais, b. 1693, m. 1722. Francis. Jane, d. of John Alexandre. I i Peter Le Gallays. No6. I Jane. Helier Mahault. Edward. I Philip. Philip Le Gallais, b. 1726. Susan. Margaret. Ann. John LeGeyt. I Matthew Le Gallays. I John. Jane. Mary, d. of Daniel Simon. I 1. Esther, d. of John De Carteret, Seig. of V. de H., and relict of Abraham Poulett, m. 1611. 2. Katherine, d. of Guille Martel. T Nicholas Benest. Philip Le Gallais, Esq., Jurat R.C., b. 1794. Mary. I Matthew Le Gallays. Edmond. Mary-Margaret, d. of Ph. Amy. Francis Godfray, Greffier, R.C. Edmond Le Gallais. Richarde, d. of He- lier Le Poitevin-dit- Le Roulx. I Helier. I Elizabeth. I John LeGeyt. John Le Gallais. John Le Gallais. Ann. Ph. Bisson. Jane. Mary. Moses Luce. I Philip Le Gallais o.s.p. Alfred, Capt., H.M. Indian Array. Mary- Anna-Frances, d. of Richard Brounc- ker, of Boveridge, co. Somerset, d. 1860. Matthew Le Gallais. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Bisson. I Edmond. Collette. Edmund, C.E. Leonie.d.ofthe lateChas.Metz, President of the Legislative As- sembly, Grand Duchy of Lux- emburg. I I I Albert. Mary-Ann. Jane- Eliza. Matilda- Henrietta. i \ i I I I Matthew Le Gallais. Edmond. John. Richarde. Jane, Esther. Seig. of the fief Surville. = o-«-P I Sarah, d. of Amice Nor- Catherine, d. of John | . .. Bailhache. man. 1745. Moses De Ste. Croix. Charles, Wm.-Vesconte R.E.,d. Le Quesne, at Ja- Capt. R.J.M. maica. I Helen-Mar- garet. John-Wm. G.-W. Le Godfray, Feuvre of Capt. R J, A. Les Niesmes. Capt. R.J. A. Le Cras. Edmond Le Gallais. Abraham. Matthew Le Gallais, Seig. of Surville. John. Philip. Elizabeth, d. of John Poingdestre. T Matthew Le Gallais, Seig. of Surville. I Elizabeth. Charles De Ste. Croix. Mary, d. of Abraham Poingdestre. T I Matthew Le Gallais, Seig. of Surville. Mary, d. and co.-h. of Philip Poingdestre. I John. Mary. Magdalen, d. of . . . Laurens. I Philip Ahier. Matthew Le Gallais. . . d. of . . . Richardson. Mary-Ann. Charles Renouf. •7s; h\\\m\ ijm[\[' Lr (mit, t . B. /?j- K'^'W //-•/.V /"/./A' /.J- Prr.^-r/rftvl/^' fkr 11' // AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 213 Matthew Le Gallais, Esq., Seig. of Surville. Jane, d. of John Nicollc. John = Elizabeth, only d. and h. of Philip Gibaut, Constable of S. John. Mary. Elizabeth. John Laurens. J. Le Bran. Edmund-Matthew Le Gallais. I I III I John Le Gallais. Emma. Lydia. Alice. Elise. Mary-Wright. I I Johii-NicoIIe. Alfred-John. I I John-Matthew. James-Poinsrdestre. Jane-Noel. Eliza-Gibaut. I .1 Emma-Jane. Adela-Eliza. I Rachel. P. Bichard. Victoria. Maria-Louisa. %t (Bt^t ONCLUSIVE evidence of the antiquity of tliis family exists by the mention of its name in the Extente of 1331. It appears also in various official documents of the Island, showing that its ownei's held positions of trust and emolument, at different periods, in their native island. Philip Le Geyt, Esq., Jurat of the Eoyal Court, was one of those brave and devoted men, who, forsaking property and em'iiloyment in the service of their exiled and then powerless king, Charles II., retired in defence of his crown to one of the last strongholds left him in all his dominions — Elizabeth Castle. His son, the eminent legal commentator, speaking of this event, says, " I can add, upon good authority, that my late father retired to Elizabeth Castle in the King's service, when the island was captured in 1651 by the Parliamentary forces of England; that, during the siege of the Castle, my father's residence was sacked, thus involving the loss of all his furniture ; and further, that, by the articles of the reduction of the Castle, he was obliged to pay two years' value of his income." His son, Philip Le Geyt, Esq., was born in 1636, and is well and deservedly known for his able comments upon the Laws and Customs of Jersey; indeed their value is so justly appreciated, that, in 1846, they were published at the expense of the States of the Island. His biography, written by M. Sorsoleil, was elegantly translated by Dr. Shebbeare, and prefaces the second volume of his critical and learned History of Jersey.* He was eventually * Dr. John Shebbeare, well known in Jersey as the author of the work mentioned above, was born in 1710, at Shebbeare-Towne, in the parish of Abbotsham, Devon. He studied physic, and took the degree of M.D. at Paris, in 1752. He married Susannah Cornish, by whom he had two children, the Rev. John Shebbeare, Rector of Horndon, Essex — who died without i.ssue — and Elizabeth, the wife of Capt. Charles Le Geyt, H.JNI. C3rd Regt. (in which he fought at the battle of Jlinden). It was in this island, while on a visit to his daughter, that its history was written by him. The family, which has been settled for centuries in Devonshire, in which exist a parish and hundred of the name, claims descent from the aucient Earls of Bridgcwater, and from Bishop Hooper, the Martyr. Dr. Shebbeare was chiefly known as a political writer, and commenced his labours in that direction with a novel called " The JMan-iage Act," which, from its attacks on the Ministry, procured his imprisonment. In the follov\-ing year, 1755, he published his " Practice of Phvsic," in two volumes. In the same year, appeared the best of his performances, " Letters on the English Nation, by Battista Angeloni, a Jesuit," in two volumes. But what rendered him the most popular, was a series of " Letters to the People of England," begun in 1755, and continued to 1758. They were so eagerly read by the people, and so obnoxious to the men in power, that on the publication of the Third Letter, in 1756, warrants were issued for the arrest of both author and publisher ; this, however, came to nothing until January, 1758, when, by virtue of a warrant from the Secretary of State, all copies of a Seventh Letter were seized at the printer's, and a prosecution commenced against the E E 214 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. sworn Lieutenant-Bailly of the island, a post which he filled with equal honour and dignity. He was, says his biographer, "a man of the ancient stamp of virtue; uniform in his different phases of life, and always equal to himself. In him, knowledge, politeness, and probity, were the inseparable companions of the love of religion and zeal for justice." He died on the 31st of January, 1716, aged eighty. Philip Le Geyt, Esq., the nephew of the preceding, was, shortly after his uncle's death, appointed Lieutenant-Bailly of the island. The grand-nephew of the first Lieutenant-Bailly, Philip Le Geyt, and grandson of the last- named — Robert Le Geyt, Esq., was for some years Wood-reeve to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, aud was first-cousin of the late Vice-Admiral Philip D'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon. He married Jane, daughter of the Rev. William Burch, Rector of S. Mary, Dover, and of Mongeham, Kent. His son, Vice-Admiral George Le Geyt, C.B., is the present representative of the family. He married, in 1812, Rose-Marie, daughter of the late Rear- Admiral Heatli (two of whose brothers, and their brother-in-law, Dr. Drury, were successively Head JNListers of Eton and Harrow, during the interesting period of the education there of Lord Byron, Sir Robert Peel, and other celebrated characters), and by whom he has had issue eleven children. An ancestor of the mother of Admiral Le Geyt, whose name was Dejovas, came over as a volunteer with William HL, was with him in all his battles, and was wounded at the battle of the Boyne.* author. Tried, and found guilty, the Doctor received sentence to pay a fine of £5, to stand in the pillory at Charing ("ross, December 5th, to be confined three years, and to give security for his good behaviour. lie duly stood in the pillory, amidst an immense concourse of people, none attempting to injure him, and, lieing a friend of Mr. Beardmore, the Under Sherifl", was permitted to stand unconfined, attended by a servant in livery, holding an nmbrella over him. Beardmore, for this courtesy, was fined ,£50, and imprisoned for two months. During Shebbeare's term of imprisonment, which lasted the full time of the sentence, and during which he was treated with much severity, he pxiblished projjosals for a " History of England," which never appeared. Soon after his release, he received a pension of dE200, procured from the King by Sir -John Philips. About the same time. Dr. Johnson (his friend, and whose names are frequently associated) was pensioned in the same sum, upon ^vhich a wag observed, that the King had pensioned a He-Hear and a S/(e-Bear. An acquaintance says, " In attacking his opponents he was pointed and severe, and his warmth of temper sometimes hurried him beyond the bounds of liberal argumentation. He was no inconsiderable proficient in the use of irony and ridicule ; his style was flowing, animated, and nervous, his diction equally spirited and forcible. My knowledge of the Doctor for a series of years, authorises me to assert that in the several duties of father, husband, brother, relation, and master, his behaviour was worthy of imitation." After writing several other works than those mentioned above, he died at his residence, in Eaton Street, Pimlico, in August 1788, at the ripe age of 78. The family is represented in England by Charles-Joiin SiiEBisEARE, EsQ., Barristcr-at-Law, of Surbiton Hill, Kingston, Surrey. Arms of Sheubeare : Vaire, azure and argent; a chief, or ; over all, on a bend argent, three mullets, sable. Crest : A lion, rampant, ppr., holding, in the dexter gaml>, a laurel wreath. * The following record of the gallant Admiral's services is extracted from O'Bynie's Naval Biography : — " He entered the Navy in March, 1791, on board the ' Colossus,' 7-1', Capt. Henry Harvey, lying at Spithead. Being- discharged in the following August, he next, in March, 1792, joined the 'Hussar,' 28, Capt. Rupert George, and sailed for the Halifax Station, where he assisted at the capture of two privateers, ' Republicaine ' and ' Jou-jou.' 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AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 223 TIE family of this name is of very ancient settlement in tlie island, and altliough, in the opinion of tlie best-informed of its existing members, it has no connection with an aboriginal house of Le Maistre, one of whose representatives, Colin Le Maistre, appears as a laud owner of the parish of S. Peter, in the Extenfe of 1331, its founder is supposed to have migrated from France so early as the latter part of the XVI. century. For deeds, dated 1526, relating to the property of one Peter Le Maistre, are still extant. To the famous family of Montl'herri is given tlie credit of producing the father of the Jersey stock — a family whose foimder was Gautier le Maistre, prevost of Paris in 1245, and to which belonged the celebrated Gilles le INIaistre, president of the parliament, and de Saci, the French translator of the Bible. Des Bois speaks of the sons of Jacques le Maistre, brotlicr of this Gilles, as among the earliest French Reformers, and of their consequent persecution ))y their powerful relative.* One of the brothers migrated to Provence, and there founded the family, which, upon its elevation to a Marquisate, assumed the name of " De " Maistre.^ The Mercure de France^ of August, 1773, says of this house that it is of "ancienue Noblesse de Robe," and one that has ever retained its fidelity to the Crown, even in the midst of the greatest revolutions. The same publication records the list of its worthies, during the reigns of twenty-two Monarchs, and among the men we find those of high rank, in law, statecraft, and the army, while the women shine in tlie only career then open for them — religion. Felibien speaks of several other members of this family, who, taking an active part in the civil and religious struggles which convulsed their native country, were compelled to emigrate, and so were entirely lost sight of. From some of these, we may reasonably suppose the English families of jMaister and Master derive their origin. The opinion that the insular branch derives its descent from the same source is much strengthened by the fact that other sections of the same family, found in several of the then separate provinces of Fi'auce, bear arms almost identical with those borne by Le Maistre of Jersey. On the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to Jersey in 1846, Miss Mary Le Maistre, daughter of the then Seigneur of S. Ouen, had the honour of being appointed, as his representative, by a Committee of the States of Jersey, to receive the Queen on her lauding. The career of the house iu the island has been a prosperous one; members of it have, at various periods, been Seigneurs of S. Ouen, La Hougue Boiite, and Quetivel. The family is represeuted in its eldest branch (that of S. Ouen and Quetivel), by Edward- * " Les revolutions ai-iivees dans I'etat par suite des erreurs de Calvin, et qui commencaient dejk a se faire sentir, les desunirent d'avec Gilles, leur oncle, et cette ditierence de religion en fit deux families qui ne se reconnurent plus." Vide Des Bois, vol. ii. t ^^^^ Des Bois. F f2 224 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. qi! H h5 I— ( •^ CO o 15 w -^ o . O H « P5 rS o S Q •3 W .a >. 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Esquire.. />')■ witi'/n tills /'/ill,' IS p/r.s-\- ir/i,i/i ////.-.■ P/fi/r f.\- /i/YS,-iif,,/ /-■ ///r- ll'r/-/,\ AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 229 ^nnprtere* N the earliest i-ecords preserved to us of the Normanfi, after they had acquh-ed a local habitation and a name, the patronymic of this family finds a frequent place. It has not escaped the mutations in orthography common to surnames in use at this remote period, and it is found variously chronicled as I'Empereur, Lempreur, Lemprere, de Lemperiei'e, de Lempriere, and Lempriere; and, in Latin, Imperator, from which imperial designate all the other renderings, no doubt, resolve themselves. In this, its earliest form, the name, althougli very rare, exists in England; in the Times of January 12, 1861, the death of one John Emperor is recorded. An innovation in spelling this name, affected by some branches of the family — that of placing a grave accent over the penultimate e — gives an erroneous notion of the root of the word, and is falsified by this derivation. With regard to the derivative, a fanciful tradition makes the source of the family the very chieftain to whom RoUo delegated the disagreeable duty of saluting the foot of Charles the Simple, when he was formally admitted into his dukedom; and the legend infers that the haughty clumsiness of the Scandinavian warrior, in upsetting the king, earned for him the soubriqvet borne by himself and his descendants. But, be this as it may, the early Xorman historians bear ample testimony to the rank and possessions of the family. It undoubtedly takes its rise from the same source as the house of I'Empereur de Morfon- taine, of the provinces of Champagne and Brie. D'Hozier, in his " Refjistre 11." mentions that Michael I'Empereur, Seigneur of Morfontaine, and an officer in the Light-Horse of the King's Guard in Ordinary, proved the nobility of his family by documents that carried the name back to the middle of the fourteenth century, the owners of which were dignified Ijy posts in the state only given to the most talented as well as the most influential of the aristocracy. Des Bois also concurs in bearing witness that this house possessed, from a very early period, the attributes of ancient nobility, and instances in support of his assertion that from the fourteeutli century its members were permitted the use of a seal — a certain mark of antique uolilesse. Jacques I'Empereur, who was, between the years 1356 and 1360, " Treforier des Guerres du Roy, et du Due de Normandie," gave several receipts to the Treasurer- General of the Revenues of Languedoc, to which were attached his seal, which represented a shield — Gyronny of twelve pieces; on a chief, a double-headed eagle, displayed. In 1364, this same Jacques I'Empereur, in the quality of Treasurer of the Duke of Berry and of Auvergne, " charge pour ce Prince des cinq cens francs d'or, que le roi Jehan avoit ordonne par fes lettres a prendre chacun mois par ledit Seigneur Due ou fon certain mandement pour foutenir son etat en Angleterre, ou il etoit oflager." Among the descendants of this eminent person, who remained in France, are found the names of Renaud, INIichael, Nicholas, and others most in use by the members of the Jersey family. In the middle of the last century, Thomas Lempriere, Esq., Seigneur of Chesnel, an Advocate of the Ro3'al Court of Jersey, and Commissary of Musters of H.]\I. Forces iu Jersey and Guernsey — a man of much erudition, of antiquarian tastes, and of vast industry — compiled a voluminous MS. tome, containing genealogical and biographical memoirs of his family from G G 230 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. the earliest period of its history, illustrated with copious extracts from Norman aud Jersey State papers. In this he was assisted by the researches of a learned French antiquary, M. de Lcm- periere, of Reunes, Britany, who supplied him with important memoranda relative to the pre- insular history of the Lemprieres. To these labours were added those of the erudite Dr. Lempriere, of Exeter, who succeeded in tracing the ancestors of the family for some six generations higher than had been done by his predecessors. From the information thus collected is learned that the family of de Lempriere possessed in the Duchy of Normandy the extensive seigneuries and lands of Lempriere, Pontrilly, Gourbes- ville, Rauville, Quierqueville, la Carpenterie, Croville, Belle-Fontaine, Cauquigny, S. Refeire, Bois-Gingant, Durrelle, Courseville, Duiteville, la Grandiere, aud others. In Jersey, besides the estates hereafter mentioned, which Raoul Lempriere and his brother-in-law, Guille Payn, purchased of the De Bareutine family, various branches of the name have held the fiefs of (i^odeaux, Ilerupe, Ecoucqueville, Bouteville, Buisson, Surville, Houguette, Lempriere, Covey, Mau&nt, Chesnel, des Pres in S. John's parish, Petit Rozel in S. Saviour's parish, with Morville, Robilliard, and de Lecq in S. Oueu's parish. According to the genealogies referred to — EvERARD DE Lejipriere, or l'Empereur, was born in Normandy, circa 970, and was sent by Robert, King of France, son of Hugh Capet (the founder of the Capetian dynasty), Avith other French barons, in 1026, to treat with the chiefs of Lorraine, concerning the annexation of that province to the kingdom of France. His son, Otho de Lempriere, born circa 1015, distinguished himself with other Norman nobles in the wars of Italy. He was present at the storming of Beneventura, June 18, 10.53, when Pope Leo X. was taken prisoner. William of Normandy (the Conqueror) rewarded his various services in statecraft and in the field, by a grant of lands in the Cotentin. He died in 1060. His son, RoDOLPii de Lempriere, born circa 1050, was engaged in the First Crusade under Peter Gautier, better known as Peter the Hermit, in 1096. He remained several years serving in the wars in the Holy Land, and died soon after his return to his native country, in 1110. His son, Philip de Lempriere, born circa 1072, married Claudia de la Riviere, a daughter of an illustrious Norman house, derived by Ordericus Vitalis, Le Boeuf, and other historians, fi'om Rudolph, son of Robert, Count of Evreux, by Herlue, his legitimate wife.* This Robert was great-grandson of Rollo. His son, Theobald de Lempriere, born circa 1099, appears as one of the courtiei's of Louis VII., Kmg of France, who succeeded to the sole sovereignty in 1137. His son, Guy de Lempriere, born 1121, was the father of the famous John de Lempriere, born 1142, who was Seigneur of Pontrilly and numerous other seigneuries in Normandy. In 1163, upon his coming of age, he was constituted Vicomte of Valognes.f He was one of the barons of the Third Crusade, under Richard Coeur de Lion, * Arms of de la Rivieee, of Noniianily : Argent, three pellets. t From an Arret de la Cour des Aides, of Normandy, dated 11G3, we learn that "John de Lempriere, Vicomte of Valognes and Seigneur of Pontrilly, was considered and acknowledged noble, living nobly, aud serving in the wars." AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 231 and was present at the memorable seige and surrender of Aci'c, iu the Holy Laud, m 1191. He married Alice, daughter of the Seigueur de ToUevast, and by her had issue, Eaoul de Lempriere, so named after his ancestor Rollo, or Raoul, Duke of Normandy, was born circa 1170, and succeeded his father in his estates in Normandy. He married a daughter of the Baron de Sottevast, and left issue, John de Lempriere, Seigneur of Pontrilly, born cw-m 1202; married Florence des Riviers, daughter of Zachariah, Seigueur of Amfreville. He was killed at the seige of Avignon, in France, in 1227, while serving in the army of Louis VIII. of France. He had three sons. Nicholas, the eldest, who married Jane Lucas, of a Norman Seigneurial house ; Oudard, who was a priest, and Cur^ de Valognes ; and — Raoul Lempriere, said to have founded the great insular family of his name in Jersey, by setthng in the island about the year 1270. LI ere he obtained a fief named after himself, as Avell as another, that of Covey, situated at Rouge Bouillon. In 1309, John de Fresingfield and Drogo De Barentine, Justices Itinerant in the Island of Jersey, called upon this Raoul, who had reached a patriarchal age, to compound for having erected a Colomhicr^ or dove-cote, without license of the King. His son, Thomas Lempriere, was Seigueur of Lempriere and Covey, By the Extenfe of 1331, it appears that this Thomas owed a rent termed Grcvcrie to the King, and that the fine inflicted on his father for the dove-cote was levied also on him.* His son, Raoul Lempriere, was the first of his name conspicuous in insular history. The fact of the family possessing a fief of its own name, as well as that most cherished and imjDortant feudal privilege of rank — a Colomhicr — argues a social position which justifies, and accounts for, the brilliant career of this Raoul. The Extente of Guernsey, also, of 1331, mentions "fieu h Lempriere" as a Crown escheat; and this would seem to certify an ancient as well as an important connection of this family with both islands. In 13G0, Raoul Lempriere purchased, jointly with Guille Payn, the whole of the Seigneuries and estates held by Philip de Barentine, consisting of the Manors of Rozel, Samares, Dielameut, les Augres, Lougueville, S. John la Hougue Boiite, with others of minor importance. In 1353, he became a Jurat of the Royal Court — a judicial function which has uuiuterruptedly been filled by one or more of his direct descendants for the elongated period of fourteen generations — a circumstaiice * " S. Helier. Thos. Lempriere por le fieu es Lempriere qu'il tient, c'eft aflavoir trente acres de terre avec fcs appartenances, doit ancienne rente appellee Griverie, a la fcfte S. Paul. Par an 40 fols. " Derechef ycelui meme Lempriere por. le fieu Covey, avec fes appartenances at avec fes parchon'rs, doit a la feste S. Paul femblable rente 10 fols. " Thomas Lejnpriere por, un Colomhicr a Rente au pere dud't. Thos. par Jean Fresijtgfield et fes compagnons Jufticiers. " Itimant parce qu'il avoit fais fairc fans liccnfe de Nostre Sire le Ray, comme led't. Co/omiier foit maintenant trebuche en bas. Et doit a la feile S. Michel par an, un livre de Poivre. "Le fieu es Lempriere que Thos. Lempriere tient maintenant, doit demy relief quand le cas advient, et doit trente fols tournois." Vide I'Extente faite en I'Ifle de Jcrfey de fes deutez et appartenances a Noftre Sire le Roy. par Inquifition faite pardevante Robert de Nortonne, et Guille De La Cour, par le Commande de Notre Souverain le Roy, par Lettres Patentes fignees de fon Signe Manuel, en I'an de I'lncarnation de Noftre Seigneur Jesus Christ, 133 i, et en annee du Reigne du Roy Edward IIL la Troifieme. G G 2 232 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. perhaps without parallel in Jersey family history. The Lemprieres have given to the island one Governor, one Lieutenant-Governor, five Baillies, three Lieuteuant-Baillies, two Attorneys- General, four Solicitors- General, and twenty-five Jurats. In 1362, this Eaoul was preferred to the then important and onerous post of Bailly of Jersey, an office then of very high dignity and power, and one which had but been just separated from the sole higher and more j^owerful preferment of Governor or Warden of the island. Dr. Lenipriere states that fi'om this time the family discontinued the prefix de before its name, and that also it abandoned the arms peculiar to the Norman branch, and adopted, with a change of tincture, those of De Barentine. That manorial arms ever existed in Jersey, or that they were adopted, in this instance, for the reason assigned, is difficult to imagine; although it is just possible these arras appeared ou a broad seal passed before the feudal courts, power ; and were thus adopted, is interesting to note that, from family of I'Empereur, of Nor- the eagle, and it is not pushing imperial symbol was originally imperial cognomen. On the signet ajopears a fox courant, a badge SEAL OF RAOnL LEMPRIERE, 13G7. used to authenticate documents then of much consequence and officially, by the new Seigneur. It their earliest known history, the mandy, has borne for cognizance supposition too far to suppose the adopted to keep pace with an used by Baoul Lempriere in 1367, never assumed l)y his descend- ants.* His sou, Drouet Lempriere, was Seigneur of Eozel, Dielament, S. John, la Hougue Boete, les Augres, and other fiefs, and was one of the Jurats of the Royal Court in 1409. Ui'ged by patriotic zeal to recover the Island of Guernsey from the French, who then held it, he assisted to raise the almost incredible sum of six thousand four hundred marks, to which he himself liberally contributed, accompanied his followers to the assault of the island, and was killed in the moment of victory. A huge two-handed sword, still preserved in the manor-house of Rozel, is said to have been his. His sister, Jeanette, married Peter Le Marchant, of Guernsey, an ancestor of the present Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., of Chobham Place, Surrey. f His son, John Lempriere, Seigneur of Rozel and other fiefs, was Receiver-General of the King's Revenues in Jersey and Guernsey, under John, Duke of Bedford, during the minority of Henry VI. J He Avas afterwards Bailly of the island.§ His son, Renaud Lempriere, Seigneur of Rozel, when the French, by the supine treason of the Governor of the Island, John Nanfan, gained possession of Mont-Orgueil Castle for Pierre de Breze, Count de Maulevrier, was conspicuously active in harassing the invaders, which he was enabled to do with the more success, owing to the proximity of his estate to the hcad-cpiarters * Vide deeds passed before the Royal Court, dated Saturday after the feast of SS. Simon and Judu, 1353, and Wednesday before the Nativity of our Lady, 13G2. f Vide Pedigree of Le i\Iarcliant, College of Arms. X According to an instrument dated 1 September, I-ISO. § According to a deed of the Royal Court, dated the Tuesday after the feast of S. Lucia, 1 131. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 23 o of the enemy.* Aud in the grand attack, by which the expulsion of tlie enemy was trium- phantly effected, under the united leadership of Richard Harleston, and Philip De Carteret, Seigneur of S. Ouen, he fell gallantly fighting at the head of his contingent. His son, John Lempriere, Seigneur of Rozel, was Governor of Jersey, by Patent, in 1500, a Jurat of the Royal Court in 1504, and Judge-Delegate (or temporary chief magistrate, on the death of the Bailly, until his successor is appointed) in 1524. In 24 Henry VHI., 1533, Com- missioners were appointed by the King to inquire into the state of the government and of tlie defences of the island : these were " John Lemperour, R. Ffoster, Robert Kyrke, and John Dummarke " (Dumaresq) " or three or two of them."f His services were rewarded by Hemy Vin., by a grant of part of the government revenues of the island, that escheated to the crown on the dissolution of religious houses, whose patrons held the great tythes. Dying without issue, in 1534, Rozel, its manor and dependencies, devolved upon his only sister, Catherine Lempriere, Lady of Rozel, who married Dominic Perrin, a member of a Guernsey family, whose descendants became seigneurs of Rozel for four generations. The fief was then sold to Sir Philip de Carteret by Abraham Perrin, in 1625, and after a tenure of the estate of some years by this former family, it was sold to a member of the house of Corbet, a branch of which ancient English house had settled and become naturalized in the island. J * The following quotation from an Issue Roll, 30 Henry VI. (1452), will show that it was not for want of means or money that the castle was lost, and that the character for treachery he has gained in local records was fully deserved. " To John Nanfan, Efq., whom the Lord the King ordered and appointed to be the Keeper and Governor of the Illands of Jerfey and Guernfey, with the appurtenances, and of the caftles and other places within the fame, retained in the King's Service, by indenture made between the faid Lord the King, and the faid John, for him to have continually in the faid iflands, caftles and places, 130 archers, well and fufhciently arrayed, as to them doth belong; for and during the time and term of half a year, to begin on the day of the mufter of the archers made hy the faid John ; viz., the 9th of Auguft. in the thirtieth year of the prefent King, etc., for the firft quarter of the faid half year. By writ, etc., £2^^ iS-^" The family of Nanfan is of great antiquity in Cornwall, whence the}' afterwards removed to Worcestershire. John Nanfan, above mentioned, was a person of great consequence in his day ; he was lord of Brutes-Morton and Berrow, in Worcestershire ; an esquire of the King's body ; Governor of Jersey, Captain and Commander of the Castle of Conciue, in Normandy, and the Seigneurie thereto appertaining ; and Keeper of Cardiff Castle, in AVales. He had besides four manors in Cornwall and largo revenues in Wales, and lands in Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire. These estates have no^v descended to the Earl of Bellamont. One of the Nanfan family is said to have been mainly instrumental in the rise of Cardinal Wolsey. Arms : Sable, a chevron ermine, between three wings displayed argent. t Vide Bib. Cott., British Museum, Titus B. viii. 14. t The family of Perrin was formerly one of rank and influence in Guernsey, but at present the name is found oidy among some humble fishermen of the island. 3Pct(i3Kt al 33trrtn, of ©utrnscn, aixK of 3&o\t\, StrrSci). John Perin, Jm-at, R.C., of Guernsey, 1461. T Dominic Perin, Jurat, R.C., of Guernsey = Catherine, d. and h. of Renaud Lempriere, Seig. of Rozel. I I I I I I I . . Edmund Perin, Seig. = Jane, d. of ... John. Nicholas. James. Isabel. Mary = James Guille, Bailly of Rozel, Jurat, R.C., of Jersey. Holland, of of Guernsey. Dartmouth. 234 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Finally, and as if by poetic justice, Rozel eventually returned to a younger branch of the Leniprieres by the marriage of one of its members with the heiress of James Corbet, the owner and seigneur of the state. With Catherine Lempriere expired the eldest branch of this family, the deeds of the members of which had shed lustre not only on themselves but on their native island. The representation of the family in the male line was continued by George Lempriere, who, by his marriage with the sister and lieiress of William De S. Martin, founded the branch of Lempriere of Trinity. And by his brother, Raulin Lempriere, the Seigneur of S. John, la Hougue Boete. Both these persons were uncles of Catherine Lempriere. The fief haubert of Trinity dejiarted from the branch that held it, as soon as that of Rozel did fi'om the eldest section of the family, for the great-great-granddaughter of George Lempriere, Catherine, the only child and heiress of Gilles Lempriere, Seigneur of Trinity, by her marriage with Amice de Carteret, carried her estates to that branch of this powerful family. In junior sections, however, members of this house still exist ; the eldest of which is represented, amongst other brothers, l:)y the Rev. Daniel-Matthew Lempriere, B.A., Chaplain to the hospital and prison of Jersey. To a younger division of the same branch belonged the Rev. John Lempriere, D.D., by far the best known of his name in England. He was born in 1765, at the family estate of Les Monts Noirons, at Mont-au-Pretre. He left Jersey at the age of nineteen, with only as much classical learning as the village schoolmaster could teach, and with about as I 1. Mary, 2ncl d. of = Hugli revrin, = 2. Jane, d. of Margaret. Catherine. Clement Leniprieix'. Seig. of Rozel. John Perrin, Soig. of Rozel. A. 1C20. Mary, only d. and h. of Peter De Beauvoir, of Guernsey, and widow of John Eft'ard, Jurat, R.C., of that island. Jane. Guillebert. Peter Han-is, Thomas Le of Guernsey. Hardy. 1. Dorothy, d. of = Hugh Perrin = 2. Elizabeth, Georjje Poulett. d. of ... Saun- ders. Isabel. Elizabeth. 1. Nicholas De 1. John Eflfard. Beauvoir. 2. Hoste Nicolle, 2. John Duma- Bailly of Jersey. resc|, Bailly of Jersey. .3. George Pou- lett, Bailly of Jersey, Philip Perrin, b. 1641. Edmund, b. lC-15. Cecilia, b. 1C37. 1. Susan, d. of Helier Duma- restj, of La Haule, d. 1011. Abraham Perrin, Seig. of Rozel, := 2. Jacqueline de d. in Mont Orgeuil Castle, 1G.30. Gourfalleux. d. Sold the Manor of Rozel to Sir of the Seig. of Philip dc Carteret in l(i2.5. Bonfosse, in Normandy. Jane Perrin, only d. and h. = Henry de la Marche. John, of jNIary, m. Sarah, m. Susan, d. the Morin. 1601. 1G09. 1619. John Le Noel Le Febvre. Geyt. Arms of Perrin (according to the Pedigree of Guille, of Guernsey) : Gules, three greyhounds, in pale, argent. Arms op Effard, of Guernsey : Vert, three birds, argent. Arms of Gourfallf-UX : Azure, a castle, ma(;onne sable, surmounted with two pennons, argent. This Henry de la Marche, by his marriage with the heiress of Abraham Perrin, made some claim to the Scigneurie of Rozel, and was severely censured by an Act of the Royal Court of Jersey, November 24., 1668, for having a.spcrsed the character of Sir P. De Carteret, in no measured terms, in order the better to ground his pretensions. The family of de la Marche was of Guernsey origin, where they were ardent Republicans during the Rebellion. It is now extinct. Arms op db la Marche : Barry of twelve, argent and azure, over all, a lion rampant, gules. /ir ll'/jfW //>/.-< /'/ri^f IS /'r>-s,//riy/ /V> f/>r V'^rA-. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 235 much broken English as the Island could then supply, and yet, within four years of this period, he had published his " Classical Dictionary," a work that will ever embalm his name among the learned. And while earning a reputatiou with the pen instead of the sword, yet displaying a degree of talent, energy, and perseverance which proved him no unworthy descendant of his race. He subsequently completed his education with Dr. Valpy of Reading, to whose advice and kindness he always expressed himself deeply indebted. At Pembroke College, Oxford, he further prosecuted his studies, and, graduating gradually, became D.D. in 1803. He was successively Head Master of the Grammar Schools of Bolton, of Abingdon (a Crown Living, to whicli he was appointed in 1800), and of Exeter. In 1792, he published the first volume of his " History of Herodotus, translated fi-om the Greek, with Notes," but Mr. Beloe having issued an entire edition of the Father of Flistory, that reason is supposed to have determined the learned doctor to discontinue his own version. In 1808, he issued his "Universal Biography" in quarto, and in the same year an abridgement of it in octavo. In 1811 he was presented to the Rectory of Meeth, N. Devon, now held by his son, the Rev. Everard Lempriere, and. in 1824, ended a useful, erudite, and benevolent career, to the grief not only of his personal friends, but of that large circle to which his works had made his name familiar. This branch is represented by Dr. Lempriere's sons, the eldest surviving of whom is the Rev. Francis- Drocus Lempriere, Rector of Newton-Petrock, Devon. The section of LEJrpRiERE of S. John, La Hougue Boiste, founded by Raulin Lempriere, became extinct in its eldest branch by the marriage of his great-granddaughter, Thomasse Lempriere, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Lempriere, and Lady of S. John, with 7//, ties erillai rewarc^ V ntn } Gip. james^amp n}iis2£ alto tier femice anc lui ^uccemdmidudinatj oauadri comman aed hi 'XcarAxlm imM)t L ndio dtstroiieda conhdefa.ole nu/m ojv o iieTJiifs/Uercnanf Snips a7i i\Convoif of 4^^^ii^^^jiie/i of}} i!/cf er CI oivneoah / A GOLD MEDAL PRESENTED BY QUEEN ANNE TO CAPT. JAMES LEMPRIERE, R.N. (ACTUAL SIZE.) Clement Journeaulx, Jurat of the Royal Court, and Lieutenant-Bailly of Jersey, through whom the representation has devolved upon Edward-George Le Couteur, Esq., the present seigneur. 236 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. In younger branches it is represented by tbc families of Payn, Hammond, and Anley. To the section represented by Capt. Anley, of Maitland, S. Clement, belonged Capt. James Lempriere, R.N., a most distinguished officer of the reign of Queen Anne. For his services against the French he was presented by the Queen with a magnificent gold medal (weighing forty sovereigns) and a chain, and honoured with a letter of instructions signed by her majesty.* The medal, which on the obverse has an effigy of the Queen, and on the reverse the arms of, and an eulogy on, the recipient, together with a characteristic portrait of the veteran, are now at Maitland in the possession of Capt. Anley, having descended, by the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Lempriere, with Philip NicoUe, of S. Clement, to their present possessor. From Thomas, a younger son of Drouet Lempriere, Seigneur of Trinity, to whom the Seigneurie of Dielament had descended as a patrimony, is derived the branch of Lempriere of RozEL. The grandson of this Thomas was the famous Michael Lempriere, the Piepublican Bailly and Champion, and the Seigneur of Maufont. His lot was cast in dark and troublous times, in Avhicli his courage and straightforwardness stood him in good stead. Participating in the feeling tlien generally prevalent in the island, that the De Carteret fixmily possessed too large a sliare of insular official appointments and emoluments, he was induced, as a reformer, mainly by this reason, to espouse the republican cause ; opposition to, and defiance of, a local rival for fame, and not disloyalty to the king, being his mainspring of action. In these views, once adopted, he was firm and unwavering ; and forsaken, in the moment of trial, by almost all his colleagues, he was the only one who dared, alone, to ti-averse by his presence and argu- ments, the united force of his opponents, and to beard the powerful Sir Philip De Carteret in his own peculiar domain, the Eoyal Court House. Although the leaders of the rebel party in Jersey have never been looked upon with that condonation and indulgence extended to their more fortunate coadjutors in England (a favour which, as a whole, their motives little deserved), yet even his enemies admitted, on all hands, that in weal or woe, Michael Lempriere did, to the best of his power, his duty both to himself and his countrymen. Indeed, he may with much pi'opriety be called " the Hampden of Jersey " ; for when a weak compliance with the order of the day would at once have secured to him personal immunity and the enjoyment of his estates, he preferred honourable exile to the adoption of views foreign to his conscience. During his official rule as Bailly (a preferment given by Charles I. and continued by Cromwellf ), too much commendation cannot be given him for the unexceptionable justice shown in the judgments of his Courts,! and he has earned the gratitude of every local antiquary from his rule of keeping the public records in a systematic manner, and of having them transcribed legibly. As a proof of the estimation in which his genuine worth of character was held by the king, it may be stated that although he had been the very heart and soul of the Nonconformist party, he was fully and freely pardoned by Royal Proclaniation,§ when others of his colleagues, by no means * Vide London Gazette. t Vide Deed of the lloyal Court, of Sept. 9, 1G43, in wliich Miduul Lempriere is styled " Bailly of Jersey, under our Sovereign Lord, Charles I." t Vide Durell's " Falle. History of Jersey." § Vide Hoskins' " Charles II. in the Channel Islands." AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 237 conspicuous for rampant republicanism, were excepted by name. Nor ought another trait in his character to pass unrecorded. Having much interest with the Protector, and being perfectly acquainted Avith the laws and customs of his country, he exerted all his influence to mitigate the rigour of the military occupation which threatened the island after its subjugation by the republicans; and he had the generosity to so far conquer private feeling as to obtain from Cromwell, for all the small, and consequently needy, proprietors an entire exemption from the impost levied on the estates of loyalists. The benevolence that dictated this intercession reflects as much credit on his character as a man as its success does on his talents as a diplomatist. The son of this Michael Lempriere, another Michael, who represented but a junior branch of his section of the fomily, became its heir-general, and Seigneur of Dielament, by the successive deaths of two of his cousins without heirs. From him descended three generations, all distinguished by their positions in the Royal Court and Militia of the island, and by gifts and talents which seemed almost hereditary. The English Government recognised, by highly flattering letters, and the States of Jersey, by Acts of the Court, the services rendered by these members of the family, and their staunch loyalty during the French war. And it increased in wealth, if not in consequence, by the recent acquisition, by marriage, fi-om the Corbet family, of the Seigneurie of Rozel, and fi'om the same heiress a fourth share of the large S. Ouen estates. Of these, Charles Lempriere, Seigneur of Rozel, Chief Magistrate and President of the States of Jersey for upwards of thirty years, was esteemed the representative Jerseyman of his day. The bare enumeration of the offices he filled in connection with his native island would fill pages, and a detailed account of his career, volumes. His public actions bore chiefly on the great necessity of the times — the protection of Jersey fi'om French invasion. He is found in London as a Deputy, procuring arms and artillery for the militia, of which he was subsequently the great disciplinarian. Then as establishing, at his own sole expense, a system of secret intel- ligence in France, whereby information of the greatest moment was obtained, regarding the forces and intentions of the enemy at Cancale Bay, Brest, S. Malo, and Havre-de-Grace. He procured, for all the operations of the British Navy that required them, pilots for the French coast, and, in 1758, he subsidized the shipping of Jersey from his private purse, and organized an expedition to the island of Chausey (now again being fortified, to the dismay of the English press, by Napoleon HL) under Lord (then Commodore) Howe, when the existing fortifications were entirely destroyed, and the Channel swept clear of French cruisers. Honoured with the friendship and approbation of the Earl Granville, the Marquesses of Bath and of Laudsdowne, and of the Privy Councillors of his time, and with the gratitude and respect of his countrymen, death closed his memorable and patriotic exertions, in the ninety-fifth year of his age. His son, William-Charles Lempriere, who succeeded his father in his estates and the greater part of his public employments, injured a delicate constitution by a too rigorous fulfil- ment of military duties, in almost daily inspecting the fortifications then in course of progress throughout the island. He died at Penzenas, in Languedoc, in 178.3, in the flower of his age. His son, the late Philip-Raoul Lempriere, Esq., Seigneur of Rozel, was a Jurat of the Royal Court from 1819 to 1835, and was Colonel of the N. Regiment of Militia. In early life he thought of settling permanently in England, and to that end purchased the estate of Clere Park, Hants, but subsequently sold it and returned to Jersey, busying himself in improvements in his Seigneurie, H H 238 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. and in the cultivation of polite literature, to which he was much addicted. He mamed Elizabeth, daughter of John Poingdestre, Jurat of the Royal Court, by whom he had seven children. Charles, a Major in H.M. 53rd Regiment, who died at Madeira in 1855. William, of whom presently. Henry, of the Royal Artillery. Philip, died young. Emily, who died in 1833. Helen, who mamed the Rev. Augustus- James Brine, of Boldre, Lymington, Hants (who, Jidy 30, 1860, assumed the surname and arms of Knapton, as descended from Anne, sister and co-heiress of William Knapton, of the family of Knapton, of Brockenhurst, Hants*). And Maria. The Rev. William Lempriere, M.A., is the present Seigneur of the fair domain of Rozel. He has shown great interest in restoring all the objects of antiquity on his estate, and is the President of a Society devoted to Constitutional Reforms in the Laws of, and their Administration in, Jersey. He married Julia- Anne, daughter of Thomas-Moore Wayne, Esq., of South Waruborough, Hants, by whom he has issue five children. The late Captain William Lempriere, R. H. Artillery, was a brother of the late Seigneur of Rozel ; and after his retirement from the service, settled at Ewell, Epsom. " He served the campaign under Sir John Moore, including the actions at Sahagun and Benevente, and the famous retreat to Corunna. In 1814, he served in the South of France, and was present at the battle of Thoulouse; after which he served in the American War, and assisted in the battle of Bladusberg, capture of Washington, and in the operations with the army in the Chesapeake, and before New Orleans. In 1815, he served in the Netherlands, and was attached to the Prussian army, in reducing the fortresses on that frontier." f He married Harriet, daughter of Sir Thomas Reid, Bart., by whom he had thirteen children, the eldest surviving of whom, and the representative of this section of the family, is Captain George-Reid Lempriere, R.E., who has seen service in the Crimea and the Circassian Coast, and who married Jane-Hannah- Morgan, daughter of Colonel Anderson, and has issue four children. The great-uncle of the present Seigneur of Rozel, and the only brother of William- Charles Lempriere, Seigneur of Rozel, Jurat of the Royal Court, Lieutenant-Bailly of Jersey, and Colonel of the North Regiment of Militia, was Thomas Lempriere, who was Commissary -General of Musters of H.M. Forces in Jersey and Guernsey, and who was also an Advocate of the Royal Court, and the successor of his brother as Colonel of the North * The family of Knapton was settled, and resided, for many generations at Brockenhurst, in the county of Southampton, as recorded iu the several Visitations of Hampshire. The Manor of Roydon, in this parish, with other manors and lands in South and North Hants, was held by it. Of this house were James, and his sons, John and Paul Knapton, the eminent publishers and booksellers of London, and also George Knapton, painter to the Society of Dilettanti, and Surveyor and Keeper of the King's paintings, in the reign of George II. (Vide Horace AValpole's "Anecdotes of Painting.") It was connected by marriage with the families of De Bitton (otherwise Button), Burrard, and others in the vicinity of Lymington. { F/rfp the Pedigrees of Button and Burrard — Berry's " County Genealogies," Hants.) Several members of the family filled the office of Jlayor of the Borough of Lymington, and the name frequently occurs on the roll of its burgesses. (Vide Records of the Borough of New Lymington, by Charles S. Barbe.) AVilliam Knapton, only son and heir of Odber Knapton, Mayor of Lymington, in 1727 and 172S, and grandson of William Knapton of Brockenhurst, perished in tlie prison of Calcutta, commonly known as the Black Hole, in -June, 1751!. His sister Anne, who, with others, thus became his co-heiress, married William Dansey, Esq., of Blandford, whose daughter and co-heiress, JMartha-JIaria, became the wife of Rear-Admiral Augustus Brine. The only issue of this marriage, the Rev. Augustus-James Brine, M.A. Oxon, and J. P. for the county of Southampton, assumed, as stated above, the name of Knapton, in consequence of his co-repr(!sentatiou of this family. t Vide Harls' Army List. '5)<\\nV\\\\ QiC^XO^C %A^ k\\v\v\\C\C.?>^.^. Jir ii/i/>m f/iis /'/,'/- /.v Av.v,//Av/// /Ji, ll'irA- ■T • ¥l£E-ADliKAL SEOESE OUil LElPHIEi Bv nh/>ffi thi.s Phiie is PrfSf/fffff /// f/i/' Work. AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 239 Regiment of Militia. He was Seigneur of Chesnel, Pesnel, or Paynel — ^a fief so called fi'om its first probable owners, members of the family of Paynel. His eldest son, Vice-Admiral George-Oury Lemprieee, married Frances, only daughter and heiress of William Dumaresq, of Pelham, Hants, where he is now located, and is the representative of this portion of the family. He entered the Navy in 1797, served under Lord Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen, and was afterwards promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In the " Loire " he was subsequently engaged in various single actions with French frigates and other craft. He was present at the taking of Guadaloupe under Sir Alexander Cochrane. He was nominated Commander in 1813, and in the following year was selected by Sir Herbert Sawyer as his Flag-Captain on the Cork Station. He was promoted to the ranks of Post-Captain in 1825, Eear-Admiral in 1854, and Vice-Admiral in 1858. Among other ships, the Admiral has served in the " Russell," the "S. Joseph," the "Africa," the "Trent," and the "Ganymede." By his wife. Admiral Lempriere has issue four children. Audley, who at nineteen was Captain in H.M. 77th Regiment, and who, under the loving soubriquet of the " Boy Captain," won, by his gallant bearing, his high-bred courtesy, and kindness of heart, the affections of his brother-officers and of his men. It was a sad day for his regiment, when he laid down his life for his country in the trenches before Sevastopol; and I depict below all that remains (save his memory in the hearts of his friends, and those were all who knew him) to show Audley Lempriere was once among us. " Those whom the gods love, die young." Algernon-Thomas, M.A., of Trinity College, Oxford, Barrister-at-law ; and two daughters, Ellen and Harriet. MANUK lIOrsE or ROZEL. H H 2 240 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. The Manor House of Rozel, which has been thrice rebuilt, is most pleasantly situated in the parish of S. Martin, overlooking the sea and the opposite coast of France. To the sea- ward the grounds are laid out as a park, and are studded with timber as tine as any in the island, which is not, by the way, celebrated for the large growth of its trees. Towards the land, the chapel, with its quaint belfry, stands in a sheltered nook, in front of gay pailerres, and a smoothly-shaven lawn, which is bounded by a vivier or fish-pond. The stream from this pond flows through a beautiftd valley, the cotils, or hUl-sides, of which are thickly covered with sapUngs. These manifold changes of scenery give an indescribable charm to the grounds, and make them appear of far larger extent than they really are. The house itself is a square, battlemented structure, surmounted l)y a tower; and close at hand is the outward and visible sign of feudal prosperity in the shape of the Colmnbier^ or dove-cote, which, as usual, is round, with a pointed roof, and like the keep of an ancient castle, mounts guard over the stables, which are built in a hollow, on the site of the ancient manor-house, erected in common with all ancient Jersey dwellings, on the lowest level, jmur Vahri. The manorial chapel is dedicated to S. Ann, and was, after the Reformation, like all similar structures, degraded to the base uses of a barn. The late Seigneur restored the edifice in very correct taste, beneficed a chaplain, and caused service to be regularly performed there. In his memory, a window to the West has been inserted, after a design by Winston. It is composed of three medallions, one above the other. Above and below each, are angels holding scrolls, on which are inscribed the beatitudes. On the upper medallion is represented the " Sermon on the Mount " ; on the centre one, " Christ blessing little Children " ; while the third porti'ays " Christ washing the Disciples' feet." Beneath this window is a brass, bearing the following inscription, in old Roman characters usual in the eleventh century (tlie probable date of the ei'ection of the Chapel) : — "En mrmomm Ufjtitppi Kaoul iLrmprirrr, (jut annts axvEF fjonoratr prrffftis tl) "bit iloDrml)ri0, la.SD. ifMDdTtfiCiHi.v, mortaUtatrm rxiut. ?i?or garrllum ali i^^o rrfrrtttin rt U0ui CTijiistiano rr&Oitum, ocriticntaU frnrstra roajux iiuririiji ornanHum ruiatoit." Rozel is one of the five Fiefs Haubert of the island, and " is held by Knight's fervice, ward- fhip, and homage ; and for the which fief and manor is owed 60 Jols, i denier of relief, with the grand-fergeantry of afting as the King's Butler, during the ftay of our Lord the King in the ifland, and for the which the holder of the faid fief fhall receive the emoluments due to the King's Butler aforefaid ; furthermore, he is bound by the tenure of the faid fief to meet the King, horfed, fo far in the fea as the water may reach to the girths of his faddle, and fo likewife to take him at his departure ; and he oweth fuit to the King's Court at every opening of the fame, at the three Chief and Principal Pleas of the year."* * Vide the various Extentes of the island. In 1846, on the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to Jersey, Philip-Raoul Ijompricrc, Esq., as Seigneur of Rozel, claimed the right of performing the homage above mentioned to the Queen, whenever she might he pleased to revisit the island. His right ^vas graciously admitted, and confirmed in a letter addressed to him, dated Windsor Castle, September 29th, 1846, and signed G. W. Anson. Perhaps this fief may derive its appellation from some connection of a former possessor ^vith the village of Rosel, in Normandy. There is also a considerable fief in Guernsey of the same name. In that island a family of dc Rozel was AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 241 Arms (as borne by the Rev. William Lempriere, M.A.) : Gules, three eagles, displayed, or ; a martlet for difference. Quartering : Azure, nine bQlets, or, for De S. Martin : Or, a raven,^ sable, for Corbet : Gules, four fusils conjoined in fesse, argent, for De Carteret : Gules, a chevron between three towers, triple-towered, or, for S. Ouen: Gules, four fusils, conjoined in fesse, argent, for D' Albini : Sable, two shin-bones in saltire, argent, the dexter surmounted of the sinister, for Newton: Azure, three lions, rampant, or; a bordure sable, for De Caux: Argent, a saltire, gules, between four fleurs-de-lis, azure, for Harleston: Gules, two bars, ermine; in chief three martlets, or, for Sarre: Gules, four fusils conjoined in fesse, argent; in base, an annulet, or, for difference, for De Carteret : Sable, three swords in pile, argent, points downwards, hilts and pomels, or ; two mullets in chief for difference, for Poulett : Argent, two wings, conjoined, ermine, for Raynez : Azure, six mascles, argent, three and three, for Credie : Party per fesse, gules and azure, tkree crescents, argent, for Aumeral : Barry of eight, argent and gules, over all a bend, sable, for Bourton: Argent, a chevron, gules, between three garbs, vert, for Bosco : Azure, on a chief, argent, a demi-lion, couped, gules, for Deniband : Argent, three chevrons, sal)le, for Archdeacon : Gules, a cross, fleury, or, charged with seven roundels, sable, for Latimer: Gules, a wyvern, with wmgs erect, argent, for Le Brent: Gules, three lions passant, in pale, argent ; over all, a label of three points, sable, for Giefard : Argent, a fesse between three cinquefoils, gules, for Poutrell : and Argent, a fesse between three wolves' heads, erased, sable, a crescent for diflFerence, for Seale. Crests: 1. An eagle, rising, ppr., for Lempriere. 2. On a mound, vert, a squiiTel, sejant, cracking a nut, ppr., for De Carteret. 3. An elephant, argent, armed, gold, on his buck a castle, triple-towered, of the last, trappings, or and sable, for Corbet. Motto : Timor Dei Nobilitas. Supporters : Two knights, fully armed, visors raised, ppr.* once numerous, and only became extinct at the close of the last century. Rosel as a patronjinic, is also known in England, the representatives of which have long been settled at Ratcliffe, Nottinghamshire. Arms of de Rosel, of Guernsey : Argent, three roses, gules, barbed and seeded, ppr. Arms of Rosel of Ratcliffe : Argent, on a bend, vert, three roses, or. Vide Collectanea Topographia et Genealogiea. Vol. S, pp. 327—345. ARMS BORNE BY VARIOtJS BRANCHES OP THE LEMPRIERE FAMILY IN FRANCE. * It may easily be supposed that in a family of such antiquity as that of Lempriere, its various members in France and Jersey have made, at various times, considerable changes in their armorial bearings. The original arms of the family are those in the first shield of the illustration : Gyi-onny of twelve, argent and gules ; on a chief azure, a double-headed eagle, displayed, argent, placed to the dexter. These arms, according to the Armories of BeiTy and Burke, appear to have been borne by a fiimily named Lempreu, or Lempreur, in England. The next shield bears the arms of Lempereur, Seigneurs de Cantiere in the seventeenth century : Or, a double-headed eagle, displayed, sable ; in chief, a sun, in its splendour, gules. The third escutcheon represents the bearings of Lempereur, of Portbail, and also of Lemperiere, Seigneurs of 242 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Arms (as borne by Capt. George-Reid Lempriere, R.E.): The same Arms (an anmilet for difference), Crests, and Motto. Impaling: Argent, on a chevron, vert, between three hawks' heads, erased, sable, as many thistles, slipped and leaved, of the first ; on a canton of the third three martlets, argent, for Anderson. Arms (as borne by Capt. Arthur-Reid Lempriere, R.E.) : The same Arms (an annnlet for difference). Crests, and Motto. On an escutcheon of pretension : Argent, a griffin's head, erased, sable, a crescent for difference, for Gardner. Quartering: Ermine, on a fesse, sable, three pheons, argent, for Atkinson. Arms (as borne by Vice- Admiral George-Oury Lempriere) : The same Arms (a fleur-de- Querqueville, in 1540 : Gules, a two-handled vase, and issuant therefrom three roses, argent, leaved and stemmed, vert. The fourth shield presents the arms of L'Empereur, of Blorfontaine : Azure, a double-headed eagle, displayed, argent, debruised of a bend, gules ; in base, a cross of six points, suspended by a red ribbon. The arms of Lamperiere, of Mon- tigny, in Nonnandy, are : Azure, two vases, argent, in chief, and issuant therefrom, flames, ppr. ; in base, a lion passant, or. A family of L'Emperiere (the ancient form of L'Imperatrice), now extinct, bore three crowns (colours not indicated). The seal of John Lemperere, of May, Normandy, engraved in D'Anisy's " Chartes de Calvados," bears a tree, but this, no doubt, was intended rather as a personal device, than as an heraldic charge. Upon comparing the arms given above wth the fac-similes of the seals here presented of various of the members of the Jersey family, it will be oliserved that the eagle is evidently the predominating charge, and that the bearings of the con- tinental and the insular families coincide in a manner which bespeaks, strongly enough, their common origin. ^J^jAtT^dbpAJ. SEAL OP THOMAS LEMPRIERE, BAILLY OP JERSEY IN 1497 5 SEAL AND AUTOGRAPH OF HUGH LEMPRIERE, JUDGE-DELEGATE IN 1614 ; AND .SEAL OF THOMAS LEMPRIERE, JUDGE-DELEGATE IN 1581. (ACTUAL SIZES.) On a buttress to the N.W. of S. Saviour's Church, exists the oldest sculpture of the arms of the Jersey branch. The three eagles are still sufficiently distinct, although much mutilated by time, and the stone on which they appear evidently formed portion of a far more ancient structure than the present. On the Ijell of the parish church of S. Trinity, east in the seventeenth century, are the arms, crest, and motto of the Lemprieres. The crest differs from the one at present in use, being an eagle dis]ilayed, as in the arms. By a seal at present in the possession of Capt. Aniey, who represents a branch of the house descended from Capt. James Lempriere, R.N., it appears this branch bore for cre.st — a demi-eagle displayed. In other descriptions of the crest, a dove, rising, supplants the eagle. The charges of the shield have not escaped a varia- tion of tincture, for while they are most generally, and most properly borne, or, some Ijranchcs of the family emblazon them as argent. Capt. James Lempriere l)ore on his medal the characteristic motto—" True to my Trust ;" on the seal of liis family appears — Non Oenerant Aquila: Columbas. It is almost superfluous to observe that the motto liurnc liy the iiozol branch is the original one. I/TIMOR D£T NQBJLITAS'^ tfaptatu ,^rthuv Uln^ i'cmpnciT, H.if. /h' ii/trm //'/.>■ /'/r//r /.■•■ ///r-;/t/rr/ /f ////■ II f/-/, J[i§i$ii$ Jiif 5 Jyii|te, i^' « // L\ » Jjjnliiv// ////.'; lid A- IS Jh'ivn^^^ to the Wofky AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 243 lis foi' difference), Crests, and Motto. On an escutclaeon of pretension : Gules, three escallops, or, a mullet for difference, for Dumaresq : Gules, three escallops, or, a mullet for difference, for Ddma- RESQ : Sable, three dolphins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot : Argent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, for Payn : and Ermines, a cross-bow, drawn, charged with an arrow, all argent, for Larbalestier. Arms (as borne by the Rev. Everard Lempriere, M.A.): Gules, three eagles, displayed, or; a crescent for difference. Quartering: Azure, nine billets, or, for De S. Martin: and. Per pale, azure and gules, three bees, or, for Doret. Impaling : Gules, three boars' heads, erased, in pale, argent, for Foulkes. Arms (as borne by the Rev. Augustus- James Knapton, M.A.): Gules, a fesse, dancette ermine, between three chaplets of roses, or. Impaling : The arms of Lempriere of Rozel. Crest : A spear erect, ppr., therefrom pendent by a ribbon, or, a chaplet, gvdes, adorned with four roses, gold. Motto: Pretium Victoribus Coronse.* * Vide Virgil, " ^neid," Liv. v., 1. 110—" Viridesque corona et ^shax, pretium victoribus." ■llMV^ ' nV ' I \\\t< In Memory ot AOTLEY LEMPRIEKE, S„a of R»r.i>tairal G. O. Lempnore. of Polham thi9 parieta, Russian Rifle Pl^^, On the 19th of April, 18W, Ased 20 yean. , . „„ p..ont w,th Z H...»e- ^*»- 7™'"'" From .he commencement of '\^^'' „ And wa. o«..8-i '•> "" B.u.e. of Al-» -^ ^^:™ „ ,n ,.e ,. „r of which "P-''"^,.'' ^^J' cni"-» »' *" An. .h. e..™m an. -^-.i- °f "■•. "^^^'^^Z!!: . H f, ,n. loo oiooMence ami am.abilit! ol ni And, frim too ..xlohcu kuew bun. Ms lo,. .. deeply lamented by all »ho ku ■| _L .11 uTnrtiiittii»«.;riiiJii/fif,iiii .11 MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. AUDLEY LEMPRIEEE, IN NEWTON-VALENCE ClIURCU, NEAR ALTON, HANTS. 244 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSET. ^fbi'sree of iLnnpn'trf, of Iaok^ EvERARD DE Lempehiere, Or L'sMPEREUH, bom circa 970. T Otho de Lerapriere, d. 1060. T Rodolph de Lerapriere, d. 1110. Philip de Lerapriere = Claudia de la Riviere. I Theobald de Lempriere. Guy de Lerapriere, b. 1121. John de Lerapriere = Alice, d. of the Seig. de Tollevast. I Raoul de Lerapriere, b. 1170 = .... d. of the Seig. de Sottevast. John de Lerapriere = Florence, d. of Zachariah de Rivieres, Seig. d'Amfreville. I I I I Nicholas de Lerapriere. Ouda.rd, Cure de Valognes. Raoul. settled in Jersey 1270. T Thomas Lerapriere, Seig. of Lerapriere and Covey, in Jersey, living 1331. Raoul Lerapriere, Bailly of Jersey in 1362, Seig. of Rozel, etc., by purchase, 1367 = .... d. of Geoffry Bras-de-Fer. I I I Drouet Lerapriere, Seig. of Rozel, Jurat, R.C. Jeanette = Peter Le Marchant, of Guernsey. T John Lerapriere, Seig. of Rozel, Receiver of the King's Revenues in Jersey, 1st Sept., 1430, Bailly of Jersey, 1434. I I „ I I Renaud Lempriere, Seig. of Rozel, George, Seig. of Di^lamenl, Jurat, R.C. Raulin, Jurat, R.C, Seig. of S. John. killed at the Seige of Mont Or- La Hougue Botte. (rit/e Ped. of ■ gueil Castle, Corpus Christi Thomasse, sister and h. of William De Lempriere, of S. John, La Hougue Eve, 1467. S. Martin, Seig. of S. Trinity. Boete.) I I John Lerapriere, Seig. of Rozel, Governor of Jersey, by Pat. 3 Dec, 1500, Catherine, h. to her brother, and Lady of Rozel. Jurat, R.C, o.s.p., 1534. — Dominic Perrin, of Guernsey. Drouet Lempriere, Seig. of Trinity, Jurat, R.C, = Mabel, d. of Ph. De Carteret, Jeanette. Guillemette. from 1507 to 1527. Seig. of S. Ouen. Nich. Herivell. George Payn, of S. Laurence. I III John Lerapriere, Seig. of Trinity. Thomas, Seig. of Dielaraent, Jurat, R.C, for 50 years. Mary. Mabel. {Vide Ped. of Lerapriere, of Trinity.) . . . . d. of .. . De La Rocque. James Le Gros. Edw. Payn, of S. Ouen. T I Michael Lempriere, Seig. of Dielaraent, Attorney-General of = Mabel, d. of Richard Dumaiesq, Seig. of V. de B., and relict of Jersey, 1570. I John Messervy. / /^ ■ / ^/ // / /■// / / ^/ ^ / / / //// / / y ■ /^ ■ ■ / // / /^ / /'^ /y- y/ / / ■ y / y^ / // 7 / /// / / a/ ■ / yy / / 7/ y/ ■ ^^ // V / y/ y y 7// ■ ^y/ ■ // ^ ^ / y ^ yy- y // ^^V«J.^?«/e%<3<<^^!>^y ,{?^ia^-,t^jt^^ y^A^t^yy yiCi'^y/A.cC'/yy^i^yA^^yy^/y^y'y'a^^^ ^y ■AAey.j^^toofC'T'za^ '^-^yyyXJ', cJ, /t^yyzyiG^.c/z4^Q^ii/^,Aar^Ayr^^ / / y /A ■ ■ y y. ^y y^yK/eiiyfyx>oyy. v>^/ ^iyacyyey), //i^y/c x^n^^Uc^Auyri^ y^y^?. A^e^ .-^rz^ ^^s4y. v. yyy? 7^ \.:.; ^ ^-vi»- ■^^fs;^ -^^j! \ V vVsS^t^vSSs Vss N>.V-.'s'<»t^V.'<;«Ss -> ■>. N\Jv»J»*>^5?^- ^^' \ ^ N^.> ^"""^ ^"Nl. \^v.^^- ^v^ 3liibu Xc OriXiUm. A'l- ir/,r,ii ////.v /'/,//.• I.-- /)/Y.^> ///.:/ /<■ ///'■ ll'>'/-/.-. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 245 I 1. Elizabeth, d. of = Hugh Lempriere, Seig. of = Edward Dumaresq, Dielament, Advocate, R C, ofLaHaule. 1575, Solicitor-General, 1580, Jurat, R.C., 1592, Lieut. -Bailly, 1601, and Judge-Delegate of Jersey, 1614 and 1621, Captain of the Train Band of S. Trinity. I Joshua Lempriere. : 2. Jane, d. of . . . Herault, and sister of the Bailly. Thomas, Jurat, R.C., purchased the Seigneurie of les Augr^s. Rachel, only d. of Ed. Sarre, of S. John. I Sarah. Martin Roraeril, Constable of S. Trinity. Esther. Francis Amy. Benjamin, Seig. of les Augr^s, Jurat, R.C. I I I Mary. Rachel. Sarah. Esther. Elizabeth. Douce. I Philip Lempriere, Seig. of Dielament, Jurat, R.C, 1621. Mary, d. of HelierLe Montais. Michael, Seig. of Maufant, = Sarah, d. of Jurat, R.C, 1637, and Bailly of Jersey under Chas. L, 1643, and under Crom- well, 1655. Francis De Carteret, of La Hague. Joshua, fettled at S. John. I Nicholas, M.D., ob. 1661. I MabeL John Herault. Elizabeth. Aaron Stocall, Sol. -Gen. of Jersey. I Philip Lempriere, Seig. of Dielament, oh. innupt. I Hugh, h. to his brother, Seig. of Dielament, o.s.p., 1698, when the Seigneurie tievolved on his cousin, Michael Lempriere. Michael Lempriere, Seig. : of Dielament, Jurat, R.C, Col., E. Regt., R.J.M. Margaret, d. of . . . La Cloche. ■ Frances, d. of Francis De Carteret, of La Hougue. Philip, o.sp. Mary. Joan. Henry De John Le Carteret, of Geyt. La Hague. I Michael Lempriere, Seig. of Dielament and Saval, Jurat, R.C, Col., = Jane, d. of James Corbet. E. Regt., R.J.M. Marv. John Le Hardy, Constable of Grouville. Charles Lempriere, Seig. of Dielament, Sol. -Gen. 1741, Jurat, R.C, 1750, and Lieut.-Bailly of Jersey, 1755, Judge-Delegate 1763 and 1776, Col., N. Regt., R.J.M. Elizabeth, d. and h. of James Corbet, Seig. of Rozel, and co- re- presentative of De Carteret of S. Ouen, in right of her grand- mother, Anne, d. of Francis De Carteret, and who upon the death of Robert, Earl Granville, s.^., became entitled to one quarter of the S. Ouen estates. T Philip, Seig. of Chesnel, Commissary-Gen. of Jersey and Guernsey, Receiver of the King's Revenues, 1749. Attorney-General of Jersey, Col., N. Regt., R.J.M., o s.p. 1. Julia de Varignon, eld. d. of Brig.-Gen. d'Apremont. 2. Mary, d. of . . . Weeks. Jane. Ed. Rieard, Jurat, R.C. I Ann. Thomas Pipon. Charles Lempriere, University, Oxford, Commissary-Gen. for Jersey and Guernsey, Capt., R.J.M., ob. itmupl. v. p. William-Charles, Seig. of Dielament and Saval, Advocate and Jurat, R.C, Lieut. -Badly of Jersey, and Col., N. Regt , R. J. INL, Commis- sary-Gen. of Jersey and Guernsey, o.v.p. I Elizabeth, d. Thomas. Seig. of Chesnel, ; nf Matthew Commissary-General of Gosset. Jersey and Guernsey, in succession to liis brothers. Advocate, R.C, Col., N. Regt., R.J.M., was wouncled in the Battle of Jersey, 1781. Elizabeth-Charity, d. and h. of the Rev. Samuel Beuzeville, & h. of Admiral G. Oury, m. 1783. I I Philip. Sophia. George-Oury Lempriere, Vice-Admiral, Seig. of Chesnel. Frances, d. and h. of Wm. Dumaresq, of Pelhara, Hants. I Charles, H.M. service, served in the Penin- sula, 'jb. Thomas, Lieut., R.E,d. at Alicant. Samuel, R.N.,ob. I I I I Elizabeth-Sophia. Mary-Julia. Anne-Oury. Caroline-Charity. Amelia. Marianne. Chas. Pipon. Hon. Algernon Herbert, son of the Earl of Caernarvon. Jane. Major Lewis, R.E. Audley Lempriere, Capt., 77tb Regt., killed in the trenches before Sevastopol. Algernon-Thomas, M.A., of Trinity College, Oxon, Barrister-at-Law. Ellen. Harriet. Philip-Raoul Lempriere, Esq , Seigneur of Rozel, Jurat, R.C Col., N. Regt., R.J.M.. ob. Elizabeth, d. of John Poingdestre, Jurat, R.C. T William, Capt., R. H. Artillery, of Ewell, Epsom, ob. 1858. Harriet, d. of Sir Thomas Reid, Bart. I Elizabeth. Mary. I I 246 AN AKMORIAL OF JERSEY. William-Reid Lempriere, George-Reid, Capt., R.E. Henry-Reid. Arthur-Reid, R.E. Harriet. Mary. Emily. Isabella. oh. 1857. Jane-Hannali-Morgan,d. Herbert-Reid. Anne-Hawksham, Elizabeth. Fanny. Emma-Helen, of Col. Anderson. — 2nd d. and co.-h. of = Percy-Reid. Wm. -Atkinson Gard- I ner, of Gonston House, Herts, j and of Newnham, Tasmania. I I I George-Beresford Lempriere. Eva-Lfetitia. Alice-Harriet. Geraldine-Isabel. I I I I I I Charles Lempriere, Major William, M. A., Clerk, Seig. Henry, R. A. Philip, ob.juii. Emily, ob. 1833. Helen. b^rd Regt., ob. Vila patris, of Rozel and dependencies. 1855. Imogine, d. of The Rev. A.-J. Julia-Anne, d. and h. of T. M. Wayne. . . . Tylden. T I Everard Lempriere. Alice. Ada. Reginald-Raoul Lempriere. Mabel. Eleanor-Ireue. I Agnes-Emilie. Knapton, M.A. Edith. I Helen-Maud. Maria. ^3rlri(j:itf of Srmpn'trf, of ^. Crinit}). George Lebiprirre, Seig. of Dielament, Jurat, R.C.= Tliomasse, sister and h. of William De S. Martin, Seig. of Trinity. {Fide Pedigree of Lempriere, of Rozel.) I Drouet Lempriere, Seig. of Trinity, Jurat, R.C.= Mabel, d. of Philip De Carteret, Seig. of S. Ouen. Jeannelte. GuiUemette. Nich. Herivell. George Payn, of S. Laurence. I III John Lempriere, Seig. of Trinity, Jurat, R C. from 1527 to 1670, Thomas, Seig. of Dielament. Mary. Mabel. Lieut. -Bailly, and Judge-Delegate under Sir R. Mabon. {Fide Ped. of Lempriere, of . • Rozel.) James Ed_ Payn, Elizabeth, d. of . . . De Carteret. LeGros. of S. Ouen. Gilles Lempriere, Seig. of Trinity, Jurat, R C, 1570, Vicomte, Oct. 12, 15B9, Helier, Seig. of les Augres, Vieomte and Solicitor-General and Lieut.-Governor of Jersey, 1576, d. 1601. of Jersey, 1570, Jurat, R.C., 1584, d. 1601. Jane, d. of Edward Dumaresq, (5f la Haule. Catherine Lempriere, only d. and h., Lady of Trinity. Amias De Carteret, Bailliff of Guernsey. Jane, d. of . . . Gilbert, d. 1607. T I Philip. John Lempriere, Seig. of les Augres, sold this fief to his cousin Thomas, •• son of Michael, o.s.p. Elizabeth, d. of Edward La Cloche. T Daniel. I 1. Jane, d. of John Durell = Hugh Lempriere, Jurat, R.C., 1657 = 2. Mary, d. of . . . Aubin. Rev. John Lempriere, Rector of Grouville, d. 1720 = Rachel, d. of Ph. Le Hardy. John Lempriere, b. 1706. Thomas, b. 1715. Philip, d. in England, Mary, b. 1712. — Capt. R.N. 1783, s.p. — Charles, b. 1707. Judith, b. 1720. Daniel = Ann, d. of Matthew Le Geyt. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 247 Daniel Lempriere, o.s.p. Hugh = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Brohier. Margaret. Ann. I Madelaine-ElizabeUi. Susan, ci. of . . . Cabot. Elizabeth Lempriere, only d. and h. Philip De Carteret. George Le Feuvre. Gabriel Dupont. Charles DeSte.Croix, Capt. R.J.M. Helier Lempriere = Elizabeth, d. and h. of Matthew Dorey, Receiver of the King's Revenues in Jersey, h. to La Longue Paroi He I Helier Lempriere = Esther, d. of . . . Le Gros. I John Lempriere. Rachel, d. of ... Alexandre, of S. Saviour. Esther. I Jane. Mary. I I John = Mary, d. of . . . Esnouf. Hugh, o.s.ji. John Lempriere = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Larbalestier. I John Soudel. Michael Bisson. Charles Giffard. I Charles Lempriere 1. Mary.d. of . . . De Ste. Croix, o.s.p. 3. Mary, d. of . . . Ricard, o.s.p. = 2. Mary, d. of. . Aubin. Charles Lempriere = Susan, d. of . . . Collas. I I Elizabeth. 1. Lucy, only d. and h. = Rev. John, D.D.,= 2. Elizabeth, d. of of Francis Willince. | Rector of Meeth. I I I I Charles- John Lempriere, John Charles, Mary-Elizabeth, d. 1803, o.s.p. R.N. , o.s.p. 3. Ann, d. of Ed- ward Colling- wood, o.s.p. John Deane, of Reading. I I I John-Deane Lempriere, Charles, b. 1818, D.C.L., Ann, b. 1718. b. 1815, d. 1816. Barrister-at-law, Fellow of S. John'sCollegcOxon. Charles Thomson. I John-Francis Lempriere, b. andd. 1793. Rev. Francis-Drocus, b. 1794. Sarah, d. of... Boutcher. Rev. Everard, b. 1800, Rector of Meeth , Devon. Lucy-Maria, d. of S. B. Foulkes. Helier, b. &d.l806. Everard-James Lempriere, b. 1829, d. 1852. Frederick-Peter, b. 1832. 'fhomas-Charles- Leaver, b. 1836. I Louisa, b.l796, d. 18:^7. Wm.- Bury Moore, of Spray' down House, Devon. I Susan, b. 1798. Philip- Chdwell De La Garde, of Exeter. .1 II I Augusta, Caroline, Jane, Catherine b. 1801, d. 18.55. Col. Deane. C.B. b. 1803, b. &d. b. 1804. d. 1829. 1304. Rev. Jno.- Bathurst Deane, Rector of S. jNIartin- Outwich. Rev. Peter- Davy Foulkei^, Vicar of Shelibearc', Devon. John Lempriere = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Breton. Magdelaine = John Poingdestre. Daniel Lempriere = Sarah, d. of . . . De Rue. I I Elizabeth = Francis Le Couteur. I Rachel =: John Marett. John Lempriere = Elizabeth-Rachel, d. of .. . De Gruchy. Daniel-Francis. I Charles-William. Philip. John-Daniel Lempriere. I Charles-William. Rev. Daniel-Matthew, M.A., Pembroke Coll., Oxon. Maria-Jane, d. of George Collas. I ■ I Elizabeth. Mary-Ann. ^aftiigrrt of iCempiinf, of ^. 36&n, 2.a ?l)ougi«- 23o'fte, anli of ^. f}t\m\ 1. Jeanetto, d. of . . . Nicolle = Raulin Lempriere, Seigneur of S. John, La Hougue Boete, and of the = 2. Simone, d. of John Hallos. Manor of S. Helier, since termed of 'I'ehy, sold the latter to Perrotin Tehy.in 1476, Jurat, R.C., d. 1492 {Fide Ped. of Lempriere of Rozel.) Thomas Lempriere, Seig. of S.John, La Hougue Boete, Jurat, R.C., 1492, Bailly of Jersey in 1495 = Jeanette.d. of Guille Hampton ne. Jurat, R.C * This family appears to have flourished in England, in the counties of Cornwall, Devonshire, and Wiltshire, as Dore or Doore; in Jersey as Dorey ; and in Frnnce as Dore, possibly identical with that ancient house chronicled by Des Bois as revelling in the various patronymics of Aurat, Daurat, Doras, Durat, and D'Oria, and always latinized Auratm or Dauralm. I I 2 248 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Thomas Lempriere, Seig. of S. John, La Hougue Boiite. Collette, d. of Michael Lar- balestier. Thomasse Isabelle. Lempriere, eld. rl. & co.-h., Lady John Mallet, of S. John, La Seig. of La Hougue Boiite. Malletiere. I Clement, of S. Saviour, Jurat, R.C., Bailly of Jersey in 1528. Jeanette, only d. and h. of Guille Le Roulx, son of Nicholas, and of Jeanette, his wife, eld. d. of Nicholas Morin, Bailly of Jersey. Nicholas, Jurat, R.Cfrora 1537 to 1551. Jane, d.of John Duniaresq, Seig. of Samares. Catherine = 2. Clement Messervy. 3. Thomas Poingdestre, of S. Saviour. 1. Richard Langlois, brother of Sire Phi- lipot Langlois. Peronelle. Jane. I John Langlois. Nicholas Gosselin, Jurat, R.C. Seig. of ofGuernsey. Samaras, John Dq- maresq, I Rachel Langlois, only d. & h. = Hugh Lempriere. Nicholas Lempriere. Jurat, R.C, 1567 to 1609, Keeper = Elizabeth, d. of Clement Du- of the Records of Jersey, by appointment, 1600. I niaresq, Seig. of Samares. Clement Journeaulx. {I'ide Lineage of Le Couteur.) Philip Lempriere, Sol'citor-Gene- ral, 1541, Jurat, R.C, in 1551. I Jane Lempriere. Thomas De Suulleraont. Mary. Hugh Perrin, . . d. & co.-h. of Simon Sarre, and Seig. of Rozel. sister of the Lady of S. Ouen. I Elizabeth. ]. Edward Bisson. 2. Edward Herault, his eventual heiress, Jane, in. Joshua De Carteret, Seig. of Trinity. Mary. Richard Dumaresq. I Rachel. I Martha. Solomon Elias Duraaresq, Journeaulx. Seig. of La Haule. Hugh Lempriere, = Frances, d. and h. of John Langlois. Jurat, R.C. i (J'ide Ped. of Langlois.) I Clement. I Thomas. T Elizabeth. Philip Lempriere = Mary, d. of Elias = Elizabeth, d. of Niclio- Mary = John Martha = Robert Brans- I ...Amy. las Hamptonne. Amy. man. Mary Henry Dumaresq, Seig. of Samaras. James Lempriere. Judith, d. of John Girard, ra. 1612. I I I Elizabeth Lempriere, eld. d. and co.-h., d. 1619 = Daniel Sarre. Susan = John Le Geyt. Mary = John Payn. | Elizabeth Sarre, only d. and h., b. 1618 = Abraham Payn, of S. Martin, possessor of the house of Dom. Phiiipot | Langlois. (Vide Peds. of Langlois and Payn.) | I I Mil Clement Lempriere, = Elizabeth, d. of Rev. James Ban- Thomas, = Elizabeth, d. of James, b. 1626. Collette, = Thomas Judith, b. 1616, m. 1653. j dinel. Rector of S. Mary. b. 1624. I ...Le Breton. — b. 1618. Bandinel. b. 1621. ^1 I John, b. 1629. I Thomas Lempriere, Constable ofS. Martin, m. 1691. Mary, d. of John Le Manquais, and relict of David Bandinel. I James. Elizabeth, d.of . . . Mapringle. I Esthe I Judith. I Elizabeth. Mary. Thomas Bandinel. Thomas Hilgrove. Thomas Britten. James Lempriere, oh. i?ijiupt. 1. George Bandinel = Elizabeth, eld. = 2. Thomas Lempriere. d. and co.-h. Ann = Thomas Lempriere, of Grouville. Mary Lempriere, eld. i and co.-h., b. 1692. John Lempriere. 1. Thomas = Rachel, b. 1693, = 2. Sir John Hamilton, Bart., Elizabeth, Hilgrove. d. 1749. Lieut, of Col. VVardour's b. 1695. Regt. of Invalids. I I I Mailelaine, b. 1698. Judith. Charles Hilgrove. Eliza. Capt. James Lempriere, R.N., b. 1654. Ann, d. of . . . Durell. T I Thomas, b. 1657. Joan, il. of . . . Beach. I I I Clement, b. John = Mary, d. of Thos. David. I(i60, d. at I Lempriere. drowned Lisbon. I at sea. Margaret := Nicholas Judith. Hammond. Thomas Lempriere, o.s.p, Mary, d. of . . . Tilmas. I James. Sarah d. of . . . Whithurst. Clemetit, b. 1682. Mary. Roger Turner. Elizabeth. Edward Le Breton. Margaret. Thomas Boot. Joan. Susan. I I I I I I James Lempriere. Thomas. Sarah. Elizabeth = James Friend. Mary = J. J. Hammoml. Margaret = Nicholas Hammond. \^ii'ltulao Lf l|H>psMr,lspin-t A; n/,t'/,) //ii.y /'/'rff /s /jrcxr/z/if/ /(• /lir ll'fr/r. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 249 Elizabeth, d. of James Lempriere, and widow of George Bandinel. John Lempriere John Lempriere H.B.M. Consul at Faro, Portugal. Ann-Elizabeth, d. of George Bandinel. Thomas = Mary, d. of . . . Gar- I naut, of Lisbon. Mary = Edward Marett, Seig, of La Haule. Thomas Lempriere. James. T A Son and Three Daughtera. William, Physician-General of H.B.M. Army, of the L of Wight. John Lempriere, H.B.M. Consul at Pernambuco. George, Lieut., R.N. I I Thomas. I I Catherine. I I Matilda. I Ann, d. of Charles D'Auvergne, and sister of the Duke of Bouillon. Samuel. Margaret. Elizabeth. I I Ann. Amelia, — d. 1860, Rachel, set. 86. James Lempriere, Jurat, ^ Magdalen, d. of R.C., Constable of | Amice D'Au- S. Helier. | vergne. I I John, ^ Elizabeth o.s.p. Le Moigne. I I George. Clement, ob. innupt. I Clement. Elizabeth = Philip Nicolle of S. Clement. (Vide Ped. of Aniey.) I II I ! James-Amice Lempriere, = Jane, d. of Francis-W. Le Maistre, John, George, b. 1746, o.«. " A rich merchant Ann, b. 1732. Mary-Mag- b. J740, Jurat, R.C., 1789. I Attorney-Gen. of Jersey. o.u. who in London did dwell," afterwards of o.u. dalen, o.«. I Rotherham, co. York. I James-Amice Lempriere, Thomas, George ^ Sarah, d. of Jane = John Allez, Mary-Ann, Elizabeth-Ma- = Francis Jour- b. 1767. o.s.p. I John Taylor, b. 1764. Jun., M.D. o.s.p delaine, b. 1771. neaux. I Jane-Eliza Lempriere, eld. d. and co.-h. = Francis Pirouet. I Maria-Margaretta = Wenman-L. Woodford, late of co. Northampton, now of Upton House, S. Trinity. %.t d^uesne. HE old Norman foinily, ov rather families, of Caineto, Kaiueto, or Quesneto, have existed from a very early period both in England and Jersey. Raoid de Kaineto Avas at Hastings with the Conqueror, and his grandson, William, is said to have made prisoner King Stephen, at Lincoln. From this source spring the various English houses of Chesney, Kaines, and others of less note. A fief, named after this family, existed in Normandy in the time of Philip-Augustus, for in the roll of his fiefs it appears that " Domina de Quesneto tenet Ouesnetum per servicium unius militls." Sir Edmund de Chesney was Governor of the Channel Islands in 1366, where his fiimily flourished for some generations. The Jersey house of Le Quesue had settled in the island, and had attained social importance there, long prior to this date, for, in 1318, at the Pleas held at S. Helier on the Tuesday after the feast of S. Denis, Gautier Le Qiien appears as one of the Jurats of the Royal Court, and in the Ecctente of 1331, Colin Le Quesue is recorded as one of the Surveyors of the King's Dues in the parish of S. John, at that time styled S. John de Caisnibus* * Vide the Archives preserved at S. Lo, Normandy. 250 -A-N ARMORIAL OV JERSEY. At tlie period of tlie Rebelliou, John Le Quesiie, of the parish of S. John, suffered for his kiyalty by paying the impost levied on the Royalists by the Republicans, as appears by an instrument dated November 26, 1655, and signed by Colonel Robert Gibbon, Governor, and i\Iichael Lempriere, Bailly, of Jersey, under the Protector. Several members of the family settled in London during the last century. The burial of j\Irs. Elizabeth Le Quesne occurs in the Registers of the parish of S. Benet Fink. In 1739, Sir John Le Quesne, Knight, was an Alderman of London, and in the Registers of S. Peter le Poor, is noted his marriage, by the Bishop of Norwich, with ]\Iiss Mary Knight, of Hampshire, a lady with a dowry of twenty thousand pounds.* He died in 1741. In the latter Registers are also noted the deaths of David Le (Quesne, in 1753, and of Mrs. Susanna Le Que.snc, in 1760.t The eldest branch of the family is represented by John Le Quesne, of Mont a I'Abbe, and a second by Nicholas Le Quesne, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court, of Rouge Bouillon. To a younger branch belonged the late Nicholas Le (Quesne, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court, who died in 1847. The late Charles Le Quesne, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court, and President of the Chamber of Commerce, was his eldest son. He was the author of " A Constitutional History of Jersey," and other works connected with the island, and was an active and intelligent member of the States. Arms (as borne by Nicholas Le Quesne, Esq.): Argent, a lion, passant, gules, a crescent for difference. Impaling : Argent, a lion, passant, gules, a mullet for difference, for Le Quesne. Motto : Suis ducibus ubique fidelis. Arms (as borne by Giefard-Nicholas Le Quesne, Esq.): Argent, a lion, passant, gules, a mullet for difference. Impaling : Per fesse, or and sable, a pale couiiterchanged ; in chief an ermine-spot of the first, between two trefoils, slipped, of the second ; in base a like trefoil between two like ermine-spots, a crescent for difference, for Simeon. Motto : Suis ducibus ubique fidelis. Arms (as borne by James Le Quesne, Esq.): Same Arms, Motto, and Impale, as borne l)y Giffard-Nicholas Le Quesne, Esq. ^Jrtiityrff of iic ©ursnr. Clement Le Quksne, living 1470. I I III Colin Le Quesne, living 1500. John. Thomas. Raulin. I John Le Quesne = Jeanette, il. of ... Bisson. Tliomas. Clement. Joshua. Raulin. Elias Vide " Gentleman's Magazine," April and May, 1738. f Vide " Notes and Queries," January 12, ISCl. By li/l,m //irx /•/„/,■ ,s J'r,x,/Ut(/ /p //u- TlorA-. ^^ James Le Queshe, Esquire y/r w/fi'/n //ii.^- /-//<•//■ /■•' ///>:<.■/■ ///t;/ /,■ ///>■ H'/'rA- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 251 I Colin Le Quesne. I = Clement Le Quesne. I Jeanette Le Quesne, d. and h. i Clement Le Quesne, Nicholas Richardson. o.s.p. Joshua. I I I I I John Le Quesne, Joshua. Charles. Ellas. Esther = Francis died in London. Aubin John Le Quesne = Beneste, d. of . . . Le Cerf. I Jeanette = Henry Chevalier. Leonard Le Quesne, living IGOO = Margaret, d. of . . . Hocquard. I Elizabeth = Philip Hocquard. Jane = Helier Mauger. I I I I 1 Philip Le Quesne = Mary, d. of . . . Le Gallais. Peter. Elizabeth = Peter Le Bailly. Mary = Nicholas Blarapied. Sarah. John Le Quesne, living 1650 = Elizabeth, d. of William De Carteret. John Esnouf. I I II I I I I Leonard Le Quesne, = Jeanette, d. of Philip. Nicholas. John. Mary = Clement Romeril. Elizabeth = John Mahier. living 1700. , Anley. William. John Le Quesne = Susan, d. of . . . Le Maistre. Elizabeth. John Le Quesne, oh. inmipt. Philip := Jane, d. of . . . Mahier. Susan = Henry de Jersey, of Guernsey John Le Quesne, ob. innupt. Abraham, ob. innupt. Elizabeth, eventual heiress = John Langlois. John Le Quesne — Ann, d. of . . . Poingdestre. Mary = John Renaut. I I I I John Le Quesne = Margaret, d. of . . . CoUas. Charles, oh. innupt. Joshua = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Esnouf. Nicholas = Elizabeth d. of I I . . . Le Feuvre. 1 John Le Quesne. I Nicholas. Margaret. Elizabeth, d. of... Laurens. Ann, d. of .. .Laurens. Philip == = Nicolle. Nicholas Le Quesne = Francis, d. of .. . Neel. John, Capt., R J.M. I I Nicholas Le Quesne = Mary, d. of . . . Perchard. Margaret = John Neel. Nicholas Le Quesne, Jurat, R.C. = Esther, d. of . . . Le Vesconte. i I I i 1 — Charles Le Quesne, Jurat, R.C. William-Vesconte. GitFard-Nicholas, Lt.-Col. R.J.M.A. James, Capt. R.J.M.A., Harriet. Kate, d. of Col. English. T Mary-Ann, d. of Augusta, d. of Admiral Simeon. Henrietta, d. of Admiral Philip Le Gallais. Simeon. Ten Children. I Maria. Eliza. Julia. I Louisa. Matilda. Nicholas Le Quesne, Jurat, R.C. Rev. Dr. Godfray. Edward De La Taste. Gervais Le Gios, M.A. Edward Mourant, M.A. r i I III John Le = Elizabeth, d. Philip = Jane, d. of ... Abler. Nicholas, Jurat, = Mana. d. of Elizabeth. Ann. Margaret. Quesne, iivinfj 1785. of...DeSte. Croix. Four Children. R.C. of Rouge Bouillon. Nicholas Le Quesne. James Vibert. Geo. Gaudin. John-Charles Le Quesne, Lieut. 12th Lancers. I I Henry. Maria-Esther = J. F. De Carteret. Amelia. I I I I I I I I I John Le Quesne, = ... d. of ... Philip =... d. of .. . William = .. .d. of .. . George. Nicholas. Elizabeth. Mary. Ann. Margaret, living 1800. Poingdestre. Le Gallais. Le Neveu. Frs. Gaudin. Geo. .4splet. 252 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. S.erner, jN the province of Anjou, few, if any, Sirauth have a greater antiquity than that of Lorricr. Among the partizans of the Duke of Orleans in the struggles for pre-eminence, terminated by the decisive battle of S. Aubindu-Cormier, so fatal to the pretensions of the Duke, was Joseph-Marie Desouches, Escuyer, Seigneur of Lerrier, Vaucoulers, and other fiefs. In the cliarge that caused the final rout of the Bretons, three of his sons sealed their convictions with tlieir blood; and the Seigneur of Len-ier, seeing naught save laithless persecution awaiting the advocates of the losing side, took ship at a neighbouring port, and set sail for Jersey. He was accompanied by his wife, and an only surviving and infont son. Here, by the sale of some fomily jewels, he purchased, in 1495, an estate at S. Saviour, leaving for confiscation all his rich manors in France. This estate remained, for several generations, in the possession of his descendants. The family which, in two branches, represents the very ancient Norman house of de Gascoing, Seigneurs of Ver, Valencey, Launcey, de la Motte, and Jere,* is represented by John-Francis Lerrier, Esq.; and in a junior branch by Durell Lerrier, Esq., Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey, whose varied and extensive acquirements, impartiality in the adminis- tration of justice, and private virtues, justify the respect and confidence with whieh he is regarded by all classes of his countrymen. Arms (as borne by Durell Lerrier, Esq.): Argent, a fesse, sable; in chief, the sun in splendour, or, between two crosses, patee, vert ; in base, a cottage, ppr. ; the whole within a bordure, * From M. De Gerville's " Ancient Castles of La Manche " is learnt the following jiavticulars of the Gascoing family. Between Brt'hal and Gavray, near the junction of the rivers Sienne and Airou, is the parish of Ver, which has given at least one follower of Duke William in his victorious campaign in England. Forty years before the Conquest, Yer formed a portion of the Ducal domain ; it is named among the lands given in dowry to the daughter of King Robert, hy Richard III., Duke of Normandy. By the mention of the river Sienne, it is evident that it could not have been the other spot of the same name, with which it is sometimes confounded. But it is sometimes urged that Ver, in the Diocese of Bayeux, has perhaps as good a right to figure as the cradle of a family (Vebe) which, from the Conquest to the commencement of the XVIII. century, formed one of the most illustrious houses of England. But, by the " Red Book of the Exchequer," w(! find that, in the reign of Henry II., Raoul de Ver owed knight's service, and if this left any doubt between the Arrondissement of Coutances and that of Bayeux, it would be decided l)y the " Register of the Fiefs of the Election of Coutances," drawn up in 1327 by the Grand Bailly of the Cotentin, and by the "Book of the Fiefs of Philip- Augustus," compiled about 1208. By the statement of Fiefs of the Election of Coutances, it appears that in 1327, the family of Louvel had replaced at Ver, that of the ancient Seigneurs ; that it was a Grand Fief-IIaubert ; and that in war time, it owed service at the Castle of Gavray. After the family of Louvel, the fief of Ver was held by another equally ancient — that of de Gascoing. These two families have equally distinguished themselves in England and Normanily. Tiir iulripid judge, who had the courage to arrest and imprison the future Conqueror of Agiucourt, was himself descended from the same family as that of Gascoing of Ver. This family continued there until a few years b -fore the Revolution, when its heiress married M. le Forestier-de Mobec, whose son (by another wife) is the present jiroprietor. I^'D!?1U^^^U311'1I £1'^ U:i'JLJ5' xncll ][|Crruv, ^[^^uivf. Jil' H'//i'/// /J/is /i/ii/e /x /j/r.-i'////i/ /.!• i/u- ih'i/7i- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 253 engrailed, azure. Quartering : Azure, a star of five points, or ; in chief a label of three points of the last, for De La Place : Ai'gent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, an annulet for difference, for Payn : Or, a fesse, dancette, sable, a crescent for difference, for Le Yavasseur-dit-Durell : Azure, a chevron, or, between three swords, in pale, argent, hilted of the first, for Gautier : Argent, three spears-heads radiating from the fesse point, between as many mullets of six points, pierced, gules, for De Gascoing : Azure, a griffin, segreant, or, for Louvel : and. Gules, a crescent between six roses, or, three in chief, and three in base, a crescent for difference, for Le Gallais. Crest : A chapel ppr. Mottoes : Pugne pro aris. Bonus, Justus, et utilis. ^rtiiffirf of ilniirr. Joseph-Mame Desouches, Seig. of Lekriek = Constance, d. and h. of ... De La Place, and co-representative of the family of Payn. from whom descended I And Joh] b rew Lerrier = Perrotine, 1 d. of ... Richard, d. 15 61 Genette, d. 1544. 1 a Lerrier, 1542. 1 Andrew, b. 1545. 1 Peter, b. 1561. i 1 Mary, Jane, b. 1541. b. 1556. 1 Anne, b. 1557. Perronelle, b. 1559. Catherine, d. of Peter Peter Noah Le Valpy. Mailler. 1. Richard Mourant, m. 1593. of St. Peter, m. 1567. T 2. John Tourgis, m. 1603.* 1 Andrew Lerrier, b. 1575. 1 Rachel, b. 1572, m. 1603. / 1. Martha, d. of ... Dorey. 2. Martha, d. of...Neel T I B Thomas Mourant. lUPKESSIONS OF SEALS OF DE GASCOING, IN THE POSSESSION or JUDGE lERBIER (aC'TUAI, SIZES.) ^ttilgrcc sI)oluing tlic tonncclian ti( tlic (amilits of Sc'fflascotng anS l^oubcl luiii) il;at of llcrricr. Messire James De Gascoing, b. 1667, Seig. of La Halle.t Gabrielle, d. and h. of T Louvel. I 111. William-Leonard Charlotte- Mary- Louisa- De Gascoing, Seig. Jane. Susan. PetroniUe. of La Halle. Louisa- Frances, d. of ... leTresor. John- Baptist Ascelin, 0. s. p. vb. innvpt. Francis Gautier. * The family of Tourgis ha.s been Cliannel Islands. Richard Tourgis selected from the optimates patrice by of the islanders to the English Crown. Court of Jersey, xxviij. Edward I. in 1330. Members of the family appear during the compilations of the Extentes Tourgy is now fortified by the modern Turgis are to be found as names of Arms of Turgis of Normandy : azure, three escallops of the field. t The Seigneurie of Valencey, a Barony, on which were dependent Monumentale et Historique de I'Arron- SEAL of KADL'LPHUS lOIJUUlS, BAILLV OF JEKSKY (aCTITAL SIZE). settled from time immemorial in the (Turgis) was one of the Jersey hostages King John, as a pledge of the allegiance Nicholas Turgys was Jurat of the Royal Radulphus Tourgys was Bailly of Jersey on the juries of parishes in both islands of 1331. A locality in Alderney termed name of Fort Tourgie. Turgeis and English families bearing arms. Or, on a bend, between three mullets, possessed also by this gentleman, was several minor fiefs. — Vide La Revue dissement de Coutances. K K 254 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. I I Andrew Lerrier, 1). 1601, Deacon of St. Saviour. Ann, d. of . . . Adverty, m. 1627. T John, b. 1606. Janod. of ... Fiott, m. 1636. T Gideon, b. 1611. Tboma.s, b. 1627. I I Martha, b. 1602. Susan, b. 1601. Eachel, b. leio. Joliu Le Tubelin.* Mary, b. 1612. PhiHp De Bos. John Lerrier, b. 1638. I Esther, b. 1652. Louisa-Leouora-Henrietta De Gascoing, only d. and h., o.5.j). 1. Mossire Charles- A nthoine Le Forestier-de Muneville. 2. ... le Porestier-de Mobec, to whom his wife bequeathed her large estates.f I Andrew Lerrier, b. lC2y. Martha, d. of Isaac H«rault. Philip, b. 1634, 0. s. p. 1. Martha, d. of ... Vibert. 2. Mary, d. of ... Nicolle. Ricliard, b. 1639. Martha, b. 1644. Philip Le Couteur. I I I Andrew Lerrier, Philip, b. 16',)3 = 1. Mary, d. of Philip Ann, b. 1687, o.s./). Payn, and reUct of b. 168,5. 2. Jane, d. of Francis Plulip Le Moigne, Amy, of Grouville, m. 1718, o. s.p. Henry 111. 1720. Hebert. Jane Lerrier, only d. and h. == Richard Du Parcq. John Lerrier, b. 1.56S = Frances, d. of ... \ I Francis Gautier, Maiy, d. and eventual h. of Philip Le Gallais. Mary, Martha, b. 1693, b. 1690. ftwin with Philip). Charles Tanquerel, m. 1732. Clement Lerrier, b. 1590. Catherine, d. of Kaulin Langlois, m. 1627. I I M I I I I Edward, John, b. 1600. Jane, Esther Jane. Sophia. Eight other children, b. 1598. b. 1595. Gautier, o. s. j). Rachel, d. of . . . Priscilla, d. of Poingdostre, ... Dolbcl, m. 1629. m. 1631. d. and co-li. Francis John do Lerrier. Joshua Ste. Croix. Lerrier. Noah, Mary, d. of . . . Le Vavasseur- dit-Durell. T Mary Gautier, only d. and h. Christopher Baylee. I John Lerrier, b. 1631. Mary, b. 1639 = Francis Filleul. John Cli-mcnt, J ane, Lerrier, b. 1629. b. 1632. | | , i | b. 1627. — Jolin Lerrier, Henry, Edward, b. 1640 = Margaret, d. of John Le Gallais, m. 1662. Rachel, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, b. 1632. b. 1635. b. 1634. b. 1638. b. 1643. Edward Lerrier. h. 1 668 = Jane, d. of Peter Caillet, of S. John. John, EUzabeth, Frances, b.l666 = Edward Valpy, of S. John. Margaret, I b. 1673. b. 1665. b. 1668. Edward Len-ier, m. 1723 = Ann, d. and eventual h. of Philip Payn, of Grouvdle. I Margaret. Edward Lemer, b. 1725, o.s.p. j PhUip, b. 172S = Mary, d. and h. of Charles MoUot of Guernsey, and Mary, liis Ann, b. 1731. I wife, d. and eventual h. of Abraliam Le Vavaaaour-dit-DureU. 1. Philip Chepmell. 2. WiUiain Forgusson, M.D., of Dundee. * The family of Le Tubelin was formeily located in the Parish of S. ISaviour, where several of its members were important landowners, and where a district still retains the name of La Ville ea Tuhlins. f Akms of FouESTiER-DE MoBEc, of Maubec and Ozeville, in Carentan : Argent, a lion, sable, armed, laugued, crowned, or. \ This gentleman was a man of remarkable energy and moral conrage, which was nobly displayed in the rescue of his nephew and ward, William Chepmell, from the fangs of the proselyting French Government. Interesting in the course of his suit the celebrated David Hume, the Duke of Richmond, of the English Embassy, M. de Miromcsnil, afterwards Garde dcs Sceaux de France, and oven Louis XV., Mr. Lerrier had, after many most vexatious delays, the satisfaction of delivering his youthfid and orphan relative from the machinations of the monks of the " House for New Tlir HriuTciiii i^clTrnliiiin 'he Snnir. ReCTOF\ of df^OUVILLE. By wJioni thisPUiU isP/rstn'/rt tr r/ir Work-. J.s /j'v w/lrltl ////■■< I'/ii/r IK /jIT'irlil'l/ /('/!>< Il'r/A\ AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 255 I Philip Lerrier, M.D., Charles, b. 1755.* b. 1756. John, b. 1703. Delicia, d. of Aubin. Edward, Susan, b. 1759. d. of John Thoreau. I I Edward- Abrah;im, b. 1765. William- Moromeuil, b. 1767. Thomas-Louis, b. 1768, Deputy- Vicomte of Jersey. Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Le Cras. I I III Joshua, b. 1770. William, Mary, b. 1758. ■ b. 1773. — Esther, d. and o.a.p. Ann, b. and d. co-h. of Francis 1761. Gautier, and co- ropresentative of the families of De Gascoing, Louvel and Le Gallais. Jane, b. 1775. James Grellier. Ann, b. 1778. John Durell, H.M. Customs. Susan Lerrier. I III I I . I III I I I I I DeHcia. John Charles. Durell. Thomas Edward. EKzabeth. Mary- Deli- Harriet. Durell Peter. Joshua. Henry. Louisa, Lerrier. o.s.p. oh.juv. Lerrier. . Ann e, cia. Lerrier, Esq., o.s.p. oh.juv. Major James George Sophia, Hammond Charlton, d. and of R.A. co-h. of Fantasie. Francis Gautier. Mary, d. of .. Hamou. Hugh a. 1860. Godfray, of Woodlands. Philip Constable of Godfray, Grouville,and Lt.- Col. afterwards R. J. M. Jurat R. C. I I I John- Francis Lerrier, Esq. = Ehzabeth, d. of John Aubin. Daniel, ob. ruv. Sophia-Catherine = Edward-John Thoreau, Capt. R.J.M. I I John-Francis Lerrier. . I Elizabetli. ilt ^uctir. ES BOIS, in his great Ai-morial of France, says of this name that it belongs to a " faniille tres ancienne en Normandie, qui s'est, dans tons les temps, comme aujourd'hni, conciliee I'estime generale de tons les nobles et gens de distinction de son canton. EUe ne s'est alliee qu'a des maisons nobles. "| The advent of the local branch into Jersey was probably caused by one of the earlier political or religious disturbances in France, which di-ove many members of ancient French families to seek an asylum in the island. Here it became connected with many of the best houses of Jersey, and amongst others, with those of Le Hardy, Poingdestre, Pipon, Hilgrove, Dumaresq, Messervy, and Gibaut. One of its most noteworthy members, was the late Peter Le Sueur, Esq., constable of S. Helier, whose public services and energetic patriotism were so fully recognised by his country- men, as to cause them to erect to his memory the only monument existing in the island, to record its obligations to the unremitting exertions of a public servant. This monument, a plain obelisk, in the Eg}q)tian style, was erected in 1857, in one of the principal thoroughfares of S. Helier. Converts," at Caen, where the lad, at that time about ten years of age, was pursuing his education, and into which house he had been surreptftiously inveigled.^i^a;. mf. the Eev. Havilland-Le Mesurier Chepmell, D.D. * The Baron de KuUecourt died after his defeat, 6th January, 1781, in Dr. Lerrier's house, Eoyal Square, close to the scene of action. t Vide Dictionnaire de la Noblesse de France, par Des Bois, vol. xii. p. 567. KK 2 256 AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSEY. Branches of the family are represented by the Rev. Abraham Le Sueur, Rector of the parish of Groiiville, and by Joshua-Philip Le Sueur, Esq., of H. M. Customs. Arms (as borne by the Rev. Abraham Le Sueur) : Azure, a che\Ton between two crescents, in chief, and a rose in base, or. Impaling : Or, a cross, formee, between four eagles, displayed, sable, for Dixon. Crest : A bezant, charged with a rose, gtiles. Motto : Sure. Arms (as borne by Philip-Joshua Le Sueur, Esq.) : The same Ai'ms, Crest, and Motto. HE family of Le Touzel adds one to the long roll of those which the French religious dissensions of the seventeenth century forced to seek toleration in Jersey. It is in no way connected with a family named Touzel, which is of much earlier settlement in the island, and which belongs to the humbler class. The original name of the family now noticed was Le Touzey, and its members possessed from time immemorial the Seigneurie of Maillot, in the Parish of Ste. Croix-Grantonne, between Bayeux and Caen. Des Bois, in his great Genealogical History of the French Nobility, records that Denis Le Touzey, Seigneur of Maillot, was recorded "nolle d'anciennc race" in 1463, by Commissary Montfault. Oliver Le Touzey, Seigneur of Maillot, changed his name, '^ par Lettrcx du Prince," in the seventeenth century, and adopted that of his fief. He and his brother, James Le Touzey-de Maillot, were engaged in the compilation of the Visitation of the Nobility of Normandy in 1660, under M. Chamillart or Chamillard, Intendant of the Generality of Caen. '' Another branch of the same family, residing in the parish of TenqueroUes, Sergeantry of Preaux, in the Election of Caen, and from which the Jersey branch is derived, are also recorded in the same work, and their connection with the parent stock demonstrated. The arms borne by all sections of the family are remarkable, being a combination of the roses of England with the lilies of France ; and these no doubt were conferred on one of its Norman members for successful military or diplomatic service. -\ * A MS. copy of tliis laborious worl;; is in the library of the author. t Although unrecorded, some such romantic history may be attached to those arms, as appertains to those of the family of do Goulaine, one of the most ancient Seigneurial houses of Britany. Alphonsus de Goulaine having, in 1091, succeeded in concluding a pacific treaty between Philip I. of France, and William II. of England, these kings, in perpetual memory of the share he took in this important and auspicious event, permitted the Sire de Goulaine to be.ar the arms of l)oth kingdoms dimidiated, with the motto — " A cctuy-ci a cctuy-la j'accordc des couronnes." The badge borne by the Jersey branch of Le Touzel is emblematic of the persecution endured by the Huguenot members of the family from their Roman Catholic relatives : and of the worldly success and ju'osperity accorded to the descendants of those who resigned all for conscience sake. The Bible, of Calvin's edition, the sole companion of the first settlers in Jersey of this family, is still a cherished heirloom in the house of the eldest branch. JoshuaJohn Le Jouzel. Esquire Lieut. Colone l, R.J M A /A- /r/,v// ///v /V,,/, /.. /./,.svy/Av/ /.- //, Tl ,'7/. 11? Jawws i!la«|iliiflt. 7/|- n-/ir/// //lis /'/,!/,■ IS /ins-ilifi;/ /•■ f/i>' Jfrf/r. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 257 The family is now represented by Joshua-John Le Touzel, Esq., Lieut. -Colonel E.J.M.A. ; and by Esther, only daughter and heu-ess of John Le Touzel, Esq., and ■nife of Major James Campbell. Arms (as borne by Joshua-John Le Touzel Esq.) : Gules, a fesse, or, between three roses, argent ; on a chief, azure, three fleurs-de-lis of the first. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet, a demi rose, gules, and a demi fleur-de-lis, or, conjoined. Badge : On a table between two foxes, sejant, collared and chained, a loaf and thereon a cock, statant, all ppr., the latter having in his beak a label bearing the — Motto : Deus ab inimicis me defendit. Arms (as borne by Mrs. James Campbell) : Gyi'onny of eight, or and sable, for Campbell. Quartering : Or, a fesse chequy argent and azure, for Stuart : and, Ai-gent, a lymphad sable, oars in motion, flags, flpng, giiles, for Lorn. On an escutcheon of pretension: Gules, a fesse, or, between three roses argent ; on a chief, azure, three fleurs-de-lis of the fii'st ; a crescent for difference, for Le Touzel. Quartering : Per fesse, argent and or, in chief a dexter hand, clenched, issuant, vested azure, cuffed or ; in base, a mullet of the first, for Poingdestre. ^ftiigm of Sf CoinrU Andre Le Touzey, Ecuyer, of the ProTiuce of Nonnandy, living 1686. Jolin Le Touzel, settled in Jersey with his brother Jacob, on aeeonnt of his Protestant tendencies. He purchased an estate in the Parish of S. Brelade, circa 1708. Mary, d. of = . . . Le Touzey. John Le Touzel. 1 Mary. 1 A daughter. Marie-EHzabeth, d. of Daniel Le Touzej and of Mary Hardeley, his wife. 1. Rachel, d. of ... = Josliua Le Touzel = Giifard, o. s. p. ... Bosdet. = 3. Esther, d. of ... Landhatherland. ... Vincent. John Le Touzel, Adjutant R. J. M., d. 1859. Esther, d. of Edward NicoU and Advocate of the Ecc Court of Jersey. 1 e. Solicitor, lesiastical Jacob, settled in the Parish of S. Saviour, on the estate of his wife. Jane, eld. d. and co-h. of George Poingdestre. T John Le Touzel, Major R.J.M.,d.l7'Jl. Elizabeth, d. of Richard Duparccj, and sister of the Rev. John Duparcq, B.A., Oxon., Rector of S. Ouen, who gallantly signalized himself in the preparation of means to repel the demonstration of the French, under the Prince of Nassau, in 1779. Charles, Rector of S. Martin. Mary, d. of Nicholas Barhen- son. Judge of the Court of the Ishmd of AJderney. 258 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Charles-Philip Le Touzel. John, I I 0.€.p. Nicholas, settled in Australia. Thomas. Elizabeth, d. of Philip Payn. Henry. oh. Jut: Henry - Augustus. Mary -Ann, d. of Lieut. Manson. Mary, Charlotte - Amelia. ob. juv. Amelia- Charlotte. oh. juv. Harriet. Philip Hubert. Elizabeth- Margaret. John MoUet. Caroline. John Hubert. Ann- Matilda. John-E8t€ Vibert. Adolphua Le Touzel. I Henry -Nicholas. William -Alexander. I Charles-Dumaresq. I I Selina-Ami. Amelia-Matilda. Esther Le Touzel, only d. and h. James Campbell, Esq., Major 6th Scotch Grenadier Regiment of the British Auxiliary Legion of Spain ; son of Lieut. Alesa.nder Campbell, of the Scotch Brigade ; brother of Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, Stafl'-ofEoer of Pensioners at Perth ; and grandson of Colonel Donald Robertson, of Woodshiel, who commanded the Clan Robertson at the battle of Culloden, in 1746. I Joshua- John Le Touzel, 1. Esq., Lieut.-Colonel R. J. M. A. Gybbon-Monypenny Le Touzel, b. 1844. Elizabeth, d. of Thomas- Gybbon Monypenny, d. 1848. Francis-Thomas, Capt. Cape Mounted Rifles, b. 1816. 2. Emily-Georgina, second d. of Col. John-Edward Jones, R.A., Assist.-Adjutant General. Esther. 1. Thomas Duhamel. Collins. Franeis-S. Denis, b. 1845. I Charles- Edward, b. 1847. iward-Jobn-de S. 1 . Madelaine- Naomi. 1 Havise- 1 Maude- Denis, b. 1851. Blanche- Susan- Eugenie- Eugenie- Marie. EHzabeth, Ren6e, Beatrice b. 1853. b. 1854. ol. ol. b. 1857 i.o\u. S will be seen on reference to the pedigree, this family, of Scotch extraction, has been settled in the island for two generations. Although of so recent establishment here, its alliances with, and co-representation of, several local famihes, fairly entitle it to a place on the roll of Jersey gentiy. Its present representative is Alexander Low, Esq., M.D., Surgeon of the V. Regiment, Mechcal Inspector-General, R. J. M., and the first Deputy to the States for the parish of S. Brelade. -Arms (as borne by Alexander Low, Esq.) : Vert, three wolves, rampant, argent. Quar- tering : Argent, a lion, passant, sable, for De Villeneufve : Per chevi-on, gules and or; in chief, two mullets, argent, for Pipon ; and, Argent, on a chief, sable, three lions' heads, erased, or, for Richardson. Impaling : Paly, azure and gules, a fesse, argent, between a crescent, or, in chief, and a trefoil, slipped, of the third, in base, for Alexandre. Crest : Out of a mural crown, argent, a dexter arm, holding a dart in bend, ppr. Motto : Fortitudine ct fide. exA^'oePv J/ord , Ssq (i i i\e . /iv w//(i>fi ///If /'/ii/r IS /yrsif//)// /f /7ir ll'i'r/< FRANCIS EDWARD LUCE. ESQUIRE, liv wIkiih l/ii's J'/ii// I's jJir.fiii/i,/ //> ///f ll'"r/,: AN AKMORIAL OF JERSEY. 259 PrUigree of itolu, James Low, of Loadon-Urquliart and Orclievie, was originally of ArmfioUl, all in Fifeshire, >'.B. : T DaTid Low, d. in Jamaica. John, surgeon, of Leaden-Urquhart, settled at S. Brelade. Elizabeth, d. and eventual h. of John De Yilleneufvo, and co-repreaentative of the families of Pipon and Eiehardson. I Alexander. I ..., a physi- cian at Edinburgh. I Elizabeth. I Helen. I Keith Low. I James, Col. H.E.I.C.S., Resident (GoTemor) of Penang. I Marguerite. General BoUngall. I Jolin, Major, R.A. ... d. of . . . Haro, and grand-d. of the late Lord Listowel. T Rachel, d. 1860. Ann. , Hood, author of the History of Australia. Alexander Low, Capt., Ist Royals. Agnes-Maria. Alexander Low, Esq., M.D., b. 1800. Henrietta, d. of Francis Alexandre, of the Franc- fief, S. Brelade. I John. James. William. ... d. of... Grey, Esq., of Montreal. I Henry, B.D., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. I David. Grey Low. PhiHp, Q.C., Barrister-at-Law, Clerk of the Peace, and Mayor of Picton, Canada W. ... d. of ... Grey, of Montreal. VilleneuiVe. George. I I Janet. Helen. VUleneufve. Rosa. J. Cameron. Alexander-James Low. Augusta. I Harriet-Helen. Rev. G.-J. Le Maistre, M.A., Incumbent of S. Aubin. ilute. HE family of Lnce, settled in the parish of S. Lawrence prior to 1500, claims to have migrated from Wales, and to be a branch of the famous Norman house of Lucy, or Lucie, settled in England since the Conquest. This house represents a branch of the family of Le Brocq, and that of Le Bailly, of S. Mary, to which latter belonged the philanthropic " Jeanne Le Bailly," the ^vife of Thomas Denton, Esq., of S. Aubin, whose benefactions to the poor of the island, and to the parochial hospital of S. Brelade, has rendered her name sacred among her countiymen. The present representative of the family is Francis-Edward Luce, Esq., of S. Laurence. Abms (as borne by Francis-Edward Luce, Esq.) : Azure, a crescent, argent. Quartering : Azure, a fleur-de-lis, or ; on a chief, argent, a lion, passant, guardant, gules, for Le Brocq ; and Azure, fretty of tilting- spears, or, for Le Bailly. Impaling : Azure, a chevi-on, or, between three crescents, argent ; on a chief, gules, as many stars of six points, pierced, of the second, for Langlois : and. Or, a bugle-horn, stringed and viroUed, gules, for Orange. Crest : An eagle with wings displayed, reguardant, holding in the dexter claw a sword erect, all ppr. 260 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 1 I .g 6p o o i-^I C3 '-S o I 1^ d- o .3 a- a go .WO! g^ CO ^ o ^ 2 tH =3 EH.| ^ - .-3 p s g a> O a 03 ^ d -r* 1^ . & aOJ .a u~ o o >-= s I *** II- o ■^ ^ Oi ^ o OS t^ H.S y o" O PO ^^ s o 1-5 o I 1-5 -a -3 o o R « •,11 2 W ,i3 o Ph ,30 U-3 5 Si ^ = =3 MS >6 CO ^ •^'1 ^ O _gPH PH ."C ■ .o " "i-:| o S U ■a ^ ^ -a b w g ® aj hj r/i ■3 H & 1 e^ g| fa-s g a ttH H^l rl3 m (1) C3 "1 t: w S o oc O ^ OQ ^ 60,° t- 3:^ '"' s^ ^-^ ^ s'i rl^O 11 W ^- 3=3 s 1-3 : r""!^ fe -a 3 li — C3 J So o T) Si, •*J -r^ -H » " O ^ rH o o • r -S o jj-^ S ^ rt-^ fc-^ ^ 11 1 ^ |1h 13 >^ S9 I €^^&^ w o ^ 5 ■ e-^< i^-S appH p,<^ Tl hJ 'qj 'j^ •11 ^ ►J W ^r-: 1-^ lo" ^p4 H.g^ »S a O* . o -^ >^ on rt QO 3-- ij =? 3 . rJ3 13 W Ph TS -J n f^ ri-l •-3 1 M 13 a on « r-< a ^ 1-5 s M 1-1 ,u q a ^ 1-) //y iv/h'/// ///is /'/<'/'■ IS /i/r. ■.;■///<■,/ /,• ///r H'rf/r AN AEMOKIAL OF JBtiSEY. 261 jHalct. HIS Norman name is among the earliest to be foimd in the Anglo-Norman records connected with the island, and in the island itself; like that of the house of Harcourt, with which that of Malet-de Graville has been allied in early Norman times, it is one of the oldest Norse names on record, and has been wTitten 3Iald and Mallet indifferently f and is found associated with events of historical importance and interest, in England and France, which are comprised between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Its first bearer was one of those hardy freebooters, who quitted the North with Eollo,f and, as one of his chief captains, obtained large grants of land in Normandy ; whose immediate descendants, becoming lords of the great and powerful SirauU dc GraviUe,l near Harfleur, founded one of the great Norman houses, which became distinguished in both England and France. § According to the ancient tradition of the family now treated of, one of its junior branches also flourished in the insular portion of the duchy, in Jersey, in the eastern parish of Grou\dlle, (or, as it was anciently written, Groville,) where it held lands and a Seigneurie fi'om the earliest times, on many portions of which it bestowed the hereditary patronymic, which is still retained, after the lapse of many centuries. " The Manor-House, from the first period to the commencement of the seventeenth centuiy, * A branch of this iamily, whose surname in latter times was written Mallet, has, by poll-deed executed under the hands and seals of the two surviving sons and of the eldest grandson of the late Rev. John Mallet, Rector of the parish of Granville, enrolled in Chancery and also enrolled in the Royal Court of Jersey, reverted to the earlier manner of spelling. •f Vide '^ Histoire lie la niaison d'Harcourt," vol. I , p. 826. J Vide " Notice historique et ge'ne'aloijiqne sur le maison de M(det,'" p. 376. § In England, in addition to William Malet, who led a third part of the Conqueror's army at Hastings, Robert, his descendant, was Chamberlain to Henry I., and held two hundred and sixty-seven lordships and manors, which immense possessions were confiscated by this sovereign for the attachment of that baron to the claims and fortunes of Robert Courte-heuse, Duke of Normandy ; and with them those, still more considerable, of the Earl of Mortain, the king's uncle, who had likewise espoused the same cause, were bestowed as a rich appanage on Stephen, Earl of Blois, afterwards King of England ; Malet's great baronial residence was at Eye, Co. Suffolk, remains of which are still said to exist. William Malet, lord of Shepton- Mallet, and other lordships also bearing his name, in Somersetshire, was one of the twenty-five great barons who signed Magna-Charta, and Robert Malet was named one of its conservators in the reign of John. And in the present day Sir Alexander Malet, Bart., of Wilbury House, Co. Wilts, Her Britannic Majesty's Minister-Plenipotentiary at Frankfort, perpetuates the descent of the English branch, which has been genealogically treated by Sir William Betham, of Dubhn, and which has produced members alike remarkable and distinguished for their brilliant talents in diplomacy and other branches of the public service. Whilst in Normandy, William Malet, second of that name, Sire de Graville, joined the first great crusade led by Godfroi de Bouillon and Robert, Duke of Normandy, in 109G. Robert Malet, second of that name, fought at the battle of Bouvines, 1214, and married Allix, daughter of Robert, third Comte d'Alen9on, and of Adele of Burgundy, thus descending in the female line from the royal house of France. Robert Malet, third of that name. Sire de Graville, Ivnight- Banneret, Baron de Graville, sold to Philip-Augustus his rights and claims to a portion of the Comte d'Alenfon by contract passed in January 1220, and from this period dates the annexation of this province to the Fi-ench crown; in 1226, he was summoned with Richard d'Harcourt to the death-bed of Louis VIII., and was one of the state- witnesses of the coronation of his son, Saint-Louis. Guy Malet, Sire de Graville, fought at the battle of Rosebecq, and was knighted on the field for his valour; in 1415, he also fought at the battle of Agincourt with Geoffroy de Boucicault and the Sire de La Tremoille. John Malet, sixth of that name. Sire de Graville, Lord of Marcoussis, Montaigu, Bois- Malherbes, Ambourville, and Tournefuge, and Chamberlain to the Dauphin, married JIarie de Montanhan, daughter of Bonne Visconti, of the ducal house of Milan, and was made prisoner in England, having joined the large body of forces raised by Pierre de Breze, Comte de Maulevrier, Hereditary Seneschal of Normandy, to assist the fallen fortunes of L L 262 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. bore the name of the Maison de Mallet,* and, among other compounds of the surname, may be mentioned the Moiilm de Malet,f an early dependency of this Seigneurie, situated at the foot of the Mont Malet, which forms the western extremity of the short range of hills extending to Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI., after the loss of the bloody aiul fiercely contested battle of Towton, in Yorkshire, which took place in 1461. Louis Malet, Sire de Graville, Lord of Seez, Bernay, Montaigu, Marcoussis, Governor of the provinces of Normandy, Picardy, etc., was one of the most distinguished men of his age, and the friend and minister of three successive kings, Louis XL, Charles VIII. and Louis XII. ; his talents and services, in the cabinet and in the field, raised him to posts of the highest importance and distinction in the state, whicli he retained to his death ; lie took a prominent part in the celebrated battle of S. Aubin-du-Cormier, near Renncs, gained by the illustrious Sire de Slrma iLuBouid tic ©rauillfl flrdjiinaitnt dTranctf. La Tremoille, in which the Duke of made prisoner; and was created Admiral Brest, led by the Marechal de Rieux, combined fleets of England and Britany, Charles VIII. to Naples, and assisted largely from his own private fortune ; successor, Louis XII., the domains of Paris, were conferred upon him by 1513 ; but he munificently refused these his last wishes with the following request es bailliages les plus greves de son vingt-dix-niille livres tournoys, a fin que pour moi." He died at his Chateau de buried in the church of the Cordeliers, his history of Charles VIII., says, roi," and Philip de Commines, in his derating influence in this king's councils. de Graville forms part of the celebrated of France in the j^alacc of Versailles. Malet, Dame de Graville, who married Chartres, Prince de Chabannais, Grand Malet, who married, firstly, Charles Marechal, Amiral, et Grand-Maitrc d'llliers ; — and Anne JNIalct, Dame du Balsac, Seigneur d'Entragues. The Sires de Graville became extinct ; a younger branch is now represented by the Marquis Olivier de Malet, fourth lineal descendant of the branch of de La Garde, ibunded in 1G95 by the marriage of its heiress by Anthony de Malet, a younger son of the branch of La Jorie, in Limousin, established in the latter part of the fourteenth century by William Malet, after the death of his elder brother, John III. Malet, Sire de Graville, who was beheaded at Rouen, 5 April, 1356, with the Comte d'Harcourt and other lords, by John, King of France, for having abetted the death of Charles de Lacerda, of the royal house of Castillo, Grand Constable of France. * " Item, les deferts de la maison de Mallet, a f9avoir, tout le clos de Bourbon, cxcepte le champ au long des jardins," etc. — Vide Terrier of the parijh of Grouvi/k, vingtiiine des Marais ; drawn up in l6oi, in the baillyfhip of Sir George Poulett. t " Et fimilitcr dicit, Willielmtis des Mtire'fs, quod compertum eft per prefcntamentum juratorum parochis de Gro\-illc quod ille rcdditus quinquigcnta folidorum datus fuit domino regi, per ilium qui fuit dominus molendini Malet, per fie quod homines domini regis qui vcllcnt molcrc poni-nt ad molcndinum illud, et non poteft didici ct rcdditus illc non continctur in predict.^ carta domini regis Ricardi ; petit judicium ut prius fi clamare polTmt ab antiquo." — Plaeita de quo Warranto de iiijula de Jerefey, atmo 2 Ed. II. Tills rent of 50 sols, due on the Moulin-de-Malot, affords a remarkable instance of the extreme antiquity of some of the insular crown dues; it was conferred, with others in the island, by the Conqueror and his spouse, Matilda, on the Abbey of La Trinite, at Caen, built by the latter, and also known as the " Abbaye-aux-dames," and was claimed in 1180 from Robert Malet, Seigneur of La Malletiere. At the Reformation it was transferred to the Crown, to which it is still due, and is, perhaps, an unique case of a money-rent continuously paid, during eight centuries, on a property, unchanged in any particular, save that of proprietorship.— T7(/c " Slaplctoti s liotuU Scaccarii Nonnanniivf vol. 1. p. 76. Orleans, afterwards Louis XII., was of France in 1489 ; and at the siege of with five-and-twenty ships defeated the consisting of sixty sail ; he accompanied that monarch, during that expedition, and for another considerable loan to his Melun, Corbeil, and Dourdan, near Letters-P.atent given at Blois, 8 May, eonsideralile grants, and accompanied to the king : — " Qu'il lui plaise diminuer royaulme la dite somme de quatre- le povre peuple prie Dieu pour lui et Marcoussis, October .30, 151G, and was which he had founded. S. Gelais, in " Qu'il estoit le plus fort du conseil du memoirs, also alludes to his prejion- The portrait of this great and last Sire collection of the Admirals and Marshals As he left three daughters only, Louise Jacques de Vendome, Vidam? de Maitre des Eaux et Forcts ; — Jeanne d'Aniboise, Seigneur de Chaumont, ARMS OF LOUIS MALET, SIRE DE GRAVILLE. de Fraiice, sccoudly, Rcue, Seigneur (FACSIMILED FROM A coNTEMPoiiANEous Bois-Malhcrbcs, who married Pierre de elder branch of the noljle and illustrious Hec funt arma quibus celo fere inclyta toHit Nobilitas generis o lodoice tui. illustkation AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 263 the neighbouring -sdllage of Gorey, and still retains its original name of La Malletiere," the corruption, most probably, of Mallet-Terre or Terre-de-Mallet. " The fief, held in capite. of the Dukes of Normandy, likewise still bears fi-om this family, for which it was created, the name of Fief de Mallet, or de La Malletiere, and was held in 1170 by Robert Malet,f from whom the present branch derives its descent. " Wace, the insular poet, records at length the prowess of William Mallet, whose braveiy contributed greatly to the victory of Hastings, and whose services were rewarded with immense grants of lands and manors taken from the vanquished Saxons : ' Guillame ke Ten dit Mallet, Quant vint 11 Sire de Montfort, Hardiement entrels fe met ; Et Datn Willame de Vez-Pont ; Od I'efpee ki resflambie ; Od granz maifnies ke il ont, As Engleiz rent dure efcremie ; Le refcontrent hardiement. Mais fon efcu lui eftroerent, Muh i perdirent de lor gent ; Et fon cheval foz lui toerent, Mallet firent monter maneiz, Et il meifme euflent mort, Sor un deftrier tot freiz.' • Roman de Rou. " After the loss of the Duchy of Normandy, in 1203, hostages were ordered to be taken by John from the Channel Islands, as a measure of precaution, and to enforce the adhesion of the inhabitants of these slender remains of this great domain to his crowoi and government ; and among those chosen from the chief families of Jersey, was William Malet, son of the before- named Robert, who fulfilled this condition on behalf of his father, who appears to have been incapacitated, by age or sickness probably, from discharging this honourable and onerous duty. He was detained six years in England, and was placed, alone, under the charge and safeguard of Henry Blond, mitred abbot of the great and wealthy monastic house of Benedictines,]: at Gloucester, dedicated to S. Peter. * " Item, les \ieux deierts, a l^avoir, la piece ibus les cotils de La Malletiere, dcpuis le bout de I'ouert du Honimet de^a a une blanche pierre qui fepare la dite piece de la piece de Jean du Pare," kc. — Same terrier, fame -uingtaine. Vide Extente of 1 607, parifli of Grouville t Vide " Stapleton's Macjni RotiiU Scaccarii Normannice Sub regihus Angliw" p. 7G. Some claim appears to have been made upon this early seigneur connected with his property or feudal service, the precise nature of which it is now impossible to determine, but which would seem to have involved him in some temporary difficulty, as this fief has been classed among i\i& forfaitures, or escheats to the Crown, not unfrequent at this period, in consequence of the return of Jersey seigneurs to French allegiance and interests, resulting from the final separation of the Channel Islands from their parent duchy. "Whatever may have been the nature of this difficulty, it is certain that the period of its occurrence was nearly twenty-five years anterior to the Echet des Nonnands ; that Eobert Malet held his fief and lands in the reign of John ; and that they were possessed by the elder branch in the seventeenth century. " In the Extente of 1331, Guille de La Hougue is mentioned as holding the fief de La Maletiere; but the probability is that he was a Malet who also held the adjoining fief and had assumed the name of La Hougue. Such changes in surnames were far from uncommon in ancient times ; of which two instances connected with the name of Malet may be cited. Ogerus de Pugeys, one of the four knights of the Lord Malet, lord of the honour of Eye, in Suffolk, received from this Norman Baron, after the Conquest, the manor of Bedingfield, in consequence of which he assumed the name of Bedinrjfield, of Bedingfield. And Sir John Peyton, Knt., Governor of Jersey temp. James I., was also the lineal descendant of the same William Malet, whose ancestor, becoming possessed of the manor of Peyton Hall, in Suffolk, assumed that surname." X " The cathedral of S. Peter was formerly the minster of the mitred Abbey of Benedictines, and its patronage was changed to that of the Holy Trinity, on the creation of the see, September 3, 1541 ; the building was begun in 1047, L L 2 264 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. " The liberation* of these insuhxr hostages, who had repaired to England in 1208, took place in 1214. But, on his return to Jersey, William Malet found his father dead and his lands and Seigneurie under seizure l)y the Bailly of the island, Hasculfus de Suleny.f He, therefore, peti- tioned the Crown, as one of its tenants in chief, and Henry III., (who, during the course of his long reign, manifested an extreme desire to preserve the Channel Islands by encouraging the good- will and attachment of their inhabitants, and spared no pains, whether by large and repeated grants of supplies of arms and munitions for their defence, or by lending a ready ear to the complaints and petitions for redress laid before him by them,) ordered a Commission of Inquiryj to be issued under Philip de Albini, Warden of the islands, and, on proof of irregularity of procedure, immediate restitution to be made. " Fifty years after, this Seigneurie, (as appears from an enumeration of fiefs and their reliefs made by the Jurats of the then recently instituted Eoyal Court to the King's commis- sioners, Wiger and Broghton, ii. Edward I.,) is thus designated; 'Item, dicunt quod feodum Malet debet dimidium relevium.' " Many t)f the earlier Christian names of the insular branch were identical and contempora- neous with those borne by the parent-stock ; those of Robert and William are found in Jersey aud enlarged at subsequent laeriods ; tlie eastern window is said to be the largest in England, containing 8,927 square feet of glass ; the cloisters, a paradise of architecture, and for extent and tracery unsurpassed, are on the north side, and during the civil wars, were used as stables by the Parliamentarians ; in the south alley is the lavatory ; and the ' carols,' or recesses, where the monks wrote and illuminated missals and chronicles, remain perfect as when first erected. The chapter-houso was built in 1088." — Vide a ^^Description of Gloucester Cathedral^ * Rex Priori Wintoncnfi falutem. Sciatis quod propter fidelitatem et bonum servicium proborum hominum noftrorum de infulis dc Gerefey et Gcrncfcic quietos eis clamavimus obfidcs coram, ita quod libere polhnt reverti in partes fuas. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod Colinum Parvum obfidem fuum quern vobis committi fecimus cullodicndum libere abire permittatis. Et in hujus, &c. ; Telle me-iplo apud Havering, anno regni noftri XVImo- Eodem modo fcribitur Engclardo de Cygone de obfidibus infularum dc Gercfey et de Gcrnere, de Johanne ct Radulfo obfidibus eorum ; et de Gernere de Henrico et Willielmo obfidibus corum, et vicecomiti Nottinghamenfi pro Ricardo Baldwinenfi, Johanne, Ricardo, et Roberto obfidibus predictorum. Eodem modo fcribitur Abbati Glouceftrenfi de Willielmo Malet obfide eorum ; Maiori Wintoncnfi ct probis hominibus ejufdem ville de Colino Normanno, Ricardo Turgis, Ricardo Warino, ct Johanne obfidibus eorum ; priori et conventus Sti- Albani de Radulfo Galittano, Abbati de Ramfeie de Roberto Hurmano. — Telle eodem, data eadem, anno eodem. — Rot. Pat. Johannis A'^/o— 1224. f This Bailly, although of Norman descent, appears to have been a member if not chief of one of the greatest of the Breton feudal houses ; the Sulenys being, through an ancestress, Ysenlt, daughter of .Jean de Dol, Comtes de Combourg and Dol. Several of the lords of this great house, which proudly ruled " Dei gratia,^' bore the same name and surname anterior and subsequently to the period referred to in the text. The magnificent chateau fort of Combourg, still perfect in all the attributes of feudal sti'ength, affords a striking proof of the exalted position of its ancient lords, and of the impregnable character of the castles of the great nobles of those days. It became subsequently the property of the ancient and noble house of Chateaubriand ; and the illustrious author of that name, who became its possessor by the death of an elder brother, passed much of his early youth in this grand and gloomy fortalice, and sold it to a near relative of tlie same name. — Vide Dom. Maurice, Jlistoire de Bretugnc. X ( Rex Philippo de Albino falutem. Mandamus vobis quod diligcntcr inquiri faciatis per probos ct legales Dc inquificione 1 homines de infula de Gerefey fi Robertus Malet faifitus fuit die quo obiit in dominico fuo ut de feodo de terra fua quam tenuit in Gerefey dum Willielmus Malet filius fuus fuit pro eo obfes in Angliil ; et fi idem Willielmus Malet propinquior hcrcs ejus inde fit, ct fi Hafculfus dc Sulcny tcrram illam (aifivit in manum nollram dum fuit ballivus de Gerefey tola occafione mortis prcdifti Roherti, co quod tenuit de Domino Johanne Rcge, patrc noilro, in capite ; et fi conilitcrit vobis per inquificioncm prcdiftam quad ita fit, tunc fine dilatiouc prefato Willielmo Malet de prcfata terra patris i'ui plenam faifiuam habere faciatis. — Tcfte Henrico, apud Wejimonajierium, &;c. V"' die Junii. Rot. Clam, vif Henrici III. 1223. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 265 in the reigu of John ; they were also home in Normandy at the same period ; and Hkewise by members of the branch which estabhshed itself in England at the Conquest. This branch, early in the thirteenth centuiy, ceased to form part of the line of the Sires de Graville in Normandy, since feudal possessions in England, and that duchy no longer continued to be held on equal terms and tenure by Anglo-Norman barons after the battle of Bou\T.nes, which took place in 1214, and established its final separation from England. But the Jersey family continued in possession of the Seigneurie and the Maison de Mallet, which latter remained unchanged in name until the beginning of the seventeenth centuiy, when it lost its ancient owners by the marriage of Isabella,* the daughter and heir of Heniy Mallet, f Seigneur of La Malletiere, La Hague, | and Les Esperons,§ who was the last representative of the elder branch. " In 1602, Helier de Carteret[j became possessed, by purchase from this Isabella Mallet, of the fiefs of La Hague and Les Esperons, which, from a declaration of dues and tenures made in 1489, were at that time held by her ancestor, John Mallet, Seigneur of La Hague, La Malletiere, and Les Esperons ; the two latter fiefs having been in the possession of this family upwards of a century. " Anterior, however, to the extinction of the elder branch in the person of Isabella Mallet, a second son, John, leaving the Maison de Mallet, now called les Prt'S,5[ established himself in the neighbouring parish of S. Martin. From him descended lineaUy the late Eeverend John Mallet, Kector of his original ancestral parish of Grouville during forty-eight years, who died in 1851, aged 85, and was highly esteemed not only for his erudition, but respected for his stern integrity, private and public worth. This gentleman was also a lineal descendant, maternally, from the same Isabella Mallet above spoken of; and is now represented by the heir of his eldest son, the Seigneur of S. Ouen, and by his two surviving younger sons, Eobert- Philip, M.A., OxoN, whose eldest son, Adolphus-Eobert, Ensign H.M. 38th Eegt., died at Lucknow, in 1858, shortly after the capture of that town by the late Lord Clyde ; and William- Edmund, whose only son, Laureus-Matthews, Lieut. E.N., now senior Lieutenant of H.M.S. "Assurance," entered the navy in 1850, and has served throughout the whole of the late Crimean campaign, for which he has received the Order of the Medjidie and the Crimean and Turkish medals. He also served in China, where, by the explosion of a Chinese junk, he was blown up and very severely burnt ; for this semce he has also received the Chinese medal ; and * "The fee of the Malletiere, which the heir and daughter of Henry Mallet now holdeth, 30 fols for half relief" Fide ExTENTE of 1 607, parifh of Grouville. I " John Journeaulx, in the right of his wife, daughter of Ijabclhi, the daughter and heir of Henry Mallet, for Renauii Grault, 1 5 fols." — Ibid, parifh of Grouville. X This seigneurie, which came into the possession of this family by the marriage of its heiress, was anciently held by its tenure to provide a jail for the king's prisoners, and its seigneurs were responsible for their safeguard ; "Jean Mallet, a caufe de fa femme, pour le fieu de Pierre de La Hague, doit plein relief, fjavoir, 60 fols, avec douze fols pour une paire d'efperons et fuite de cour." — Vide " Chroniqties de Jerfe'j" p. 38. § This fief, which also bore the name of fief es Ricards, was held by the ancient and honourable tenure of the annual presentation of a pair of spurs ; " John Journeaulx, in the right of Ijabella, the daughter of Henry Mallet, of Grouville, for a pair of fpurs for theytv es Ricards." — Vide Extente of 1607, parifh of St. Peter. II " Helier de Carteret, having the right of Ijabella, daughter of Henry Mallet, holdeth LX vergees of ground called the fee oi La Hague, for the which he payeth, for the full relief, LX fols and fuit of court." — Ibid, parifh of S. Peter. H TTie tract of meadow land in front of this manor house would appear to explain its present not inappropriate name, which was bestowed upon it when it passed by marriage from the possession of the family whose name it originally bore ; it was rebuilt in 16-31, and still retains a fine and massive specimen of a stone newel staircase of the first manor, mentioned at p. 22 of the introduction. 2GG AN ARMOniAL OF JERSEY. (luriuo- his service in H.M.S. "Falcon," on the West Coast of Africa, whilst repelling the attacks, on the river Gambia, of a large body of natives, he received a gun-shot wound in the face ; and, for enforcing the rights of the English and other merchants trading in that settlement, he received their thanks, and those of the Governor of Sierra Leone, Col. Stephen J. Hill, C.B. " " Several members of this Norman family appear to have made the church the siibject of their peculiar choice in the olden time, among whom, in addition to the late Eector of Grouville, Sire Thomas Mallet was Dean of Jersey in 1515 ; Sire Anthony Malet Vice-Dean, and Eector of Grouville in 1519; and Sire Francis Mallet, Eector of St. Trinity in 1558. And Eichard rt)a&l AUTOGRAPH OF ANTONY MALET, VICE-DEAN AUTOGRAPH OF RICHARD MALLET, OP JERSEY AND RECTOR OF GROUVILLE. JURAT R.C. Mallet was Jurat of the Eoyal Court from 1524 to 1557 ; whilst, in the present century, it has given six of its members to the naval and military services, evincing thus its attachment for " la robe et I'epee." In its elder and younger branches it has also formed alliances by mamage with some of the principal insular families, among which are those of La Hague, Dumaresq in several branches, Lempriere of S. John, La Hougue-Boete, De Carteret, and the house of St. Ouen. The celebrated Sir George de Carteret, Bart., of Hawnes, co. Bedford, one of the most distinguished scions of that house, too, was the maternal great-grandson of Isabella iMallet, Lady of La Mahetiere, La Hague, and Les Esperons ;f but, following the Norman custom, it does not bear any quarterings of arms. * (Cop}'.) " Government House, Sierra Leone, 2nd May, 1861. " >SiR, — In acknowledging your letter dated last month, transmitting Lieut. Mallet's report of proceedings in the lioom river, I have to express my obligations for the prompt and judicious manner in which your measures were taken for the protection of British subjects and their property in the Sherboro'. " May I request you will convey to Lieut. Mallet my deep sense of the spirit and ability he exercised in carrying out your orders ; and I have no hesitation in stating the presence in the Sherboro' of the small force under Lieut. Mallet, and tlie fearless and energetic manner in which he acted, will, for the future, tend to secure the safety of the persons and ]iroperty of our traders there. " I have the honour to be. Sir, " To Commander Heneage, H.M.S. ' Falcon,' " Your most obedient servant, " Sierra Leone." (Signed) "Stephen J. Hill, C.B., Governor. f Isabella Mallet=John Journeaulx Collette Journeaulx, only daughter, m. firstly Hugh Dumaresq, {]'ide I'ed. of Dumaresq du Morin.) Elizabeth Dumaresq, m. 8 June, 1G08, in the Island of Serk. Elias De Carteret, Attorney-General of Jersey. Sir George Carteret, Kt. and Bart., Governor and Bailly of Jersey (17(?c Fed. of De Carteret, Baronial In-anch). AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 267 " The arms of the Norman house of Malet-cle Graville were recorded, m the list of Norman barons dra^^Tl up in 1096* and deposited in the Cathecbal of Bayeux, by William Malet, second of that name, Sire de Graville, whose name occurs after those of the Comtes d'Eu and d'Harcourt. The supporters, two griffins, date at least fi'om 1355, ha\dng been borne by John III. Malet, Sire de Graville, who married Eleonora, daughter of Guy de Chatillon, Comte de S. Pol, Grand Butler of France, and of Mary of Britany, daughter of John II., Duke of Britany, and of Beatrix of England, daughter of Henry III., as is attested by an existing impression of his seal attached to a document,! dated June xxvi., 1355. They are still borne by the Marquis de Malet, present head and representative of this ancient and noble house, who, in a letter^ addressed to a member of this family, expresses in congratulatory terms the gratification he has derived from the knowledge of the existence of so ancient a branch in Jersey. It is one of the few in France which has constantly written its name without the prefix of the particle de, * Imperial Library, Piiris, MSS. 9816 and 9816^ f At this early period, this name was written Mallet and Ualct, and the document alluded to in the text, which is deposited in the Cabinet (Us Titres, in the Imperial Library, Paris, and is a receipt for payment from the state, bears Malet ; whilst another similar document, also in the same collection, dated two years anterior to the first (1353), from another member of the same house, also named John, whose seal bears three buckles and a label of three points, gives Mallet. The floor of the great Guard Chamber of the Abbaye-aux-Hommes, at Caen, was formerly paved with encaustic tiles, of which there were originally an immense number; on them, however, were depicted but twenty-four coats-of-arms, frequently repeated ; from which it may be inferred that none but the chief of the Norman houses received the honour of having their armorial ensigns recorded in this celebrated and royal building, and, from their early date, it may also be inferred that they composed the first tile-armorial on record. The arms are France ; Bertrand, Vicomtes de Ixoncheville et Briquebec, etc.; Tancarville, Hereditary Chamberlains of Normandy ; Mallet-de-Graville ; Mathan, Seigneurs de JIathan, etc. ; du Marche, Seigneurs d' Herman ville, etc. ; Harcourt ; Le Bray ; Lucy ; Malherbe aux Lions ; La Haye, du Cotcntin ; Reviers, alias Vernon ; Barons de Creuly, of the race of the Dukes of Normandy ; de Briqueville ; de Tilli ; Paynel, Seigneurs of Foutenay-Paynel ; de Tilli de S. Germain ; de Thieuville ; Molley-Bacon ; de MeulLant, Seigneurs de Courseules ; de Ste. Marie; de Say, Seigneurs d'Aunay ; ancient arms of the town of Caen; and one unknown. — Vide " Essais Historiques siir la Ville de Caen, par I'Altbe de La Sue, etc." Among the achievements which adorn the Salles des Croisades of the palace of Versailles, due to the munificence of the late king of the French, Louis-Philippe, the arms of the Norm.an house of Malet-de Graville are recorded ; they also received, in the thirteenth century, the signal honour of being admitted among the armorial bearings which form part of the decoration, in gold and enamel, of the celebrated Cassette de S. Louis, made to contain the scourge and hair shirt which ministered to the austere discipline of that pious monarch. This valuable and rare specimen of medireval art had been preserved in the church of Dammarie-les-Lys, near Melun, after the demolition, in 1793, of the abbey of Notre-Dame-la royale-du-Lis, founded by S. Louis, and to which it had been presented, with its contents, as a precious relic of the sainted king, by his grandson, Philippe Lc Bel ; it has recently been purchased by the state, and presented by the Emperor Napoleon III. to the museum of the Louvre, and now forms part of the collection comprised in the Musee des Eois ; on the lid and sides are the escucheons of the following sovereign and noble houses : — France ; Castille ; Jerusalem ; Hugh IV., Duke of Burgundy ; Robert de Courtenay, Grand Butler of France; Amauri, Comte de Montfort, Grand Constable of France; Robert III., Comte de Dreux ; Pierre de Dreux, sumamed Mauclerc, Duke of Britany; Baldwin IX., Count of Flanders; Thibaut VI., Count of Champagne, King of Navarre; Robert I IL Malet, Sire de Graville; Henry IL, Comte de Bar; Henry III., King of England; IMatthew II., de Montmorency, Constable of France; Guilleaume de Beaumont, Marshal of France: Jean de Beaumont, Great Admiral and Chamberlain; Raoul, Sire de Coney; Alphonse, Comte de Toulouse ; Philippe, Comte de Dampmartin ; Richard d'Harcourt ; one unknown coat; and six wanting. " Enfin cette liste de noms illustres inserits sur la cassette royale se complete par les blasons de Mallet, Sire de Graville, et de Richard d'Harcourt, qui sernrent de temoins au couronnemcnt de S. Louis." — Vide La Cassette de S. Louis, Edinond Ganneron. Paris, 185.5. X In the original, the two modes of writing his name are underlined ; and, speaking of his arms, he says : — " .... les miennes, comme celles de tons les Malet ou Mallet ayant pour berceau Graville, pres le Havre et Harfleur, et restes 268 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. assumed by the parent-house only since the latter part of the seventeenth century.* The name itself is generally believed to have been bestowed upon an early Scandina\'ian member, on account of his great personal strength and prowess in wielding the iron mace, a ponderous and formidable weapon called Mall in the Norse tongue." Arms (as borne by the late John Mallet, Esq.) : Gules, three buckles, or ; a crescent, argent, in chief, for difference. On an escutcheon of pretension : Ai'gent, a che\Ton, gules ; on a chief, azure, three estoiles, or ; in base, a thistle, slipped, ppr., for Le Maistre. Quartering: Gules, three escallops, or, a mullet for difference, for Dumaresq : Gules, four fusils, conjoined, in fesse, argent, for De Carteret : Gules, a chevron between three towers, triple-towered, or, for S. Ouen : Gules, four fusils, conjoined in fesse, argent, for D'Albini : Sable, two shin-bones in saltire, argent, the dexter surmounted of the sinister, for Newton : Azure, three lions, rampant, or ; a bordure, sable, for De Caux : Ai'gent, a saltire, gules, between four fleurs-de-lis, azure, for Harleston : Gules, two bars, ermine ; in chief, three martlets or, for Sarre : Gules, four fusils, conjoined in fesse, argent ; in base, an annulet, or, for difference, for De Carteret : Sable, three swords, in pile, argent, points downward, hilts and pomels, or ; between the former, two mullets for difference, for Poulett : Argent, two wings, conjoined, ermine, for Eaynes : Azure, six mascles, argent, three and three, for Credie : Party per fesse, gi;les and azure, three crescents, argent, for Aumeral : Barry of eight, argent and gules, over all a band, sable, for BouRTON : Ai'gent, a chevi'on, gules, between three garbs, vert, for Bosco : Azure, on a chief argent, a demi-lion, couped, gules, for Denibaud : Argent, three chevrons, sable, for Archdeacon : Gules, a cross, fleury, or, charged mth seven roimdles, sable, for Latimer : Gules, a wyvern, with -svings erect, argent, for Le Brent : Gules, three lions passant, in pale, argent, over all a label of three points, sable, for Giffard : Ai-gent, a fesse between three cinquefoils, gules, for PouTRELL ; and Ai-gent, a fesse between three wolves' heads, erased, sable ; a crescent, for differ- ence, for Seale. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet, a cock, statant, ppr. Motto : En Dieu affie. Arms (as borne by Laurens-Matthews Malet, Esq., R.N.) : Same Arms, Crest, and Motto, as the preceding. oil revenus en Normandie, apres la conquete de I'Angleterre, sont bien de gueule a trois fermeaux, ou boucles, d'or, ainsi qiie vous le verrez sur le cachet de cette lettre. " . . . . Je serais beureux de vous recevoir, Monsieur, et de faire connaissanee avec un menibre de notre nombreuse triliu, si un voyage vous amenait en France," etc. — Extract from letter of the Marquis de Malet, dated 8 Juli/, 1857. * " La maison de Malet est du tres petit nombre de celles qui ont constamment conserve leur nom primitif et Skal oi' .loH.N III. JIalkt, Sire do Graville. 2Gth Ju.ve, lHo.5 2. Seal of Kohekt IV. Malet, Sire ae Gnu-ille. IStii March, 13S0. 3. Seal of Wii.i.ia.m Malet, Seigneur de Crasmcuil. 4tii JrNE,130'.'. Laurens Matthews Malet. Esquire. R.N /;,• »-////« ////.. /ill/, IS f>ns, !,/.•>/ />• f/ii- ll''/, AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 269 prtigm of iWaW. Robert Malet held the lands ajid Seigneime of La MaHoti^re, in tlio Parish of GrouviUe, in capile, of the Dutes of Normandy, in 11 70. William Malet, Seigneur of La Malleti^re, sent to England as a hostage for the Island, in the stead of his father, in 1208, and placed nuder the charge of the Abbat of Gloucester; ho returned to Jersey in 1214. From whom descended — William Malet, Seigneur of La MaUeti^re and La Hougue. From whom descended — John Malet, Seigneur of La Malletiere, and, in right of his ivife. Seigneur of La Hague and Les Esperons in 1490. From whom descended — Richard Mallet, Seigneur of La Malletiferp, La Hague, et Lea Esperons, = Catherine, d. of John Dumaresq, Seig. of Vincheles de Bas au I I I i Edward Marett, ob.juv. Philip, Seig. of La Haule, b. 1744 = Anu, d. of Brelade Yalpy-dit- Janvrin. Ann. EUzabeth. Mary. De Gruchy. Esther. I I PhiUp Marett, Esq., Seig. of La Haule, Colonel R.J.M., b. 1798 = Mary, d. of John Janvrin, Esq. Ann. Daniel Janvrin. I I i. . I .1 I. A son, oh.juv. Ann. Letitia. Mary. Elizabeth. Julia. ~ <:c«L.V .1^- ^ "R ,1 §4 s=:^l im- o o >s ^ - ^ >^>^^^ ^ . ^■^^ r '\. ♦--* ^ ^^iu' X t^ X NX '^ — '? ^ ^ 1 'C' ^ , ■\ f H ^ (vmM JMrnim. AN AEMOBIAL OF JERSEY. 277 ^arttgrrr of iHaiftt. BRANCH OF S. TEINITY. Chakles Maeett = Margaret, d. of ... Le Cerf. I I III John Marett, Constable Phihp, Jurat E.G., Advocate-General = Martha, d. and co-h. of Nicholas Daniel, d. at Joshna. Elizabeth. of S. Trinity. of Jersey, 1608. Lempriere, and relict of Elias Cambridge, ■ = Dumareeq. s.p. Abraham I De Gruchie. I I I Joshna Marett, of S. Saviour. Charles, Receiver of the Crown Revenues of Jersey, Umj}. Cromwell, d. 1666. John, b. 1629. Daniel, b. 1629. T Mary Marett, only d. and h., b. 1649. Mary. Nicholas Blampied. Margaret. Rachel, d. of ... Giffard. T Noah Vaudin Catherine, d. of ... Cabot. Amico Marett, b. 1663 = Elizabeth, d. and h. of Charles Hamelin. John, d. 1706, s.p. Sarah= Joshna Giffard. \ I ' I I I I John Marett, b. 1698, m. 1728 = Mary, d. of Philip Pinel, b. 1705. Amice. Charles. Amice. Joshna. Elizabeth-Maria Marett, b. 1731, m. 1751, eld. d. and co-h. = PhiUp Pinel. Mary = Philip Le Vesoonte. I Charles Marett, b. 1660-1. John, Constable of S. Trinity. Joshua, o.d.p. Philip, o.s.p. Sarah. Catherine. Mary. Susan. Charles Marett, b. 1686 = Eli2abeth, d. of ... Guille, of C4tel I John Marett. Parish, Guernsey. | John Marett, of S. Saviour, living 1745. I , I II I Charles Marett, Constable of S. = Ann, grand-d. of Daniel Messervy, Attorney- Philip, b. 1721, Susan. Elizabeth, m. 1752. Trinity, 1744, Deputy-Vicomte, 1741. General of Jersey. settled in Southampton. Mary. Henry De Carteret, of Serk. I Charles Marett, Esq., Constable of S. Trinity, b. 1748, d. 1779, s.p. I Elizabeth, oh. innupt JHaiitjcr, ALGEE, Mager, or Manger, is a name that occurs very early in the histories of both Jersey and Guernsey. Tradition, handed down for several centuries, states that the family owed its origin to Malgerius, Malger, or Mauger, Ai'chbishop of Rouen and son of Eichard II., Duke of Normandy, who, for his evil life was refused the pallium by the Pope, and for revolt against his nephew, William the Conqueror, was by him degraded and exiled, and retired in 1055 to Guernsey, where he became enamoured of a damsel named Gisella or Guille. From this amour, adds the same tradition, spring the two local families of Mauger and Guille.'^'' In 1331 Eichard Mauger was a landholder in the parish of Gromille. f In the reign of Henry V., Jacques Mauger, said to have been a Guernseyman, had con- ferred on him the Seigneurie of Bosques, in Normandy, with the arms thereto belonging, for * Vide Poingdestre's MS. ; Wace's " Eoman de Jiou;" Bulkeley's " Hougue Bie de Hambie," etc. t f^iJe ExTENTE r/t' J'~''Jiy, 1331. 'o's- " Richard Mauger pr. la Charruee es Mauger, doit a la fefte S. Michel 0120' N N 278 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. successfully storming tlie Castle of Moutmartiii, ou tlie night of the 25 June, 1419, with his men from the island. * The family of Mauger of Jobourg, in Normandy, derives its source from Jersey, as will be seen by the amiexed lineage, f There are several families in England of similar name, and bearing the same arms. One of these, represented by the late John-Pemberthy Magor, Esq., of Redruth, was settled in very early times in North Wales, where it was sufficiently wealthy and important to give its name to the to\\'n of Magor. Thence its members migrated, some to Ireland and others to Cornwall, in which latter county the family possesses the important manor bearing its own name. A younger branch of the house of Major, of Hursley, near Winchester, descended from that of Mauger of Handois, in Jersey, is represented by the Eev. Seymour-Edward Major, B.A. Branches of the insular family are represented by George Mauger, Esq., of S. Lawi'ence, and by James-Marcus Mauger, Esq., Captain E.J.M., of S. Helier. * "Jacques Mauger de Somerhuze, la Foreft S. Pierre, f'etablit a Bofques en Normandie, la Seigneurie du dit Bofques lui etant conferee pour la prife du Chateau de Montmartin, pres Coutances, qu'il prit d'cfcalade la nuit de la S. Jean, I'an de Grace, 141 9, etant arrive avec fcs gens par mer de Grcnfai au port de Hagon. En reconnaiflance du dit fait d'armes, le dit Jacques fiit oftroye de porter dorenavant lui ct fes hoirs legitimes la croix du bienhcureux Chevalier S. George, au champ d'argent, et de Coutances [d^-cartelcr ?) fes armes paternelles, c'eft a favoir, d'argent, a deux chevrons de i'able, de Mauger; au deux ct trois, d'un lion, rampant de fable, qui eft de Bofques." This purports to be an extract from " ie Registi-c AFanusci-it de la Catlwdralc de Coutances " in the British Museum, as quoted by Eurke in his " Landed Gentry," article — Colliugs; but the only MS. in that library bearing the title is the Harleian MS., 4599, where the passage does not occur. At the period mentioned in the extract, Henry V. was besieging Rouen ; and it is not improbable that this capture producing a diversion, favoured the operations which gave the king possession of that city. Grensai is the way in which Guernsey is pronounced by the inhabitants of the neighbouring coast of Nonnandy. No place called Somerhuze is known in the present day in Guernsey. There is, however, in the Forest parish a watch-station, termed " La Someilleuse," — a somewhat sinister title for a look-out. Hagon is evidently the sea-port of Agon at the mouth of the small river which flows past Coutances. t Extrait de la Gcnculogie de la fainille des Mauger, a 'Jobourg en Nor?nandie, au Cap la Hague. — " Le Due de Normandie, nomme Guillaumc le Conquerant, elcva fon coufin d'Evreux, nomme Mauger, a I'Archeveche de Rouen, en la troifieme annee de fon regne en Normandie. Lc Seigneur Archevequc menant une vie non conforme a fa dignite, attira lur lui la haine du Due, fon bienfaitcur, qui le fit relegucr en File de Jerfey (Guernfey). II prit terrc en cc lieu avec fon frere Gaultier Mauger, fur la cote et paroifl'e de S. Martin, et apres avoir pafle quclques annees en ce lieu, il tut peri au ras de Barfleur, apres avoir predit fa mort. Son frere Gaultier Mauger cut plufieurs fils naturels, dont deux nommes Leopold et Theodore. Leopold epoufa Pauline de Carteret, fille et feule heritiere de Samuel De Carteret, ccuyer, Seigneur du Cartel, et Theodore ne maria point, et laiffa deux fils et une fille naturels, I'un nomme Paul, et I'autre nomme Rodolphe, et la fille nommee Cleotilde. Les deux fils furent maries, I'un epoufa Sandircz Lampeirier, ou Lampereur, de Jerfey, et Rodolphe epoufa Marie Careye de Guernefey. Paul cut plufieurs fils dont deux nommes Alexandre, et Gaultier, comme fon premier pere, lequel fut chafle de I'ile de Jerfey, avec deux des fils de Rodolphe, qu'il avait eu de Marie Careye ; les autres enfans fortis de Rodolphe furent a Guernefey, demeurer fur I'heritage de Icur mere en I'annee 1399. Gaultier fit plufieurs acquets a Jobourg a la Hague, ou il etablit fa dcmeure apres avoir quitte Jerfey, ct fut marie ii une des filles de Pierre de Mary, Seigneur de Jobourg, en I'annee 14 18. Gaultier engendra Touflaint et Jacques ; le dernier repafla a Guernefey pour prendre pofiefTion d'un heritage par fucceflion, et Touflaint rcfta a Jobourg ; de Touflaint nacquit Fabien ; de Fabien nacquit Charles ; et Charles engendra Pierre; de Pierre, Charles qui vivoit encore en I'annee 1570. A I'egard de Leopoldc, qui avoit epoufe Pauline De Carteret, nous n'avons point pour lc prefcnt de connoiifance de fa genealogie." Compare with tlie foregoing, Ordcricus VHalis, Hist. Eccles., L. 5, C. 9, 43: " Malgerius juvenis fcdcm fufcepit honoris, natali clarus, fed nullo nobilis actu. Hie filius Richardi II. duels ex secunda conjuge nomine Paphia natus eft, et XVII annis, tempore dementis, Damafi et Lconis paparum, fine apoftolica bencdiftione et pallio, Rothomenfibus dominatus eft. \'oluptatibus carnis mundanifque curls indccentcr inha-fit, filiuniquc nomine Michaelem probum militem et Icgitimum gcnuit, quern in Anglia jam fcnem rex Henricus honorat ae diligit." The French genealogist cleverly saves the reputation of the church by the invention of the Arehlnshop's brother. The marriages mentioned in the pedigree are unsupported by external evidence, but they are within the bounds of probability. The family of Mauger is numerous at the present time in the [larish of S. Martin, Guernsey. RICHARD HENRY MAJOR, ESQUIRE K.J.S. p.S.A. f. R .G.S . p.F\.S.L. ETC ETC ETC. AN ARMOEIAL OF JERSFA'. 270 Aems* (as borne by Richard-Henry Major, Esq., K.T.S., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., etc., of the British Museum f) : Gules, an anchor, erect, in pale, argent; on a chief, or, three roses of the first. Impaling : Per che\Ton, sable and argent, a chevron, between three mascles, counter- changed, for Thorn. Crest : A greyhound's head, erased, gules, collared and ringed, or. Motto : Deus anchora major. Arms (as borne by George Mauger) : Gules, an anchor, erect and cabled, or ; on a chief of the second, three roses of the first. Crest : A greyhound's head erased, gules, collared and ringed, or. t3ftiig:m of iHnugrr, of ^Mnlioiei, " JonD Maijok ah Majok, of the Parish of Uandway [estate of HandoisJ in tie Isle of Jerse;/, descended from Sir Marcus Major, who served in the warrcs of K. H. "t-X T John Maijor, sohue oj John. T Bonaventwe Maijor, sonnc of John Maijor. T John Maijor, Mayor and Alderman of Hampton. Geokge Maugek, de Handois, dans la paroisse de S. Laurence, transigea en 1565. I Jean Mauger. T Abraham Mauger. Catherine Le Boutillier, d. 1682. I Edouard. Margueritte, fille de Raulin GaUiehan. Holier. T George Mauger. John Maijor ^ = Anne, daur. Mii'fOT and of John Serle, Alderman oJ of Caii.^ham, Hampton, in the Isle of eldest Sonne. Wight. Robert Maijor, 2 Sonne. = Man/, daiir. Katherine, 1. of Mr. Peter, — Minister, of Alice, 2. Holy Rood — Cliurcli in Joane, 3. Hampton. George Mauger, fils aiue. Sara. Thomas Anley. Abraham Mauger, n. 1633, m. 1655, d. 1675. I III Ric. Maijor, = Anne, da. Jane, da. Aatherme, Anne, son and heirc. Dorotliy, of Jo. of Jo. mari'^- to mar. to mar^' to Kingswell, Maijor, Thos. Willm. W?n. of the nw.r^\.Jo. Wolfreys, Wolijar, Laving- Isle of Barton. Customer of ton, of Wight. %yicholas of Havant. Wilttkire, Pescod, Hampton. Counsellor Aldei-md. of Law. of Hampton. Ill I John Robert. Anne. Major. — = Samuel. I Anthony Major. T . John Major. Charity, d. of ... Sara, fiUe de ... De Ste. Croix. T Helier, m. 1639. I Jean Mauger. I I 1 ^ i i Matthieu Abraham, n. 1567, Phihppe, George, n. and Mauger, m. 1680. n. 1661, d. 1665. n. 1655, m. 1689. — m. 1680. Jeanne, f. of ... Sara, n. and . Bertaxilt. $ Susanne, d. 1666. Jeanne, f. of ... Lewis. f. of .. Neel. Sara, n. 1674. Jean Mauger, n. 1676. Jean, Jeanne, n.l682. n.l684. Catherine, n. 1687. * A very curious old arm chair, in the possession of a carpenter named Bisson, of S. John's Eoad, Jersey, bears on the back an excellent carving of the Mauger arms, impaled, on the dexter, with — a wolfs head, erased, between three mullets. Crest : A demi-wolf, bearing between the paws a mullet. I For an account of Richard M.ijor, father-in-law of Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector, vide " Noble's Memoirs of the House of Cromwell," vol. ii. p. 427. Ilutchins, in his " History of Dorsetshire," vol. iii. p. 285, mentions that the lordship of Wotton-Glanvile had been in the possession of the family of Mauger beyond the memory of man. One of the name is mentioned in the Inquisition of 5 Edward II. Sir Stephen JIauger, of Rudston, was an early benefactor to the priory of Bridlington, as is recorded by Burton, " Monastimm £bo7-acum," pp. 149 and 238, and was the ancestor of Sir John Major, Bart., of Worlingworth Hall, Suffolk, whose daughter and co-heiress Ann, by marriage with John Hennikcr, Esq., carried the name and baronetcy of Major into the family of Lord Henniker- Major. I The portion of this Pedigree in italics is extracted from the Visitation Book of the County of Hants in the Col- lege of Arms (c. 19, fo. 101), and copied by York Herald, June 28, 18G1. § Akms of Bertault, of Britany : Or, on a fesse, sable, three plates, between three annulets, gules. N N 2 280 AN ARMOllIAL OF JERSEY. Dorothy, eldest dakr.y'i yeares Aune, 2iid daui:, Joseph Major = Elizabeth, d. of Sey- Philippe Mauger, Jean = Marie, f. do Jeanne, oW, 1634. 4!/ta»suW,1634." I mour Tarrant. n. 1G82. n. 161)1 I ... Lesbirel. n. 1681. Richard, third and only surviv- ing sou of Oliver Ckomwell, Lord Protector of England. Kiohard Heury Major = Elizabeth, d. " 1. Jeanne, f. de=Philippe Manger, = 2. Elizabeth, £, I of Thomas ... Laui'ens. I n. 1723. I de ... Maxett. Edge. The Rev. Seymour- Richard-Henry, K.T.S. ; F.S.A. (Council) ; F.R.G.S. ; F.R.S.L. ; Edward Ma,jor, B. A., (Council), and late Hon. Sec. Hakluyt Soc. ; Memb. Arch. Inst. b. July 19, 1817- Great Brit.ain and Ireland; Hon. Memb. Acad. Keal das Sciencias de Lisboa ; Corres. Memb. Soc. Antiq. Normandy ; Hon, Memb. Soc. Beaux Arts, Caen, b. Oct. 3, 1818. Joanne Mauger. Philippe Manger, n. 1758, m. 1781, d. 1845. Jean Noel. Anne, f. de Thomas Romeril, n. 1758, d. 1856, agee de98an8. Sarah-EHzaboth, d. of Hem-y Thorn. Henri Mauger, Edouard, quitta Jersey, 1798. n. 1794. I George, n. 1798. Jeanne, f. de George Noel, n. 1807. I George Mauger. Anne, Jeanne, Susanno, Marie, n. 1784. n. 1790. n. 1790. n. 1796. PhUippo Jean Jean Philippe Haniou. Malzard. Malzard. Rumenl. prtiitjrff of i%lniig:fr, of ^. Sniirntrf. Jou.\ Maugek, of S. Laurence = Mary, d. of ... Le BaiUy. Peter Mauger = Jane, d. of ... Durell. I Peter Mauger, m. April 21, 1700=Ann, d. of Peter De Ste. Croix, bapt. 17 October, 1677. I Peter Manger, bapt. 14 September, 1707, m. 1743=Mary, d. and co-h. of Francis Luce. Peter Mauger, bapt. 14 August, 1746, Advocate R.C., Mary, bapt. 1744. Ann, bapt. 1750, o.s.p. Constable of S. Laurence, Jnrat R.C. Mary, d. of Francis Marett. Philip Marett. Joshua Le Geyt. Peter Mauger, ob. innvpt. Mary, eventual h. Philip, son of Philip Marett, Seig. of Avranche. ^3ftiigiTr of iHaugrr, of ^. SoI)it. Philip Mauger, of S. John, descended from Mauger of Handois, m. 1672 = Rachel, d. and h. of Thomas Anley. I I Plnhp Mauger, o.s.p. John = Sarah, d. of ... Aubin. Mary Mauger, only d. and b. = John Rcnouf. Hugh, b. 1687 = Mary, d. of ... Chovallier. I I i PhiUp Mauger, b. 1718. David, b. 1720. James, b. 1723. Rachel, d. of . . . Girard. Rachel, d. of . . Jane, d. of . . . = Le Peltier. Le Gallais. mmm mmum Miess^KVY mmi /Jv v/ii;,> l/ii.s/'/,i/<' isPrr.^rri/or/ ff flu- Wffrh AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 281 I III I ... Philip Mauger. John. James. Elizabeth. David Manger=Elizabeth, d. of William. Esther. ... Giffard. Mary, d. of John Jane, d. of F. Gaudin. Edward Aubin. Eenouf, b. 1753. = PhiHp. Clem.NicoUe. II I III III I David Philip. Elizabeth. Catherine. Esther. I John Manger, o.s.^. Eliza-Jane, o.s.^j. DeUcia, b. 1788=Jame3Luce. Mauger. • — Mary, d. Philip Noah Mary. I I Esther, d. of of Rich. Benest. Ganticr. Philip Mauger,=Esther, d. of . . . Charles Matthew, b. 1783=Ann, d. of Thos. Aubin. Chas. Reuouf. Dnparoq. Harriet, b. 178 1. I De Ste. Croi^. | = = I II I I I I I I James-Marcus Mauger, Charles- Mary. Charles-Mauger, John. EHza. Jane. Mary- Anne, | | | | Capt. R.J.M. Coddington. o.iqi. sole d. and h. PhUip Mauger. Frederick. Mary. Elizabeth-Mary, d. of John Sorel. George Simon. Caroline, d. of Elizabeth. John = ... Stark. Deslandee. I I I WiUiam-James Mauger, Capt. R.J.M. Other children. 1 1 HIS is one of the aboriginal families of Jersey. According to one of its members the name is formed from the obsolete Norman verb Messervyr, and consequently means the " ill-used." In 1331, John Messervy held land in the parish of S. Martin, and was also Seigneur of the fief of Poteraux in that of Grouville.* The important fief of Bagot came into the possession of this family by the marriage of Richard Messervy with Mabel, the eldest daughter of Clement Dumaresq, Seigneur of Samares. A family, named Messerwy, is settled in England, and is very probably derived from the one now noticed, as both name and arms differ very slightly.-]- Philip Messervy, Esq., and Thomas-William Messer\^, Esq., are the prmcipal repre- sentatives of this ancient and highly respectable insular house. Arms (as box-ne by Charles-Bertram Messervy, Esq.) : Or, three cherries, gules, stalked, vert. Quartering : Ai-gent, on a chevron between three martlets, sable, as many fleurs-de-lis of the field, for Falle ; and Or, three cherries, stalked, vert, a martlet for difi"erence, for Messer\^. Crest : A cherry-tree, ppr. Motto : Au valeureus coeur rieu impossible. Arms (as borne by Thomas-William Messer\'y, Esq.) : Or, three cherries, gules, stalked, * /7(/t.' ExTENTE Je Jci'fey, paroijfe de S. Marti/!. s. d. "Jean Meffervy et parchonrs. por. une bouvee, par an 211" Item, paroi([e de Grouville. "Jean Meflervy por. le fieu es Poteraux, doit a la telle S. Michel 12 o" t Arms of Messerwy : Or, a cheTrou between three apples, gules, stalked of the second. 282 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. vert, a crescent for difference. Quartering : Gules, three escallops, or, a fleur-de-lis for difference, for Dumaresq ; Sable, three dolphins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot ; Ai'gent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, for Payn ; Ermines, a cross-bow di-awn and charged with an arrow, in pale, all argent, for Larbalestier ; Or, three cherries, gules, stalked, vert, for Messervy ; and Or, on a chevron, vert, three hawks' heads, erased, of the field, for Crafford. Crest : A cherry-tree ppr. Motto: Au valeureux coeur rien impossible. ^arDicrrfr of iHfiSeifrbi). John Messeevy, of S. Martin. T Sire Nicliolas Messervy, Curate of S. Brclade. WiUiam, Jurat B.C., U95 = A sister and co-li. of CoUette Falle. Clement, settled at = CoUette, d. of S. Saviour. ... Falle. Clement Messervy, Jurat R.C., 152G. 1. Perronelle, d. of Thomas Lempriere, Bailly of Jersey, o.s.p. 2. CoUette, d. of Jolin Langlois. I Sire Edward, Curate Thomas Messervy, settled at of S. John. Mont a I'Abb^. Catherine. PerroneUe. = Michael Larbalestier. Hoste Hamptonne. I I I 1. I^Name 'unknown) = Nicholas Messervy = 2. {Ifame uninown). Noel. I I Isaac Messervy. | i I John Messervy. Abraiam. Urie. Clement Messervy, of S. Saviour. Edward, Jurat R.C. CoUette. Catherine, d. of Thomas Lem- 1. Catherine, d. of ... Toussaint De Rue. priere, Bailly of Jersey, and relict of Richard Langlois. 3. Margaret, d. ... Lem- = priere, m. 1564. Matthew Thomas. Noel. Messervy. I I Susan. Jane. Edward Messervy, Solicitor- General of Jersey. 1. Margaret, d. of ... 2. Michele, d. of . . . Edward, the younger, of S. Martin. Mary, d. of ... Marett (?) I I William, settled at Isabel. S. John. A dau. A dau. Bcrnabey Richard Estur. Clem. Herault. Godfi'ay. Abraham Messervy, m. 1601 = Susan, youngest d. and co-h. of Clement Dumaresq, and co-represen- tative of Dimiaresq du Moriu, De Bagot, Payn, Larbalestier, Mes- servy (eld. lirancli), and Crafford. Clement Messervy, b. 1G02. Edward, b. 1603, m. 1633. Mary. d. of John Cabot. Abraham, b. 1605, m. 1634. d. 1686. Mary, d. of Edmund Noel. T EUzabeth, b. 1608, m. 1635. Edward NicoUe, of La VUle a rEveque. I III Abraham Messervy, b. 1635. Noah, b. 1645. Susan, b. 1638. EUzabeth, b. 1640. Abraham Messervy, b. 1641. George, b. = Mary d. of John Margaret, Jane b. = Clement De Elizabeth, Mary, b. 1643. I Perchard. b. 1633. 1634. QuettevUlo. b. 1638. 1646. JhOMAS ^^/iLLIAM f^ESSEf\YY. QsQUIf^E. Bv ir/ioni t/iis /inte is /Wsr/i/a/ ft? (Jic Worfc. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 283 I II II Edward Messervy, George, b. ICSl, = Mai-y, d. of Abraham, Clement, b. 1689, = Elizabeth, d. of Svisan, b. 1C70. b. 1677. m. 1705. | John Dolbel. b. 1685. m. 1712. | Ph. Messervy. Aaron Messervy. m. 170G. Ill I I Elizabeth Messervj', George John, b. Thomas, = EUzabotb, d. Clement, = Margaret, Abraham, only (l-^aud h.. Messervy, 1710. b. 1714, b. 1707. m. 1745. of ... Valpy. b. 1717. d. of ... b. 1722. Messervy. b. 1712. Aaron Messervy. b. 1707. I II I I II I Thomas Messervy, John, b. 1748, Thomas, b. 1752, = EKzabeth, d. of John, b. 1764, =- Mary, d. of Mary. Elizabeth. ob' juv. ob. juv. m. 1771. I Clement Messervy. m. 1789. John Aubin. Chas. Do Sarah. Quetteville. — Jano. I I I John Messervy, b. 1790 = Ann, d. of ... Marett. Mary, b. 1794 = George Godfray. Delicia-EUzabeth, b. 1797 = EUa3 Renout. Jane, b. 1786. Susan, b. — 1792. I I I III III Thomas Messervy, — Mary-Elizabeth, d. George. Elizabeth, b. 1772. Ann, b. 1779. b. 1795, Constable I of Philip LeVesconte, — — — of S.Martin. | of S. Trinity. EUzabeth, Sarah, b. 1773. Jane, b. 1782, o6.>i). Frances, b. 1789. I d. of John — — I Bree. Mary, b. 1779. Jane, b. 1784, ob.juv. \ I \ \ \ I Thomas-Wmiam Messervy, Centeuier of S. Martin. Fhiiip, ob. juv. PhUip-JoUu. Mary-Elizabeth. Caroline-Aim. Amelia, oi.ji Mb. Edward Messervy, Jurat = Judith, d. of ... A dau. = Michael Bisson. Catherine = Ph. De Carteret. PrisciUa = John Le Couteur. E.G., d. 1617. 1 jViiley, d. 1634. of S. Mary. Edward Messervy, Solicitor-General of Jersey. I Clement. Edward Messervy. John = Jane, d. of Abraham Beoquet. Edward Messervy, b. 1662. Mary, b. 1679. Clement Messervy, m. 1560, d. 1578 = Collette, d. of John NicoUe, Seig. of LonguevUle, Solicitor-General of Jersey. I Margaret. Aaron Messervy, Lieut.-Governor of Jersey, Jurat B.C., d. 1631. Abraham. Peter = Elizabeth, d. of ... Dolbel. Jane. Mary, d. of . . . De Caen. John Messervy, d. 1633-4 = Sarah, d. of Helier De Carteret, Seigneur of La Hague. I Ranlin De^a Rocque. I II I I Maximilian Messervy, b. 1616, Francis, d. in London, John, settled at Mont-au-Pr^tre. Henry. Robert. m. 1639, d. 1645. 1645. Sarah, eld. d. of Francis Le Sueur. ' I . Sarah, d. 1648. CoUette, d. of Benjamin La Cloche, Seig. of LongueviUe. I I Daniel Messervy, Attorney- = De La Riviere, youngest d. and Francis. I I General of Jersey, I eo-h. of Francis De Carteret, Philip Messervy, b. 1641, Rachel, b. 1640. m. 1685. | and eventual co-h. to the Deputy-Vicomte of Jersey. — I S. Ouen Estates. I I Aai'on. John. Sarah, b. 1643. Daniel Messervy, m. 1716 = Ann, d. of ... Pipon. Philip. Edward, b. 1694. I II I Daniel Messervy = Jane, d. of ... Valpy-dit-Janvrin. Francis. Ann, b. 1717, m. 1742 = Charles Marett. Elizabeth Peter Marett. I Francis Messervy = Ann, d. of ... Gavey. B Daniel, o.s.p. 284 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. I Francis Measervy, d. 1858. Daniel, o.s.p. — Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Pipon, and Jane, eventual h. to this branch ■■ rcUct of R. Crofton. Burke. I Edward Messervy. I Margaret. Peter De Soolcmont, the elder. 1. Jaue, d. of Clement=John Messervy=2. Mabel, d. of Richard Dumaresq, 1. ... d. of John=Richard=2. Mabel, eld. d. of Rich. A dau. Lempriere. | 1 Seig. of VincheUs De Bas. CostU Margaret Messervy, eld. d. and co-U. 1 1 A dau., 2nd d. and co-h. Philippine. Guille Hamptoime. John Robin. Dumaresq., Seig. of Samares. John Gardner. (1st marriage.) I I Phihp Messervy, Seig of Bagot. George. I ■John Messervy. Helier, m. 1577=Margaret, d. of ... Audrie=Honne8te-Honime John Rachel, d. of Thos. De Soulemont. ^ I Lempriere. Waden alias Waldon. = I Andrie Messervy, only d. and h.=Peter De La Rocque. I I I Martin Messervy, John, m. 1G07. d. 1613. Jane, d. of John Le Febvre. Philip Messervy, Seig. of Bagot=Mary, d. of James Pipon. I I George Messervy, Seig. of B.agot, Rachel, h. to her brother,=David Bandinel, Jurat R.C. o.s.p. Lady of Bagot. (J'tt/c Pedigree of Bandinel.) John Messervy. IleUer, b. 1608, d. 1658, a;t. 50 years and i months. Laurence. \ I I John Messervy, b. 1628, m. lG53=Elizabeth, d. of ... De Quetteville. Mary, d. 1627. I _____^ I I I I i I Amice Messervy, =Mai-y, d. of ... Elias, b. 1666, oh.juv. John, b. 1C72. EUas, b. 1677. EUzabeth, b. 1660. Mary, b. 1669. b. 1657. I Messervy. I I i i I Amice Messervy, b. 1686, George, b. 1689,=Mary, d. of Thos. Anquetil, Amice, b. 1690. Mary, b. 1692. Rachel, b. 1693. ol.Juv. m. 1705. I of S. Clement. Ill I I Holier Messervy, Amice, b. 1710, settled Thoma3=Rachel, d. of Ph. Falle. Philip, b. 1711, m. 1744. George, b. 1712, settled b. 1706, o.s.p. in America. | iu Boston, N. America. I Mary Messervy, eld. d. Susan. Elizabeth. Deborah. and co-h., b. 1773. John Tocque. John Dean. 1. Ph. Ahier. G. J. Labey. 2. John FiUeul. Jane, d. of Thos. Lo Sauteur. T I I I Philip Messervy, Thomas, Philip, b. 1751. b. 1745, oh.juv. ob. juv. Elizabeth, d. of ... Touzel. T PhiUp Messervy, b. 1773. m. 1800=Aim, d. of John Payu. George, b. 1777, oh. inniipt. I Philip Messervy= Elizabeth, d. of I Clement LeNeveu. George=Naucy, d. of Anne=AaronDe VeuUe. Mary=John Fdloul. Mary. I George Touzel. Ph. Pepin. I I III I I I I. I T i- Philip Messervy. George. Elizabeth. Ann. Mary-Ann. George-Touzel Messervy. John. Alfred. Adelina. Ann. Lydia. Abraham Messervy, m. 1616, d. 1650=RacheI, d. and co-h. of Nicholas, and niece of Mary, m. lG07=Ph. Le Feuvre, of S. Saviour. [ Laurens, Baudaius. — I Jane, m. 1616=Joh n Neel. I \ [ John Messei-vy, b. 1616, m. 1643=Margaret, d. of Moses Hamelin. Rachel. Sarah. I \'''illiam -^jeiir nim^ —\ (-» ,..- ■, I ■» T \ //I- uitrni ////.< /'/»/.■ is- />/ys,;.'/,;/ /,■ f/u' Hrr/.- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 285 i Martin Messervy, b. 1644. Clement, b. 1652, m. 1689=Frances, d. of Thomas Eichardson. \ *__ I III John Messervy, b. 1689, m. 1719=Susan, J. of Ph. Mallet. Philip, b. 1093. Clement, b. 1698. Susan, b. 1705. John MesBerTy=Margaret, d. of ... Nicolle. Clement, of Blanc Pignon= Elizabeth, d. of John Cabot. I I I I I I I John Messervy, b. 1757, Clement, of S. Trinity. George Messervy, EUzabeth,=Thomas Messervy. Sarah, b. 1755=Clement Messervy, ob. juv. Sarah, d. and li. of Clement Messervy of Blauc-Pignon. b. 1757, o.s.p. b. 1753. of S. Trinity. I I .. I , I 1 Clement Messervy ^ Susan, d. of ... Dn Feu. Philip^ Jane, d. of PliUip Bouton. Elizabeth. Susan. Ann-Margaret. 1 i I 1 \ I PhUip Messervy. Francis-Bouton, 06. Daniel. Charles-Bertram. Edward-George. ThomaB-Eichardson. JEtllats. HE family of Millais has held, for centuries, a place among the lesser landholders of Jersey. Of earliest Norman settlement in the island, there can he little doiiht that the name of Millais existed here long prior to the Conquest of England. Geoffray de Millay, according to some chroniclers, fought imder William I. at Hastings, and possibly was the patriarch of the English families of Millet, Milles, and others of similarly sounding names. " Les Monts Millais," a bold range of hills to the north-east of the town of S. Helier, and the " Cueillette de Millais," one of the " gatherings " or riiigtaines of the parish of S. Ouen, seem to prove that in times beyond not only history, but even tradition, members of this family were among the opulent and powerful " dwellers within the isle." In 1331, the Extentc, or Royal Eent-EoU of Jersey, of that year, shews that Geoffray Milayes owed to the Crown ten sols for a bouvee of land held by him in the parish of Grouville. Annexed is a fac- simile of this most interesting entry, copied fi-om the original document, preserved in the Rolls Chapel, Chancery Lane, London. ^'^ [fAC-SIMILE of the entry of the name of geoffray milayes, from the EXTESTe of JERSEY OF 1331.] In 1381, the properties of John and Guille Millays were taxed by the Prior of S. Clement, as appears by the subjoined extract from the Ai'chives of S. Lo, in Normandy.-]- * By the kind permission of T. Duffas Hardy, Esq., P.S.A., Deputy-Keeper of tlie Rolls. t Vide Rotulus frumentonim prior at ui de Sancto Clement e, imno iijc ct Ixxxi'' "Johannes Perchard per le mcfnage qui fuit Johannis Millays ...if. "Maiiira Varenguet. Guille Millays ii cabots. I carchonnier, l anc. id. xx ova." O O •286 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. In 1402, various other memljers of the family, -which then apparently had its head-quarters in this parish, owed several rents to the great Priory of S. Clement, as appears from another extract from the same depositary. '^ About the middle of the fifteenth century, the head of this house, who always appears to have been a John Millais, settled in S. Sa^dour's parish, and is recorded, in 14G9, in a MS. register of Sire John Hue, curate of the parish, as owing half-a-pound of wax to the church. f In 1527, Clement Myllais was Kector of the parish of S. Saviour. About 1540, John Myllais, by his marriage with the heiress of the Le Jarderay family, became possessed of the estate of Tapon, situated in S. Saviour's parish, of which a view is annexed. This estate remained in the family until the beginning of the present century. It is a dependency of the fief of Gorge or Bagot, and by its tenure the proprietor owed yearly to the Seigneur a pair of white gloves, three hens, three loaves, and a capon.]: The court books of this fief, as will be seen by the extracts below, shew that the Millais family were somewhat troublesome tenants, and much opposed to the Seigneurial rights, which are, in the present day, regarded with the utmost distaste. § In 1629, at the period of Dr. Heylin's visit to Guernsey, one of the family, termed by the learned Doctor, Millet, was a beneficed clergyman in the island, and was one of five ecclesiastics who prayed for local Church and State reform. Of his interview with these local pundits, Heyliu gives, in his journal, a very humorous and gi-aphic account. jj In 1668, as appears by the Extente of that year, John Millais was a tenant of the Crown in the parishes of Grouville and S. Clement. IT This ancient family is represented by John-William Millais, Esq., and William-Henry Millais, Esq., of Kingston, Surrey ; by John-Everett Millais, Esq., E.A., of Cromwell Place, South Kensington; by Henry- William Millais, Esq., and by Thomas Millais, Esq., of Jersey. * Fide Rotulus frutncntorum prioratui tie Sancto Clementi, anno iiijc et ij° " Radui.phus Millays vij cabotealx, iij carchonnicrs. " RiCARDus Millays vij „ iij „ " GuiLLOT Millays i „ iij „ " RiCARDus Millays iiij camps." t In the same document mention is made of " Lc clos Richard Miles, devers roltcl au Gcndrc." \ Vide Court Rolls of the fief of Vinchek's de Bas, in the possession of Madame de Vinchek's, vol. I. § Vii/e Court Rolls of the fief of Gorge or Bagot, in the possession of Philip Gosset, Esq., vol. I. " 1631. Jean Mylais, r^. »x., en default vers Aaron Amy. '6.H- Jean Mylais, fn. ux., defobeiflant vers le Seigneur. 1638. Jean Mylais, defobcilTant vers lc Prevoll por. ung chapon, trois poules, trois pains, outre une paire de gants, le tout de rente Seigneuriale. 1660. Jean Mylais en default vers le Seigneur pour la rente Seigneuriale. 1669. Mr. Jean Mylais condampne vers le Seigneur pour la rente Seigneuriale. 1682. Mr. Edouaro Millais en deffaut vers Mr. Jean Millais pour le confeiller en I'aflion que lui fait le Seigneur pour la rente Seigneuriale. II Vide Heylin's " Survey of the Estate of the Two I.slands of GueniEey and Jarsey. London, 1G5G." ^ T7rffl Extente of Jer.sey, 1G68. Jean Millais, fils Jean, crt. 7/~/., fillc de Benjamin Bertran de Grouville 3 fols. //(•///, en S. Clement, iat<- laPn-untfd U- t/w JVrrk- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 287 Arms (as borne by William-Henry Millais, Esq.) : Per bend, or and azure, a star of eight points, counterclianged.* Quartering : Azure, a cross-passion, argent, surmounted of an eastern crown, or, for Le Jarderay : Or, an orle, azure, for Bertram : Ai-gent, a palm-tree, ppr., for Fallot : Ai'gent, a cock, statant, ppr., for Faultrart : Ai-gent, a cross, sable, between a. maltese-cross, gules, in the first and fourth quarters, and a tent of the same in the second and third, for Baudouin : Argent, on a chevron, sable, four eagles, of the field, between three mullets, gules, for Morice-de la Eipaudiere : and Ermine, a lion, rampant, gules, for Le Geyt. Impaling : Argent, on a canton, sable, a lion's gamb, erased, in bend, or, a crescent for differ- ence, for Boothby. Crest : A hand, gauntletted and apaume, in pale, gules. Arms (as borne by John-Everett Millais, Esq.) : Arms and Quarterings as the preceding. Impaling : Gules, a lion, rampant, within a bordm-e, engi'ailed, argent, a crescent for difference, for Gray. Crest : As the preceding. Arms (as borne by the late George-Henry Millais, EsQ.f) Ai-ms and Quarterings as the preceding. Impaling : Gules, on a chevron argent between three roses, or, as many trefoils, slipped, vert ; on a chief of the third, a thistle, of the fourth, between two fleurs-de-lis, azure, for Highland. Crest : As the preceding. • The star seems to be the prevailing charge in the shields of those families of continental origin bearing a similar name. Prince Philibert Milet, Bishop of Maurienne, and afterwards Archbishop of Turin, together with Paul Milet, his successor in the diocess of Maurieune, both kniglits of the Sardinian Order of the Annunciation, bore — Quarterly : Argent, three bars, gules ; in chief a demi-lion issuant vert, armed and langued of the second : and, Argent, three bends, gules. And over all, after the manner of foreign heralds, his paternal arms — viz., Azure, on a chevron, or, a crescent, gules, between three STARS of the second. FzVZe Boisseau, " Promptnaire Armorial." Paris, 1G58. "f This gentlemen died as these sheets were passing through the press. THE OLD KEYSTONE OF THE GREAT ENTRANCE ARCH AT TAl'ON, S. SAVIOUR. o o 2 288 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Pflitffm of iHillaisi. JoHiN" MlLLATS, living circa 1331. T John MiUays, a tenant of the Prior of S. Clement, living 138] . John Millays, a tenant of the Prior of S. Clement, Hving 1400. 7 John MiDays, of the Parish of S. Clement. John Millays, of the Parish of S. Clement, living 1430. John Mill^s, of the parish of S. Saviour, debited in the Curate's Register, dated 1469, with half-a-poimd of wax for Mb parish church. T John Mm^s, living 1494. T I John Mylays*= Penine, sole d. and h. of J. Le Jarderay, who owed, by her tenure, a pair of white gloves to the r / Seig. of Bagot.f A dan. Hostes Le TubeUn. (Vide Act of the Royal Court, dated 13G3.) John Milays, b. 154! Catherine, d. of Falle. Regnault, b. 1545. Mary, b. 1544, oh. jut. I Mary, b. 1547. Servais De Ste. Croix. I John Mylais = Elizabeth, d. of . . . Poingdestre. I Other children. I . 1. Mary, d. of Jolin = Jobu Milays = 2 Jane, cl. and h. of Bisson, m. 1622. I I Beujamin Bertram, j I wlio owed by teuure . ^ ^^^ of wliite gloves Edward Mylais, ob. juv. \ to tlio Seig. of Bagot. I Elizabeth. MoNSiEUK GuitLEAUME MoRiCE, Seig. de la RipaudiJ^re, in the Province of Anjou, settled in Jersey, circa 1360, and became successively Rector of S. HeUer, and of S. Mary ; in the Church- yard of -which latter parish he is buried. DcmoiseUe Morice-de la Ripandiere, only d. and h. The Rev. Nicholas Baudouin, of Rouen, Rector successively of S. Peter Port, Guernsey, and of S. Mary, Jersey. Martha Baudouin, only d. and h., d. 1621. The Rev. Helier Paultrart, Rector of S. Martin for upwards of half a century, d. 1628. Jane Fanltrart, eld d. and co-h., b. 1586, m. 1613, d. 1670. John Pallet, Regent of S. ManneUer. ^ I Esther. Hugh Le Manqnais. Martha Le Manquais. John CoUas. (r«;- 172«. Elizabeth, b. 1731. John Mourant n Mary, b. 1733. Joshua Mourant. Edward Estur. JoiLN DuPKE = Esther, d. of . De Rue. I Edward Millais, b. 1729. Elizabeth, d. of Edward Palle, m. 1752. I I I I I Joshua, Abraham. Ann, Margaret, Ann, d. 1745. d. 1743, b. andd. 17-i3. ob.juv. juv. I I Ann, Mary = The Rev. John Dupre, Rector of b. 1748. I S. Helier, and Commissary of I of the Bishop of Winchester. The Rev. John Duprg, D.D. Joshua, b. 1754. Michael, b. 1754. ■ I II I I " I I Edward Millais, Joshua, John, Capt. R.J.M., Abraham, Am y, Jane, b. 1755, o.s.p. b. 1757. b. 1769. b. 1773. b. 1763. b. 1767. GUILLE COUTANCES. Elizabeth, d. of John Robichon, of S. Martin. Richard, b. 1766. Sarah-Mai-y, d. of EUzabeth, Daniel Clement WiUiam Matthews. d. of Philip Le Geyt. Godfray. Labey. Edward Cuutauche. Edward, D.C.L., b. 1755, Rector of S. Helier, and Dean of Jersey. Jlary, d. of William Fatriarchc. I .1 . I I I I John- William Duprd, Edward- Mary. Attorney- General of Falle. — Jersey. Eliza. I III Abraham-Maiais, Thomas. Betsey, Ann. o.s.p. ob. .. d. of ... Benest. Ill I Jane God- Mary, Mar- = Charles Coutanche. fray, eld. d. o.s.p. garet. | and co-h. I Jane, d. of James Hemery, of Flaisance. Jane. Philip Godfray. I II I Jane. Margaret. Mary. Edward-James Millais, ob. juv. John- William. Mary, d. of Richard Evermy, and widow of Enoch Hodgkinson. John Coutanche, Esq. Charles, oh. — Augusta, d. of James innupt. Nicholas Elizabeth. Arnold, of Guernsey. Dumaresq. I .Ajiua-Maria. I I George-Henry, ob. 1864. Mary -EUzabeth. Mary-Maria, d. of Highland. John Benest. 1. William-Marvyn Everett. 2. George Donaldson. 290 AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. Henry-William George-Ernest. Millais. I I Ed ward- Walter, oh. JIary-Sarali. Edith-Laura, oh. Rosa-Ann. I I Henrietta-Maria. Editli-Lanra. Isabella-Kate. Florence- Ada. I Willliam-Henry Millais. I ! John-Everett, R.A. Emily-Mary. Judith-Agnes, d. of the llev. Charles Boothby, Vicar of Sutterton, Lincolnshire, Prebendary of SouthaU, Nottinghamshire, and sou of Sir William Boothby, Bart., of Ashbura Hall, Derby- shire, oh. 1802.* Eupheniia-Chahuers, d. of George Gray, of Bowerswell, Perth, N.B. Jolm-Johnson Wallack, of New York. I EUen- Amelia, oh. juv. Mary-Elizabeth. oh. jut. I I Everett Millais. Judith-Agnes Millais, b. 1862. George-Gray. Geoffroy. Effie. Mary-Hunt. jHourant. HE Marquis tie Maguy, in his " Lirrc d'or de la Nohlcsse de France," says " la famille de Morant, de tres ancienne noblefle de Normandie, fell: repandue et a formee plufieurs branches dans les provinces voifines."f In England, its antiquity and possessions were equally famous ; for Hasted, in liis " History of Kent," records that "William, Jordan, and Henry de Morant were possessed of the manor and lands of Morant's Court, near Sevenoaks, in the xxi. Edward I. (1293).+ A member, it is supposed, of the English branch of the family migrated to Jersey in the fifteenth century, probably at the period of the Wars of the Eoses, which then disturbed the realm of England. The earlier registers of the parish of S. Saviour, temp. Henry VIII., shew tliat the family was then numerous and influential in the island. Jannyn Morant, who was Denunciator of the Eoyal Court from 1526 to 1543, married Marion, the sister and sole heir of Sire Eichard Mabon, Dean of Jersey, This line became extinct in the person of their son John. From Helier Morant, son of Drouet, was directly descended the Eev. Philip Morant, M.A., * " Jlarcli 17, 17SI. The Gth Regiment, commanded by Sir William Boothby, emb.arked at Portsmouth for Jersey, against which the French are said to be meditating another attack." — V/de " Gentleman's Magazine." t Arms of Mouant, of Normandy : Gules, a bend, ermine. I In the "History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England during the Middle Ages," by Thomas Wright, M. A., in engraved a seal of the thirteenth century attached to a Deed by -which William Moraunt grants to Peter Picard an acre of land in the Parish of Otteford in Kent, which furnishes a representation of William Morant's Manor-house. It is a small square building, witli a high pitched roof, as appears always to have been the case in the Early English houses, and a chimney. The hall-door opens outwardly, which was the ancient Eoman manner of opening the outer door of the house. It may be added that it was the custom to have the hall-door, or Jmis (ostium), always open by day as a sign of hospitality. Jjj 11/1C//1 t/ii,v /'/nee iW /ir.ir/i/tf//<> r/ir Jlor/c. ^inariijyfiuiraut. ffoiiuirc. iH d SEiq h/EU R OF Sai^^af^e^ ///' will' III //ii.< I'liili- i< pii-.'^tiilril /i- Ihi W'lii- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 291 whose portrait is now possessed by George CoUas, Esq., of Pigueaux House, to whose grand- mother it was presented by that learned ecclesiastic on the occasion of his last ^dsit to Jersey. He was the son of Stephen Mourant, and was born at S. Saviour on the Gth of October, 1700. He is well and deservedly known in England as a scholar and a careful autiquaiy ; he was educated at Abingdon, and then entered Pembroke College, Oxford, and took a B.A. degree in June, 1721. In August, 1722, he was nominated, at the recommendation of Queen Caroline, to the office of preacher in the English Church at Amsterdam, a post he retained until 1734. He proceeded M.A., in 1724, and took the same degree in Sidney College, Cambridge, in 1730, He held successively the several benefices of Schellon-Bowels ; Broomfield ; Chicknel-Smeeley ; S. Mary, Colchester ; Wickham-Bishops, and Aldham, all in the county of Essex ; which were presented to him by Dr. Gibson, Bishop of London, his particular friend and patron. He resided chiefly at Colchester, of which place he wi-ote a history, a work still esteemed for its deep antiquarian research ; a class of study to which Mr. Morant was peculiarly attached. He was elected F.S.A. in 1751 ; and, from that year until his death, was a constant correspondent of the well-knoMii Mr. Bowyer and the erudite Dr. Ducarel, on literary subjects. From 1762 to 1766, he was employed in Amting his "History and Antiquities of Essex;" and in 1768, the " History of Colchester " was republished, a work incorporated with the general History of the County. As a native of Jersey, he was well-versed in Norman-French, which, in conjunction mth his considerable antiquarian attainments, led to his employment in preparing for the press a copy of the " Rolls of Parliament," in which engagement he succeeded, in 1768, Mr. Blyke ; and these he continued from the period at which the labours of his predecessor ceased, until the XVI. Henry IV. This task was necessarily an arduous one ; but he persevered in it till his death. His connection with the Channel Islands led him to examine the arguments employed by Selden in his " Mare Clausuin," to prove that England always had the possession of these islands, because she has always maintained the dominion of the narrow seas. Mr. Morant, admitting the former, denies the latter proposition, and states truly that they were part and parcel of the Duchy of Normandy, and were incorporated in that Duchy under the Norman Dukes : this tractate was published in the form of a letter to his early patron and firm friend Mr. Falle, and is prefixed to the last edition of that di-\dne's " History of Jersey." Mr. Morant's other literary labours were mostly translations and compilations in connection with English History. He compared Rapin's " History of England " with Rymer's Foedera and Acta Pubiica, and generally assisted the Rev. Nicholas Tindal, Vicar of Great "Waltham, Essex — whose curate at one time he was — in his edition of that great work. He supplied Dr. Kippis with several lives for the Biographia Britanniea, and these are distinguished by the mark C. A list of some nineteen works was prepared from his owti notes by his son-in-law. In pursuit of his Parliamentary labours he contracted a cold, which terminated fatally, 25th of November, 1770. He was buried at Aldham Church, where a monument was erected to his memoiy by his only child and her husband, Thomas Astle, Esq., which also records the death of his wife, a lady descended from the ancient families of Stebbing and Creffeld. It seems curious that two such extensive explorers of books as Mr. Morant and Mr. Falle should have overlooked the frequent mention of the name of Morant in the histories of England and France. In Jersey, the name is invariably spelled Mourant, and Mr. Philip 292 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Morant omitted the superfluous u, evidently without knowing the history of the family whence he descended.''^ The manor of Samares, formerly of great extent, was endowed with many valuahle privileges. If a Eoyal Grant, quoted by Jeune, in his history of -Jersey, may be credited as authentic, this fief can claim a longer line of known Seigneurs than any other in the island. By this Grant, the Manor of Sa Maresq appears to have been presented by William Rufus to Eodolphe De S. Hilaire in 1095 : William De S. Hilaire, the descendant of Eodolphe, lost the estate by his adherence to the Normans in the fourteenth century.f The lief was then granted to Geoffrey Touzebi, who sold it to Sir John Maltravers. It was subsequently variously inherited or purchased by members of the families of De Barentiue, Payn, Dumaresq, Seale, and Hammond, from the representative of which last it was purchased by the present Seigneur. \ One of the larger fiefs of the island of Guernsey is named Saumarez, and probably, both estates, at a very remote period, had one owner, from whom they derived a common appellation. * In a letter written by the historian Falle to Mr. Morant, dated October 23, 1733, speaking of tlie title-page of bis History of that year's edition, he says, " You'll fee I have erafcd the a in your name, which indeed I believe to have crept in without reafon. Many names in the ifland I find disfigured in like manner, by adding or fubtrafiing a letter or too. And as to yours, I have a confufod remembrance to have read Morant in fome hiftory. I think it was the name of a chancellor of France. Perhaps I may meet with the place again." In another communication of November 2-1, in the same year, Falle says, "Looking into the 27th vol. of Fleury, p. 520, I meet with this paflage — 'A Amiens, Jean Morand, Dofteur en Theologie et Chanoine de la ditte villc, etc' This is certainly your name, though wrote with a d ; for, whether with a ^/ or a /, the pro- nunciation is the fame." The patronymic is indeed of very great antiquity, as is proved by its figuring in the famous ballad of " Tristram," supposed to have been written in the thirteenth century, and attributed to Thomas the Rhymer. ' ' This romance was one of the most celebrated in the Middle Ages ; in what language or what country it first appeared seems impossible to be determined. The exploits of the knight were commemorated in France, Italy, Germany, and even in Greece and Iceland; and, after having been circulated throughout Christendom by the minstrels, was at length extended and modified into a prose romance, written originally in French, and afterwards translated into Spanish and Italian ; while to the modern English reader it is best known from Sir Thomas Malory's compilation of the Mortc (V Arthur. In this the giant Morant or Moraunt " (for here the u creeps in, though in another place) " is brother to the Queen of Iceland, and is sent over to Cornwall to levy the tribute exacted by the Milesian King, and is there slain by Tristram." — Vide Irving's History of Scottish Poetry, reviewed in the Afhena'iim, October, 12, 18G1. f Arms (as borne by Guille de S. Hilaire or Hillaire) : Gules, two mullets, in pale, or. I Lcttre come: en I'an 1364, le jourdejeudy prochain avant la fefte S. Li/ciis, Evangelifte. Edmond De Cheney, Guardien lies Ifles par le commandemt : du Roy d'Ang/cterre fill enquefte par bones : gens dignes de foy, por : quelle caufe k Magtier de Samares avecqs les appartenances tres., tenemts., vindre en la main du Roy en /' Isle de Jersey, de la main de Guille. de S. Hillaire. LefqucUes bones, gens par leurs ferments toiites d'un aflent rapporterent qu'il y avoit trent-un ans et plus en temps de paix que Icdit Magner vint en la Main du Roy d'' Angktcrre, pr. dcffaut ^Homage, et en ufa nre. Sire le Roy jufqu'au temps qu'il le delefla a Geoffroy Touzebi, a Heritage pr. payer au Roy, ou a fes Deputes %>ingt-et-quatre libs, par an. de monnave courant au pays. Lequel Geoffroy ufa et efplcta dudit Magner, jufqu'au temps que MeJJire Jean Mautravers I'acquit de lui a Heritage, lequel Mautravers ufa et efpleta dudit Magner, etc., jufqu' a cc que Phles. De Barentin I'acquit dudit Mautravers, et d'Agnes fa femmc, lequel Philippe De Barentin tenoit audt. temps ledt. Magner et appartenances et I'efpleta a Heritage et paya au Roy lefdts. vingt-quatrc libs. Item, ledit Magner 10s. au Prezwft du Ro-f, du Mourier. Item, doibt le ft. d. ad (//c) Magner homage au Roy, quand il vicnt ou fuy, ct doibt raifie de la Coiir es Chefs Plaids de notre Sire le Row en la ditc I/e. Item, ledit Magner doibt au Prevoft de Notre Sire le Roy, en Groi/ville, Ji.x deniers totirnois de fcrme. Leiquelles chofes nous tcflifions a tous a qui il appartiendra ou pcult appartcnir, par ces prnts., Scclles de notre Scell, Fan et jour fus-dits. — Ex Mfio. antiq. in ciiftodid Dom. Avranch. Note. — Un Bailli du Cotentin en 1340, assigna 78 livres, 10 sols, 2 deniers de rente, sur la tcrre de R. de Carteret pour iudemniser G. de S. Hilaire de la perte do ses biens, confisqucs a Jersey. — Vide " Aiuiales Civilcs, Militaires, et Genealoyiques du Pays d 'Avranches, par Des lioches." mr < _t«-'-ii-r^- '•afe: f l^t Is^ > «■-.■ : as ^^; :>-/ .'Si. « laj '^-tt' v AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 293 An antiquary of the latter island shows, indeed, good cause for believing that prior to the occupancy of the family of De S. Hilaire, the Jersey manor was possessed by a De Sausmarez ; and, if this be correct, the Guernsey fief may have derived its title from its Jersey namesake. The name is latinized De Saho Marisco and De Salinellis, terms which may indicate the marshy and sea-invaded character of the larger portion of the Jersey estate. The manor of Sausmarez in Guernsey, on the contrary, is on some of the highest land in the island, which would show its nomenclature to be purely arbitrary. The name of the De Sausmarez family has been ren- dered famous by the achievements of Admiral Sir James Saumarez, who descended from n junior branch, and who was created a peer in 1831, by the title of Baron de Saumarez. Samares is one of the five fiefs-haubert of Jersey, and is held in copite of the Crown by knight's service : in feudal times the Seigneur had the right of " haute et basse justice," and owed homage to the Sovereign, and suit of Court at the opening of the Chief Pleas.* Among the duties due on account of the fief of Hommet,| a dependency of the fief of Samares, was the curious one that, should the Seigneur reside on the former fief, the priest was obliged to convey the Lady of the Manor to church on a white horse, " le jour qu'elle releve de gefyiie," as the Extente expresses it. The principal members of the Jersey family are John Mourant, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Third Regiment E.J.M., and Edward Mourant, Esq., M.A., Oxford, Seigneur of Samares. The branch which the Rev. Philip Morant represented, vests in Robert Hills, Esq., of Colne Park, Halstead, Essex. Arms (as borne by John Mourant, Esq.) : Gules, on a clie-\T.-on, argent, three talbots, passant, sable. Quartering : Per fesse, argent and or ; in chief, a dexter hand, clenched, ppr., cuffed of the second ; in base, a mullet of the first, for Poingdestre : Azure, a crescent, argent, for Luce : Azure, a fleur-de-lis, or ; on a chief, argent, a lion, passant, guardant, gules, for Le Brocq : Azure, fretty of tilting-spears, or, for Le Bailly : and Sable, a fesse between three escallops, or, for De La Perrelle. Impaling : Ai-gent, on a chief, sable, three lions' heads, erased, or, for Richardson. On an escutcheon of pretension : Azure, three mullets of six points, pierced, or, for Du Parcq. Crest : A dove, ppr., holding in its mouth, a branch of olive, vert. Motto : Je ne vis qu'en mourant. Arms (as borne by Edward Mourant, Esq.) : Gules, on a chevron, argent, three talbots, passant, sable, a mullet for difference. Quartering : Per fesse, argent and or ; in chief, a dexter hand, clenched, ppr., cuffed of the second; in base, a mullet of the first, for Poingdestre: * Vide Extente de Jersey, 1607. f A brancli of tlie once powerful Norman Family of Du Hommet settled in Jersey in very early times, and gave its name to this fief, wliicli reverted to the Crown, some centuries since, on the death, without heirs, of the last " Dame du Hommet." The residence of the family was demolished about ninety years ago, and the materials employed for building purposes in the town of Gorey. Another branch from the original source, settled at S. Lo, in Normandy, migrated to England, and is mentioned in the " Eed Book of the Exchequer." Arms of Do Hommet: Argent, three fleurs-de-lis, gules. P P 294 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Gules, tliree mullets, pierced, or, an annulet for difference, for Hamptonne : Ai-gent, a fesse between three wolves' heads, erased, sable, a mullet for difference, for Seale : Per bend, or and azure, a star of eight points, counterchauged, for Millais : Azure, a cross passion, argent, surmounted of an eastern crown, or, for Le Jarderay : Or, an orle, azure, for Bertram : Ai-gent, a palm-tree, ppr., for P.\llot : Ai'geut, a cock, statant, ppr., for Faultrart : Ai-gent, a cross, sable, between a maltese-cross, gules, in the first and fourth quarters, and a tent of the same, in the second and third, for Baudouin : Argent, on a che\Ton, sable, four eagles, of the field, between three mullets, gules, for Morice-De La Ripaudiere : and, Azure, two bars, argent, between six bezants, in fesse, for Coutanche. Impaling : Ai'gent, a lion, passant, gules, a mullet for difference, for Le Quesne. Crest : A crescent, or. Motto ; Dieu et la religion. Arms (as borne by Robert Hills, Esq.) : Ermine, on a fesse, sable, a castle, argent, maQonne of the second ; in chief a label of three points, of the same. Quartering : Aziu'e, a ciuquefoil, ermine ; in chief, a label of three points, or, for Astle ; Gules, on a fesse, argent, three talbots, passant, sable, for Morant : and. Quarterly, or and gules ; over all, on a bend, sable, three bezants, for Stebbing. Crests: 1. A castle, as in the arms, for Hills. 2. On a cap of dignity, a ducal coronet, out of which a plume of ostrich feathers, all ppr., for Astle. ^eliigife of iBourant. Dkouet Mokamt, liraig circa 1500. Helier Morant, b. 1546. Nicholas. William. Ann = Juin Durel. Jannyn Morant, Denunciator E.G. in 152fi. Marion, only sister and eventual h. of Sire Eiohard Mabon, Dean of Jersey. Jane, d. of Marye Canivet. T John Morant = Thomasse, d. of ... Lescaud^. Peter Morant. I i I 7 Tymotliy Morant, m. 1599 = Mary, d. of ... Noel. Mary. Susan = Peter Renouf. I I Helier Morant. Tymotliy Morant = CoUette, d. of . . . Autlioiiic. John. Tymothy Morant. Stephen, ni. 1647 = Mary, d. of John Aubin. I I III Stephen Morant = Mary, d. of M. Fillenl, John = Martha, d. and co-h. of Peter Poingdestre, Tymothy. Mary. Elizabeth. m. 1682. m. 1C82. and co-representative of the families of Hamptonne and Seale. Susan, d. of Philip C. Le ... Anbin. Vivian. Bastard. 1. Margaret, d. of Edward MiUaia = John Mourant = 2. Louisa, d. of ... Messervy. I I Mary = Edward Millais. John Moarant = Mary, d. of ... Falle, of S. Peter. Mary, m. 1727 = John PelguS. Jaiie = John Aubin. Ro(u-vt HiU'.v. Etniuivf. U a L N E PARK. By ii/icm thin Flalc «> pii-^ciifrt/ lo tin- Ifcrk. Elias Neel, Esquire ar k/iojii t/m: I'la/r m /irar/i/n/ !i>r/i/- Kirk. AK ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 295 Edward Mourant, Capt. R. J.M., = Ann, d. and co-h. of Francis Constable of S. Saviour. I Luce, and co-represectative of the families of Le Brocq I and Le BaiUy. I Joshua = Mary, d. and co-h. of John Millais, and co-representative of the families of Le Jarderay, Bertram, Fallot, Faultrart, Baudouin, and Morice. Mary. Charles Amy, of Grouville. I Joshua Mourant, Lt.-Col. R.J.M. EHzabeth, d. of Ph. De Rue. I John, settled in England. I Edward = Jane, d. and h. of John Coutanche. Edward Mourant, Esq., Seig. = Matilda, d. of Nicholas Le of Samaras, M.A., Oxon. I Quesne, Jurat, R.C. Lionel-Edward Mourant. I Mary. Helyer Langlois. Esther. Roulaud La Lande. Jane. .. Le Forestier. I I I Joshua Mourant = Mary. d. of Amice Le Feuvre. Edward, I ^1 Philip, I Joshua Mourant. ward, ~\ — > o.s. p. ilip, ) I John. Mary. Aun. I Elizabeth. Esther. John. I Joshua Mourant = Jane, d. of Thos. Filleul. I Lydia-Jane Mourant. Margaret, d. of Joshua EHas Helier Thomas Philip LeGros, Le Boutillier. Falle. Langlois. Labey, of of La Blanche = GronvUle. Pierre. I John. I Walter-Godfray. Julia. Clara. James Filleul. A.-F. D'Allain. , I I The Rev. Edward Mourant, Rector of the Parishes John = Jane, d. and h. of J. De La of la Foret and Torteval, Guernsey, o. s. p. I Perrelle, Constable of S. Onen. I Ann. I Mary. Ellas Bertram, of Grouville. John PelguS. 1. Julia, d. of ... Richardson =: John Mourant, Esq., Lt.-Col. = 2. Julia-Mary, d. and h. of ... Du Parcq. I E. Regt., R.J.M. _J I Philip, Capt. R.J.M. d. of . . . Le Sueur. Julia Mourant. Julius-John Mourant, b. 1859. Caroline-EUa, b. 1857- I Stephen Morant. Jane, d. of PhiHp Filleul, m. 1718. The Rev. Philip, M.A., Rector of S. Mary, Colchester, b. 1700. Ann, d. and co-h. of Solomon Stebbing, of Pebmarsh, Essex. Mary. Philip Yivian. I I Phihp Mourant = Jane, d. of ... Estur. Anna-Maria Morant, only d. and h. = Thomas Astle, F.S.A., of Battersea- I I Rise, Surrey. 1. George CoUa3,=Mary Mourant,=2. Elias Falle. j j j j j j j j \ of S. Martin. only d. and h. (2nd son) Philip Astle, assumed by = Frances d. of the Rev. 5 Sons. 3 Daughters. S.M. the surname of Hills. I Thos. Bankes. Robert Hills, Esq., of Colne Park, Halstead, Essex. I I M I I I I I Nine other children. MONGST the chiefs who shared with WiUiam of Normandy the glorious fruits of the \'ictory of Hastings, were more than one of the name of Nigel or Neel. Neel de S. Sauveur, Viscount of Cotentin, was one of the powerful Norman barons who revolted against William the Conqueror, and who, in addition to his large posses- sions in continental Normandy, held a moiety of the island of Guernsey, in hcneficio, with the patronage of sis of the parish chiirches of that island. From the earliest historic period the name is found in Jersey. The Extente of 1331 con- tains record of the names of Eichard Neel, a landowner in the Parish of S. Martin, and of Peter Neel, who was Seigneur of the fief of Neaux, now known as les Niemes or Galenes, in Grouville, in which parish he held, besides, a buuvee of land. Another Peter Neel was, at the p p 2 •296 AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. same period, one of the jurymen who assessed the lung's dues in the Parish of S. Clement. Several members of the family of Neel were in the church. Sire Geoffroy and Sire John Neel were Roman Catholic priests who flourished in Jersey in the middle of the sixteenth century. The most eminent of these ecclesiastics, however, Avas Sire John Neel, a graduate of the University of Paris, and subsequently Dean of Prince Ai-thur's Chapel, who is entitled to the everlasting gratitude of his countrymen as the founder of the two Grammar Schools of S. Magloire (Manelier) and S. Anastasius, in the Parish of SS. Saviour and Peter, Jersey. The epitaph on his tomb, copied from Durell's edition of Falle's History of Jersey, is given below.* This very ancient house is now represented in Jersey by Elias Neel, Esq., Jurat E.G., and in a younger branch by Elias-Andrews Neel, Esq. Arms (as borne by Elias Neel, Esq.) ; Gules, semee of fleurs-de-lis and crosses-crosslet, alternately, or, two pikes, in pale, embowed and addorsed, argent. Crest : A lion's head, cabossed, ppr. Motto : Nostre roy et nostre foy. Arms (as borne by Elias-Andrews Neel, Esq.) : Gules, semee of fleurs-de-lis and crosses- crosslet, alternately, or, two pikes, in pale, embowed and addorsed, argent. On an escutcheon of pretension : Or, two lions, combattant, gules, collared, argent, for Touet. Quartering : Azure, three crescents, or, for Nicolle. Crest and Motto, as the preceding. " OSSA JOHANNIS NeEL TENET HOC SUB marmore tellus ; Spiritui sedes qu^so sit EMPVREA. GeRSEJE NATO (sEPTEM DEDIT ARTIBUS,) ILLI Jura Magistratus inclyta Parisiis. Inde Thesaurius Rectorque domus venerandi PONTIFICIS WaINFLEET, HICQUE Ma- GISTER ERAT. Principis Arthur! post hjec, regit ILLI SACELLUM Sorte decanatus, cui bene carus ERAT. GvMNASIIS NATALE SOLUM SPLENDESCERE FECIT BiNIS, QUO DISCAS GRAMMATA PER- PETUO. M. SEMEL ET CenIOS* SI TRES TAMEN EXCIPIOS ANNOS, MaRTIA QUINTA dies TER SUA FATA DOCET Ergo pii celebrate pium precibusque JUVATE Quo DeUS jT.THEREA ponnat in arce SUUM." ' Kvideutly an unclassical contraction for (|umgonto8. The following is an old translation in French of the Epitaph. NoTA QUOD Johannes Neel erat Collecii Arundelli ubi sepultus est cu hoc Epi- taphio. " Dessoubs ce marbre icy sont de Jean Neel les os Et son ame est au ciel dans l'eternel repos. Estant ne dans Jersey, dans Paris la grande ville II APRINT les sept ARS AVEC LA LOY CIVILLE De l'Evesque Waneflet il se fist es- TIMER Comme Maistre et Recteur, et fut SON Thresorier Et puis du Prince Arthur il fut de La chapelle Et Recteur et Doyen q.ui luy fut tres fidelle Puis de quoy maintenir deux Escholles donna Ce que son pays natal grandement honora Et en mille ciNy cents excepte trois annf.es Le CINyUIEME DE MaRS SA VIE FUT ASSINEE. English Translation, by the Rev. Edward Durell. Beneath this mauble tomb Neel's ashes rest Oh ! MAY HIS SPIRIT LIVE AMONG THE BLEST ! A NATIVE SENT FROM JeRSEy's ROCKY SHORE, He drew FROM Paris learning's ample STORE. Then he dispens'd a bounteous Pre- late's HOARD, When Wainfleete was his patron and his lord. Till raised by princely Arthur, Tudor's heir, The Dean entrusted with his chapel's CARE. He FOUNDED WITH THE SAVINGS OF HIS TOIL Two schools that might adorn his native isle, When fifteen cent'ries nearly roll'd around His mortal progress reacii'd its utmost bound. Then praise this good man — may your pray'rs be giv'n Th.vt God may place him in the rest OF heav'n ! Elias Andrews Neel. Esquire By wlion, this J' /ate is Presrn.ttd to i/ielUrk AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. •297 PtDigrrt of ^ttL Jambs Neel, living 1550. James Neel, m. 1600, d. 1617 = Aim, d. of ... Cabot. I John Neel, b. 1601, d. 1686-7. 1 Margaret, d. of = James, b. 1606-7 = 2. Susan, d. of Richard, Nicholas, b. 1612. b. 1614. Elizabeth, d.of ... Aubin,m.l639. T FiUeul, d. 16-14. 3. (N'ame unknoi^Ti) . I 4. Mary, d. of ..., JamesNeel, b. 1639. d. 1603. 5. Rachel, d. of ... Alexandre, m. 1663. Richard Badier, m. 1645. Rachel, b. 1602-3. Mary, b. 1609. Elizabeth, b. 1017. Ill I Amice Neel, b. 1647. George, b. 1651-2. Helier, or Elias, b. 1659, m. 1690-1 = Frances, d. of Clement Pioquet. Mary, b. 1654. I I Elias Neel, b. 1691, m. 1720 = Esther, d. of John Le Geyt. Jean, b. 1698 = Margaret, d. of ... Huggins. Frances. John Neel, b. 1728, o.s. p. Esther, b. 1722. EUzabeth, b. 1724. Frances, b. 1727. Mary, b. 1732. 1. Nicholas Fallot, of Guernsey. 2. Aaron De Ste. Croix. Charles De Ste. Croix. John-James Condamine. Elias Neel, b. 1720, m. 1745, d. 1765. Elizabeth, d. of Philip Payn. I I John, b. 1726. John, b. 1729, m. 1752. Frances, b. 1724. Margaret, b. 1734. John, b. 1727-8. Mary, d. of Nicholas De Ste George Eomeril. iib. juv. Croix. T I II I I 1 I I John Neel, b. 1754, John, b. 1759, John, b. 1768, Mary, b. 1756, d. 1776. Margaret, Frances, b. 1765. EUzabeth, Elizabeth, vh.juv. ob.juo. ob.juv. b. 1761, b. 1770, b. 1772. George Manger. ob. juv. Nicholas Le Quesne. nb. Juv. 1. Ann, d. of = EUas Neel, = 2. EUzabeth, d. of Philip, b. 1753. ... Andrews. b. 1751. Chas. Matthews. John, b. 1757. I Nicholas Elizabeth, Frances, r, „£,„„" ,.-,.„' , ,,.,-0 Guernsey. b. 1 i4o-6. b. 174i-8. Ann, d. of Jas. EUzabeth, d. of Joshua Le Gros. James Neel=... d. of ... Dolbel. Joslin. = I = I Two daughters, o.s.p. \ Elizabeth Neel, b. 1791. I III I PhiUp Neel, ^ EUas, b. Mary. b. EUas Neel, b. 1775, m. 1797. John, b. 1783. Ann. EUzabeth, EUzabeth, b. 1786. — ^ twins. 1783. 1777. ob.juv. b. 1777, jVnne, b. 1780.; Catherine, d. of John Perchard. 0. s. p. PhiUp Payn. I EUas Neel, b. 1798. II I I II John, b. 1803. George, Charles, b. 1809. Eliza, b. 1801. Ann-Susan. Eleonora. b. 1807. Elizabeth, d. of PhUip Le TubUn. Mary, d. of ... = Asplet. Ann, d. of . Esuouf. Peter Guiton. John Bazin. EUas- Andrews Neel, Capt. R.J.M. Ann-Elizabeth, d. aud h. of Clement Touet, by Elizabeth, d. and co-h. of Abraham NicoUe. I I I EUas, ob. juv. Thomas, ob.juv. I ill I Charles-Edmund. Frederick. Ann, ob.juv. Mary, 06. _/«»,•. Edmund. EUas-Clement Neel, ob.juv. EUas-Clement, ob.juv. I I 111 Charles-Edward. Walter-PhiUp. Frederick-William. Edith-Jessie. Elise-EIeonora. 298 A I AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. John Neel, b. 1642, m. 1726 = Elizabeth, d. of ... Aubin, d. 1680-1. James, b. 164.5 = Mary, d. of .. Amy. Clement, Mary, b. 1644. I I b. iri.-) 9. I John Neel, b. 1677, m. 1702 = Ehzabeth, d. of ... Le Lievro. James Neel, b. 1676, = Sarah, d. of . m. 1703. Le Gros. I I I Thomas, b. 1670. Mary. — b. 1681. Edward, b. 1682. Edward Neel, b. 1703, m. 1731 = Elizabeth, d. of ... Le Rougetel. John Neel, b. 1732 = Susannah, d. of ... Hubert. I Mary = Nicholas Poingdestre. I I i I I I 1. Margaret, d. of ... Le Breton=EliaB Neel=2. Jaue, d. of Philip Aluer. John, Francis, o.s.p. Elizabeth, b. 1757. Mary. Sarah. o.s.p. Elizabeth, d. of John Coignard, Nicholas Philip Lc ... Vallord. of S. Saviour. Cabot. Maistre. I Margaret Neel^PhUip Ahier EUas Neel. John. I Jane. Mary. Mary, d. and co-h. of Philip Mourant. 1. Esther, d. of ... Machon. Philip Tourgia. George Mallet. I 2. Esther, d. of ... Le Rnez. I EUas Noel, Jurat R.C. Philip. Francis. I John. Mary. Jane. Elizabetli. I I Ann. Margaret. Ann, d. and h. of Frances, d. of . Nicholas Le Bas. Auzidre. Jane, d. of John Mary-Ann, d. of Philip Le Le BoutiUier. George Mallet. Feuvre. John Neel. James. Albert. Emma. Louisa. Emily. Ann. I EUas Neel. Aunie-BIakely-Boyle, d. of John Boyd. I I I Samuel, oh. Henry, oh. Charles, oh. Edward-Albert, oh. Lydia. I. Maria. Emma, ob. Alice, oh. George Pascoe Corderoy. Hoslrins. EHas-Boyd Neel. Henry. James-Sloan. James George David Finnie. Gaudin. Fisher. I I Maria. Lydia. Amelia, oh. JtitoUe. HIS family lias no connection with the ancient Seigneurs of Longueville, of the same name, but appears to have existed in the island from the period of the disjunction of the Channel Islands from the Duchy of Normandy. In 1331, Colin Nicolle held two houvics of land in the Parish of S. Martin, and one iu that of S. Mary, while Thomas Nicolle held a houvce in S. Brelade's, as appears by the Extentc of that year. The name is found, too, at a remote period in Guernsey, one of the earliest Bailiffs of that island being of this family. Hence springs the branch of NicoU of Penrose, county Cornwall, as appears by Lysous, and also by a pedigree of the Cornish section exemplitied in the Har- leian M8S., No. 1051. The original branch of this house, so long settled in its ancestral Parish of S. Martin, and F-EEPEifl£&C c-y -^ t_/ '■^^■' E, -IISQUIR Hv irlwm tJiui J'laJf is fresmted tv Uu llork. ■^■^%^^^-^'- - t ^jgsiv:«%sj- 1^ '^^'.^<■* TJTf-p^^-''- ■^'^ =fSj»a? iDtcriiHiD i2]ieiC)i£iiijiii, iis^miiEiii, LlEU^ COLONE L , R . J - M ///• //•/,■/// //ns /'/,//, /.- ///,.v,7/A./ />■ //"■ //''v/- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 299 co-representing most of the influential families of the island, is there represented by Edwin- Henry NicoLLE, Esq., eldest survi\dng son of the late Frederick NicoUe, Esq., surgeon ; a younger branch, descended from a member of the parent stock, who settled in Gromille, and whose descendants were subsequently located for several generations in the Parish of S. John, is represented by Edward Nicolle, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel, E. J.M., of Midvale, S. HeUer. Arms (as borne by the late Frederick Nicolle, Esq.) : Azure, three crescents, or. Quartering : Or, in the dexter chief a round shield, azure, charged with a knight on horseback, spear in rest, in full career, all argent, for Bandinel : Gules, three escallops in bend, argent ; on a chief of the second, a martlet, sable, for Stallenge : Azure, a bend, argent, between two pelicans' heads, erased, or, for Horman : Azure, three crescents, or, a mullet for difference, for Niqolle : Gules, three bucldes, or, in chief, a crescent, argent, charged Avith a label of three points, for difference, for Mallet : Gules, a fesse, dancette, or, in chief, two roses, argent, for Cornet : Gules, three escallops, or, a fleixr-de-lis for difference, for Dumaresq : Sable, three dolphins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot : Argent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, for Payn : Gules, four fusils, conjoined in fesse, a crescent in base, for difference, for De Carteret : Ermines, a cross-bow, in pale, drawn and charged with an arrow, all argent, for Larbalestier : Or, three cherries, gules, stalked, vert, for Messer\'y : Or, on a che\Ton, vert, three hawks' heads, erased, of the field, for Crafford : Azure, a che\Ton between three eagles, argent ; a chief, gules, fretty of the second, for Gaudin : Ai-gent, a double-headed eagle, displayed, wings inverted, sable, armed, gules, a mullet for difference, for Collas. Impaling : Ai-gent, a beehive, surrounded with bees, all ppr., for Beatty. Crest : A falcon, belled, rising, ppr. Motto : Essorant victorieux. Arms (as borne by Edward Nicolle, Esq.) : Azure, a fesse between three Hons' heads, erased, argent, charged with as many martlets, sable. On an escutcheon of pretension : Or, a lion, rampant, sable, for Matthews. Crest : A lion's head, erased, sable, charged with a fesse, argent, and thereon three martlets, as in the arms. Motto : Veritas. Pflrigrfe of i^icoUr. GuiLLE Nicolle, b. circa 1500. Thomas Nioolle=Mary, d. of John Dirvault. I \ I i I [ I Thomas Nicolle =Blesotte, a. of ... John. Jenette. Nicholas NicoUe = Susan, d. of ... John. [ I I ^1 I Peter, son of I I j i f Matthew Nicolle. Thomasse. Edmund Nicholas Peter Nicolle. Mary. CoUette. Servaise. Margaret. NicoUe. NicoUe. Thomasse, d. of Richard Jenette, d. of Edmund Clement Roger Le Breton. Giifard. Thomas NicoUe. Machon. Triguel. = 300 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Nicholas NicoUe, Clement. m. 1597. = Mary, d. of PhUip Le Ray. Peter NicoUe, Nicholas. d. 1682. Jane, d. of . Hodou. Richard. Snsan, d. of John Mallet. I I , Thomas. Elizabeth. Thomas NicoUe =Rachel, d, of Martin Morel of I Grouville. John Godfray. Margaret NicoUe, only d. and h., m. 1654. 1. Elizabeth, d. of = Thomas NicoUe=2. Mary, d. of ... JuhnBrayeorBree. I I De Ste. Croix. I Richard. I a d. and h. Thomaa Bisson. Rev. Peter D'Assigny, Rector successively 1. Mary, d. of Jacob=Henry NicoUe,= 2. Elizabeth, Mary NicoUe. of S. Helier and S. Martin. Poingdestre. John Nicolle=Sarah, eld. d. and h. of Clement Dumaresq, by Margaret, d. and h. of Edward Crafford, or Crayford, relict of Richard De Carteret. b. 1636. d. of PhiUp Laurens. 1. PhiUp Lerrier. John NicoUe, Constable of S. Martin, m. 1634. Sarah. Margaret. I Henry NicoUe. 2. Nicholas Le Va- vasseur-dit-DureU. Thomas. PhUip. Mary. Mary, d. of Nicholas Mallet. T Richard Mallet. Jane, d. of . . . Laurcng. I Rachel, d. of Jolui Henry ... Mauger. Romeril. Nicolle. Elizabeth. John Hughes. I I I i I Henry Nicolle =Raehel, d. of Matthew Le Cras. John Nicolle, b. 1644, m. 1681. Clement, Ann. Mary. Elizabeth, | d. 1671. b. 1G46. Jaue, d. of Philip Le Bastard. Henry Nicolle, =: Ann, d. and h. of Richard Le Feuvro, Capt.R.J.M.A. 1 Seig. of the fief Luce De Carteret. I Rachel. 1. John Baudains. John NicoUe, b. 1683, m. 1706. = Frances, d. of Clement Machon. I Jane. Martha, b. 1689. Anne NicoUe, only d. and h. ^John Langlois. (Vide Ped. of Langlois.) 2. Charles Gruchy. I 1. Jane, d. of Hugh Hooper = John NicoUe, b. 1710=2. Sarah, d. of John Gallichan, b. 1722. I John NicoUe. I Clement. I I George. Francis, 1743. Ann, d. of John Herman. I Ehzabeth NicoUe, b. 1765 = Clement Bailhache, Jurat R.C. I John NicoUe, b. 1779, Naval Cadet, H.M.S. " Bravo," oh. innupt. Joshua, b. 1780, Naval Cadet, oh. innupl. 1. Mabel, d. of ... Romeril, = Philip NicoUe — 2. Mary, d. and eventual d. 1675, J.p. h. of Thomas Bandiuel, and co-representative of the fanuly of StaUenge. I I I I I Peter. Nicholas. Jane, Mary. Sarah, b. 1634. b. 1637. b. 1638. 1, Rachel Nicolle, d. and h., m. 1667- I Ehzabeth. Clement Machon. Philip NicoUe, b. and d. 1679. Philip, b. 16S0 = Mary, d. and h. of Abraham Herman. Mary, b. 1697 = Bartholomew Ahier, of S. Saviour. I I Philip NicoUe, b. 1746, Capt. R.J.M., and = Eachel-EHzabeth, eld. d. and co-h. of PhiUp NicoUe of Les Mares, and co- Constable of S. Martin. representative of the families of MaUet, Cornet, Dumaresq du Morin, De Bagot, Payn, De Carteret of LongueviUe, Larbalestier, Messervy, and Crafford. I Mary, b. 1743. Philip CoUas, of Les Carriercs. I PhUip NicoUe, b. 1772, Capt. H.M. 56th Regt.. d. at S. Domingo, s.p. I John, b. 1775, Capt. R.J.M., Constable of S. Martin, o.s.p. Edward, b. 1784, M.R.C.S. Eng. Francis, Capt. R.J.M. Mary, d. and h. of John Gaudin, and co-representative of the famUy of CoUas, of Les Carriferes. Elizabeth, d. of Ehas Bertram, o.s.p. I George, Capt. R.J.M. Susan, d. and h. of ... Dupont. I Rachel, b. 1777- Philip Gaudin, Constable of S. Saviour. i I I Edward NicoUe, PhlUp, Frederick, b. 1812, d. 1827. b. 1816, b. 1820, ob. oh. Frederick, M.R.C.S. Eng., b. 1824. Edwtird, Mary, b. 1814, Laura, 2nd d. of the Rev. Frederick Beatty. I ob. Juv. d. 1858. Amelia, b. 1818, ob. I AmeUa. John MaUet. Francis-Charles Gruchy, Capt. R.J.M. I I ' I III II I Frederick-Ernest Edwin-Henry. Ernest-S. John, Laura-Olivia, Mabel, Emily-Catherine, Florence, Claudia-Agatha, Constance, NicoUe, b. 1848, d. 1850. b. 1851. " b. 1853. b. 1850. b. 1855. b. 1856. ob.juv. b. 1859. b. 1861. ©EOR^E ORftRGE. ESQUIRE . /]\- w/ir/f/ ////.s' /'/////• /.\ /'n-sr////'// /r /^/ Wrr/r . AN ABMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 301 (^rantje. HE family of Orange has, for some centuries, enjoyed a respectable position in Jersey, and has become connected, by marriage, with several of the best families in its native island. One of its most prominent living members is Geoege Orange, Esq., Deputy- Greffier of Jersey, and Captain R. J. M. Arms (as borne by George Orange, Esq.) : Or, a bugle-hom, stringed and wolled, gules. Quartering : Per chevron, giiles and or ; in chief two mullets, argent, a crescent for difference, for PiPON : Gules, a sand-glass, surmounted of a cross patce-fitchec, argent, between six mullets, in pale, or, for Renouf : and, Azure, a fleur-de-lis, or ; on a chief, argent, a hon, passant, guardant, gules, for Le Brocq. Crest : A bugle-horn, as in the arms. Motto : What God wylls. ^acliiffrcc of (I^raiige. Richard Okange, ra. 1574 = Mary, d. of Giiille Bisson, d. 1583. \ I I I Mark Orange, b. 1577, d. 1637 = EHzabeth, d. of ..., d. 1C38. Philip, b. 1583. Jaue, b. 1580, m. 1006, d. 1661 = Thomas SeaW. John Orajige, b. 1609, m. 1635 = Richarde, d. of Brelade Martel, d. 1671.* I I i ' I I Thomas Orange, b. 1630, = Mary, d. of ... Le Mark, b. 10-10-1, = Sarah, d. of .. Le PhiHp, b. 1047, m. 1676. John, b. 1652, m. 1677. m. 1677. I Cornn, d. 1726. m. 1670. | Bas. d. 17 27-8. I I I Ehzabeth, d. of ... Des- Thomasse, d. of ... Des- JohnOrange,b. 1680, = Mary, d. of ... Mary, b. 1678. landes, d. 1737. landes, d. 1716. m. 1719-20. I Da Feu. = = Mary Orange, b. 1711. I 1 I I III JohnOrange,b. 1679, o.s./). Phihp, b. 1680-1, 0.S.J9. EUzabeth, b. 1682, m. 1701. Mary, b. 1684. Jane, b. 1686. Carteret Dean.f John Bensted,:j: John Meeservy, m. 1714. b. 1709. Philip Orange, John, b. Elizabeth, b. 1079 = Phihp Janyrin. Jane, b. 1687 = Edward Orange, Mary, b. = William Chepmell. b. 1670. 1082. m. 1724-5. 1692. Edward Orange, b. 1678, = Jane, d. of Philip John, b. 1687, = Mary, d. and h. of Mary, b. 1684-5. Ehzabeth, b. = John Guppy. m. 1724-5. Orange. m. 1724-5. | Edward Pipon. 1689-90. m. 1711. John Orange, = Margaret, d. and h. of John Renouf, and of Mary Eobichon, his wife, m. 1767. § b. 1725-6. I 1 II 11 John Orange, b. 1768, = Ann, d. and h. of Edward, b. 1770, Ann, b. 1772 = Gamier de la Fosse, Mary, b. 1777. Margaret, b. Constable of S. Brelade. Edward Le Brocq. o.s.p. of Alen<;on, France. 1780. John ilerault. 0. s. p. James Bollciue. * Ajims of Maktel, of Normandy : Or, three mallets, gules. Wilham Martel, Seigneur of BacqueviUe, was constituted hearer of the Oriflamme of France, in 1414, and was killed at Agiuconrt, 1415. t Arms of Dean : Argent, a fesse, dancctte, between three crescents, gules. J Arms of Bensted : Argent, on a fesse, sable, a saltire between two martlets, or. § Arms of Robichon, of Alsace ; Argent, on a momid, vert, a doe, trippant, s;ible. q q 302 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. I II I III I I I I John Orange, Edward, Rev. Thomas, b. 1801, Rector of S. Laureuce. Philip, b. 1805, d. 1810. George, b. 1810. Arm, Mary, Louisa, b. irae. b. 1798. — b. irw. b.isu. b.i8i9. 1. Mary, d. and h, of John Le Poitevin-dit- James, b. 1807, d. 181.5. Mary, d. of Ann, d. of Elizabeth, Le Rous. — Francis Peter Geo. Francis- Moses Gibaut, d. and co-h. Charles, b. 1811, 06. j«i>. Pirouet. Briard. Balleine. Edward Constable of of Daniel, 2. Esther- Jane, d. of John Luce, Constable S. John. Hamou. of S. Lnurence, audrelict of HelierLanglois, s.p. I Lace. I I. I I I I I I Edwin Orange. Francis. James. Geffrard. Alice. Emma. Clara. Other children, oh. juv. Thomas Orauge, oh. Mary-Aiin, solo heir = Philip- Jour Jaiu Payn. EUzabeth, oh. I Jauo, uh. I Edward Orange. Daniel. George, Commis-au-Greffe R.C., and Capt. R.J.M. John Orange = Mary, d. of Andrew Le Brocq. Moses = Sophia, d. of Philip Le Ruez. I John-Herbert Orange. I CHfford. I PhiHp. I James. Ami. m. -.— ^m— ' °fe.s**ry^ .MOLS OF rAV.V, U.V THE M.\N0K-HUU8E UF LES I'ltES, JER.SEV. iERHAPS — nay certainly — this name is tlie most ancient kno-wn in Western Europe. Long prior to the age of genealogical research, before the Saxons had invaded ]3ritain, and before the Scandinavians had occupied Neustria, families or septs l)earing the generic name of pHrimii, descendants of the veterans of old Rome, aro mentioned l)y classic writers. So early as a.d. 350, says the Abbe Fleury, in his "Eccle- siastical History," the Emperor Constantine, when departing from Antioch against Maxentius, assembled his troops, and designated by this title those soldiers of his army who had not received baptism. The early Norman Eomaunts mention as I'aijani that sturdy remnant of the Romans, which, preferring its owir picturesque mythological dogmas, held aloof from the proselyting influence of the Catholic missionaries, whose sway the Scandinavians themselves acknowledged so soon and so implicitly. The I'dijani, so termed from the pdiji, or villages, they inhabited, were thus designated by the early Christian writers as those who, after Christianity had become the prevailing religion of towns, still adhered to the old Roman faith. ^' The ihujI Vide Ifidorus, viij. lo, ct Cod. ThcoJ. xvi. lo. MiMCif^ ^iitis mill., (FSiiimo; .y^. //i- ii/ii'/ii f/z/.i /'//ill- IS /'rrsrn/r// In Ijir ft'ni/, AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 303 themselves were known as divisions among which the country-people of the Eoman nation were divided as early as the time of Servius TuUius, b.c. 678, and continued to be so doNvn to the latest period of the empire.* In France, and especially in Neustria, the dialect and manners of the Pagani continued distinct to a much later time than is generally supposed. They practised rites and celebrated festivals quite peculiar to themselves, the most famous of the latter being the annual feast of the Pa(janalia.\ Dom. Ambroise Pelletier, one of the most careful and intelligent genealogists of France, deduces the word (imtUhovimc from Pagan, for as he says, " Quelques-uns difent que le mot vient de Gentil ou Payen, a caufe que les anciens Francois qui conquirent la Gaule, qui etoit deja Chretienne, furent appelles Gentils par les originaires, parce qu'ils etoient encore Payens."]: It would appear, doubtless, that the greatest personages and the greatest feats of this ancient race lived and were performed before the days of historic record, and that it was entering upon old age — hale and vigorous it may be, but still old age — when the great houses of the feudal period were first acquiring a local habitation and a name. From this origin, beside which the most pretentious Norman or Saxon pedigree dwarfs into insignificance, came the Norman family of Payen. It may be imagined that the con- servatism of this remnant of the Roman nation had gradually given way, and that its members, by embracing the new faith, became eligible for the elevated positions their bravery and intelligence demanded. In 1117, Thibaut Payen, afterwards Count of Gisors, was, by the mutual consent of Louis VI. of France and Henry I. of England, entrusted with the guardian- ship of that town, then the key of Normandy, as the most distinguished and trustworthy warrior of the two nations. In 1118, Hugh de Payen, with Geoffrey d'Adhemar, founded the order of Knights Templars. In 1170, Bertrand de Payen rendered homage to Louis VII., for seventy fiefs which he held of that monarch. Another of the name, of the branch of Montmuse, was the lieutenant of Pdchard Cceur-de-Lion. In the right aisle of the Chapelle du Tresor at Mont S. Michel are sculptured the name and arms of one of the house, who, in 1400, defended this fortress against the English. De la Chesnay-des Bois, from whose great armorial these facts, among a multiplicity of others, are culled, says, " Les plus anciens Auteurs de Normandie font mention des Seigneurs du nom de Payen, qui tous ont tenu le plus haut rang dans cette province." Indeed, in the first visitation of nobility and arms made in France by the order of Louis XL, in 1463, Jean Payen, Seigneur de Campagnolles, proved himself, conjointly with several of his relatives, descended from the family of Vassy, an offshoot of the Ducal House of Normandy. French genealogists reserve the superlatives of their flowery language to describe the antiquity, the possessions, and the deeds of the Payens, and of the Paynels, who derive their origin from an identical source. * FiJe T)\ony^\as,\v. 15. t " Baronius expliquant la signification de ce mot (Payen), dit que du temps des Empereurs Chretiens, ridoliitrie commenyant a disparoitre, et meme n'etre pas plus permise dans les villes, les Gentils, opiniatres a ne point discontinuer leurculte et leurs ceremonies, se retiroient dans leurs maisons ii la campagne, ou ils en fasoient une profession libre avec les campagnards attaches a la superstition de leurs fetes, qu'ils appelloient Ffsta Paganalia, ou Fericf Paganicce, desquelles Varron fait mention." — -Vide ^Foreri, vol. VII. p. 97. X Vide L'Armorial general de la Lorraine et du Barrois, par k- R. P. Dom. Ambroifc Pclleticr, Religieux BenediiHn, Nancy, 1763. Q Q 2 304 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Besides the emineut position the house held in Normandy, there was scarcely a province in France, or a French genealogical work written,* which did not contain a family of the name, with local variations of spelling, such as Paganus, Pagan, Payan, Payen, Payeus, Paieu, PajTi, Pain, and Pa}aiel, each equally remarkable for the length of its lineage, the valorous deeds of its members, and their share in the policy and statecraft of each century. f In Flanders, according to Palliot's edition of Geliot's " Indice Ai-morial," the family of Paynes was one of the most celebrated in that country.| In Spain, as well as in Portugal, the house of Payana held a prominent position among the grandees of these countries, and was among the earliest and most eminent of the feudatories of the Castilian kings. § * For the histories and arms of the various branches of the Payen family in Franco, and on tlie continent generally, i-('f/e Dcs Bois, " Dictionnaire de la Noblesse do France." Handiquot-de l!lancourt, " Nobiliare de Picardie." Laine, " Archives Genealogiqnes et Histoire de la Noblesse de France." Marc Viilson, "la Science Heroi'que." Vallet de Viriville, " Gestes des Nobles Franfoys." J. Chevillard, "Nobiliare de Normandie." Louis de la Roque, "Armorial de la Noblesse de Languedoc." A. de Froidefont, " Amuiairo de la Noblesse du Perigord." Pithou-Curt, " Histoire do la Noblesse du Comte Yenaissin." Caumartin, " Histoire de Champagne." Claude Fanehet, " Origines des Chevaliers, Armoiries, et Hc'raults " J. B. Papon, " Histoire Generale de Provence." Waroquier, " Devices Heraldiques." O'Gilvy, "Nobiliare de Guienne et de Gascoigne." J. B. Bouillet, "Nobiliare d'Auvergne." L'Herniite-Souliors, " Inventaire de I'Histoire Genealogique de la Noblesse de Touraine." Palliot, "La Vraye et parfaite Science des Armoiries." P. Moreau, "Tableau des Armoiries de France." T. Boisseau, " Proniptuaire Armorial." Pelletier, "la Nourrituro de la Noblesse." H. de Bara, " le Blason des Armories." Siebmacher, " Wappenbuch." Rietstap, "Armorial General de I'Europe." A. Favin, " Le Theatre d'Honneur." Viton de S. Allais, " Armorial de la Noblesse de France." Moreri, " Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique." D. Blondel, " GenealogiEe Francicse plenior assertio." A. Boudin, " Histoire Genealogique du Musee des Croisades." P. Menestrier, " La nouvelle methode raisonnee de Blason." Nostradamus, " Histoire et Chronique de Provence." f Arms of Pagan, of Languedoc : Azure, four bars, argent ; over all, two lions, passant, sable. Cue.st : A hare, erect, ppr. Motto : Fortior pugnavi. Supporters : Two hares, ppr. Arms of Pagany, of Florence : Or, two bars, azure. Arms of Pagany, of Nivernais : Or, t^YO lions, affronte, azure, supporting with their fore paws, a helmet, full- fronted, ppr., surmounted of a fleur-de-lis, gules. Arms of Payan, of Provence : Azure, a chevron, or, between three estoiles, argent. Arms of Payan, of Dauphine. As the preceding. Arms of Payan, of Toulouse : Barry, or and azure ; a chief ermine ; the whole within a bordure of Aujou, Sicily, and Jerusalem, of eight pieces. Arms of Payen, of Normandy : Argent, three roundles, sable, the first charged with a rose, or. Crt.st : A Savage, ppr. Motto : Li arduis fortior. Suitorters : Two Savages, ppr. These arms are borne with variations by the Houses of Vassy, De La Riviere, and others derived from the Dukes of Normandy. Arms of Payen, of Lorraine. Martin Payen was ennobled by Letters-Patent of Rene, King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Dulcn of Aujou and Bar, in 1475. He bore, gyronny of four; in chief and base, barry, or and gules; in flanche, azure. The bordure in the arms of Payan, of Toulouse, would seem to point to this grant. Arms of Payen, of Champagne : Gules, a chevron, or ; in chief, two crescents, argent. Arms of Payen, of Artois : Or, an eagle displayed, vert, membered and beaked, gules ; on a canton of the last, three bars, vairy. J Arms of Paynes, of Flanders : Or, five fusils in fesse, gules. § Vide " Nobilario (ienealogico de los Reyes y Titulos do Espana, por Alouso Lopez de Haro. Fu Madrid, ano jiurxxii. \'iil<' Stenima R(>ginm Lusltanicum. Jac Wilhclm Luhuf, Amsterdaui, 170S. Arms of Payana, of Spain : Barry, or, and azure. Arms of Payana, of Portugal. The same arms ; on a canton, gules, a castle, triple-towered, or. AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. "05 In Italy, Lonis the Great, King of Hungary, conceded to the Chevaher Galeotto Pagana, and to all his descendants, a shield, bearing as bordure the arms of France and Jerusalem. This was a reward for the services rendered to that monarch when he invaded Italy to avenge the murder of his brother Andrew, King of Naples. Galeotto Pagana, in the proofs of his nobility rendered on this occasion, traced his descent from the great Norman source, and included, among his lineal ancestors, the famous Pagano de Pagana, who settled in Italy from Normandy, in 1084." The House of Pagini was inscribed in the Golden Book of the Nobles of Milan, and the members of the family of Pagany are recorded among the most ancient of the Florentine nobility, f In the Netherlands, upon the authority of Boisseau, the family of Paisne is second to none in all the requisites of nobility. I In England, knights severally named Payns,§ Fitz-Payn, and Paynel,{| were with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. Several of the descendants of these warriors received summons to Parliament, and became Peers of the Eealm ;ir though the issue of all these barons is extinct in the male line. The barony of Fitz-Paj^n is vested in the Percy family, and its bearings form one of the principal quarterings in the shield of that lordly house. As an instance of the distinction and position enjoyed by the Pajiie family in Great Britain, it may be noted that Berry, in his " Encyclopaedia Heraldica," records no less than forty -three coats- of-arms boi'ne by various of its branches. This far exceeds the total number of armitjcri in families bearing the commonest and most widely-spread English surnames.''* * Vide L'Armi overo iusegne de' nobili Scritto dal Signer Giliberto Campanile. In Napoli, 1510. Vide Teatro Ai-aldico da L. Tettoni E. F. Saladini, vol. VIII. I Vide idem. J Vide Boisseau, " Promptiiairc Ai'morial," Paris, 1658. § Vide " The Brompton Chronicle," quoted by Stow, Leland, and others. II Vide Fuller's " Church History," and other authorities, in which occur a transcript of the so-called Battel Abbey Iioll. ^ Banks, in his " Dormant and Extinct Baronage," mentions the names of Fitzpayn, Paganel of Dudley and of Bahuntune, Painell of Drax and of Hoo, Kent, with Paynel of Littleton, of Tracynton, and of Otteleye, all Barons of Parliament. ** A humorous writer in "Notes and Queries," of January 10, 1863, thus soliloquizes on the variations in spelling of this name : " The corruptions and contractions in all tongues are dreadfully puzzling to the uninitiated. And the mediawal literati who could sign their names, and not simply put a x, were no great orthographers. In the numberless passages of his ITistori/ of Dorset, where Hutchins mentions Fitzpaine, the name is never spelt twice the same. It is much like the riddle of a wig — sometimes with a head, sometimes without a head ; sometimes with a tail, sometimes without a tail ; and sometimes without either. So diversely were the letters placed to compose this word. The ' haughty English ' of medisevalism was somewhat improved after the Reformation. Henry VIII. wrote Payne. Pcnii came in at the Restoration, with Charles II. The Augustan age in England varied the letters again. A courtly wit. writing to a fair lady of this name, who hail sent to inquire for his health, answered — C i 'Tis true I am ill, but I must not complain. For he never knew pleasure that never knew Pain I' This was in the reign of Queen Anne. The first two Georges were poor scribes, and their German text was illegible. With third George came the French Revolution, and The Age of Reason of that notorious radical, Tom Paine. So he spelt his name, and here I lay down my — pen. Qdeen's G.^rdess." (Rev. Richard Cutler.) 806 AN AKMOIilAL OF JERSEY. Nor arc the deeds aud names of this family less celebrated on the western shores of the Atlantic. In America, as will be seen by the annexed extracts from " The Paine Family Register, " the name has been kuo^ii from the period of the first colonization of the States, and there its members have been noted, as in Europe, for their loyalty and patriotism, have done good service, and have acquired fame and wealth, both before and after the disjunction of these colonies from the English Crown. '•' In Jersey, amongst the primeval Norman settlers are found Seigneurs and other high officials, * Vide " The Paine Family ricgister, or Gi^iiealoyioal Xutcs and Queries." Edited by Homy D. Paine, M.D., Albany, N.Y., 1857-9. " All these names, viz., Payne, Payn, Paine, and Pain, may readily be traced to the same origin, and are doubtless derived from the same Latin word — Paganus. Such, probably, is also the case with other names found in old English Records, as Paynell, Paignell, Paynin, etc., but seldom seen now. The transition from Pagan to Payne or Paine, will seem more probable when it is remembered that by old writers it is constantly written Paien or Payen, and also Painim, us found in Chancer, Robert of Gloucester (Bodleian, Harleian, and Cottonian Collections), with other fathei's of English literature." Part I. " It has been stated that General .John Payne's mother (Miss .Jennings) had a brother and sister who came to this country with her, all under the charge of some English nobleman (possibly Lord Fairfax, with whom it is said by some, our ancestor, William Payne, came), and that a brother of theirs, left in England, died many years since, leaving' a large fortune in the hands of trustees, until the principal and interest should amount to some forty or fifty millions of dollars, when they were to advertise for his descendants, and those of his family who could be found. I heard that such advertise- ment had been made, and am of opinion that if any of the Payne family have any claim to this legacy, it is the heirs of this John Payne." Colonel Devall Payne was born January 1, 1704, in the county of Fairfax, Virginia, within seven miles of Alexandria. He was the son of William Payne, whose paternal ancestor accompanied Lord Fairfax from England, when he came over to colonize his grant in Virginia. At the time General Washington was stationed in Alexandria, as the colonel of a British Regiment, before the war of the Revolution, an altercation took ]")lace in the Court House yard, between him and Mr. Payne, in which Mr. Payne knocked him (Washington) down. Great excitement prevailed, as Payne was known to be firm, and stood high, and Washington was beloved by all. A night's reflection satisfied Washington, however, that he was the aggressor, and in the wrong; and the next morning, he, like a true and magnauiniuus hero, sought an interview with Payne, which resulted in an apology from Washington ; a warm and lasting friendship between the two, formed on mutual esteem, was the result. During the revolutionary war, whilst General Washington was on a visit to his family, Mr. Payne, with his son Devall, went to pay his respects to the great American chief; Washington met him at some distance from the house, took him by the hand, and led him into the presence of Mrs. Washington, to whom ho introduced Mr. Payne as follows : — " My dear, here is the little man of whom you have heard me often speak, who had the courage to knock me down in the Court House yard, in Alexandria — bi(j as I am .'" '• Timothy Paine and Sarah Chandler, his wife, not only feared God, but honoured the king. They belonged to I'amilies often associated together in the remembrance of the ])resent generation, as having adhered through the wavering fortunes and final success of the Revolution, devotedly and consistently to the British Crown. {President John Adams' Diai-ii and Correspondence, ^-c. Lincoln's History of Worcester. Willard's Address to the Bar of Worcester Co.) The - residence of this branch of the Paine family at Worcester, may perhaps be regarded as the patriarch of any now belonging to the race. ' Hie illius arma, hie currus fuit,' and is to-day. The house was built long before the Revolution, and has afforded shelter to five generations of the family. It has had, but has long outlived, the reputation of being haunted. Higher up Lincoln-street, and north of the Lincoln Mansion, is ' The Oaks,' the fine old county seat of the Paine family. My father told me it had never changed within his knowledge. It was Timothy Paine, if I remember rightly, who first located himself there : he held various public offices, and before the Revolution was appointed Councillor to the Koyal Governor. The people took a more patriotic view of the matter than he did, gathered around his house in great nundiers, ;in /Ar Hhr/,- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 311 displayed, argent, beaked aud membered, or, for De Barentine : and Gules, four liisils con- joined in fesse, argent, a crescent in base for difference, for De Carteret. Impaling : Ai-geut, a chevron between three harrows, sable, for Harvey. Crest : A woman's head, couped below the shoulders, vested azure, turned up argent, face ppr., hair or, on her head an antiqi;e crown, of the last. Arms (as borne by Philip Payn, Esq.) : Ai-gent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, a fleur-de-lis for difference. Quartering : Argent, a chevi'on, gules, between three mullets, pierced, sable, a crescent for difference, for Le Feuvre. On an escutcheon of pretension : Argent, three lozenges, gules, for Arthur. Quai*tering : Gules, an hour-glass, surmounted of a cross-patee- fitchee, argent, between six muUets, or, for Pienouf. Crest : As the preceding. ARMS OF PAYN, WITH OTHEIIS, UNKNOWN, ON A HOUSE AT GROUVILLE, IN WHICH THE ROTAL COURT WAS HELD AT THE PERIOD OF THE PLAGUE. were granted by the officers of the College of Arms as a token of their descent from the great Paganus som-ce. The Hon. Robert Henniker, in his " Origin, Antiquity, and History of Norman Tiles Stained with Armorial Bearings," shows that the family of Payen bore a shield or, charged with two lions, passant, gules ; and adds that, this coat is found in the Great Guard Chamber of William the Conqueror, in the precinct of the Abbey of S. Stephen at Caen, to whicli the Charter of Henry II. proves members of the family to have been benefactors. Among one of the earhest examples of private armorial seals which has come down to modern times, is one attached to a deed of the year 1187, and apper- taining to Gervase De Paganel, which is charged with two lions passant. It is recorded by Dallaway in his " Inquiry into the Origin of Heraldry," p. 13, section 1. FVom this origin the present Arms of the Payne family evidently are derived. SIGNATURES OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PAIT.' FAMILY, ATTACHED TO DOCUMENTS PASSED BEFORE THE ROYAL COURT OF JERSEY. R R 312 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Pftiigrce of ^aj)n. GuiLLE Pain, Jurat R.C., purchased, in conjunction with Eaonl Lem- Jordan Pai'en, or Payn, Jurat R.G., 1331, Seig. of Godelifere, and priere, the extensive possessions of Philip De Barentine, in 1367. co-Seigneur of Oulaude. ... d. of Geoffrey Bras-de-Fer, Bailly of Jersey. T John Payn, Seig. of Samares, and other fiefs. ... d. of William Duniaresq, Seig. of La Haule. I I I Raulin Payn, Jurat R.C., 1350, of = Mabel, d. and eventual represen- the Maison du Colombier, S. I tative of William De Barentine, Laurence. Seig. of Rozel. Jordan Payn. I Sire Peter, Rector of S. Brelade, 1361. I Philip Payn, Seig. of Samaras. Thomasse, d. of Regnauld De Carteret, Seig. of LonguevUle. I John, Lieut. -Bailly of Jersey. T {Name iinknowii), eld. son. John Payn. . only d. andh. of... Raulin Payn, Jurat R.C., 1430. T Thomas Payn, living 1450. T Mabel Payn, eld. d. and co-h., Margaret, Lady Lady of Samares. of Rondiole. John Dumaresq, of Yinclielea- 1. Edward Payn. de-Baa {Vide Peds. of Duma- I Bras-de-Fer, of George Payn, Jurat R.C., Seig. GrouviUe. of La GodeU^re, in 1489. Michael, Seig. of Queti- vel, Jurat R.C., 1519. resq, of Vincheles de Bas, and 2. John Le Gall^s of Samaras) . of Surville. I Guillemette, d. of George Lem- {Name unknown^, priere, Seig. of Trinity, only d. and h. — Payn. I I I Sire Ralph Payn. James. Anlbine, eventual h. of the Maison du Columbier. Margaret. I Edward. Margaret, youngest d. Mabel, d. and h. of Reg- and co-h. of na,nld De Carteret, Seig. Philip Payn, of Longueville. Seig. of = Samaras. I Julianne. John, son of Drouet Badier of S. Martin. Andrew Pener. Robert Bagdale, Mer- chant, of London. Johu Payu, Yicomte of Jersey, 154'2, Seig. of Quetivel. Philip. Jane = Nicholas Hamptonne. Catherine. I CoUette Payn, eld. d. and co-h., Lady of Quetivel = John Grardener, or Gardner. ( Vide Ped. of Le Maistre of Quetivel.) Isabelle = Jolin Le Hardy. I John Payn. Philip Payn. John Payn. i Edward, Jurat E.C., 1618 = Andrie, d. of ... I I I I Abraham Payn, Constable of S. Martin, m. 1601. John, Jurat R.C., m. 1610. Philip, in orders, o.s.p. Susan, d. of Michael Sarre, Seig. of the fief of Mary, d. and h. of Germain GniUe Payn, in the parish of S. Martin. Le Febvre, Lady of La = Malletidre.* I I Sarah. Philip Dumaresq, of the Morin. Esther, m. 1605. Clement Gallie, Con- stable of S. Saviour. Anne, m. 1606. John Nicolle. * The following marriage-contract given verbatim from the original, is curious — " En contratant alliance et p. mefie de marriage entre JtAN Payn, fils Edouard, et Marye, fillc de Germayn le Febvre, defFunt, et CoUette Journeaulx, mere et tutrice de lad'» Marie et ce p. le bon confcil et advis des p. chains parents et amys des DeuU p. ties. Ledit Edward Payn en confideration dud' mariage aincy accorde donna librement a fond' fils la feme et nombre de mille cfcus foixante s. p.chcun efcu avecqs ung licft et a'p.tenances et authcs meubles qu'on a acouftume de doner en ung bon mariage. Et quatrc veftes de veflure btrufs et chevaulx le tout a luy eftre bailie et delivre toutesfois et quantes ql en fera befoing. Partie devant la consoma™ du sus dit mariage fi le cas le Requiert et felon la comodite ql fera necelTaire, et le refte touteffois ql en aura affaire. Aquoy foi'nir et delivrer foblige Icdt Edouard Payn iur 1' obliga'™ et fournifture de tous fes biens meubles et h"rtaiges p-nts et advenir, faift et accorde le quatorzicme iour du moys de febvrier. L'an de Grace mill fix cents neuf. (Signe) " Edouard Payn. " Richard Dumaresi^. " CllLLETTE JOURNEAULX." AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 313 I John Payn, Constable of 1. Sara, d. of = Philip, Jurat R.C.,= 2. Rachel, d. Grouville, Seig. of Ponterrin. Laurens Hamptonne. I I Francis Payn, b. 1678. Mary. Colonel S. Regt., of HeUer Do R.J.M. Carteret, Soli- , citor - General Rachel. Margaret. '' ' '^' I Francis = Elizabeth, d. of Mary, d. 1647. ... Dumaresq. ■ John Le Jeone, of S. Clement. I John Payn = Susan, d. of . I Bertram. Elisabeth, d. of Ranlin Amice De Philip Collas, Elias Robin. Carteret, of the Maison Bertram. I = de S. Martin. Elizabeth Payn, d. and h. = Peter Marett. Ann = John Touzel. I I John Tonzel = ... d. of ... I Falle. The Very Rev. Francis Payn, M.A., Dean of Jersey, b. 1699. I I Elizabeth b. 1709. Elizabeth Touzel, only d. = Jordan Payn, of the Maison dn Colombier. and h. (Kirfe Ped. of Payn of the Colombier.) John Le Couteur. Jane, d. of the Rev. Ralph Brideoake, ( Vide Fed. of Le Archdeacon of Winchester. Couteur of S. John, ^ La Hougue Boete.) Jane Payn, only d. and h., b. 1734 = The Rev. John Jones, M.A. I Abraham Payn, Constable Edward, Seig. of Philip, in orders, John. Ann, m. 1639. Susan, m. 1640. Elizabeth, m. 1644. of S. Martin, b. 1616. the fief Payn. of the University of Oxford. John Hamon, Thomas Cabot. John Noel. Elizabeth, only d. and h. of Ann, d. of ... Cabot. Daniel Sarre, and co-repre- = sentative of the families of | Lempriere, Langlois, and of S. Ouen. Le Roub:. (Vide Fed. of Michael Payn, Seig. of the fief Payn, Michael,) Philip, b. 1643. Lempriere of S. John, La b. 1635, m. 1667. — [ob.juv. — Hougue Boete.) Edward, } Sarali, d. of C. Machon. Edward. = Elizabeth, d. of John Messervy, of | I Anneville. I i I . Laurence. Andrie. I John Payn = Sara, d. of Augustin Le Manquais. Edward Payn, Seig. of the fief Payn, b. 1668. Susan, d. of . . . Dufresne. Abraham, b. 1695. Michael. Elizabeth, d. of Lorans Le Bastard. T Michael Payn, b. 1696. I I Ann. Elizabeth. Sarah. Rachel. Michael Payn, Seig. of the fief Payn, b. 1702, ob. innupt. Edward, h. to his brother, Seig. of the fief Payn, b. 1706, m. 1744. Elizabeth, d. of Nioolle, and widow of Henry Touzel. T Rachel, b. 1708. John Collas, of the Maison. dea Carridres. Edward Payn, Seig. of the fief Payn, b. 1745 = Elizabeth, d. of Philip Nioolle. I Michael, b. 1749. George, b. 1749. I Edward Payn, oh. juv. I Edward, Seig. of the fief Payn, Capt. R.J.M. = Jane, only d. and h. of Frs. Aubin. I I M Edward Payn, Capt. R.J.M., b. 1815. George-Francis, b. 1823, ob. John, b. 1827. Jane-Elizabeth, ob. George, b. 1828. EUzabeth-Rachel, b. 1824. I I „ Frances, b. 1825. Jane. I Abraham Payn, b. 1641, ob.juv. Abraham, b. 1642, tmfgratctt iDtt^ \)is fat^tt to Bcbonsfiitf, on Phihp, b. 1645. Andrea, b. 1635. account of Ijis strong attachment to tlic Stuart tnjnasty, anO became t!)c source of tfie famili; to ti)l)icl) bclongetr tfte famous fflolonel APni'ne, tfic fticnti anH I)ost of CTfjarles IE., anli from inftici) Itcsetnlielj tf)e late malpl) ^aenc, XoxXi iLalitngton ' ^^ ; tf)c present Sir CTljarlcs^ffiillies ^aonc, Bart. [^ ; Sir aSBilliam ^apne= ffialtoct, Bart., JW.'P-^SJ ; tjc Sutfjor of il)is motk; bcsiSes otijcr 13tancl;es Sctibet) from ti^c same source. 314 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Pfiiigrrr of papn, of tl)f Colombirr, ^. iLaurmrr, anU of ^. (Bum. Eelieb Pain, alias Le Nepveu, eld. son of Collas Le Nepvea-dit-Pajii, and Marion liis wife. Perronelle, d. of Gnille Le Bailly. T Nicholas Payn, liviiig 1538. Philip. Sire John, a Roman Catholic Priest, settled in England. Philippine. Gaillette, d. of I Susan Payn, only d. and h. Nicholas Payn = Philippine, d. of HeUer Le Cras. I Jane = Servais Alexander, 1. Philipot Constances. Elias Payn, m. 1658=Jaiie, d. of Peter Laorens. Nicholas. Elizabeth. Mary, m. 1657 ■2. ... Gallays. I John Manger. Nicholas Payn, settled in London. Peter Blampied. I I I 11.11 Elias Payn, Capt. of S. Laurence Bnlwark, m. 1710. Nicholas, Phihp, Capt. Jersey Artillery. Phihppine. Jane. Ehaabeth. Snsan. • 1). 1663. . Catherine, eld. d. and co-h. of George Badier, reUct = of Matthew Dupont, and heiress of the ColombUr, co- [ representatives of the famihes of Payne, De Baren- Mary tine, and De Carteret of Longueville. Pavn. Rachel, d. of . . . Le Maistre. Nicholas = Le Gros. Moees Charles Gibaut. Manger. Philip Payn, Capt. Jersey Artillery = Margaret, d. of ... Le Groa. Rachel = Henry Le Fenvre, Philip Payn, b. 1741 = Rachel, d. and h. of Henry Le Fentre. EUaabeth= De Ste. Croii. I Jane = Elias Lnce. 1 III Philip Payn = Mary, d. of . . . GuiUeatune. Nicholas. John. Elizabeth. \ ■_ I III The Rev. Phihp Payn, 35 years Rector of S. Oaen = Jaiie, d. of Daniel Le Geyt. John=Jane, d. of George = Jane, d. of ... Ann. I I . , . Dorey. I Le Bourdon. Thomas Pinel. I I I I I I Phihp Payn, Esq., Capt. B.J.M., = Mary- Ann, only d. and h. of Charles Arthur, Jane Payn. Ajin. George Payn. PhUip. Ann. Constable of S. Ouen. | of La TiUe-au-Neven, Lady of le Castelet, I and co-representatiTe of the family of Benonf. Alice-Jane Payn, b. 1859. Ellen-Mary, b. 1860. I Jonrdain Payn = Elizabeth, d. and h. of John Tonzel. I I Jane = Edward Le Montais. I I I 1. Ann, d. of Edward Le Cras = PhLhp Payn, Capt. R.J.M. = 2. Ann, d. of ... Marett. Elizabeth = Charles De Ste. Croix. Ann = Moses Gibaut. Ann Payn = Richard Le Francis Payn, Capt. = Jane, d. of . Feuvre. R.J.M. Artillery. I Joumeanx. Ellzabcth = John-Edward Luce. Mary = Matthew Le Vavasseor-dit- Noel. I I I I I I I III Francis-Abbott Payn, Esq.,=Augnsta-Maria, PhiUp-Jourdain. William. Jane. Selina. Theresa-Elizabeth. Mary-Ann. Jnlia-Ann. of the Colombier. I d. of . . . Harvey. — — • I Mary-Ann, d. of Janet, d. of Thomas Ann. . . . Carpenter. Harriet. Peter- J I Rev. T. Orange. ... Shaw. Harvey. Marett, Augusta-Frances Payn. Theresa-Louisa. I I Seig. of Avranche. I Two children, 1864. Four children, 18G4. John .^erchard. Esquire. fiv whn, r/x.^- /'/<,/' /.- /i^.smtal t- Ih- V^rK AN ABMORI.\L OF JERSEY. 315 HEN the family of Perchard settled in Jersey is uncertain, but the name occurs among those of the early Norman inhabitants of the island. Philip Perchard is recorded as one of the jurymen chosen in the parish of S. Trinity to assess the king's dues therein, in 1331. In 1-142, Jannequin Perchard was a Jurat of the Pioyal Court ; and in 1527, Michael Perchard was Picctor of S. Saviour. About the period of the Pie formation, a branch of the family settled in Guernsey ; and, of this, several members were in the Church. One of them, belonging to the household of Queen Anne, contributed munificently towards the foundation of the Hospital of S. Peter-Port. Some members of the Guernsey family settled in London, where Peter Perchard, the last of his name in England, was Lord Mayor in 1804-5. It is extinct in Guernsey, as well as in London. The family is represented by John Perchard, Esq., of les Augres. Arms (as borne by John Perchard, Esq.) : Ai-gent, five lozenges conjoined in fesse, sable. Quartering : Azure, a chevron, or, between three gillyflowers, ppr., for Robin : Ai-gent, three lozenges, gules, for Arthur : Ai-gent, on a chief, sable, three lions' heads, erased, or, for Richardson : Ai-geut, a chevron, gules, between, three mullets, pierced, sable, a crescent for difference, for Le Feuvre : Azure, two bars, argent, between six bezants, for Coutanche : and. Argent, an anchor, erect, azure ; on a chief of the last, thi'ee roses of the field, for Gabourel. Impaling: Sable, a chevron, ermine, between three bulls' heads, cabossed, argent, for Saunders. Crest : On a mound, vert, a pheasant, ppr. Motto : En faisant bien. PtUiffrcr of ^3rrri)aiti, of ^. iHaitiu mxH ^. Ciimti). John Perchard, living circa 1500. T 1 I 1. Guillemine, d. of ... = Gautier Perchard = 2. Thomasse, d. of Thomas Le Reposey. Marie = Thomas Moignard.' CoUette Perchard. | III Hugh Perchard. John. Elizaheth. Mary. John Quyney, of London.f (Kirfe a Deed of Procuration, dated 1594.) Katherine, d. of Julian Noel. t Robert Jenette, John = of Guernsey. Bilot. r ~ i i Ti Thomas Perchard=Mary, d. of... De Quetteville. John, d. 1621=Francis, d. of ... Cabot, d. 1G34. Magdelene=CL Jonmeaulx. EUzabeth. I 1 Mary. j n \ I 1. Magdelene, d. of Edmund Godfray,=Thoma3 Perchard,=2.Jane, d. of Michael John, b. 1005. 1 Jane, b. lo99; Ann, m. 1G13. . - - - . , .»„, , .„„ d. 1638. I Noel, m. 1636. — \ob.juv. d. 1692. b. 1602. I Hugh. ) Francos Perchard, b. 1637. Andrew Badier. * Arms of MoiGNARD vel Maignard, of Paris : AsJixe, on a bend, argent, three cinqnefoils, gules. t Arms of QuiNEY : Argent, a fret, gules ; on a chief, azure, three fleurs-de-lia, or. % Arms of Noel, of Caen : Azure, a lion, argent ; in chief, three estoilcs of the last. 316 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. I I I John Perchard, 1). 1614, m. 1646, d. 1694^PaTjlyiie, d. of Elias Marett. Thomasse, (Six crowns were distributed to the poor of I oh.juv. the parish of S. Martin ou his burial day.) j Mary, oh. Juv. John Perchard, b. 1G49, m. 1690, d. 1707=Esther, d. of No« Noel, d. 1738. I Aaron, b. 1053, d. 1876. Thomasse, b. 1618. Regnaud Badier. I Martha, b. 16-19, Georfje Messervy. John Perchard, h. 1691, m. in " God's House Chapel," = Martha, youngest d. and co-h. of Philip Le Feuvre, of Martha, h. 1696, m. 1729. Southampton, 27 August, 17^6, d. 176S. I S. Martin, and co-representative of the families of I Robin, Arthur, and Richardson. Philip Gaudin. I II II John Perchard, b. 1744. m. 1766. Martha, b. 1737, m. 1756. Esther, b. 1739,in. 1765. EUzabeth.b. 1742, m. 1767. Rachel, b. 1749, d. 1768. Mary,d. audco-h. of EUasCoutanche. Elias De Quetteville, ^ Constable of S. Martin. George Noel, o.s.p. Clement Mattingley. John Perchard. I I III! Mary, b. 1768. Esther, b. 1770, m. 1794. Mary, b. 1772. Sophia, Elizabeth, Rachel, b. 1774. b. 1778. b. 1778, Nicholas Richardson. John Arthur, (th.Juv. of S. Ouen. Mary, eld. d. ajid co.-h. of Amice Gabourel. I John Perchard, Esq., of les Augris:=Thomasine, d. of William Mary^Nicholas Le Quesne, I Saunders. Capt. R.J.M. Elizabeth^Moses Gibant, Col. R.J.M. I Sophia, o6. John Perchard. . I Emily, ob. juv. I Mary, n\. 1 863=^ Frederick Steriker. 1. Mary, d. of=Hugh Perchard=2. Sarah, d. of ... Hoeqnard. John, m. 1638=Mary, d. of Hugh Richardson, John Badier. = ] d. 1G43. I CoUette. Thomas Perchard, b. 1638. T Blary Perchard, only d. and h. John, b. 1043. George, b, 1643. CoUette, b. 1664. John Perchard, b. 1038. Pauline, b. 1640. A dan. Regnault Badier. Hoste Horman. Nicholas Perchard. I Nicholas Perchard. Abraham Messeiry. IJANKS, in his "Extinct and Dormant Baronage," remarks that " tliis name is of very eminent and ancient degree, being derived, according to the traditional account of the family, from Sir Richard Pen'ot, Seigneur de Perot, in Britany, who came over mth William the Conqueror, anno 10C6, and obtained some lands in Somersetshii-e, near the river Perrot. In England, the name has been variously written — as, Perot, Pirot, Parrok, and Parret." The authentic record, called the Black Book of the Exchequer, shows that this family had intimate and long connection with that of de Albini. Alan Pirot, held six knight's fees under WilUam de Albiui, in Norfolk. Ralph Pirot, xii Hem-y II. (1145), upon the assessment of aid for the marriage of Maud, the Iving's daughter, was named in the certificate of Robert de Albini as holding of him five knight's fees, at which time also John Pirot similarly held one knight's fee in Bedfordshire. The family of Albini was closely connected, about this remote period, with Jersey ; and it is probable that the first settler of the name of Perrot in the island was in its service. If w^f Sffrilfmf ^ ip^Dwt €)M!imira. £v who/// ////y P/ah- is ^>re-st'/?fiy/ tr ^/u JtrrA- AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 317 It appears by the Extcnte of 1331 that Guille Perrot owed yearly to the Crown the sum of fourteen sols, for a houvee of land held by him in the parish of Grouville. The late Peter Perrot, Esq., in common with the present existing family, did not claim to be descended from this source, but is said to have descended from Jeau Perrot, a Protestant refugee, settled in Jersey in the early part of the last century. He was an eminent local politician of the second quarter of the present century. He filled the offices of Constable of S. Helier and of* Jurat of the Eoyal Court. His efforts for the improvement of the island and its institutions are still gratefully remembered by his countrymen. His share in promoting the erection of the splendid harbour of S. Helier was so great, that a service of plate marked the sense the commercial community had of his imAvearied exertions. This family is now represented by Mr. George-Frebout Perrot. ARMsfas borne by George-Frebout Perrot, Gentleman) : Gules, three pears, argent ; on a chief of the last, a demi-lion, issuant, sable. Impaling : Ai-gent, on a fesse, between three sable, as many fleurs-de-lis of the field, for Falle. Crest : A parrot, holding in the dexter claw a pear, all ppr. Motto : Labor non me vincit. PfljigiTt of lleriot. John Pebhot, m. 1719 = Elizabeth, d. of Peter Jouguet, " refagi^ Protestant," b. 1697. Peter Perrot, b. 1726 = Susan, d. of ... Harivel. James, b. 1728, oh. juv. John, b. 1730, Henry, b. 1733. Esther, b. 1723. Ann. ob. juv. I ! I I I I Francis Perrot = Elizabeth, d. of George Peter, b. 1768. Susan, b. 1764. Magdalen, Esther, b. Marianne = John De La I Hooper, m. 1781. b. 1766 . 1778. PerreUe. „ -L I I I r I I Francis Perrot, Philip, b. Rev. Clement, b. 1786, Peter, b. 1789, Jurat George, b. 1790. Esther, EUzabeth, b. 1792. b. 1782. 17Si. sometime tutor to the R.C. ■ b. 1791. Author of thig Work. Jane-Catherine, d. Elias-John Bertram, Susan, d. of ... Charlotte, d. of John of ... Frebout.^ of Grouville. Sharp.* JuUa, d. of ... Hamill.t Waters.^ = III I Peter-George Pen'ot. Clement-John. George-Frebout =: Mary-Harris, d. of Ph. FaUe. Charlotte-Mary-Ann. I George-Frebout Perrot, b. 1864. Mary- Georgette, b. 1862. William- George Turner. I I I I I I Francis Perrot. Clement- Eug^ne-HamiU. Julia-Hamill= William Beatson. Agnes = D. H. Van Leenwen, Clementine. Hamill. M.D. .1 III I Francis Perrot, o.s.p. Clement, o.s.p. Mary, o.s.p. Susan, 06. = Joshua Le Bailly, Jurat R.C. Eliza-Sharp = John Le Bailly. * Abms of Sharp ; Argent, a fesse, azure, between two crosses crosslet-fitchee in chief, sable, and a mullet, in base, gules. f Arjis of Hamill, of Ireland : Azure, two bars, ermine. Crest : On a ducal coronet, a leopard, sejant, ppr. \ Arms of Waters ; Paly of sis, argent and azure, a saltire, wavy, counterchanged. § Arms of Feebout : Or, a pale, gules. S S 318 "• AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. N Normaud}', in early times, the family of Pinel rauked very high among the nobility of that })rovince. In the Eecord, erected by M. Leoi)old Delisle, and placed in the church of Dives, in Normandy, in August, 1862, of the names of the companions of William I., that of Eaoul Pinel finds an honourable place. In the Extcntc of 1331, several members of the family are mentioned as jur}Tiien or land- holders in different parishes.* By the same record it appears that Thomas Pinel was Seigneur of Melesches, in the reign of John, but that the estate lapsed to the Crown, by the adherence of its o^\Tier to the Norman side, at the period of the disjunction of the Duchy from the English monarchy.! Among the French emigrant nobles Avho retired to Jersey at the time of the French Revolution of 1789, was Charles Pinel, Chevalier, Seigneur-Comte du Chesnay, and Grand Cross of S. Louis. Charles Pinel, Esq., of the parish of S. Trinity, represents the family in Jersey. Arms (as borne by Charles Pinel, Esq.) : Per pale, argent and or, an eagle displayed, standing on a billet, raguly, azure. Quartering : Per fesse, argent and or ; in chief, a dexter- hand clenched, issuant, ppr., cuffed, of the second ; in base, a mullet of the first, for Poingdestre : Argent, three bars, gules, a martlet for difference, for Maeett : and, Gules, a lion, rampant, ermine, ducally crowned, or, for Hamelin. ^fliigiff of ^imU The Reverend John Pinel, Rector of GrouviUe, 1B98, d. 1620-l = SuBan, A. of ... ^1 1. Rachel, d. of ... RomerU, of La Fontaine = Jolm Pinel, b. IGOt, d. 1005 = 2. Jajie, A. of ... EffarJ, d. 1G72. i ■ I L Denize, d. of Philip Le Geyt, and sister = Philip Pmel, b. 1627, m. 1671, =2. Ann, d. of Clement Lo 1 | of the Lieut.-BaiUy of that name, d. 1674. I d.lOSS, ConstableofS. Trinity. I Montais, d. 16U0. Joshua, d. 1650, Jane = Renaud I I o.s.p. Constance. A II J J * " ParoilTe de S. Sauveur. GeofFray Pinel por. une bouvee, par an ......... 8 ibis. Paroifle dc S. Pierre. Robert Pinel d'ancienne rente por. ledt. ficu d'Orville, doit a la Nativite de Notre Seig- neur J.C. ............. 6 cabots de Froment. ParoilTe de S. Laurens. Guille Pinel (entr' autres) dit par fon ferment comme les fermentes dc S. Martin derechcf difcnt que notre Sire le Roy a des tenans en cettc Paroifle ainfi qu'il eft contenu a plein cy-dedans, etc." t " Geoflray de Carteret por. le fieu de Melefchcs qu'il tient en ladte : paroifle et en plusieurs autres paroilTes en cette Ifle, Icquel eft venu a notre Sire le Roy de I'Echefte de Thos. Pinel, comme dc I'Echefte dcs Normans au temps du Roy Jean, lequel notre Sire le Roy Edouard a affiefe a Renault De Carteret, chevalier, pere dudit Geoffrov, par la lettre fous certaine forme, doit a la feftc S. Michel ...,.'...... 40 livres, 10 fols, ct i ILvre de comin." ^ Charl£s Pimsl. CSOUIRC. Br w/iom tJiis FlaU i_s presentxd Iv tJu Wrrk. f ii©i]M ®illl|^ay||i£iijitii| LAJE CApT" |5.^ DRAqOO^J QUAI^DS By llV"f// r/iis /'/,//>■ i.^JWsr/iUdtorJuUhrh AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 319 A daughter, b. 1672, d. 1674, and buried on the same day as her mother. PhiHp Pinel, b. 1676, m. 1698. John, b. 1680. Mary, d. of Charles Le Ilardy. ol.juv. I \ PhUip Pinel. b. 1699, m. 1723, Constable of S. Trinity. Charles. ilary, eld. d. and co.-h. of John Poingdestre, Seig. of le tief Ss Poingdestres. Clement, \ Rachel, b. 1682. Settled in the b. 1675, — rN. American oh.juv. Thomas, Colonics, b. 1684. ' Mary, b. 1705, m. 1728. John, son of ^Vmice Marctt, of La Porte, S. Trinity, by Elizabeth his wife, d. and h. of Charles Hamelin. Rachel, b. 1713 = m. 1730. Rachel, b. 1678, d. 1722. • John Marett, of 8. John. Amice Coutanche. I III PhiUp Pinel, b. 1726, m. 1751, Constable of S. Trinity. Mary, Mary, Elizabeth-Mary Marett, b. 1731, only d and h b. 1727. b. 1729. I 6b. j nv. I I " Philip Pinel, b. 1752, Constable of S. Trinity, Capt. R.J.M., ol). innupl. John, R.N., b. 1755, o.s.p. Charles, b. 1758. I Elizabeth, b. 1754. Mary, d. of ... Le Vescoute. — Elizabeth, d. of... Mattingley. Charles Gruchy. I Charles Pinel, Esq. Elizabeth-Mary. I Charlotte. I. Amelia, James Le Vavassour-dit-Durell, R.N. I Mary, b. 1757. ROM a very early period tliis family lias held the Seigneiirie of La Moye, aud, more lately, that of Noirmoiit," both iu the parish of S. Brelade. The earliest mentiou fouud of its settlement in Jersey is in 1467, when John Pipon was a Jurat of the Royal Court. In 1552, Sire Guille Pipon was one of the * Elias Pipon purchased tliis manor, having obtained the customary permission by Letters-Patent, from Lord Carteret in 1695. On this fief originally existed a priory which gave name to the estate, and which was subject to that of S. Clement, and a coll to the Abbey of Mont S. Michel. In the fifteenth century the monks actioncd the tenants of this fief, claiming the privileges of having their mill repaired, their tithes collected, and their wood and wine delivered by their lay subordinates. The following Act of the Royal Court shows the modest claims of the Prior of S. Clement, and the sturdy resistance of the tenantry. It is here inserted as a fair specimen of the Norman-French of the period : — " Fayt I'an de grace Mil CCCC et j, le jour de Lundi prochain apres la fcfte Saint Mathie, furcnt prefens en droit a Saint Helier, par devant nous, Colin le petit, luytenant de Giffre Brafdefer, ballif de S'- le Roy denglctcrrc, en lifle de Gcrfic. cell afavoir frere Thomas Roufel, Priour de S'' Clement, d'une part, et Colin Jeullcin, homme refeant du fuy de Nermont d'autre, Icquel Priour propofa vers Icdit Jeullein o Ics autres tenantz dudit fieu luy dcvoicnt faire fcrvice de porter et carier le boes, les meubles du moullin dudit fuy, en cas que ledit Priour ou qui auroit cause dudit fieu, le voudroient faire effoutenir et maintcnir fairure dudit moullin comme les hommes de nre S'' Le Roy font a fes moullins, et porter et carier les campars dudit fuy ou il plaeroit a celluy qui auroit caufe dudit fieu et le prevoft dudit fieu affembler et rendre a compte de toutcs manieres de redevances deues ou dit fieu, par quoy fe, le dit Jeullein, le confeflbit, ledit priour diflbit que ledit Jeullein o les autres tenants dudit fieu lui devoient fervice de fein, de vin, et de buche, a qui auroit caufe dudit fieu dedans le fieu, et ledit Jeullein avoit eftey rcfufant de apporter la buche audit priour dedans ledit fieu, parquoy fe ledit Jullein le confeflbit, le dit Priour vouloit que il en fuft amende, et par confcqucnt paier le fervice dune carete denav, ledit Priour le vouloit prouver et ledit Jeullein luy denaia toute fon affirmative, et ledit priour oftcir a prouver a foufiere. En tefmoing de ce nous avons fceellcy ces lettres du feal de la balhe de lifle defusditc, contrefigncy du noftre, prefents a cc Drouet Lemperiere Clement Lc Hardi et J . . . la Hougue jurcz du Roy. Donne comme DelTus." s 2 320 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. pxocurcurs of the parish of S. Peter, of which he was also, probably. Rector. Robert Pipon collected and transcribed a large uumber of interesting local acts and charters, which are now preserved in the Landsdowne Collection at the British Museum. In the parish church of S. Brelade occur a large number of mural tablets to the memories of members of both branches of the Pipon family, many of whom had attained rank in the Ai-my and Navy. The branch of La Moye is represented by Thomas-Ommanney Pipon, Esq., late Captain 1st Dragoon Guards, of Chaddleworth House, near Wantage, Berkshire. That of Noirmont by Colonel James-Ivennard Pipon, Inspector-General of Militia, the Seigneur of Noirmont. Arms (as borne by Thomas-Ommanney Pipon, Esq.): Per chevron, gules and or ; in chief, two mullets, argent. Quartering : Azure, a lobster, in fesse, or, for Journeaulx : and Gules, three eagles, displayed, or, a crescent for difference, for Lempriere. Impaling : Or, a fesse, azure, surmounted of a bend, gules, for Elwes. Crest : A demi-liou, argent, holding between the paws, a mullet, or. (Another) A squirrel, sejant, ppr. pfliigrrf of ^aipon, of Ea ^]]t. Richard Pipon, livuig circa 1560. Philippine, d. of WilKam GosseHn. I Thomas Pipon. T I, I .John Pipon. James. Simeon Pipon, d. IGIL Jaequette. d. of ... Le Couteur. I I I. James Pipon, d. circa 1604. Denize. I I I Jane. Elizabeth, Martha. m. 1.593. Elizabeth, d. of Peter De John Seale. Bastian Richard Soulemont, Jurat R.C. Richard. Leonard Lesbirel. = Bisson. i. I III Jolm Pipon. James. CoUette. Sarali. Eachel. j Jane, t-l. uf JtJin John Philip John Pipon. James Jean. Vibert. Du- = Payn. lieaume. I John Pipon. James Pipon. Thomas, Jurat R.C, b. circa, 1599, = Elizabeth, d. and co-h. of Abraham Journeaulx and Mary = Philip Messervy, Seig. m. 1C2G. I co-rejjresentative of the family of Lempriere, of of Bagot. I St. John, La Houp^e Boete. I . James Pipon. Edward. I Solomon. I I I Roohel. Jane, d. of ... Le Brocq. Elizabeth, d. of the Jane, d. of = Rev. Daniel Gruchy, ... Pipon. — I Rector of S. Mary. PhiUp. Thomas. Richard. John. John Falle. Elizabeth. Margaret. I 1. Elizabeth, d. of Benjamin Dumaresq, Senr. = Joshua Pipon = 2. Elizabeth, d. of Elias Pipon, of Noirmont. Edward. Thomas. ^1 I 1 I I .III John Pipon, o.s.;). Aime, m. 171 C = Daniel Messei-vy. Joshua Pipon, Jurat R.C. , Lieut. -Bailly of Jersey. James. Jane. Mary. T Thomas Pipon, Advocate R.C, Attorney-General and Lieut.-Bailly of Jersey = Jane, d. of Thomas Pipon. ' ^ ^^^/^/////^^j.Or /^ Crai nvi lle House . //r \v/i,-//i ////.v /'///// /s /I/;:--,///,,/ /,- ///,■ II rd AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 321 I 1. Maria, d. of = Thomas = 2. Eliza, d. of of... West. Pipon. ... Earle, and relict of Dr. Corbin. A son, o.i.p. Louisa. TKomas-Le Breton Pipon, Seig. of La Hague. George Pipon, Colonel H.M. Service. Jane, d. of Thos. Pipon. I Joshua, Advocate- General of Jersey. Charlotte- Dorothea, d. of... West, o.s.p. Philip, Capt. R.N. Elizabeth, d. of Sir John Domaresq, Kt. Charles, o.s.p. 1. Martha, d. of Sir John Dumaresq, Kt. James, Capt. R.J.M. Ann, d. of James Pipon. Edward o.s.p John, Constable of the Parish of S. Peter. Jane. Eliza. Jane, only d. and h. of Thomas Le Breton, Seig. of La Hagae. Cham- pion. Ann. Thomas Seward. I EKza Pipon, only ' surviving d. and h. Major Wliitty. I I Charlotte Pipon, mas Lem- only d. and h., o.s.p. priere. Other chUdreu, o.s.p. Robert Pipon. A son. Anne, d. of Daniel Janvrin. Thomas-Le Breton Pipon, Seig. of La Hague. Louisa, d. and h. of Thomas Pipon. Jane. Matthew NoeL I. Mana. I I I I Thomas-Henry Pipon, Seig. John- Angusta. James Pipon = Elizabetli, d. of Peter Thomas = Susan, d. of EUas Pipon, Elizabeth. of La Hague. Johnson. I Le Brocq. | of Noirraont. Elizabeth, only d. and h., o.s.p. Thomas Pipon, m. 1712 ^ Ann, d. of Michael Lem- Henrietta, d. of Dr. Haire. I priere, Seig. of Diclament. I Thomas-Pipon, Lieut-BaUly of Jersey. Philip. Jane. d. of William Dumaresq, of La Motte. Charles. James, m. 1767. Esther, sister of Sir John Duma- resq, Kt. I Anne. 1. Amias Dumaresq. 2. Edward Remon. I Susan. James Eemon. Jane. I I Ann Pipon, eld. d. and co-h. = James Pipon. 1. Dr. H. Schooles = Elizabeth =2. ... Nesbit. Jane. I Thomas Pipon, Major 7th Hussars =Aime-Symon3, d. of Admiral Ommanney. Jane. Col. George Pipon, Dep.-Judge Advocate. Tbomas-Ommanney Pipon, Esq., late Captains Margaret-Augusta, d. of Henry Elwes, of Manaton, late Captain 1st Dragoon Guards. 1st Dragoon Guards, of Chaddleworth House, Wantage, Berks, Colesbourue, co. Gloucester, and Portman Square, London, by Susan, bis ^vife, 2nd d. of -A-nthony Hamond, of Westacre. eo. Norfolk. Anne, d. of the Hon. Robert Rodney, Capt. R.N. Arthur-Thomas-Manaton Pipon. Alice-Lucy. Emily-Margaret. jO early as 1250 Geoffroy and Raoul Poiugdestre are mentioned as landowners in Jersey, in certain documents preserved in the archives at S. Lo, in Normandy. In 1424, John Poingdestre was Bailly of the island ; in 1452, his son, another John, filled the same oflBce f and in 14C7, the grandson of the first-named, a third John, occupied this honourable post. In 1485, John Poiugdestre was Lieutenant-Bailly, as was his descendant, still named John, in 1669. * Mr. Mark-Antony Lower, in his " Patroni/mica Bntaimka," quotes as to the signification of this surname a passage from Talbot's " English Etymologies," under the head of Poindexter. " This name does not signify the right hand, as might easily be imagined ; but it is au old Norman name, signifying Spur the Steed, and analogous to Hotspur. 322 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSFA'. This family has, for several generations, possessed the fief of Grainville, in the parish of R. Saviom-; and it has always held a high social position in its native island. One of its eminent members was John Poingdestre, son of Edward, Avho was born in 1G09. He became fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and was one of the first who paiiook of the benefit, after their foundation, of the Jersey scholarships. He appears to have possessed eveiy quality calculated to adorn public and private life, and these he exercised in the sphere of his eventful career. He was esteemed one of the soundest Grecians of his day, in the penmanship of which language he was an elegant adept. He prepared, for private use, emendations of the text of several Greek poets, Avhich still exist in MS. He held an official appointment, the nature of which has been forgotten, under Lord Digby, Secretary of State to Charles I. He was ejected from his fellowship by the Parliamentarian visitors, when he retired to Jersey, and was with Sir Philip De Carteret in Elizabeth Castle, during its siege by the Republicans. He had the honour of being deputed by Sir George Carteret to proceed to France, there to confer with Charles II., on the state of affairs in Jersey. After the ultimate expulsion of the Pioyalists from the island, he went into voluntary exile, as an earnest of his loyalty, until the Restoration, when he was rewarded by the office of Lieutenant-Bailly, under Sir Edward De Carteret, in 16G9. After some years, he retired from this appointment, owing to an alleged informality ; but he retained his seat as Jurat until his death. Among many other works in MS., Mr. Poingdestre left the framework of Falle's " History of Jersey," a copy of which, in the author's writing, was presented to James II., and is now in the Harleian Collection.* He also wTote a series of articles, not so well kno-ma, on the Grand Coiis- tumicr de Konnaiidic, showing the variation of the Jersey laws from those of the parent Duchy. This was a subject of which the author was perfectly master, and which rendered his judicial deci- sions models of jiistice and impartiality. He is buried in the Church of S. Saviour, where a Latin epita})li, penned by Falle, exists to his memory. His portrait is still preserved at Grainville. For five successive generations, the head of this family sat as Jurat of the Royal Court of the island, the last of whom died in 1831. It comes from t\yo old words, ■wliicli Waco oftcu uses in the ' Eomaii de Run ;' tlie first meaning to spvr, from the IjsXm jiiin/jo ; tlie second, a steed or lit courser — in French f/cs?;ve;', Italian (/es^nere." This reasoning, however ingenious, is quite erroneous; 'to for, as will be seen by the annexed engraving of the seal of .John Poingdestre, Bailly of Jersey in „-r*''^*^^fc^"X^ 1452, tlie arms are pui-lantes, and represent the dexter fist. By this seal it would appear that a %: /^Kl^. '%. fesse formed originally one of the charges of tlie sliield. On the outer wall of a house at Mont-au- ( "llrWTil "j Pretre, formerly possessed by a branch of the family, another coat of arms is sculptured in bold relief — *^>$]2l5^b''^ viz., ... on a fesse, between three roses ..., a mullet. CiiF.MT : a dexter hand, clenched. ^^.s*~^ * " The Harleian MSS. were the property of, /I and were munificently prcfcntcd to the nation by, the Right Honourable Robert Harlcy, afterwards a Un peer of Great Britain, by the title of Earl of Oxford ; a man who, by the grcatncfs of his knowledge in all branches of learning, and the vafl expenfc of his noble family, colleftcd this immenfe variety of rare ^''^ °'' and valuable papers. He, that noble peer, who always encouraged learning, and was the Mcca-nas of (acti:\l size.) learned men in his time ; whofc patent of creation ex- tols him and ennobles him with the title of the Univer- fity of Oxford on that particular account ; and whofe chicfcit dcliglu, in his leifiirc from the care he took of the good of the nation in general, was to be conftantly among his books, by which iamiliarity he is laid to have acquired fo particular knowledge of them all, as to be able, without a catalogue, to go immediately to the lealf of them all, upon hearing it named, though his library confifted of more than one hundred thoufand different authors."— T'iV/c I'lvaniMi' to '• The reasons that induced His Majesty to create the Itight-Honourable Hobert Harlcy, Esq., a Peer of the liealui." iKEtPOfflEMWRELACESSlTl aiurci ^inni\iic0tvc, ^■g^l]uil•f. /?!' w/win t///.v /Vatr i.v /}rxrritcc/ It? ^ic itcrA' AN AEMORIAL OF JERSEY. 323 The eldest brancli of the family is represented by Edward-Gibbs Poingdestre, Esq., of GrainviUe House, and a junior branch by the Rev. George Poingdestre, of S. Anastasius. Arms (as borne by Mrs. Poingdestre) : Per fosse, argent and or ; in chief a dexter hand, clenched, ppr., cuffed of the second; in base a mullet of the first. Quartering: Gules, three mullets, pierced, or, for Hamptonne : Gules, a fesse between three trefoils, couped, or, for De La Eocque : Gules, two bars, ermine ; in chief, three martlets, or, for Sarre : and Or, on a chief, embattled, sable, three mullets, argent, for Amy. Impaling : Ai-gent, on a bend, between two lions, sable, a ^\yveru, extended, of the field, for Euding : Or, on two bars, gules, three bezants, for Clerke : Sable, semee of crosses, or ; over all, three fleurs-de-lis, argent ; a canton, ermine, for Waterceoft : Chequy, or and gules, on a bend, ermine, a fleur-de-lis, gules, for difference, for Clifton : Argent, a chief, gules, for Worsley : Ai-gent, a chevron between three stags, trippant, sable, for Skrymsher : and, Ai'gent, a che-\Ton between three boar's heads, couped, sable, for Muschamp. Motto : Nemo me impune lacessit. Arms (as borne by James Poingdestre, Esq.) : The same Ai-ms (a crescent for difference), and Quarterings, as the preceding. Crest : An esquire's helmet, ppr. Motto : As the preceding. Arms (as borne by the Eev. George Poingdestre, M.A.) : The same Arms (a crescent for difference) as the preceding. Impaling : Argent, a fesse, vert, between three hearts, gules, for Smith : and, Ai'gent, a fesse, azure, between three mullets, gules, for Poore. Crest : As the preceding. Motto : Dextra fidei pignus. ^fliigm of ^oinglifsitrf, of <0rainbiUf. George Poingdestke, Seigneur of the fief fes PoiBgdestres, d. 1544. Thomas Poingdestre. Girette, niece of Sire Thomas Ahier. Thomosse, d. and co-h. of Hostes Hamptonne. I 7 John Poingdestre, Seig. of the fief 63 Poingdestres, d. 1583. Thomas, Constable of S. Saviour. Clement Poingdestre. Catherine, d. of Thomas Lempriere, Elizabeth, d. and h. widow of Richard Lanslois and of David Seale. I I Clement Messervy. = 1. Margaret, d. of = Edward Poingdestre, = 2. Pauline, John. '= | Clement Messervy, 1 Seig. of the fief es I d. of Guyon | i ' | m. 1502. Poingdestres. I Ahier. Perrotine, j "~ 1 Peter Poingdestre, Martli, 1 I d. of Thomas Poingdestre, Benjamin. m. 1612. Peter LaeU. b. 1544. Susan, d. of ... FaUe. I Jane, d. of Stephen La Cloche. 324 AN AKMORIAL OF JERSEY. ADC ^ I I Edward Poingdestrc. Barbara, d. of Michael Thomas Poingdestre, b. 1571. Clement, b. 1576. I I Peter Poingdestre, h. 161'J=Jane, d. of John Fallot. Kegnault. | | | III =; Magdalen, d. of Thos. (?) Durel. Peter Jane, Susan. Elizabeth. Martha. Sarah. I = Poingdestre, eld. d. and Peter Poingdestre. I o.s.p. co-h., ob. Edward Laurens John Thos. 1 I ; innupt. Poingdestre, Machon. Moiiraut. Le I.Mary, d. of ... Filleul. Thomas Poingdestre, b. 1602. Jane. Blanche. Seig. of the Breton. . fief es 2. Catherine, d. of Sarah, d. of ... Janvrin, m. 1625. Stephen Nicholas Poingdestres. Gilles Dolbel. = Amy. Anthoine. I M I I i I I Thomas Poingdestre, b. 1633. James. \ Benjamin, Magdalen, Martha. Sarah. Susan. = — J o.s.2>. u.s.p. o.s.p. J John. ) Ab. Herault. EUas De John Martel. I La Rocque. I \ \ I George Poingdestre, b. 1661, m. 1698 = Elizabeth, d. of ... Durell. Philip, o.s.p. Elizabeth=Robert Smith. Mary=George Pinel. 1 \ \ \ I Ann Poingdestre, eld. d. and co.-h. Jane. Sarah. Magdalen. Martha. Charles Marett, o.s.p. Jacob Le Touz4. (ViiU Fed. of Le Touzel.) I III John Poingdestre, b. 1609, M.A., Fellow of Exeter=Ann, d. and co-h. of Thomas, b. 1613, Rector of S. Sariour. Edward, Mary. College, Oxon., Lieut. -Bailly of Jersey. I Laurens Hamptonne, — ■ o.s.p. I Vicomte of Jersey. Mary, d. and co-h. of James Pipou. Richard I i = Anley, Charles Poingdestre. Elizabeth, m. 1684. | o.>.p. Ann, d. of ... Hilgrove, m. 1684. George Bandinel. John Poingdestre. Thomas. Pauline. Mary. Susan, d. of John Seale. Elizabeth, d. of Thomas EUzabeth. I 111111= Lonis Rondel, De Lecq. — John Poingdestre, b. 1693. Collette. Susan. | Minister at Ann. Plouer, Britany. Jane. d. and co-h. of Philip Amy, of the Ann. . Jane. | Jane. Castillon de Haut. — — j j j i = Rachel. Elizabeth. John Poingdestre. Mary. Thomas. Edward. I I I John Poingdestre, Jurat R.C. = Elizabeth, d. of James Pipon, Seig. of Noirmont. Philip = Margaret, d. of .. Gallichan. I I i I John Poingdestre, Jnrat, R.C. = Elizabeth, d. of Matthew Gosset. Jane Poingdestre, eld. d. and co-h. A daughter. Margaret, I oh. innvpt. I John De Carteret, Seig. of Vinchel^s-de-Bas. Germain Aubin. I I I 1 I 1. Jane, d. of Clement Hemery = John Poingdestre = 2. Martha, d. of Clement James. Elizabetli. Ann. Jane. I I Rudiug. • oh. A daughter. Edward-Gibbs Poingdestre, Grace, d. of ... Laird, P.-R. Lem- John innupt. of GraiuvUlo House, S. d. at S. Martin, 24th priere, Seig. Leigh. Saviour. April, 1828, tet. 31 ofRozel. ■ years. Thomas Poingdestre, b. 1581, Seig. of the fief es Poingdestres = Elizabeth, d. of... Efiard. L I I I III I James Poingdestre, John, d. at Rozel A dau. Philip Poingdestre, b. 1020, Seig. Jacob. George, settled in Virginia, N. A. Rachel. Esq., Clerk in the Manor, March 13, of the fief ^s Poingdestres. = House of Commons. 1849, a;t. 23. Sarah, d. of Rev. John Pinel. I I I John Poingdestre. Thomas. Mary = G. Nicolle. Edward Poingdestre, Seig. of the fief hs Poingdestres = Susan, second d. and co-h. of Peter Poingdestre. Philip. Sai'ah. A Jiv ii /lorn //us P/rt/e /.%• /'nsivi/^Y/ fo ///■ // or/-. arlinV \a\ ([[orl^c I:\irar'b. f|,iVl]Iur^ /^r ir/ir/i/ f///'s /'/ii/,- IS- /'/v.NVV/Av/ //■ ///, [lr/-/,\ AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 325 A I I I I I I I John Poingdestre, b. 1671, Seig. of the = Mary, d. of the Rev. Francis Peter. Edward. Nicholas. Charles. Jane, fief ia Poingdestres. I Le Coutevir. = j ~ j j I Nichohis Poingdestre. Mary Poingdestre, eld, d. and = Pliilip Pinel", of Jane, ~\ Sarah = Nicholas Le Bas, of = co-h., Lady of the fief ^3 S^ Trinity. {Vide — >o.s.p. Les Ni^smes, S ' Ann, ) Poingdestres. Ped. of Pinel.) Ann, J Peter. | | | Phihp Poingdestre. John. Mary. I Peter Le I j Feuvre, of Ann Poingdestre, eld. d. and co-h. 1 = Mary = 2. Matthew, Le Grallais, of SmriUe. S.Peter. Moses Gibaut. 3. Charles De Ste. Croix. Pfliisrre of ^aomgtif^trt, of ^. prtn% Thomas PoiNGDESTKE = Jeanette, d. of ... Baudains, m. 1641. __^ \ Thomas Poingdestre, b. 1644=Mary, d. of ... Payn. James, b. 1650. Sarah, b. 1642. Thomas Poingdestre, b. 1674, m. 1697^Mary, d. of ... Deslandes. I \ ~ 1 ■ \ I Philip Poingdestre, Charles, b. 1708, = Jane, d. of Le Feuvre- Clement, b. 1709. Thomas, b. 1713, m. 1738-9. Elizabeth, b. 1715. b. 1706. m. 1732. dit-Filatre. I Thomas Poingdestre. Jane. Elizabeth. I I I I I I I Charles Poingdestre, b. 1736, oh.juv. Philip, b. 1742. Henry, b. 1752. Jane, b. 1745. Mary. Susan. Elizabeth, b. 1747 Mary, d. of George lugouviUe. I I ■ I I George Poingdestre, Lieut.-Col. R.J.M. Mary, o6. ;«». A n n . Elizabeth. Ann-Catherine, d. and co-li. of Pliilip LesbireL Joshua Picot. Aaron De Ste. Croix. The Rev George Poingdestre, M.A., Principal of the Grammar School of S. Anastasius, Parish of S. Peter, Jersey ; Incumbent of S. Matthew's Chapel ; and Chaplain of the S.W. Regt. R.J.M. Elizabeth, d. of Capt. WUUam Smith, R.N., by Sarah, d. and co.-h. of Robert Poore. Georgiana-Elizabeth Poingdestre. EmHy-Franoes, b. August 29, d. October 8, 1856. ICAED is a surname well known, both in England and France. Thomas Eicard was a colonel in the army of Charles I., and was killed at the siege of Lichfield. His son, Thomas Eicard, alias Eicketts, was a captain under Cromwell, and accompanied the expedition, under Penn and Venabies, to the West Indies. Guillim, in his "Display of Herakhie," edition 1660, gives the arms of Alderman Eicard, of London, which differ but slightly from those borne by the Jersey family. T T 326 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. lu France, Jacques Ricarcl, de Genouillac, was General of Artillery, and was killed at tlie battle of S. Aubiu-du-Cormier, 28tli July, 1488. Of this family was Jean-Francois Eicard, de Gourdon, Count de Vaillac, and Marquis de Eoulaye, wlio died in Paris in 1696. Francis I. gave the command of the Castle of Madrid to Pierre Eicard, de la Chevalleraye, on account of his signal services at the battle of Pavia. In Jersey, the family has been settled for several centuries. In the parish of S. Peter exists the fief es Eicards, formerly held by the yearly tender to the Crown of a pair of white spurs. The representative of the family is Charles-La Cloche Eicard, Esq., of S. Helier. Arms (as borne by Charles-La Cloche Eicard, Esq.) : Azure, a chevron, argent, between three roses, or. Quartering : Azure, three church-bells, or, for La Cloche : and, Gules, three escallops, or, a fleur-de-lis for difference, for Dumaresq. Impaling : Ermine, a chief, azure, over all, on a bend, gules, a sword, argent, point in chief, hilt or, for Gladwin. Motto : Sapientia donum dei. ^^rtigiff of i\iraiU. 1. Elizabeth, d. of .. BottereI=PETER Ricard, of "la Maison de la Roboline," in the Parish of S. Ouen=2. Rachel, d. of ... Du Lan?. I I John liicard, Constable of St. Ouen. j j | = ' Jolin Ricard, b. 1G56. Sarah. Kachel. I Francis Ricard, b. IGJ-l, d. IfiSl = Judith, d. of HoHer De Carteret, Attomcj-Gcneral of Jer.scy, d. ICS-i. John Payn. I i Francis Ricard, Constable of S. Ouen, b. 1678, m. 1(596, d. 1729 = Rachel, d. of John D'Auvergne. Judith, b. 1081 = Charles De Carteret, I Seig. of S. Trinity. I I I 1 i I I Francis Ricard, B. A., Oxon, John, b. 17(16, Edward, b. 1709, Receiver Charles, b. 1714. Judith, b. 1700, EUzabeth, Rachel, b. 1698, d. 1727. d. 1735. of the King's Revenues, d. 1734. b. 1703. b. 1716. and Jurat R.C. Mary, d. of . . . Tocque. Jane, d. of Michael Lem- | priere, Seig. of Di^lanient. T Jane Ricard, only d. and h., m. 17')8 = Philip D'Auvcrgne. Tlie Rev. Francis Ricard, Rector successively of Edward, Capt. H.M. 73rd Regt., b. 17.5(j. Rachel, b. 1749. Mary, b. 1754. S. Peter and S. Ouen, b. 1751, d. 1823. " Jane, eld. d. and co-h. of Matthew La Jeanne, d. of ... Adeline, of Caen, Normandy, Cloche, of Rouge Boaillon, and co-repre- m. 1774. sentative of the family of Dumaresq. Charles Ricard, b. 1775, Peter, b. 1776, Jane, b. and Caroline-Harriet, b. 1779. Adeline- Blanche, Eliza-Frances, Harriet- '1- 1780. d. 1777. d. 1778. ■ Mary, b. 1783. b. 1780, Mary, Colonel Godley, H.M. 83rd b. 1782. .1.1795. b. 17SU. Regiment. (IlementChaulbs Richardson. EsQiiiiE^ //]• w/um //'i.sP/a/r t.< f)r:■ /.v ///v-w/Av/ /.• //^r H'''' AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 329 I III I I Mary-Ann Richardson, eld. d. and oo-h. Julia. Ann. Jane. Nioliolaa Riohardson=Elizabetli, d. of Elias Julia=Jolin Monrant, Lieut.- I Bertram, of Grouville. Col., R.J.M. Thomas-ShacHorth Dickson, of Co. Lincoln. Nicholas-Ralph Richardson, Capt. R.J.M., b. 1819=Esther, d. of Philip Gaudin. I I I I I Nicholas-Ralph Richardson, oh.juv. Clement-Charles. Philip-Monrant. Esther- Elizabeth. Jane-Mary. Ed.-John-Butler Brazier, H.M. Indian Navy. HE family of Eobin is said by de la Chesnaye-des-Bois, iu his Ai-morial, to be descended ex Comitibus Robini, of Eome, " Vivans dans le x fiecle avec eclat et fplendeur."* Guy Robin, the founder of the family in France, accompanied Philip- Augustus to the Holy Land. He was bui-ied at Vienne, in Dauphiue, in a costly tomb, bearing the inscription : — " Cy gyst LI PREux Chevalyer, Guy Robin, dit LI Italyen. Priez pour l'asme de LI, 1223." The Jersey branch of the family has been settled in the island from time immemorial. By the Extcnte of 1331, it appears that Eaulin Eobin was a landowner in the Parish of S. Brelade, and one of the jurymen thereof, deputed to ascertain the Crown dues in that parish : the same record shows Eichard and Eaulin Eobin to have performed the like office in the Parish of S. Laurence. In 1715, Eaulin Eobin was Lieutenant-Bailly of Jersey. For several centuries this family has been located at S. Brelade, in the church of which parish exist a number of monuments to the memoiy of its members. On the south mng of the General Hospital of S. Helier are sculptured the arms of Eobin, which was built at the cost of this house. It possesses large tracts of land at S. John, in Newfoundland, ha\'ing been one of the earliest Jersey firms which developed the important fisheries of that territory. In Jersey the family is represented by James Eobin, Esq., of Petit-Menage ; and in England, by John Eobin, Esq, of Grove Hill, West Kirby, Birkenhead. Arms (as borne by John Eobin, Esq.) : Azure, a chevron, or, between three gilly- flowers, ppr.f * Arms of Robin, formerly of Rome : Barry of four, or and gules, over all three martlets, sable. Cbest : A key, or. Motto : Piu forte nell' anversita. Supporters : Two s%vage men, ppr. Arms of Robin, of Nantes, formerly of Poitou : Gules, three spear-heads, points in base, argent. Ar.ms of Robin, de la Tremblaye, Poitou, and Anjou : Gules, two keys iu saltire, argent, between four escallops, the one in chief, of the second, the others, or. f By a pardonable error in representation, the gillyflowers are sometimes blazoned as thistles in this coat, which at first sight they strongly resemble. A very ancient seal, in the possession of John Robin, Esq., and a painting of the arms of Councillor John Robin, of the Parliament of Paris, elected 11 May, 1618, depicted in a MS. intituled " Catalogue et Blazons de tons les Conseillers du Parlement de Paris, depuis i600 jusqu 'en 17i9" decide the point clearly. Some branches of the .Jersey family bear for crest, a robin, ppr. 330 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. jO early as 1292, Robert Seelle, or Scale, of the Parish of S. Brelade, is mentioned in a legal instrument, as a lando^oier and a " {icii de hien," and from that time fand probably from a much earlier one) to the present, some members of this family have been located in the same parish. In the Extentc of 1331, Peter Scale is mentioned as the Seigneur of the fief an Prieur, for which he owed to the Crown eighteen deniers. Richard Scale, on the authority of the same document, owed eight sols for a honvi'c of land in the Parish of S. Brelade. At the period of the Rebellion this family remained staunchly loyal. John Seale, Constable of S. Brelade, was one of the subscribers to the Proclamation recognizing Charles II. as liing, on the reception of the news of his father's execution.* A female member of the house shared the dangers and privations of the siege of Elizabeth Castle, prior to its surrender by Sir George Carteret. During the tenure of office of Lord Cobham, the Governor, the Rev. Thomas Seale, then Rector of S. Clement, strenuously and successfully opposed the unconstitutional desire of his lordship to appoint, as Dean of Jersey, a native of France, who then held a benefice in the island. Upon his return from London, whither he had gone the better to represent the hardship, he was publicly thanked, and his expenses defrayed, by the States, for having so ably defended the insular privileges. The Scigneuric of Samares was presented by the heiress of the Dumaresqs to John Seale, Esq., in whose family it remained for two generations, when it was transferred, by pm'chase, to the Hammond family. A branch settled at a very early period in the county of Northumberland; and to this section were granted, by the learned Camden, 9 July, 1599, the arms, which, with variations, are borne by every division of the family. f * Vide a fac-simile of this document at p. IV'J. t William Camden, the great topographer of Britain, was the son of a house-painter, and horn in the Old Bailey, London, 2 May, 1.551. He was educated at S. Paul's School and at Oxford. In 1575, he obtained the place of second master at Westminster School, and became head master in 1592-3. From his first appointment, ho occupied every vacation in travelling, and, after ten years' labour, first published his " Britannica," in 1586. Having principally devoted himself to antiquities and genealogy, he, in 1597, resigned his scholastic chair for the dignity of Clarencieux King-of- Arms. In 1C09, he was apjiointed one of the two historians to the New College, Chelsea; and he afterwards founded, in 1(;22, the Professorship of Ancient History at Oxford. He died at his house at Chiselhurst, 9 November, 1G23, and was buried with full liouours in Westminster Abbey. He was an ornament to his favourite pursuit, and a striking instance 111 an individual, tlirougli his own merits, rising to high station and importance, without family, riches, or interest. Piilwliele, in his "History of Devon," quoted by f^ig Bernard Burke, slates tliat "the family of Sheale, or Seale, early inhabited Northumberland, whose ancestors distinguished themselves by their loyal attachment to the Crown, as well as by their w.-irlik<> achievements. ■ In 1-12(; liichard Sheale was a chief in the famous battle of Chevy Chase, and the head of tliat memorable acti/ Srfffr. ('/.\yy////r\ 3r w'l.'m this /'/,iU ix /'resented to t/n' Work AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 333 Sir Henry-Paul Seale, Bart., of Mount Boone, b. 1806. I I I Charlea-Hayne, Edward-Taylor, Thomaa-Pownes, b. 1808, d. 18i2. b. 1811. Inorders. Capt. t //ii.6 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Aaron Lo Pelletier, b. 1684. = Elizabeth, J. of ... Pomeroy. 1 Susan, b. 10S3. i Margaret, b. 1686. 1 1 1 Aaron Le Pelletier, m. 1743. = Elizabeth, d. of Clement Nicolle. Susan, b. 1708. 1 Catherine, b. 1718. 1 Elizabeth, b. 17 Elizabeth Le Pelletier, eld. d. and co-h. Esther, b. 1747, d. 1837. Peter Simonet. T Mary, b. 16S9. Peter Simonet, Col. R..J.M. I 1. Mary, d. of John^John, Capt. R.J.M., = 3. Charlotte, d. of . I Francis, Lieut. I Elizabeth. I Esther. d. of .. Gej-t. Le Matthews, formerly of Bishop's Waltham, Co. Hants. Banker, d. 18-iO. Stanley, sister-in-law H.M. 63rd Regt., of General Grantham, d. iu Barbadoes. 1. ... Thoreau. 3. Ann-Laurence, d. and relict of Thomas Gideon Dallaiu, Constable of S. of John Stead.' Lihou, of Guernsey.^ 2. Dr. Poingdestre. Laurence. Colonel R.J.M. John-Peter Simonet, M. A., late of Colomberle 1. Emma-Sophia, d. of = James-Matthews, = 2. Sidney, eld. d. and co-representative of Colonel Thomas Purefoy, and widow of Alexander Draper, of Crewkeme, CO. Somerset, s.p.^ I Emma-Maria-Ann-DorainicuB-Burr, only surviving child and heir. House, a Gentleman- Commoner of S. Ed- Professor George-D. mund's Hall, Oxford, and Capt. R.J.M. Burr, of the R. M. Coll., Sandhurst. I ^ \ Walter- Fitzjames-Dominieus Simonet, oh. juv. Cecil-Augastus-.John, oh. jvv. Francis-.John Simonet, Major, R.J.M., of Radier, Grouville. Charles. I Ann. Eliza. I . Maria. d. of . . . Gorle. § R. P. Mallet, aotu Malet. Rev. ... Lee. Philip Le Comu, Seig. of Vinchel&-de-Haut. I Francis Simonet, oh. Juv. Wfflii John. Mary. Louisa. ICCORDING to that maguificent and rare monogTaph, "La veritable origine de la tres- ancienne et tres-illuftre maifon de Sohi^r," it appears that Peter de Vermandois was descended directly from Charlemague through his gi'eat-graudsoii Pepin, the tirst count of that name. Peter de Vermandois was descended from this Pepin, in the sixth degree, and was surnamed Hohicr, which signifies the victorious, and from his grand- nephew derived a family of the same name, settled in the Netherlands, which was represented in 16G1, by Constantine 8ohier, Baron of the Holy Empire, and Seigneur of Warmeuhuysen, Crabbendam, and Out-Poelgeest. It appears from the remarks of the learned author of the above-quoted monograph, that Sohier, variously written Siger, Zegher, Seicher, Sicher, and Seger, is derived from the old German Zeger, which signifies the victorious, or according to Grammaye, modcstns hounr. * Arms of Stead : Argent, a unicorn, segreant, sable, t AuMS of Stanley : Ermine, a griflin, scgroant, gule.s, crowned, argent. \ Colonel Thomas Purefoy married Eliza-Mary, eldest daughter of William-Hogg Lecky, Esq., of Londonderry, who several times represented that city in Parliament, alternately with his wife's cousin, Sir George Hill, Bart. § Arms of Gori.e : Barry of eight, or and gules. 11 Par J. C. r». 1). A Loydcn, chez Francois Hache, lOGl. Imperial folio. Jersey AND "Boston. N.A. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 337 The middle of the sixteenth century was a period rife with rehgious and poHtical persecu- tion, which seems often to have scattered the house of Sohier. " Hugues Sohier," saj-s the Leyden genealogist, " ne en Tan 1550, ne pouvant porter une confcience forcee, comme il vit que le Due d'Alve voulait introduire, par force, la Religion Romaiue, trouva bon d'abandonner fa propre patrle." It would seem that political rather than ecclesiastical trouble brought the Sohier family to Jersey, as its earliest settlers were of the Romanist faith. The first member, of whom local record is found, is John Sohier, whose name appears in a roll of the Royal Court, dated 1525. Sire John Sohier, Presbyter, is mentioned in a deed of 1547, as guardian to the children of his brother, MarjTi Sohier. And in another document dated the same year, the names of Nicholas, John, and Thomas Sohier occur, related undoubtedly to the family which has for centuries been settled in the parish of S. Martin. In the eighteenth century, the eldest branch of the Jersey family settled in America, which is now represented by William-Davies Sohier, Esq., of Boston, U.S. In Jersey, the head of the family is George Sohier, Esq., of S. Martin. A junior branch is represented by the Rev. John Sohier, of Nantes, and another by Philip-Edward Sohier, of S. Helier. Arms : Gules, a star of five points, argent. Crest : A cross, argent, between the attires of a stag, ppr. Motto : Stella XPI duce. ^ttiigrfe of ^ol;ifr, oi Ser^ej), anli of i^orti) Slmnita. Philip Sohier, living 1540. \__ I I . . Philip Soliier = Colette, d. of ... Baudains. Peter, m. lC08 = Mary, d. of Augustine Le Manquais. JuUan Soliier, b. 1599 = Elizabeth, d. of ... Bree, m. 1620. [ I PhUipSohier, b, 1611. I \ '\ I Edward Sohier, b. 1621. Peter, b. 1622. Clement, b. 1634. Thomas, m. 1656 = Elizabeth, d. of ... Joumeanlx. 1. Mary, d. of ... Badier. Thomasse, d. of ... Badier. 2. Rachel, d. of Le Brun. | I I I I I I I I Peter Sohier, b. 1649. Peter, b. 1660, m. 1690. 3 sons. I I I _ . I ,-.„ „L. „.l Julian Sohier, Samuel, = Elizabeth, d. of ... John, Charles, b. 1668. Philip. Elizabeth, Rachel, Rachel, d. of ... Le Feuvre, 3 daus. d. 1658. b. 1664. Jeune, m. 1690. b. 1665. b. 1632. b. 1055. d. 1737. Susan, d. of... Susan, d. Le Maistre. of . . . Neel. I III Elizabeth Sohier, only d. b. 1698. Thomas Sohier, WUliani, Elizabeth, Rachel, and h., b. 1690. b. 1696. b. 1703. b. 1691. b. 1701. Peter Soliier, = Sarah, d. of John Le Boutillier, of Mont-au-Pretre, m. 1728. 338 AX ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Edward Saliier, = Rachel, d. of ... Stille, b. 1691. I or Steel. Deuis, = Sai-ali, d. of ... John Sohier, Peter, h. 1735, Peter, b. 1748, 7 daughters, b. leya. Alexandi-e. b. 1734, d. 180i. d. 1737-8. m. 1766. Rachel, d. and eo.-h. of John Filleul. T Jane, d. and li. of ... Lamy.* John Sohier, b. IV^G. Auu, d. of ... llcbert, of Coude-sm'-Noircau. I other childi'en. I I I I I I I I I Peter Sohier, John, b. 1779, John, b. 1785. Four sona and b. 1767. ob.jt'v. two daus. Mary, d. of Clement Salmon. Elizabeth, d. and co.-h. of Nicholas Alicette. I I Eev. John Sohier, b. 1781, m. 1806. Peter, b. 1782. Charles, b. 1784. Mary-Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Bailly . T Peter Sohier, ob.juv. Edward. I I I Mary, ob.juv. I I Rev. Jolin Sohier, Eev. Herbert, of Nantes. of Bolbec, Seine-luferieure. Ann, d. of Joshua Le Bailly. I I Philemon. Auu. ... d. of ... Elizabeth. Brasford, relict — of Thomas FaHe. Ann. Mary, b. 1796. John Alexandre. Jane = Philip. Sohier. I A daughter, oh.juv. I John, 0. s, p. 1. Elizabeth, d. of ... Capeldu. 2. Elizabeth, d. of ... De Faye. I I Philip-Edward Sohier, b. 1837. Lomsa-Jane. I I I Edward Sohier, b, 1724, d. 1794, = Susannah, d. of ... Brimmer, Philip, settled at Boston, N. America. and grand-d. of Andrew b. 1728. Vigoureux and Mary Ger- — maine, Protestant refugees. Charles, b. 1730. 1. Martha, d. of = Edward-John, = 2. Anne, d. of .. Syvret. b. 1732, d. 1816. Gallichan. Elizabeth, b. 1726. I Martin-Brimmer Sohier, b. 1700, d. 1792, s.p. An othcer in the U.S. Army under Geueral St. Clair. I Edward, b. 1702, d. 1793. Mary, d. of ... Davies. I John- Baker, b. 1767, d. ISOl, s.2y. I I Edward Elizabeth. Sohier, 0-S.2). Francis De Quetteville. I I 1. Jane, =Thomas=3. Jane, Thomas, Edward, d.of... Sohier. d.of... b. 1772. b. 1777. Payn. = Fleui-y. William-Davies Sohier, Esq-j^EUzabeth-Amory, d. of b. 1787, m. 1S09. I ...Dexter. I IT" n \' ' " III II Edward George, b. 1815. Thomas, Ann, b. 1797. Mary, b. 1803. Esther, Sohier, b.l817,oJ. — — b. 1811. b. 1S09. Mary,d.of...Aubin. — Elizabeth,b. 1798. Jane, b. 1806. — = Thomas, — — Susan, ] b. 1820. Rachel, b. 1801 . Frances,!). 1807. b.l813. I George-Douglas Sohier, oh.jvv. I Wallace- Aubin. John-Edward, oh.jvv. Edward-Dexter Sohier, Esq.=Louisa, d. of ... Amory. "I William= Susan-Cabot, d. of George- Mary-Davies. Elizabeth-Brunmer. t ... Lowel. Brimmer. i I Waldo Higginson. Henry Bryant, M.D. Elizabeth-Putnam Sohier. Susan. Alice. I Joseph-Foster Sohier, Esq. Mai-tin. George-Dexter. Hannah. Louisa. Susan-Prescott. EUzabeth-Amory. Emily-Dexter. AMILY tradition states that the member of this family who settled iu Jersej' was almoner of the Church of Condu-sur-Noireau, in Normandy, and who, being- converted to the Eeformed faith, and consequently necessitated to fly his native coulitry, was conveyed to a place of safety in the basket in which the loaves were distributed to the poor of his parish. * Arms of Lamy : Azure, two dexter liamls, conjoineil in friemlsliip, between five sliarks, cnibowed (lamies) 2, 2, and I , argent. Tliis coat afl'ords a remarkable instance of the armcs jiurUint&s, as both charges refer to the name of the family. May not tlie fishes have been introduced into the arms at a later iieriod than the principal charge, and when the term Liunia was given to one sjjccies of the shark tribe ? ( ) I {Aj i liy wliir/i f'fi/nih' ''.x />/trlf i.t /»;x,/a,;/ /,i fj„- «>.//•. gjdirtn^ yatpH. Ii^'^l"i«' /,\ w/wm //(/y P!■ fW.-v/i/,W /r' //<,■ ]l'>rk AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 339 At the period of the Kevocation of the Edict of Nantes, when this incident occxirred, a coUateral member of the same family reached England, and settled in Spitalfields, who has representatives now living in the neighboiirhood of London. In Jersey, the principal members of the family are, John Sorel, Esq., the actuary of the Savings Bank; Clement Sorel, Esq., chief agent of the'Impot; and Philip Sorel, Esq., Captain and Adjutant of the E.J.M. Aiiillery. Arms : Azure, a partridge, close, or ; in chief three esloiles, argent. Crest : A partridge, as in the arms. Motto : Une foy, une loy. o^ ggg^ I HE name of Valpy is of great antiquity in Jersey ; mention of the name is made more than once in the E.vknte of that island, of 1331 ; and by local tradition the family is said to be an offshoot from the House of Volpi, of Italy, a branch of which came to Normandy on the return of the Normans from their Italian expedition, under Roger I., son of Tancred, in the latter half of the eleventh century. The name, in the local dialect, has always been pronounced precisely as if written Volpi. Des Bois, in his " Dictioiinaire de la Noblesse de Franee," bears witness to the antiquity of the Italian and French branches of the family. It appears by this work that the family of Volpi or Vulpelli was one of antique nobility, settled at Lucca before the memory of man, Avlieuce a branch migrated to Florence in the thirteenth century, and assumed the prenomeu of Biliotti, retaining, however, the original arms. The archives of Lucca, Florence, and Como, abound with entries of the names of members of this family, who have filled the highest offices in the secular and ecclesiastical government of their respective cities. In Jersey, the original branch of the family settled in the parish of S. John, of which Dr. Richard Valpy, Head-Master of Reading School, and his brother, the Rev. Edward Valpy, Head-Master of Norwich School, were members. As sound scholars and as pious divines these gentlemen are too well known in England to need more than a passing eulogy in these pages. Richard Valpy, Esq., of the Council of Trade, and of Heathlands, Wimbledon, is the chief of the English branch. And Francis Valpy, Esq., of S. Martin, Jersey, represents the eldest section of a branch long settled in that parish. Arms (as borne by Richard Valpy, Esq.) : Ai-gent, a digamma, sable. Quai-tering : Counter-bendy of six, gules and argent, on a chief of the last, a fox, courant, holding in the mouth a cock, both ppr., for Valpy (ancient). Impaling: Or, a lion, rampant, vert, between three crosses-crosslet, sable, for Sutton. Crest : A mountain, ppr. Motto : Valet pietas. 340 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. Arms (as borne by Francis Valpy, Esq) : Couuter-beudy of six, gules and argent ; on a chief of the last, a fox, courant, holding in the mouth a cock, both p})r. Quartering : Barry azure and or, an anchor, erect, counter-changed for Le Bosquet : Ai'gent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, a rose, for difference, for Payn, of Ponterrin : Gules, three escallops, or, a rose, for difference, for Dumaresq : Sable, three dolphins, embowed, argent, for De Bagot : Ai'gent, three trefoils, slipped, sable, for Payn : Ermines, a cross-bow, drawn, in pale, charged with an arrow, all argent, for Larbalestier : And, Gules, four fusils, conjoined in fesse, argent, a rose in chief, for difference, for De Carteret. Impaling: Sable, on a chief indented, argent, three martlets of the field, for Le Bas. Crest : A fox courant, argent. Motto : Vulpes hand capitur laqueo. ^arUiffrff of ©aipp, of ^. Sioljn, anli of (0ng:lanlr. TiioMELiN Valpy. T I I I Jehannet A''alpy, liviug 1517 --- Jehaiine, d. of Symon Bysoliart. James. Martha ^ Guille Picot. Jolm Valpy — Collette, d. of Guillemin Le Moignau. Michael Valpy, living 15G5. I II I 1. Collette, d. of . = Edward Valpy, = 2. Jane, d. of Richard John. Perronelle = Clement Estur, Elizabeth, m. 1590. j Uving 1614. I Le Quesue. of S. Marv. I Secille, d. of ... " John Galle, of S. Peter. I I John Valpy, b. 1609. Michael, h. 1612. | I i I Michael Valpy, b. 1605. Abraham, b. 1606. John, b. 1610 = Katherine, d. of P. Gibaut, of S. Laurence. ^1 I I i "" I John Valpy, b. 1637. Katherine, b. 1632. Secille, b. 1634. Jane, b. 1639-40. ^ . Abraham Valpy, of age, 1623 = Esther, d. of John Hamon. EUzabeth, b. 1599. \ I I I I I II Edward Valpy, = EUzabeth, d. of Abraham, John, b. 1628. Clement, b. PhUip. b. 1633-4. Conard, b. 1639-40. Esther, b. b. 1623. I ... Giffard. b. 1626. 1630-1. 1636-7. Rachel, d. of ... Contauclie. Richard Valpy, m. 1692, d. 1738 = Ann, d. of John Le Gallais. I I III! I I Richard Valpy, b. 1696, m. 1725, d. 1774. John. Clement. Judith, b. 1693, m. 1721. Ann, m. 1725. F.Uzaljeth, d. of .. Anley. Abraham. Jane. Clement Eomerd. John Hamon. "l" I > II III Richard Valpv, b. 1726 —^ Catherine, d. of John ChevaUier. Josliua, b. 1728, oh. juv. Km\. b. 1732, ob.juv. Mari,'aret, I _ ■ _ b. 1738. I John, b. 1735. Jaiie, b. 1736, ob.jur. B AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 341 I 1. Mai-tha, d. of ...Carey, of Guernsey = Rev. Ricliard Valpy, D.D., Head-Master Abraham- Rev. Edward, B.D., Ann, I of Reading School, b. 1754, d. 1836. Joshua, Head Master of Nor- b. 1759. I — b. 1757. wich Grammar School. Carteretta-GorneUa Valpy. 2. Mury, d. of the Rev. W. Benwell, M.A. 1. C. Straker. 2. W.-A. Cnlpeper. — Francis John, Anne, d. of ... Western. Le b. 1702. ^= Montais. I Rev. Jolin-Westem Valpy, M.A. Elizabeth, b. 1766, o.t.p. ... Bishop. II I . I I Richard Abraham- Rev. Gabriel, M.A., Anthony-Blagrove, WilUam- Valpy. John, M.A., Rector of Eucke- Gapt. R.N. Henry, o.s.}). bury, Berks. Phoebe, d. Joshua Harriet, d. Martha, d. of Rowe, of of the Rev. W. Graham, of Torpoint, S. Wyld, of Newbury, Berks. Cornwall. Harrington, — Somerset. Anna, d. of Ro- bert Harris of Reading. H.E.I.C.C.S. CaroUne, d. S. Jeffreys. Rev. Francis Edward- Jackson, I I I I Mary, Frances. Catherine- Penelope- o.e.p. Elizabeth- Arabella. J. -A. Shutcr, Blanche. M..\., Rector Thomas of Lee Rev. Pet«r of Garvestone, Roworth, Norfolk. of Blagdon, EUza, d. of Somer- John Pullen, set. of London. I House, Kent. Rev. Ph. French, of Filleul, M.A., Burton- Rector of S. on-Trent . Helier, and Vice-Dean of Jersey- I I I I JuKus-John- WiUiam-Henry. Thomas- Gabriel-Charles- Culpeper-Valpy. Roworth. Blandy. Flora-Georgina, d. of W. Walkinshaw. Harriet, d. of G.- W.-K. Potter, Se- condary of London. Anthony. Bird. Anna, d. of ... Manby, of Suffolk. I I I I Henry- Eliza- Francis- John- Valpot- Carteretta. Hopkins. Clay- Francis. Wortlungton. Richard ElweU. I I III I WiUiam-Henry-Valpy. EUen-Penelope. CaroUne. Catherine. ArabeUa-Jeffreys. Juliet-Anna-Owen. I I Robert-Harris Valpy= Jane, d. of W.-Fuller Maitland, Park Place, Henley-on-Thames. Anna=Thoma8 Maitland. \ I I I Richard Valpy, Esq., of Wimbledon, b. 1820=EmiIy-Anu, d. of D. Sutton, of Rev. J.-Montague, M.A., Leonard-Rowe. Mary. Valpy. I Kensington, and Tring, Herts. of Nottingham. I I Richard- Sutton Valpy, b. and d. 1845. Ai-thixr-Sutton, b. 1819. I I Emily-Margaret. Adelaide-Frances. Abraham- Valpy^Elizabeth, d. of Matthew Le Gallais. I Edward= Frances, d. of Edward Lerrier. I I I Edward Valpy, b. 1690, d. 1728-9=Abigail, d. of Richard Durell. John, b. 1694, d. 1747=Susan, d. of ... Comden. Margaret, b. 1687. I I I Edward-Valpy, b. 1711. Francis, b. 1716. Elizabeth, d. of . . . Le Feuvre. T I I I Charles, Abigail, Esther, b. 1718-9. b. 1713-4. b. 1720. John Valpy, b. 1719. Jane, b. 1721-2. George Valpy, b. 1743-4=Esther, d. of Philip Le Geyt, Jurat, R.C. Elizabeth, b. 1740. George Valpy, Matthew, George-Nicholas, Philip, Edward, Ann, Elizabeth, b. 1766. Esther-Ann, b. 1771. b. 1773. b. 1776. b. 1778. b. 1782. b. 1769. b. 1(80. Charles De S. Croix. i i i T i I I Edward Valpy, b. 1680, m. 1720, d. 1739. EKzabeth. Esther, b. 1683. Frances, b. 1686. Catherine. Jane, iVmi . - oh. ja'\ b. 1691. EUzabeth.d. of ...LeMaistre, of S.Trinity. James De Carteret. John Mauger. John Hamon. Nichohis Williams. I \ ^ ^1 Abraham A'alpy, b. 1721. Edward, b. 1730, d. lS03=Mary, d. of ... Le Feuvre. Margaret, b. 1720. EUzabeth, b. 1723. Jane. b. 1 (32. I Edward Valpy, b. 1765 = EUzabeth, d. of Daniel Carcaud. X X 342 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 1 I I Edward Valpy=Elizabetli-De Jersey, d. of John Le Moutais. Margaret, b. 1807=Joliii Baudains. Ann. John Arthur. I I I I I I I I I I Eilw.aril Valpy. Francis. John-Mourant. Dnmaresq. Elizabeth. Marj'-Aim. Ann. Jane. MatilJa. Clara. James Lo Couteur, GrefRer of the Ecclesiastical Court. ^3rtiigiff of L'aljpp, of *. iWartm. CoL.is Y.\LF\ = a davA/htei- of John NicoUe. I I I .Martin Valpy, b. circa 1500, .1. 101.5. John. I I Nicholas Valpy = Mary, d. of ... John. II .11 Colas Valpy. William, m. 1644 = Mary, d. and co-h. of John Payn, Seig. of Ponterrin. John, b. 1613. Thomasse. i I John Valpy, b. 16i4, m. 1682, d. 1727 = Jane, d. of Matthew NicoUe. WilUam. ni. 1085, d. 1693=Mary, d. of Clement De QuetteviUe. I ' \ I III II I John Valpy, b. 1084, d. 1715.* Guille, Francis, Martha, William Valpy, Frances, Susan, b. 108", m. 1715. b. 1087. b. 1093. b. 1089. b. 1090. b. 1685. Susan, d. of John Aubin. Philip Gaudin. I John Valpy, b. 1714, m. 1 1 38 = Rachel, d. of .-. Mouraut, of S. Savioiir. I I I I I I I The Rev. Francis Valpy, Rector of S. Mary.t Joshiia, b. 1714, Elizabeth, b. 1747. Jane, b. 1749. Rachel, b. 1751. Ann, b. 1756. m. 1776, o.s.p. ■ Mary, d. of Nicolas FaUc, of S. Saviour. Daniel Poingdestre. Edward Joune. I'hil. Honnan. Michael = Ann, d. of... Cabot. Ikradaius. 1 ^ I I I I I Francis Valpy, b. 1744. Thomas, b. 1775. James, Jane-Elizabeth. Elizabeth. Surgeou R.N. Ann, eld. d. and co-h. of Amiee Dnmaresq, 1[.D., and co-representative Philip Le Couteur, Philip of the families of De Bagot, Payn, Larbalestier, and De Carteret. Capt. R.J.M. Thoreau. \ Francis Valpy, Esq. = Jane, d. of John Le Bas. Anno. Elizabeth-Susan. Jane. Mary, o6. Maria- Weeks. Esther. ^1 I I I Henry-Francis \ alpy. Frank-Dumaresq. Duprf -Andrew. Annie-Jane. * Leading the rescue of some drowning persons at La Roque, this gentlemau perished with the last boat-load that were being brought to the shore, on the 20th June, 1715. The rock where this tragedy took place is still knowu by his name. t The Rev. Francis Valpy was a jnirson of the old " three-bottle " school. Accosted one day by a female member of his flock, after liis delivery of a very eloquent and impressive sermon, she remarked, " Ah ! sir, the gown hides many defects ! " " Does it, madam ; pray then let me Ifiul it to you," said the unabashed and facetious pastor. Jii' w/inm /JiisPtaic isPre.^-eii/ed lo f/zr Itn/. osfimKs VAff^i/f. Kst., 1850. Lower Canada. b. 1832. Eliza-Gordon, d. of Keith Macalister, of Glenbarr Abbey, Argyleshire.* I I I I Charles-Gcorge-Gordon Vaudin, b. 18G2. Henry-Boyle-Beauohamp-S. John, b. 1863. Mary-EUinor-CampbeU, b. 1SC4. * Arms of Macalister, of Glenbarr : Quarterly. 1. Argent, a lion, rampant, gules. 2. Or, a hand, in annour, holding a cross-crosslet, fitch5e, gules. 3. Or, a row galley, the sails furled, sable, flags flying, gules. 4. On the waves of the sea, vert, a salmon, uaiant, in fosse, ppr. OuESTS: 1. A hand, in armour, lioldiug a cross-cr)sslet, fitcheo, gules. 2. A dexter arm, in armour, embowed and couped at the shoulder, holding a broadsword in V)end, all p)pr. Moi'io : Per mare, per terras. //(- tv/iriii ////s /'/,//; /s /'r,s,'n/,;/ /r //n llrrf.' AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 345 |3ftngrrf of S^aiitiin, of 2La ?i)oii5Ufttf. Philip Vaudin {VideVedi. of Vaudin, of S. Helicr). Andrine, d. of Jolin Le BoutiUier. T Pliilip Vaudin, d. before 1639. Noah. John. Moses. Racliel. Appoline. Elizabeth, d. of ... Romcril. James Grandin. John Le Biclu'. T Noah Vaudin, hving 1G75, Deacon of S. Trinity = Mary, d. of ... Mahicr, m. drca 1C50. i I Noah Vaudin, b. 1G40. Philip, b. 1658 = Ann, d. of ... Messervy, ni. 1082. I Noah Vaudin, living 1696 = Margaret, d. of John Marett, of S. Trinity. I Noah Vaudin, living 1727, Deacon of S. Trinity = Jane, d. of John Coutanche. I I Noah Vaudin, living ]742 = Sa3an, d. of ... Blampied, m. 1740. I ■ 1 Noah Vaudin, d. circa 1781. Philip, Capt. R.J.M., ni. circa 17C2. Anne, d. of Jolm Giffard, of S. Trinity. Douce, sole h. of ... De Gruchy, of Kozel, S. Trinity. I II I John Vaudin, Jane. EUzabeth. Charles Vaudin, b. 17G7 = Ann-EHzaboth, d. of Philip Richardson, of S. Martin. o.s.p. Charles Bisson. Noali Arthur. 1 ~~ i 1 Charles Vaudin, b. 1806 = Ann-Elizabeth, d. of John Le Riche, Elizabeth. Ann. I of Catel, S. Trinity. I II- John Vaudin, Esq., of La Houguette, Lieut. R.J.M., b. 1842. Anu-Ehzabeth. Elizabeth. HE family of Vibert, Wibert, or Wiberd, is said to be of Tyrolese extraction ; and a family settled at the present day in Geneva, named Wiberd, bears the same aims as the Jersey family of Vibert. The insular branch must, however, have been settled in the island from a very remote period ; for so early as 1292, Peter Yibeii, of the parish of S. Brelade, is recorded as member of a jury serving under Robert de Lysset and the Prior of Wenlock, the Justices-Itinerant of the King of England. Philip-Dumaresq Vibert, Esq., who represents the eldest branch of the family, has a contingent claim to the Seigneurie of S. Ouen ; and John-Este Vibert, Esq., M.A., of Christ- Church, Cambridge, the representative of the junior branch, co-represents, besides, those 340 AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. families whose arms are figured in liis plate, branches of the houses of De Carteret, Dumaresq, Larl)alestier, Payn, Bagot, Crafford, and Le Bastard. Arms (as borne by John-Este Vibert, Esq., M.A.) : Ai-gent, a fesse, azure, between three eagles, displayed, sable. Quartering : Barry, azure and or, over all, an anchor, erect, counter- changed, for Le Bosquet ; Argent, three lozenges, gules, for Arthur ; Per fesse, argent and or ; in chief, a dexter hand, clenched, ppr., cuffed of the second ; in base, a mullet of the first, for PoiNGDESTRE ; and Ai'gent, three owls, sable, for Le Couteur. Crest : An eagle, displayed, per pale, or and sable. Motto : Vi et lisERTate. |3rt(ia:iTc of Wibtvt. Helier Vui£HT = CatlicTUie, d. and co-li. of Pliilip Lo Bosquet, Helier Vibert, b. 1652, o. s.p. Pbilip = Mary, d. of Jobn Dumaresq, of Les Colonibiers, S. Mary, I Pliilip Vibert = Jane, d. aud co-li. of Johu Arthiu-, and co-representative of the families of Poingtlestre and Le Contour. I I Philip Vibert = Jane, tl. of ... De La Perelle. Helier = Jane, d. of ... Balleine. Ill I I I I I I I Helier Philip. John. 1. Julia, d. = Thomas = 2. Ann, d. Jane. Elizabeth. Nancy. Mary. Susan. Margaret. Vibert. of Geo. Elizabeth, Margaret, Deslandes.* Ann, d. d. of ... d. of . of Ph. Pirouet. Arthur. De La = = Perrelle. of George Deslandes. Charles Ph. Peter John Geo. De Matthew Arthur. Pirouet. De Caen. Beuest. Carteret, Le Vavasseur- Vale Farm, dit-DureU. S. Peter. I III Frederick-WiUiam Vibert. W.alter. Florence-Ann. Adela- I III Thomas-Deslaudes Vibert. George-Deslandes. Jolm-Aniy. Julia-Deslandes. I Philip-Vibert. Helier. Mary. I II I I I I I I John-Arthur Vibert. Helier. Sybil-Shaw. Ma,rgaret. Caroline. Mary -Ann. Ehza. Jane-Sarah. Ann Vibert. Mary. Eliza. I Henrietta. ! Louisa. The Rev. Jobn Vibert, ChnjJaiu to H.M. Troops, Alderuey. Susanna-Mary, d. of Philip NicoUo, of S. John. Ainias, o.s.p. I PhUip. I James. Helier, d. 18(il. 1. ... d. of ... 1. Maria,nue, Elizabeth, d. and co-h. of Elizabeth, d. of Johu William Dumaresq, grand- d. of John De La Perrelle. son of EUas Dumaresq, Le Quesno. 2. ... d. of Seig. of Les Augres, and Dubois. 2. ... d. of... co-representative of the Barber. House and alliances of De Carteret, of S. Ouen. T Mary. Jane, o.s.2t. Philip Dumaresq, Abraham of Les Giilard. Colombiers. AuMs ol Desi,,\nde.s, of IreLind : Argent, a saltiro, azure. Chest: Two hands, coupcJ and conjoined, holding a lieart, all ]ipr. AN ARMORIAL OF JERSEY. 347 I Jolra-Est^ Vibert. Pliilir. iratikla, 5tli d. of the Rev. Cliarles Lo Touzel, Rector of S. Martiu. Elizabeth, I. Jano-Ellzabeth. Abraham Poiugdestre, Capt. R.J.M. I Philip-Dauiel Vibert = Rachel, d. of ... Le Brocq. I Philip-Dumarcsq Vibert, b. 1843. Elizribflh. b. 1840. 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By James Cornwell, Ph.D. Twenty-nmth Edition, Ss. 6d.; or with Thirty Maps on Steel, 5s. 6d. "Without exception, the best book of the class we hav» seen." — Atlae. A SCHOOL ATLAS. 2s. 6d., or 4s. coloured. ALLEN and CORNWELL'S SCHOOL GRAMMAR. Thirtieth Edition, 2s., red; Is. 9d., cloth. -^ "Written by those who are profoundly acquainted with the sources of our langua^'c, and who have brought this acquaintance to bear on its Gram- matical structure. This grammar will make its way in schools." — Church of England (iuurUrly. GRAMMAR for BEGINNERS. Thirty-fifth Edition, Is., cloth; 9d., sewed. " We have never seen a more desirable elementaiT work." — Co -Cuurt Journal. T^HE YOUNG COMPOSER; or. Progressive Exercises in ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By James Cornwell, Ph.D., ■*- Twenty-third Edition, Is. 6d. " An invaluable little work for beginners. If they go thi-ough it steadily, they will not only learn how to write, but how to think." — LiUrary Gazttu. OELECT ENGLISH POETRY. Edited by the late Dr. Allen. Eleventh Edition, 4s. THE SCIENCE of ARITHMETIC. By James Cornwell, Ph.D., and Joshua Fitch, M.A. Sixth Edition, 48. 6d. " We are glad to see this revised edition of the best book on arithmetic which has yet appeared. It is both scientific and practical in the best and fullest sense of these terms." — London Quarterly. ARITHMETIC for BEGINNERS. By the same Author. Fourth Edition, Is. 6d. -J-i- " An admirable iii-st Book for Schools." — Hhistrated Xews 0/ tlit World. London : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. ; HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. Edinburgh : OLIVER & BOYD. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, EUSTON ROAD, LONDON. FOREIGN GENERAL AGENTS, Duly APPOINTED for the SALE of MOEISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINES: Australia Mr. CHAELWOOD. Bavaria Mr. GAYEHOS. Baltimore J. C. FEENCH and SON. Barbadoes COLLYMOEE and GILL. Barcelona MIEET and CUYAS. Brody Mr. KOENEELD. Calcutta Mr. E. CHILL. Cape Breton Mr. WAED. Carthagena ]Mr. CAUTO. Constantinople Mr. STAMPA. Copenhagen MICHAELSEN and HOLM. Cracow Mr. MULDNEE. Elsinore Mr. STEENBEEG. France Mr. MOULIN. Germany and Austria Mr. BEECK. Gibraltar Mr. EOBEETS. Guernsey Mr. COCIIPwVNE. Halifax (N.S.) Mr. M'KINLAY. Hamburg Mr. KEAUSKOPF. Honduras Mr. HENDEESON. Jamaica Miss KINGTON. Madras E. L. PEEEIEA, Esq. Mexico Mr. TOGNO. Montreal Mr. TEUDEAU. New Zealand Mr. PAEEIS. New York FIETH, PONT), and CO. Odessa WM. AVAGNEE, Esq. Part III. of the "ARMORIAL of JERSEY" is being proceeded with. Communications respecting Special Plates, Alterations in, and Emendations of. Lineages, &c., can, as usual, be addressed to the Author, care of F. GME. COLLAS, Esq., Maison de S. Martin. Subscribers who have not received the cancels for printers' errors in pages 8 and 9, will have the goodness to apply to MR. LE BOUTILLIER, of Rutland House, who will continue to receive additions to the Subscription List. Families whose arms occur in the non-special plates, are informed that copies of their Armorial Bearings can be had for book labels, at the nominal sum of 7s. 6d. per hundred. A very limited number of Parts I. and II. (25 only having been printed), on Imperial Quarto, Illustrated with India Proofs, may be had on special application, price 15s. Subscriptions' for each part are due on their delivery. Part III. Price IS. 6d. AN wmm OF wi B E I N O AN ACCOUNT, HERALDIC AND ANTIQUARIAN, i> CHIEF NATIVE FAMILIES, WITH PEDIGREES, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, AND ILLUSTRATIVE DATA; TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 91 Brief ^istorj) of ?^eraltjr^. AND REMARKS ON THE MEDIAEVAL ANTIQUITIES OE THE ISLAND. BY J. BERTRAND PAYNE, MEMBRB DE l"iSSTITUT HISTORIQDE DE PRANCE ; FEILOW OF THE QENEALOGiCAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN; HONORARY FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTKJDARI Kb OF NORMANDY; AND CORRESPONDINO MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND. WITH PLATES OF ARMS AND SEALS, FROM DESIGNS BY THE AUTHOR. ORIGINAL, OR COPIED FROM THE BEST EXISTING EXAMPLES. MDCCCLXl. SUBSCRIBERS' PRIVATE ISSUE. ESTABLISHED 1840. CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE INSTITUTION. HEAD OFFICE.— 5, LOTHBURY, LONDON. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 4 & 5 VIC. CAP. X CI I. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. (A LIST OF THE PROPRIETORS PERIODICALLY ENROLLED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.) S^ift ^tprinunt This Institution adopts both the Proprietary afl'l Mutua.1 systems of Life Assurance, and the Policy-holders i.n both BR.\NCHEs are fully protected by the large Subscribed Capital of the Company. In the Proprietary Branch, Assurances are granted at the Lowest Rates of Premium consistent with the security of the Establishment. Such assurances may be effected in a great variety of ways, to suit the circumstances and convenience of the Assured. Among others, where the Policy is made payable " on the Assured attaining Sixty years of age, or at Death, '^ that eevnt should happen previously," is particularly deserving of attention. In the Mutual Branch of this institution, the Policy-holders are entitled to the Entire Piofits of the Branch, which are divided at the expiration of every fifth year. These profits may be applied either in Reduction of the Yearly Premiums until the ensuing period of division, or in Additions to the Sums Assured. Prospective Allowances are at each division set apart for those Policy-holders who are not immediately entitled to par- ticipate in the profits, but who will have paid five yearly premiums before the next ensuing division ; thus iiffording to the Assured all the advantages of an Annual Division of Profits. Specimens of the Additions already made to Sums Assured, at Participating Rates of Premium. Date of Policy. Age. Sum originally Assured. Additions. Sum now Assured. July, 1840. 45 £5,000 £1,558 £6,558 April, 1841. 35 1,500 405 1,905 March, 184..3. 40 2, COO 536 2,53G December, 1848. 3!» 2,000 401 2,401 August, 1853. 4-3 3,000 332 3,332 September, 1858. 5G 2,000 278 2,278 Prospectuses, the necessary Forms, and every requisite information for efiecting Assurances, may be obtained on application It (li.- Head Office, as above, or to any of the Agents of the Company. Wm. EMMENS, Mana^ser. All Applications for Agencies in those places it-liere the Company have not yet appointed Agents, to be addressed to the Manager. Agent for Jersey-CHARLES DE CARTERET, Esq., Val Plaisant. DR. CORNWELL'S EDUCATIONAL WORKS. " A very useful series of Educational Works, of which Dr. Cornwell is either author or p,litnr i, /. Tt,„ r- i, / d • .v ■ admirable Introduction. There .s vast dimculty in writing a good eleme'nta" book! and D . ctnwel hU^twnTms'ell'X^r^^^^^^ combination of faculties which is required for the task."— John Bull. v>"i"wt:ii ims »nown nimseii popsessea oi mat rare 8th Edition, price Is. GEOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS. By JAMES CORNWELL, Ph.D., F.R.G.S. 29th Edition, price 3s. 6d. ; or, with Thirty Maps on Steel, as. 6cL A SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY. By JAMES CORNWELL, Ph.D. " We are qualified by ample trial of the books in our own classes to speak to their great efficiency and value. We have never known so much interest evinced, or so much progress made in the study of Geo- graphy, as since we have employed these as our school-books."— Educational Times. ■ "Without exception, the best book of its class we have seen. "-Atlas. Also, by the same Author, price 2s. 6d., or 4s. coloured, A SCHOOL ATLAS. Consisting of Thirty Maps on Steel, containing every name found in the School Geography, and a List of several Hundred Places, with their Latitude and Longitude, and the Accentuation and Pronunci- ation of all difficult Names. The Maps of England and Scotland enlarged. *,* Recent Geographical Discoveries and Changes are embodied in the current editions of the above Works. 31st Edition, price 2s., red ; Is. 9(1. cloth, ALLEN & CORNWELL'S SCHOOL GRAMMAR. With very copious Exercises, and a Systematic View of the Formation and Derivation of Word.-, together with Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek Roots, which explain the etymology of above 7,000 English Words. .^7th Edition, price Is. cloth ; 9(1. ffwcd, GRAMMAR FOR BEGINNERS. •• VV'e have never seen a more desirable elementary work." — Court Journal. 2Jth Edition, price Is. Cd.. THE YOUNG COMPOSER; Or, PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By JAMES CORNWELL, Ph.D. " Dr. Cornwell has executed this work with great ability. We have seen no other of the kind so clear, so well-arranged, socomprehennive, so thoroughly adapted to the practical business of tuition : or, in short, so fully entitled to be named • Progressive Exercises in English Com- position." — Scotsman. Also, price 3s., A KEY TO THE YOUNG COMPOSER ; \\ ith Suggestions as to the Mode of Uiing the B()ok. 11th E. AND REMARKS ON THE MEDIAEVAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISLAND. BY J. BERTRAND PAYNE, MEMBRB DE l'iNSTITDT HISTORIQDE DE PRANCE ; FELLOW OP THE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETV OP GREAT BRITAIN; BONOHARV FELLOW OP THE BOCIETV OP ANTIQUARIES OF NORMANDY ; AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND. WITH PLATES OF ARMS AND SEALS, FROM DESIGNS BY THE AUTHOR, ORIGINAL, OR COPIED FROM THE BEST EXISTING EXAMPLES. MDCCCLXII. SUBSCRIBERS' PRIVATE ISSUE. Jn tije iJreee. "^ Cioseiping tfSuiUe to :?lereei»." "?i.ito0, ?tegenU0, fHanners. tru9tom0. d AN ACCOUNT. HERALDIC AND ANTIQUARIAN. CHIEF NATIVE FAMILIES, WITH PEDIGREES, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, AND ILLUSTRATIVE DATA; Til WHICH AHE APnEl), ^ Brief ^\%it^xy> of Jl^traltriT, AND REMARKS ON THE MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISLAND. J. BERTRAND PAYNE, MEMBRE PE l'iNSTITUT HISTORIQ^UE DE FRANXE J FELLOW OF THE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN J HONORARY FELLOW OF THF. SOCIETY OF ANTI 1 Kr.r, 1 , i^Kn\\j\jv\. EDITORIAL NOTICE. Condusion of tijt ©Slork. Parts V. and VI. of this [Fork will be iflued within a few weeks of each other, and will thus complete the " Armorial " proper. Although fo long a period has elapfed fince the appearance of the laft Part, the two concluding ones have been put into type within a fortnight of the reception of the final Item of Information. jrurt!)rr Cnfoimntion rrsprrtinti: Vot ^injplrmcnt. The "Supplement," a feparate Profpeaus of which is annexed, will contain all Corre£iions, Alterations, ?LnA Emendations in Parts III. to VI.; and feveral additional Plates and Pedigrees relating to Jerfey Families, hefides the other primary fubjects which will form the bulk of this concluding Portion of the Work. g lUpimt of ^DartEi $, anti \\. Parts I. and II. will be reprinted in a thoroughly revifed form, and a General Index will be compiled in accordance with the Pagination of the Second Edition. Suhfcrihers will be at liberty to exchange the Old Edition of thefe two Parts for the New, on the payment of half the Suhfcription Price. Ixrtmrtton of ,:i>prrial |3Iatf£i, The Author begs to direft the attention of his Suhfcrihers to the annexed Profpectus touching the ReduSiion of Special Plates. an (£mbIa5onfii Cobfr of i\)t ♦*annoriaL" A Cover for the " Armorial," in Gold and Scarlett, from an original defign, drawn expreffly for this object, by Lukp; Limner, Esq^, F.S.A., is in preparation, and a Specimen Copy will be lodged with Mr. George Le Boutillier, for the hifpeution and Approval of Suhfcrihers. ^3ai!itingg of tl)t Coat.6--of-91nnei of Insular jramilirsi. The Author has, in numerous inftances, been confulte'd regarding emblazoned fac-fimiles of the Special Plates engraved in this work ; he has confequently made Arrangements with an eminent Heraldic Artist to produce Paintings, of any fize, on Vellum, Glajs, or Panel, as may be defired, for fuipenfion in the Hall or Lihrary. " Cartf '53c-2Fi£iitt " ^ovtraits! of tlK ^ubefcribtrs to tftt *♦ i^rmonaL" A copy of the Work has been interleaved for the purpofe of including therein " Carte-de-Visite " Portraits, and Autographs, of the Perfons, now living, whofe Lineages are recorded. The Author will feel much and fincerely obliged to all of his Suhfcrihers who will kindly iupply him with both, in order that the CoUeifion rrtay be rendered as complete as poffible. aargr ^9apn- CoptfS of the ** !3[rmoriaI." A limited Numhcr of Large Paper Copies of the IVork flill remain unfold. |)oitraitsi of Jn^ular 2Mortftirsi. It has been propofed, as a welcome addition to the Contents of the " Armorial of Jersey," to further illuftrate the Work, through the medium of Photo-Lithography, with the Portraits of Local Celehrities, paft and prefcnt. Thefe lUuJirations, photographed from family paintings and from life, will be reduced to the fize of the Work, and will form appropriate and interefting mementoes of the irorthies of ferfey. The Author congratulates his Suhfcrihers on the Completion of the main Portion of this IVork. Ten Tears of continuous Lahour have been rewarded by the ColleSiion of a mafs of Material, which, it is diffidently hoped, may not be quite ufelcfs to future Students of the Hijlory of the If and. *x.* Copies of Parts V. and VI. may be had on application only to Mr. George Le Boutillier, 5, Royal Square. IRON MERCHANTS AND HORTICULTURAL ENGINEERS, 6, BANKSIDE, LONDON, S. E. J GENERAL LIBRARY - U.C. [ lllllilil BDD07a3Q3S