Lords of Manors

Fiefs and their Seigneurs. From Guerin's Almanack, 1890, in the Library's News Cuttings on Guernsey IV, p. 79, Staff.

 

Her Majesty*L'Evêque de Winchester
do.*L'Abbé de Mont St Michel
do.*L'Abbé de Noir Moutier
Bertram Gosselin-Lefebvre*L'Abbé de BlanchelandeSt Martin
Her Majesty*L'Abbé de la Rue Frairie
do.*L'Abbé de la Croix St Geffroy
do.*L'Abesse de Caen
Amias Charles Andros*Anneville de FauvilleSt Sampson
George De Saumarez*Saumarez, St MartinSt Martin
Peter De Baugy*Bruniaux de St MartinSt Martin
Amias Charles Andros*MauxmarquisSt Andrew
Heirs Mary Messurier Allez*Bruniaux de NoirmontVale

Daniel Henry¹

*Vaugrat
Jean Lenfestey (Frie)²*Philippes
Rev. George De C. Guille*CannellySt Sampson
do.*FantômeSt Sampson
Reginald Bainbrigge*RohaisSt Andrew
Her MajestyLe Roy
do.Lihou
do.

Pomare

St Peter-in-the Wood
do.Halia (two-thirds)
do.Suard
do.Des Trois Bouvées de l'Erée
do.Huit Bouvées
do.Couture
do.Jean du Gaillard
do.Quarante Quartiers
do.Dix Quartiers Blondel
do.Liven
do.La Haule
do.Rozel (SPP)
do.Corvée
do.Veilleresse de la FallaizeSt Martin
do.Veilleresse de FermainsSt Martin
do.Franc Fief St Martin
do.Sotuas
do.Franc Fief Gallicien
do.Nannage
Heirs of Mrs HutchessonLe Comte, with dependencies³
George De SaumarezHalia (one-third)
T CorbinBeuval
Marie Le MessurierRobert De Verre
Marthe Le MessurierJanin Besnard
do.ReveauxSt Peter-in-the-Wood
Heirs Marie Le M. AllezQuantraine
Heirs John CareySte HélèneSt Andrew
P Robilliard (Pleinmont)Thomas BlondelTorteval
T Robilliard (Pleinmont)Bouvée DuqueminTorteval
do.Guillot JusticeTorteval
do.CourriquaTorteval
Rev. George De C. GuilleDomaine Dom HueCâtel
Chapelle St GeorgeCâtel
A C AndrosBeauvoirSt Peter Port
J F T DobréeCarteretCâtel
Hon. James SaumarezSaumarez, Câtel
do.Coltons
do.Gohiers, Dieu le voye, Bouvée Marquand, Bouvée du Fief aux Roux, Fief HerneCâtel
William Carrington4VideclinCâtel
Rev. F J JeremieGroignetCâtel
John R Tardif5Au Merchand
John T Ross De HavillandD'Anjohan Le Moigne, Prêtre, alias du Castel; formerly known as the Fief Lucas HernaultCâtel
W P CohuAu CocqCâtel
Rev. F J JeremieMassy GrosCâtel
John RougierEperonsSt Andrew
Mary Carey & heirs of Mary Le Messurier (Catel)La Rivière
William Le MessurierSaintSt Martin
Frederick Le MessurierFief Fortée
Marked thus (*) owe suit and service to the Court of Chief Pleas
See Fiefs 1680

¹ In right ofMartha Hocart his wife

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² In right of Rachel Le Messurier his wife
³ see below
4 In right of Betsy Marquand his wife
5 In right of Sophie De Putron his wife

³ Viz: Pomare (St-Pierre-du-Bois); Rozel (Vale); La Court (Câtel); Grantée (Câtel); Longue & dependencies (St Saviour); Fouqués (SPdB); Bequepée; Au Crochon (SPdB); Au Mière (SPdB); Huchon (SPdB); Gouïe (St Saviour); Des Cherfs; Cobois; Bellenzère; Grangiers; Besognes; A l'Ecachier; Effards; Au Saunier; Des Feuvres; De la Landelle; Des Queux; Des Forgiers; Moullinets; Canvière; Au Breton (Câtel); Clerc de l'Erée; Mauxconvenants; Hillaire; Trois Vattiaux (St Saviour); Damellaines; De la Vingtunième Boissellée; Du Quartier Du Camp Rouf; Au Carpentier; Robert Gosselin; Richard De Nermont; Du Quartier des Goubies; Du Camp des Hais; Richard de la Folie; Dame Alianor (Vale).


See Ewen, A H, 'The fiefs of the island of Guernsey,' Report & Transactions of the Soc. Guernesiaise, 1961, pp. 173-209, with a Schedule of Fiefs by Parishes;T F Priaulx, 'Fief des Mauxmarquis,' in Quarterly Rev. of the Guernsey Soc., XX (4), Winter 1964, pp. 85 ff.; 'Fief de Beuval', Quarterly Review of the Guernsey Society, XII (1) 1956, pp. 16-17, by T. F. Priaulx; Selected House pedigrees; Fiefs and hunting, 1680. T F Priaulx also translated into English the findings from a 14th century inquiry into the Rights and Privileges of the Seigneur d'Anneville (actually Fief Le Comte) and the Services and Dues owed to him (translated into French from the Latin in 1406), and published it in the Report and Transactions of the Société Guernesiaise, 1962, p. 279.