MSS Fief Le Comte I

From a notebook in the Staff collection.

The follwing deed in the possession of F P Hutchesson Esq., Seigneur de Comte, Guernsey, who is descended from Mr Le Marchant named therin. It bears on dorso in handwriting of the end of the 17th, beginning of the 18th century, the following:

'Piere, Jannequin, et Michelle Le Marchant, enfants de Denis, [l'an 1393 - effaced]'

Also, another note in a different handwriting as follows: '7 March 1772, as the writing of the act or Bill of Partage on the other side has faded so much it is barely readable, it was rubbed over with a liquid mixture recommended by Mr Milmes (sic), Warden of the Archive at the Tower of London, by which means we have been able to read it easily.'

The present state of the said document is bad, being stained dark brown in parts nearly illegible. T W M de Guerin, 11 April 1896.

1. By Royal mandate of Edward I 1294, Pierre Bernard was ordered to be put in possession of the property of his bother Pierre de Toulouse, who had been killed on the invasion of Guernsey by the French a few years previously. Pierre Bernard de Pynsole and Laurence de Gaillard were guardians of the Isles 1330/1. By a charte of Johan Le Marchant, Bailiff 1367, it appears that Johan Bernard had married Alenor, and Colin de Sausmarez Avice, daughters of Richard de St Martin, Seigneur of the Fief Cannelly in this island.

'A tous ceux... Gervaise de Clermont, Bailiff of the King in the island of Guernsey ... on Tuesday 3 June 1324, before the jurats Colin Le Feyvre, Johan Nicolas, Pierre de St Pey, Colin de Saumares, Johan Bernard, Michel Le Feyvre, Johan --, Olivier Le Feyvre, Johan La Cornelle, and Guille Toulley, appeared in person Pierrot Le Marchant and Johan Le Feyvre, guardian of Jannequin Le Marchant his brother (of the said Pierrot) of the one part, and Jannequin Plessy, husband of Michele, daughter of Denis Le Marchant and sister to the said Pierrot of the other part, who confirmed that they had shared ... the entire succession of Denis Le Marchant ... thus: that is, that the aforesaid Pierrot and his brother Jannequin have the Manoir de Haut including the gardens of the Val Vidicoke [Vidcoq] and an enclosure in front of the south of the house belonging to Jacques de Beaucamp and to the west in front of the house of Pierre Bernard, and the hall and the high gate of the manor below the gable of the great hall for their vingtieme and the chapel and the gate towards the Town and the alley in front of [--] Robert Le Beseygne's house of the one part and Colin Bernard's house of the other part, etc. ... The said Pierre Le Marchant has for his part of the said succession the Manoir du Groignet and the land adjoining the house .. etc.  .. of the mill pond and a goose (?) that the heirs of Aubert Lohier owe. The enclosures at Forment (?) near the lands at Pleinmont, the Clos Freton and the Val Igar [Icart?] and the meadows in St Andrew, the open area near the house of Thomelin Dangevin ... the Place au Milieu ...for which Michel Le Feyvre owed for the Clos du Tremont (?) and Pierrot Rose .. The Menage Gallet, rent owed by the heirs of Johan Le Gay, the heirs of Pierre Belic the elder... Johan de Moulepied, Guillot de la Mare, the daughter of Johan Carupel, Colin Dranes, Philippin de St Martin and Philippin Le Feron, Pierre Guillemot de Pomare, Pierre Falle of the Pont Neuf, [--] Johan (?), Nicholas Falle (?), Pierre Gosse, Guille Bullein, Richard Le Tellier, Lucas de la Rue in right of his wife, Johan Gosse, Colin de Lest, Johan du  du Rohais (?) /[Rocher (?),] Thomas Reysnon [?], Les Retilleys a conger. Johan Godefroy, Robert La Vesquesse, Colin de Saumares, Guillon Tiault, Johan Badier, Pierre Hamelin, Richard du Castel, Johan Le Ray, Pierre de Serk, [--] Le Pelley , Guille Godefroy, the daughter of Vinart Pagny, the wife of Pierre de Rosel, heirs of Thomas Fleres, Ralph Le Lymage, heirs of Johan de Beauvoir, Jacques de Beaucamp, Johan Careye, Johan du Val, Thomas Maindonal, Johan le Baguaize (sic, Baguays) [Le Bourgaize?], Jannequin Maindonald, Pierre des Camps, the heirs Beaumont, Johan de Moullepied, Pierre Belic, the heirs Simon, Johan Torguys [Tourgis], John Le Feyvre, Pierre L'Evesque [Le Vesque], Johan Le G--, Johan Beunas, Pierre Roger [Rougier], Johan Morel, Thomas de Vic, Pierre Le Hacquebec, JOhan Mangaye [?] [Mainguy?], Nicholas Dry [Dru? Dorey?], Nicholsa Norman, Johan Coquerel, Olivier Lohier (?), Pierre Brehaut, Colin [Coq]uelin, Guillemot Denise (?), Samuel? de Garris, [De Garis] Benest Roussel, Colin Henry in right of his wife, heirs of Pierre de Havilland, heirs of Ralph Duhamel, Richard Coquenette [Collenette?], the heirs Renouf de Vallegerait¹, the heirs of Guille Gallienne, the heirs Ala Mustent (?), Pierre Estienne, Pierre Trichard? / Bichard [?], Johan Davy of La Folie, Johan MRtinet, heirs of Pierre Rougier, Pierre du ROsel, THomas Fleres, Guillon Tiault,