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17th century

Will of Clair Blanche, 1663

No. 3 in Edith Carey's Wills and Legacies. The film of the original Ecclesiastical Court records may be consulted in the Library. Claire's death is recorded by Elie Brevint of Sark in his Notebooks I. 488; the Noel family had a significant presence in Sark.

Relic of the past: Jeanne Le Moyne, April 1625

From The Star, January 25 1915.

Laine's warehouse in Berthelot Street

'MSS belonging to Mr Laine of High Street, respecting his store in Berthelot Street (behind and touching the present Savings Bank), and the Savings Bank itself, formerly 'La Maison Briard.' Names and dates; the transcriptions of these interesting vues de justice, where the jurats visited properties about which there was a dispute and sought witnesses, may be consulted at the Library. The photograph is from the Carel Toms' Collection in the Library and accompanied an article he wrote about the demolition and rebuilding of this house in 1950-51.

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17th century

Will of Clair Blanche, 1663

Relic of the past: Jeanne Le Moyne, April 1625

Laine's warehouse in Berthelot Street

Will of Gillette Sampson, 1663

Will of Marie de la Rue 1663

Will of Anne Blondel, 1662

Will of Thomas Le Page, 1669

Will of Thomas Le Pelley, 1643

Le Pelley and Mauger

Baptism and godparents, 17th century

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