November 1791: Foul deeds at the Fallas'
14 November—Daniel Falla, his wife, and daughter are dragged out of their beds, beaten up and robbed by two soldiers from the garrison.
Family History
Partages
A list of the partages transcribed in the notebook Partages No. 1, Staff.
De La Mare partages
From the Le Hurel collection, donated by Esther Hatton.
Will of Thomas Le Conte, 1662
No. 1 in Edith Carey's transcriptions Wills and Legacies, [Staff].
Gagnepain, 15 December 1591
From Rev. George Lee's MSS, copied in [Staff] Inq. post mortem &c, XI, p. 66. The Gagnepains were a well-off family in Guernsey and Sark with extensive interests in England. Also a note concerning the Norman Mansel or Mancel family.
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.
The Harvey Family
Throughout the occupation of Guernsey (1940-45) Winifred Harvey (1888-1976) kept a diary, which has been edited and published under the title The Battle of Newlands, and which is still in print. In keeping her diary, she followed a family tradition; the Harveys have left behind them comprehensive records from the middle of the 19th century, so detailed that their lives could virtually be reconstructed from them, and much of that material is here at the Library. Their house, Newlands, is illustrated in the photograph above, from the Library Collection.
Relic of the past: Jeanne Le Moyne, April 1625
From The Star, January 25 1915.
Lost things: La Maison Bonamy of the Pomare
From Edith Carey's Report of the Folklore Section of the Société Guernesiaise, Rep. and Trans. 1931, p. 149. The photograph shows the overgrown ruins from the road before their recent redevelopment.
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.