Royal Court & States

Disorder in the Court, 1790

Detail from Grisier's Les Armes et le duel, Priaulx Library Collection

From the Gazette de l'Isle de Jersey, January 8, 1791. The autocratic Le Marchants—the Bailiff and his two sons—and their provocative behaviour. The original is in French. The illustration is from Augustin Grisier's Les Armes et le duel, 1865, from the Library collection.

30 December 1672: Castle Cornet explodes

Richard Godfrey 1779 print of Castle Cornet before 1672

Reminiscences, from The Star, Tuesday December 9, 1890. The reaction of the population to the shocking event: a translation of an Ordinance of the Royal Court of 11 January, 1673; and an account from Roger North's Life of Dr John North, a 17th century Cambridge academic who was related to the Hattons. The illustration of the Castle before the explosion is a print published by Richard Godfrey in 1779, taken from a painting then in the possession of a [Mr] Carey.

Trial and Execution, July 1813

The execution of Cox and Shellard, from the Gazette de l'Isle de Guernesey, 17 July 1813. Final sentence handed down by the Guernsey Royal Court. [From the French.]

More about Fountain Street: 1916

Detail of a photograph of Fountain Street c. 1870 from the Priaulx Library Collection

The Star, September 27, 1916. The detail is from a photograph of Fountain Street c. 1870, from the Library Collection.

April 1809 and 1819

From local newspapers.

Servants in Silks

Servants from My Sketchbook, George Cruikshank 1834, Priaulx Library Collection

From The Sarnian Monthly Magazine, July, 1815. The illustration is from My Sketch Book, part of the Library's extensive collection of works illustrated by George Cruikshank, which can be viewed on request.

May 1661: Cromwell is erased from memory

An order of the Royal Court, May, 1661.

Easter 1780: Children shall not profane the Sabbath!

One of many complaints about children; an Order of the Royal Court from the Easter Session of 1780. Chief Pleas, Session after Easter, held 3 April, 1780, William Le Marchant, Esq., Bailiff, presiding, in the presence of etc. Children shall not profane the Sabbath. The Law Officers having brought it to our attention that for some time past Children, instead of attending Church on a Sunday, are spending their time playing together and amusing themselves in the streets and other public places, thus profaning the day, offending their Faith and prejudicing their morals,—THE COURT, having heard…

February 1809-1810

From the Gazette de L'Isle de Guernesey 1809 and 1810.Pigeons are a nuisance; Robert Jago Fund (the Sandwich); rabid dog; shingle stealing (Braye du Valle); potatoes and horses for sale; French POW craftwork for sale; Lenfestey, Girard, Hallouvris, defamation; Pallot, Blondel, Le Page, Le Mesurier, defamation.

Desertion

February 1809: They left HMS Diomede and the Navy wanted them back—including their tattoos.

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