Jersey.- 3 Jersey charters, in French, single-sheet documents on vellum

Jersey.- 3 Jersey charters, in French, single-sheet documents on vellum, charters: (i) judgement of Jean du Marescq, bailiff of Jersey ("bailly en lisle de Jersey"), in the case of Collas Beaugie and Jacques du Feu, on 15 long lines in an irregular French secretarial hand, one penwork initial, signatures of the three involved parties at foot with calligraphic flourishes, seals once attached to tags cuts horizontally from base of document (these now wanting), small scuffs and spots, old folds causing some losses of a few characters along lines and in one place a loss of small area of parchment with a few characters from uppermost line at head of document, 110 by 260mm., Jersey, 3 March 1582; (ii) confirmation of judgement of the court of the Isle of Jersey, in the case between François Amy and Thomas Falle, concerning property in the "Ruette au Nord", 20 long lines in a small and rounded French secretarial hand, opening words in larger ornamental script, three scrawled signatures of all parties at foot of document, and part of round black wax seal (containing impression of coat-of-arms with a tree), suspended by tag cut horizontally from base of document, another tag with seal now lost, small folds and slight cockling to parchment, else excellent condition, 130 by 240mm., St. Helier, Jersey, 2 January 1618; (iii) judgement of Elie Dumarez (Elias du Marescq) and Philip de Carteret "chevalier et ... Bailly en lisle de Jersey", in the Case of Jean le Gras and Jacques Fileul, on 14 long lines in French secretarial hand, opening words in larger ornamental hand, witnessed by parties involved at foot, remains of a single black seal on a tag cut horizontally from the foot of the document, another tag cut from same place now wanting, some folds and small areas of discolouration, 90 by 300mm., Jersey, 1 May 1635; overall in good condition, all laid down on old card mounts, Jersey, 1582, 1618 & 1635 (3). *** The judge in the first document was a member of the du Marescq family, lords of Vinchelés de Bas from 1483, and after 1500 baillifs of Jersey. In addition, François Amy in the second document here is identifiable as the seigneur of Lower Castillon as well as constable and captain of Grouville, and his partner in this matter, Thomas Falle, was a member of the wealthy bourgeois family of St. Saviour, as well as most probably the same man who, in 1636, alongside his wife, Elisabeth Le Boutillier, gave a silver cup to St. Saviour's Church. Finally, the judges in the third document are easily identifiable as Elias du Marescq, another member of this influential family and probably the son of the seigneur of La Haule and namesake who died from a gunshot wound in 1644 and is buried in S. Brelade's Church, and Sir Philip de Carteret (d. 1693), second Baronet of St. Ouen, high bailiff of Jersey and a member of the Privy Chamber, who was knighted by Charles II, and who named his son after that king with the monarch standing as the child's godfather. Provenance: 1. Most of the Channel Islands families here were closely intermarried throughout the Middle Ages and sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and this small archive is most probably that of a descendant of some of the parties under judgement here. 2. E.H. Dring (1863-1928), the first managing director of Quaritch, passing in turn to his son E.M. Dring (1906-1990), himself manager of Quaritch from 1960. 3. Quaritch of London; this archive passing to them in 1983 along with the vast Dring fragment collection and other charters. 4. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS. 1622, acquired in August 1992. 5. Bloomsbury Auctions, 2021.

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