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Royal charters applying to the Channel Islands

Royal charters applying to the Channel Islands

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This is a list of charters promulgated by monarchs of England that specifically relate to the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney or Sark which together form the Channel Islands, also known as the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Forming part of Brittany and then Normandy in the 10th and 11th centuries, the Duke of Normandy, in 1066, took the Crown of England.

The physical location of the Channel Islands became important when the English monarchs began to lose their French possessions and the islands became the front line in a series of wars with France that lasted for centuries. Loyalty to the English Crown was rewarded.

The charters are given in the form of letters patent being a form of open or public proclamation and generally conclude with: In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. (in witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent.)[1]: 42–44  The charters being confirmed by the Council in Parliament, or by the Parliament of England.[2]

List

The legal materials are as follows:

More information Year, Monarch ...
  • GG – Charter held in Guernsey Greffe

See also

Further reading

  • Thornton, Tim. The Charters of Guernsey (Woodfield Publishing, 2004)

References

  1. [1]
    Thornton, Tim (2004). The Charters of Guernsey. Woodfield Publishing. ISBN 978-1-903953-65-5.
  2. [2]
    The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine Volumes 1–2. p. 364.
  3. [3]
    "Seals XXXIX". Jersey Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. [4]
    "D/AP/Z/1". Jersey Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. [5]
    "L/F/386". Jersey Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. [6]
    "L/F/99/A/2". Jersey Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. [7]
    Shebbeare, John (1771). An Authentic Narrative of the Oppressions of the Islanders of Jersey: Volume 1.
  8. [8]
    "BL Royal MS13 B1, IVI, no.6". Jersey Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. [9]
    Staff Of The Attorney‐General's Cha (13 August 2010). "Jersey constitutional status". Commonwealth Law Bulletin. 12 (2): 556–560. doi:10.1080/03050718.1986.9985860.
  10. [10]
    "Sark marks 450 years of Royal Charter". BBC News. BBC. 6 August 2015.
  11. [11]
    Thornton, Tim. The Channel Islands, 1370–1640: Between England and Normandy: 133 .
  12. [12]
    "D/AP/Z/9". Jersey Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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