under_o sign_v in_o the_o original_a canterbury_n g._n cant._n sâ—â—l_o jo._n lincoln_n c._n s._n winchester_n la._n winton_n diocese_n these_o island_n be_v first_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o dol_n in_o bretagne_n and_o so_o continue_v from_o the_o time_n of_o st._n samson_n etc._n till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o dane_n or_o norman_n into_o neustria_n who_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o breton_n about_o the_o limit_n of_o their_o territory_n and_o a_o war_n ensue_v thereupon_o betwixt_o they_o withdraw_v these_o island_n from_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o british_a bishop_n and_o give_v they_o a_o bishop_n of_o their_o own_o viz._n that_o of_o coûtance_n in_o normandy_n the_o lofty_a tower_n of_o who_o beautiful_a cathedral_n once_o our_o mother_n church_n be_v see_v from_o jersey_n to_o this_o bishop_n these_o island_n remain_v subject_a even_o after_o the_o defection_n of_o normandy_n notwithstanding_o the_o frequent_a war_n betwixt_o the_o two_o crown_n until_o the_o ten_o year_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n king_n john_n indeed_o have_v lose_v normandy_n have_v once_o in_o a_o angry_a mood_n design_v to_o annex_v they_o to_o the_o see_v of_o exeter_n in_o england_n scaccar_n but_o do_v not_o it_o be_v the_o change_n of_o religion_n in_o these_o island_n that_o take_v away_o from_o the_o popish_a bishop_n of_o coûtance_n his_o jurisdiction_n over_o they_o for_o than_o they_o be_v by_o a_o order_n of_o council_n date_v march_v 11_o 1568._o transfer_v and_o unite_v to_o the_o diocese_n of_o winton_n robertus_fw-la cenalis_n bishop_n of_o auranche_n in_o normandy_n impose_v upon_o himself_o and_o his_o reader_n when_o he_o say_v that_o these_o island_n be_v sometime_o under_o his_o predecessor_n bishop_n of_o auranche_n this_o certain_o be_v a_o mistake_n and_o must_v proceed_v from_o some_o paper_n which_o belike_o he_o find_v in_o the_o archive_v of_o that_o church_n mention_v some_o parcel_n of_o tithe_n pay_v here_o in_o time_n pass_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o see_n dean_n the_o bishop_n of_o dol_n and_o coûtance_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o authority_n have_v in_o each_o island_n of_o jersey_n and_o guernezey_n a_o commissary_n or_o surrogate_v call_v decanus_n the_o dean_n a_o office_n of_o great_a antiquity_n since_o i_o find_v it_o mention_v in_o very_o old_a record_n 468._o and_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v it_o as_o ancient_a as_o episcopacy_n and_o consequent_o as_o ancient_a as_o christianity_n itself_o in_o these_o island_n to_o he_o those_o bishop_n leave_v the_o cognizance_n of_o all_o matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n reserve_v only_o to_o themselves_o ordination_n institution_n and_o appeal_n the_o same_o power_n be_v vest_v in_o the_o present_a dean_n with_o this_o limitation_n that_o they_o be_v to_o govern_v themselves_o by_o the_o advice_n and_o opinion_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o minister_n who_o be_v to_o be_v their_o constant_a assessor_n much_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o ancient_a presbytery_n or_o council_n of_o priest_n who_o sit_v with_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o consistory_n and_o assist_v they_o in_o give_v judgement_n in_o all_o cause_n bring_v before_o they_o a_o excellent_a government_n and_o ground_v on_o the_o primitive_a pattern_n when_o the_o office_n of_o dean_n be_v revive_v in_o jersey_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o k._n james_n i_o a_o motion_n be_v make_v to_o give_v the_o say_a dean_n the_o power_n of_o a_o bishop_n suffragan_n within_o the_o island_n appeal_n be_v still_o reserve_v to_o the_o right_n reverend_a father_n in_o god_n the_o lord_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n i_o can_v never_o know_v why_o that_o motion_n be_v reject_v but_o we_o daily_o see_v the_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o power_n particular_o in_o confirmation_n the_o want_n of_o confirmation_n of_o child_n after_o baptism_n that_o apostolical_a institution_n be_v thereby_o become_v altogether_o unpracticable_a among_o us._n nor_o have_v we_o any_o way_n to_o supply_v that_o defect_n but_o by_o take_v great_a care_n as_o we_o general_o do_v to_o have_v child_n bring_v to_o public_a catechism_n where_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n church_n they_o renew_v their_o baptismal_a vow_n and_o take_v upon_o themselves_o the_o obligation_n of_o christianity_n discharge_v their_o sponsor_n of_o the_o promise_v make_v for_o they_o at_o their_o baptism_n upon_o which_o and_o not_o before_o we_o admit_v they_o to_o the_o holy_a communion_n church_n the_o patronage_n of_o all_o the_o church_n here_o in_o time_n of_o popery_n belong_v to_o several_a great_a abbot_n in_o normandy_n as_o to_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n sauveur_n le_fw-fr vicomte_n cherbourg_n st._n michael_n blanch_n land_n etc._n etc._n which_o patronage_n at_o the_o reformation_n be_v vest_v in_o the_o king_n who_o have_v since_o make_v session_n of_o it_o to_o the_o governor_n it_o be_v he_o that_o present_v now_o to_o all_o vacant_a benefice_n in_o his_o majesty_n right_a but_o the_o deanery_n continue_v of_o royal_a nomination_n and_o be_v hold_v by_o patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n impropriation_n these_o great_a norman_a abbot_n have_v not_o only_o the_o nomination_n but_o the_o tithe_n also_o of_o all_o the_o parish_n in_o this_o island_n a_o small_a proportion_n as_o the_o 3_o d_o 7_o the_o 8_o the_o 9_o the_o or_o 10_o the_o sheaf_n of_o the_o say_v impropriate_v tithe_n be_v reserve_v for_o those_o that_o minister_v at_o the_o altar_n these_o impropriation_n at_o the_o dissolution_n of_o monastery_n in_o england_n instead_o of_o return_v to_o the_o church_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o be_v become_v part_n of_o the_o king_n revenue_n in_o the_o island_n much_o the_o same_o proportion_n as_o before_o be_v still_o allot_v to_o the_o incumbent_n together_o with_o the_o noval_n or_o desert_n which_o be_v the_o tithe_n of_o land_n that_o remain_v waste_v and_o untilled_a at_o the_o suppression_n of_o those_o house_n but_o have_v be_v since_o convert_v into_o arable_a coûtance_n the_o follow_a scheme_n draw_v out_o of_o the_o black-book_n of_o coûtance_n like_o that_o in_o the_o exchequer_n will_v show_v what_o that_o proportion_n be_v and_o what_o the_o king_n enjoy_v now_o in_o right_a of_o the_o dispossess_v abbot_n universis_fw-la praesentes_fw-la literas_fw-la inspecturis_fw-la officialis_fw-la constantiensis_n salutem_fw-la notum_fw-la facimus_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la requestam_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la abbatis_fw-la &_o conventûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la salvatoris_fw-la vicecomitis_fw-la visitavimus_fw-la legimus_fw-la &_o inspeximus_fw-la atque_fw-la visitari_fw-la legi_fw-la &_o inspici_fw-la fecimus_fw-la quendam_fw-la librum_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la seu_fw-la manerio_fw-la episcopali_fw-la constantiensi_fw-la existentem_fw-la vulgariter_fw-la librum_fw-la nigrum_fw-la nuncupatum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la vidimus_fw-la &_o legimus_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la clausulas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o beneficia_fw-la insulae_fw-la jersey_n &_o the_o eye_n cum_fw-la praefato_fw-la libro_fw-la nigro_n collationem_fw-la fecimus_fw-la diligenter_fw-la quarum_fw-la quidam_fw-la clausularum_fw-la tenor_n sequitur_fw-la de_fw-la verbo_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la &_o est_fw-la talis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sancti_fw-la breverlardi_fw-la patronus_fw-la abbas_n s._n salvatoris_fw-la vicecomitis_fw-la &_o percipit_fw-la dvas_fw-la part_n garbarum_fw-la &_o rector_n sextam_fw-la abatissa_n de_fw-fr cadomo_n duodecimam_fw-la gall._n abbatissa_fw-la vilmonasterii_n sagiens_fw-la duodecimam_fw-la rector_n item_n habet_fw-la sex_n virgas_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la et_fw-la valet_fw-la dicta_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la annis_n communibus_fw-la xxx_o lib._n turonens_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sancti_fw-la petri._n patronus_fw-la abbas_n s._n salvatoris_fw-la vicecom_v et_fw-la percipit_fw-la medietatem_fw-la garbarum_fw-la abbatissa_fw-la cadomensis_n quartam_fw-la garbam_fw-la &_o abbatissa_fw-la vilmonasteriensis_n aliam_fw-la quartam_fw-la exceptâ_fw-la curvatâ_fw-la carucatâ_fw-la de_fw-la nobretey_n nobretez_n rector_n percipit_fw-la novalia_fw-la &_o habet_fw-la viii_o virgas_fw-la terrae_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la &_o valet_fw-la xxx_o lib._n turon_n ecclesia_fw-la de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la patronus_fw-la abbas_n caesaris-burgi_a abbess_n s._n salvatoris_fw-la percipit_fw-la sextam_fw-la garbam_fw-la abbas_n caesaris-burgi_a tertiam_fw-la &_o liberam_fw-la decimam_fw-la episcopus_fw-la auritanus_n auranche_n medietatem_fw-la garbarum_fw-la rector_n percipit_fw-la novalia_fw-la &_o habet_fw-la viii_o virgas_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la &_o valet_fw-la communibus_fw-la annis_n xxx_o lib._n turon_n ecclesia_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la patronus_fw-la abbas_n caesariensis_n abbess_n s._n salvatoris_fw-la vicecom_a percipit_fw-la sextam_fw-la garbam_fw-la abbatissa_fw-la cadomensis_n &_o monasterii_fw-la gall._n villers_n quartam_fw-la partem_fw-la decimae_fw-la garbarum_fw-la rector_n percipit_fw-la tertiam_fw-la partem_fw-la garbarum_fw-la &_o habet_fw-la xvi_o virgas_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la &_o valet_fw-la xxx_o lib._n turon_n ecclesia_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_n patronus_fw-la abbas_n s._n salvatoris_fw-la vicecom_v &_o percipit_fw-la totam_fw-la decimam_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la ibidem_fw-la prioratus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la monasterii_fw-la et_fw-la sunt_fw-la ibi_fw-la dvae_fw-la virgae_fw-la eleemosynae_fw-la &_o valet_fw-la xxviii_o lib._n turon_n ecclesia_fw-la sancti_fw-la audoeni_fw-la patronus_fw-la abbas_n s._n michaelis_n in_o periculo_fw-la maris_fw-la &_o percipit_fw-la ibi_fw-la dvas_fw-la garbas_n &_o iv_o lib._n
chap._n iii_o military_a government_n governor_n the_o chief_a officer_n in_o this_o island_n he_o that_o more_o immediate_o represent_v the_o king_n person_n and_o that_o have_v the_o precedency_n of_o all_o other_o be_v the_o governor_n while_o this_o island_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o race_n the_o governor_n be_v style_v comites_fw-la and_o deuce_n i._n e._n count_n and_o duke_n thus_o loyescon_n who_o command_v here_o in_o the_o time_n of_o clothaire_n and_o charibert_n a_o 560_o be_v call_v come_v a_o count_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o compiler_n of_o the_o life_n of_o st._n magloire_fw-fr the_o apostle_n of_o this_o island_n v._n and_o amwarith_n who_o have_v the_o same_o command_n about_o 200_o year_n after_o viz._n in_o the_o time_n of_o charlemain_n be_v call_v dux_n a_o duke_n as_o appear_v from_o that_o ancient_a fragment_n mention_v before_o i._n where_o it_o be_v say_v concern_v geroaldus_n abbot_n of_o fontenelles_n that_o be_v quadam_fw-la legatione_fw-la fungebatur_fw-la in_o insulam_fw-la cui_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la augia_fw-la jersey_n cui_fw-la tempore_fw-la illo_fw-la praefuit_fw-la dux_n nomine_fw-la amwarith_n under_o the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n and_o the_o first_o english_a king_n after_o the_o conquest_n the_o government_n of_o all_o these_o island_n be_v general_o give_v to_o one_o man_n who_o be_v call_v sometime_o dominus_fw-la sometime_o ballivus_n sometime_o custos_fw-la insularum_fw-la i._n e._n lord_n bailly_n or_o warden_n of_o the_o island_n but_o k._n henry_n vi._n give_v they_o together_o with_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n to_o henry_n de_fw-fr beauchamp_n earl_n of_o warwick_n with_o a_o very_a extraordinary_a title_n viz._n with_o that_o of_o king_n as_o be_v see_v from_o a_o ancient_a ms._n chronicle_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o tewksbury_n mention_v by_o mr._n selden_n 375._o where_o this_o passage_n be_v find_v obiit_fw-la dominus_fw-la henricus_fw-la nobilis_fw-la dux_n warichiae_fw-la &_o primus_fw-la comes_fw-la angliae_fw-la dominus_fw-la le_fw-fr dispenser_n &_o de_fw-fr abergevenny_n rex_fw-la de_fw-la insulis_fw-la wight_n &_o gardsey_n &_o jardsey_n dominus_fw-la quoque_fw-la castri_fw-la bristoliae_n cum_fw-la suis_fw-la annexis_fw-la 3_o id._n junii_fw-la a._n d._n 1446._o anno_fw-la aetatis_fw-la suae_fw-la xxii_o apud_fw-la castrum_n de_fw-la hanleyâ_fw-la et_fw-la sepultus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la chori_fw-la theokesburiae_n when_o these_o island_n be_v separate_v and_o particular_a governor_n assign_v to_o each_o of_o they_o they_o be_v style_v captain_n and_o at_o last_o governor_n which_o title_n be_v fix_v by_o a_o special_a ordinance_n of_o council_n june_n 15._o 1618._o this_o office_n have_v be_v ancient_o hold_v by_o person_n of_o very_a great_a note_n and_o eminency_n and_o we_o can_v reckon_v among_o our_o governor_n the_o son_n and_o brother_n of_o some_o of_o our_o king_n as_o 1_o john_n earl_n of_o mortain_n afterward_o king_n who_o have_v these_o island_n give_v he_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o appanage_n by_o k._n richard_n i_o his_o brother_n 2_o prince_n edward_n afterward_o k._n edward_n i._o son_n and_o successor_n of_o henry_n iii_n who_o hold_v they_o in_o the_o same_o right_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o father_n 3._o john_n duke_n of_o bedford_n and_o 4._o humphrey_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n brother_n of_o henry_n v._n i_o shall_v only_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o governor_n governor_n of_o jersey_n from_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n iv_o ever_o since_o which_o time_n this_o island_n have_v always_o be_v a_o separate_a government_n iu._n sir_n richard_n harliston_n vice-admiral_n of_o england_n who_o assist_v philip_n de_fw-fr carteret_n in_o v._n the_o reduction_n of_o mont_fw-fr orgueil_fw-fr castle_n which_o have_v be_v seize_v by_o iii_o the_o french_a 23._o and_o have_v thereupon_o the_o government_n give_v he_o for_o his_o good_a service_n he_o die_v in_o flanders_n vii_o matthew_n baker_n esq_n groom_n of_o the_o bedchamber_n to_o k._n henry_n vii_o eject_v afterward_o for_o misdemeanour_n thomas_n overay_n lie_v bury_v in_o st._n george_n chapel_n in_o mont-orgueil_a castle_n than_o the_o residence_n of_o the_o governor_n sir_n hugh_z vaughan_z who_o be_v also_o at_o the_o same_o time_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n captain_n of_o the_o king_n lifeguard_n etc._n etc._n resigned_n the_o government_n to_o viii_o sir_n anthony_n ughtre_v who_o wife_n be_v near_o relate_v to_o q._n anne_n bolein_n he_o come_v in_o by_o that_o interest_n and_o lie_v inter_v in_o st._n george_n chapel_n in_o mont_fw-fr orgueil_fw-fr sr._n arthurd_n arcy_n who_o sell_v the_o government_n to_o thomas_z lord_n vaux_z of_o harrowdon_n and_o he_o soon_o after_o to_o sir_n edward_z seymour_n viscount_n beauchamp_n afterward_o duke_n of_o somerset_n and_o lord_n protector_z vi._n sir_n hugh_n pawlet_n treasurer_n to_o k._n henry_n the_o 8th_n army_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o bologne_n governor_n marry_o of_o haure_n the_o grace_n a_o 1563._o that_o town_n be_v then_o in_o elizab._n the_o hand_n of_o the_o english_a repute_a one_o of_o the_o best_a and_o most_o experience_a captain_n of_o his_o time_n a_o zealous_a promoter_n of_o the_o reformation_n in_o this_o island_n of_o which_o he_o be_v governor_n about_o 24_o year_n be_v succeed_v by_o his_o elder_a son_n sir_n amias_n pawlet_n privy_a councillor_n to_o q._n elizabeth_n ambassador_z in_o france_z an_z 1576_o who_o have_v also_o for_o successor_n sir_n anthony_n pawlet_n his_o son_n and_o he_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n who_o very_a name_n be_v a_o honour_n to_o this_o island_n but_o the_o unfortunate_a gentleman_n hold_v the_o government_n not_o long_o it_o be_v forfeit_v together_o with_o all_o his_o other_o great_a office_n and_o preferment_n by_o his_o attainder_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o k._n james_n i._n i._n sir_n john_n peyton_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o 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