i_o shall_v begin_v with_o that_o of_o edward_n iii_n who_o have_v a_o particular_a kindness_n for_o this_o island_n and_o as_o be_v say_v before_o make_v great_a use_n of_o it_o in_o his_o war_n with_o france_n edoardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o francia_fw-la ac_fw-la dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la praesentes_fw-la litterae_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la gratâ_fw-la memoriâ_fw-la recensentes_fw-la quam_fw-la constant_a &_o magnanimiter_n dilecti_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la homines_fw-la insularum_fw-la nostrarum_fw-la de_fw-la jeresey_n guerneseye_n sark_n &_o aureney_n in_o fidelitate_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la &_o progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la semper_fw-la hactenùs_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la &_o quanta_fw-la pro_fw-la salvatione_fw-la dictarum_fw-la insularum_fw-la &_o nostrorum_fw-la conservatione_fw-la jurium_fw-la &_o honoris_fw-la ibidem_fw-la sustinuerunt_fw-la tà m_fw-la pericula_fw-la corporum_fw-la quam_fw-la suarum_fw-la dispendia_fw-la facultatum_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la volentes_fw-la ipsos_fw-la favore_fw-la prosequi_fw-la gratioso_fw-la concessimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v next_o mention_v that_o of_o edward_n iv_o in_o who_o time_n the_o inhabitant_n do_v that_o good_a service_n in_o recover_v mont-orgueil_a castle_n from_o the_o french_a who_o have_v surprise_v it_o edoardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o francia_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la praesentes_fw-la litterae_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la salutem_fw-la cum_fw-la nobilissimus_fw-la progenitor_n noster_fw-la inclytae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la richardus_fw-la quondam_a rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o francia_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la post_fw-la conquestam_fw-la secundus_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la svas_fw-la patentes_fw-la datas_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_v julii_n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la decimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la in_o consideratione_n benigestû_v &_o magnae_fw-la fidelitatis_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o ligeis_n &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la gentibus_fw-la &_o communitatibus_fw-la insularum_fw-la suarum_fw-la de_fw-la jeresey_n guerneseye_n sark_n &_o aureney_n indiès_fw-fr invenit_fw-la de_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la speciali_fw-la concessit_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la quantùm_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la fuit_fw-la eisdem_fw-la gentibus_fw-la &_o communitatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la svi_fw-la in_o perpetuùm_fw-la forent_fw-la liberi_fw-la &_o quieti_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la villis_fw-la mercatoriis_fw-la &_o portibus_fw-la infrà _fw-la regnum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la angliae_fw-la de_fw-la omnimodis_fw-la theloniis_fw-la exactionibus_fw-la custumis_n taliter_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la fideles_fw-la ligei_n svi_fw-la in_o sao_fw-la regno_fw-la praedicto_fw-la extiterunt_fw-la ità _fw-la tamen_fw-la quoddictae_fw-la gentes_fw-la &_o communitates_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la svi_fw-la praedicti_fw-la benè_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la se_fw-la gererent_fw-la ergà _fw-la ipsum_fw-la progenitorem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la suos_fw-la in_o perpetuùm_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la illis_fw-la plenius_fw-la continetur_fw-la nos_fw-la continuam_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la gentis_fw-la &_o communitatis_fw-la dictae_fw-la insulae_fw-la de_fw-fr jeresey_n pleniùs_fw-la intendentes_fw-la literas_fw-la praedictas_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la in_o eye_n contenta_fw-la quoad_fw-la gentem_fw-la &_o communitatem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la insulae_fw-la de_fw-fr jeresey_n acceptamus_fw-la approbamus_fw-la &_o eidem_fw-la genti_fw-la &_o communitati_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la suis_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ratificamus_fw-la &_o confirmamus_fw-la et_fw-la ulteriùs_fw-la nos_fw-la memoriae_fw-la reducentes_fw-la quam_fw-la validè_fw-la viriliter_fw-la &_o constant_a dictae_fw-la gens_n &_o communitas_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la insulae_fw-la de_fw-fr jeresey_n nobis_fw-la &_o progenitoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la &_o quanta_fw-la pericula_fw-la &_o perdita_n pro_fw-la salvatione_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la insulae_fw-la &_o reductione_n castri_fw-la nostri_fw-la de_fw-fr mont-orgueil_a sustinuerunt_fw-la de_fw-la vberiori_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la concessimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n queen_n elizabeth_n charter_n begin_v thus_o elizabeth_z dei_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n quùm_fw-la dilecti_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la ligei_n &_o subditi_fw-la nostri_fw-la ballivus_fw-la &_o jurati_fw-la insulae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la de_fw-la jeresey_n ac_fw-la caeteri_fw-la incolae_fw-la &_o habitatores_fw-la ipsius_fw-la insulae_fw-la infrà _fw-la ducatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la normanniae_fw-la &_o predecessores_fw-la eorum_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la cujus_fw-la contrarii_fw-la memoria_fw-la hominum_fw-la non_fw-la existit_fw-la per_fw-la speciales_fw-la chartas_n concessiones_fw-la confirmationes_fw-la &_o amplissima_fw-la diplomata_fw-la illustrium_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la ac_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la tà m_fw-la regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la quam_fw-la ducum_fw-la normanniae_fw-la ac_fw-la aliorum_fw-la quamplurimis_fw-la juribus_fw-la jurisdictionibus_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la immunitatibus_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la &_o franchisiis_fw-la liberè_fw-la quietè_fw-la &_o inviolabiliter_fw-la usi_fw-la freti_fw-la and_o gravisi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la tà m_fw-la infrà _fw-la regnum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la angliae_fw-la quam_fw-la alibi_fw-la infrà _fw-la dominia_fw-la &_o loca_fw-la ditioni_fw-la nostrae_fw-la subjecta_fw-la ultrà _fw-la citráque_fw-la mare_fw-la quorum_fw-la open_a &_o beneficio_fw-la insulae_fw-la praenominatae_fw-la ac_fw-la loca_fw-la maritima_n praedicta_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la &_o servitio_fw-la tam_fw-la nostri_fw-la quam_fw-la corundem_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la constant_a fideliter_fw-la &_o inculpatè_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la &_o perseveraverunt_fw-la liberaque_fw-la commercia_fw-la cum_fw-la mercatoribus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la indigenis_fw-la ac_fw-la alienigenis_fw-la tà m_fw-la pacis_fw-la quam_fw-la belli_n temporibus_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la &_o exercuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la cujus_fw-la &_o quanti_fw-la momentisint_fw-la &_o fuerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la tutelam_fw-la &_o conservationem_fw-la insularum_fw-la &_o locorum_fw-la maritimorum_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o obedientiâ_fw-la coronae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la angliae_fw-la nos_fw-la ut_fw-la aequum_fw-la est_fw-la perpendentes_fw-la neque_fw-la non_fw-la immemores_fw-la quam_fw-la fortiter_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la insularii_n praedicti_fw-la ac_fw-la caeteri_fw-la incolae_fw-la &_o habitatores_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o progenitoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la inservierunt_fw-la quantaque_fw-la detrimenta_fw-la damna_fw-la &_o pericula_fw-la tà m_fw-la pro_fw-la assiduâ_fw-la tuitione_n ejusdem_fw-la insulae_fw-la &_o loci_fw-la quam_fw-la pro_fw-la recuperatione_n &_o defension_n castri_fw-la nostri_fw-la de_fw-fr mont_fw-fr orgueil_fw-fr infrà _fw-la praedictam_fw-la insulam_fw-la nostram_fw-la de_fw-la jeresey_n sustinuerunt_fw-la indiésque_fw-la sustinent_fw-la non_fw-la solâ—m_fw-la ut_fw-la regius_fw-la nostra_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la favour_n &_o affectus_fw-la ergà _fw-la praefatos_fw-la insularios_fw-la illustri_fw-la aliquo_fw-la nostrae_fw-la beneficentiae_fw-la testimonio_fw-la ac_fw-la certis_fw-la indiciis_fw-la comprobetur_fw-la verum_fw-la etià m_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la posteri_fw-la deinceps_fw-la in_o perpetuùm_fw-la prout_fw-la antea_fw-la solitam_fw-la &_o debitam_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la erga_fw-la nos_fw-la haeredes_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la nostros_fw-la teneant_fw-la &_o inviolabiliter_fw-la observent_fw-la have_v litteras_fw-la nostras_fw-la patentes_fw-la magno_fw-la sigillo_fw-la angliae_fw-la roborata_n in_o formâ_fw-la quae_fw-la sequitur_fw-la illis_fw-la concedere_fw-la dignati_fw-la sumus_fw-la sciatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o follow_v the_o preamble_n of_o a_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n direct_v to_o sir_n robert_n gardiner_n and_o dr._n james_n hussey_n who_o be_v send_v to_o jersey_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n james_n i_o with_o the_o character_n of_o commissioner_n royal_a upon_o a_o extraordinary_a occasion_n james_n by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n king_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n to_o our_o trusty_a and_o well-beloved_a sir_n robert_n gardiner_n knight_n and_o james_n hussey_n doctor_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o one_o of_o the_o master_n of_o our_o court_n of_o chancery_n greeting_n whereas_o in_o our_o princely_a care_n and_o earnest_a desire_n for_o the_o establishment_n and_o 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duodecim_fw-la coronatores_fw-la juratos_fw-la ad_fw-la placita_fw-la &_o jura_n spectantia_fw-la ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la custodienda_fw-la etc._n etc._n coronator_n say_v the_o learned_a sir_n henry_n spelman_n apud_fw-la nos_fw-la coronâ—e_fw-la officialis_fw-la pervetustus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la tuendam_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la in_o quovis_fw-la comitatu_fw-la populi_fw-la suffragiis_fw-la constitutus_fw-la 192._o in_o ancient_a time_n say_v my_o lord_n coke_n it_o be_v a_o office_n of_o great_a estimation_n in_o england_n for_o none_o can_v have_v it_o under_o the_o degree_n of_o a_o knight_n 271._o these_o twelve_o magistrate_n in_o jersey_n be_v now_o know_v only_o by_o the_o name_n of_o jurat_n or_o justiciaries_n that_o of_o coroner_n be_v whole_o disuse_v jurat_n the_o manner_n of_o choose_v a_o jurat_fw-la in_o jersey_n be_v this_o upon_o a_o vacancy_n the_o court_n issue_v out_o a_o act_n or_o writ_n of_o election_n fix_v the_o day_n which_o be_v 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