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| Notes for Helier.11 De Carteret Seig St O .Sark | ||||||||||
| He lead the island force which repelled the French attack at Bouley Bay Jersey,was the Calvinistic Synod of 1564 representive to England also at this time would have made inroads to Sark ,became the Original occoupant of the Manoir,Area size 95.vergees,et 16perch.passed on to son Philippe in 1581 Sark and began a settlement, bringing everything they needed with them. Hewas obliged to ensure that the Island would never again become depopulatedand could be defended by at least forty men (a quarantine). He parcelled out leased land at a low rental, made large enough to support a family, oncondition that a house was put up and the tenant provided one man, armed with a musket and ammunition, to defend the island if necessary. Helier reserved one sixth of Sark for himself and built his house (LeManoir). To repay a debt to the Gosselin family of Guernsey, he let themhave the second largest site on the Island (Beauregard) on condition theyprovided four men and paid a rent set at 50 shillings. Gosselin brought theVaudin and Du Val families and subleased some of his land to them. Otherparcels went to those who had accompanied Helier - their surnames were LeCerf, Vibert, Chevalier, Le Brocq, Le Couteur, Rogier and Guille from St Ouen, Poingdestre and Hamon from St Saviour, Le Masurier and Le Gros fromTrinity. Later arrivals came from St John (Hotton), the Alexandres came from St Peter and a few English folk with vital skills joined them - Smith, Dare, Brayer, Slowley and Roo. As the infrasructure of the Island grew, several vital projects were markedby datestones. The Mill has L'An 1571 carved over the lintel. The first tunnel, carved from the rock of Le Creux Harbour, is surrounded bya traditional Jersey arch with the L'An 1588 above. At Le Manoir is a window lintel dated 1600 and the de Carteret Coat of Armsappears on a corbel on the left hand side of the roof. St Peter's Church is dated 1820. Much later, a warehouse at the top of Harbour Hill was built and a stonedated 1893 was erected over the door. Initialled Stones: An architectural feature of a few old Sark houses, sometimes referred to asMarriage Stones. The initials of husband and wife and a date were often carved on a piece of granite and used as a lintel above the front door or a plaque one storey up, when the house was enlarged. However, these stones rarely commemorate a marriage but usually mark the inheritance, construction or alternation of a building. | ||||||||||
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