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'' bebalfe by King Henry Vlltk^ and if ibère bave " Qot been contrary iKiages dqrmg tbe space of tweaty «« yeares hqw past, and w^ietb» tbe priTil^;es of tbe ^^ said I^le bave been and ar^ duely observed or '^ broken, «md iix wbat sort and by wbom 1 "

Bapport des Co^imîssawes. Item, ^'to tbe 16tb« <^ It did appeare unto us by tbe Ordinan.ce made '' by £$09 ^enry Ylltb., Ai^no. Regni la Tbat the '' Qffi^ qI tbe B^ilUf, tbe Deane, Sberiffe, and tbe "^ Qxueen!^ Attomey were reserred to tbe King. Bat '^ upon peruflaU of tbe Letters Fataats m^de unto the ^^ said Antbooy Poulet by ber Majesty, toucbing bis '^ office of beû^g Governov tbere, it dotb appeare unto *' u&tbat ^ di|3po(;ition of tbose Offices lay now in '^ bk gift, a^ by bisi Bâtent reœaimng of recocd may *^ appeaa^e^ wber^w<to we referre ourselves : and ^^ tbat by twei^ty yewea past, tbe Govemora tbere ^^ have^ by viirtue of tbeii? Fate&ts» given the same : ^^ aad too^iing their Ub^ties, we fuid not any viola» <^ tion made of them, but tbat the complainaata and ** tb^ CQiJeileiates ^eeke nthei;, if it be nat care- '' folly {Nte^^nted aiiid vu tîme stayed, to enlarge tbe ^ sani{$, to^tbe prejiiiiâice of b^ei; Majestie's pi^rogative '' tb«e>"

Voicy rOrdpnnance de Henry VH. Item, " que le Roy aurajift nomination du BaiUy^ du Vicomte^ et de son Frocurqur, en ladite Isle^ et que le Capitaine, ne lès Jvgtw ne s'entre-meslerQnt en aucune manière de la nomination d*yceux;." Voicy celle de Henry VHI qui est un Acte du Parlement : Whereas divers ofthe

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moit anciênt Prérogatives apartainimg to the itnperiaU craume of thii realme, hâve been severed and taken/rom the Mtnêi by eundrie gifts of the King's most noble Progéniture 9 Kinge ofthis Realmé^ to the great dimi'nution and détriment of thé Rùyaïl Eittate of the same^

^c....,.fortherefbrmation thereof be it enacted

Ihat no pereone^ of whàt estate or degree soever theg be^ from thé Ist day of July^ 1556, shall hâve ang pawer or authoritie to make any Justice of Etre, Justices of Assises, Justices of Peace, Justices of Geôle delivery^ but that ail sueh Ministère and OJkefs shall be mode by Letters Patents undèr the Kings great Seale, in the nome and by the authùritie ofthe King's Highnesse and his heires, Kings éf this Mealme, in ail l^ires^ Counties Palatine and other places of this Bealmcy Waks and Marches ofthe sàme, ot any other his damimiùns. Le6 Cominissâires ne ponroyeiit pas ignotercet Acte du !ll^»lemeilt, non pins quel'Orâonnanoe de JBjenty VU. Cependant, à la vtie des Lettre» Fâtentet du Gtotitétnenr, quelque subreptices qu'elle» fiissent^ teoé seide poâSession de Tingt ans les arrarte. Le Bey Jacques I, dans tes Lettres Patentes pour VQffiee d* BaiUy de Jersey, s'exprime encore plus fbrteniettt que n'awyent ùàt ses prédécesseurs. For as mach as thêpomt and authoHtie to naminate, eonstUtae emd e^ppaint a Màgistrate ûtid publie Officer of Jmstkei» one ofthe essmHàltfMrkes ofoursupreatne authofmeandp&ÊDer amdimaetineerely regaïl and inséparable fi^om omr Scyall petsén, and that contrary to our BoyaU intent and meaning. Sir John Peyton's

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Letters Patents, in the préjudice of tke commun right and priviledges of that Isle and the spedall Lawes^ Statutes and Ordinances, mode for the good govemment ofthe same, ^c. En vain ce Gouvemenr se voulut-il prévaloir de ses Lettres Patentes contre le Bailly Hérault qui avoit tiré sa nomination de la source. Depuis quelques années le Gouverneur de Guemesey ne réussit pas mieux contre le Bailly. L'examen àe leur dispute fiit envoyé par devant le Seigneur Garde des Sceaux, et dans le rapport qu'il en fist il se servit de ces termes : Having called ail parties hefore him and heard ail the allégations of them and their CounceU upon the whole matter, he was of opinion that there is no right in the Govemor to name the Bailif, though sometimes tnisted with the nomination, nor is it reasonable it should he claimed as a right, the Bailif in some cases having a check upon the Govemor. Cecy paroist fort éloigné du sentiment des Commissaires de 1591. n s'agissoit, en cet Article 16, de la Prérogative delà Beyne, et au lieu de s'étendre sur le droit de la chose, et d'en renvoyer du moins la décision en haut, ces Commissaires détournent la question et passent promptement à l'autre chef de l'Article qui regarde les privilèges de l'Isle, et, sans particulariser rien du tout, ils aJËrment que ce sont les complaignants qui en veulent à la prérogative du Prince, dont effectivement ils laissent ainsi le Gouverneur en possession, à l'égard de la nomination du Bailly, Doyen, &c.

17. — " Whether Jurats, oy other Officers there, hâve " been displaced contrary to the said orders and pri-

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" viledges, and that they may be again restored to ^^ their fonuer offices, if there shall be no just cause *' shewed to the contrary ? "

Rapport des Commissaires. Item, " to the 17th, " We found not any Jurats displaced, contrary to the " orders and priviledges there, but upon the hearing " it appears that John De Carteret, one of the plain- " tives, and one Joumeaulx ^were, for good causes, " sequestered from their places by an Act of Common " Councell, during such time as the said Carteret's " appeale, which he had before Your Honors, should ^^ dépend undecided. And for that it appeared unto " us by Your Honors' order made upon the report of " Mr. Attomey Generall and Mr. Solliciter, that the " said appeale was unjust and ill-appealed, and so the " time limited by the Jurats for their said sequestra- '^ tion expired, we dedared the said séquestration " void."

Les Sieurs Jean De Carteret et Ph. Joumeaulx avoyent appelé de ce que le Lieutenant Gouverneur les ayant faits prisonniers de son chef, les autres Jurez avoyent approuvé cela. Supposé que cet appel fust le plus injuste du monde, la Cour l'avoit reçu. Si pour avoir injustement appelé les appelants méritoyent une suspension, ceux qui recevoyent un tel Appel ne méritoyent-ils point d'être suspendus eux mêmes î Voilà sans doute une étrange rigueur sur rOffice des Jurez. Tout le reste du peuple peut librement appeler sous la condition ordinaire de l'amende, &c., mais pour les Jurez il faut qu'outre la

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peine ordinaire ils soyent suspendus de Texerdoe de leur charge, et que cependant le public perde un de ces Juges.

18. — *^ Lastly, Ferin and Garteret shall be allowed " to produce so many witnesses as they can find *< within the said Isle for proofe of Articles formerly ^' preferred and delivered against the said Anthony ^' and George, and that no excepti(m be tak^i and " allowed against the said witneases, unlesse the law (« disable thetn by being parties, or otherwise of mis- *^ behavior, and the dépositions to be had in the '^ absence of the said Captain, Baillif and Jurats." Bapport des Commissaires. Item, '^ to the eighteenâi. ^^ The said Captain did take exceptions, at the first, ^' unto divers of the witnesses produced by the plain- '* tives against him, for that some of them were tenants ^^ to the Seignor of Bosell, one of the FlaintiYes, and '^ divers others had been of the &ction against him '^ and had joined in the subscripticm of hands and «« signes in div^» complaints against him. Bot wbeat «< they came to be examined he waved the bene&t of *^ his exceptions and leflb it to our eonsideraçon. And *' we refused but one or two^ who wete as parties.'* (Signed.) '' TertuUian Fyne^ Robert Napper."

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" THE DEPOSITIONS PRODUCED OF THE PART OF THE SAID AKTHONY POULET, ESQ., tiz: OF TEN MINISTERS, PREACHERS OP THE SAID ISLAND, FOR THE PROOFE OF THE 4th ARTICLE I>£SIRBD TO BE ENQUIRED BY GEORGE POULET, ESQ., TOUCHING THE MAINTENANCE OF A FACTION IN THE SAID ISLAND. THE SAID PREACHERS BEING FIRST DEPOSED, DID ^WITH THEIR OWNE HANDS 8ETT DOWNE THEIR DEPOSI- TIONS TO THIS ARTICLE, AS HERE AFTER FOLLOWETH, BEFORE US COMMISSIONERS."

1. — " I doe acknowledge that there hath been by ^* John De Carteret and his confederates soe dan- ^^ gerous faction in this Isle, that the people of oor " Parishes, yea ail the Island, were divided in con- '' trary parties, the one saying that they would hâve ** Mylord Seymor for their Govemor, the other that " they would hâve Mr. Anthony Poulet ; and there- " upon the people would hâve cast off the yeoke of *' ail good order established in the Church of this " Isle. Ail which I know because I hâve heard many " of mine own Parish and of others speake thereof " and say that John De Carteret was the Procurer « of those that held for Mylord Seymor. Written " and signed with his owne hand/' " J. Parent, « Minîster of St Brelade."

2. — '^ I doe confesse that while John De Carteret ^' was in England the state of this Island was not in «« 80 good peace as before, and that there was gréât *^ likely-bood of a dangerous &ction, if Qoà had not " provided for the same." " N. Baudoyn.'^

3. — " I know that in this Island there hath been '^ great contention betwixt many, some holding with