List of tenants of Jethou

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The following is a list of tenants of Jethou. Jethou is an island in the Channel Islands owned by the States of Guernsey. In 1416 AD, it became part of Henry V of England's estate, and remains a Crown lease.

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List of tenants

DateNameNotesRef
1028–1055 Restauld
1055–1414the Abbots of Mont Saint-Michel
1158–?Guillaume ChesneyReverting to the Abbots of Mont Saint-Michel on his death. [1]
1270–?Sir William de ChesneyReverting to the Abbots of Mont Saint-Michel on his death. [1]
1414–?Benedictine monksAccording to Jethou guide book, "other Benedictine Monks occupied the Island for another 100 years". [1]
?–1717uninhabited [1]
1717–1737Charles Nowall
1737–1758Charles MaugerDied 1758.
1758–1779Thomas Guille
Thomas Le Marchant
1779–1781 Henry de Jersey Died 1781.
1781–1800 Henry de Jersey II
1800–1821Phillip de Quesnel
1821–1822Edward Falla
Peter Le Cocq
Nicholas Le Feuvre
Peter de Lisle
1822–1846 John Allaire
1846–1852 Marie Collings Died 1853.
1852–1856the States of GuernseyIsland used for quarrying.
1856–1863George Charles Gee
1863–1867Perry
Lindell
Giffard
1867–1877Montague Fielden
1877–1880caretakers
1880–1885W.H.B. Moullin
1885–1890caretakers
1890–1918-11-07Sir Henry Austin Lee Died 1918.
1899–1910F.J. GuySubtenant
1919–1920John DrillotCaretaker
1920–1934Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie
1934–1944Harold FortingtonDied 1944.
1940–1945George MacDonaldSubtenant
1944–1948Fortington
1948–1955William Gill Withycombe
1955–1957Philip Steer Watkins
1957–1958Herman Stockey
1958-12–1964William Hedley Cliff
1964-09-29–1971-12-06Susan Faed
1971-12–1983-02-03Sir Charles Hayward Died 1983.
1984–1991 Anthony Duckworth-Chad
1991–1995 Peter Ogden
Philip Hulme
1995—The States of Guernsey
1995—:Subtenants
::Sir Peter Ogden
::Sir Philip Hulme

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Faed, Angus; Faed, Colin (1965–1971). "Jethou guide book". Jethou. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2008.

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