238 ST. APOJ. line's chapel. 



celebration of the mass. It bears the inscription vSaxcte 

 Paa^le oka pko nobls ; and on the lid is the letter A 

 denoting that it was the vessel intended to contain the water. 

 It is in the possession of the ancient family of the Guilles of 

 St. George, who also preserve two small candlesticks of 

 diiferent patterns which are likewise said to have formed part 

 of the furniture of this Chapel. 



Until the year 1873 when, on an opportunity presenting 

 itself, the States of Guernsey came forward to purchase the 

 building with a view of preventing so interesting a relic from 

 falling into utter ruin, the Chapel belonged to the farm-house 

 of which we have spoken above, and served the purpose of a 

 stable or place for storing fuel." 



Mr. Lee remarked that William Pichenoht's charter is 

 still to be seen at St. Lo, in Normandy. The charter was 

 signed by Did<:e William before the altar of Rouen Cathedral, 

 in the sight and hearing of Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen, 

 Hugh, Bishop of Avranches and other notable witnesses. 



The charter granted by Richard II., in 1394, is the 

 oldest of all the original documents now extant in the records 

 of Guernsey. The Registers of the Bishop of Coutances 

 shew that Dom Thomas Henry, or Harris, Rector of the 

 Castel and Chaplain of S. Brioc and of S. Apolline {capelle 

 Beate Marie fandatc in parudiia Suncti Sal valor is) died in 

 1494. He was succeeded iu the Chaplaincy by Jacques 

 Gyot on the presentation of the noble John Henry [nobilis 

 viri Johannis Henry). Jacques Gyot became Rector of S. 

 Martin's in 1498 and died in 1519. Sir Henry Mores 

 succeeded Thomas Henry in the Rectory of the Castel 

 })arish. 



In the year loOH Nicolas de I'Eree bought from Maturin 

 Payn a house " en im territoire nommey les Rowes " 

 (Rouvets), and part of the price was a rente of one bushel 

 of w^heat to the Chapel of Notre Dame de la Perelle. This is 

 interesting as shewing the late survival of the original name 

 of the Chapel. 



The masonry of this Chapel is interesting, long stones 

 being used as in the Castel and other churches to strengthen 

 the walls at their angles and so avoid the necessity of but- 

 tresses. The remains of the mural paintings are still very 

 clearly seen when the light is good, and towards noon it would 

 be possible we believe to photograph them successfully. Five 

 personages are easily distinguished, and the drawing is better 

 than is usually the case in similar buildings. A piscina, not 



