344 CASTLE CORNET. 



Havet, in his History of " Les Cours Roy ales des lies 

 Normandes," p. 62, gives word for word, with slight variations 

 of spelling, the latter portion of this Order referring to 

 William Payn, on the authority of the " Rotuli Parliamen- 

 torum," Vol. II., p. 109, wherein he is styled " im des Jurez 

 de l'lsle de Gereseye." The following letters from the Close 

 Rolls, referring to the execution of the above-mentioned Order 

 of the Council, prove the accuracy of this version, and show 

 that Bree has made the serious error of substituting Guernsey 

 for Jersey throughout his copy of this Order, f [This has 

 been confirmed by Miss E. F. Carey's recent examination of 

 the copy of this Order in the Harliean MSS., No. 14, p. 58, 

 at the British Museum. See Appendix I.] 



February 8, 1340. Westminster. 

 To the Sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause 

 thirty tuns of cider, 50 quintals of iron and 2 quintals 

 of steel to be bought and purveyed and delivered by 

 indenture to Thomas de Ferrariis, keeper of the isle of 

 Jereseye, or to his attorney, delivering to them a ship for 

 carrying such provisions to that island, at the king's 

 expense, for the munition of the king's castle there, as 

 has been fully enjoined upon Thomas by the council. 

 By Council in Parliament.* 



February 7, 1340. Kennington. 

 To the Bailiffs and Jurats of the Island of Jerseye. 

 Order to take into the king's hand without delay all the 

 lands, goods and chattels which belonged to William 

 Payn, late one of the jurats of the island, and to cause 

 them to be kept until further orders, electing another 

 jurat in William's place, as the king has learned that he 

 is gone to Normandy and has joined the king's enemies, 

 against the proclamation forbidding anyone to go there 

 or to communicate with the king's enemies in those 

 parts. 



By C. in Parliament, f 



Further in the Patent Polls, in the Letter of Protection 

 granted to the people of the Isles on the 1st February, 1340, 

 it is distinctly stated that Guernsey was still occupied by the 

 French. 



Having accepted this Order as proof of the expulsion of 

 the French from Castle Cornet in 1339, or early 1340, our 

 historians were brought face to face with a difficulty, as 



* Calendar of Close Rolls, 1339-1341, p. 358. 

 t Calendar of Close Rolls, 1339-1341, p. 359. 



