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islands and took over his governorship, for we find the Sheriff 

 of Southampton ordered, on the 13th of the same month, to 

 provide a ship for the passage of de Hampton and his house- 

 hold to the Isles.* 



For us the result of this inquiry was of great importance. 

 On the 2nd June, 1341, the king wrote to his Treasurers and 

 Chamberlains that "being desirous for certain reasons, to be 

 certified of the tenor of the complaints made by our men of our 

 islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Serk and Alderney, before our 

 beloved and faithful Eobert de Grandeburg (de Scardeburg-?) 

 and his companions Justices, lately travelling to those islands, 

 touching certain immunities, liberties and customs of the said 

 isles, and also of the records and processes had, it is said, on 

 the said voyage, between us and the said men, on their com- 

 plaints ; we command you, that after examining the said rolls 

 of the said Robert, regarding the said voyage which are in our 

 treasury, in your charge as it is said, you do make a clear and 

 distinct report to us in our chancery without delay under the 

 seal of our exchequer of all you may find thereof. "f On 

 receipt of this report the king, on the 10th July, 1341, at 

 length acceeded to the repeated request of the people of the 

 islands, and confirmed to them all their privileges, which had 

 been in abeyance since the time of the Assizes of 1331 4 



This confirmation of our privileges, and a letter of the 

 27th June, of the same year, ordering the Sheriff of South- 

 ampton to " cause oaks fit for timber for the making of engines 

 necessary for the defence of Gernereye and the adjacent 

 islands against the attacks of the king's enemies, to be 

 purchased up to £20 and shipped to Gernereye,"§ show that 

 the island was in the possession of the English ; and as 

 extensive repairs were subsequently carried out by de 

 Hampton at Jerbourg Castle, it is evident that it remained 

 so during the whole of the year. 



The repairs to Jerbourg Castle having been completed, 

 the king on the 30th January, 1342, ordered that all the men 

 of the islands "in accordance with their quality and the 

 quantity of their goods ... be assigned certain places in 

 the castle called Gerebrok in the island of Gernereye," for its 

 defence, " as the king has caused the said castle to be repaired 

 at great cost for the safety of the people of the island and 

 their goods." || On the same day he also ordered the Warden, 

 Thomas de Hampton, to seize " all lands and goods of traitors 



* Calendar, Close Rolls, 1341, p. 256. 



t T. F. de H. Constitution of Guernsey, p. 40. 



t Calendar, Patent Rolls, 1341, p. 237. 



§ Calendar, Close Rolls, 1341, p. 179. I] Do., 1342, p. 375. 



