152 SOME OLD DOCUMENTS. 



Guernsey, 1331, by Mr. John Metivier, compiled from the 

 original Latin text at the Record Office, supplemented by a 

 digest of the numerous French translations extant in 

 Guernsey ; also the manuscripts of several original articles 

 written by Sir Edgar MacCulloch on the history of St. Peter- 

 Port, &c, &c. 



Few people are aware of the amount of material for the 

 history of Guernsey that is to be found at the Greffe and in 

 the Library of the Royal Court. In the Greffe are the 

 collections of manuscripts of Bailiffs Samuel Bonamy, William 

 Le Marchant, and Sir Peter de Ha villain! ; the whole of 

 the series of Rolls published by the Master of the Rolls early 

 in the last century ; and about 30 volumes of manuscripts 

 copied by Mr. .John Metivier, which include copies of all the 

 charters concerning the Channel Islands to be found in the 

 Cartularies of various Norman abbeys, at St. Lo and 

 Avranches ; those referring to the priory of Saint Michel du 

 Valle fill two volumes. In the Library of the Royal Court 

 is a il Calendar of State Papers, 1274-1779," compiled from 

 various historical documents in the Record Office and the 

 British Museum, by Mr. Clarence Hopper for Bailiff Sir 

 Peter Stafford Carey ; 19 volumes of historical documents, 

 1527 to 1688, copied by Mr. A. Isemonger from the Records 

 of the Greffe and other sources, 4 volumes of Letters and 

 Charters from various Rolls in the Record Office, 1200- 

 1500, &c, &c. 



LETTER OF MICHEL DE LHOPITAL, CLERC DES 

 ARBALISTRIERS DU ROI, 9th JANUARY, 1338-9. 



This is an original letter of Michel de l'Hopital, Clerc 

 des Arbalistriers du Roi, dated the 9th January, 1338-9, 

 addressed to Thomas Fouque, Garde du Clos des Galees, 

 at Rouen, reciting certain Letters Patent of Philippe de 

 Valois, King of France, dated the 3rd October, 1338, 

 ordering de l'Hopital to supply Robert Bertran, Marshal of 

 France, to whom the king had given the island of Guernsey 

 and its adjacent islands, or his officers, with such cross-bows 

 and quarrels as may be required for the defence of the said 

 islands. De l'Hopital, in compliance with the king's order, 

 requests the Garde du Clos des Galees to deliver to Jehan 

 Lallement and Henri de Heugueville, sergeants-at-arms of 

 the Marshal Bertran, whatever they may require from the 

 Arsenal at Harfieur in accordance with the king's letter. 



This interesting document was purchased some years ago 

 by Mr. Edward Dobree, of Udney Hall, Teddington, from a 



