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FEUDALISM IN GUERNSEY. 



Manorial Chapels. 



The de Chesneys, Seigneurs of Anneville and Fief du 

 Comte possessed four manorial chapels in the fifteenth century. 



(1) The chapel of St. Thomas d' Anneville, the ruins of 

 which still exist in the rear of the old Manor House at 

 Les Annevilles. 



(2) The chapel of Notre Dame de Pulias, sup- 

 posed to be the same as Notre Dame de l'Epine, 

 which was destroyed at the Reformation by the Gover- 

 nor, Sir Thomas Leighton, much against the wishes 

 of the inhabitants of the Vingtaine de l'Epine. The site 

 of this chapel has not yet been satisfactorily identified. 

 Probably it may have been the chapel of the Fief des 

 Bruniaux de Nermont, and built by the de Burnels or their 

 predecessors, the Legats, long before this fief came into 

 the possession of the de Chesneys. 



(3) St. George, which originally belonged to the Abbey 

 of Mont St. Michel, and is mentioned in a Bull of Pope 

 Adrian IV., in 1156. How it came into the possession of 

 the de Chesneys is not known. It was unfortunately pulled 

 down at the end of the eighteenth century by Mr. J. Guille, 

 of St. George, on account of a dispute with his neighbours 

 concerning a right of way to it over his land. 



(4) St. Brioc, Torteval. This chapel stood on the Fief 

 de Beuval, which was already in the possession of the de 

 Chesneys early in the fourteenth century. 



Another manorial chapel was that of St. Michel du 

 Manoir, St. Peter's Port, the chapel of the " Manoir de 

 Haut," which stood on the site of the present Constables' 

 Office, and which belonged to the Le Marchants for several 

 centuries. The chapel was to the south of the arch leading 

 from High Street. It is mentioned in an old document 

 of 1388, whereby Pierrot Le Marchant and his brother 

 Janequin sell a plot of land to the south-west of this chapel, 

 and stipulate that the buildings to be erected thereon shall not 

 obstruct the light of its windows. This chapel was still in 

 existence in 1521. When the old house in High Street to 

 the south of the arch was pulled down, at the beginning 

 of the last century, the remains of some of the old walls 

 of the chapel were discovered. On the northern one was 

 found a fine " piscina," which is now in the hall of Rosenheim, 

 St. Andrew's. 



We may now glance at the history of a few of the 

 principal manors we have mentioned. 



