A Brief Description and Historical Notices of the Island of Jersey,: With Some Account of Its Military, Civil, and Ecclesiastical Government, of Its Laws and Privileges, and a Concise Enumeration of Its Natural Curiosities and Antiquities, Contained in a Short Tour Through the Different Parishes: Particulary Intended for the Use of Occasional Visitors.. |
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A Brief Description and Historical Notices of the Island of Jersey C. Le Lièvre,Books Group,General Books No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 108 - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...
Page 43 - French received them at their landing; and searching every of them so narrowly as they could not hide a penknife, gave them leave to draw their coffin up the rocks with great difficulty: some part of the French took the Flemish boat, and rowed aboard their ship, to fetch the commodities promised, and what else they pleased; but being entered, they were taken and bound.
Page 18 - From the evidence it would appear that the submergence took place at the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Page 43 - ... narrowly as they could not hide a penknife, gave them leave to draw their coffin up the rocks with great difficulty : some part of the French took the Flemish boat, and rowed aboard their ship, to fetch the commodities promised, and what else they pleased ; but being entered, they were taken and bound. The Flemings on the land, when they had carried their coffin into the chapel, shut the door to them ; and taking their weapons out of the coffin, set upon the French ; they run to the cliff, and...
Page 43 - ... by strong hand, having Cattle and Corn enough upon the place to feed so many Men as will serve to defend it, and being every way so inaccessible that it might be held against the Great Turk. Yet by the industry of a Gentleman of the Netherlands, it was in this sort regained. He anchored in the Road with one Ship, and pretending the Death of his Merchant, besought the French that they might bury their Merchant in hallowed ground, and in the Chappel of that Isle; offering a Present to the French...
Page 100 - A wife is entitled at the death of her husband, to half of his personal property, if he leaves no children ; but only to one third if there should be issue. One third is then the portion of the children, and one third is disposable at the pleasure of the testator. A widower without children may distribute all his money in any way. • The personal property of intestates is divided equally when there are only sons, or only daughters ; but when there are both, the sons are entitled to two thirds, and...
Page 43 - French that they might bury their Merchant in hallowed Ground, and in the Chapel of that Isle; offering a Present to the French of such Commodities as they had aboard. Whereto (with Condition that they should not come ashore with any Weapon, not so much as with a Knife), the French yielded.
Page 99 - ... rest. But however hard this may appear upon the last creditors, it must be remembered that, all mortgages being registered, the charges due upon every estate are learnt with the greatest facility. The tenure of land purchased with cash only, cannot be considered stable until the expiration of a year and a day ; as in the intermediate time the nearest relations of the seller, or the lord of the manor, are privileged by the law of retraite, or pre-emption, to take the estate from the buyer on repaying...
Page 43 - Mary's time surprised by the French, and could never have been recovered again by strong hand, having cattle and corn enough upon the place to feed so many men as will serve to defend it, and being every way so inaccessible, that it might be held against the great Turk. Yet by the industry of a gentleman of the Netherlands, it was in this sort regained. He anchored in the road with one ship...
Page 98 - ... contract a first marriage in England, or elsewhere, a second in Guernsey, a third in Jersey, and a fourth in France, and vice versa, and in consequence of each country having separate laws and independent jurisdiction, put the injured parties at defiance to obtain redress in either of the two islands. A father cannot give, except during his life, a greater share of his landed property to any one child than the law specifies. His donation may be annulled by an action commenced within a year and...