ALERT - Most "titles" sold online are NOT legitimate. Read below for free guidance!
Seigneurial reference library
Online References & Websites
Click Here - A blog post lists royal visits to the Channel Islands and the homage paid in-person by seigneurs
Click Here - A well-organized look at the Fief de Blanchelande (Guernsey) helps us understand fiefs in general
Click Here - Digression into now abandoned coronation traditions residual from English holdings in France
Click Here - Seignorial Rights (Abolition) (Jersey) Law 1966 - legal act removing most fief rights in Jersey
Click Here - The Seigneur d'Anneville (Guernsey) maintains this widely focused website - grail connection?!
Click Here - Feudalism in Guernsey, by De Guerin is reproduced here - big file - use CTRL+F then "Feudalism"
Click Here - Chief Pleas in Guernsey is photographed in full - including seigneurs paying homage
Click Here - Some incredibly helpful soul posted this map of Guernsey fiefs - accuracy not verified
Click Here - Guernsey Legal Resources website - all documents related to the word "fief"
Click Here - A handy legend is provided for the map referenced directly above
Click Here - The Baronage Press website is a helpful (albeit out of date) resource for students of feudal titles
Click Here - The Guernsey Royal Court provides helpful links regarding seigneurs, fiefs and Chief Pleas
Click Here - Guernsey provides this explanation of the abolition of conge - true for all except for fief sales
Click Here - The Seigneur of Blondel maintains a large reference website - lots of material here
Click Here - Legal opinion exploring traditional seigneurial rights to foreshore - related to Les Pas settlement
Click Here - A letter to the editor detailing Richard Falle's objections to HM's gift of foreshore in Jersey
Click Here - A review of The Queen's gift of foreshore to Jersey, it's conflict with seigneurial law & Les Pas
Click Here - The Seigniory of Sark is compared to The Duchy of Cornwall by Dr. John Kirkhope - fascinating
Click Here - Priaulx Library, in Guernsey, provides a list of fiefs & seigneurs from Guerin's Almanack, 1890
Click Here - The Priaulx Library, in Guernsey, provides helpful notes related to Chief Pleas c. 1680
Click Here - Seaweed and its Use in Jersey - relating to the seigneur's right of early access to 'Vraic'
Click Here - What is a dovecote anyway and why did they matter? Wikipedia tries to explain
Click Here - The Island Wiki (aka Jerripedia) provides lots of helpful resources for understanding fiefs
Click Here - Argument that Channel Islanders have the right to assume arms without The College of Arms
Click Here - Société Jersiaise provides his helpful online list of Jersey fief owners circa 1970
Click Here - GuernseyDonkey.com provides this helpful summary of "Guernsey and Her Island Fiefs"
Click Here - Feudal Dues (Guernsey) Law, 2002, explains abolition of some feudal rights - and what remains
Click Here - A slightly different (older?) version of The Feudal Dues (Guernsey) Law, 1980
Click Here - A children's book focused on teaching the native language of Guernsey - Guernésiais
Click Here - Kevin Boone, who has both been there & done that, provides a description of feudal titles
Documents Repository
Visit this section to see larger, scholarly files we have gathered over the years that cover Channel Island fiefs in greater detail than can be reproduced here or which are not otherwise found online for linking.
Scholarly Books - Courtesy of Google! (and others)
Utilize built-in keyword search capabilities to identify areas of specific interest within each book. Enjoy!
Click Here - Berry, William, The History of the Island of Guernsey, London, 1815
Click Here - Black, Adam and Charles, Black's guide to the Channel Islands, Edinburgh, 1885
Click Here - de Chenilly, M. Roupnel, Coutume de Normandie, Rouen, 1771
Click Here - Collins, J.E., An Historical and Descriptive Guide to the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey - The Strangers Guide, S. Barbet, Guernsey, 1833
Click Here - Dicey, Thomas, An Historical Account of Guernsey From Settlement to Present, 1751
Click Here - Durand, Pedone-Lauriel, Coutumes de Normandie, Paris, 1869
Click Here - de Gruchy, G.F.B., The Court of the Fief and Seigneurie of Noirmont, Société Jersiaise, 1926
Click Here - Inglis, Henry D., The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, etc, London, 1834
Click Here - Kelleher, Alexander, The King's Other Islands of the Sea: The Channel Islands in the Plantagenet Realm, 1254-1341. Journal of the Historical Association, Vol 107, Issue 376. 453-483. 2022.
Click Here - Manorial Rights in Jersey by Abraham Jones le Cras details a number of feudal rights - especially dying without heirs
Click Here - Mesnil, Marie, Chroniques Neustriennes ou Precis de L'Histoire De Normanie, Caen, 1825
Click Here - Oxenham, John, Carette of Sark, London, 1908
Click Here - Ozanne, EC, Orders in Council and Other Matters of General Registered on the Records of the Island of Guernsey, 1903
Click Here - Payne, J. Bertrand, Armorial of Jersey, 1860 (evidence of supporters for seigneurial families)
Click Here - Société Jersiaise, Rolls of the Assizes held in the Channel Islands in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward II, A.D. 1309, Labey et Blampied, St. Helier, 1903
Click Here - Syvret, George S., Chroniques des Ilses de Jersey, Guernsey, Auregny et Serk, Guernsey, 1832
Click Here - Taylor Esq., Edgar, Master Wace: His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest, William Pickering, London, 1837
Click Here - Tupper Esq., Ferdinand Brock, The History of Guernsey and Its Bailiwick, London, 1876
Click Here - Warburton, A Treatise on the History, Laws and Customs of the Island of Guernsey, 1822
Click Here - Societe Jersiaise, Rolls of the Assizes held in the Second Year of King Edward II, 1309