Quittance book recording payments of rent and other dues, 1665-ca.1713, kept mainly by Thomas de Garis of Guernsey

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  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 602
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1665-ca.1713
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Guernsey French
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (60 ff.) Written in numerous hands. Entry for 1713 on f.58r. Text on ff.50-54, 55v-56r, and 59v is inverted. Lower part of f.45 missing.

Scope and Content

Quittance book in numerous hands recording payments of rent and other dues, 1665-ca.1713, kept mainly by Thomas de Garis of Guernsey.

Administrative / Biographical History

The de Garis family owned property in the parish of Castel, the largest in area of the ten Guernsey parishes. A record of a "Thomas de Garis et sa femme Marie Blondel" appears in the Castel parish register for 1687.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Presented by the widow of Prof. J. H. Le Patourel, November 1981

Note

In Guernsey French

Custodial History

Given to Prof. J. H. Le Patourel by Advocate J. E. L. Martel, April 1952

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