| 1300 |
Bailiffs of Guernsey and Jersey are given separate
seals of office |
| 1307 |
The market in Guernsey moves from Landes du Marche to
Town. |
| 1327 |
Edward
III becomes King following the murder of his father and in response to a
plea from Guernsey, the construction of a further castle, this time at
Jerbourg
|
| 1337 |
The
Guernsey Militia formed
|
| 1338 |
The
Hundred Years War began and Guernsey Alderney and Sark were seized by
the French in retaliation, led by Sir Robert Bertram, Lord of Bricquebec
|
| 1340 |
Edward III defeated the King of France at the Battle of
Sluys and then set about liberating Guernsey through the command of
Walter de Weston which he did in October except for Castle Cornet which
held out for another five years. |
| 1356 |
Once
again the islands were invaded by the French early that year but the
Treaty of Calais in September saw the French abandon all claims to the
Channel Islands.
|
| 1361 |
First hospital to be built in Guernsey |
| 1373 |
French
invade Jersey (except for Gorey Castle) but this lasted only a few
weeks.
|
| 1392 |
St Appoline chapel built by Nicholas Henry |
| 1412 |
Henry V
becomes King and shortly afterwards he ousts the monks of St Michel from Sark. However in those days Sark was very inhospitable with no decent harbour and drinking water was in
short supply.
|
| 1415 |
Henry
V defeats the French at Agincourt and once again has control
of most of northern France except Mont Michel. |
| 1455 |
The War
of the Roses began and was not to end until 1486. However
during this period, Margaret of Anjou the wife or Edward IV,
gifts the entire Channel Islands to
her cousin Pierre de Breze.
Afraid that they would lose their independence under French rule, the
Channel islanders fought back under the leadership of Philippe de
Carteret. He seized Mont Orgueil Castle in Jersey with the
English naval fleet assisting.
Guernsey was liberated soon afterwards. Later
Edward IV and King Louis XI of France reconfirmed the treaty of
Calais and the Channel Islands were declared neutral territory.
|
| 1468 |
Further
Royal Charter granted to the islands from Edward IV |
| 1470 |
|
| 1481 |
First
recorded meeting of the States of Guernsey.
|
| 1486 |
First
Governor of Guernsey, Edmund Weston, is appointed |
| 1546 |
Henry
VIII was determined to turn an Alderney into a naval base and
fortifications were starting to be built.
The fort Les Murs de Haut was started but was not completed until
the Victorian era and was bought by the Earl of Essex
from John Chamberlain in 1591.
|
| 1547 |
Henry
VIII had already fallen out with Catholic principles
following his divorce from Catherine of Aragon in 1533 and the
Channel Islands showed their support to him by scrapping all
evidence of a Catholic faith. A Calvinist faith emerged.
|
| 1549 |
French
troops seized the uninhabited island of Sark and built several forts but
lost interest and eventually left the island. |
| 1556 |
Catherine
Cauches and her family burnt at the stake in Guernsey on suspicion of
being witches.
|
| 1560 |
Royal
Charter granted to the islands by Elizabeth I. |
| 1563 |
First
Principal appointed at Elizabeth College |
| 1565 |
Helier
de Carteret from Jersey offered to colonise Sark and Queen
Elizabeth I granted the island to de Carteret in perpetuity. The
Queen later granted him a Royal Fief and in return he was obliged
to maintain on the island at least 40 men and on demand, a horseman wearing a coat of mail. |
| 1576 |
Calvinist
principles introduced to all parishes in Guernsey
|
| 1583 |
Privy
Council approve a statement of Guernsey's laws
|
| 1598 |
Elizabeth I authorises Guernsey Privateers to attack
the French. |
