Ici commence l’Etente du Roi notre Sire, en l’Isle de Guernesey, extraite de Latin en François, l’An de Grace 1498. [Suivi de :] Ensuit l’Entente des Droits, Coûtumes, Rentes, Revenus, Services & Hommages appartenans & dûs à notre souveraine Dame Elizabeth [Suivi de :] An Extent of His Majesty’s Revenue in the Island of Guernsey made in the Reign of King James I. Anno 1607.

In-8 (145 x 230 mm), fawn half-basane; small tears to title page and binding (Early 19th century binding).

Interesting collection of handwritten copies of the “extents” of the island of Guernsey, detailing various revenues of the English crown on the island.
The volume contains the Etente of Edward III (1498, pp. 1-76), the Etente of Elizabeth (1580, pp. 79-144), and King James Extent (1607, pp. 145-263).

“The name extente, extenta, designates, in the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, a statement of the revenues of the royal domain and other rights belonging to the crown, drawn up by means of the depositions of a certain number of men taken from each locality and questioned under oath.
These extents are the official titles that regulate the extent and limits of the crown's rights with regard to its tenants and debtors.”
Havet Julien. Société Jersiaise. Extente de l'île de Jersey, 1331, Édouard III, lre. publication. In: Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. 1876, vol. 37. pp. 283-288

A valuable document for the history of Guernsey.

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Ici commence l'Etente du Roi notre Sire, en l'Isle de Guernesey, extraite de Latin en François, l'An de Grace 1498. [Suivi de :] Ensuit l'Entente des Droits, Coûtumes, Rentes, Revenus, Services & Hommages appartenans & dûs à notre souveraine Dame Elizabeth [Suivi de :] An Extent of His Majesty's Revenue in the Island of Guernsey made in the Reign of King James I. Anno 1607. quantity

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