Guernsey Timeline 16th Century
From Jerripedia
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1509 | Sir Richard Weston appointed Governor |
| 1510 | Charter of Henry VIII |
| 1511 | James Guille becomes Bailiff |
| 1513 | Foundation of school at St Peter Port |
| 1515 | Guernsey merchants arrange reduced tolls at Southampton. |
| 1531 | Establishment of the eminent fraternity de la Charite, based in a chapel in St Peter Port churchyard. |
| 1533 | Order that vessels from Jersey and Normandy, suspected of bringing plague, should be turned away. |
| 1536 | Friary in St Peter Port closed on the orders of Thomas Cromwell. |
| 1538 | Thomas Compton becomes Bailiff |
| 1538 | First reference to States of Guernsey by name. |
| 1539 | Sir Richard Long granted reversion of Governorship, and he appears to have taken up office from the aged Weston. |
| 1542 | Bishop of Coutances tries unsuccessfully to assert financial interests in Guernsey. |
| 1543 | English war with France. Guernsey's Royal Court excludes military equipment from seizure in debt actions. |
| 1544 | Flemish ships raid St Peter Port harbour |
| 1545 | Jean Herivel appointed Bailiff. |
| 1545 | Sir Peter Mewtas appointed Governor, following Long's resignation. |
| 1546 | Order addressed to parish captains indicates existence of a militia in Guernsey. |
| 1546-47 | Plague years |
| 1549 | English Act of Uniformity extends to Guernsey, leading to Protestant innovation. |
| 1549 | Charter of Edward VI |
| 1549 | Helier Gosselin appointed Bailiff. |
| 1553 | Sir Leonard Chamberlain appointed Governor in replacement of Mewtas. |
| 1553 | Charter of Mary |
| 1556 | Revival of Royal Court's recognition of sanctuary (previously abolished c1531) |
| 1556 | Burning of Protestant Catherine Cauches, her two daughters and a baby following Witch Trial ('the Cauches Martyrdom') |
| 1556 | Guillaume Beauvoir of Guernsey elected a deacon of the English Church at Geneva. |
| 1559 | Charter of Elizabeth |
| 1559 | Nicolas Baudouin sent by John Calvin to serve as minister in St Peter Port. |
| 1560 | Second charter of Elizabeth |
| 1561-62 | A succession of Royal Commissions appointed to investigate Guernsey's affairs |
| 1563 | Commencement of period of witch trials and executions by burning |
| 1563 | Elizabeth College founded |
| 1563 | Establishment of Presbyterian consistory at St Peter Port. |
| 1563 | Royal Commission is appointed to investigate Guernsey's affairs |
| 1563 | Helier Gosselin dismissed as Bailiff, succeeded by Thomas Compton |
| 1565 | Seven Jurats dismissed and replaced with men of Protestant credentials. |
| 1570 | Sir Thomas Leighton appointed Governor of Guernsey. |
| 1572 | Guillaume Beauvoir appointed Bailiff. |
| 1572 | Massacre of St Bartholomew in France. Refugees, including the Comte de Montgomery, flee to Guernsey. |
| 1581 | Thomas Wigmore appointed Bailiff. |
| 1583 | Privy Council approves a statement of Guernsey's laws: the Approbation des Loix. |
| 1584-96 | Schism between the Presbyterian churches of Guernsey and Jersey. |
| 1585 | Numerous Huguenot pastors flee France and are established in Guernsey livings |
| 1588 | Louis Devyck appointed Bailiff |
| 1595-1601 | Thomas Cartwright, the eminent Puritan, chaplain at Castle Cornet. |
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