Memorial to Helier de Carteret in St Peter's Church, Sark

Hellier de Carteret ( fl. 1563 – 1578) was the first

Seigneur ''Seigneur'' is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. A seigneur refers to the person or collective who owned a ''seigneurie'' (or ...

Sark Sark (french: link=no, Sercq, ; Sercquiais: or ) is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of ...

, reigning from 1563 to 1578. He was the son of Édouard de Carteret,

Seigneur of Saint Ouen The Seigneur of Saint Ouen is a manorial title in Jersey. Their traditional seat is Saint Ouen's Manor. The first was Renaud De Carteret I. List of Seigneurs # Sir Renaud De Carteret, Baron of Carteret and Lord of Saint Ouen (1063–1125); ...

(d. 1533), and grandson of

Philip de Carteret, 8th Seigneur of St Ouen Philip de Carteret (died 1500) was the eighth Seigneur of Saint Ouen. The son of Philip, he married Margaret Harliston in 1470 and had 21 children. According to a biased non-contemporary account of Baker's governorship, Philip de Carteret opposed ...

. It was Hellier's idea and initiative to re-cultivate the deserted island in 1563, and he was rewarded by being granted, by a Letters Patent, the fief in 1565 by

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. He was also Seigneur of Saint Ouen in

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ...

. He married his cousin, Margaret de Carteret. She was the widow of Clement Dumaresq and daughter of the bailiff Helier de Carteret, the uncle and namesake to the Seigneur of Sark. Hellier and Margaret's son was

Philippe de Carteret I Philippe de Carteret I, 2nd Seigneur of Sark (1552–1594) was the Seigneur of Sark and Saint Ouen from 1578 to 1594. He was the oldest son of Hellier de Carteret, his predecessor in the office. Philippe's mother was Margaret de Carteret, widow ...

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External links

decarteret.org.uk Person Sheet

Helier de Carteret Hellier de Carteret (floruit, fl. 1563 – 1578) was the first List of seigneurs of Sark, Seigneur of Sark, reigning from 1563 to 1578. He was the son of Édouard de Carteret, Seigneur of Saint Ouen (d. 1533), and grandson of Philip de Carteret, ...

People from Sark People from Saint Ouen, Jersey 16th-century English nobility {{Jersey-bio-stub