Although it is commonly stated that Jersey remained staunchly loyal to the Crown, while Guernsey's sympathies were with the Parliamentarians, the true story was immensely more complicated than this. Control of Jersey moved backwards and forwards between supporters of the Crown and Parliament, and, more importantly, between island families which happened to support one side or the other.
This section of Jerripedia brings together a number of existing articles covering this period of history.
The Civil War and Jersey
- Jersey in the years leading to the Civil War
- How Jersey was captured by the Parliamentarians
- Jersey under Parliament
- Michel Lempriere Republican Bailiff
- Bailiff Sir Philippe de Carteret
- Diarist Jean Chevalier
- Extracts from Chevalier's diary
- Laurens Hamptonne, Viscount who proclaimed Charles II as King
- Carteret and the King by Jeannine Kerwin
- Jacques Stocall
- The Restoration
- Life in Jersey in the 1600s
- Life in Jersey after the Restoration
The Great Rebellion
A 54-page article from the 1937 Annual Bulletin of La Société Jersiaise divided into sections
- Troubled times
- War breaks out
- Captain Carteret in charge
- Prince Charles' first visit
- Before the King's execution
- Charles' second visit
- Preparations for attack
- Parliamentary invasion
- Seige of Elizabeth Castle
Timeframe
A number of people feature very prominently in Jersey in the period before, during and after the English Civil War. A basic knowledge of the timing of major events in England and Jersey also helps understand what was happening in the island and why
- 1626 Death of Bailiff Jean Herault and appointment of Philippe de Carteret
- 1641 Outbreak of English Civil War
- 1643 Michel Lempriere replaces de Carteret as Bailiff
- 1643 Sir George de Carteret returns to Jersey and seizes control
- April-June 1646 Charles, Prince of Wales, in Jersey
- 1649 Execution of Charles I
- 17 February 1649 Charles II proclaimed King in Jersey by Viscount Laurens Hamptonne
- September 1649 Charles II in Jersey again for five months
- 1651 Civil War ends
- October 1651 Commonwealth troops seize Jersey
- Michel Lempriere reappointed Bailiff
- 1653-1658 Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector
- 1658-1659 Richard Cromwell Lord Protector
- 1660 Restoration of the Monarchy
- Sir George de Carteret replaces Michel Lempriere as Bailiff
Diarist
Much of what we now know of these times was recorded in the diaries of Jean Chevalier, who is known as Jersey's Samuel Pepys. He produced a detailed record of what went on in the island from 1643-1651, but it stops abruptly with the end of the civil war.
Charles II
- Charles II's visits to Jersey
- Some letters of Charles II to Jersey
- Charles II
- Charles II's second visit to Jersey, by A C Saunders
Sir George Carteret
- Biography of Bailiff and staunch Royalist Sir George de Carteret
- Sir George Carteret
- Sir George Carteret - a summary of his life, supporter of Charles II and founder of New Jersey
- Sir George Carteret 2, from A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey
- Sir George Carteret 1643-1646
