16th century stand-in Bailiffs
16th century stand-in Bailiffs
Hélier de Carteret was suspended from office on a number of occasions during his long period as Bailiff and five appointments of temporary Bailiffs were made
Helier de la Rocque
1523-1524, 1529-1530
Helier de la Rocque stood in twice as Bailiff during the suspension from office of Helier De Carteret when the latter was embroiled in a long-lasting dispute with Governor Sir Hugh Vaughan.
He was first appointed Jurat in either 1525 or 1531, which suggests that he was plucked from relative obscurity to deputise for de Carteret, until the joint appointments of Jean Lempriere and Richard Mabon.
He was Seigneur of Saval and also Constable of Trinity in 1531, a position which would not have allowed him to be a Jurat at the same time. He is shown as Jurat until 1549, which is probably the year of his death.
Jean Lempriere
1524-1527, 1528
As well as being stand-in Bailiff of Jersey on two occasions [[Jean Lempriere ( -1534)|Jean Lempriere was Lieut-Governor of both Jersey and Guernsey. He lived through turbulent times in Jersey.
He was the only son of Renaud Lempriere, Seigneur of Rosel, son of Jean Lempriere and Jeannette Le Lorreur and Catherine Camell, daughter of John Camell of Shapwick, Dorset, and his wife Sybil. He was the first cousin of Thomas Lempriere who was Bailiff before Helier De Carteret, whom Jean replaced during his second suspension from office during a dispute with Governor Sir Hugh Vaughan.
In August 1524 he was recalled to Jersey to act as Joint-Bailiff with Dean Richard Mabon. Although there is some doubt over the status of a number of those appointed to stand in for de Carteret, Lempriere and Mabon's appointments seem to have carried the full support of the King.
Richard Mabon
1524-1527
Joint acting Bailiff with Jean Lempriere
Jasper Pen
1528-1529
His name is often misspelt as Payn in the belief that he was a Jerseyman, but Jasper Pen was from England and he was appointed Bailiff for a short period, replacing Jean Lempriere ( -1534) and Richard Mabon as substitute for Helier De Carteret who was under suspension for the second time in his career.
De Carteret sometimes made surprise visits to Jersey, and during one of these Pen tried to assassinate him in the Market Place, resulting in a fight with drawn swords.
However, Pen must have had an earlier involvement in the island's administration because on 15 December 1523, just after de Carteret's second suspension started, records show that he was given a licence "to import 300 tons of bay salt of France into the islands of Jernesey and Garnesey", and to export merchandise thence to France.
When Helier de Carteret finally won his legal action against Sir Hugh Vaughan and was reinstated as Bailiff, Pen, along with the other temporary appointments made by Sir Hugh, was found to have held office illegally and had to reimburse de Carteret with all payments he received while acting as Bailiff.
Clement Lempriere
1529-1530
Clement Lempriere, one of the interim Bailiffs appointed during the suspension from office of Helier De Carteret, held the position for a few months in 1528 and 1529. He was the son of de Carteret's predecessor as Bailiff, Thomas Lempriere
