Jersey Advocates 1523-1937

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Jersey Advocates
1523-1937



Francois Godfray, one of the most famous 19th century advocates


The number of Advocates of the Royal Court of Jersey was limited at any one time to six, until 1860. They were chosen, without any test, by the Bailiff; but in that year the Bar was thrown open to any British subject who had lived ten years in the island and possessed the necessary English or French diplomas, or had passed a local law examination

This list was compiled by the Rev J A Messervy, librarian of La Société Jersiaise and published in the Societe's Annual Bulletin in 1920, the year of his death, and the following year.

He noted that names of Advocates were only available from the early 16th century, but there was no doubt that the role existed from the beginning of the 14th

16th Century

17th Century

18th Century

19th Century

20th Century

Full details of 20th century Advocates are being researched

  • 1900 Philippe Norman Richardson [153]
  • 1900 Arthur John Gruchy [154]
  • 1901 Harold Walter Giffard
  • 1904 Leonce l'Hermitte Ogier
  • 1904 Charles Sydney Le Gros
  • 1906 Herbert Du Parq
  • 1911 Edgar James Ereaut
  • 1911 Hedley Le Riche Edwards
  • 1912 Charles Thomas Le Quesne
  • 1913 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche
  • 1916 Philip William Clarence Briard
  • 1918 George Edward Mauger
  • 1920 Charles Walter Duret Aubin

1920 onwards

  • B G Falle
  • J C de la Riviére
  • J E Pinel
  • R M de Carteret
  • R R Marett
  • C V Hawksford
  • P Le Maistre
  • G Le M Gruchy
  • M Alavoine
  • Edmund Nicolle
  • C E Malet de Carteret
  • P N Richardson
  • A J Gruchy
  • H W Giffard
  • L l'H Ogier
  • C S Le Gros
  • H du Parcq
  • Edgar J Eraut
  • Hedley Le R Edwards
  • C T Le Quesne
  • Alexander Coutanche
  • 1922 John Fleury Le Cornu
  • 1925 Cecil Stanely Harrison

1932 onwards

  • P W C Briard
  • J F Le Cornu
  • Cecil Stanley Harrison
  • Ralph Edward Bishop Voisin
  • William Eugène de Faye
  • Francis de Lisle Bois
  • 1933 Lester Vivian Bailhache
  • 1933 Denys Philip Richardson
  • 1934 Herbert Vyvian Benest
  • 1934 Ralph Vibert
  • 1936 John Sydney Crill
  • 1937 Basil Le Cras Bisson
  • 1937 Richard Durnford Lloyd
  • 1937 Helier de Carteret Mourant

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Appointed by the Governor, Sir Hugh Vaughan. Probably Nicolas Journeaux, Seigneur of Le Catelet, who became Jurat in April 1524
  2. ↑ Probably the Nicolas mentioned in the Extente of 1528, of the parish of St Peter. Mentioned in an Act of Catel before 9 June 1534, together with Advocates Guillaume Lael and Clement Le Bastard. Married Perrine Messervy, daughter of Jurat Guillaume. The St Pierre family died out with Nicolas' grandson
  3. ↑ Of St Clement, brother of Sire Thomas Costil, priest. Mentioned many times in the Court Rolls and frequently fined, once for speaking too long, and once for interrupting the Judge and Jurats. Lived in St Clement where the house Maitland was later built
  4. ↑ Perhaps the same as Jean Nicolle, Seigneur of Longueville, who became Viscount and Attorney-General. Mentioned as Advocate in Acte de Catel, book 5.
  5. ↑ Spoke on behalf of the Viscount in 1541. Without doubt the Jean Estur who died in 1541 and was buried at St Saviour
  6. ↑ Mentioned as Advocate with two of his colleagues in Acte de Catel, book 4 a short time before 1534. Of St Peter
  7. ↑ Seigneur of La Rondiole. Son of Philippot Le Bastard of St Martin. Centenier of the parish in 1532. Fined twice in 1535 following disagreement with Jurat Helier de La Rocque. Married a sister of Bailiff Helier de La Rocque. His eldest daughter and principal heir married Edouard Crafford, Constable of St Martin, in 1553
  8. ↑ Perhaps the Pierre who was Constable of St Mary in 1505 and 1524
  9. ↑ Centenier of St Lawrence in 1538. Probably born 1504, the son of Raulin, son of Jean, and brother of Sire Philippe Langlois, of whom he was principal heir in 1546
  10. ↑ Of Maison du Roux, St Saviour. Son of Bailiff Clement Lempriere. Became Solicitor-General on 18 February 1542 and Jurat in 1551. First wife: Marie Sarre, daughter of Simon, Constable of St John, and widow of Edouard de Cartewret, Seigneur of St Ouen (Not sister as wrongly stated in Payne's Armorial of Jersey; second wife: Collette Gosselin, daughter and co-heir of Jurat Guillaume
  11. ↑ Of Morin, St Saviour. Centenier of St Saviour. Appointed Advocate on 12 October 1542. Grandson (not son, as stated by Messervy. Edouard's father died in 1542) of Jurat Clement, of Beau Desert, and Collette Langlois. Constable of St Saviour and Solicitor-General in 1562. Jurat 1566
  12. ↑ Son of George. Appointed 26 November 1544. Constable of St Saviour 1546-1549; died 1566
  13. ↑ Constable of St Lawrence 1539. Jurat in 1549
  14. ↑ Sworn in 29 October 1562.Senechal des basses cours. Died 1565
  15. ↑ Seigneur of Augres. Sworn in 20 April 1569. Solicitor-General 1570, then Viscount and later Jurat. Married first in 1559 Collette Gosselin, widow of Philippe Lempriere (see above) and second, before 1595, Jeanne Gilbert, widow of Hugh Perrin, Seigneur of Rosel
  16. ↑ Eldest son of Jurat Edouard Messervy, Died in May 1574 five months before his father
  17. ↑ Constable of St John in 1570. Eldest son of Simon Sarre, also Constable. Died in 1578
  18. ↑ Son of Thomas of St Saviour. Greffier-stipulant for several years. Died in 1612
  19. ↑ Son of Thomas, of St Helier, and Thomasse, nee Hamptonne. Died 1575 without issue. His mother was eldest daughter and principal heir of Hostes Hamptonne of St Clement.
  20. ↑ Eldest son of Philippe, Advocate in 1540 (see above) and his first wife, Marie, nee Sarre
  21. ↑ Son of Leonard, of La Fontaine, Trinity. Brother of Jurat Philippe. Later Attorney-General. Lived partly in Trinity, partly in St Helier]]
  22. ↑ Son of Philippe, Constable of Trinity. Died 1591
  23. ↑ Constable of St Martin 1597-1616. Jurat 1616
  24. ↑ Son of Edouard de Carteret, of St John, who was Sark Bailiff, and Marguerite, nee de Carteret, daughter of Edouard, of St Ouen, and widow of Michel Sarre. In dispute with Advocate Jean Romeril (above) over precedence on the Advocates' bench. Died in St John in 1604
  25. ↑ Born in 1555 in St Saviour, the younger son of Philippe and Collette, nee Gosselin, his second wife. Married Jeanne de La Rocque, sister of Pierre, daughter of Pierre, Viscount. Appointed Senechal of the Queen's Fiefs by Amice Paulett. Appointed Denonciator in 1605 by Sir John Peyton. Died 1618
  26. ↑ Elder son of Edouard, Advocate in 1569 (above). Jurat in 1606
  27. ↑ Younger son of Philippe Romeril, of La Fontaine, Trinity, and brother of Martin, Constable of the parish. Settled in St John and died in 1613
  28. ↑ Son of Edouard. Senechal des Fiefs du Roi. Solicitor-General in 1606
  29. ↑ Son of Perrin. The first in his family to beecome an Advocate. Sworn in 10 March 1646. Registrar of Contracts from previous year. Died 1646, as the oldest Advocate
  30. ↑ Younger son of Jean, Seigneur of Vinchelez de Haut. Sworn in 17 January 1611
  31. ↑ Son of Helier, of St Helier, and his first wife Collette Gosselin. Died without heirs in 1620. Sworn in 16 September 1613
  32. ↑ Younger son of Jurat Clement, of La Chesnee, St Martin. Died a year before his father, in 1626
  33. ↑ Son of Nicolas, Constable of St Helier 1597-1602. Greffier in 1624, Jurat 1631.
  34. ↑ Elder son of Martin, of La Fontaine, Trinity. Appointed Attorney-General by the Lieut-Governor in 1650 because of the illness of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General. Constable of Trinity 1639-1651, Jurat 1663-1676
  35. ↑ Son of Abraham. Constable of St Helier 1629-1632
  36. ↑ Son of Jean. Replaced aged Solicitor-General and absent Attorney-General in 1625. Became Greffier in 1631 and Jurat in 1642
  37. ↑ Son of Jean, son of Perrin, also an Advocate (see above). Trinity Centenier 1636. Father and son suspended in 1631 for 'not assisting the Court'.
  38. ↑ Son of Richard. Of Gros Puits, St Saviour
  39. ↑ Son of Jurat Jean. Substitute Attorney-General 1634, Solicitor-General 1635
  40. ↑ Royalist, suspended during Civil War
  41. ↑ Parliamentary era Jurat from 1655
  42. ↑ Elder son of Jean, of Trinity. Died in 1664
  43. ↑ Appointment revoked in 1647 after dispute with Philippe Fauvel over written misstatements
  44. ↑ Elder son of Edouard, Solicitor-General. Appointed Stipulant Solicitor=General in 1692, retaining that office until his death in 1699
  45. ↑ Elder son of Jacques, of St Helier (son of Thomas, son of Philippe) and Judith, nee Girard
  46. ↑ (1628-1721) At the Restoration in 1660 he accompanied Bailiff Michel Lempriere and Receiver General Charles Maret to Coutainville, Normandy. He left them there, returning to Jersey, and was required by the Court to account for his actions
  47. ↑ Appointed Solicitor-General in 1668
  48. ↑ Appointed by Bailiff George de Carteret. Solicitor-General in 1670
  49. ↑ Nominated by the States in 1671 to represent them as Deputy. Deputy Solicitor-General 1686, Jurat 1691
  50. ↑ Son of Gedeon, of St Peter. Centenier and Procureur du Bien Public, St Peter, 1661-1673, Constable (St P) 1673-1686; Registrar of Contracts, 1681, and Jurat, 1686-1693
  51. ↑ Appointed Greffier in 1670
  52. ↑ Son of Josue, of Trinity. Grandson of Jean, Advocate and Registrar of Contracts. Died 1668
  53. ↑ Resigned in 1686
  54. ↑ Constable of Trinity 1663-1682
  55. ↑ Greffier in 1676
  56. ↑ Son of Mathieu. Replaced George, above. Died 1685
  57. ↑ Younger son of Philippe, of Le Morin, Solicitor-General 1667-1691, Jurat 1693
  58. ↑ Died unmarried in 1693
  59. ↑ Son of Raulin. Sworn in at age of 18. Jurat in 1700
  60. ↑ Elder son of Clement and Elizabeth, nee Bandinel, of St Helier. Moved to London
  61. ↑ Son of Jean, of St Mary, and Sara, nee Renaut. Fined in 1695 for having read unauthentic acts in Court. Died 1733
  62. ↑ Son of Jurat Jean, of St Helier, and Marguerite, nee de Carteret. Registrar of Contracts, 1686. Greffier-substitute 1711. Suspended in 1702 for disobedience to the Court, but reinstated the following day. Died 1715
  63. ↑ Son of Elie. Greffier in 1700
  64. ↑ Son of Jean, Solicitor-General in 1670, father of Jean, Attorney-General. Died in London in 1708
  65. ↑ Elder son of Lieut-Bailiff Jean Durel. Became Solicitor-General two years after appointment as Advocate
  66. ↑ Son of Jean, son of Abraham, Dumaresqs of Gros Puits. Deputy Solicitor-General 1710, Jurat 1712
  67. ↑ Born 1674, youngest son of George, Seigneur of Longueville. Constable of St Saviour for nine months
  68. ↑ Eldest son of Elie, Seignedur of Augres, Jurat, and Francoise, nee de Carteret, elder daughter of Francois, Attorney-General. Known as the 'Advocate of Augres'. Sworn in as Deputy Solicitor-General in 1711. Jurat in 1740
  69. ↑ Born in St Saviour in 1680. Inherited Seigneur of Longueville following his brothers' deaths. Constable of St Saviour 1703-1713. Jurat 1713
  70. ↑ Seigneur of Saval, son of Charles. Became Constable of St Helier, Jurat 1722
  71. ↑ Born 1675, the son of Francois, of St Martin, and Jeanne, nee Le Huquet. Stipulant-Greffier in 1730-1731. Resigned in 1734 and succeeded by his son Francois. Married Marie Patriarche, daughter of Louis, in 1709
  72. ↑ Son of Richard, seigneur of Ponterrin. Jurat in 1725
  73. ↑ Jurat in 1735
  74. ↑ Sworn in 13 September 1715 at the age of 20, not 15 as shown in ABSJ list. Constable of St Martin 1720-1721. Son of James, Viscount and Jurat, and Anne, nee de Carteret, daughter of Francois, of St Ouen. Lost in the shipwreck of the frigate Hynde, near Elizabeth Castle on 7 December 1721. His body was recovered 32 days later on the St Brelade coast. Married Elizabeth Bandinel. Their daughter married Charles Lempriere, elder son of Michel, seigneur of Dielament
  75. ↑ Became Deputy Attorney-General 1742, and Jurat 1746. Married Anne Tapin, 1729
  76. ↑ Seigneur of Noirmont. Jurat 1743
  77. ↑ (1712-1757) Succeeded his father, Advocate Francois Le Maistre. Solicitor-General 1750, Attorney-General 1751
  78. ↑ Of Mont au Pretre. Appointed Greffier in 1747. Jurat 1767
  79. ↑ Of Le Coin, St Ouen. Constable of St Ouen 1730-1733. Died 1745
  80. ↑ So of Jean, son of Jean, son of Abraham. Jurat 1745. His father was an Advocate and Jurat
  81. ↑ Seigneur of Meleches. Died 1755
  82. ↑ Acting Attorney-General 1757
  83. ↑ Son of Jean, son of Jean, son of Daniel, of Les Colombiers, St Mary. Deputy Attorney-General 1757. Commis-Greffier 1766. Acting Solicitor-General 1771
  84. ↑ Receiver General 1750; Attorney-General 1758
  85. ↑ Son of George, son of Richard. Appointed Deputy Solicitor-General 1751. Seigneur of Ponterrin for a year before his death in 1759, in succession to his uncle Richard Dumaresq
  86. ↑ Son of Edouard, Rector of St Ouen and Elizabeth, nee Dauvergne. Settled in St Peter after his marriage to Marie Le Brun, daughter and heir of Jean, son of Daniel, and widow of Charles Robin, son of Raulin. Deputy Attorney-General 1755, 1756. Commis Greffier, 1757. Acting Solicitor-General 1772, 1776. House destroyed by fire in 1772 and he moved to St Helier, where he died without heirs in 1776. Made a gift of £100 to the General Hospital shortly before his death
  87. ↑ Appointed Deputy Attorney-General in 1753 before becoming an Advocate. Centenier of St Lawrence in 1744. Died 1780
  88. ↑ Elder son of Charles, Seigneur of Dielament and Rosel. Died unmarried in 1763
  89. ↑ Of St Ouen. Receiver General from 1757. Jurat 1762
  90. ↑ Son of Josue of La Moye. Attorney-General 1771. Lieut-Bailiff 1801; died at the end of that year
  91. ↑ Seigneur of Avranches. Jurat in 1769
  92. ↑ Son of Thomas of St Aubin. Deputy Attorney-General 1771. Lieut-Bailiff 1795
  93. ↑ Son of Pierre, Advocate in 1756. Commis Greffier, acting Solicitor-General. Jurat 1795
  94. ↑ Frequently acting Solicitor-General and Attorney-General. Younger son of Jean, son of Michel, of Mont au Pretre, and cousin of Dr Charles Poingdestre, son of Pierre. Died in 1816 without issue
  95. ↑ Son of Jean, son of Elie. ActingSolicitor-General 1786, Attorney-General 1801. Knighted in 1802 on appointment as Lieut-Bailiff
  96. ↑ Seigneur of Dielament. Acting Attorney-General 1781; Jurat and Lieut-Bailiff in same year
  97. ↑ Of Mont au Pretre. Nephew of Advocate Charles Poingdestre. Resigned in 1889
  98. ↑ Younger son of Charles, Seigneur of Rosel and Lieut-Bailiff Resigned in 1816 and died in 1823
  99. ↑ Died in 1800
  100. ↑ (1776-1840) Elder son of Thomas, son of Josue, of La Moye. Constable of St Brelade 1795-1800. Solicitor-General 1800. Died without issue in 1840
  101. ↑ Son of Philippe, Seigneur of Avranches. Acting Solicitor-General 1798. Jurat 1807
  102. ↑ Attorney-General 1802. Knighted 1824. Bailiff 1826
  103. ↑ Seigneur of St Jean La Hougue Boete. Solicitor-General in 1817. Eldest son of the Rev Francois Le Couteur, Rector of St Martin, then Grouville,
  104. ↑ Eldest son of Jean Dumaresq, Lieut-Bailiff. Solicitor-General 1810, Attorney-General 1817
  105. ↑ Son of Jean of Mont au Pretre and nephew of Advocate Charles Poingdestre. Died at the age of 63 in 1838. Three sons and five daughters
  106. ↑ Younger son of Thomas of Le Coie, Constable of St Saviour
  107. ↑ [{Attorney-General]] 1824, Bailiff 1848
  108. ↑ Eldest son of Dean Edward Dupre. Captured while in the Royal Navy, changed career on return to Jersey. Solicitor-General 1824, Attorney-General 1848
  109. ↑ Son of Jurat Thomas, son of Jean. Died at the age of 20 in year of appointment
  110. ↑ Constable of St Peter 1822-1834, 1836-1838. Died 1838
  111. ↑ Of La Hague, Son of Jean, Constable of St Peter, and Jeanne, nee Le Breton. Died at Winchester in 18739
  112. ↑ Jurat 1827. Bailiff 1831
  113. ↑ Solicitor-General 1848-1858. Bailiff 1858-1880
  114. ↑ Solicitor-General 1817-1824. Son of Francois Jean, of St Jean La Hougue Boete
  115. ↑ Elder son of Philippe, Seigneur of Avranches, Lieut-Bailiff
  116. ↑ Resigned two years after appointment
  117. ↑ Son of Hugh. Described by Messervy as one of the most distinguished Advocates of the Jersey Bar. Clashed frequently with Bailiff Jean de Veulle
  118. ↑ Son of Francois, of St Helier. Constable of St Helier 1839-1853. Died suddenly in 1853 at the age of 41. Le Sueur and Francois Godfray (above) were the foremost lawyers of their time and were frequently on opposing sides in Court
  119. ↑ Son of Denonciator Jean Aubin, of Belvedere
  120. ↑ Son of Francois, son of Philippe. Knighted and known as Sir James Godfray. Long-standing Militia Colonel. Died 1897
  121. ↑ Solicitor-General 1858. Constable of St Helier 1856-1858. Bailiff 1880-1894
  122. ↑ Deputy Viscount 1848. Resumed as Advocate, reappointed Deputy Viscount 1854. Resumed as Advocate 1855. Deputy of St Helier, 1866. Solicitor-General 1866
  123. ↑ Constable of St Helier 1861-1864. Judge 1864
  124. ↑ Greffier 1861; Jurat 1895-1913
  125. ↑ Deputy of St Saviour 1878; Greffier 1880. Died 1891
  126. ↑ Gray's Inn barrister. No record of his swearing-in exists. Deputy of St Helier 1857. Died 1899
  127. ↑ Studied in Paris. First Advocate qualified after opening of the Bar. Deputy of St Helier 1872. Solicitor General 1879, died later that year
  128. ↑ Local qualification. Deputy of St Helier, 1857. Died 1874
  129. ↑ Barrister. Solicitor-General 1879, Attorney-General 1880. Bailiff 1884. Retired 1898 and died in England in 1915
  130. ↑ French qualification and local exam. Died 1876
  131. ↑ Local exam. Deputy of St Helier 1878. Died 1879
  132. ↑ Local exam. Constable of St Helier 1881-1896 1899-1908
  133. ↑ Barrister, Middle Temple. St Helier Deputy 1875, Constable 1896-1899. Solicitor-General 1899, Attorney-General 1912
  134. ↑ Toulouse University. Constable of St Peter 1875-1876. Greffier 1876. Solicitor-General 1880, Attorney-General 1885, Bailiff 1899
  135. ↑ St Helier Deputy 1881, Constable of St Saviour 1883-1884. States Treasurer 1886. Jurat 1908. Lieut-Bailiff 1919. Died 1920
  136. ↑ Barrister, Gray's Inn. Deputy of St Saviour, then Constable 1886-1892. Receiver-General in 1899, died 1903
  137. ↑ Barrister, Inner Temple. Constable of St Martin. Jurat and Viscount 1894. Jurat 1918
  138. ↑ MA Oxford. Deputy of Grouville. Solicitor-General 1885; Attorney-General 1899. Knighted
  139. ↑ BA Cambridge. MP for Portsmouth. Created Baronet. Lord Portsea
  140. ↑ MA Oxford. St Helier Deputy 1889. Greffier 1892
  141. ↑ Caen University
  142. ↑ BA Cambridge. Died 1905
  143. ↑ BA Oxford. Greffier 1889. Died 1892 at the age of 28
  144. ↑ Paris degree. Deputy of St Helier 1907, Constable 1910
  145. ↑ BA Oxford. Jurat 1915, Lieut-Bailiff 1920
  146. ↑ Barrister, Middle Temple. Died 1920
  147. ↑ MA Oxford
  148. ↑ Barrister, Middle Temple
  149. ↑ BA Oxford. Barrister, Middle Temple
  150. ↑ Rennes University
  151. ↑ Barrister, Middle Temple. St Helier Deputy 1900. Viscount 1917
  152. ↑ Receiver General 1903. Solicitor-General 1912, Attorney-General 1925. Bailiff 1931-1935
  153. ↑ Barrister, Middle Temple
  154. ↑ Caen University
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