Above is a 1440AD Deed of the private Fief of Blondel and de l'Eperon which is held directly from
the crown through court registration and conge/tresieme fees.
Seigneurs of Fiefs and Feudal Fiefs
Position |
On envelopes |
Salutation in letter |
Oral address |
Feudal Fief
Seigneur |
The Much Hon XXX of Fief de Blondel et L'Eperon
or The Much Hon. XXX,
Seigneur of Fief de Blondel et L'Eperons or
The Much Hon Seigneur of Fief de Blondel [11] |
Siror
Dear Blondel or
Dear Sieur |
Blondel or
Seigneur or Abbreviated Sieur Acronym (Sgr.) |
Female Feudal Dame of a Fief or
Feudal Seigneur's wife |
As feudal Seigneur,
substituting "Madam"
for first nameand
substituting "Dame" for "Seigneur",or
Dame Blondel et L'Eperons |
Madam or
Dear Dame or Dear Dame of Blondel et L'Eperons |
Madam or
Blondel or
Dame Blondel |
Style of Seigneur - As
per the The Feudal Dues (Guernsey) Law, 1980 Style of Seigneur of a fief etc. Section 4. The foregoing provisions
of this Law shall be without prejudice –
(a) to the right of any person to use, in the case of a male person, the style of
Seigneur and, in the case of a female person, the style of Dame, of a fief,
(b) to the feudal relationship between Her Majesty and any person holding an interest
in a private fief on or at any time after the commencement of this Law, or to the feudal relationship between any
person holding an interest in any fief and any person holding an interest in a dependency of that fief,
and
(c) to the right or obligation of any person by virtue of that person holding an
interest in any fief which is not a right to which those provisions apply or any obligation correlative
thereto.
www.guernseylegalresources.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=71301&p=0
From the Supplement to the Memorial of the Jersey Reform Committee to the
Commissioners apppointed by Her Most Gracious Majesty to enquire into the civil, municipal, and ecclesiastical laws
of Jersey and for other purposes, 1859, p. 39. The Jersey upper classes appropriate a Guernsey Order in Council, to
ensure they are correctly addressed by the lower orders.
³ In the 17th century in Jersey, 'At the top of the tree were the Squirearchy, the
Seigneurs.' Numbers then ranged from 100 to 130, perhaps about 600 including family members. 'They expected to be
addressed by the name of their fiefs, Monsieur des Saumarès, Monsieur de Sotel, Monsieur de St Ouen. They spoke of
themselves as the Noblesse, for in Jersey as in France, Nobility was considered to begin with the Ecuyer and not as
in England with the Baron.' From N.V.L. Rybot, 'Social Life in Jersey in the early 17th century', Bull. Annuel de
la Société Jersiaise, 1941 XIV (2), pp. 76 ff.
The same applied in Guernsey; Pierre de Beauvoir, for example, was known as
'Monsieur des Granges,' or simply, 'des Granges.' Elie Brevint, Minister of Sark, writing in his Notebook in the
first quarter of the 17th century, remarks that 'In Guernsey they give the title of Maître to the Jurats, whoever
they are, so they say for example Mre Brehaut, Mre Febvre. In Sark they say honneste homme M. and N. principally
when writing.'
See: Actes des Etats de l'Ile de Guernesey, Vol. III. Actes des Etats de l'Ile de
Jersey, 1524-1700; Société Jersiaise, 1897. Jean Dumaresq was very busy that year: see the Library's Copie d'une
proposition faite aux états par Jean Dumaresq, Ésc. Connétable de la paroisse de S. Pierre: et logée au Greffe le
12 Août 1786, touchant le rétablissement des enquêtes dans l'isle de Jersey, en matières civiles, mixtes et
criminelles.
In 1614, Thomas Le Marchant wished to be called upon to attend Chief Pleas under
the title of gentilhomme, 'au rang des gentilhommes,' referring to the preceding case, and appearing to claim right
to the title of Gentleman as Seigneur of the fief of Vaugrart.
Above is a 577 Year old Title Deed Transfer for the Fief Blondel in Guernésiais -
Grant of the fief of Thomas Blondel in the parishes of St Peter of the Wood and Torteval, Guernsey, made by Janet
Blondel to Thomas de la Court on 18 July 1440, attested by Jean Bonamy and Jacques Guille, jurats. Copy
purchased from the University of Leeds.
There are only 24 private Seigneurs of Fief doms in the old Viking Norman Islands of
Guernsey and Sark :
Seigneurial Courtesy Forms of Address: Examples * Note that because French
is still used in the courts and other formalities, these Norman version of the style is still
used. John Doe, Seigneur of Fief Blondel
Elizabeth Doe, Le Dame of Blondel
John, Seiur de Fief Blondel
John Doe, Seigneur of Blondel
Child: Anna, Le Dame de Blondel
Rt Hon John Doe, Seigneur of Blondel
John Doe, Sgr. of Blondel
John Doe de Blondel
Pierre de Fief Blondel
MonSieur John Doe of Blondel
Lord (seigneur) was not necessarily a
title. The owner of a lordship, even a commoner, was its lord. The term "lord"
meant "the possessor of a certain kind of property" in the feudal system, a mixture of actual real estate and
rights over people (rents and fees could be collected from them, certain obligations could be imposed on them,
etc). Someone who was only a seigneur was not titled. All FRENCH lordships disappeared when feudalism
was abolished in 1789, but the Norman Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey, and Sark still maintain their
Feudal historical culture, customs and styles even today under the Queen and Crown.
Viking Styles, Honors and Titles - In Denmark
and Norway
, the title of
Friherre
was of equal rank to that of Baron,
which has gradually replaced it. It was instituted on 25 May 1671 with Christian V
's
Friherre
privileges. Today only a few Danish noble families use the title of
Friherre
and most of those are based in Sweden, where that version of the title is still more commonly used; a
Danish
Friherre
generally is addressed as "Baron".
[10]
The wife of a Danish or Norwegian
Friherre
is titled
Friherreinde
, and the daughters are formally addressed as
Baronesse
.
[8]
Freiherr
(
German:
[ˈfʁaɪˌhɛɐ̯]
; male, abbreviated as
Frhr.
),
Freifrau
(
[ˈfʁaɪˌfʁaʊ]
; his wife, abbreviated as
Frfr.
, literally "free lord" or "free lady")
[1]
and
Freiin
(
[ˈfʁaɪ.ɪn]
;
In France, during the
Ancien
Régime
, French baronies were very much like Scottish ones. Feudal landholders were entitled to style
themselves
baron
if they were nobles; a
roturier
(commoner
) could only be a S
eigneur de la baronnie
(lord of the barony). These baronies could be sold freely
until 1789 when feudal law was abolished. The title of baron was assumed as a
titre de
courtoisie
by many nobles, whether members of the Nobles of the Robe
or cadets of Nobles of the Sword
who held no title in their own right.
In 1815, King Louis
XVIII
created a new peerage system
based on the British model. Baron-peer was the lowest title, but the heirs to pre-1789 barons could remain barons,
as could the elder sons of viscount
-peers and younger sons of count
-peers. This peerage system was abolished in 1848.
Seigneur
(English:
Lord
, German:
Herr
), was the name formerly given in France
to someone who had been granted a fief
by the crown, with all its associated rights over person and property. This form of lordship was
called
seigneurie
, the rights that the
seigneur
was entitled to were called
seigneuriage
, and the
seigneur
himself was the
seigneur justicier
, because he exercised greater or lesser jurisdiction
over his fief. Since the repeal of the feudal
system
on 4 August 1789 in the wake of the French
Revolution
, this office has no longer existed and the title has only been used for sovereign
princes by their families.
In pre-republican Germany all the knightly families of the Holy
Roman Empire (sometimes distinguished by the prefix von or zu)
eventually were recognised as of baronial rank, although Ritter is the literal
translation for "knight", and persons who held that title enjoyed a distinct, but lower, rank in Germany's
nobility than barons (Freiherren). The wife
of a Freiherr (Baron) is called
a Freifrau or sometimes
Baronin, his daughter Freiin or sometimes
Baroness.
Families which had always held this status were
called Uradel ('primordial/ancient/original nobility'), and were heraldically entitled to a three
pointed coronet. Families which had been ennobled at a definite point
in time (Briefadel or "nobility by patent") had seven points on
their coronet. These families held their fief in vassalage from
a suzerain.
What is a Free Lord ? The holder of
an allodial (i.e.,
suzerain-free grant direct from crown to holder) barony was thus called a Free
Lord, or Freiherr. Subsequently, sovereigns in Germany
conferred the title of Freiherr as a rank in the nobility,
without implication of allodial or feudal status.
Seigneur (English: Seigneur; Lord) was the name
formerly given in France before the Revolution, and in New France and Canada until 1854, to the individual or the
collective entity which owned a seigneurie — a form of land tenure — as a fief,
with its associated rights over person and property. A seigneur could be an individual, — male or female
(seigneuresse), noble or non noble (roturier) — or a collective entity such a religious
community, a monastery, a seminary, a college, a parish.
This form of lordship was calledseigneurie, the rights that theseigneurwas entitled to were calledseigneuriage, and theseigneurhimself was theseigneur
justicier, because he exercised greater or lesserjurisdictionover his fief. Since the repeal of thefeudal systemon 4 August 1789 in the wake of theFrench Revolution, this office has no longer existed
and the title has only been used forsovereignprinces by their families.
In common speech, the term
grandseigneur has survived.
Today this usually means an elegant, urbane gentleman. Some even use it in a stricter sense to refer to a man whose manners and way of life reflect
his noble ancestry and great wealth. In addition, Le Grand
Seigneur had long been the
name given by the French to the Ottoman sultan. Notre Seigneur
Jésus-Christ is the French
equivalent of the English Our
Lord Jesus Christ.
The word seignorage is also derived from seigneur.
The word shares the same provenance as the Italian Signore, Portuguese Senhor and Spanish Señor, which in addition to meaning "Mister"
were used to signify a feudal lord.
Use in Crown dependencies
The title is still used in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.In particular, it refers to the Seigneurs of Guernsey and
the Seigneur of Sark
The traditional native language of Guernsey is Guernesiais (pronounced
‘JEHR-nehz-y-yay’), also known as Guernsey French or 'patois'. However, in the 11th Century Old Norse
was the most widely spoken language in Europe. The region was huge and consisted of all the Nordic countries,
settlements in Scotland, Ireland, England Wales, Isle of Man, Normandy, Vinland (America) and Volga (Russia) and
some places in-between. As a note, William the Conqueror understood the Norse language, and the names
Jersey , Guernsey , and Alderney are as truly Norse names as Orkney and Shetland. Norse was actually spoken in
parts of the Contentin in North Western France in places like Bayeaux. Norse was spoken and or affected many words
and traditions in feudal guernsey.
Nobility of the Norse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristocracy_of_Norway
Modern aristocratic titles
In the last 300 years, the titles of baron and count, title of marquis in 1709, the following
system is the current in Norway or the Norse Nation.
The class of barons and the class of counts were even internally divided. A count would be a titular count
(greve), a feudal count (lensgreve) or a national count (riksgreve). Likewise a baron would be
a titular baron (friherre), a feudal baron (lensfriherre) or a national baron (riksfriherre).
For example, a lensgreve uses the
title greve only.
Brief Description of the Norman Fief of Blondel and Eperons - Est. 1179
Commissioner George Mentz is the Seigneur of the Fief Blondel & Eperons of Normandy which is an 800 year old
territory on the Norman Islands. From the great Viking Rollo to the present day of the rule of King Charles, these
islands have allowed feudal law and courts on the fiefs and island shores. The Fief Blondel and Eperons and its
Seigneur are registered directly with the Royal Courts of the Crown and The Duke of Normandy and King Charles. Much
like the Seigneurs of Monaco, the lords of French Andorra, Sovereign Gozo of Malta, the Sovereign Military Order of
Malta (SMOM), The Papal Monarch of the Vatican City, and The Lord of Sark, The ancient Fiefs in the Channel islands
are recognized by both nobility law and international law.
Commissioner Dr. George Mentz was elevated as the 26th Free Lord & Seigneur of Fief of Blondel et L'Epersons)
on the island of (Dgèrnésiais - Guernsey French) in Dec. 2017. Mentz also registered the fief direct with the
courts using the feudal legal system of Conge and Tresieme which is the official way to transfer a fief from one
noble leader or peer to another owner. The Fief of Thom. Blondel is One of the Last Great Private Fiefs in Europe
to be privately owned where the lord owns the Beaches, Water, Foreshores and Seasteds including international
Waters. In other local cultures, the free-lord Seigneur is known as a Frhr. Friherre in Sweden, a Frhr. Vrijheer in
Dutch, and a Frhr. Friherre in Denmark.
The Lords of Fief Blondel et Eperons appear to be older than the Seigneurs of Monaco as the Grimaldi family settled
in Monaco in 1297 and Fief Blondel is also older than ancient Sheikhdom of Kuwait, Kingdom of Moscovy Russia 1362,
Kingdom of Spain 1479, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Belgium. Fief Blondel may also be older than the Ottoman
Empire, Habsburg Empire, and the Kingdom of Lithuania.
French: Le commissaire George Mentz est le seigneur du fief Blondel & Eperons de Normandie, un
territoire vieux de 800 ans situé sur les îles normandes. Du grand Viking Rollo jusqu'à l'époque actuelle du règne
du roi Charles, ces îles ont permis l'application du droit féodal et des tribunaux sur les fiefs et les côtes des
îles. Le fief Blondel et Eperons ainsi que son seigneur sont enregistrés directement auprès des Cours Royales de la
Couronne, du Duc de Normandie et du Roi Charles. Tout comme les seigneurs de Monaco, les seigneurs de la France,
Andorre, le Souverain Gozo de Malte, l'Ordre Souverain Militaire de Malte (SMOM), le Monarque Papal de la Cité du
Vatican et le Seigneur de Sark, les anciens fiefs des îles de la Manche sont reconnus à la fois par le droit de la
noblesse et par le droit international.
Le commissaire George Mentz a été élevé au rang de 26ème Seigneur Libre et Seigneur du fief de Blondel et
L'Epersons) sur l'île de (Dgèrnésiais - français de Guernesey) en décembre 2017. Mentz a également enregistré le
fief directement auprès des tribunaux en utilisant le système juridique féodal de Conge et Tresieme, qui est la
manière officielle de transférer un fief d'un noble leader ou pair à un autre propriétaire. Le fief de Thom.
Blondel est l'un des derniers grands fiefs privés en Europe à être la propriété privée où le seigneur possède les
plages, l'eau, les rivages et les estrades maritimes, y compris les eaux internationales. Dans d'autres cultures
locales, le seigneur libre Seigneur est connu sous le nom de Frhr. Friherre en Suède, un Frhr. Vrijheer en
néerlandais, et un Frhr. Friherre au Danemark.
Les seigneurs du fief Blondel et Eperons semblent être plus anciens que les seigneurs de Monaco car la famille
Grimaldi s'est installée à Monaco en 1297 et le fief Blondel est également plus ancien que l'ancien émirat du
Koweït, le royaume de Moscovy Russie 1362, le royaume d'Espagne 1479, le royaume de Bohème, le royaume de Belgique.
Le fief Blondel pourrait également être plus ancien que l'Empire ottoman, l'Empire des Habsbourg et le royaume de
Lituanie.
German: Kommissar George Mentz ist der Seigneur des Fiefs Blondel & Eperons der Normandie, das
ein 800 Jahre altes Territorium auf den Normanneninseln ist. Von dem großen Wikinger Rollo bis zur heutigen Zeit
unter der Herrschaft von König Charles haben diese Inseln feudales Recht und Gerichte auf den Lehen und Inselküsten
ermöglicht. Das Fief Blondel und Eperons sowie sein Seigneur sind direkt bei den Königlichen Gerichten der Krone,
dem Herzog der Normandie und König Charles registriert. Ganz ähnlich wie die Seigneurs von Monaco, die Herren von
Frankreich, Andorra, dem Souveränen Gozo von Malta, dem Souveränen Militärorden von Malta (SMOM), dem päpstlichen
Monarchen des Vatikanstaats und dem Herrn von Sark werden die alten Lehen auf den Kanalinseln sowohl vom Adelsrecht
als auch vom Völkerrecht anerkannt.
Kommissar Dr. George Mentz wurde im Dezember 2017 zum 26. Freien Herrn & Seigneur des Fiefs von Blondel et
L'Epersons) auf der Insel (Dgèrnésiais - Guernsey French) erhoben. Mentz registrierte das Lehen auch direkt bei den
Gerichten unter Verwendung des feudalen Rechtssystems von Conge und Tresieme, das die offizielle Art und Weise ist,
ein Lehen von einem adligen Führer oder Peer auf einen anderen Eigentümer zu übertragen. Das Fief von Thom. Blondel
ist eines der letzten großen privaten Lehens in Europa, das privat besessen ist, wo der Herr die Strände, das
Wasser, die Küsten und die Meeresstädte einschließlich der internationalen Gewässer besitzt. In anderen lokalen
Kulturen ist der freie Herr Seigneur als Frhr. Friherre in Schweden, ein Frhr. Vrijheer im Niederländischen und ein
Frhr. Friherre in Dänemark bekannt.
Die Herren des Fiefs Blondel et Eperons scheinen älter zu sein als die Seigneurs von Monaco, da sich die Familie
Grimaldi 1297 in Monaco niederließ und das Fief Blondel auch älter ist als das alte Scheichtum Kuwait, das
Königreich Moscovy Russland 1362, das Königreich Spanien 1479, das Königreich Böhmen, das Königreich Belgien. Das
Fief Blondel könnte auch älter sein als das Osmanische Reich, das Habsburgerreich und das Königreich Litauen.
Italian: Il commissario George Mentz è il signore del Feudo Blondel & Eperons della Normandia,
un territorio di 800 anni situato nelle isole normanne. Dal grande vichingo Rollo ai giorni nostri sotto il regno
di Re Carlo, queste isole hanno permesso l'applicazione della legge feudale e dei tribunali sui feudi e sulle coste
delle isole. Il Feudo Blondel ed Eperons e il suo signore sono registrati direttamente presso i Tribunali Reali
della Corona, il Duca di Normandia e Re Carlo. Molto simili ai signori di Monaco, i signori della Francia, Andorra,
il Sovrano Gozo di Malta, il Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta (SMOM), il Monarca Papale della Città del Vaticano e
il Signore di Sark, gli antichi Feudi delle isole del Canale sono riconosciuti sia dalla legge nobiliare che dal
diritto internazionale.
Il commissario Dr. George Mentz è stato elevato al rango di 26° Signore Libero & Signore del Feudo di Blondel
et L'Epersons) nell'isola di (Dgèrnésiais - Guernsey French) nel dicembre 2017. Mentz ha anche registrato il feudo
direttamente presso i tribunali utilizzando il sistema giuridico feudale di Conge e Tresieme, che è il modo
ufficiale per trasferire un feudo da un nobile leader o pari a un altro proprietario. Il Feudo di Thom. Blondel è
uno degli ultimi grandi feudi privati in Europa a essere di proprietà privata, dove il signore possiede le spiagge,
l'acqua, le rive e le città marittime, comprese le acque internazionali. In altre culture locali, il Signore libero
Seigneur è conosciuto come Frhr. Friherre in Svezia, un Frhr. Vrijheer in olandese e un Frhr. Friherre in
Danimarca.
I Signori del Feudo Blondel et Eperons sembrano essere più antichi dei Signori di Monaco, poiché la famiglia
Grimaldi si stabilì a Monaco nel 1297 e il Feudo Blondel è anche più antico dell'antico sceicco del Kuwait, del
Regno di Moscovia Russia 1362, del Regno di Spagna 1479, del Regno di Boemia, del Regno del Belgio. Il Feudo
Blondel potrebbe anche essere più antico dell'Impero Ottomano, dell'Impero degli Asburgo e del Regno di
Lituania.
Spanish: El comisionado George Mentz es el Señor del Feudo Blondel & Eperons de Normandía, un
territorio de 800 años en las Islas Normandas. Desde el gran vikingo Rollo hasta la actualidad bajo el reinado del
Rey Carlos, estas islas han permitido la aplicación de la ley feudal y los tribunales en los feudos y las costas de
las islas. El Feudo Blondel y Eperons y su Señor están registrados directamente en los Tribunales Reales de la
Corona, el Duque de Normandía y el Rey Carlos. Al igual que los Señores de Mónaco, los señores de Francia, Andorra,
el Soberano Gozo de Malta, la Orden Militar Soberana de Malta (SMOM), el Monarca Papal de la Ciudad del Vaticano y
el Señor de Sark, los antiguos Feudos de las Islas del Canal son reconocidos tanto por la ley nobiliaria como por
el derecho internacional.
El comisionado Dr. George Mentz fue elevado al rango de 26º Señor Libre y Señor del Feudo de Blondel et L'Epersons)
en la isla de (Dgèrnésiais - Guernsey French) en diciembre de 2017. Mentz también registró el feudo directamente en
los tribunales utilizando el sistema legal feudal de Conge y Tresieme, que es la forma oficial de transferir un
feudo de un líder noble o par a otro propietario. El Feudo de Thom. Blondel es uno de los últimos grandes feudos
privados en Europa en ser de propiedad privada, donde el señor posee las playas, el agua, las costas y las ciudades
marítimas, incluidas las aguas internacionales. En otras culturas locales, el Señor libre Señor se conoce como
Frhr. Friherre en Suecia, un Frhr. Vrijheer en holandés y un Frhr. Friherre en Dinamarca.
Los Señores del Feudo Blondel et Eperons parecen ser más antiguos que los Señores de Mónaco, ya que la familia
Grimaldi se estableció en Mónaco en 1297 y el Feudo Blondel también es más antiguo que el antiguo jeque del Kuwait,
el Reino de Moscovia Rusia 1362, el Reino de España 1479, el Reino de Bohemia, el Reino de Bélgica. El Feudo
Blondel también podría ser más antiguo que el Imperio Otomano, el Imperio de los Habsburgo y el Reino de
Lituania.
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