Guillaume Le Fayvre

Biography

Guillaume Le Fayvre

Guillaume married Nicola de Sausmarez.

He died in 1357 in Channel Islands.

Concerning Otho de Holland and his appointment as Warden, the Bailiff, jurats and islanders plead for him to remain as they are amazed by a rumour he is to be removed; he is and has been good and loyal and useful to the King while in the island, and has begun to build a fortification in St Peter Port as instructed to protect the island, and the islanders have contributed to the cost. If it is not completed the island will be vulnerable to the enemy. Jersey faction trying to bribe their way into power so that they can get away with the murder of Guille Le Feyvre and other crimes, for which Otho de Holland is trying them. Guillaume Le Feyvre was a good and loyal man all his life. If we are sent a new Warden who is 'de la cord des maul fesours de Jersey' these petitioners will have to flee the islands for England. [EC: William Le Feyvre son of William, and attorney to Edmund de Cheney (partage 1350). He was killed before 1357 by Reginald de Carteret and other Jerseymen 'as a traitor.' His widow Nicola de Saumarez denied this accusation, claiming that the murder was a result of 'an old enmity and their own malice.' She maintained that he was under the King's special protection. A Guillaume Le Feyvre was Prior of the Vale in 1312.]

Parish jurors in the 1309 Assize Roll, Guille Le Fevre, St Mary, Jersey https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Parish_jurors_in_the_1309_A...