Susanne le Pelley(1668 - June 24, 1733) was Dame of Sark from 1730 to 1733. // Events January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ...
James Milner (? - 1730) was Seigneur of Sark from 1723 to 1730. ... The Seigneur of Sark is the head of the feudal government of the Isle of Sark. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Nicolas le Pelley(1692 - 1742) was Seigneur of Sark from 1733 to 1742. ...
Jerseymen call this "le cri de la mer", and it is said to be the anguished cry of the children drowning.
Seigneur of his fief haubert against payment of a yearly rente of fifty sols tournois, he was responsible for maintaining a colony of forty farmer-soldiers to settle the island and provide for its defence.
Since the sixteenth century, three different families of Seigneurs have owned the Fief: the de Carteret family, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the LePelley family until the mid-nineteenth centuy; and the Collings family who are still in possession.