MANUSCRIPT. – Martin de GRUCHY. In this Book, No. 1, Are contained Copies of Petitions, Orders, Writs, memorials, mandates, &c. To or From any Court Or Persons in Relation to Causes Committed to my Care: Beginning From 25th September MDCCXII. [N.p.:] 1712-15 and 1717-1719. 2 vols., 415pp. and 298pp., manuscript, folio (314 x 201mm.) 415pp. and 298pp., in English, several mostly legible hands, manuscript copies of documents relating to Martin de Gruchy’s legal practice in Jersey, being petitions and writs and legal cases relating to the Channel Islands, signed by the solicitors, 21pp. tabulated index to rear of first volume and 12pp. to rear of second volume. (Browning.) Original full vellum (stained, slightly dust-soiled). Note: a compendium of the debts, grievances, and petty crimes that occurred in the Channel Islands during these years. Martin de Gruchy was the first notary in Jersey. He was a significant figure in the legal history of the Channel Islands, known for his disputes with the Jersey Royal Court over the recognition of English notarial authority. A few names referenced here, ones that recur several times, are Robert Hales, James Vernon, Daniel de Beauvoir, Eleazar le Marchant, James de Havillard and Edward Southwell (2).