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On 6 August 1565, Helier De
Carteret, the Seigneur of the parish of St Ouen in Jersey, was granted the Isle of Sark by Queen Elizabeth I. Sark was thereby made an inheritable fief, which Helier held from the Crown of England on certain conditions: he had to maintain at least forty men to defend the
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Nearly all 560 subjects of the medieval fiefdom of Sark gathered last week around a gnarled oak tree in their parish churchyard to mourn Dame Sibyl Mary
Collings Beaumont Hathaway, 21st Seigneur of Sark.
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was held on 10 December 2008. The changes in the political system mostly apply to the parliament, the
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The residents of Sark voted to introduce a fully elected legislature to replace the
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to the seigneurship is the present seigneur's son, Hugh Rees-Beaumont.
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Many seigneurs are buried at St. Peter's
Anglican Church, Sark.
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753:"After 450 years, Sark turns back on feudal law"
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724:de Bruxelles, Simon (5 October 2006).
297:. A female seigneur of Sark is called
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641:Collings Hathaway, Sibyl (1975).
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815:. 29 July 1974. Archived from
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643:Dame of Sark, an autobiography
342:constitutional reforms of 2008
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340:The Seigneur was, before the
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975:William Frederick Collings
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587:Sibyl Hathaway (1927–1974)
512:William Frederick Collings
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378:first democratic election
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18:List of seigneurs of Sark
895:Philippe de Carteret III
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1021:Lists of British people
1016:Lists of office-holders
970:William Thomas Collings
900:Philippe de Carteret IV
890:Philippe de Carteret II
506:William Thomas Collings
422:Philippe de Carteret IV
410:Philippe de Carteret II
384:, not to the Seigneur.
1031:Guernsey-related lists
960:Pierre Carey le Pelley
885:Philippe de Carteret I
494:Pierre Carey le Pelley
404:Philippe de Carteret I
331:Pierre Carey le Pelley
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321:Sark § Politics
173:Christopher Beaumont
945:Pierre le Pelley II
905:Charles de Carteret
880:Hellier de Carteret
819:on 15 December 2008
476:Pierre le Pelley II
428:Charles de Carteret
398:Hellier de Carteret
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807:"Death of a Dame"
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657:Marr, James
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382:Chief Pleas
351:Elizabeth I
315:Description
308:jure uxoris
190:Chief Pleas
70:Elizabeth I
1010:Categories
670:0850335299
605:References
66:Created by
736:20 August
624:, citing
365:in 1565.
327:the Crown
203:General:
196:elections
180:Seneschal
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759:. London
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689:BBC News
659:(1984).
168:Seigneur
550:Gallery
359:fiefdom
305:but is
303:consort
293:in the
285:is the
194:Recent
156:Monarch
114:Seat(s)
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109:extant
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