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Extracts from "A Popular History of Jersey"

written by the Reverend Alban E Ragg, published in 1896


The final extracts given here date from the 1800s onwards, when Rev. Ragg, taking his information from newspapers and almanacs, produced in this part of his book a very detailed and contemporary history of those times. We gain much from modern publications such as Balleine's "History of Jersey", but we also lose something of the authentic voice of a Victorian, writing of his own times.
 
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BC-1470 AD

CHAPTER I.: BEFORE THE ISLAND HAD A NAME.

CHAPTER II. :HISTORICAL TIMES.

CHAPTER III. : TO THE YEAR 1272.

CHAPTER IV. : STILL LATER

CHAPTER V. :RELIGIOUS ZEAL AND FRENCH ENTERPRISE.

CHAPTER VI. :TREACHERY AND BRAVERY.


1470-1560

CHAPTER VII.: DISPUTES AND WHAT THEY LED TO.

CHAPTER VIII. :THE GOVERNOR THREATENS THE BAILIFF'S LIFE.

CHAPTER IX. : QUEER DOINGS WITHOUT AND WITHIN.


1563-1651

CHAPTER X. :DISPUTED AUTHORITY.

CHAPTER XI. : "TROUBLED WATERS."

CHAPTER XII. :SIR GEORGE DE CARTERET AND A ROYAL VISITOR.

CHAPTER XIII. :SIR GEORGE'S PRIVATEERS.

CHAPTER XIV. : HOW THEY FOUGHT

CHAPTER XV. :CAPITULATION OF ELIZABETH CASTLE.

CHAPTER XVI. :AFTER THE DEFEAT.


1652-1699

CHAPTER XVII. : UNDER TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTER XVIII. :UNDER THE RESTORATION (1660 TO 1685).

CHAPTER XIX. :SUPPLY, WOOL, AND A PRISON.


1700-1799

CHAPTER XX.: HARBOURS, SHIPS, MONEY, AND A RIOT.

CHAPTER XXI. DISPUTES. DISMISSAL OF THE GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER XXII: THE BATTLE OF JERSEY—OPENING SCENES.

CHAPTER XXIII. : BATTLE OF JERSEY—MAJOR CORBET.

CHAPTER XXIV. :CAPTAIN ALYWARD'S REPLY

CHAPTER XXV. :WHAT PEIRSON DID

CHAPTER XXVI. :LA PLATTE ROCQUE BATTERY.

CHAPTER XXVII. INTERNAL DISSENSIONS

CHAPTER XXVIII: DISSENSIONS AND REFORMS.

CHAPTER XXIIX: THE JERSEY MILITIA

CHAPTER XXX.: TO THE END OF LAST CENTURY.


1800-1894

CHAPTER XXXI: TO THE DAYS OF GENERAL DON

CHAPTER XXXII: THE CONDITION OF THE ISLAND IN 1806

CHAPTER XXXIII: UNDER LIEUT.-GENERAL DON.

CHAPTER XXXIV: UNDER LIEUT.-GENERAL DON—continued.

CHAPTER XXXV: EVENTS TO 1820

CHAPTER XXXVI. :OTHER EVENTFUL YEARS

CHAPTER XXXVII: DEATH AND PROGRESS

CHAPTER XXXVIII.: VIVAT REGINA!

CHAPTER XXXIX: THE "BATTLE OF THE OYSTER. SHELLS," ETC.

CHAPTER XL. QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT

CHAPTER XLI. BREAD RIOTS, ETC.  

CHAPTER XLII. THE STATES V. THE CROWN

CHAPTER XLIII. LOCAL AND FOREIGN CELEBRITIES, ETC

CHAPTER XLIV. :REFORM.—THE ROYAL COURT AND THE GOVERNOR'S VETO.

CHAPTER XLV: EVENTFUL CHANGES AND OCCURRENCES.

CHAPTER XLVI: A GOOD RECORD

CHAPTER XLVII. A SADLY MEMORABLE YEAR.

CHAPTER XLVIII. MORE OFFICIAL CONFLICTS.

CHAPTER XLIX. : A RECORD YEAR

CHAPTER L: ANOTHER COMMERCIAL CRISIS

CHAPTER LI: SIGNS OF RENEWED VIGOUR.

CHAPTER LII: A YEAR OF IMPORTANCE

CHAPTER LIII: THE DANIEL CASE.

CHAPTER LIV: "AFTERMATH."

CHAPTER LV: THE PRESIDENCY OF THE PRISON BOARD.

CHAPTER LVI. : DEATH OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

CHAPTER LVII.: COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND THE "OVERDALE" SUIT.

CHAPTER LVIII.: THE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK.

CHAPTER LIX.: THE EARLIER MONTHS OF 1894.

CHAPTER LX. :ANOTHER SENSATIONAL RECORD.

CHAPTER LXI. :THE END OF LIEUT.-GENERAL MARKHAM'S PERIOD OF OFFICE.

CHAPTER LXII. :UNDER MAJOR-GENERAL E. HOPTON, C.B.