Nearer home, Sir Edmund bought the governorship of Alderney from the widow of Sir George Carteret, and on 28 April 1683 Charles II granted t

Reference: AQ 0647/05-07

Original at the Island Archives, Guernsey.

In the museum: Nearer home, Sir Edmund bought the governorship of Alderney from the widow of Sir George Carteret, and on 28 April 1683 Charles II granted the island to him and his wife Mary by letters patent for ninety-nine years, at a rent of thirteen shillings (AQ 0647/05-07).

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