List of seigneurs of Samarès

The seigneur of Samarès is a noble title in Jersey. "Seigneur" is the French word for "lord". Their traditional home is the Samarès Manor.


 * 1) Rudolph de St Hilaire (supposedly granted manor by William II of England in 1095)
 * 2) Pierre de St Hilaire
 * 3) Guillaume de St Hilaire (c.1160–1218) of Samares
 * 4) Guillaume de Samarez (c.1218–c.1260)
 * 5) Guille de Saumarez (c.1260–c.1274)
 * 6) Pierre de St Hilaire c.1274
 * 7) Pierre de St Hilaire c.1309
 * 8) Guillaume de St Hilaire (c.1321–1331)
 * 9) Geffrey de Thoresby (1346–1351)
 * 10) John Mautravers (1351–c.1355)
 * 11) Philip de Barentin (c. 1355–1367)
 * 12) Raoul Lempriere and Guille Payn (1367–c.1400)
 * 13) Philippe Payn (1477–c.1550)
 * 14) Mabel Payn (c. 1500–1565)
 * 15) Jean Dumaresq ( –1529) Seigneur of Vinchelez de Bas, Jurat and Lieut-Bailiff
 * 16) Mabel Payn ( –1565)
 * 17) Jean Dumaresq ( –1537) m Jane Lempriere, d of Thomas, Bailiff
 * 18) Clement Dumaresq ( –1551) Jurat m Margaret de Carteret d of Helier, Bailiff
 * 19) Henry Dumaresq ( –1579) Jurat m Mary Lempriere, d of Philip
 * 20) Esther Dumaresq ( 1597) m John Dumaresq (1548–1606 – see below for descendants)
 * 21) Collette Dumaresq m John Dumaresq, Bailiff, Seigneur of Vinchelez de Bas (see below)
 * 22) Richard Dumaresq ( –1556) Seigneur of Vinchelez de Bas, Leoville and Bagot, Jurat m Collette Larbalestier ( -1590), d of Michel, Seigneur of Augres
 * 23) John Dumaresq, Bailiff 1566–83, 86–87, 91–96 m 1, Collette Dumaresq (see above); 2, Isabel Perrin, d of Edmund, Seigneur of Rozel
 * 24) John Dumaresq (1548–1606) Jurat m Esther Dumaresq (see above)
 * 25) Daniel Dumaresq ( –1634) m Catherine de Carteret, d of Peter
 * 26) Henry Dumaresq ( –1690) m Marguerite Hérault, d of Abraham
 * 27) Philip Dumaresq (c. 1650–1690)
 * 28) Abraham Dumaresq m Susan de Carteret ( –1658)
 * 29) Benjamin Dumaresq (1647– )
 * 30) Philip Dumaresq (1671–1714) Seigneur of Anneville m Deborah Dumaresq ( –1734)
 * 31) Deborah Dumaresq, d of Philip (1714–1734) m Philip Dumaresq (1671–1714) Seigneur of Anneville (see above)
 * 32) John Seale, of London, purchased 27 March 1734
 * 33) James Seale, 1749, sold to Hammond
 * 34) Jacques John Hammond (1700–1766), British Consul at Faro, Portugal (son of Nicholas Hamon (1670–1739) of St Helier m Margaret Lempriere, d of Clement of St Helier) m Marie Lempriere ( -1813), d of Jacques and Sara Atkinson
 * 35) Jacques Hammond (1746–1816) Jurat 1795–1816 m Marie Romeril (1778–1844) of Grouville
 * 36) Jacques John Hammond (1811–1893) m Anne Elizabeth Amireaux (1813–1887), d of Matthew
 * 37) Anne Hammond
 * 38) Emily Hammond m Capt Georges, RN, of Guernsey
 * 39) Edward Mourant (1832–1899) purchased Samares 23 June 1857 m Matilda Le Quesne, d of Nicholas
 * 40) Edward Lionel Mourant ( –1916)
 * 41) Claude Le Quesne Mourant ( –1921)
 * 42) Edward Clarence Davis c.1921–1924
 * 43) Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet 1924–1934 m Margaret Garbutt, m Elizabeth Obbard
 * 44) Elizabeth Obbard 1934–1998 (née Gauntlett ), widow of Sir James Knott (see above)
 * 45) Vincent Obbard, son of Elizabeth Obbard