Context Note: The ‘gentleman’ designation is present in the entry title but replaced with higher-ranking ‘Esquire’ in the text.
George Bandinel gent.
L’an Mille Sept Cents le dixneufe. Jour du Mois De Janvier George Bandinel fils de George Bandinel Escuier Seignr. De Meleche & de Demoiselle Elizabeth de Carteret sa fem[m]e fut Batizé – Charles Dumaresq Gent l’un des Jurets de la Cour Royalle de cette Isle & James Corbet Gent Viconte furent ses parrains Et Delle Anne Sealle veve. de francois de Carteret Écuyer en son vivant lun des Jurats de ladite Cour fut sa marraine & luy donna le nom
[Translated from the French:]
George Bandinel, gentleman
On 19th January 1700 [i.e. 1700/01], George Bandinel son of George Bandinel, Esquire, Seigneur of Mélèches, and Mrs Elizabeth De Carteret his wife, was baptised – his godfathers being Charles Dumaresq, gentleman, one of the Jurats of the Royal Court of this Island and James Corbet, gentleman, Viscount; and Mrs Anne Seale, widow of Francis De Carteret, Esquire, formerly one of the Jurats of the said Court, was his godmother [and indeed grandmother] and gave him his name
(Parish registers of St Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands)
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