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The Gossetts were of "Norman Extraction". The Gossett coat-of-arms reveals that three Gossetts (Gousses), who were powerful knights and chieftains, engaged in the earliest crusades. The Gossetts were fuedal barons, therefore nobles of the ancient regime. They were admitted to an Order called " The Nobility of France", which was formed in 1463 by King Louis XI (King of France 1461-83). The Order was composed only of fuedal barons whose ancestors had been knights in the Crusades.

For centuries the family of Gossett lived in Normandy, France. Owing their adoption of the Protestant faith, in 1555, their name was removed from the roll of nobles. Then, the Gossett estates were confiscated by the government in 1685, when the edict of Nantes was revoked.

Jean Gossett, a member of the infuential Gossett family who lived near St. Sauveur, south of Cherbourg on the Normandy Peninsula, was a Huguenot. In 1685 he took refuge on the island of Jersey, one of the English channel islands. One account has that he died in England in 1712. In Jersey, Jean, with his family, resided in the manor house of Bagot where the Gossetts lived for many years.

The French government offered to restore the Gossett estates about 1845 to the descendents of Jean Gossett but Matthew Gossett, Viscount of Jersey and then the head of the family, refused.[bellsa4.ged]

The Gossetts were of "Norman Extraction". The Gossett coat-of-arms reveals that three Gossetts (Gousses), who were powerful knights and chieftains, engaged in the earliest crusades. The Gossetts were fuedal barons, therefore nobles of the ancient regime. They were admitted to an Order called " The Nobility of France", which was formed in 1463 by King Louis XI (King of France 1461-83). The Order was composed only of fuedal barons whose ancestors had been knights in the Crusades.

For centuries the family of Gossett lived in Normandy, France. Owing their adoption of the Protestant faith, in 1555, their name was removed from the roll of nobles. Then, the Gossett estates were confiscated by the government in 1685, when the edict of Nantes was revoked.

Jean Gossett, a member of the infuential Gossett family who lived near St. Sauveur, south of Cherbourg on the Normandy Peninsula, was a Huguenot. In 1685 he took refuge on the island of Jersey, one of the English channel islands. One account has that he died in England in 1712. In Jersey, Jean, with his family, resided in the manor house of Bagot where the Gossetts lived for many years.

The French government offered to restore the Gossett estates about 1845 to the descendents of Jean Gossett but Matthew Gossett, Viscount of Jersey and then the head of the family, refused.

Children of Gossett are:
  1. +Jean Gossett, b. 26 June 1618, St. Sauveur, France, d. 9 May 1730, Isle of Jersey, England.
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