A gap in the historiography is partly down to a lack of substantial local records, most of which burned in a fire in the early 1500s. Most of what is known of the period has been pieced together from archives of the leading families. There is a chronicle which casts a slightly more eventful light on the period, recording resistance by seigneur Philippe de Carteret and about half the island to the French occupation in 1461. One of Warwick's supporters Jean Nanfan is implicated in allowing the French to occupy the main castle, Mont Orgeuil. It was seen as a play by Margaret of Anjou to enlist French support for the Lancastrian cause and dent Warwick's ability to prey on French shipping. Some notable Norman/French barons who had fought the English in Normandy in the latter part of the 100years war were involved including Pierre de Breze and his son Jacques. In 1468 en route to Calais, the English fleet under Vice Admiral Sir Richard Harliston (with some men from Guernsey) landed troops to assist the local militia and seigneurs in evicting the French. After a six month siege of Mont Orgeuil castle they succeeded. The island is only 5 x 9 miles and split into 12 parishes for admin and defence. It has a distinctive look and makes an ideal chess-board for a free-roam campaign using Lion Rampant. It ticked all the boxes for me despite the lack of main characters in the WoTR.