Editing Herm (section)

===Middle Ages===
The first records of Herm's inhabitants in historic times are from the 6th century, when the island became a centre of [[Monasticism|monastic activity]]; the followers of [[Saint Tugual]] (also called Tudwal) arrived, establishing [[Saint Tugual's Chapel]].<ref name="History"/> In 709 AD, a storm washed away the strip of land which connected the island with [[Jethou]].<ref name="Island life">{{cite web|url=http://www.islandlife.org/herm.htm |title=Welcome to the Herm Home Page |publisher=Island Life |date=2011 |access-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816183442/http://www.islandlife.org/Herm.htm |archive-date=16 August 2015}}</ref>

An important moment in Herm's political history was in 933 AD, when the [[Channel Islands]] were annexed to the [[Duchy of Normandy]],<ref name="History "/><ref name="Annex">{{cite web | url=http://www.iexplore.com/travel-guides/europe/united-kingdom/channel-islands/sark-and-herm/history-and-culture | title=Sark and Herm Travel Guide | publisher=iExplore | access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> they remained so until the division of [[Normandy]] in 1204, when they became a [[Crown Dependencies|Crown Dependency]].<ref name="Legal">{{cite web | url=http://herm.com/files/pdf/History_-_Legal_Dispositions.pdf | title=Legal Dispositions of Herm Island | publisher=Herm Island | access-date=28 December 2013 | archive-date=2 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102195909/http://herm.com/files/pdf/History_-_Legal_Dispositions.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1111 Brother Claude Panton was a hermit in "Erm"<ref name=WBhist/>{{rp|126}} and in 1117 the then hermit, Brother Francis Franche Montague is recorded as living on "Erm".<ref name="WBhist">{{cite book |first=William |last=Berry |title=The History of Guernsey from the remotest period of antiquity to the year 1814}}</ref>{{rp|131}} After the annexation, Herm gradually lost its monastic inhabitants, and between 1570 and 1737 the governors of Guernsey used it as a hunting ground; visiting to shoot, hunt, and fish.<ref name="History"/><ref name="Annex "/>