CHARENTE. 1567. MARRIAGE CONTRACT made in ANGOULÊME, in February 1567. Between Noble man Mathurin MARTIN, Sieur d'ANDREVILLE, Lawyer at the Presidial of ANGOULÊME and Mathurine ROUSSEAU, daughter of late honorable man Guillaume ROUSEAU, Sieur de la Pille, Lawyer of the King in Angoumois, and Françoise de Lesmerie. (Witnesses for the bride: Jean de Lesmerie, esquire, Curé of Cherves, Joseph de Lesmerie, esquire, Sieur de Notable and Bernard Rousseau, Sieur du Teil paternal and maternal uncle; For the bridegroom: Nicole Ethier, Sieur de la Boixière, Civil and Criminal Clerk in the jurisdiction of Angoulême, Husband of Marie NADAULT, maternal aunt,...) Parchment (54 x 64 cm) Text in French.

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