[CHARTER - LOUIS I of Anjou]. Charter on vellum. 14 lines signed "Par Mons. le Duc". Viviers " soubz nos scel secret le 24e jour du mois de may 1377 ". 11,6 x 30,5 cm. Piece written in the name of Louis I of Anjou (1339-1384), son of King John II the Good and Bonne de Luxembourg: "Louis filz de Roy de France, brother of Monseigneur le Roy and his lieutenant and province of Languedoc, duke of Anjou and Touraine and count of Maine. To my beloved Ambroisin Beth receiver of Carcassone [...]. Follows an order of payment for Jehan de Saint-Cernin, doctor in loys "of his gaiges [...]" and the description of the stages of their journey from Thoule "for intention to go to France", Roquemaure, etc. Very interesting. Transcript attached.

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