PONTOISE (95). Ruling of Our Lords of the Court of the Aides, 28 May 1683. Which condemns Yves DES LYONS, Procurator of the King in PONTOISE, to 200 livres of fine, for having given an act to the clerk's office of the aforementioned Court, not in conformity;... He is condemned to give the qualities to the Sieur de SERTEUIL and his wife... (on the request of Damoiselle Marie de LACOREK, wife of jean CRISTAIN DE CERTEUIL (or Serteuil), lord of Theuville). Printed 4 pages in-folio. Stamp of the Cabinet d'Hozier.

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