ABBAYE DE GRANDVELVE, à BOUILLAC, Tarn et Garonne - Discharge from Monseigneur Gabriel de ROQUETTE, Bishop of AUTUN to Monsieur de ROQUETTE, his brother, June 25, 1699. Handwritten copy, 3 folio pages: "Monseigneur Gabriel de ROQUETTE, Évêque d'Autun, Comte de Solliès, Président né et perpétuel des États de Bourgogne, Abbé Comandataire de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame de GRANDSELVE, demeurant à Paris, qui a déclaré qu'il est pourvu de la ladite Abbaye. Messire Jean de ROQUETTE, his Brother, Councillor at the Parliament of Toulouse, has kindly agreed to take on the management of the said Abbey, for which he has received the annual revenues from the leases and farms...".

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