MARQUISATE OF BRÉVAL. YVELINES. EURE. SEINE-MARITIME. 1634. - Parchment signed François II de HARLAY (1585-1653) Archbishop of ROUEN from 1615 to 1651, ardent propagator of the Counter-Reformation, on his letterhead "FRANÇOIS, Archevêque de ROUEN, Primat de Normandie, pour et au nom de Dame Catherine de LA MARCK Marquise de BRÉVAL (This is the wife of Jacques de HARLAY, seigneur de CHANVALLON). Appointment of Messire Hely le Grand to the Office of Bailiff of the Justice of VILLIERS (Villiers-en-Désœuvre, Eure), dependent on the Marquisate of BRÉVAL (Yvelines). Given in our Episcopal Palace on February 8, 1634. Parchment (21 x 30 cm)

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