LOIRE ATLANTIQUE. NANTES. ST JULIEN DE VOUVANTES (44). Contract for the emancipation and ennoblement of two and a half Feuz de Fouages for the Inhabitants of the parish of VOUVANTES located in the said Bishopric of NANTES. Fait Le 7 Septembre 1638, en l'Auditoire du Siège de la Ville de NANTES - Parchemin imprimé 4 pages grand in-folio, rempli à l'encre, à l'En-tête de "Claude de MARBEUF, Seigneur de la Pilletière, Baron de Blaizon, Vicomte de Chemeliers, Conseiller du Roy en ses Conseils, Président en sa Cour de Parlement...". - Headband illustrated with a hare hunt Lettrine.

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