17 - VAUCLUSE. Barony of LAURIS and PUGET. Excerpt from the Court of Parliament dated March 14, 1588. Lawsuit between “Paul de PÉRUSSIS, a resident of the City of Avignon, plaintiff, requesting to be admitted as an intervenor in the lawsuit between Sir Eymard François de MAULÉON, Lord and Baron of BRESSIEUX, plaintiffon the one hand, and Damoiselle Claire de PÉRUSSIS, sole daughter and heiress of the late Messire François de PÉRUSSIS, who during his lifetime served as Second President of the Parliament of Provence, defendant, having taken over the lawsuit from her late father… concerning the Barony of LAURIS and PUGET… ” 1 handwritten page (33 x 22.5 cm) - (In the early 16th century, Lauris and Puget belonged to the Mévouillon de Bressieux family; The seigneury was sold in 1508 to Arnaud de Prione, Lord of Candilla, and then in 1511 to Julien de PÉRUSSIS. The fief of LAURIS was elevated to a barony in 1552 in favor of François de PÉRUSSIS; fief of the FORBIN family by marriage: Claire de PERUSSIS, Baroness of OPPEDE, daughter of François de PERUSSIS, Baron of LAURIS, Second President of the Parliament of Provence. It then passed to Marguerite de Saint-Michel (1610), Lady of BRESSIEUX, Baroness of LAURIS, wife of Grolée-Meuillon.