90 - [Mortagne-au-Perche]

[Mortagne-au-Perche] Various judgments, primarily from Mortagne-au-Perche (10 documents). Among them are: 1-Judgment of the Court of Aids of Normandy. “Rendered against several shoemakers of the town of Mortagne, ordering them to pay Simon Romaud (…) the Prud’homme duties and the lesol tax per livre on the hides they purchased outside the town of Mortagne.” Paris, Prault, 1750, 2 folios in-4. Fine copy. 2-Judgment of the Court of Parliament dated April 12, 1753. Paris, Simon, undated [1750], 2 folios in-4 Lifting of fines imposed on four residents of Mortagne. 3-Ruling of the King’s Council of State, sentencing several tavern keepers and burghers from the village of Les Essarts and the town of Mortagne to a fine of three hundred livres each and the confiscation of all wines and spirits seized from them, for failing to pay the duties owed to the beverage inspectors.” Paris, Prault, 1736, 2 ff in-4. 4- Judgment of the Court of Parliament sentencing Pierre Villain, known as Saint-Pierre, to be whipped and branded with the three letters GAL by the executioner of high justice in the town of Mortagne; he was then taken and sent to the King’s galleys to serve as a convict (…)”. Paris, Simon, 1782, 2 ff., in-4. 5-Judgment of the Court of Parliament sentencing Jacques Vislette (…) and Jeanne Durand, his daughter-in-law, to make amends and to be burned alive in the Place de Grève, for having destroyed the child born of their infamous and incestuous relations” Paris, P. G. Simon, 1763, 1 leaf. Fine copy. 6-Obituary notice (adorned with a large engraved initial). Funeral on the 9th of Pluviôse, Year 12 (January 30, 1804) of Mr. René-Joseph Berthellot de La Bunelaye. Fine copy. Dimensions: 36.5 x 45 cm.