SASSY-ARGENTAN (Orne) - CARTA 1478 / Carta su pergamena (19,5 x 18 cm) redatta il 20 ottobre 1478, che attesta la confessione di un feudo della signoria di Sassy (Sacy) fatta da Gillot Godet a Marguerite de Courseules vedova di Léonard Hays, signore di Sassy e Saint-Christophe, in cambio dell'affitto di 5 sol, 1 géline (gallina) e 10 uova (NB: Nel 1457, Léonard Hays, scudiero di un'antica famiglia di cavalieri normanni, aveva ricevuto da Jean Godet una confessione per l'eredità di beni, tra cui stagni, nella sua signoria di Sassy; alla sua morte, nel 1477, fu sua moglie Marguerite a ricevere la confessione dall'erede Godet; questa signoria si trova tra Argentan e Sées).

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