- VAL-D'OISE. 1572. Henri 1st of MESMES Lord of... Lot 30

- VAL-D'OISE. 1572. Henri 1st of MESMES Lord of ROISSY. Piece signed January 12, 1572. "Henry de MESMES, Lord of ROISSY IN FRANCE, Adviser to the King in his private Council, tutor of Damoiselle Marguerite BARGUZY, minor daughter of the late Messire François BARGUZY, in his lifetime Lord of VILLESEPTIER, Adviser to the King & Ordinary Master of his Chamber of Accounts and of Damoiselle Marguerite de MESMES. Confesses to have received from Noble man François de VIGNY Receiver of the City of Paris the sum of 83 livres 6 sols 8 deniers... because of 166 livres 13 sols 4 deniers sold to Messire Jean Jacques de MESMES (1490-1559), in his lifetime, Lord of ROISSY IN FRANCE... to be taken from a Rente des Prévôts des Marchands (de Paris)...". Parchment (16 x 21 cm)- Henri 1st de MESMES called Monsieur de Roissy (1532-1596), knight, Lord of Roissy and Malassisse, State Councillor, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Navarre, captain, civil lieutenant and deputy of Paris, ambassador (negotiates the peace of St Germain en Laye) Great bibliophile and friend of Montaigne, disgraced, he loses in 1582 its pledge of Chancellor of the Queen & Guard of the Charters.