YVELINES. 1580 PRIORY OF SAINT-LOUIS DE POISSY (Dominican Monastery): Marguerite DU PUY de VATAN, Prioress of SAINT-LOUIS, appointed in 1562 - She held this position until her death in 1583. Her death triggered years of unrest within the convent, due to the rivalry between the Gondi and Boufflers families. Henri IV appointed Jeanne de Gondi in her place, while the majority preferred Marthe de Boufflers - Piece on paper signed by her hand "Marguerite Du Puy Prieure de POISSY", 1 page large in-4, fragment of an old red wax seal, POISSY, 19 February 1580. The Prioress acknowledges having received from Dame Marguerite Girard, Dame de Fors, heiress of Dame de Bazoges, the sum of 8 écus and one pound for one year of the annuity due to their dear sister Magdeleine Girard, Religious at the said monastery. Marguerite Girard was the wife of Charles Poussard de Fors, Maître d'Hôtel and Panetier du Roi.
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