(LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE) BRITTANY. THE CHATELLENIE OF LA BOUESSIÈR - Lot 42

(LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE) BRITTANY. THE CHATELLENIE OF LA BOUESSIÈRE near NANTES (La Boissière du Doré 44) – 39 DECLARATIONS of allegiance submitted to the Lord of GENNES regarding his Duchy of Brittany – Various declarations of allegiance submitted at La Bouessière (La Boissière du Doré 44) to Sir de GENNES (from 1640 to 1680). 39 beautiful parchment documents, some bearing a small seal under the paper and stamped by the Generality of Brittany. “From you, Sir René de Gennes, Knight, and Lady Renée de la Cour, your companion, Lord and Lady of the Chastellenie and Jurisdiction of La Bouessière...” “Declaration by Jean Arondineau, butcher in the town, to René de Gennes... for a plot of vineyards in the Clos des Coteaux, held in share with a capon... in the Clos du Cheneaux... in the Clos de la Petite Giraudière...” (Excerpt from the parchment dated July 7, 1640.)