SLEEVE. Abbey of Sainte Trinité de LESSAY (or LESSEY). Print - Lot 75

SLEEVE. Abbey of Sainte Trinité de LESSAY (or LESSEY). Printed in 1669. "A notable judgment of the Court of Parliament in favour of the Priest by which they are maintained in their capacity as Primitive Priest, & in all their functions against the Religious of Saint Benedict their Patrons. Donated to the benefit of Master Jacques Henry, priest of the Parish of Sainte Opportune LESSEY. Against the Abbot, Prior and Religious of the said LESSEY." - Printed in Paris, at Nicolas BESSIN's house, at the end of the Hôtel-Dieu Bridge, near the Archbishopric. 1669; 7pp in-4°. "As of the Award given by our Fathers and Beauty Counselors holding the Requests of the Palace in Paris,... on 9 September 1666, between the Priors & Religious of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity of Lessey, & Sir Leonard de Matignon Bishop and Count of Lisieux, Abbot Commendatory of the said Abbey, requesters...."