Item 4: Royal Warrant by King Louis XIII [French Language] (removed to Black Box #1), 1615
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Dates
- Created: 1615
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Royal Warrant
Condition Note:
Poor; vinegar smell; large piece missing
Measurements:
16 ⅛ in. x 9 ⅝ in.
Description:
The following item is a royal warrant written by Louis XIII, King of France (1601-1643) to Raymond Phélypeaux, Seigneur of La Vrillière (d. 1629) regarding the payment of Lazare de La Thoison (AKA de la Toison) and René Le Conte, secretaries of the king, dated December 12, 1615. In this document, Louis gives each of his two secretaries £600 from the Order of the Holy Spirit in regard to their service. These gifts lack the denier, a form of interest and taxation, and amount to 48,528 g of fine silver each, with each being the equivalent of $49,700 USD (2025), to a total of almost $100,000. This decree is written to and signed by Raymond Phélypeaux, former Secretary of the King’s Chambers and Treasurer of the Epargne. Lazare de la Toison was one of Louis XIII’s secretaries and became treasurer general of the finance office in 1621 before dying in April, 1629. His territories were around Autun, France and included the Étang de la Toison. “René Le Conte” may have been referring to the Counselor Secretary to the King and member of the chancellery who was granted the position in 1610 and died in December 1625. In April of 1626, a replacement had been found in Daniel de Launey. René Le Conte may have been an ancestor of René Le Conte, referring to a “syndic”, a government official, who in 1679 was ordered by the Chancellor to finish writing “L’Histoire chronologique de la Grande Chancellerie de France” by Abraham Tessereau. This book contains a record of the names, histories, positions, responsibilities, rights, and privileges of the Chancellery of France and was begun in 1676. In 1679, Tessereau was forced out of his position because he was a Protestant and Le Conte continued to work on the compilation until 1706. At the time this item was created, Louis XIII was 14 years old and had been King of France for five years after the assassination of his father, Henry IV. At this time, France had been led by his mother, Marie de' Medici, who poorly managed the kingdom, leading to Louis XIII exiling her and killing her followers in 1617. This letter was received on December 31, 1615 by “moi” in La Rochefoucauld, referring to many possible locations, likely the Château de la Rochefoucauld (Liancourt), the Château de La Rochefoucauld, or La Rochefoucauld (Charente).
Location:
Bordeaux, France
Transcription:
[front]
Aqui Cornvall
Louis, par la grace[sic] [grâce] de Dieu, Roy [sic] [Roi] de France et de Navarre,
à nostre[sic] [notre] amé[sic] [aimé] et féal conseiller
en nostre[sic] [notre] conseil d'Estat[sic] [d’État] et tresorier de nostre[sic] [notre] espargne[sic] [Épargne] M Raymon Phelipeaux, Sieur de Herbault, salut. Nous voulons et vous mandons[sic] [mandez]
que des deniers de nostre[sic] [notre] dicte espargne de la presente[sic] [présente] année vous payez et delivrez[sic] [délivrer] comptant, à noz[sic] [nos] bien amez Lazare de La Thoison
et René Le Conte, secretaires[sic] [secrétaires] de nostre[sic] [notre] chambre, la somme de douze cen[t]s livres qui est à chacun six cen[t]s livres, de laquelle en
consideration de leurs services nous leur avons faict, faisons don par ces presentes signées de nostre[sic] [notre] main, sans que de la dicte
somme il leur soit aucune chose desduit ou rabattu pour le cinquiesme[sic] [cinquième] et dixiesme[sic] [dixième] denier, destiné à notre ordre et milice du St
Esprit, dont nous les avons dispensez et dispensons par ces dictes presentes, rap[p]ortant lesquelles et quictances[sic] [quittances] des dictes de La Toison
et Le Conte nous voulons icelle somme de XIIc[sic] [1200] livres estre[sic] [être] passée et allouée en la despense[sic] [despence] de voz comptes deduicte[sic] [déduite] et rabat[t]ue
de la recepte d'iceux par noz[sic] [nos] amez et feaux les gens de noz[sic] [nos] comptes, ausquelz[sic] [auquels] mandons ainsy[ainsi] le faire sans difficulté,
car tel est nostre[sic] [notre] plaisir. Donné à Bordeaux, le XIIe jour de decembre, l'an de grace[sic] [grâce] mil six cen[t] quinze et,
de nostre regne, le sixiesme[sic] [sixième]
(ainsi signé : Louis)
Par le roy[sic] [roi]
[back]
Enreg[ist]rées au janvier(?) par moy[sic] [moi] soubz[sign]é, a La Rochefoucault, le dernier jo[ur] de decembre[sic] [décembre] gbj[sic] [MVIC] quinze
my&myoLaby(?) Louis XIII
Translation Attempt:
[front] Louis, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to our beloved and faithful advisor in our Council of State and treasurer of our savings Mr Raymond Phélypeaux, lord of Herbault, greetings. We wish and command you To pay and deliver immediately from the funds of our aforementioned savings of the present year to our beloved Lazare de La Thoison and René Le Conte, secretaries of our chamber, the sum of twelve hundred livres, which amounts to six hundred livres for each, of which in consideration of their services we have given, and do give by these presents signed by our hand, without any deduction or reduction from the said sum, for the 5% and 10% interest rates, intended for our order and militia of the Holy Spirit, from which we have and do dispense them by these presents, referring to which and receipts of the matters of the La Toison and Le Conte. We wish the said sum of 1200 livres to be processed and allowed in the expense of your accounts deducted and rebated From the receipts thereof by our beloved and faithful accountants, to whom we command so to do without difficulty, for such is our pleasure. Given at Bordeaux, on the twelfth day of December, in the year of grace one thousand six hundred and fifteen and, of our reign, the sixth Louis [signature] By the King Herbault [signature]
[back]
Recorded in January by me, the undersigned, in La Rochefoucauld, on the last day of December 1615.
my&myoLaby(?) Louis XIII
[back]
Enreg[ist]rées au janvier(?) par moy[sic] [moi] soubz[sign]é, a La Rochefoucault, le dernier jo[ur] de decembre[sic] [décembre] gbj[sic] [MVIC] quinze
my&myoLaby(?) Louis XIII
Translation Attempt:
[front] Louis, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, to our beloved and faithful advisor in our Council of State and treasurer of our savings Mr Raymond Phélypeaux, lord of Herbault, greetings. We wish and command you To pay and deliver immediately from the funds of our aforementioned savings of the present year to our beloved Lazare de La Thoison and René Le Conte, secretaries of our chamber, the sum of twelve hundred livres, which amounts to six hundred livres for each, of which in consideration of their services we have given, and do give by these presents signed by our hand, without any deduction or reduction from the said sum, for the 5% and 10% interest rates, intended for our order and militia of the Holy Spirit, from which we have and do dispense them by these presents, referring to which and receipts of the matters of the La Toison and Le Conte. We wish the said sum of 1200 livres to be processed and allowed in the expense of your accounts deducted and rebated From the receipts thereof by our beloved and faithful accountants, to whom we command so to do without difficulty, for such is our pleasure. Given at Bordeaux, on the twelfth day of December, in the year of grace one thousand six hundred and fifteen and, of our reign, the sixth Louis [signature] By the King Herbault [signature]
[back]
Recorded in January by me, the undersigned, in La Rochefoucauld, on the last day of December 1615.
my&myoLaby(?) Louis XIII
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