The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.Commynes, Philippe de
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The memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Containing the histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. To which is added the Scandalous chronicle, or, secret history of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes.
Commynes, Philippe de
France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589
34. Though the villages of Desgrandes, Mallay St. Guillain,
Ducray, and other adjacent ones, are directly in the duchy of
Burgundy, appertaining to the said duke, and belonging to the
bailiwick of Destun; yet the king’s officers have attempted to
make them to belong to Lyons, as well in point of jurisdiction
as in the matter of taxes, to the prejudice of the said duke,
and also contrary to the treaty of Arras, by which all the
profits and royal rights in the bailiwicks of Mâcon and St.
Gengon ought to belong to the said duke; for if the king had
any right to the said villages, it must be upon the account of
the said bailiwicks of Mâcon and St. Gengon only; and for the
late duke, he complained of it to the late King Charles, and
since to the present king; and was informed that M. Guichard
Bastier, Chief-judge of Lyons, should inquire into the matter
of fact, and there determine it. Nevertheless, the said
ambassadors require that the said information may be reviewed
and examined by the said commissioners, who shall be appointed
to transact the other matters above mentioned, and so as to
reinstate the said duke in the possession of the said villages
whereof he has been deprived wrongfully and without any just
cause; in case that information be sufficient to do it, or
otherwise the commissioners shall decide it in the manner
aforesaid.
“The king agrees to this article in all the parts of it.”
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