Lot n° 294
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[Gaspard TURPIN, sieur de FONTAINE (1641-1717?) squire, advi - Lot 294
[Gaspard TURPIN, sieur de FONTAINE (1641-1717?) squire, adviser to the King, master of Waters and Forests and hunting captain of the duchy and bailiwick of Alençon]. Bundle of 15 letters or pieces addressed to him or concerning him; vellum or paper.
Letters of nobility with painted coat of arms and large green wax seal hanging on a cord, signed Louis XIV (secretary) and Phelypeaux (1699). Extract from the registers of the Parliament justifying his quality of squire (1699). Mission letters signed by La Rouvraye (1682), Paul Mascranny de La Verrière (1682) and Nicolas Desmarets (1704). Baptismal excerpts of his sons (1709-1713). Order of registration of provisions given by the Duke of Berry, Alençon and Angoulême, in favour of his son for the office of Master of Water and Forests at the Bailiwick of Alençon (1714). L.S. du Grand Veneur Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, confirming to Gaspard II Turpin his office "with the knowledge of hunting in particular" (1715). Confirmation of nobility for François Turpin, squire of Bel-Aunay (1716). Certificates in favour of the deceased Master of Waters and Forests, by Pierre-Hector Le Guerchois, Intendant in the County of Burgundy, Nicolas Prosper Baüyn, Lord of Angervilliers, Intendant of Justice, Police and Finance in Alsace, and Louis-Guillaume Jubert de Bouville, Intendant of the Generality of Orléans, and Paul Esprit Feydeau, commissioner for the execution of the orders of H.M. in Brittany (1717).
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