Paul de Saint-Aignan, duke of BEAUVILLIER.... - Lot 256 - Ader

Paul de Saint-Aignan, duke of BEAUVILLIER. Autograph manuscript, [1690]; 6 pages in-4. Memoir on the appointements and wages of the persons in the service of the duke of Burgundy and his brother the duke of Anjou. "In execution of what it pleased the King to order for M. the duke of Anjou. There will be to expedite under my name provisions [...] of tutor for Mr. abbot of Fennelon. Provisions for Mr. de Denonville as sub-governor. Provisions of tutor for the abbot of Fleury. As we all took an oath, when we entered with the Duke of Burgundy, I very humbly beg the King to order that a clause be inserted in the provisions which exempts us from a new oath"... He also specifies the salaries or pensions to be sent for Messrs. de Saumery and the Abbé de Langeron, deputy governors and readers, and for Messrs. de Candau and de Louville, gentlemen of the manche... "With regard to the 1st valet of room, the 1st valet of garderobe, and other officers that the king chose, to serve with the room, and the garderobe of M. the duke of Anjou, His Majesty decided that they would not have any provisions at present, and regulated that they would have for their wages, and for their food, the same thing that one gives to the officers of the same kind, for the service, which they render to the duke of Burgundy "... It also draws up a nominative list of the people with the service of the duke of Anjou, and their functions of door-arquebuse, valet, usher or boy of room, upholsterer, barber, portmanteau, door-meuble, empeseuse...