François de CORNEILLAN (1550–1614), Bishop of Rodez. L.A.S., Rodez, October 28, 1582, to the “officers of the viscounty of Creiseil [Creyssel] for the King of Navarre” in Millau; 1 folio page, address (seams split on the address page). As bishop and governor of the county. He received a dispatch aimed at preventing “the enforcement of a judgment that Monsieur de Nevers obtained against the King of Navarre regarding the lands of Croyseil, Meyrneis, and Fezensaguet”; it is absolutely necessary to oppose this judgment, “and if you could further ensure that the inhabitants and subjects rely on the privilege they hold—that they may be subject only to the King or to a prince of the blood—you would be doing a great service”…