Letters of Jean de Maillen, lieutenant of Claude de Wahau in his lordship of Baillonville, provost of the castle lands &c of Poillevache concerning rents from property at Doische being two related documents, attached now together by seal tags, the earlier of 10 June 1541 (parties including Guillaume de le Loye on behalf of chevalier Hean de Warisoul) and the later of 19 Jan. 1542 (parties including Jean de Warisoul, and Thierry, Baron de brandenbourg and lord of the castle of Bioul) with named witnesses from the fief of the prévôté de Poillevache, different persons for each document, who added their seals Dated: 10 June 1541, 19 Jan. 1542. French
"Five seal tags on the earlier, lower, document; one seal complete and parts of four others.
Six tags on the later, upper, document (the tags put through both deeds) with names above the top of all tags save the first; small parts of five seals remain.
The best preserved seals are of Jehan de Maillen (far left, lower deed): armorial on both sides, S IEHAN DE.... Alixit Dauthines (third from left, lower deed): armorial,....ALEXIS.... Englebert blondeau (furthest right, lower deed): complete, armorial, ENGLEBERT BLONDOIE Loys Lodevoet (fourth from left, upper deed): amrorial, ...LODEU...
The district concerned is in the environs of Namur and Dinant, in southern Belgium.
Poilvache was an important chateau in the commune of Houx, on the banks of the Meuse north of Dinant. Bioul is a short distance west of the Meuse, northwest of Poilvache. Bioul was acquired by Thierry de Brandenbourg in 1523; he constructed a chateau there and the property stayed in the family until 1708. Baillonville is east of Dinant. Daische or Aische was in the prévôté of Poilvache; it cannot be the large place, Aische-en-Refail, which is some way NW of Namur. (See E de Seyn, Dict.hist. et Géogr. des communes belges, I, rd ed., n.d. (1930s), pp. 12, 136, 605)"
Measurements: 41.5 cm x 29 cm
Only the rectos of the document were scanned to avoid damaging the letter and seals.
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