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THBKing Charles IX Manuscript Document Signed, 1570
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Charles IX (1550-1574). King of France (1560-1574). DS signed by Charles as King, 1p (vellum), oblong folio, Angers. January 31, 1570, in French. The manuscript document is a warrant for the King's officials to arrange for Master Berard, Treasurer General of Munitions, to pay back "expenses generated in the province and division of Brittany, and brought to the city of Nantes, the sum of two thousand, eight hundred, thirty two pounds, seventeen shillings" which were intended for "20 sacks of Linen and construction of twenty boats to defend bridges, which we have ordered to be made in the city of Nantes...which We have subsequently revoked, and Remit the whole to another time more convenient for our affairs...the decree itself of our friends & also faithful counsellors, the Lords de Boisregnault, Treasurer of France and General of our finances in the country, and de la Fontaine, Master Franceois Gaudart, Master Ordinary in our Chamber of Accounts of Paris..."
Some light overall age wear and some staining to the right side of the text and with a large portion of vellum neatly cut.Condition
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