1608 FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT ON VELLUM Re: Payment Received by CLAUDE PINART.
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1608 FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT ON VELLUM Re: Payment Received by CLAUDE PINART.. [Signed] Comblizy Pinart ”. This matches the handwriting style: early‑17th‑century French secretary hand. original rente contract being referenced;1608 — the date of. Each quarter or year, the debtor paid a fixed amount. This offering is for a 400-Year-Old FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT ON VELLUM written in Old/Middle French using a style of handwriting called "secretary hand", which was common in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is a 1608 Receipt or Record of the exchange of money in payment of an annual rent issued by Claude Pinart in 1608. It measures approximately 7.75" x 5.25" and is written on one side only on sheepskin. The manuscript is a quittance (a formal acknowledgment of payment received) issued by CLAUDE PINART, chevalier (knight), conseiller d’État (royal councilor), gentilhomme ordinaire de la chambre du roi (gentleman of the King’s chamber) and seigneur of several estates (Bellière, Louvré, Comblizy, etc.) Pinart belonged to a powerful noble family active in royal administration under Henri II and François II. "...Claude Pinart... ordinaire de sa chambre... de Comblizi... la somme de cent quinze livres... mil six cent quinze..." Etc. English Translation: “I, Claude Pinart, knight, councillor of the King in his councils, gentleman of his Majesty’s chamber, lord of Vaumalle, first baron of Taillié, baron of Loucon, seigneur of Comblizy, and of other lands and lordships, This payment is made for a rente of five livres, part of a larger rente constituted in favor of the late Gilles de la Liguine, pensionnaire of the Chancellor of France, by act passed in October 1556 under the great seal and other formalities. To this sum I hold myself fully paid and satisfied, and I release and discharge the said payer for the said amount of fifteen sols. [Signed] Comblizy Pinart” Locations: It references the Seigneurie of Comblizy , Laqueure , and Wamailles . Financial Details: It records a payment or debt of 115 livres and 15 sols The "livre tournois" mentioned was a unit of account used in France until the late 18th century. The elaborate swirls at the bottom, called paraphs , were a 17th-century security feature; they were unique flourishes added to signatures to make the document nearly impossible to forge or alter without detection. Dating the Document: This manuscript contains two different dates: 1556 — the date of the original rente contract being referenced; 1608 — the date of this quittance acknowledging payment. This matches the handwriting style: early‑17th‑century French secretary hand. This Document Actually Is A 1608 nobleman’s quittance acknowledging receipt of a payment on a 1556 rente. This is a classic type of French financial document: A rente was a perpetual annuity secured on land or revenue. Each quarter or year, the debtor paid a fixed amount. The noble or creditor issued a quittance to prove payment. These were kept as legal proof in case of disputes. 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