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AUTOGRAPH letters and official documents of the house of Lorraine; 1500-1774. Fr.: 1. René II., Duke of Lorraine and Barr, and titular King of Jerusalem and Sicily, to the Dean and Chapter of St. Dyey [St. Dié]; Pont-à- Mousson, 24 July [circa 1500], f. 2.

2. Marguerite de Lorraine, daughter of Frederic, Comte de Vaudemont and Joinville, and widow of René, Duc d'Alençon, to Louise de Savoye, mother of Francis I. of France; Essay, 18 Dec. 1515, f. 4.

3. Chrestienne, Duchess Dowager of Lorraine and Barr, daughter of Christian II. of Denmark, widow of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, and of Francis, Duke of Lorraine, to the Dean and Chapter of St. Dié; Luneville, 4 Feb. 1565, avant Pasques; with seal. f. 6.

4. Nicolas de Lorraine, Comte de Vaudemont, to his son Philip Emanuel, Duc de Mercœur; Nancy, 23 July, 1576, f. 9.

5. Charles II. de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine and Barr, to Henry IV. of France; Nancy, 20 Nov. [1591]; with seals. f. 12.

6. The same to the magistrates of Varennes; Nancy, 22 Apr. 1577 with seal. f. 13.

7. Claude de France, daughter of Henry II. of France, and wife of Charles II., Duke of Lorraine, to her brother, Henry III. of France [circa 1570], f. 15.

8. Acquittance of Charles de Lorraine, Duc de Mayenne, Grand Chamberlain of France and Governor of Burgundy; 31 Dec. 1582. Vellum. f. 18.

9. Ratification by Charles [de Guise], Cardinal of Lorraine, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, and Nicolas Pellevé, Archbishop of Sens, Papal Commissioners, of the sale of lands belonging to the abbey of St. Crespin-en-Chaye, dioc. Soissons; 15 Feb. 1570. Vellum. f. 20.

10. Certificate of Henry de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, of the services of Henry le Comte, groom of the royal stud; Paris, 2 Jan. 1574; with seal. Vellum. f. 22.

11. Charles de Lorraine, Duc d'Aumale, to his brother-in-law, Francis de Luxembourg, Duc de Piney; Blois, 24 Dec. [circa 1585]; with seals. f. 24.

12. Warrant of Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duc de Guise, for the retention of the Sieur de Roncey in his suite; Paris, 17 Feb. 1595. Vellum. f. 26.

13. Charles Cardinal de Lorraine, Bishop of Strassburg, son of Charles II., Duc de Lorraine, and Claudia, daughter of Henry II. of France, to his uncle, Henry IV. of France and Navarre; Nancy, 6 Aug. 1603; with seal. f. 28.

14. Receipt of Marie de Lorraine, Abbess of Notre Dame de Chelles St. Baupteur, for money paid by the late François Godet for the use of his daughter Johanne, a nun in the said convent; 4 Mar. 1605. Vellum. f. 31.

15. Receipt of Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Chevreuse, Prince de Joinville, for the payment of his corps of "hommes d'armes;" Montargis, 13 July, 1613; with seal. Vellum. f. 33.

16. Warrant of the same, as Grand Falconer of France, for the appointment of Anthoine le Secq, Sieur du Tard, as one of the gentlemen of the falconry; Paris, 1 Dec. 1623. Vellum. f. 34.

17. Order of H[enrietta] Catherine de Joyeuse, daughter of Henry, Duke of Joyeuse, and wife of Charles IV., Duke of Guise, for payment to Père François Tacon, procureur of the Jesuits in the province of France; Paris, 4 Nov. 1615; with receipt of the said François; 5 Nov., ff. 37, 37 b.

18. Marguerite de Gonzaga, daughter of Vincenzio Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and wife of Henry, Duke of Lorraine, to M. Voillot, her husband's secretary at Plombières; "De la Malgrange," 21 May, 1616; with seal. f. 39.

19. François, Duc de Lorraine and Comte de Vaudemont, son of Duke Charles II, to [Charles] Marquis de Mouy; Asteir [Asté], 29 Apr. 1646, f. 41.

20. Charles, Duc de Lorraine, son of François, Comte de Vaudemont, to the Emperor [Ferdinand II. of Germany]; Nancy, 18 Apr. 1631 with seal. f. 44.

21. Henry de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, son of Duke Charles IV., to [Henry Frederic] Prince of Orange; Flushing, 1 July, 1643; with seals. f. 47.

22. Receipts of Françoise [Renée] de Lorraine, Abbess of Montmartre; 20 Apr. 1660, 29 Feb. 1664; with seals. Vellum. ff. 50, 51.

23. Receipt of Marie Anne de Lorraine, Abbess of Montmartre; daughter of Francis, Prince d'Harcourt and Duc de Guise; the abbey of Montmartre, 3 Jan. 1698. Fr.; with seal. Vellum. f. 53.

24. Marguerite de Lorraine, daughter of Francis, Comte de Vaudemont, and wife of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, to M. Goulas, "secretaire des Commandemens de Monsieur" [the Duke]; Paris 20 Sept. 1644; with seals. f. 55.

25. Charles Henry de Lorraine, Prince de Vaudemont, and Governor of Milan, to William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War; Milan, 29 Apr., 9 Sept. 1699, ff. 58, 60.

26. Order of the same for payment of the debts of the Comte de Mursay; Mantua, 28 Mar. 1707, f. 63.

27. Léopold, Duke of Lorraine [son of Duke Charles V., and Eleonora of Austria]. to ; Luneville, 26 Jan. 1719, f. 66.

28. Verses by the same, "sur un souper ou l'on soitoit [souhaitait] qu'une personne qui en devoit estre sanuiat [s'ennuyât] Priere à l'ennui," f. 68.

29. Prince Charles de Lorraine, son of Duke Leopold, to ; Baréges, 16 Aug. 1747. f. 71.

30. Orders of the same to M. Boula, tresorier-général des Ecuries du Roy; Paris, 5 May, 1749-20 Dec. 1751, ff. 72-76.

31. Warrant of François Camille, Prince de Lorraine, Canon of the Cathedral of Strassburg, Abbat of St. Victor at Marseilles, for the appointment of Jean Baptiste Flotte as Capitaine-Général des Chasses over the lands belonging to the abbey; Strassburg, 10 June, 1753. Vellum. f. 78.

32. Receipt of Charles Eugène de Lorraine, Prince de Lambesc; Paris, 1 Apr. 1774. f. 81. Paper and vellum. Folio.