Etienne de VESC. 1445-1501. Confidant and advisor to Louis X - Lot 133

Etienne de VESC. 1445-1501. Confidant and advisor to Louis XI, who attached him to his son as cupbearer and first valet de chambre to the Dauphin; played a leading role with Charles VIII at the start of the Italian wars; died of the plague in Naples in 1501. P.S. Caromb (Vaucluse), April 4, 1494. Oblong vellum (30 x 12 cm), armorial stamp under paper on flap; small wormholes. Mandate from Etienne de Vesc "chamberlain to the King our Sire, seneschal of Beaucaire, baron of the baronies of Grimaud and Château-Regnaud, lord of Barbon, Caromb and Chateauneuf", granting François Merle, docteur es lois, the office of ordinary judge in the barony of Château-Regnaud, in recognition of his good service and loyalty. He instructs Guillaume d'Ancezune to execute this order. Former Charavay collection