PROOF OF NOBILITY PARCHMENT 1696 Awarded by Charles d'Hozier Advisor to the King

Description

CHARLES HOZIER (1640-1732) GENEALOGIST OF THE KING CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH on
Proof of Nobility parchment 1695
A Beautiful handwritten patent on parchment,
signed by the hand of Hozier as a guard of the Armorial of France, with a
painted
poly-chrome
coat of arms, in favor of Guy de Chaumont de Quitry,
20/11/1696.
The document certified with a
view to a correct reproduction by the Dossiers Gris, with signature and stamp
of wax (partial) on the ribbon by M. de la Ramée in 1895.
Size: 11.3" x 8.4" (29 cm x 21.5 cm)
Charles-René
d'Hozier
(24 February 1640 –13 February 1732) was a French historical commentator. The younger son of Pierre d'Hozier, he was the true continuator of his father. In addition to his commentary appended to Antoine Varillas's history of King Charles IX (1686 ed.),
he published
Recherches sur la
noblesse de Champagne
(1673).
On the promulgation in 1696 of an
edict directing all who had armorial bearings to register them on payment of 20
livres, he was employed to collect the declaration returned in the various
generalities
,
and established
the Armorial General de France. This work,
which contained not only the armorial bearings of noble families, but also of
those commoners who were entitled to bear arms, is not complete,
inasmuch as
many refused to register their arms, either from vanity or from a desire to
evade the fee.
The collection (now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France) consists of 34 volumes of text and 35 of colored armorial bearings, and, in spite of its deficiencies, is a useful store of information for the history of the old French families. It contains 60,000 names, grouped according to provinces
and provincial subdivisions. The sections relating to Burgundy and Franche-Comté were published by Henri Bouchot (1875-1876): those relating to the généralité of Limoges, by Moreau de Pravieux (1895); and those for the election of Reims, by P. Cosset (1903).
In 1717, in consequence of a quarrel with his nephew Louis Pierre, son of Louis Roger, Charles sold his collection to the king. It then comprised 160 portfolios of genealogical papers arranged alphabetically, 175 volumes of documents, and numerous printed books profusely annotated. In 1720,
it was inventoried by Pierre de Clairambault, royal genealogist, who added a certain number of genealogies taken from the papers of Gaignières,
increasing the total to 217 boxes and portfolios. Thus originated the
Cabinet des titres
of the
Bibliothèque Nationale
. Charles subsequently became
reconciled to Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier, his nephew, to whom he left all the papers he had accumulated from the date of the quarrel until his death, which occurred in Paris.He was succeeded by his nephew, Louis Pierre. Charles subsequently became reconciled to Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier,
his nephew, to whom he left all the papers he had accumulated from the date of the quarrel until his death, which occurred in Paris.He was succeeded by
his nephew, Louis Pierre.
(Charles de BONNAIRE de MARCÉ) sgr de Marcé
Born on May 6, 1670
Death on the 21 March
1729 - St-Paul-St-Louis, Paris IV ° (75), age at death: 58 years old
Ordinary Counselor of
the Navy, Corrector at the Chamber of Accounts of Paris, Intendant General of
the estates and buildings of the Duke of Berry