SIMIANE DE MONCHA. LYON 1705. "Extract of the Declaration of the King, for the SIXTH ECCLESSIASTIC DENIER. Extract of the Roll stopped at the Council of Finances, February 17, 1705 for Claude François Louis De SIMIANE, Knight and Count of MONCHA (Montcha) and his wife Dame De SIMIANE De GORDES... owners and possessors of noble goods that the Cordeliers of St Bonnaventure gave to them in exchange located in the Parish of GENAS (69) in DAUPHINÉ... - Done in LYON on March 4, 1705. Generality of Dauphiné (Stamps) - 4pp large in-folio partly printed.

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