The proofs of nobility of Mr. the Marquis d'Hautpoul-Seyre

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The Sieur de Montferrier, syndic-general, said: That Messrs. the Commissioners of Public Works of Haut-Languedoc, appointed by deliberation of the States of January 4, 1781 to proceed in the course of said year to the examination of the proofs of nobility of Mr. the Marquis d'Hautpoul-Seyre, acquirer of Mr. Count of Rochechouart of the title of barony of said States, whose ses, by virtue of the same deliberation, must be made on the lands of Saint-Just, Bugarach & Sougragne in the diocese of Alet, having assembled in Toulouse on June 6 of the same year, the late Sieur de La Fage, syndic-general, had them reports on the acts produced in effect of said evidence, from which it results:

That high & powerful lord Pierre-François, Marquis of Hautpoul, Baron de Ganac, Lord of Seyre, Prajols, Montolieu, Saint-Just, & other places, captain of the grenadiers in the regiment of Aquitaine, knight of the order of St. Louis, & before that of Malta, is the son of the high & powerful Lord Messire Pierre d'Hautpoul, Baron de Ganac, Montolieu, Prajols, Saint-Just, etc., & high & powerful lady Madame Jeanne-Marie de Vernon de Seyre, lordess of said place & the Mortier, direct co-lordess of the Guard & Gardouch.

What is proven,

1°. By the baptister extract of the producer, duly legalized, dated March 6, 1726.

2nd. By his marriage contract of March 14, 1766, received & shipped Monna, notary of Toulouse, with Miss Marie de Montesquieu, daughter of high & powerful Lord Messire François-Claude de Montesquieu, Marquis de Roquefort, & high & powerful lady Marie-Lucrece d'Hautpoul.

That high & powerful Lord Pierre, Marquis of Hautpoul, Baron de Ganac, was the son of Messire Hyacinthe d'Hautpoul, Baron de Ganac, & Lady Claire de Villemur; which is justified,

1°. By his articles of marriage, arrested under private seings in Fanjeaux on March 4, 1715, with Miss Jeanne-Marie de Vernon de Seyre, & recognized on March 20, 1741 by the contracting parties before Vien, royal notary of Villefranche de Lauragais; said deed of recognition produced in original.

2nd. By the holographic will of Hyacinthe d'Hautpoul de Roquevert d'Auxilhon, lord of Ganac & other places, made in Foix on November 10, 1749, by which he declares to have been married to the late lady Claire de Villemur de Ganac, whose marriage he only remained noble Pierre d'Hautpoul his son. This will is signed in the city of Foix on the same day, November 10, 1749, by deed passed before Ribat, royal notary of said city, & opened on November 19, 1753, by the same notary, to the requisition of said Pierre d'Hautpoul.

That Mr. Hyacinthe d'Hautpoul de Roquevert d'Auxilhon, knight, captain of carabiniers of the Courcelles brigade, was the son of Mr. Blaise d'Hautpoul, knight, lord & baron of Rennes & Auxilhon, co-lord of the barony of Hautpoul & the city of Mazamet, lord of Montferran, les Bains, le Bezu, Saint-Just, Granes, & other places, & lady Marie-Lucrece du Vivier; proven acquired,

1°. By his marriage contract with Lady Claire de Villemur de Ganac, of May 30, 1694, received René-Louis Vassal, notary of Perpignan, & sent by Joseph Vassal, notary of the same city, holder of the notes of said René-Louis his father.

2nd. By the will of Blaise d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes, of Auxilhon, & other places, dated April 8, 1688, by which he bequeaths to five of his sons & lady Marie Lucrece du Vivier, of which is Hyacinthe d'Hautpoul, the legitimate as of right; said will subscribed by Bentajou, royal notary of the city of Limoux, read & published by the same notary on April 21, 1694, & shipped by Grasset, notary of said city, holder of the deeds of said Bentajou.

That noble Blaise d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes, of Auxilhon, co-lord of the barony of Hautpoul & Mazamet, etc. captain in the Navy regiment, was the son of nobleman François-Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes, & Miss Marguerite de Saint-Jean de Pointis; which is proven,

1°. By his marriage contract of July 10, 1640, with Miss Lucrece du Vivier, received by Assaillit, royal notary of Limoux, & shipped by Antoine Ribes, holder of the cedes of said Assaillit.

2nd. By a judgment rendered in Montpellier on January 4, 1669 by M. de Bezons, intendant in Languedoc & commissioner of the King for the verification of titles of nobility in the said province, who declares noble & from noble race & noble lineage Blaise d'Hautpoul, eldest son of noble François-Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes; said judgment accompanied by a certificate from the same intendant, stating that Messire Blaise d'Hautpoul is from one of the best & old houses in the said province of Languedoc.

3rd. By a receipt given on May 17, 1645 by noble Pierre de Montesquieu to noble Blaise d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes, of the sum of three thousand pounds that remains from that of twenty-three thousand pounds, constituted to lady Anne d'Hautpoul for her dowry by late noble François-Pierre d'Hautpoul her father, during the marriage contract of said young lady with said Sieur de Montesquieu, being the said three thousand pounds of the late head Marguerite de Saint-Jean, mother of said d'Hautpoul; the said quittance passed in the city of Limoux, before Captier, notary.

That noble François-Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord, baron of Rennes, Hautpoul, Auxilhon, & other places, great-ancestor of the producer, was son of noble Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes, of Auxilhon, & other places, & of lady Gabrielle de Tersac, daughter of Messire François de Tersac, lord & baron of Montberaut, of Palamini, & other places, knight of the order of the King.

What is proven,

1°. By the marriage contract of said François-Pierre d'Hautpoul, proceeding from the consent of lady Gabrielle de Tersac his more, then wife of noble Blaise de Ferroul, lord of Celles, granted on June 15, 1608, with lady Marguerite de Saint-Jean; said act passed at the castle of Moussoulens, before Pierre Mercier, royal notary of said place, produced in original.

2nd. By the original will of noble Michel-Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord of Rennes, of February 1, 1589, by which he appoints for his universal heir François-Pierre d'Hautpoul, son of the late Pierre d'Hautpoul, brother of his testator; said will published by judgment of the judge-mage of Carcassonne, of July 9, 1593, & inserted throughout the said sentence, produced in original.

That noble Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes & Auxilhon, co-lord of the barony of Hautpoul, fourth ancestor of the producer, was the son of noble George d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes & Auxilhon, co-lord of the barony of Hautpoul & Hautpolois, & Miss Marguerite de Mauleon, which is proven:

1°. By a transaction passed in the castle of Auxilhon before Joseph Delaunoy, royal notary of Mazamet, on October 18, 1604, & produced in original, between Miss Catherine d'Hautpoul, widow of nobleman Jean-Jacques de Grave, lord of the Palays, both in his name and as a guardian of his children, on the one hand, & Mr. François-Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Rennes & d'Auxilhon his nephew, on the other hand, on what Mr. François de Tersac, lord & baron of Montbe, as tutor of said Messer François-Pierre d'Hautpoul had given in commitment said noble John-Jacques de Grave, lord of the Palays, the place of said Auxilhon, for the sum of five thousand three hundred and sixteen ecus sols two thirds, to which the constitution of dowery & the legacy made, both by the late nobles Michel & Pierre d'Hautpoul, father & uncle of said François-Pierre, and by miss Marguerite de Mauleon, mother of said Catherine & said Michel & Pierre, under the terms of the following act.

2nd. By the marriage contract of Jean-Jacques de Grave, lord of the Palays, granted on January 28, 1582, with lady Catherine d'Aupol, natural & legitimate daughter of the late George d'Aupol, lord & baron of Rennes, of Auxilhon & the barony of Aupol & Aupollois, & of lady Marguerite de Mauleon his widow; the said future wife assisted by said lady of Mauleon, & Michel & Pierre d'Aupol mere & son; in favor of whose marriage the aforementioned brothers of Aupol promised to pay said Catherine their sister the sum of two thousand ecus of gold sols, for the constitution of the doty carried & contained in the will of the late George d'Aupol father; this contract passed at the Château d'Auxilhon, before Jean Delaunoy, notary, & produced in original.

That noble George d'Hautpoul, lord & baron of Auxilhon & Rennes, & co-lord of the barony of Aupoul & Aupoullois, fifth ancestor of the producer, was the son of another noble George d'Hautpoul, & lady Jeanne Isauguié of the lords of Clermont, which is proven,

1°. By the will of the said noble George d'Hautpoul, lord of Auxilhon & Rennes, of the barony of Aupol & Aupollois, made on July 8, 1554, said place of Auxilhon, by which he bequeaths to said Jeanne Isauguié his mother, widow of noble George d'Hautpoul, the income from all the property he had at the consulate & jurisdiction of said Auxilhon; this will passed before Antoine Brailh, royal notary of Mazamet, & given in original.

2nd. By a census of lands, seigneuries & other noble fiefs, given on October 26, 1540 to the seneschal of Carcassonne, commissioner deputed by the King in this part, or his lieutenant, by noble lady Isauguié, widow of noble George d'Aupol, lord of the places & seigneuries mentioned said census, guardian & legitimate administrator of the person & property of noble George d'Aupol, son & heir of said noble late George d'Aupol; this census written at the castle of Rennes by J. A. Demont, notary, & signed by him, of the mandate of the said noble Isauguié, collated Peridier, custody of the King's archives, near the Court of Accounts of Languedoc.

That noble George second of Hautpoul, squire, lord of Auxilhon, the Bezu, Monferran, etc., co-lord of Hautpoul, of Bise & d'Argens, sixth ancestor of the producer, was the son of noble Bernard d'Hautpoul, lord of Auxilhon, & of noble Jeanne Nigri; what is proven,

1°. By the will (in Latin) of noble man George "de Altopullo", lord of the place of Montazels, Granés & Sainte-Eugénie, made on March 5, 1506 at the castle of Montazels, diocese of Alet, by which, among other provisions, he bequeaths to noble George d'Hautpoul "de Altopullo" his nephew, son of the late noble Bernard "de Altopullo", lord of Auxilhon, five tournaments; plus, four tournaments pounds to Michel de Altopullo, son of the late noble Pierre; institutes his universal heirs the posthumous or the posthumous of which noble Jeanne Nigri, wife of him, testator, can be pregnant; & if they do not come to the world, he makes his heirs, in equal portions, noble Jean d'Hautpoul his brother-in-law, & said noble Jeanne his wife, to whom he replaces the first male son of said noble George d'Hautpoul his nephew, son of the said late noble Bernard; this will received by Bernard Martin, royal notary of the city of Saint-Amans de Valtoret, diocese of Castres, & produced in original.

2nd. By a will also in Latin (stated at length on the next degree) of noble woman Beatrix de Montclar, made on March 14, 1496, by which she bequeaths "domino" Pierre-Raymond "de Altopullo" ten books tournaments; to George, brother of the previous one, & also son of her testator, a hundred books tournaments; to Jeannot also his son, ten books tournaments; & to George his nephew, "nepoti suo", five books tournaments, & appoints for his heir Bernard "de Altopullo" his natural & legitimate son; this will received by Pierre Palo, notary of Saint-Amans de Valtoret, & shipped on the minute by Etienne Auque, notary of the place of Saint-Albin, diocese of Lavaur, by virtue of a commission that had been given to him for this purpose, on August 5, 1505, by the chapter of Toulouse.

That noble Bernard d'Hautpoul, squire, lord of Auxilhon & de Montferran, seventh ancestor of the producing, was the son of Mr. Geoffre d'Hautpoul, knight, lord of Auxilhon & Rennes; what is proven,

1°. By his articles of marriage arrested under private senings in Toulouse on May 14, 1489 with Miss Isabelle de Voisins, & written in a public deed by Delpont, notary; this contract passed according to the customs & traditions of the old nobility, in the presence of Monsr. Jean Astorg, lord of Montbartier, noble manant of Noah, lord of Noah, Mossr. Pierre Boix, lord of Saint-Martin, etc.

2nd. By a transaction in Latin, like the previous act, dated May 1, 1499, between nobles Bernard d'Hautpoul, lord of Auxilhon, legitimate & natural son, universal co-heir of the late "nobilis domini Gauffredy de Altopullo", & George "de Altopullo", also legitimate & natural son of the said noble lord Geoffre d'Hautpoul, on the occasion of the differences they had together; this transaction passed at the castle of Auxilhon, before Bernard Pu.... notary, is produced by collation on the original, by Auque, notary.

3rd. By a will also in Latin, of noble & powerful man "dominus Jauffredus de Altopullo", knight, lord of Auxilhon, Rennes, Bize, Montazels, Granes, Montferran, Argens, etc., made at the castle of Auxilhon on April 18, 1498, received by Philippe Beaujardony, royal notary of Buxadon, diocese of Castres, produced in original.

4°. Finally, by the will also in Latin, of noble woman Beatrix de Montclar, wife of the said Geoffre d'Hautpoul, whose main provisions were reported to the previous degree.

That noble & powerful lord Geoffre d'Hautpoul, called d'Auxilhon, knight, lord of the said place of Auxilhon, of Rennes, Bize, Montazels, Ste. Eugénie, etc. eighth ancestor of the producer, was the son of Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, knight, lord of Auxilhon & counseigneur d'Hautpoul, & Blanche de Marquefave, daughter of the lord of the barony of Rennes; what is proven,

1°. By the articles of marriage in the vulgar language of nobles Bernard de So & de Blanche, daughter of the late noble Jacques de Marquefave, lord of Rennes, & noble Jeanne de Montesquieu, arrested on June 22, 1431, instead of Ventenac, diocese of Carcassonne, where it is said, that the guardianship of the ward Geoffre d'Auxilhon, co-heir son of the late lord of Auxilhon, was declared finished by the second marriages of said Blanche with the said Bernard de So, & that he was provided with a tutor said Geoffre d'Auxilhon, son of said Blanche, "è del noble Mossr. Pierre Ramon d'Aucilho, cavalier è senhor sa entras d'Aucilho". These articles passed following the uses & customs of the old nobility, in the presence of several gentlemen's witnesses, & the expedition issued on November 9 of the same year 1431, by Jean Bruny, notary of Narbonne.

2nd. By a receipt in Latin, given on October 16, 1430, by Gaucerande d'Aupoul, "de Altopullo", future wife of noble Girard de Villette, lord of Montledier, of the authority of noble Girard her future husband, to noble Geoffre d'Hautpoul, pupil (qualified lord of Auxilhon in the issuance of this act), son & heir of noble Pierre-Raymond "de Altopullo", lord of Auxilhon, namely; of the sum of two hundred-one gold ecu in the corner of Toulouse, that said minor owed to said Gaucerande for his dowry & the legacies made to her by Mrs. her fathers & brothers; this act passed to the Château d'Auxilhon, received by Jean de Clermont, notary of La Bruguiere, & shipped by Bernard de Montaneïs, notary of said La Bruguiere, who was authorized by virtue of a commission that had been given to him on September 25, 1442 by Pierre de Area, (aliàs d'Alieyra), "regens" instead of La Bruguiere, for the Count of Foix, lord in part of said place.

3rd. By the Latin will of nobleman Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, "de Altopullo", damoiseau, lord of Auxilhon, & conseigneur d'Hautpoul, by which he instituted his noble universal heir Geoffre d'Hautpoul his son; said will made in the city of Castres on January 10, 1423, received by Olivier Fabry, notary of said city, & produced in original.

That Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, knight, lord of Auxilhon, & conseigneur d'Hautpoul, ninth ancestor of the producer, was the son of noble Arnaud-Raymond d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, & noble Hélène de Veyrac; which is justified among other acts,

1°. By a receipt in vulgar language, whose content follows: "Fenita causa sia atols q. yeu Pé Ramond d'Aupol, senhor d'Aucilho, filh dêl noblé Arnaud Ramond d'Aupol, de say entras cofessi per aber agut réalment ressauput dél noblé & poissant senhor Mossenhor mage Mossr. R. de Veyrac, senhor de Paholha, per las mas de senhor & onclé Huc de Veyrac his son, etc. etc. ". This receipt made in Auxilhon on March 12, 1423, & produced in original.

2nd. By a transaction in Latin, stated more at the next degree, made on May 9, 1418, from which it follows that noble Pierre Raymond d'Hautpoul, then a minor, was the son of the late nobleman Arnaud-Raymond d'Hautpoul, & nephew of noble Auger de Hautpoul; that said noble Auger was the brother of the said noble Arnaud-Raymond, & that said nobles Arnaud-Raymond & Auger were son of the late noble Guillaume-Pierre de Hautpoul, lord of the place of Auxilhon; it was agreed that all the property that the late noble Guillaume-Pierre owned in the places of Auxilhon, La Bruguiere, Hautpoul, & elsewhere in any The sénéchaussée of Toulouse, would be & remain said noble Pierre-Raymond. This transaction is produced in original.

That Arnaud Raymond d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, lord of Auxilhon, tenth ancestor of the producing, was, as we have just seen, son of noble Guillaume-Pierre de Hautpoul, "of Altopullo", damoiseau, lord of Auxilhon, Felines, Ventajou, Cassagnoles, conseigneur of Hautpoul, & of (following domestic memories) Ermessende de Lodève; which is still proven among other acts,

1°. By the marriage contract in Latin of noble Arnaud-Raymond d'Hautpoul, where he is said son of noble man Guillaume-Pierre "de Altopullo", damoiseau, lord of the places of Auxilhon, Hautpoul & Ventajou to the diocese of Lavaur; this contract, dated November 6, 1394, received by Pierre Pontili, royal notary, is produced in original.

2nd. By a transaction in Latin, stated further in the following degree, of December 2, 1396, between noble Guillaume-Pierre d'Hautpoul, lord of Auxilhon, & noble & powerful man Hugues, lord of Arpajon & vicomte de Lautrec; in this act, received by Jean Defonté, notary of Toulouse, produced in original, is inserted a will made on October 18, 1391, by noble Finé de Brassac, second wife of said noble Guillaume-Pierre d'Hautpoul, de Altopullo, damoiseau, his son.

Which proof completes the regulations; but that abundantly Mr. the Marquis d'Hautpoul has proven by authentic titles that said Guillaume-Pierre d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, was the son of another nobleman Arnaud-Raymond d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, whose marriage contract with Berangere, mother of said Guillaume-Pierre, daughter of Pilefort, "Pilisfortis", damoiseau, lord of Ventajou, Felines & Cassagnoles, is dated February 13, 1337, & that said other Arnaud-Raymond had for father & noble mother Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, lord of Auxilhon, & other Berangere his wife; that he was the son of another Guillaume-Pierre d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, lord & baron of Hautpoul & d'Auxilhon, & of lady Garsende ; that said Guillaume-Pierre had for father Izarn d'Hautpoul, damoiseau, lord of Auxilhon, & conseigner of Hautpoul; that said Izarn was the son of Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, third of the name, which had for father another Guillaume-Pierre, lord of Hautpoul, & Richelde for mere; that said Guillaume-Pierre was the son of Bernard-Raymond d'Hautpoul & d'Adalaïs, lord of Hautpoul & Aupoullois; that said Bernard-Raymond was the son of Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, & this one of another Pierre-Raymond d'Hautpoul, knight, who in 1095, joined, as well as Raymond de l'Isle-Jourdain & Roger de Mirepoix, Raymond Count of Toulouse, for the first crusade, after having made 960, a peace treaty with the most qualified lords of the province; said treaty, reported by Doat, on the original titles deposited in the King's library, tom. 1 folio 157, no. 165, is delivered by collation of M. Bejot, custody of the manuscripts of this library.

That to satisfy the provisions of the regulations, all the acts set out above were each separately, until 1337, by Mr. d'Hozier de Serigny, judge-arms of the Nobility of France, who says in his certificate of April 30, 1781 that he could have traced the said evidence back several centuries beyond 1337.

That with regard to maternal proof, it is established according to the regulations by the acts produced for the first degree of the paternal side; that moreover, Vernon's house is sufficiently known in the States, so that it is not necessary to demand other pieces.

That according to this report & the examination of said evidence, in which the most distinguished alliances are found, the Commissioners believed that they had to propose to the States to admit Mr. Marquis d'Hautpoul to their assembly, when he had obtained the necessary letters patent for the sisis & erection of his barony.

That the Sieur de La Fage proceeded for his part in the city of Toulouse, on July 17, 1781, to the secret investigation of the nobility of Mr. the Marquis d'Hautpoul, composed of six witnesses, who all attest to the seniority & services of this house.

That finally, Mr. d'Hautpoul, to satisfy the deliberation of the States of January 4, 1781, delivered the deed of sale granted in his favor on May 17 of the said year by very high & very powerful lady Marie de Montesquieu de Roquefort his wife of the lands of Bugarach & Sougragne; the said deed received & sent by Pugens, notary of Toulouse; & that he reports the letters patent dated July 1781, registered with the parliament of Toulouse on September 9, by which His Majesty ordered that the title of barony or right of entry to the States, above sitting on the land of Aureville, will be & remain transported & sitting in the future on those of Saint-Just, Bugarach & Sougragne, located in the diocese of Alet, under the name of the barony of Hautpoul.

That having thus been fully satisfied with everything that had been prescribed by the previous deliberation of the States, the assembly will not hesitate to admit the title of Mr. d'Hautpoul, by ordering the registration of the letters-patents in their registry, & to receive it himself as baron of the said place.

Which having been thus deliberated, Mr. the Marquis d'Hautpoul was introduced to the assembly by one of the syndics-generals, & Monsignor the Archbishop of Toulouse, President, gave him knowledge of this deliberation; after which, having got on two knees, he took the oath on the Holy Gospels, in the hands of Mondit Lord the President; & then having taken his place, he thanked the assembly.

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