SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE. - Lot 240

SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE. Set of manuscripts, 16th-18th century, preserved in 31 "Saint-Hélion" folders. Important collection concerning the château and seigneury of Châteauneuf, and the de Drée family. Particularly noteworthy are - deed of transfer by King François 1er of the châtellenie de Châteauneuf to Gérard de la Magdeleine, seigneur du Blanchet (9 pp. in-folio, June 16, 1519) - manuscript of a "Mémoire pour le comte de Drée" on the discovery of a treasure in 1748, during work carried out at Châteauneuf. 7 pp. in-folio. - large manuscript, 270 pp. in-folio: estimate of repairs to be made to the buildings on the lands of Châteauneuf, La Bazolle and La Farge. - letters, wills, miscellaneous deeds. MLL