(AISNE) 1727. GRENIERS DE SAINT- QUENTIN - Ordinance "By Mes - Lot 135

(AISNE) 1727. GRENIERS DE SAINT- QUENTIN - Ordinance "By Messrs. Les Mayeur et Echevins, Judges civil, criminels & de Police de la Ville, Faubourgs & Banlieue de Saint-Quentin". "«.... The GRAINS Measurers in the Attics of this City arrogate to themselves different rights that do not suit or belong to them & agree together to sell the grains of the Individuals, Bourgeois & Habitants that they like, of which they thus in some way raise or lower the price as they want, by keeping between them an intelligence prejudicial to the Sale...". - Done & Arrested in the POLICE Chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 1727. Signed (printed) WATIER. Vignette in the City's coat of arms and Lettrine. Cupboard (51 x 40) State A