TOURAINE. 1472. SEL. Voyage of King LOUIS XI to England. Sig - Lot 13

TOURAINE. 1472. SEL. Voyage of King LOUIS XI to England. Signed Jean BRICONNET Merchant of TOURS. "He confesses having received both, in the name of our Sire Jean de BRANNE and from me Jean PASTOUREAU Grenetier du grenier à Sel établi par le Roy notre Sire, the sum of 41 livres 15 sols that the said Grenetier can and may owe on account of his revenue for this present year, which are ordered to be taken by them on each quintal of SALT sold and even in all the Greniers à SEL of Languedoc for three years beginning on the first day of September 1471, up to the value of 27 livres tournois that the King has given as a reward for the loss we made on the voyage... en Angleterre" undertaken by the King in 1470. Done on March 4, 1472. Vellum (10 x 29 cm)