Province of Namur To come to particulars Emptines Natoye and Sorinnes sur Dinant are part of the seventeen Villages above-mentioned as appears in the Chapter of Gerpinnes Spontin we have already spoken of particularly As to Halliot and Menceau we find an Award between the Earl of Namur and the Chapter of Ardenne Decreed in 1384 and remaining of Record in the Castle of Namur whereby it is declared that the Seigniory of Halliot and Manceau belongs to the Earl of Namur As to Loustin and Mallien there is an Agreement made between the said Earl and the Chapter of Huy in 1400 whereby a-among other things it appears that the Earl of Namur is Lord Paramount of Loustin and Mallien As to Awaigne it appears by a Record of 1384 that Chabot as a Descendent of the House of Awaigne acknowledged he owed the Earl of Namur in Right of his Castle and Lordship of Poilvach the Service of Person and Teem and other Duties there particulary set forth As to the Ban or Liberty of Leignon there is in the said Castle a Record of the year 1400 of the Rights and Seigniory of the Earl of Namur over the Liberty of Leignon and that in Right of his Territory of Poilvach he is Soveraign Lord of Leignon As to Ivoir and Champal it appears by a Record of the year 1385 in the Castle of Namur that N. Mancor granted away the great Tythes of Ivoir and Champal to the Earl of Namur And by a Register made by a Receiver General of Namur beginning in 1345 't is plain that James de Marchie Receiver General of Namur having given notice by Proclamation he would Farm out the Rents and Profits of Champal with the Meadows Lands and Tythes thereto belonging in the year 1497 did the 27th of May the same year lett them to Farm to Matthew Dauchet under the Rent there specified for the term of Twelve years in the Name and for the use of the Arch-Duke of Austria Duke of Burgoigne and Earl of Namur As for Hodomont it appears by the second Volume of the Repertory in the List of Fiefes of the County of Namur that Libert Son of Jacqmin of Hodomont is a Liegeman to the Earl of Namur and did Homage for the Lands and Lordship of Hodomont with all its Members and Appurtenances in the year 1372 and that from 1372 to 1545 the Lords of Hodomont have successively done like Homage to the Earls of Namur By the Register called The Parchment List in the Chapter of Poilvach fol. 34 it appears as to Lisoigne That Baldwyn de Mostier holds all his Territory of Lisoigne with the Chief and Annual Rents Capons Lands Meadows Woods and Pasture of the Earl of the Earl of Namur as Lord of Poilvach By the same Register in the same Chapter it appears that Monsieur Arnold Lord of Cowaren holds of the Earl of Namur in Frank Fee the Liberty of Natoye By the Register of the Fiefes of Aloux beginning in the year 1486 it appears that John de Ramelot in 1507 holds of the Earl of Namur as of his Castle of Namur all the Lands and Lordships of Goesne with its Appurtenances and Dependents As to the Land of Hour en Fancen it appears by the second Volume of the old Repertory that Walter the Son of Oliver Centfontain did Homage to the Earl of Namur for his Mesmage and Lands of Hour and Fancenn And that John Small Heir of the said Walter did the like in 1408 and the owners of the said Lands and Lordship of Hour en Fancenne have from time to time done Homage for the same to the Earls of Namur The Woods of Hanwez and Loche Dependents of the Provostship of Poilvache N. Boron Faultrier's Deputy in November 1681 Caused John Grosseaux his Catholick Majesties Woodward of Hanwez to come to Dinant and having informed himself by him of the Growth of those Woods and the regular Course of Falling them yearly He forbad Grosseaux to come any more into Namur to make any report concerning the said Woods to his Majesties Officers but to repair to him Personally at Dinant After which he caused above two hundred of the best Timber-Trees in the Woods of Loche to be cut down The Right of Spain to these Woods It appears by the Sale of the Provostship of Poilvache and its Dependences in 1344 by John Earl of Luxemburgh to Dame Mary d' Artoy that all Woods Dependents of that Provostship are mentioned and comprised in the Sale Achin and Soliers Faultrier sent Orders to the Abby of Soliers and Inhabitants of Ahin the same in effect with those sent to the Provostship of Poilvache prohibiting payment of any Duty to his Catholick Majesty notwithstanding any Order from the States of the Province and Commanding them not to obey any Orders but what should be sent them on the behalf of his Majesty upon pretence the said places are Dependents of the said Provostship though in truth they are not but within the Jurisdiction of the Province of Namur And at Ahin there is a Custom-house settled by his Catholick Majesty for Duties of Exportation and Importation Ingress and Egress The Right of Spain to Soliers and Ahin Soliers and Ahin are Dependents of the Province of Namur within the Bayliage of Entre Meuse and Arche as appears by the said account of Aids of 1493 and the Register of Surveys of 1602. As to Ahin in particular 't is a Fee held of the Castle of Namur Libert de Foux did Homage for it in 1404 and so have the other Owners successively done as appears by the second Volume of the List of Fiefes The Records concerning Soliers are in the Custody of the Nuns of Illec and indeavours shall be used to have them produced if there be Cause High and Low Arche Boron sent an Order Dated the 8th of December 1681 to Francis de Page Woodward of High and Low Arche a Dependent of the Bayliage of Entre Meuse and Arche to repair to Dinant to take the Oath of Allegiance to France but because we are not certain France hath taken possession of those Woods we forbear to set forth his Catholick Majesties Title thereto Wepion Godines and Leswes Because the Council of this Province had sent into the Villages between the Sambre and the Meuse and into the Provostship of Poilvach the Placarts last Published by his Highness Count Montbron sent Order to the Mayors and Inhabitants of the same places prohibiting them to receive such Placarts on pain of being punished as Rebels and threatning to send to the Gallies the Bearers of such Placarts whom he calls Vagabonds The beginning of the year 1682 Boron accompanied with Serjeant Benedict came to the Village of Biesme la Colonness situate between the Sambre and the Meuse and a Dependent of the Bayliage of Bovignes where he levyed and received all the Chief-rents belonging to his Catholick Majesty and caused them to be left at the House of Hubert Baviot at Biesme On Twelf-day last John de Gozee Lord of Biesme as the People came from Mass in the Parish-Church caused it to be Published aloud before all the Commonalty of Biesme that he had received Order from France to lay an Assessment on the said Commonalty to be presently paid And that the Order was they should be Taxed at 600 Florins for Biesme instead of 1945 they formerly paid his Catholick Majesty The like Order Dated the second of January 1683 was sent to Wepion and to Hontoir a Dependent of the Baliage of Bovignes whereby it appears that Hontoir is Assessed at Forty Florins to be forthwith paid into the hands of the Lord of Biesme appointed by France to collect the said Assessments Besides which all the Inhabitants of the places in the possession of France were commanded upon hearing a Bell rung to assemble together and Seize those who should bring Placarts or other orders in his Catholick Majesty's names with threats of Reprizal on his Majesties Subjects if any on behalf of his Majesty or his Officers should Levy any Duties from the said Inhabitants or their Estates as appears at Large by Faultriers Order The 11 of January 1682. By two other Orders delivered at Hontoir and Dated the one the 12 of September the other the 22 of November 1682 he Prohibited the inhabitants between the Sambre and the Meuse to appear for any Cause or pretence whatsoever before the Officers and Courts of his Catholick Majesty and Commanded them to withdraw their Suits if any depending there under divers penalties express'd in the Order With Prohibition to all Mayors Provosts Bayliffs and other Officers of the said Villages to receive or admit into their Jurisdiction any Advocates Proctors or other pleaders but such only as are Subjects of France By Billet of the first of January Faultrier forbad those who get Stone out of the Quarries in the fields of Houx close adjoyning to the Town of Bovignes to pay for them to any but Boron pretending the said Quarryes are dependents of the Provostship of Poilvache tho' they are in truth within the Liberty and Jurisdiction of Bovignes As to his Catholick Majestys right to all the places above mentioned besides what hath already been said on that Subject his Majesty and Predecessors have been in possession of them time out of mind for several Ages and till now have continually exercised all acts of Soveraignty over them without contradiction of any Person whatever January 15. 1682. 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John the Royalty Seigniory and High Mean and Low Jurisdiction of the Mayory of Libinnes with Power to Constitute a Mayor and seven Eschevins with a Serjeant for the Exercise and Execution of Justice there He gave him also all the Rents he had in Libinnes and whereof the Court there had Cognizance The said John de Celles having inlarged his Fee by an addition of about sixty Bormiers of Land and Meadow which with the ancient Fee made up a hundred and thirteen Bormiers The said Earl of Namur granted him Pasture for his Horned Beasts and the Horses of his Team within the Woods of Marlaigne of above seven years growth And that the Limits and Bounds of the Land and Royalty of Libinnes might be known the said Earl sent several of his Council and Officers to view it who reported that the Royalty and Mayory of Libinnes begins at the Ditch of Rochealroux which divides the Countrey of Leige from the County of Namur and reaches from thence to the High way that leads into the Great Plain of Libinnes the said High way being the Boundary that parts the Moyory of Floreffe and the Land of Libinnes till you come to the Choir Oke from which Oke it extends to the way that leads through the bottom of Wastieux to a Maple-Tree which parts the Mayory of Broigne and the Land of Libinnes and from thence it goes to the Land of the Abbot of Broigne as well towards Broigne as towards his House This Land and Lordship the Earl of Namur granted to John de Celles and his Successors to be held as an entire Fee of the Earl of Namur Saving to the said Earl his Heirs and Successors Earls of Namur the Soveraignty and Judgment of Apeals Saving also that if the Mayory of Libinnes extended into the Woods of Marlaigne within the Limits and Bounds above-declared the Receiver of the Earldom of Namur and the Woodwards Chapmen and Workmen might and should exercise and enjoy their usual Powers and Priviledges in the said Woods without any disturbance or impeachment by the said Sieur de Libinnes his Heirs and Successors or any other And that the said Sieur de Libinnes his Heirs and Successors or any of them should not any way intermeddle with the Debts Fines or Forfeitures concerning the said Woods Whereby it appears clearly that the Earl of Namur hath the Soveraignty and Supreme Jurisdiction over the said Land and Signiory of Libinnes and that the Sieur de Libinnes is his Vassal It appears also that the Woods of Marlaigne within the Limits and Bounds above-mentioned belong to the Earl of Namur and that the Sieur de Libinnes hath not any Jurisidiction there at least as to any Fine or Forfeiture incurr'd by the Chapmen or their Workmen imployed in the Sales made by the said Earl Nor can the Sieur de Libinnes claim any thing in the said Woods but the Pasture and Fewel he holds in Fee of the Earl This is so clear it needs not illustration and is confirmed by an Extract of the old Repertory of Services done for the Fees held of the Castle of Namur wherein we find that after the said John de Celles Gerard his Brother did Homage for the said Seigniory and Land of Libinnes in 1427. And after him Godfrey de Celles in 1430. And in the same year John Burquin de Supplea who succeeded Godfrey by vertue of a Devise by the last Will of John de Celles The 10th of March 1445 John de Lonchamps Lord of Fernelmont as next Heir recovered it out of the Hands of John de Warissoul who had taken possession of it The 2d of August 1461 Don William de Graux Abbot of Broigne did Homage for the same Land and Lordship which came to him by Vertue of an exchange made between him and the said John de Lonchamps for fourscore measures of Corn. The Second of August 1462 the same Don William de Graux settled the said Land and Lordship to the use of Pierart Alart Valet de Chambre to the Duke of Burgundy and his Heirs paying a rent of fourscore measures of Corn to the Church of Broigne In 1469 the said Pierart Alard Sieur de Seiron convey'd to the use of Henry d'Outremont Receiver General of the Court all the Land of Libinnes with its Appendances and Appurtenances In 1488 Gyles d'Outremont did Homage for the said Land its Appendances and Appurtenances descended to him by the death of Nicholas his brother The 2d June 1495 Gyles d'Outremont the Son of Henry sold to the Reverend Don James le Hourier Abbot of the Church of St. Peter at Broigne for the use of his Church the House Town and Land of Libennes its Appurtenances and Dependences without Exception or Reservation and the Abbot did Homage for the Fee The last of September 1503 Don William de Beyn Abbot of Broigne did Homage for the House Town and Land of Libinnes its Appurtenances and Dependences as James le Hourier his Predecessor had enjoy'd them The 11th of May 1507 Don Thomas Baudery Abbot of Broigne did the like The 28 July 1513 Don William Cauliere Abbot of Broigne by the Resignation of the said Thomas did the like And the 3d of July 1551 Don Benedict de Mailey Abbot of Broigne did the like The 6th of September 1584 Francis de Walon Capelle Bishop of Namur Prelate of Broigne and Sieur de Libinnes did Homage for the same Land and Lordship of Libinnes The like was done the 13 of July 1598 by the Right Reverend Father in God James Blaseus Bishop of Namur and Prelate of Broigne and afterwards by John Davin Bishop of Namur and Prelate of Broigne and since by Enghelbert de Bois Bishop of Namur And in 1664 by John de Wactendoncq Bishop of Namur and Prelate of St. Gerard. And lastly the 14 September 1675 by Ignatius Austin de Grobendoncy Bishop of Namur and Prelate of St. Gerard last deceased By which it appears the Homage successively done and continued several Ages for the Land and Lordship of Libinnes was pursuant to the Survey made by William de Libinnes and the Feoffment from the Earl of Namur to John de Celles This being so the Prelate of the Abby of St. Gerard annexed to the Bishoprick of Namur can pretend to no more than what is contained in the said Survey of the Fee of Libinnes being only Pasture and Fewel in Marlaigne belonging to the Earl of Namur and some kind of Jurisdiction on Marlaigne as inclos'd within the limits of the Lordship of Libinnes with an Express Exception and Reservation of Competent Jurisdiction to the said Earl and his Officers in all matters of Fines and Forfeitures in the Woods which by the Feofment or act of Donation the Count hath expresly reserved to himself So that the Seizure of the Woods of Libbinnes and of Marlaigne lately made by the French is a manifest and notorious Usurpation considering the Evidences above mentioned and his Catholick Majesties possession of the said Woods
them the Bailiffs Burgomasters and Sheriffs of Harlebeck Thielt and Deinse the Provost of Harlebeck the Baron of Winghene several Curates and other Gentlemen of the Country whom they us'd ill and imprisoned them at Menin among the common Malefactors where they indured very great incoveniences the Sieur Voorden Commissioner for France at the Conference of Courtray having declared to a Deputy of the said Castlewick that the pretension insisted on by France was to have payment from the Subjects of Spain of the Sum of sixty thousand Florins for Interest and Dammages pretended to have been suffered by them in the Country of Luxemburgh and of three and thirty thousand Patacoons for the Charges of the Execution above mentioned And that if these Sums were not presently paid the Marshal d'Humieres would send orders for making more terrible Executions and taking persons of greater Quality than those who were then Prisoners To make it appear yet more clearly that France scruples not any sort of Contravention against the Treaty of Peace An Ordinance was issued dated the twenty seventh of November 1681 whereby they caused all the Lands in Artois belonging to the Subjects of his Catholick Majesty to be seiz'd with prohibition to the Farmers or Receivers to pay thenceforward any thing that should be due to the Proprieters for Arrears or growing Rents till further order In pursuance whereof they caused all the Lands Signiories and other Effects belonging to the Baron of Couriers Governour of Audenard to be seiz'd though by the Treaties of Peace the Subjects of the one King unquestionably may and ought to enjoy peaceably their Estates within the Dominion of the other Till then we were ignorant of the cause of these Seizures But the Ministers of France have since sufficiently explained themselves having by Order of the most Christian King caused a general seizure to be made of all the Estates Lands and Signiories of the Subjects of his Catholick Majesty situate in any Country yielded to France and having settled Commissioners to receive the Profits and Revenues thereof and pressed the Receivers to pay them what was already accrewed Declaring further that those Estates should continue under seizure till the Ministers of his Catholick Majesty at Brussels made Reparation to the Prince d'Isenghien for the vexation he had suffered though what they call vexation is but the Sentence and Execution given and awarded by Competent Judges whom the said Prince petitioned to have Assigned in a Cause wherein he was Plaintiff and acknowledged their Jurisdiction from the time of the Action brought to the decision of the Cause having Personally or by his Lady or Agents constantly solicited the dispatch of the business procured the assistance of the Commissioners who attended the Inquests tax'd the Costs and made up the Report of the Proceedings It was afterwards observed also as to the Office at Esseneux spoken of before that the Ministers of France had no other design but to destroy it and utterly ruine the Province of Limburgh as well as the rest for under several feigned pretences purposely set on foot and principally for that the Officer at Esseneux had made the Tradesmen of Leige pay the Duties for Importation and Exportation who to defraud his Catholick Majesty pretended themselves Subjects of France though their being so would have been so far from exempting them that it obliged them to pay Yet on this pretence principally they first threatned high and afterwards Plundered and â—uined several Villages of Limburgh which they also pretend to under the false Title of Dependences of the County of Chiny and others These Attempts and Violences being endless they exacted two hundred Measures of Oats from the Bank of Sprimont in the same Province threatning to Plunder the Boares if they did not presently deliver the Oats and would have obliged the Count d'Esseneux Lord of Sprimont to swear Allegiance to the most Christian King though that Lordship is notoriously known to be holden of the Dutchy and Soveraignty of Limburgh In a word it clearly appears by all these proceedings that all hitherto done by France and its Ministers is not to be justified either in form or substance For as to form the whole World hath seen and known they have not acted otherwise than by Force but have violated the Law of Nations and broke that Seal of sincerity and truth affixt so solemnly to the Treaty of Nimmighen to declare it was intended to be made firm and stable and to be perpetually observed As to the substance and ground of the pretensions of France it hath been made appear they have not any Foundation of Title Possession or Colour of Right And that on the contrary the Title Possession and Right of his Catholick Majesty are so fully justified and so clearly made out that they are really unquestionable and not to be contradicted with Reason or Truth Yet for further satisfaction to the World as to Luxemburgh and Namur we have thought fit to deduce more particularly the lawful Right and Possession of his Catholick Majesty in all the French have possess'd themselves of in those two Provinces since the Publication of the Peace A PARTICULAR DEDUCTION OF THE EVIDENCES and PROOFS OF The Right and Possession of His Catholick Majesty IN AND TO All the Places France hath taken actual Possession of in the Province of Luxemburgh since the Publication of the Peace of Nimmighen The Castle Borrough and Signiory of Rodemacheren with twenty Villages its Dependents 1. FRance began with the Castle and Borrough of Rodenmacheren of which the French possess'd themselves the thirtieth of December 1678. and afterwards of twenty Villages in which the Lordship of Rodenmacheren consists though the said Lordship Castle and Borrough be a particular and distinct Signiory in cheif depending only of the Duke of Luxemburgh and held immediately of his Person as appears by the admissions of the Tenants and Feoffees thereof particularly in the years 1302 1314 1532 1562 1605 and several others as also by the Gift of the said Signiory made by Maximilian King of the Romans the fifteenth of November 1492 to Christopher Marquess of Baden with condition that he and his Heirs Lords of the said Signiory should upon every Descent or Alienation do the Services due for their admission and hold it in Fee of the Duke of Luxemburgh of whom the said Signiory is holden of old with all Royalties Jurisdictions Fees and Rights possessory as express'd in the Grant It appears further by the Register of Fires in the years 1552 1553 and others Notwithstanding all which and that Rodenmacheren hath not been granted by any Treaty to the French yet have they possess'd themselves of it as aforesaid The Castle and Lordship of Hesperange and four Villages 2. In October 1679 the French seiz'd the Castle of Hesperange distant only halfe a League from the City of Luxemburgh pretending it to be a Dependent of Rodenmacheren and forc'd the Inhabitants of Hesperange and four Villages that make up
the Signiory to swear Fealty to the most Christian King and that they would no longer acknowledge the Duke of Luxemburgh their Soveraign nor pay him any Aid or Imposition though by the Surveys of the Lordship of Rodenmacheren it appears clearly it extends not to Hesperange nor those four Villages its Dependents And the Records of admissions demonstrate evidently it is held immediately of the Duke of Luxemburgh as a distinct Signiory in Chief and is as independent as Rodenmacheren it self as by the Rolls of Admissions in 1532 1562 1605. The Castle and Lordship of Raville with 17 Villages its Dependents 3. In January 1680 the French possess'd themselves of the Land and Lordship of Raville consisting in seventeen Villages situate by the River Niedt and thereabouts as a Dependent of Metz Whereas in truth the said Land and Signiory hath been always held and reputed parcel of the Soveraignty of Luxemburgh And the Lords as well as the under-Tenants of Raville have always owned and submitted to the Jurisdiction of the Provincial Council of Luxemburgh and held immediately of the Duke of Luxemburgh as appears by the admission of John de Roldenge in the year 1323 by the Earl of Luxemburgh and by the admissions in the years 1461 1546 1548 1570 1572 and others And in the Conference and Partition made the twenty third of September 1615 and the Ratification thereof the twenty fifth of October 1615. it was agreed and declared That the Duke of Luxemburgh should continue in possession and quiet enjoyment of the exercise of all Acts of Soveraignty in the Village of Raville without impeachment or innovation by those of Metz in any point whatsoever And that thenceforth the Lord Bishop of Metz should be for ever debarred from pretending to any Soveraignty or Jurisdiction whatever in Raville aforesaid So that not only the Castle but the Signiory of Raville and its Dependences belong to the Duke of Luxemburgh 4. The fifth of May 1680. the Count de Bissy presented himself upon the Frontier of the Province of Luxemburgh with a Body of French Horse and Dragoons threatning an Irruption on the morrow unless the Souldiers his Catholick Majesty had in the Castles of Russy Putlange and Preisch were drawn off in the mean time The Spaniards to prevent the Ruine of the Province were forc'd to comply and Evacuated the three Castles This was no sooner done but the Count de Bissy put French Garrisons in them and obliged the Province of Luxemburgh to pay the Charges the Victuallers of his Troops said they had been at The Castle and County of Russy with eleven Villages its Dependents The pretence for these Usurpations was that those Castles were Dependents of Thionville and Rodenmacheren Though Russy be a County holden in Chief of the Duke of Luxemburgh as appears by the Admissions in the years 1270 1287 1304 1563 1624 and others and hath been Surveyed by it self as a County as appears by the Register of Fires of the Province and hath been always under the immediate Jurisdiction and ordering of the Governour of the Province Besides it is in truth more Ancient then Thionville or Rodemacheren and was heretofore given by Henry Earl of Luxemburgh to his Brother Walerand Notwithstanding this the French have possess'd themselves of the said Castle and County of Russy and eleven Villages its Dependents The Castle and Jurisdiction of Putlange and fifteen Villages 5. As also the Castle of Putlange though held in chief of the Duke of Luxemburgh as by the Records of Admissions in 1551 1574 and others and that the Lord of Putlange with the rest of the Gentlemen and Feoffees of that Country swore Fealty to Winceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh in the year 1398. 6. The French possess'd themselves also of the Land of Putlange and fifteen Villages in which it consists though it is in truth a Fâ—â—nchise of the Provostship of Luxemburgh with which it hath been always Tax'd and Assess'd in all Charges Ordinary and Extraordinary as appears not only by the Registers of Fires in 1552 1563 1624 1656 and 1659 but by the Accounts of the Office of the Provostship and a Sentence given in the point the last of June 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Pritsch 7. The Castle and Lordship of Pritsch is a distinct Fee and Signiory depending immediately and held of the Duke of Luxemburgh as appears by the Admissions in 1562 1597 1624 and others yet the French seiz'd both the Signiory and Castle 8. They possess'd themselves of the Castle of Agrimont as a Dependent of Charlemont which in truth hath not any Dependent but was Built and Fortified by Charls the Fifth in the Territory of Agimont And the Castle of Agimont the Capital Seat of the Territory or any Land depending of it was never by any Treaty granted to France But the French have also seiz'd the Lordships of Riennes and Vireux le Walerand The Lordships of Vireux le Walerand and Rienne though parcels of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh the former held of it as a Signiory in chief independent of any other place and the other holden of the Duke as of his Castle of Orchimont as appears by the Admissions and Surveys in the years 1598 1600 and others The Lordships of Chastepierre Riviere 9. Claud Verdavoine Usher of the Chamber of Metz Summon'd the last of February 1681 the Deteyners of the Lands and Lordships of the County of Rochefort and Montagn the Provostship of Orchymont and New Castle and Lordships of Chastepierre Riviere Fontenoilla S. Cecile Lesch Le Mesnil Cugnon Les Bertris Ban d' Orjo Baillamont Marpout Dochamps Herbumont Ban de Hutailles Ban de Musson and several other Villages to appear and answer the Articles of the Attorney General of the said Chamber of Metz Pretending it did appear those Lands and Lordships were Dependences of the County of Chiny though in truth not any of them but New Castle be a Dependent of it and that France had not then set up the least pretension to the County of Chiny yet in process of time the French possess'd themselves of those Places The Castle and Provostship of Orcymont with 6 Villages and ten Lordships 10. Particularly having by Force of Arms possess'd themselves of the Castle of Orcymont and its Provostship consisting in twenty one Villages and also of ten Signiories included within the Limits of the Provostship they compelled the Justices and Officers of the Provostship and Lordships to swear Fealty to the most Christian King and prohibited them under grievous Penalties to pay any thing thenceforth to those of Luxemburgh Though the said Provostship and Lordships have time out of mind been held and reputed parcel of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the Dukes of Luxemburgh have enjoyed all Royal Rights Jurisdiction and Soveraignty over them And when Orcymont hath been out of the immediate possession of the Duke the present Owner always did Fealty and other Services for it to the Duke by the Hands of the
Town of that Name and four and thirty Villages and Hamlets lies near adjacent to the Mayordom of Remich and belonged to the first Earls of Luxemburgh from whom it came to the Dukes of the same Place and successively to his Catholick Majesty in Demesn with all Rights of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty Henry the second of that Name the ninth Earl of Luxemburgh having in the year 1251. assigned to the Monastery of Clairfontain Fifty Measures of Rye upon his Demesns of Mackeren le Count as a Foundation for five Prebends in the said Monastery and in 1270. the said Earl sold the said Monastery Thirty Awms of Wine to be taken Annually out of his Demesns of Graven-Mackeren and Remich as was observed before Besides in the Year 1252. the Burrough of Mackeren was farm'd out by order of the said Earl Henry from whom it bears to this day the Name of Mackeren le count or Earls-Mackeren The Inhabitants were made Freemen of Luxemburgh and afterwards in 1327. gratified with many other Privileges by John the Twelfth King of Bohemia and Wenceslaus his Son first Duke of of Luxemburgh who in 1357. granted them a Weekly Market and lastly by Wenceslaus the Emperour second Duke of Luxemburgh who in 1584. confirm'd all their Privileges The Provostship of Echternach consisting in the Town and thirty three Villages and Hamlets c. 33. The Provostship of Echternach consisting in the Town of that Name and three and thirty Villages and Hamlets divided into the four Mayordoms of Osweiller Irrel Erenhen and Bollendorff belong'd to the first Earls of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of all Jurisdiction and Sovereignty Which Earls had granted the Greatest part of their said Demesn to the Abbies of St. Willebrod and St. Clair at Echternach for Pious Uses Henry the second of that Name and Mineth Earl of Luxemburgh the Son of Wallerand de Limbourgh and Ermesinde Countess of Luxemburgh assigned in the Year 1240. 700 Livers a Year on his Lands in Echternach and Biedbourgh in Dower to his Wife Margaret de Barr. His Son Henry the Tenth Earl of Luxemburgh in 1277. ratified the Foundation made by Thiry de Kerpen and Margaret his Wife of an Anniversary in the Abby of Echternach out of his Rents at Wallendorf In 1398. the Deputies of the Town of Echternach did Fealty and Homage to the Emperour Wenceslaus second Duke of Luxemburgh and the Subjects of that Place have acknowledged his Catholick Majesty and his August Predecessors Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh their Sovereigns and paid them Aids and Subsidies as well as other Places of the Province to this day The Town and Provostship of Biedbourgh consisting in the Franchise of Dusseldorf and 34 Villages 34. The Town and provostship of Biedbourgh consisting in the Franchise of Dusseldorf and four and thirty Villages having belong'd in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty to Sigisfroid first Earl of Luxemburgh and descended from him to other Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh successively the Subjects of the Territory have to this day acknowledged his Catholick Majesty their Sovereign and paid him Aids and Subsidies with other Subjects of the Province as formerly in 1359. Henry Earl of Luxemburgh the Son of Walerand Earl of Limbourgh and Ermesinde Countess of Luxemburgh assigned in the Year 1240. in Dower to Margaret the Daughter of Henry Earl of Barr his Wife seven hundred Livers a Year on his Demesns of Biedbourgh and Echternach And in 1398. the Deputies of Biedbourgh with the Deputies of other Towns did Fealty and Homage to the Emperour Wenceslaus as Duke of Luxemburgh The Town and Provostship of Dickrich c. 35. The Sovereignty and Jurisdiction over the Town and provostship of Dickrich consisting in the Town of that name and five and twenty Villages and Hamlets hath ever belonged to the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh and so have the Demesns of it part whereof Walerand Earl of Luxemburgh purchased of Robert d'Esch in 1221. Besides the said Provostship hath contributed with other Towns of the Province to the Aids and Subsidies paid his Majesty And the Town of Dickrich hath lately sent Deputies to the Assembly of the States as it had formerly done in the year 1400. in the Town of Arlon The Town and Provostship of Arlon 36. The Town and Provostship of Arlon consisting in the Town of that name and 119 Villages and Hamlets under fifteen Bannes or Mayoralties is a Provostship of large extent and comprehends a great part of Ardenne which having belong'd to Sigisfroid first Earl of Luxemburgh came many years after by marriage to the Family of Limbourg and afterwards returned by the like way of Marriage to the House of Luxemburgh Since which his Catholick Majesty as his Royal Predecessors enjoy'd it in Demesn with full Right and Exercise of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty For clearning whereof it may not be impertinent to give you the following Account 37. Sigisfroid the first of Luxemburgh having as Successor to the Earls of Arden had in his possession the Town and Provostship of Arlon enjoy'd it during Life and at his Death left it to his Son Henry under the Title of the Earldom of Ardenne Frederick elder Son of the said Henry having by Inheritance succeeded in the Earldom of Luxemburgh left Conrade the Son of his Brother Gisilbert his Successor to whom the said Town and Provostship of Arlon descended by the name of the Earldom of Ardenne Conrade had Issue Wallerand Earl of Arlon who first qualified himself in Writing with the Title of Earl of Arson He married Adela the Daughter of Theodore Earl of Barr and Brie Niece of Frederick Duke of Lorrain who built the Town of Bar. Adela who had her usual Residence at Arlon having survived her Husband left Issue by him two Sons Walerand and Foulk and a Daughter named Adela Walerand and Foulk dying without Issue the County of Arlon fell in possession to their Sister Adela who having married Henry Earl of Limbourgh brought him in Marriage the Earldom of Arlon The same Henry afterwards created Duke of Lothier by Henry the Emperour about the Year 1101. retained the same Title tho deprived of it about 1106. and left Walerand sirnamed The Pagan his Heir as well of the Dutchy of Limbourgh as the Earldom of Arlon and all his Father had been seised of about Thionville This Walerand had three Sons Henry Duke of Limbourgh Walerand Earl of Arlon and Gerard. His son Walerand Earl of Arlon in the Year 1210. gave by Deed to the Abby of Munster near Luxemburgh for an Anniversary Obit to be sung on the day of his death the Church of Kittenlwuen with the Right of Patronage in which Deed he first took the Title of Marquess of Arlon Walerand the Marquess left besides other Sons Walerand second Husband if Ermesinde Countess of Luxemburgh to whom in 1214. with consent of his two sons by a former Venter he gave in Marriage the Marquisate of Arlon with its appurtenences
and dependences upon condition the Issue he should have by that Marriage should inherit the said Marquisate together with the County of Luxemburgh Accordingly the said Marquisate of Arlon together with the Earldom of Luxemburgh and La Roche fell to Henry eldest son of Wallerand by Ermesinde which Henry left it to his Successors Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh And thereupon the said Marquisate remained annexed to the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the August Successors of the Dukes of that Place have from time to time peaceably enjoy'd the Patrimony and Fees depending thereon and exercised therein all Acts of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty 150 Years before the Purchase of the County of Chiny in 1364. by Wenceslaus the first Duke of Luxemburgh The Town and Provostship of Bastoigne 38. The Town Mayoralty and Provostship of Bastoigne consisting in the Town of that name and one hundred forty five Villages and Hamlets under ten Mayordoms hath ever since the Year 963. belonged to the first Earls of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty as comprehended under the Title of the Earldom of Ardenne Walerand and Ermesinde Earl and Countess of Luxemburgh having by Deed in 1225. assigned to their daughter Catharin who had been promis'd in Marriage to Matthew Duke of Lorrain three thousand Livers Messinois upon their Demesn of Bastoigne except the Town and upon their Courts of Remich and Anliers which were accordingly paid the said Matthew of Lorrain in 1229. Since which time the Town and Provostship of Bastoigne hath been reputed a Member of the County and Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the Earls and Dukes thereof have enjoy'd it with all Sovereignty and Jurisdiction to this day The Town and Provostship of March c. 39. The Town Mayoralty and Provostship of March consisting in the Town of that name and nineteen Villages and Hamlets hath many Ages belong'd to the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of Sovereignty and Jurisdiction Henry the second of that name Earl of Luxemburgh the Son of Ermesinde gave it in the Year 1247. to his Brother Gerard in full of all demands of Inheritance in Right of his Father and Mother This Provostship was then granted by the name of The Land of Tamenne above the Castle and Town of Durbuy with all its Dependences Villance the Land of Dalem and Filstorff upon condition expressed in the Grant That Gerrard should hold the said Lands in Fee of the Earl of Luxemburgh The said Lands of Tamenne Durbuy and Vallence were in the Year 1304. reunited to the County of Luxemburgh by Count Henry the fourth of that name Son of Henry the third and Beatrix Daughter of Baldwyn of Avennes pursuant to an Agreement made that Year between Gerard Earl of Grandprez Lord of Houstalize Son of Henry of Grandprez and Beatrix Daughter of Gerard Lord of Durbuy and the said Henry Earl of Luxemburgh by the Mediation of his Mother the Countess Dowager of Luxemburgh called Beatrix to whose Arbitrement the Parties submitted the Sunday after Christmas 1303. upon condition nevertheless that the Lordship of Russy whereof Dalem and Filstorff are part should remain to the said Gerard of Grandprez and that Count Henry should pay him an Annuity of One hundred Livers The like Agreement was made by Gerrard Lord of Blackenheim and Irmgard his Wife Daughter also of Gerard Lord of Durbuy by Deed in February 1306. whereby the said Lord of Blackenheim and his Wife have renounced and released all Right they could any way have to the Estate of Gerard Lord of Durbuy their Father-in-Law and Father respectively which Renunciation and Release was ratified in 1314. by John and Gerard Sons of the said Gerard of Blackenheim and afterwards the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh enjoy'd it in Demesn with full Jurisdiction and Sovereignty The Town and Provostship of Durbuy c. 40. The Town and Provostship of Durbuy consisting in the Town of that name and forty four Villages and Hamlets divided into four Courts and nineteen Lordships of the Soil Compos'd of two and thirty Villages have likewise belong'd some Ages to the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty And his Catholick Majesty hath continued in possession of it as appears by what hath been said before as to the Provostship of Marche The County of La Roche c. 41. The Earldom of La Roche consisting in the Castle and Town so called and one and fifty Villages and Hamlets divided into four Mayordoms and the Seigniory of Beausaint is an ancient Patrimony of the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh who assumed the Title of Earls de la Roche ever since the year 1214. and enjoy'd the said Castle Town and their Dependences in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty till dispossessed of them forcibly by the French as aforesaid The County of Salm c. 42. The County of Salm consisting in a Castle Burrough and thirty two Villages and Hamlets is very ancient having taken its Original from the first Family of the Earls of Luxemburgh Gislibert the Son of Frederick the second Earl of Luxemburgh having taken the Title of Earl of Salm in which Earldom his Son Herman succeeded who afterwards was chosen Emperour of the Romans and left the said Earldom to his Son Herman also by name who had his Son Conrade his Successor Henry the Son of Conrade succeeded him and by Deed of 15 May 1240. declared That as his Ancestor the Earl of Salm had done Fealty and Homage to the Noble Man the Earl of Luxemburgh he would renew the said Homage and did for him and his Heirs and Successors Earls of Salm take of Henry Earl of Luxemburgh and La Roche and Marquess of Arlon which Henry being the second of that name was the ninth Earl of Luxemburgh the Castle and Castlewick of Salm with all their Appurtenances Rights Inheritances Fiefes Wards Homages Burgessships and Seigniories whatsoever to be holden of the Earl of Luxemburgh in Fee and by Homage-Liege Henry the Son of the said Henry Earl of Salm did the like Fealty and Homage on Thursday next after the Feast of All Saints in the Year 1248. for the same Castle of Salm to the same Henry Earl of Luxemburgh with a formal Declaration That the Earl of Luxemburgh might and ought to have Aid of the Castle of Salm and Lands belonging to it against all Men and that the Castle was to be surrendred to him when occasion required In 1306. Henry Earl of Salm Son of Henry aforesaid did the like Services for the said Earldom of Salm to Henry the fourth of that name the eleventh Earl of Luxemburgh and seventh Emperour of that name After him Henry his Son Earl of Salm did the like Services for the said Earldom to John King of Bohemia twelfth Earl of Luxemburgh on Monday the eighth of December 1343. The Family of Salm being extinct in 1408. the Lords of Reiferscheidt succeeding as next of
Blood did the like Services for the said County till a certain Lord of Reiferscheidt Earl of Salm having for Violences and Outrages by him committed been banished out of these Countries and his Estate declared confiscated to the use of the Emperour Charles the Fifth Duke of Luxemburgh by Sentence of the Great Council at Malines 16 January 1528. his Son John of Reiferscheidt Earl of Salm was summoned to appear at the said Council to hear Execution awarded of the said Sentence at his peril But this John having submitted himself by agreement made at Bruxelles with the Queen Dowager of Hungary and Bohemia Governess of the Low-Countries 21 February 1549. the said Earldom of Salm and all the Estate thereto belonging were granted to the said John of Reiferscheidt Earl of Salm but upon express condition that he should take and hold them in Fee of the Emperour Charles the Fifth as Duke of Luxemburgh by the Services accustomed And the third of January 1551. the said John took them accordingly and ever since the successors of the said Earl of Salm have been used and reputed as his Predecessors had been Vassals of his Catholick Majesty and his Ancestors Dukes and Earls of Luxemburgh and the Subjects of the said Earldom have contributed to all publick Charges imposed on the Province of Luxemburgh The Country of Vianden 43 The County of Vianden consists in a Castle Town and forty nine Villages and Hamlets divided into six Mayordoms of which several other Castles and Lands hold as Mesne Fees It is of large extent and for several Ages past hath been held in Fee of the Earl of Luxemburgh The first Earl of Vianden was Frederick in the Year 1124. who left Signisfroid his Son his Successor to whom succeeded Frederick about the Year 1193. and to Him his Son Philip who dying without Heirs of his Body left the said County to his Brother Henry who having been kept Prisoner by Walerand Duke of Limburgh and Earl of Luxemburgh was set at liberty on Condition he should acknowledge Walerand Lord of the Fee of the said County of Vianden the next Earl of Vianden was Philip Son of the said Henry who was kept Prisoner by his Nephew Henry upon some difference between them about the Succession of the County of Vianden On this occasion it was that Henry Bishop of Utrecht Brother to Philip Count Vianden pass'd an Act in the Year 1264. in favour of Henry Earl of Luxemburgh by which he promises that Philip his Brother and his Successors should hold the said County of Vianden as a Fief Liege immediately of the Earl of Luxemburgh on Condition the said Henry Earl of Luxemburgh should use all the means he could to set at liberty the said Philip Earl of Vianden and to restore to him the Castle of Schonecken usurped by his Nephew Henry The said Philip accordingly took the Earldom of Vianden of Margaret Countess of Luxemburgh Wife of Henry the Second Earl of Luxemburgh and of Henry the Third of that Name their Son on Tuesday before Lent in the Year 1270. Godfrey having succeeded his Father Philip left Heir of the County of Vianden Philip begotten of Lintgarde Lady of Lignie c. which Philip took in like manner the said County of Vianden in 1306. of Henry the Fourth of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh and Emperor of the Romans Afterwards the said County came by Marriage to the House and Family of Nassau above three hundred years ago and the Princes of Orange have successively taken it of his Catholick Majesty and his Predecessors Dukes of Luxemburgh and the Subjects of Vianden have from time to time constantly contributed to all Aids and publick Charges ordinary and extraordinary with other Subjects of the Province of Luxemburgh and his Majesty whenever he pleased put a Garrison into the Castle and Town of Vianden The Land and Seigniory of St. Vithe c. 44. The Land and Seigniory of St. Vithe consisting in a Town and forty seven Villages divided into six Courts is an ancient Fee of Luxemburgh Count Henry the Second of that Name having long since had Toll and Conduct-Money in St. Vithe and Bullenge in the Year 1253. as appears by the Agreement between the said Count Henry and his Sister Elizabeth Wife of Walerand Lord Faulcomont and Montjoy in the Year 1270. Walerand Lord Faulcomont and Montjoy did Fealty and Homage for the said Land and Seigniory to Henry the Second of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh and Margaret his Wife So did Reynald Lord Faulcomont and Montjoy in 1306. to Henry the Fourth of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh for the Lordship of St. Vithe which coming afterwards to Simon Earl of Spanheim he did Fealty and Homage for it to Winceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh in the Year 1380. The same Lordship passing since by Marriage into the Family of Nassau the Princes of Orange have always done Fealty for it with the County of Vianden and other Lands and Lordships in the Country of Luxemburgh as a Fee held of the Duke of Luxemburgh And the Inhabitants of the said Land and Lordship have always Contributed with the rest of his Catholick Majesties Subjects towards all publick Aids and Charges ordinary and extraordinary And his Majesty hath placed a Garrison in the Town of St. Vithe when ever he thought it convenient The Lordship of Munster c. 45. The Lordship of Munster near the City of Luxemburgh is a Capital place consisting of our and twenty Villages Hamlets and Farms and hath been of the ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh who in the year 1080 endowed therewith the Abby of Munster as appears by the Foundation of Conrade the second of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh in the year 1083 Confirm'd by Earl William his Son and Walerand Earl of Luxemburgh in the year 1225 And the Priviledges and Exemptions granted them have been confirm'd successively by Wenceslaus Earl of Luxemburgh in the year 1398 by Philip Duke of Burgundy in 1432 by Maximilian the Emperour in 1486 and by Charles the Fifth the 15th of July 1531. The Lordship of Mont St. Jean c. 46. The Lordship of Mont St. Jean consisting in four Villages and Hamlets with an old demolish'd Castle hath ever been under the Soveraignty of the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh and held in Fee immediately of them as appears by the Records of Fealty and Homage in the years 1563 1573 1600 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Differtange and Solleuvre c. 47. The Castle and Lordship of Differtange and Solleuvre with three and twenty Villages Hamlets and Farmes its Dependents hath been part of the ancient Demesnes of the Earls of Luxemburgh as appears by Deed in 1238 wherein Alexander Lord of Solleuvre hath acknowledged the said Lordship to have descended to him as a Fee from Ermesinde Countess of Luxemburgh who having in the year 1236 confirmed the Priviledges of the Town of Echternach the said ALexander obliged himself to observe them on pain
Brouch 76. The Lordship of Brouch consisting in twelve Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and acknowledged to be so by the Lord of the place in 1394 who with other Feoffees of the Countrey did Homage for it in 1398. The Lordship of Malberg 77. The Lordship of Malberg consists in three Villages and Hamlets and was taken in Fee of the Duke of Luxemburgh in 1306 and in 1398 the Lord of Malberg with other Feoffees of the Province did Homage for Malberg The Lordship of Rosport 78. The Lordship of Rosport consisting in six Villages and Hamlets was in the year 1303 acknowledged a Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Mirevart 79. The Castle and Lordship of Mirevart consists in six and twenty Villages and Hamlets and hath been an ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh the parts of which it consists having ever since the year 1311 been accompted and recorded among the Demesns of the Earls of Luxemburgh and made parcel of the particular thereof Arch-Duke Maximilian gave it since to Everard de la Marck who and his Successours the Dukes of Aremberg have from time to time paid Homage for it to this day The Castle and Lordship of Focant 80. That the Castle and Lordship of Focant was parcel of the ancient Demesns of the Earls of Luxemburgh appears by the accompts of the Revenues thereof ever since the year 1311. The County of Montague 81. That the County of Montague consisting in thirteen Villages and Hamlets is also a Fee of Luxemburgh appears by the Records of Homage done for it in 1545 1598 1600 1673. The Lordship of Rachamps 82. The Lordship of Rachamps consisting in a Village and Hamlet is an ancient dependent of Luxemburgh King Wenceslaus having the 12th of October 1384 confirmed the Priviledges his Predecessours the Earls of Luxemburgh had granted the Lord and Tenants of this Lordship The Lordship of Ayvaille 83. The Lordship of Ayvaille consisting in eight Villages and Hamlets hath been an ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh as appears by the Gift the King of Bohemia made of the Bridge of Ayvaille to the Inhabitants of the place 23 July 1346. The Lordship of Harzet 84. Lewis de Clermont in the year 1302 did Homage for the Lordship of Harzet consisting in three Villages and Hamlets as a Fee held of the Earl of Luxemburgh The Lordship of Bascille 85. Alard de Bascille by Act in 1307 acknowledged himself a Leige-man of the Earl of Luxemburgh for the Lodship of Bascille as a Fee of the Earldom The Lordship of Chesne 86. The Lord of the Signiory of Chesne consisting in three Villages and Hamlets did among other Subjects and Feoffes of the Province perform his Homage to the Emperour Wenceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh in 1398. The Castle and Lordship of Witry 87. The Castle and Lordship of Witry consisting in four Villages and Hamlets is a Capital place and of the ancient Demesns of the Earl of Luxemburgh as appears by the Gift thereof made by Henry Earl of Luxemburgh to Arnold de Pittange in 1281 on condition he should hold it of him in Fee by Homage And in 1311 the King of Bohemia then Earl of Luxemburgh granted the said Arnold the High Justice of Witry for improvement of his Fee The Castle and Lordship of Useldange 88. That the Castle and Lordship of Useldange consisting in sixteen Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh appears by an Act in 1298 wherein Robert Lord Useldange hath acknowledged Homage due from him to the Earl of Luxemburgh This Lordship came afterwards by Confiscation to Maximilian the Emperour who and his Son Arch-Duke Philip as Dukes of Luxemburgh gave the said Castle and Lordship to Philip. Marquis of Baden in the year 1494 After which Homage was paid for it in 1532 1562 and 1605. The Castle and Lordship of Autel c. 89. That the Castle and Lordship of Autel consisting in six Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh appears by an Act in 1223 when Henry de Dune having been made Marshall of Luxemburgh annext to that Office the Lordship of Autel acknowledging he held it in Fee of the Earls of Luxemburgh to whom Homage was done for it in 1270 and afterwards in 1398 by the then Lord of Autel to Wenceslaus the Emperour This is confirmed by the Sale Richard de Dune made in 1254 to the Covent of Clairfontain of some Estate in Autel which the Lords thereof had not power to alien without leave of the Earl of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Girsch 90. The Castle and Lordship of Girsch consisting in fifteen Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh and Homage was done for it to the Duke of Luxemburgh in 1556. The Castle and Lordship of Koerich 91. Tillman of Koerich in 1314 did Homage to the Earl of Luxemburgh for the Lordship of Koerich consisting in five Villages and Hamlets as a Fee held by Homage of the Earl And in the years 1400 and 1617 the Successours of Tillman did Homage for it to the then Dukes of Luxemburgh And in 1398 Homage was done for it to Wenceslaus the Emperour in the right of the Earldom of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Septfontain c. 92. That the Lords of the Castle and Lordship of Septfontain consisting in ten Villages and Hamlets have been ancient Vassals of the Earls of Luxemburgh is evident by the record of Homage done for it in 1233 Since which Thomas de Septfontain Chamberlain to the Earl of Luxemburgh and his Successors received by the Earls Grant the Right and Priviledge of High Justice to be exercised throughout the Liberty of Septfontain for inlargment of his Fee The Lordship of Wiltingen and Cantzem 93. In the year 1230 Ernest de Pictipas acknowledged the Lordship of Wiltingen and Cantzem to be Capital places held in Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh and John de Sirk did Homage for them accordingly in 1450. The Land and Lordship of St. Hubert 94. The Land and Lordship of St. Hubert consists in six Mayordoms or Mannors with several Villages depending thereon and as to Situation is inclosed on all sides by the Lands of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and consequently by the Laws and Maxims of State cannot be a particular Sovereignty distinct or separate from that which incloses it The intention of the Duke in granting away the Lands of St. Hubert being grounded on a Presumption in Law That Land inclosed within other greater and more considerable is to be reputed of the same Quality Jurisdiction and Sovereignty with that which incloses it till the contrary be made appear 95. This will be thought more reasonable in this Case when it shall be considered that till the age before the last it was never disputed but that the Dukes and Earls of Luxemburgh had not only the Possession but the Right of Soveraignty
Rutte la Grande The Castle and Lordship of Signeul St. Remy The Castle and Lordship of Villers before Orval The Castle and Lordship of Porcheresse Vance consisting in two Villages The Castle and Lordship of Boulogne in five The Castle and Lordship of Horbeumont in seven The Castle and Lordship of Everlange consisting in nine Villages and Hamlets The Lordship of Nasseigne The Castle and Lordship of Grune All which last mentioned Lordships are also Capital places and Fees held of the Marquisat of Arlon the Earldom of la Roche Durbuy and other places and some of them of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh whereof the Catholick King is Sovereign And the said Lordships have not only been for many Ages reputed parcel of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh but the Dukes thereof have in the face of all the World peaceably enjoy'd them and exercised therein all Powers and Acts of Sovereign Jurisdiction Without that that they or any other the places before mentioned have had any dependence on the County of Chiny or any other Capital place belonging to France These men would think are Reasons sufficient to make out the Right of his Catholick Majesty to these places and that he ought to continue in possession of them the rather for that France hath not any colour of pretence to them since the Act of the 25th of November 1462 of the Grant and Conveyance of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the Counties of Chiny and la Roche by Lewis King of France to Philip Duke of Burgundy whereby the said King of his special Grace full Power and Royal Authority hath given granted conveyed and released all Right Title Interest Claim and Demand he had or could have to the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the Counties of Chiny and la Roche their Appurtenances and Appendences Quit-rents Rents Jurisdictions Property Fee and other Rights thereto belonging as well by means of the purchase thereof by his late Father as otherwise howsoever To have and to hold to the said Duke of Burgundy and his Heirs forever without that that the said King Lewis his Heirs and Successors shall or may Claim or Demand the same for any cause whatever Yet France as hath been made appear hath possessed it self of all the Towns Lands and Lordships before mentioned and generally of all the places of the Province of Luxemburgh except the Capital City and the 25 Villages of the Provostship of Luxemburgh though without Reason or Ground A PARTICULAR DEDUCTION OF THE EVIDENCES and PROOFS OF The Right and Possession of His Catholick Majesty IN AND TO All the Places France hath taken actual Possession of in the Province of Namur since the Publication of the Peace of Nimmighen Agimont in the possession of France CHarlemont having in pursuance of the Peace made at Nimmighen been yielded up to France the French Ministers thought fit to take Possessiof Agimont with its Appurtenance and Dependences notwithstanding the Claims and Protestations of the Officers of his Catholick Majesty against the Proceedings of the French And under pretence that the Villages of Maisnil St. Blaise Hargnies and the two Bourseignes are Dependents of Agimont Faultrier the French Commissioner and Intendant sent Order of the 30th of March 1680 to those of the Village of Maisnil St. Blaise to repair to Charlemont to swear Allegiance to the most Christian King which they and those of Hargnies and the two Bourseignes were forced to do The Right of Spain to Agimont True it is that Agimont being neither part nor within the limits of the Province of Namur there in not in the Records of the Castle of Namur any Evidence to justifie the Right of his Catholick Majesty to it and to prove it Independent of Charlemont But let it be observed that the Castle of Agimont is of a Structure far more ancient than the Fortress of Charlemont which was built by the Emperour Charles the Fifth about and Age since so that we cannot see how Agimont can be a Dependent of Charlemont And by two Copies the one Dated the 6th of April 1555 it appears the said Emperour Charles the Fifth bought the Castle and Strong-house Town Land and Lordship of Agimont with its Rights and Dependences And by the other Dated the 7th of March 1574 That his Majesty ingaged the said Castle Land and Lordship to the use of Lancelot de Berlemont Earl of Meghe As to the Villages of Maisnil St. Blaise Hargnies and Bourseignes it appears by an Act of the 7th of March 1431 that Homage was done for them by the Lord of Agimont to the Earl of Namur as Lord of Poilvache Since which they were united to the Provostship of Poilvache and have been accordingly Charg'd in the accompt of the Aids of the Province of Namur granted his Majesty the 10the of October 1493 as by the Close Rolls in the Chamber of Accompts at Lille Since which time they have to this day paid the said Aids and Contributed to publick Charges as well as other places of the Province Waulsors Hastiers and Ermeton The same Intendant Faultrier sent Order Dated the 5th of April 1680 to the Mayors of Waulsors and Hastiers signifying that his Christian Majesty had Ordered him to take Possession in his Name of the Land and Bank of Waulsers Hastiers and Ermeton and to receive in his Name an Oath of Fidelity to his Majesty which the Mayors and Inhabitants of those places were obliged to take He Commanded them to give notice to the Inhabitants of those Villages and their Dependences to repair for that purpose on the morrow to Waulsors where they were effectually obliged to take the said Oath And having omitted the Administring the like Oath to those of the Village of Ermeton he Ordered the Officers and principal Inhabitants of that place to attend him at Charlemont the twelfth day of the then next Month to take the said Oath and in the mean time in the Name of the most Christian King expresly prohibited them to receive or execute any Order from his Catholick Majesty or his Ministers or to pay him any Aid or Duty whatever upon pain of being punished as Rebels And not only disturbed the Spanish Receiver at Ermeton in the exercise of his Office but caused him to be taken and carried away by a Company of Foot Some days after the said Intendant went to the Abby of Waulsors to cause the Abbot and Monks there to swear Allegiance to the King his Master and upon their refusal sent thither in August following thirty Soldiers whom the Abbots and Monks were forced to maintain at great Charges for six Weeks which one of the Monks having represented to the Marquess of Louvois he answered that if the Prelate would not within fifteen days be at the Monastery he would cause it to be rais'd The 2d or 3d of September 1680 Faultrier full of Indignation that the Monks of that place refused still the taking the said Oath sent to the said Abby a hundred and sixteen men to live there at
is evident the Sieur de Haibes holds the said Village in Fee as a Dependent of Poilvache The Mayory of Bouvignes From Onhaye the Intendant with his Company and Guards went to the Bann or Jurisdicton of Anthee consisting in the Villages of Anthee Mavoye Morville and Fontaine and took possession of it the third of August 1681 and made the Inhabitants take the Oath required The like was done as to the Hamlets of Chestrevin Melin Wespin and Metz Dependents of that Mayory after they having in July 1681 compelled those of the Villages of Soumiers and Rivere Dependents of the same Mayory to take the like Oath and made Laurence Licos an Inhabitant of Soumiers Mayor of the place and given the People some Money to Drink though the Right of his Catholick Majesty to the Mayory of Bouvignes may be clearly made out by the evidences above-mentioned as to the Bailiage of Bouvignes The Bailiage of Montaigle Falaen About October 1680 the Intendant Faultrier having sent three several Orders to those of the Village of Falaen a Dependent of the Bailiage of Montaigle to be all in readiness came thither accompanied by Madellain and a good number of Souldiers and in an Harangue to the People told them that the Village of Falaen was a Dependent of St. Gerard that it was an Estate of the Church usurp'd by Charles the Fifth that those who had exacted Taxes and Gabels from them had Committed Sacriledge that he would restore them to their ancient Liberty that they should pay no more Taxes or Gabels but only some small acknowledgment to his most Christian Majesty Madellain the same time told an Officer of the Bailiage that what he then said to him he said not as a French-man or Governour of Phillippeville but as an honest Leigois as he was that he had written to them out of kindness and the Affection he had for the Inhabitants of Falaen With that he presented them a Paper to Sign containing in substance a Promise not do to any thing against the Service of the most Christian King The Inhabitants refusing to Sign it he threatned to send four hundred Dragoons to their Village adding they need not be afraid and that they should never fall again under the Dominion of Spain and that France had a High and Powerful Arm to protect them By these means and inducements the Inhabitants were prevailed with to Sign the Paper protesting nevertheless they were forc'd to it by violence This done Madellain offered them Money to Drink which they refus'd and he thereupon threw them four Patacoons and retired Anvoye and Rouillon The 9th of October 1680 the Villages of Anvoye Rouillon and Hun were prohibited to pay his Catholick Majesty any Tax Impost or Duty whatever or to permit any Usher or Serjeant of Namur to Execute any Process in the said Villages and in case any such Officer should come within their Precincts the Inhabitants were Commanded to take and carry him bound and pinion'd to Phillippeville to be sent thence to the Gallies That they should try their Suits in the Courts of their Precincts and appeal when there should be Cause to the Court of Tournay Salez Corbay and Henemont In November 1680 pursuant to an Order from the Intendant Faultrier the Farmers of Corbay Salez and Henemont Dependents of the Bailiage of Montaigle went to St. Gerard where the Intendant after some Remonstrances like those above-mentioned made them take the like Oath of Allegiance to France The Abby of Moulin The Abbot and Covent of our Lady at Moulin having after many Solicitations refused to swear Allegiance to France had in July 1681 between fifty and threescore Horse and Foot Quartered upon them by Faultrier's Order where they lived at Discretion a considerable time The Tithes of Bioulx Charles Boron the Intendants Deputy having given notice of his Intentions by Papers publickly posted granted to him that gave most the Great and Small Tithes of Bioulx and the Villages adjacent belonging to his Catholick Majesty and Dependents of the Bailiage of Montaigle In November 1680 Madellain having sent to Falaen a Captain of Dragoons with ten Horsemen to bring thence to St. Gerard a Woodward who resided there with the Farmers of the Fishery of the Brook of Floyon forbad them to pay his Catholick Majesty any Rent till the Difference should be decided at Courtray By an Ordinance of the 17th of February issued out by Faultrier the Tax assessed on the Bailiage of Montaigle for the use of his Catholick Majesty being a thousand Florins was reduc'd to six hundred Florins with intimation it was done for the ease of the new Subjects of the King his Master In March 1681 the Farmer of the Fishery of the Meuse before Goddinnes along Rouillon was disturb'd in his Fishing till the Sieur de Goddinnes who set it to Farm promised Faultrier to let him see the Evidences he had of his Right in that Fishery The Right of Spain to the Tithes of Bioulx By the Records remaining in the Castle of Namur it appears that William Earl of Namur bought the said Tithes the 28th of July 1362 of Sir John Marbais Knight Lord of Marbais and paid him the Consideration Money as appears by an acquittance of the last of that Month. The Woods of Marlaigne Libinnes and others and the violences us'd against the Woodwards of his Catholick Majesty By Order of the 19th of March 1680 the said Intendant prohibited all Persons to out fall square or take away any Tree within the Compass of the Vi-County of Libinnes being part of the Forest of Marlaigne on pain of Corporal punishment And injoyned the said Boron to see this Order Executed and in case of resistance or force to have recourse to Armes The Right of Spain to the Woods of Libinnes The Land of Libinnes is a Fee held of the Earl of Namur William of Libinnes having in a Survey of that Land acknowledged himself a Feoffee of the said Earl and that he held of him by Homage his Mannor and Tower of Libinnes with all Lands therein contained and inclosed and eight Bonniers of Land and Meadow more or less with Pasture in Marlaigne for 25 yearlings in the Woods above seven years Growth and Pasture for six Horses of his Team and dead Wood to burn in his House feeding for Hogs of his Breed With which Fee the said William endowed his Sister and after his Death William his Son did Homage for the same Fee and having granted it in Fee-Farm to John de Celles Knight he did Homage for it to the Soveraign Baily of Namur as appears by the Surveys of Fees held of the Castle of Namur By a Deed of the 28th of December 1412. William of Flanders Earl of Namur for the good and acceptable Service done him by John de Celles then his Soveraign Baily of the County of Namur and which he expected should be done him by the said John did for himself his Heirs and Successors grant to the said
of the Earl of Namur for so doing By another Record of the year 1322 it appears that the Steward of Haynalt holds the Land of Thy of the Earl of Namur And by the Register of the year 1265 that the Earl of Namur hath right to Command all the Inhabitants of Thier to attend him in the Army and to provide Horses and Carriages for his Progresses and Journeys or to pay him Composition for the same By the old Repertory of the Fiefes it appears that John Lord of Werchin Seneschal of Hamault is Liegeman to the Earl of Namur and did him Homage for all his Territory of Thier to wit the Castle-house and Towns of Thier Castle Feroul Line Tarsinne The Jurisdiction of Rabusee Somzee Gourdins with all and every their Appurtenances And that from the year 1367 James Lord Werchin Steward of Hamault and his Successors from time to time to this day did Homage to the Earl of Namur for the said Territory The same Territory of Thy Le Chasteau is Charged and Assess'd at a certain sum both in the said Accompts of Aydes in the year 1493 and of the Aids of the Clergy in 1562. And by the Register of Surveys in 1602 't is clear that Thy Le Chasteau is part of the Province of Namur and Bayliage of Bovignes Ayseaux le Reux and the Abby of Ognyes The like Order of the 29th of September 1681 was sent by Faultrier to the Mayor Sheriffs Officers at Law and Inhabitants of the Village of Ayseaux le Reux and Ognyes with their Appendents and Appurtenances The Title of Spain to the places last above-mentioned As to Ayseaux there is in the Castle of Namur a Record of the year 1334 concerning the difference between the Duke of Brabant and Earl of Namur about Aysiaux which was referred to the Arbitration of the French King and other Lords there named wherein it is awarded that the Earl of Namur shall use Soveraign Jurisdiction in Ayseaux By another Record of the year 1343 in the same Castle mention is made of an Agreement concerning the Land of Ayseaux whereby John Duke of Brabant released the Right he claimed to the said Territory to the use of William Earl of Namur By another Record of the year 1350 the French King being chosen Arbitrator between the Duke of Brabant and the Earl of Namur about Ayseaux Awarded that the Prior of Ognyes should receive and keep the Rents and Profits of the Territory of Ayseaux till Determination of the matter in Controversie between the Parties By another Record of the year 1357. Wencestaus Duke of Brabant and William Earl of Namur surrendered their right to Ayseaux into the Emperors hands with Power to dispose thereof as he should think fit Since which Ayseaux was granted to the Duke of Brabant and John the first of that name gave it to his Son John the Bastard of Braban surnamed Brant whose Mother was a Daughter of that House the Land and Lordship of Ayseaux with the Appurtenances to be held in Fee of the Duke The present Marquess d' Ayseaux is a Descendent of the said Brant and in Right thereof sits in the States of Brabant as appears by the Feodal Registers of Brabant and by Christopher Berken's Trophees of Brabant Printed in 1641 fol. 448 c. 653 c. N. The beginning of October 1681 the French posted themselves at Wepion close by Namur and hindered the Importation of any Grain into Namur by Land or by Water and for that purpose seiz'd several Sacks of Corn and Horses that came from Villers and searched all the Boats that came down the Meuse The Fishery in the Meuse at Wepion The French have prohibited his Catholick Majesties Farmers of the said Fishery at Wepion and thereabouts and taken away the Fish they had taken pretending that the said Fishery belong'd to the most Christian King Besides Faultrier made an Ordinance Dated the 10th of September 1681 to all Persons any way accomptable for the Demesnes of his Catholick Majesty between the Sombre and the Meuse to make Payment of what is in their hands to N. Boron and his Order And sent a Billet without Date whereby he gave notice he would at nine in the morning at Falaen sell to him that bid most the most of the Forests of Biere of High and Low Marlaigne of the Forest of Marly the Forests of Biesne old Tournan Halloy the under-Woods of Wellan Hez Bruaire Feroniar and Ford all situate between the Sambre and the Meuse and belonging to his Catholick Majesty The Right of Spain to the Fishery and Forests By a Placart of His Majesty Decreed and Publish'd in the year 1591 concerning the Isles in the Meuse and grounded upon an ancient Record of that Country it appears his Majesty as Earl of Namur hath the whole Course of the River from beyond Saulx a Revin towards France to the Poplars of Ardem and Rieu d'Alim near the Town of Huy with full Seigniory and Jurisdiction As to the Forests of Biere c. it appears by a Record of the year 1324 remaining in the Castle of Namur that a certain Lady granted and transferred to the Earl of Namur the Wood of Marliar As for those of Biert Bresne Marlaigne and others see what hath been said before concerning them Floreffe An Ordinance Dated the 28th of September 1681 was posted up by night in Floresse whereby the said Intendant Prohibits the Transportation of Grain out of the Territories under the Dominion of France Commanding the Guards and others to stop their passage to seize the Horses and Carriages and the Boats if any pass loaden with Grain and to Confiscate them to the use of the Farmers of his most Christian Majesty though the Village of Floreffe is notoriously known to be within the Dominions of Spain and the French have not yet possess'd themselves of it so that 't is superfluous to add any more on that Subect Spontin An Ordinance to the like effect was sent by Faultrier to Spontin and divers other Villages of this County with a Prohibition to the Mayor Sheriffs and Inhabitants of Spontin to pay any Tallage or Aids to his Catholick Majesty on pain of Disobedeince The Title of Spain to Spontin By a Record of the year 1377 in the Castle of Namur it appears that the Lord of Spontin owns the Earl of Namur to be his Lord and confesses he bought of him the Mill of Spontin for some Bushels of Corn to be delivered into the Granaries of the Castle of Polvache Besides in an old Register of in the Offiec the Soveraigne Bayliage Intituled The Register in Parchment it appears in the Chapter of Poilvache that William Lardienoy held of the Earl and did him Homage for his Castle Lordship and Territory of Spontin to wit the Town of Spontin and its Dependences there set forth at large In the said Account of Aids of the years 1491 and 1562 Spontin is Assess'd among the Villages of this Province And in
an hour and a halfs journey of the Castle of Namur In June 1681 Faultrier took the Liberty to tell Lewes Moreau his Catholick Majesties Receiver of the Duty for Importation and Exportation that he would set up the Arms of France close to the Castle of Namur and perhaps would make it appear the said Castle is situate upon the same Territory with the Woods of Marlaigne And that in a short time he would forbid any stick to be taken for the use of the King of Spain out of the Woods of Marlaigne To Conclude the French have caused the Woods of Wellein Delhee and Faulx being Dependents of Biert to be measured in order to a Sale of them as the other Woods for their proper use A CONTINUATION Of the PROOFS of His Catholick Majesties Possession and Right TO ALL The Places and other Hereditaments seized by France in the Provinces of Namur and Brabant since September 15 1681. THE Intendant Faultrier pretending his Catholick Majesties Officers were about sending Orders to the Villages of the Province of Namur to pay the Taxes Subsidies and other Rights due to his Majesty caused an Order of the 29th of September 1681 to be delivered to the Mayors Sheriffs Officers at Law and Inhabitants of the Village of Anhee and its Dependences with Prohibition to all Ushers Sergeants and others of what Quality soever to use any Force or Compulsion or make any Seisure or Execution against the said Inhabitants with express Order to them to Swear Allegiance to France and not receive any Order or Command to pay any Taxes Loans Rents or other Duties whatever in Money Grain or otherwise upon pain of paying twice The Right of Spain to Anhee That the Territory of Anhee with its Appendences consisting in the places following viz. Anhee Mets Grainge Rostenne Haux le Wasteau Ohey Hontoir Riviere Chestrevin Melin Mestprin Flun and Welin Onhaye Marine and Soumiers are Dependents of the Province of Namur appears First By the Register remaining in the Office of the General Receipt Intituled on the Cover The Register of the Demesnes of the Country of Namur Ann. 1265 where among others in the Chapter of Bovignes all the places above-mentioned are particularly enumerated in so many several Chapters in every of which it is expresly Declar'd That the Earl of Namur hath in every of those places Right of Subsidies and Tallies and several other Rights there particularly set forth It appears Secondly by the first Volume of the Old Repertory in the Enumeration of the Fiefes of the Soveraign Bayliage of this Province that several of the said places to wit Wespin Hontoir Flun Chestrevin and others are Fieses held of the Castle of Namur where the Homage of the Tenants done two or three Ages since remain of Record as also in the Register of the Fiefes of the Bayliage of Bovignes Thirdly It appears by an old account Heard and Decreed in the Chamber of Accounts at Lille the 10th of October 1493 for the Aids granted in the year 1491 by the Members of the three Estates of this Province That Anhee is comprized in the Bayliage of Bovignes It appears further by the Accounts of the years 1559 and 1562 of the Aids of the Spirituality of the Province that Soumiers Ohey and Outrâ—y have as Dependents of the Mayory of Anhee been Assess'd towards payment of the said Aids granted by the said States Lastly It appears by the Register of Surveys made by the Deputies of the Governour of this Province that the Mayoralty of Anhee and all the places abovementioned are integral parts of the same Province Profondeville The like Order was sent to Profondeville The right of Spain to Profondeville It appears by a Record of the year 1212 in the Castle of Namur that by the Mediation of Arbitrators there named an Agreement was made between the Chapter of Hay and Philip Marquess of Namur containing among other things That all that Wood called Profondeville with all Right Property and Dominion therein shall remain to the Lord of Namur and his Heirs saving to the Inhabitants of the place their Right and Custom of Fewel Pales Rods Buildings c. in the same Wood. By another Record of the year 1341 in the Castle of Namur it appears that Profondeville is part of the County of Namur and that Philip de Juppleu did Homage to the Earl of Namur for a House and Garden he had in Profondeville It appears also by the Register of the year 1265 that the Earl of Namur hath right of Taxing the Tenants of Profondeville and receiving other Duties there particularly mentioned Moreover Profondeville is returned within the Bayliage of Bovignes and accordingly assess'd at a certain sum in the said accompt of Aids of this Province granted at Lille in 1493. As also in the Accompts of the years 1559 and 1562 of the Aids of the Clergy of Namur And in the Register of Surveys made in the year 1602 in the Survey of the Bayliage of Bovignes Profondeville is mentioned as an integral part of the Province of Namur Aveloy Faultrier sent an Order the same in effect with that above-mentioned to Aveloy The Right of Spain to Aveloy By the Register abovementioned of the year 1265 it appears that the Earl of Namur hath Right of Tallage Mortmain Escheats and many other Rights particularly exprest there in Aveloy And by the Register of Fiefes Aveloy is a Peerdom holding of the Castle of Namur a moiety of which Peerdom belongs to the Abbot of Floresce and the other Moiety to the Lord of Ham on the Sambre And the Abbot as well as the Lord of Ham have ever since the year 1361 to this day done Homage for it to the Earls of Namur from time to time It appears also by the said Account of Aids of the year 1493 That Aveloy is Returned and Assess'd within the Bayliage of Bovignes as also by the Accounts above-mentioned of the Aids of the Clergy in 1559 and 1562 And in the Register of Surveys of the year 1602 it is returned as Part of the County of Namur Wepion The said Intendant sent like Orders to Wepion The Right of Spain to Wepion It appears by the Register of a Survey of the Banlieu or Capital place of the Town of Namur in 1601 by William Rancet Lieutenant Mayor in pursuance of an Order of the Mayor and Sheriffs of Namur That Wepion is a Member of the said Capital place and appeartains to it with all the Houses and Heritages thereof The Le Chasteau and its Dependents The Inhabitants of Thy Le Chasteau and its Dependences received an Order to the like effect and Dated as That before mentioned The Right of Spain to Thy Le Chasteau It appears by two Letters remaining among the Records in the Castle of Namur of the years 1289 and 1290 that Gerard Lord of Thier erected a Fiefe in the Burgess-ship of Thier and made a Gift of it to the use of Simon de Neuville and had the Licence