there are 49 Convents of Men besides four united and sixteen Nunneries besides one united 3. The Archbishoprick of Rouen contains six Bishopricks viz. Those of Bayeux Auranches Evreux Sais Lisieux and Coutance This Archbishop is Primate of Normandie c. and is at present named Rouxel de Medavy de Grancey and is one of the Councellours of State in Ordinary The Bishop of Bayeux is Francis de Nesmond Dr. of Sorbon c. The Bishop of Auranches is Gabriel Philip of Froulay de Tessé c. The Bishop of Evreux is James Potier de Novion The Bishop of Sais is Maturin Savary c. The Bishop of Lisieux being Bishop and Count is named Leonard Govion de Matignon And lastly the Bishop of Coutance is Charles-Francis de Lomenie de Brienne c. In this Archbishoprick there are 66 Convents of Men besides one united and fourteen Nunneries 4. The Archbishoprick of Tours contains eleven Bishopricks The present Archbishop is Michael Amelot c. The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Du Mans Lewis de la Vergne Montenar de Tressan c. 2. The Bishop of Anger 's Henry Arnaud c. 3. The Bishop of Rennes John Baptist de Beaumanoi◠de Lavardin c. 4. The Bishop of Nants Giles de Beauvau du Rivau 5. The Bishop of Cornouaille who is both Bishop and Count and is named Francis de Coetlogon 6. The Bishop of Vannes Peter-Lewis Caset de Vautorte 7. The Bishop of St. Pol de Leon who is both Bishop and Count Peter Neboux de la Brouss 8. The Bishop of Treguier being both Bishop and Count whose name is Francis-Ignatius de Bagliou de Saillant formerly a Priest of the Oratory 9. The Bishop of St. Brieu Lewis-Marcellus of Coetlogon 10. The Bishop of St. Malo Sebastian de Guémaduc 11. The Bishop of Dol who is both Bishop and Count Matthew Moreau This Archbishoprick has within its extent 71 Convents of Men and 13 Nunneries among which is the famous Collegiate Abby of St. Martin of Tours of which the Kings of France are Abbots 5. The Archbishoprick of Sens contains four Bishopricks the present Archbishop who is stiled Primate of the Gauls and of Germany is Hardouin Fortin de la Hoguette c. The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Troyes Francis Bouthillier de Chavilly Doctor of Sorbon c. 2. The Bishop of Auxerre Andrew Colbert likewise Doctor of Sorbon c. 3. The Bishop of Nevers Edward Vallot c. 4. The Bishop of Bethleem Francis de Bataillet This Bishop has his Seat of Residence in the Town of Clamecy otherwise called Bethleem situated in Nivernois within the extent of the Diocess of Auxerre In this Archbishoprick there are 44 Convents of Men besides two united and 15 Nunneries besides one united 6. Under the Archbishoprick of Treves in Germany are three Bishopricks belonging to France which are 1. Mets of which George Aubusson de la Feuillade Prince of the Holy Empire is Prince and Bishop 2. Of Toul of which James de Fieux Doctor in Divinity of the Colledge of Navarre is Bishop and Count. 3. The Bishoprick of Verdun of which Hippolyte de Bethune is likewise Bishop and Count and Prince of the Holy Empire In the extent of these three Bishopricks there are 42 Convents of Men and 9 Nunneries 6. In the Archbishoprick of Reims there are eight Bishopricks The Archbishop of Reims is Duke of the same and first of the Peers of France that Consecrates and Anoints the Most Christian Kings and is Legate by his Dignity of the Holy Apostolick See and Primate of Gaul Belgick He that now is is named Charles Maurice le Tellier Son to the late Chancellour and Brother to Mr. Louvois The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Soissons Peter Daniel Huet Under-Preceptor or Sub-Tutor to the Dauphin 2. The Bishop of Châlons on the Marne who is also Count and Peer of France and is named Lewis Anthony de Noailles 3. The Bishop of Laon who is Bishop and Duke of the same and Peer of France whose name is John d' Etrées 4. The Bishop of Senlis who is Denis Sanguin 5. The Bishop of Beauvais who is Count and Chatelain too of Beauvais c. and is named Toussainr de Fourbin who has been twice Ambassadour in Poland 6. The Bishop of Amiens who is Francis Faure Preacher formerly to the late Queen 7. The Bishop and Count of Noyon and Peer of France is Francis de Clermont de Tonnerre 8. The Bishop of Boulogne is Claudius le Tonnelier de Breteuil In this Archbishoprick there are 118 Convents of Religious Men and 30 Nunneries besides several ruined by the Wars Note That the Prior of St. Remy of Reims in this Diocess is obliged to carry the Holy Viol to the Ceremony of Consecrating or Anointing the Kings of France 8. The Archbishoprick of Cambray includes four Bishopricks The present Archibishop and Duke of Cambray who is likewise Prince of the Empire and Count of Cambresis or the County of Cambray is James Theodore de Brias The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Arras who is President by his Dignity of the States of Artois his name is Guy de Sève de Rochechouart 2. The Bishop of Tournay Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessin Prâlin 3. The Bishop of St. Omer Lewis-Alphonsus de Valbelle 4. The Bishop of Ypres James de Liéres There are in this Archbishoprick 48 Convents of Men and 29 Nunneries The Archbishoprick of Besancon in the Franche County has under it but one Suffragan Bishop The present Archbishop is Antony-Peter de Gramant The Suffragan being called the Bishop of Bellay is Peter de Laurens There are in this Archbishoprick 23 Convents of Men and four Nunneries 9. The Archbishoprick of Vienna contains four Bishopricks The present Archbishop is Henry de Villars Prior and Lord of Aispagnac The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop and Count of Geneva John d' Aranton d' Alaix His Residence at present is at Anecy This Bishoprick is in the Gift of the Duke of Savoy In it is the Abby of Hautecombe which is the place where the Dukes of Savoy are Intombed 2. The Bishop and Count of Grenoble who is President by his Dignity of the States of the Dauphinate is Stephen le Camus 3. The Bishop and Count of Viviers c. is Lewis Francis de la Baume de suze 4. The Bishop and Count of the double Bishoprick of Valence and Die is Daniel de Conac In this Archbishoprick there are 23 Convents of Men and eight Nunneries 10. The Archbishoprick of Arles comprehends four Bishopricks The present Archbishop who is stiled Prince and Primate is Adheimar de Monteil de Grignan The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Marseilles Charles-Gaspar-William de Vintimille de St. Luc. 2. The Bishop and Count of St. Paul Trois-Chateaux or St. Paul-Three-Castles Lewis Aube de Roquemartin 3. The Bishop and Lord of Toulon Armand-Lewis Bonnin de Chalucet 4. The Bishop of Orange John-James
d' Obeillo In this Archbishoprick there are three Convents of Men and four Nunneries 11. The Archbishoprick of Bourges has under it five Bishopricks The present Archbishop who is stiled Patriarch and Primate of the Aquitains is Michael Phelippeaux de la Vrilliere the other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Clermont who is N ...... 2. The Bishop of Limoges Lewis d' Vrfé 3. The Bishop of Puy and Count of Velay who is an immediate Suffragan to the See of Rome Armand de Bethune 4. The Bishop and Count of Tulles Humbert Ancelin 5. The Bishop of St. Flour Jerome de la Mothe Houdancourt There are in this Archbishoprick 66 Convents of Men comprehending some united and 17 Nunneries 12. The Archbishoprick of Alby contains five Bishopricks The Archbishop is lately dead This Archbishoprick was Erected in 1678. The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop and Count of Rodes Paul-Philip de Lezay de Lusignan 2. The Bishop of Castres Augustin de Maupeou 3. The Bishop of Cahors who is likewise Count and Baron of the same Henry-William de Jay 4. The Bishop and Count of Vabres Lewis de Baradat 5. The Bishop of Mande and Count of Givaudan Francis-Placidus de Baudry de Piencourt In this Archbishoprick there are sixteen Convents of Men and eight Nunneries 13. The Archbishoprick of Bourdeaux has under it nine Bishopricks The present Archbishop who is likewise Primate of Aquitain is Lewis de Bourlemont d' Anglures The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop and Count of Agen Julius Mascaron Preacher in Ordinary to the King 2. The Bishop of Angoulême Francis de Perigard 3. The Bishop of Saintes William de Plessis de Geté de la Brunetiere 4. The Bishop of Poitiers Armand de Quinçay 5. The Bishop of Perigueux William le Boux Preacher in Ordinary to the King 6. The Bishop of Condom James de Matignon 7. The Bishop of Rochelle Henry de Laval Bois-Dauphin de Sablé 8. The Bishop and Baron of Luçon Henry de Barillon 9. The Bishop of Sarlat Francis de Salagnac de la Mothe-Fenelon In this Archbishoprick there are 95 Convents of Men and eight Nunneries 14. The Archbishoprick of Auch comprehends ten Bishopricks The present Archbishop is Anne-Tristan de la Baume du Suze The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Dax Leon de la Lâne 2. The Bishop of Laitoure Hugh de Bar. 3. The Bishop of Cominges Lewis de Rechignevoisin de Guron 4. The Bishop of Couserans Gabriel de St. Estêve 5. The Bishop and Lord of Aire Armand Bazon de Bezons 6. The Bishop of Bazas James Joseph de Gourgues 7. The Bishop of Tarbes Francis de Poudeux 8. The Bishop and Lord of Oleron Charles de Sallettes 9. The Bishop of Lescar Dominick Desclaux de Mesplées this Prelate is President of the States of Bearn first Councellour in the Parliament of Navarre and first Baron of Bearn 10. The Bishop of Bayonne Gaspar de la Roque Priellé In this Archbishoprick there are 32 Convents of Religious Men and four Nunneries 16. The Archbishoprick of Narbon has under it nine Bishopricks The present Archbishop is Peter de Bonzi Cardinal of that Name The Archbishops of this Sec. are Primates and Presidents by their Dignity of the States of Languedoc The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Bezieres John-Armand Rotondi de Biscaras 2. The Bishop and Count of Agde Lewis Foucquet 3. The Bishop of Carcassone Lewis-Joseph Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan 4. The Bishop of Nîmes John Seguier la Verriere 5. The Bishop of Montpelier and Count de Melguel and Mont-serrant Charles de Pradel 6. The Bishop of Lodeve and Count of Mont-brun Charles Antony de la Garde de Chambona 7. The Bishop of Vsais Michael Poneet de la Riviere 8. The Bishop of St. Pons de Tomitrs Peter-John-Francis de Persin de Mont-Gaillard 9. The Bishop and Count of Alet Victor Meliand In this Archbishoprick there are 24 Convents of Men and seven Nunneries 17. The Archbishoprick of Toulouze contains seven Bishopricks The present Archbishop is Joseph de Montpezat de Carbon The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Pamiers Francis de Camps 2. The Bishop of Montauban John Baptist Michael Colbert de Villacerf 3. The Bishop of Mire-Poix Peter de la Broüe The Bishop of Lavaur whose name is Esprit or Spirit Flechier Almoner in Ordinary to the Dauphiness 5. The Bishop of Rieux Antony-Francis de Berrier Provost of St. Stevens of Toulouze 6. The Bishop of Lombes named Don Côme Roger formerly General of the Feuillantines 7. The Bishop of Papoul Francis de Barthelmy de Gramont In this Archbishoprick there are fourteen Convents of Men and but one Nunnery which was ruined by the Civil Wars 18. The Archbishoprick of Aix comprehends five Bishopricks The present Archbishop is Charles le Goulx de la Berchere The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop and Prince of Apt John de Gaillard 2. The Bishop of Riés N ...... de Marais 3. The Bishop of Frejus Luke D' aquin 4. The Bishop and Count of Gap Charles Benigne Hervé 5. The Bishop of Cisteron Lewis de Thomassin In this Archibishoprick there are five Convents of Men and three Nunneries There was another Nunnery but it is now demolished 19. The Archbishoprick of Ambrun contains six Bishopricks The present Archbishop who is stiled Prince of the same is Charles Brulart de Genlis The other Bishops are 1. The Bishop of Digne Francis le Tellier 2. The Bishop of Grace John Baltasar de Cabanus de Viens 3. The Bishop of Vence ...... 4. The Bishop of Glandéve Francis Verjus 5. The Bishop of Senés Lewis-Anne Aubert de Villeserin Commander of the Order of St. Michael 6. The Bishop of Nice under the Duke of Savoy N ..... Moret who is also stiled Count de Drap Besides these There are in Spain Germany and America 1. The Bishoprick of Helne in Rousillon within the Archbishoprick of Terragona in Spain now transferred to Perpignan The present Bishop is Lewis Habert de Montmort Grand Inquisitour for the King in those parts In this Bishoprick there are six Convents and Abbies 2. The Bishoprick of Strasburg whose present Bishop and Prince is William Egon of Furstemberg The Abby of Munster in the Gregorian-Vally in the Diocese of Basil is likewise in the French Territories 3. Kebec being the Capital Town of New France in the West-Indies was Erected into a Bishoprick in 1674. by Pope Clement the Tenth and the Abbies of Maubec and of l' Etreé in France were united to it for its better support The Bishop of it is the Abbot of Chevrieres of St. Valier Other French Bishops in partibus Infidelium are 1. The Bishop of Heliopolis Francis Pallu Vicar and Missionary Apostolick and Administrator-General of China who with the Abbot de Lyonne the younger and eight other Ecclesiastical Persons Embarked at Brest the 25th of March 1681. for Surat intending thence to go to the Kingdoms of China Tunquin Siam
succeeded the King his Father the 14th of May 1643. He was declared Major or at Age the 7th of September 1651. Consecrated at Reims 1654 and Married at St. John de Luz's the 9th of the same Month 1660. As to his Consecration or Anointing for so the French call the Coronation of their Kings though the Medals made on that occasion bear date the 31th of May you are to remark that it was not performed till the 7th of June of the said Year 1654. I thought I could not give you a more faithful Draught of the Person of our Invincible Monarch than that which I have borrowed from the words of the late Archbishop of Paris in the History that Illustrious and Learned Prelate composed of Henry the Great Yes Sir saith he to him Heaven has given you a generous good and bounteous Soul a Wit sublime and capable of the greatest things an happy and easy Memory an Heroick and Martial Courage a clear and solid Judgment a strong and vigorous Body and over and above all this another very particular advantage and that is That Majestic Presence that Air and Gate almost Divine that shape and that beauty worthy of the Empire of the Vniverse that attracts the Eyes and Respect of the whole World and which without the Force of Arms and without the Authority of Commands wins you all those to whom your Majesty is pleased to shew your Self The King of France is called Most Christian for the great and Signal Services received by the Church and the Holy See from this Crown He is also for the same reason stiled the Eldest Son of the Church and by several Bulls of Popes a priviledge has been granted to the Kings of France that they should not be liable to Excommunication nor their Subjects absolved of the Oath of Allegiance due to them This Monarch is in point of precedence the first King of Christendom notwithstanding the opposition of the Kings of Spain who never disputed or did so much as take place next after our Kings before the time of the Emperour Charles the Fifth and then other Kings preceded them It is true indeed that that Emperour being likewise King of Spain because his Ministers and Ambassadours preceded those of France as representing the Emperour the Spaniards under his Successour Philip the Second who was only King of Spain endeavoured under that pretence in the Year 1558. at Venice to gain the Precedence of France but that Republick regulated that dispute and ordered the Precedence to be continued to the Ambassadours of France as Pope Paul the Fourth had done before And Philip the Fourth the King of Spain last deceased agreed to it by the satisfaction he caused to be made to the King of France by the Marquess de la Fuente his Ambassadour Extraordinary in the presence of eight Ambassadours and twenty two Residents or Agents the 24th of March 1662. for the Assault made by his Ambassadour on ours in England in October 1661. The Title of the King of France is so Excellent and so much exalted above that of other Kings that Suidas an ancient Greek Author writes that in the World when it is said only the King without naming who it was meant of the King of France Matthew Paris calls him Terrestrium Rex Regum the King of Earthly Kings And Bodin says that that King is Emperour in France and many assert it to be a common notion of all the Nations of the World that the Quality of King is much more sublime than that of Emperour Pope Gregory the first lib. 9. Ep. 6. Writing to Childebert King of France says that the Kings of France as much surpass all other Kings of the Earth as the Royal Dignity is exalted above the rest of men CHAP. IV. The Genealogy of the Royal Branch of Bourbon SAint Lewis the Ninth of that Name had four Sons of which there was none but Philip the Bold and Robert his Fourth Son that left Issue Of this Robert Count of Clermont who was afterward Lord or Sire of Bourbon are descended our Kings in manner as follows Robert Count of Clermont in the Country of Beauvais Married Beatrix Sole Heiress of John of Burgundy Count of Charolois and of Agnes Daughter of Archimbald the Younger Sire of Bourbon and by her he had Lewis Sire of Bourbon in favour of whom the said Land Sirerie Lordship or Barony of Bourbon was erected into a Dutchy or Peerage by Philip de Valois in the Year 1329. which Lordship belonged to him in right of his Mother whose Name he bore according to the Articles of the Contract of Marriage between his Father and Mother Lewis had Issue Peter Duke of Bourbon and James Earl of Ponthieu and de la Marche Constable of France But because the Masculine Line of the said Peter is extinct we shall leave it to speak of that of James of Bourbon Earl of Ponthieu James of Bourbon Earl of Ponthieu had John of Bourbon by Jean de Chatillon Daughter of the Earl of St. Paul John of Bourbon had by Catharine of Vendome Sister and Sole Heiress of Bouchard last Count of Vendome James King of Naples who leaving no Children transferred the Birth-right to his Brother Lewis Lewis of Bourbon Count of Vendome Grand Master of France had by Jean Daughter of Guy Count de Laval Lord of Gaure John the Second of that Name Earl of Vendome John the second of Bourbon had by Isabelle of Beauvais Daughter of the Lord of Pressigny Francis his Successour and Earl of Vendome and Lewis Prince de la Roche Sur-Yon Francis of Bourbon had five Children by Marie of Luxemburg Countess of St. Paul the Eldest was Charles Count and made Duke of Vendome by King Francis the First Charles the First of Bourbon Duke of Vendome had seven Male Children by Francise Daughter of Renie Duke of Alencon of which there were but two that left Issue viz. Antony of Bourbon who succeeded him as first Heir and was afterward King of Navarre and Lewis of Bourbon Prince of Condé Duke of Anguien Marquess of Conti Count of Soissons which latter had among other Children Henry the First of that Name Prince of Condé whose Son Henry the Second Prince of Condé was Father of Lewis of Bourbon Prince of Condé of Armand of Bourbon late Prince of Conti and of Anne-Geneveve of Bourbon Dutchess of Longueville who had Children as we shall say afterward Antony of Bourbon Duke of Vendome had by Joan d' Albret Queen of Navarre Daughter of Henry the Second of that Name King only of Navarre and of Margaret d' Angouleme-Valois Daughter of Francis the First King of France Henry the third of that Name of Navarre who reuniting together the two Crowns of France and Navarre was named Henry the Great the Fourth of that Name King of France and Navarre Father of Lewis the Just and Grandfather of Lewis our glorious Monarch who by his great Actions as well as his Grandfather has
and where they are to be judged too when they are impeacht of any Crime And though in the last Reign it was seen that de facto the Marshal de Marillac was Judged by Delegated Commissaries and the Duke of Montmorency by the Parliament of Toulouze the Parliament of Paris pretends That these two Acts were done against their Priviledges Secondly The Counsellers of the Parliament of Paris pretend a Priviledge to sit in all the other Parliaments without allowing the same Priviledge reciprocally to the Counsellers of the other Parliaments in the Parliament of Paris yet it is to be remarked That the Priviledge of sitting in the Parliament of Paris was granted to the Counsellers of the Parliament of Toulouze by an Ordinance of Charles the Seventh in the year 1454. which the Parliament of Paris refused to verifie whereupon the Parliament of Toulouze made a Decree in the year 1466. by which they Ordained That the Counsellers of the Parliament of Paris should have no Admittance into the Parliament of Toulouze till they had obey'd the abovesaid Ordinance made in their Favour Thirdly The other Parliaments not having that extent of Jurisdiction as the Parliament of Paris have but one Chamber of Inquests the Parliament of Toulouze but two whereas the Parliament of Paris has six The Parliament of Paris opens every year the next day after St. Martins Day in this manner The whole Body being in their Scarlet Robes go to a solemn Mass Celebrated on that occasion in the Great Hall of the Palace after which the Advocates and Proctors are sworn in the Grand Chamber and the Bishop that said Mass has that day Place and a deliberative Voice among them The Parliament continues sitting from that time till the 7th of September after which follows the Vacations During which Recess nevertheless there sits a Chamber called the Chamber of the Vacations which takes Cognisance of those Causes that require speedy dispatch and Criminal Affairs In the five Chambers of Inquests all Processes or Suits are Judged concluded and received by Writing that they may the better discern whether the Appeals made to this High Court of Parliament be made reasonably or no. The fourteen Presidents of the Chambers of Inquests and of those of the Requests which are two are but Counsellers that have accepted that Commission and when the Parliament is met and marches in State they take place among those of the Grand Chamber according to a Regulation of Parliament of the 1st of September 1677. By which it is Ordain'd That in Assemblies Processions and other publick Solemnities these Presidents shall be preceded only by two Counsellers of the Grand Chamber of which the first is to be Titular and the second may be only Honorary As for the Presidents of the Inquests and Requests among themselves they are to take place in their march according to their standing and the order of their admission The Court called the Tournelle-Civil established by Lewis the Great in 1667 and 1669. Judges of all Appeals in civil matters to the value of 1000. Livers or Pounds French and of an Estate of 50 Livers yearly rent It is composed of one President wearing the Mortar-Cap six Counsellers of the Grand Chamber and of four Counsellers out of every Chamber of Inquests who go thither by turns once in three Months The Kings Declaration for this purpose of the year 1669. bears date the 11th of August and was Registred in Parliament and in the Chamber of Accounts the 13th of August The Tournelle-Criminal Judges of all Appeals in Criminal matters excepting those made by Gentlemen and other persons of State which are to be judged in the Grand Chamber it is called the Tournelle because it is composed of two Presidents with Mortar-Caps ten Lay-Counsellers of the Grand Chamber and of two Counsellers out of every Chamber of Inquests which go thither every one Tour à Tour that is in their respective turns once in three Months excepting only those of the Grand Chamber which are there six Months from whence it is called the Tournelle At present there are four Presidents with Mortar-Caps The two Chambers of Requests of the Palace are of the Body of the Parliament according to what Charles the Fifth writ to Cardinal Vivazer in the year 1450. where he says that the Requests are de Gremio Curiae They Judge of all personal Possessory and mixt Causes between priviledged persons that have Committimus's whether they be Officers that are Commoners at Court or others There likewise the Requests of the Houshold composed of the Masters of Request we have spoken of above who take a like cognisance of the Causes of priviledged persons that enjoy Committimus's at whose choice it is to plead either before the Masters of the Requests of the Houshold or before those of the Palace In old time Justice was administred without Appeal by the Bayliffs and Seneschals that the King sent into the respective Provinces for that purpose which were chosen out of the ablest Sages of the Law of his Houshold but since the Parliaments have been Instituted or made fixed and sedentary Appeals are admitted to the Parliaments from the Sentences rendred by the said Bayliffs and Seneschals In fine the Parliament at present consists in all 1. Of one Chief or first President who is named Nicholas Potier Knight Lord of Novion c. and seven other Presidents called Presidents au Mortier or wearing Mortar-Fashioned Caps who are John de Coigneux Marquiss of Montmeliand c. Lewis de Bailleul Marquiss of Chateau-Gontier John-James de Mesmes Count d' Avaux John de Longueville Marquiss of Maisons Charles Colbert Brother to the late Great Minister of State of that Name formerly Ambassadour in England and at Nimmeguen c. and at present Secretary and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and lastly Lewis de Molé Lord of Champlatreux of thirty Clerks or Clergymen Counsellers of Lay-Counsellers of two Advocates and one Proctor-General of 19 Substitutes or Deputies of three Registrers or Recorders in the Chief Registers Office viz. One Recorder Civil and Prothonotary in Chief one Recorder of the Presentations and one Recorder Criminal and of eight other Secretaries and Notaries called the Notaries and Secretaries of the King and of the Parliament two Recorders for the Audiences and Council of the Tournelle five other Deputy Recorders in the five Chambers of Inquests one Recorder in Chief of the Requests of the Palace two other Deputy Recorders under him in each of the two Chambers of Requests 1. First or Chief Usher twenty eight other Ushers of the Parliament and of the Chambers of Inquests and of the Tournelle Eight Ushers of the Requests of the Palace The number of Advocates is not fixed but the Proctors are four hundred in number they have both of them a Dean over them CHAP. XXXII Of the Chamber of Accounts THE Chamber of Accounts is composed of 1. First or Chief President ten other Presidents seventy Masters of the