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• First Fragment of the Collection of Unpublished Memorials of the History of the Tiers État. (a Description of Ancient Municipal France.) *
• Second Fragment. Monography of the Communal Constitution of Amiens.
• Section I.: Introduction; Times Prior to the Twelfth Century. *
• Section II.: The Twelfth Century: Establishment of the Commune of Amiens. *
• Section III.: Original Articles and Principal Provisions of the Communal Charter of Amiens. *
• Section IV.: Grant Made By Philip of Alsace, Count of Amiens—cession of the County of Amiens to Philippe-auguste, King of France—confirmation of the Commune—additional Articles of the Communal Charter of Amiens; Its Definitive Text. *
• Appendix I.: Plan of a General Collection of Unpublished Memorials of the History of the Tiers État. *
• Appendix II.: Lists of the Deputies of the Tiers État to the States-general of 1484, 1560, 1576, 1588, 1593, and 1614.
• First List.: States-general Held At Tours In 1484. *
• Second List.: States-general Held At Orleans In 1560. *
• Third List: States-general Held At Blois In 1576. *
• Fourth List: States-general Held At Blois In 1588. *
• Fifth List.: States-general Convoked By the League, and Held At Paris In 1593. *
• Sixth List.: States-general Held At Paris In 1614. *
• Appendix III.: Cahier of the Village of Blaigny Drawn Up For the States-general of 1576. *

FIFTH LIST.

STATES-GENERAL CONVOKED BY THE LEAGUE, AND HELD AT PARIS IN 1593.*

Deputies of the City, Prévôté, and Vicomté of Paris.—L’Huillier (Jean), maître des comptes, prévôt des marchands; De Nully (Etienne), lord of the said place, president in the parliament; Le Maistre (Jean), also president in the parliament; De Masparault (Etienne), sieur de Chenevières, in Brie, master of requests; Boucher (Charles), sieur d’Orsay, president in the great council; Bailly (Guillaume), president in the Court of Exchequer; Du Vair (Guillaume), councillor in the parliament; D’Orléans (Louis), advocate-general in the parliament; Langlois (Martin), advocate, échevin of Paris; Thielement (Séraphin), sieur de Guyencourt, registrar of the great council, secretary of the king; D’Aubray (Claude), sieur de Bruyères-le-Châtel, secretary to the king; Roland (Nicolas), high usher in the Court of Chancery.

DELEGATES OF THE COUNTRY AND DUCHY OF BURGUNDY.

Dijon.—Bernard (Etienne), advocate in the parliament of Dijon, vicomte and mayor of that city.

Autun.—Venot (Jacques), advocate in the parliament of Dijon.

Chalons.—Languet (Claude), sieur de Saint-Côme, advocate, formerly mayor of the city.

Auxois.—Blavot (Charles), advocate, mayor of Semur.

La Montagne.—Remond (Edme), lieutenant-general, civil and criminal, in the bailliage of Châtillon.

Macon.—Mercier (Antoine), triennial member of the Tiers Etat.

Auxerre.—Vincent (Philippe), sieur de Tresfontaines, president at the election of Auxerre.

DEPUTIES OF THE DUCHY OF NORMANDY.

Rouen.—Le Barbier (Nicolas), advocate-general in the parliament of the same city; Du Four (François), sieur des Fossés, échevin of Rouen, secretary to the king; De Laval (Etienne), bourgeois and échevin of Rouen.

Pays de Caux.—Soret (Odet), labourer.

Alençon.—Desportes (Jacques), lieutenant-general in the vicomté of Alençon, in the court of Verneuil.

Dreux.—Langlois (Denis), procureur syndic of the same city.

DEPUTIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUIENNE.

Sénéchaussée of Poitou.—Guérin (Esprit), advocate in the parliament, lieutenant of the waters and forests of Poitiers.

Deputies of the Country and Duchy of Britanny.—Bertié (Jean), sieur du Maynette, councillor in the presidial court of Dinan; Bigot (Pierre), sieur du Breuil, attorney of the city of Fougères.

DEPUTIES OF THE COUNTRIES OF CHAMPAGNE AND BRIE.

Troyes.—Martin (Louis), lieutenant of the bailliage and presidial court of Troyes, Le Boucherat (Simon), registrar in chief at the election of the said city.

Chaumont.—De Grand (François), lieutenant criminal in the bailliage and presidial court of Chaumont; Do Marisy (Anselme), attorney in the said courts.

Sens.—De la Mare (Claude), bourgeois and mayor of Sens.

Mézières.—Moet (Philippe), sieur de Crèvecreur, attorney of the city of Reims.

DEPUTIES OF THE ILE-DE-FRANCE.

BAILLIAGES OF VERMANDOIS.

Laon.—Le Gras (Claude), councillor in the bailliage of Vermandois, prévôt of Laon.

Reims.—Frizon (Gérard), lieutenant criminal in the presidial court of Reims.

Soissons.—Pepin (François), advocate and bailli in the temporal jurisdiction of the bishop.

Beauvais.—Le Bègue (Charles), bourgeois and échevin of Beauvais.

DEPUTIES OF THE COUNTRY OF PICARDY.

Sénéchaussée of Amiens.—Castelet (François), bourgeois and former mayor of Amiens.

Boulonnais and Montreuil.—Castelet (François), already named.

Ponthieu.—Maupin (Jean), councillor in the sénéchaussée of Ponthieu.

DEPUTIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ORLÉANS.

Bailliage and Sénéchaussée of Orléans.—Brachet (Antoine), sieur de la Boesche, advocate in the presidial court of Orléans; Le Breton (Antoine), bourgeois and échevin of the same city.

Berry.—De Saint-Père (François), king’s secretary.

Anjou.—Le Moine (Jacques), sieur de la Revière, king’s attorney in the presidial court of Anjou.

Maine.—Dumans (Julien), king’s advocate in the sénéchaussée of the Maine; de la Fontaine (Julien), receiver of taxes for Touraine; Marceau (Martin), lieutenant-general in the sénéchaussée of the Maine.

Laval.—Roues (Guillaume), sieur du Poyet, receiver of taxes and aids in the elective district of Maine.

Angoumois.—Bourgoing (Horace-Pierre), juge-prévôt of Angoulême.

DEPUTIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF LYONNAIS.

Bailliage and Sénéchaussée of Lyon.—De Villars (Guillaume), advocate in the presidial court of this city; Gelas (Guillaume), bourgeois and échevin of Lyons; Grollier (Jacques), de l’Arbresle, deputy for the flat country of Lyonnais.

Beaujolais.—Le Brun (Claude), advocate in the bailliage of Beaujeu.

Deputies of the County of Provence.—Du Laurens (Honoré), advocate-general in the parliament of Provence.

Arles.—Chalot (Gaspard), doctor of law, assessor of the town-hall.

Officers appointed for the Chamber of the Tiers Etat:—

L’Huillier (Jean), president;

Venot (Jacques), teller;

Le Boucheret (Simon), teller;

Thielemont (Séraphin), registrar and secretary.

[* ]Procès-verbaux des Etats Généraux de 1593, collected and published by M. Auguste Bernard, p. 5.