Blet

These rights of terrage are comprised in the leases of the farms of Blet and of

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

Corvées of teams and manual labor, through seigniorial right, on ninety-seven persons at Blet (twenty-two carvées of teams and seventy-five of manual labor), twenty-six persons at Brosses (five teams and twenty-one hands).

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

"In Bourbonnais, the terrage is collected in various ways, on the third sheaf, on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and commonly one-quarter; at Blet it is the twelfth."

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

Rights over the fiefs mouvants of the barony of Blet.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

The chateau of Blet has remained unoccupied since 1748; the furniture, accordingly, is almost all decayed and useless; in 1748 this was worth 7,612 livres, and now it is estimated at 1,000 livres.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

The royal edict of 1497, fixing this charge for the inhabitants of Blet and all those dwelling within the jurisdiction of its tribunals, those of Charly, Boismarvier, etc., at five sous per fire per annum, which has been carried out.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

The barony and estate of Blet lies in Bourbonnais, two leagues from Dun-le-Roi.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

Right of potage on wines sold at retail in Blet, ensuring to the seignior nine pints of wine per cask, leased in 1782 for six years, at sixty livres per annum.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

The soil of the Blet estate is excellent, but it requires draining and ditching to carry off the water, otherwise the low lands will continue to produce nothing but weeds.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

Formerly the estates of Blet and Brosses paid 810 livres for the two vingtièmes and the two sous per livre.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860