Henri II de BOURBON, Prince de Condé - Signed document and letter, 1636 and 1638

Henri II de Bourbon, prince of CONDÉ (1588-1646)

Piece signed “Henry de Bourbon”, Dijon May 16, 1636, countersigned by Girard and Charles de MACHAULT.
One and a half pages in folio;

Order of the Prince of Condé, governor and lieutenant general for the King in his provinces of Burgundy, Bresse and Berry, following complaints relating to soldiers in garrison in
Burgundy, which:

“not content to hold on to it without paying at the expense of their hosts, exceed them and beat, break and burn their furniture, ransom them and demand money”...

To prevent such disorders in the future, Condé enjoins the provosts of the province and the intendants to read and publish in the troops' quarters the King's order of May 6, which declares
THE
leaders and leaders of the soldiers responsible for the disorders that would occur:

"by their fault, tolerance or connivance"... He also enjoins the provosts, intendants, judges and officers of justice to draw up reports "without dissimulation, nor connivance" to report to the
“Sr.
de Machaut Intendant of Justice, police and finances in this province"...



Letter signed “Henry de Bourbon”, Bourges, April 1638, 1 p. in-folio, address with red wax seals to his arms on pink silk, to the elected officials of the three states of the country of Burgundy, on the subject
of the
taxes owed by the province of Burgundy.

Henri II de Bourbon was the first blood prince, peer and grand master of France; he participated in the Fronde and was imprisoned.
Governor of Berri, Lorraine then Burgundy, head of the Regency Council during the minority of Louis XI and father of the Grand Condé.