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Language of Material:
French
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: The Champagné and Borrowes family papers
source:
Scott, Philip E.
creator:
Champagne and Borrowes family
Identifier/Call Number: M1599
Physical Description:
15.32 Linear Feet
4 oversize, 4 flat, 5 manuscript, 5 custom kaseboxes, 17 map folders
Date (bulk): circa 1482-early 20th C.
Physical Description: Documents are parchment, vellum and paper. Many have wax seals. Some are fragile and/or torn.
Material Specific Details: Six documents were among the Champagné Papers down to 1996-98, were mentioned in previous studies of the Champagné, and went
missing between 1996 and 1998 (before purchase by the Stanford Libraries). They are:
B8 - Memo signed 1735 by Josias II on his mother's estate. Missing April 1998, August 2004, December 2007 per C. Lougee.
B9 - Final reckoning of Marie's estate, 1730. Missing April 1998, August 2004, December 2007 per C. Lougee
B14-Marriage Contract dated 12.12.1692 of Charles de la Motte Fouque and Suzanne de Robillard. Missing April 1998, August
2004, December 2007 per C. Lougee
B17-Estate of Henriette Sylvie (madame du Marest) at Celle for Josias II. Missing April 1998, August 2004, December 2007 per
C. Lougee
B22-Portarlington Papers, 1732-08. Missing April 1998, August 2004, December 2007 per C. Lougee
B24-Letter of Lady Jane Champagné, 1740. Missing April 1998, August 2004, December 2007 per C. Lougee
Five books were removed and cataloged separately:
- Psalter dedicated to the French Church of The Hague (17th century)
- Psalter and Prayers book wrapped in leather and linen
- Semaine de Meditations et de Prieres
- Paraphrase, ou Briefve explication sur le catechisme (Lyon, 1664)
- Formulaire de la Consecration & Dedicace des eglises & chapelles, selon l’Usage de l’Eglise d’Irlande (Dublin, 1702)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The bulk of this collection was purchased by Stanford University, Special Collections in 2007. Additions to the collection
were donated by Carolyn Chappell Lougee in 2017 from her private holdings. Accessions MSS 2007-295 and 2017-344.
Professor Carolyn Chappell Lougee donated some materials from her private collection.
Some documents have notes or summary translations attached in English written on blue paper. Per Carolyn Lougee, it was either
a descendant, namely Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, d. 1866, or the husband of a descendant named Duncan Matheson, who was working
on the papers in the 1920's.
The Champagné family was a French Protestant (Huguenot) family living in France when the Edict of Nantes was revoked. The
revocation criminalized their religion and they escaped from France. The Borrowes were descendants of the Champagnés.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Much of this material is believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
[identification of item], Champagné and Borrowes family papers (M1599). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
For the original listing created by Carolyn Lougee, ask Special Collections.
Organized into 9 series: Series 1. Robillard de Champagné ancestry; Series 2. Isle ancestry; Series 3. Josias de Robillard
de Champagné and Marie de la Rochefoucauld; Series 4. Documents on the contest over Berneré (Esclafer-Lougee Papers); Series
5. Josias II de Champagné (1673-1737); Series 6. Dean Champagné; Series 7. Portarlington, Ireland; Series 8. Borrowes family
papers; Series 9. Notes on the Champagné Papers by descendants and others.
The papers of and/or pertaining to the Robillard de Champagné family from the Saintonge in southwestern France and some of
their descendants, the Borrowes family. Materials consist of ancestries, baptismal records, correspondence, court documents,
financial documents, marriage certificates, notes about the papers by descendants, and more.
The documents in Series I-III that are dated before summer 1688 were carried into Holland by the paterfamilias, Josias de
Robillard de Champagné, when he escaped from France in spring 1688. The papers in Series IV were part of a lawsuit against
Marie de la Rochefoucauld and were preserved in the archives of the Lavie Family. They were acquired from Patrick Esclafer
de la Rode by Carolyn Lougee, who donated them to the Library. Documents in Series V-IX were created during the first and
second Champagné generations’ residence in the Protestant Refuge and were added to down to the extinction of the Borrowes
line of male descendants in the 1930s. Series I-III and V-VIII remained in the hands of Champagné descendants down to the
time of their purchase by Stanford University Libraries in 2008.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
France -- History.
Scott, Philip E.
Champagne and Borrowes family