Series 1. Robillard de Champagné ancestry
Subseries 1. Robillard family, sixteenth century and before
Contract of Conveyance, Jehan Robillard, 7 March 1482, [has no number in the Champagné Papers Index. Possibly it was filed with the proofs of nobility for 1667], parchment. With cover sheet and transcription (imperfect)
Transmission of her Property by Julienne de Lousme to her Son André de Robillard,1528, parchment
Transmission of her (Movable) Property by Julienne de Lousme to her Son André de Robillard, 1528, parchment
Complaint by André Robillard against his brother Elie Robillard before the Parlement de Bordeaux, 1534, parchment
Order for Payment of Back Rents to André Robillard, 1557, parchment
Division of Inheritance between Jean, Christophe, Pierre, and André de Robillard, 1571, parchment
Notarized receipt for payment by Jean Robillard to François Guillon, 1572, parchment
Agreement on Inheritance between Jean, Christophe, Pierre, and André de Robillard, 1572, parchment
Subseries 2. Robillard family, seventeenth century
Joint Will of Christophe de Robillard and Judith Boursicot, 1611, parchment
Division of Inheritance between Jean, Daniel, Josias, Suzanne, Anne, and Elizabeth de Robillard, 18 May 1619, parchment
Division of Champagné between Daniel and Josias de Robillard, brothers, 14 March 1626
Marriage Contract between Josias de Robillard and Marie de Maziere, 1639, parchment
Will of Josias de Robillard, 1652, parchment
List of Documents Presented by Josias de Robillard in the recherche de noblesse, 1666. Accompanied by one modern transcription and two modern translations.
Proofs of Nobility, 1667, parchment
Baptismal certificate of Marie de Robillard, 1644
Robillard Coat of Arms, 1660
Subseries 3. Mazières family
Division of Lands of Voutron and La Cave, 16 May 1640
Old lease evidently included in the Division, 1640, parchment
Further Division of Lands of Voutron and La Cave, 12 January 1641, parchment
Series 2. Isle ancestry
Subseries 1. Sixteenth century
Act of Homage for Ponthois by Germain, sieur de Forgette, 1508, parchment
Exchange between Seigneur de Forgette and Comte de Taillebourg, 1518, parchment
Subseries 2. Seventeenth century (1624-1638)
Contract of Sale of Berneré, 4 July 1624
Contract of Sale of Berneré, 1631, parchment
Ennoblement of Berneré, 1 January 1632, parchment
Homage for Berneré and the four banal by Jean de Sauliere, 25 May 1632 (2 documents)
Subseries 3. Seventeenth century (1642-1656)
Division of Inheritance of Forgette, 1642
Division of Inheritance of Sieur and Dame de Forgette, 9 January 1646, parchment cover
Contract of Exchange between Estienne de Remigoux, husband of Marie Isle, and Suzanne Isle, 4 February 1646, parchment
Verification of Contract between Marie Isle and Suzanne Isle, 30 January 1647
Marriage Contract between Casimir de la Rochefoucauld and Marie de Sauliere, parchment
Purchase of Vaufouresche by Suzanne Isle, 1656, parchment
Series 3. Josias de Robillard de Champagné and Marie de la Rochefoucauld
Subseries 1. Documents to spring 1688, France, inheritance of Josias de Robillard de Champagné
Division of Inheritance by Josias de Robillard and Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert, 1662, parchment
Division of Inheritance from Mazieres des Deffans by Robillard and Mazières, 1663
Division of Inheritance by Josias de Robillard and Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert, 1669, parchment
Property Agreement between Josias de Robillard and Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert, 26 January 1677, parchment
Property Agreement between Josias de Robillard and Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert, 9 April 1677
Confirmation of Property Transactions between Josias de Robillard and Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert, 1678. With transcription.
Claim by Charles Prévost de Touchimbert, seigneur de Brassac against Josias de Robillard, 1687, parchment attached to stamped paper
Subseries 2. Documents to spring 1688, France, inheritance of Marie de la Rochefoucauld
Will of Suzanne Isle, 1675, parchment
Division of Property by Suzanne Isle, 1677, parchment
Inheritance Agreement between 5 La Rochefoucauld sisters, 1680
Division between Marie de la Rochefoucauld and her Sisters, 1677
Division between Marie de la Rochefoucauld and her Sisters, 1681
Division between Marie de la Rochefoucauld and her Sisters, 1682, parchment
Memorandum of sums due on a division by Suzanne Isle, 1687 (?)
Subseries 3. Documents to spring 1688, France, notarial and baptismal documents
Marriage Contract between Josias de Robillard and Marie de la Rochefoucauld, 22 February 1667, parchment copy
Private Family Baptismal Roll
Joint Will of Josias de Robillard and Marie de la Rochefoucauld, 1683, parchment
Subseries 4. Documents to spring 1688, France, financial documents
Rents owed at Berneré
Statement of Tenure of Berneré, undated
Decree of Seizure of Berneré, 1687. With translation.
Lease of La Borderie by Marie de la Rochefoucauld, 1683
Receipt from Simon Tayaud, 1688
Subseries 5. Documents to spring 1688, France, letters
Josias de Robillard to his children, July 1685 and June 1686. With translation.
Josias de Robillard to Marie de la Rochefoucauld, 2 November 1687
Wax seal on paper
Subseries 6. Documents summer 1688-1730, Holland and Ireland, inventories
1688 Inventory of the documents at Berneré by Josias de Robillard, January 1688
1690 Inventory of the possessions of Marie de la Rochefoucauld, Amsterdam, notary Jean Hoekebak, original, 9 October 1690
Subseries 7. Documents summer 1688-1730, Holland and Ireland, Marie de la Rochefoucauld's escape narrative and account book
Original escape narrative and account book, parchment cover
Partial translation into English by an unknown author
Subseries 8. Documents summer 1688-1730, Holland and Ireland, notarial, financial, and court documents
Memorandum by Josias de Robillard on Brassac's debt, 1688
Summary of the decision of the Parlement de Bordeaux, 20 August 1691. With two transcriptions.
Marriage Contract of Henriette-Sylvie de Robillard de Champagné to Charles Bonnart du Marest d'Antoigny, 1714 (copy made in 1722)
Subseries 10. Documents summer 1688-1730, Holland and Ireland, Marie de la Rochefoucauld's estate
Will of Marie de la Rochefoucauld, 1701
Letter from Josias II to his brother Auguste, explaining the procedure for dividing their mother's estate, 1722
Receipt from Pastor Theodore des Vories for Legacy from the late Marie de la Rochefoucauld, 1730-31
Notarized authorization from François-Auguste de Robillard de Champagné to his sister Mariane de Robillard, to collect on his behalf his share of their mother's estate now in the hands of their brother Josias' widow and son. Dresden, 1740, with wax seals.
Joint accord dividing Marie de la Rochefoucauld's estate, 1722
Contrat de Mariage de Monsieur de soulignonne Aveq Madelaigne de solieres, 23 Juillet 1659
Copie de transaction passée entre Messires de bauchesne, de soulignone et de celette, 8 Janvier 1662
Madelene de soliere à Madame ma tres honoré mere de paris, 29 mai 1672
Certificat de mariage, Magdeleine de Saulier et Nicolas Leopol Ignace troisieme De Saxe, 28 mai 1672
Madelene de soliere à Madame de Lescure a bernere, undated [1st letter after sham marriage?]
Guy de la Blachiere, A nos seigneurs de parlement, 8 January 1683
Acte fait à la Requete de monsieur de La mortmartin, 5 Juin 1685
Factum du procez pour dame Marie de la Roche Foucaut, Epouse non commune en biens de Iosias de Robillard Chevalier, Seigneur de Champagné....Contre Dame Magdelaine de Solieres veuve en premieres Nopces de Louis Salbert Escuyer sieur de Soulignonne.
Extraits des Registres du Présidial de Saintes, 14 novembre 1672 – 25 décembre 1672
Vidimus de la Cession faite a Madame de Chambon, 4 aoust 1677
Marie de la Rochefoucauld, Nos seigneurs de parlement, 8 mai 1683
Marie, Elizabeth, Magdellaine Et Suzanne de La Rochefoucaud, A nos seigneurs de Parlemant, 1 février 1683
Marie et Magdelaine de la Rochefoucaud, A Nos seigneurs de parlement, 23 novembre 1685
Memoire pour madelene de la Rochefoucaud, undated [Josias should pay in affair of meubles]
Extrait du Registre Du parlement, 8 avril 1688 [letters of restitution]
Magdeleine and Elizabeth LR vs Soliere, July 1699 [mentions beauchesne and celette as well as Magdeleine's son. Seems to be they are continuing struggle after death of Therese and perhaps withdrawal of Casimir.]
Memoire pour messire Jean-Charles de Lavie, Conseiller au Parlement, au nom et comme Curateur de Dame Marie-Suzanne-Françoise de Gua son Epouse…contre dame Suzanne de Lestang [1722 or later]
Cazimir Prévost, seigneur de lileau Toutchimbert, A Vos seigneurs de parlement, undated [after death of Josias] [Caz claims Madelene needs to get authorized by Saxe or provide proof of his death.]
Chancellerie de France, parchement arrêt confirming parlement's decision in favor of Cazimir as curateur, 1 septembre 1691
Elisabeth et Suzanne de la rochefoucaud, response à la dame de solieres, undated. [After march 1691] [Says Therese hardly has a curateur. Says they are not responsible for returning the stuff taken to Bernere from Soulignonne and in fact Madeleine owes them various sums; insulting to her.]
Cazimir Prévost, seigneur du lilot toushambert a nos seigneurs de parlement, undated [Asks return of Therese to him, that he have guardianship of her person as well as her properties. She is not safe with Madeleine because Madeleine is trying in Parlement to take away all Therese's biens.]
Etat de La consistance de La terre et seigneurie du chatellard [a sgrie of Gua family. See Belles Demeures: CM p. 50]
Jacques Berne, seigneur de l'Hommée, et Magdelaine de la Rochefoucaud, Vante de Bellay, 29 may 1694
Jacques Berne, seigneur de l'Hommée, letter to unknown addressee on sale of Bellay, 1 jeun 1694 [The buyer, Chauvet, is paying debts instead of giving them money for Bellay. Madeleine, the wife, has sums owed by her parents as well as inherited from Lidie, and debts contracted by husband and wife together.]
Recherches sur la famille Sauliere, including Saint-Saud article; "Famille de Sauliere, 1529-Apres 1844, photocopy
Pierre de Sauliere, seigneur de Nanteuil, Testament, 1 avril 1593, photocopy
Esclafer de la Rode to Bardol, 2 juillet 1983, typescript
Notes on Bernere, photocopies of typescript
Notes on Salbert
Notes on La Rochefoucauld
Christian de Sèze et Odette de Sèze, Prospectus, photocopy of typescript, including notes
Casimir Prévost de Touchimbert, A nos seigneurs De parlement, [after 13 August] 1691. [Madeleine has claimed four banal. She claims the king awarded custody of Therese to her. He accuses her of indecency, "une vie licencieuse", drawing disdain of relatives for her so-called marriage rather than (as she alleges) for her conversion, accuses her of violence upon her son as well as bad language unfit for woman in church,"la poligamie", and claims Prevost of Poitiers cited her as an accomplice in the assassination of her third husband.]
Madelene de Soliere à Madame de Lescure a Bernere, [1672] ("fere la grase de manvoier de largent": 2nd letter after "marriage"?)
Elizabeth, Magdelaine, et Suzanne de la Rochefoucaud [Caz sufficiently countered the claims she made in submission to court last 12 mars. Rehearses their claims against Madeleine including money owed for support of Zacarie]
Acte Dopposition, et saizie faicte a la Requete de la dame de Soliere de solignonne sur les sommes que le sr du puy doibt a la dame Magdelaine de la Rochefoucaud, Espouze du sr de lhommée , 31 descembre 1688. [Madeleine goes after niece Madeleine's assets]
Magdeleine de Soulieres, A nos seigneurs de parlement, 18 Juillet 1699 [responding to LR sisters submission of 10 July. Nothing in theirs speaks against mine of last 17 June. They are now heirs of Therese, so she must have died.
Magdeleine de Sauliere, A nos seigneurs De Parlement, Mag de Solieres vs LR sisters, 17 Juin 1699. [most complete statement of Madeleine's case]
Cazimir Prévost Chevallier seigneur de Lileau tout Chimbert, A Vos Seigneurs de parlement [copy on larger stamped paper]
Unidentified memoire, various pages
Requeste dudit sr de la dourville contre ladite dame Isle, 4 novembre 1695
Memoire Pour m Le President Lavie, 10 avril 1776
A Monsieur Michel, seigneur de treillebois, Marennes [is this Isle or successor seigneur?], with seal
Ancelin à Monsieur Michel, seigneur de tralebois
Cazimir Prévost, seigneur de lileau touchimber Contre dame Claude Ozias de la brossardierem superieure des religieuses nostre dame de xaintes [asking execution of court's arret dated 29 august 1691 to effect that Therese now in hands of Madeleine be returned to him and her pension be paid to him. Madeleine and Ozias schemed together to keep child away from him which made execution of arret impossible. Issue of size of child's pension.]
Cazimir Prévost, seigneur de lisleau touchimbert Contre la requete de dame Magdelaine de soliere [responding to her submission of 30 avril last. Last arret was 20 aoust 1691. Caz requete dated 7 may 1691. She does not merit a provision because she has no right to inheritance/new dowry/legitime. 26 aoust 1692, 9 septembre suivant, arret 20 august 1694, 3 juin 1688.]
Contrat de mariage de feu monsieur de la chetardie avec damoiselle marie claire collette Berard de villebreuil, 3 mars 1704, 14 novembre 1704
Livre et Notte de La nativite et deces de La noble famille des Goullioux Devian
Series 5. Josias II de Champagné (1673-1737)
Subseries 1. Financial documents, memos and bills
Map of Josias’ lands in Portarlington
Undated memo in English about Josias’ lands in France
Some loose bills from a scrapbook of bills owed by Major Champagné (Josias II), Lady Jane Champagné, and Dean Arthur Champagné, to ca. 1760
Scrapbook of bills owed by Major Champagné (Josias II), Lady Jane Champagné, and Dean Arthur Champagné, to ca. 1760
Josias II's accounting from his trip to Holland, 1722
Subseries 2. Financial documents, Josias de Champagné's "Account of the Lands which I hold, and upon what terms, with the person's name incerted in the several leases which are for Lives renewable"
Josias’ large account book
Letter from Charles de Sailly, London, 23 September 1736
Receipted bills of Rev. Arthur Champagné from 1742 to 1767
Invoice from blacksmith to Rev. Arthur Champagné, 31 July 1740
Promissory note to Rev. Arthur Champagné from Frank Brinan, 9 August 1741
Rev. Arthur Champagné's bill from Mrs. Towers
Note from Joshua Pilot's daughter
Numerous loose sheets inserted throughout the account book
Subseries 3. Financial documents, Josias II’s Small Account Book
Josias II’s Small Account Book, including the accounts for Marie de la Rochefoucauld in Ireland down to 1727
Subseries 4. Financial documents, papers on Josias’ debts
Josias borrows from Des Clouseaux 1707. Marie de la Rochefoucauld pays off the debt, 25 December 1718
Josias’ debt to Mathew LaFitte
Loose record of unspecified payment
Evaluation of South Sea stocks, undated
Six letters of D. Renouard to Josias, 1727-1728
Three receipted bonds paid off by Josias’ widow Jane, 1738, 1738, 1747
Josias to Major de Genne asking for a loan of £55, October 1730
Subseries 5. Financial documents, wrapper Josias used for the Champagné Papers, 1724
Fabric napkin, with a tag describing its use
Subseries 6. Josias II’s correspondence with siblings
5 letters Marianne to Josias, 1730-34 (29 March 1730 from Voorburg [6]; 10 April 1731 from Varal [2]; 1 August1731 from Brinkheim? [3]; 10 November 1732 from Zell [4]; 28 August 1734 from Zell [5])
1 letter Josias to Suzanne, 1728 (?)
Letters Suzanne to Josias (Zell 15 February 1728 [1]; 5 April 1730 Zell [2]; Celle 21-23 February 1732, jointly with Marianne [3]; Zell 26 November 1734 [4]; Zell 26 April 1735 [5])
Letter from François-Auguste to Josias, Senftenberg, 3 March 1735
Series 6. Dean Champagné
Subseries 1. Personal and financial records
His school admission and payment, 1731
Fragment of a letter to "Arthur Champagné," 25 August 1739
Minute of a letter from the Dean, attached to a letter from Sam Pechels, 22 January 1759
1 letter, ostensibly from widow Hamon in Paris to Dean Champagné, 3 March 1756, and enclosing an outline of her will
1 letter from Lord Rawdon to Dean Champagné on the death of Lady Jane, October 1760
1 letter from the translator G. Caillard, 20 August 1764
Extract from Dean Champagné’s Bible (baptismal records)
Subseries 2. Personal and financial records, documents as Dean
Subseries 3. Personal and financial records, miscellaneous financial documents
Dean’s accounting as executor of Dr. Pilot’s estate
2 letters from Robert Acheson concerning Pilot’s estate (one enclosing R. Acheson's letter to Lyster)
Copy of Dean’s (?) letter to Barton & Delay
Receipt from Vareille for payment by Dean, 1741; receipt from Roche Lomeber (?) for payment by Dean
3 letters from Dean Champagné to Mrs. Armstrong, his daughter, one including a message to Mr. Armstrong, 1797-1800
Random envelopes addressed to Dean Champagné (5 pieces)
Indenture of John Glynan to George Jolly, signed by Arthur Champagné
Appointment to Livings, 1741-1746
Public Record Office wills for 3 of the Dean’s Sons: Forbes Champagné, 8 November 1816; Josias Champagné, 15 February 1840; George Champagné, 1828 (photocopies)
Subseries 4. Personal and financial records, letters to reverand
Letters to Rev. Arthur Champagné from Charles de Sailly and Ph. Muysson in London, 1760-68. Includes a petition from a servant of Mme Dumarest, forwarded by Sailly
Subseries 5. Correspondence with cousins in Germany, 1760-1776
9 letters Dean to Baron de Saint-Surin, 30 November 1760; November 1761; 6 March 1764, English minute with French translation; 1764; 26 April 1764, English minute with French translation; 20 August 1765; 1765; December 1766; 6 May 1767; 2 March 1768 later copy
15 letters from Baron de Saint-Surin to Dean Champagné, 1760-69 (16 January 1761, with transcription; 20 April 1761; 20 August 1762; 22 April 1763; 4 November 1763, with a copy likewise in French; 26 October 1764; 20 March 1764; 18 May 1764; 29 May 1764; 31 May 1765; 19 November 1765; 16 May 1766, with enclosure; 30 January 1767; 22 January 1768; 26 June 1769
1 letter from Dean Champagné to General Fouquet, 25 August 1764, both the English draft and the translation into French
1 letter Dean to M. de Voigt, assistant to the Baron de Saint-Surin 12 Octoberb1776, including reports from his son in New York during the Revolution
2 unsigned Legal Opinions on the Will of Mariane de Robillard de Champagné, undated copy
2 accountings of the estate of Henriette Sylvie de Robillard, Madame du Marest drawn up in Celle for the Baron de Saint-Surin, 1761 and 1762
2 letters from General La Motte Fouqué: one to Baron de Saint-Surin, Brandenbourg 29 April 1764, with translation from German into English; one to Dean Champagné, Brandenburg 22 November 1764, with translation into French
Series 7. Portarlington, Ireland
Subseries 1. The town
Manuscript history by M. Willis, 1824
Sale of Lands in Queens County Madame de Virazell, 1774
Subseries 2. Dr. Pilot documents, correspondence and business papers
16 Letters to Dr. Joshua Pilot, 1746-48, with cover listing from Lalande, Bauchaut, Mangin, Champagné (Dean), Irvine, Thomas
Verses, occasion’d by those, writ at Bernera
Letters to Dr. Joshua Pilot as Paymaster of Batereau’s Regiment, 1746-1763
Pilot correspondence, particularly concerning his work with Batereau's Regiment
Pilot correspondence, particularly concerning his work with Batereau's Regiment
Letters and receipts to Rev. Arthur Champagné from Dr. Pilot and others
Indentures: Dr. Pilot's son, 1756; James Dunn, 1771 (fragment missing)
Bequest of Elizabeth Coutiers
Series 8. Borrowes family papers
Subseries 1. Prior to 1800, seventeenth century documents
Letter, 9 February 1833
Indenture, 23 November 1643, parchment with wax seal on tab
Indenture, 28 November 1640, parchment with wax seal on tab
Indenture, 1628, parchment
Account of rents, Richard Steele, 25 March 1740 to 25 March 1750
Manuscript note
Subseries 2. Prior to 1800, Kildare Borrowes eighteenth century documents
6 deeds
Leases
Settlement on the intermarriage
Subseries 3. Prior to 1800, Reverand Joseph Borrowes
Marriage settlement, parchment
Notebook for executor of his estate
Subseries 4. Prior to 1800, scrapbook accounts of Walter Borrowes, 1720s-1740s
Bound volume
Subseries 5. Walter Borrowes, nineteenth century
Commission from Baron Paget, 1805, parchment
19 letters to Walter Borrowes, 1810-1811
Appointment as Justice of the Peace by George IV, Kildare
Appointment as Justice of the Peace by George IV, Queens
Miscellaneous papers and parchments, Dublin, 1800-1810
3 diaries, 1802-1804, belonging to Walter Borrowes, nephew of Walter Borrowes
3 letters to Walter Borrowes, 1866
Caretaker proposal, 1897
Subseries 6. Sir Erasmus Borrowes, nineteenth century
Appointment as Justice of the Peace, 1866, parchment
Letter re: Fitzjames Clancy, 1888
Lease: Rev. Thos. Piggott, 1801, parchment
Notice of sale, 1888
Lease: Thos. Phelan, 1843, parchment
Letters to Borrowes, 1850s-1860s, [items numbered 1-35, 39-40, plus 3 unnumbered] with a handwritten cover listing of the letters
Letters to Sir Erasmus,1849
Family letters to Sir E.D. Borrowes at Portarlington, up to 1814
Letters - E.D. Borrowes, Duchess of Gloucester, Lady Enniskillen, Lady Uxbridge
Subseries 7. Families
Eustace Family Documents
Borrowes Pedigree
Unidentified Fragments
Richard Beasley to Phineas Moore, 20 March 1653, land document on vellum
Series 9. Notes on the Champagné Papers by descendants and others
Subseries 1. Inventories of the Papers
Papers, deeds, books etc: the property of Sir Eustace Dixon Borrowes Bart, 1924, 1 bound book
List and short description of books and documents belonging to Colonel & Mrs Parry-Jones, and brought by them to Soames House in two tin boxes, which were left in Lady Pate's care, 9 June 1956
Copies of letters from among the Borrowes documents in the possession of Col. & Mrs. Parry-Jones
Four letters to Mrs. Leila Scott, 1955 and 1982
Subseries 2. Notes by Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, Colonel Duncan Matheson and others
"The French Letters in Ireland": extracts from Champagné manuscripts
Historical background in E.D. Borrowes' handwriting
Numerous miscellaneous research notes about the Champagné family and Huguenots in Ireland
Translations and genealogies - notebook containing translations into English of Josias' Second Letter to his Children, Marie de la Rochefoucauld's Escape Account, and Josias' Letter to Marie de la Rochefoucauld
Translations and genealogies - genealogy of La Rochefoucauld, Isle, and Robillard Families
Translations and genealogies - miscellaneous translations
Manilla envelope and brown paper, both with annotations
Subseries 3. Notes by Carolyn Lougee
Possible locations of Champagné materials, 23 June, 1995, and a letter to Mrs. Leila Scott, 27 July 1994