Notaires (Gironde)
Item
Country
FR
Name of institution (English)
Gironde Departmental Archives
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
fra
Contact information: postal address
72 cours Balguerie-Stuttenberg, 33300 Bordeaux
Contact information: phone number
0033 (0)556996600
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
Reference number
3 E
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Notaries (Gironde)
Title (official language of the state)
Notaires (Gironde)
Language of title
fra
Creator / accumulator
Notaries of Gironde
Date(s)
1340/1978
Language(s)
fra
Extent
69,778 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection comprises minutes and deeds of notaries of the Gironde region, including property records (sales, exchanges, leases, and other transactions), wills and codicils, marriage contracts, donations, receipts and bonds, and business records. Scholars have explored these notarial minutes searching for information on New Christians and Portuguese Jews living and working in Bordeaux since the 16th century. Some examples are the following:
3 E 4087, Jean Ferrand (ou Deferrand), Minutes 1667: contains information about Rafael Henriques. In January 1667, he chartered the Amsterdam ship L'Oiseau Fénix to transport goods from Lisbon to Bordeaux, but the late departure delayed the arrival in two months, creating great difficulties for Rafael to manage the return freight, which he sent to Lisbon with 107 tons of wheat (fols. 697, 844).
3 E 14927, Caussade, Minutes, 1704; January 10, 1704: record containing information given by Diego (Diogo) Nunes Pereira on his departure from Portugal to Bordeaux, where he was living in 13, rue Bouhaut, parish of Sainte-Eulalie.
3 E 15263, Belso, Minutes, 1662; January 16, 1672: Joseph Henriques, a well-known New Christian of Bordeaux, sold to Henriques Gomes merchandise from Guinea (fol. 344).
3 E 4087, Jean Ferrand (ou Deferrand), Minutes 1667: contains information about Rafael Henriques. In January 1667, he chartered the Amsterdam ship L'Oiseau Fénix to transport goods from Lisbon to Bordeaux, but the late departure delayed the arrival in two months, creating great difficulties for Rafael to manage the return freight, which he sent to Lisbon with 107 tons of wheat (fols. 697, 844).
3 E 14927, Caussade, Minutes, 1704; January 10, 1704: record containing information given by Diego (Diogo) Nunes Pereira on his departure from Portugal to Bordeaux, where he was living in 13, rue Bouhaut, parish of Sainte-Eulalie.
3 E 15263, Belso, Minutes, 1662; January 16, 1672: Joseph Henriques, a well-known New Christian of Bordeaux, sold to Henriques Gomes merchandise from Guinea (fol. 344).
Archival history
According to French law, notarial records should be deposited in the departmental archives after a period of 75 years. The Archives départementales de la Gironde held five kilometres of the approximately 250 linear kilometres of notarial minutes deposited in French public archives.
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1270, King Louis IX appointed 60 notaries with the jurisdiction of the Grand Châtelet de Paris, and, in 1302, King Philippe IV extended the role of the French notary to all the lands governed and subjected to the king, integrating existing notaries into the Crown’s influence
During the 16th century, François I reorganised and promulgated new rules to be adopted by the notaries of France in 1539, including how records should be archived and preserved as well as the mandatory rule to write deeds in French.
The French Revolution confirmed the notarial offices by a specific law of 1791, recognising that they were part of the social organisation of France. In the 20th century, the notary was considerably developed. The Superior Council of the Notariat was created in 1941 and the republican refoundation, with the ordinance dated November 2, 1945, provided the notary with institutional structures. Since then, further legislation greatly developed the profession, until recent years.
During the 16th century, François I reorganised and promulgated new rules to be adopted by the notaries of France in 1539, including how records should be archived and preserved as well as the mandatory rule to write deeds in French.
The French Revolution confirmed the notarial offices by a specific law of 1791, recognising that they were part of the social organisation of France. In the 20th century, the notary was considerably developed. The Superior Council of the Notariat was created in 1941 and the republican refoundation, with the ordinance dated November 2, 1945, provided the notary with institutional structures. Since then, further legislation greatly developed the profession, until recent years.
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System of arrangement
The fonds is divided into four groups, which refer to different regions of Gironde. Individual series are organised by the name of the notary, referring also to the city where they operated (for instance, "Jean Baril, notaire à Blaye").
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Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2023
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