Archives des Notaires de Paris
Item
Country
FR
Name of institution (English)
The National Archives (Paris site)
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
fra
Contact information: postal address
11 rue des Quatre-Fils, 75003 Paris
Contact information: phone number
0033 (0)140276420
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
contact.archives-nationales@culture.gouv.fr
Reference number
MC
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Paris Notarial Archives
Title (official language of the state)
Archives des Notaires de Paris
Language of title
fra
Creator / accumulator
Notaries of Paris
Date note
15th century/20th century
Language(s)
fra
Extent
over 26,000 linear metres
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Archives des Notaires de Paris is a very extensive fonds with more than 20 million notarial deeds produced by notaries in Paris and its surroundings. The richness of this fonds is practically inexhaustible. Numerous notarial deeds reflect the economic activities and social relations of Iberian conversos in France since the 16th century. Numerous records also contain Sephardic-related information.
Some examples are the following:
MC/RS//14076, June 6, 1531: the agreement between Emmanuel Alphonse and Alain de Guengat, vice-admiral of Bretagne, concerning the ransom of a Jew named Abraham Bezannero, who was being held in the castle of Brest.
MC/ET/XXXVI/16, September 16, 1561: Declaration of some Portuguese merchants regarding Jean (João) Rodrigues, a Portuguese New Christian merchant, who was held prisoner in the house of Jacques Lesaige, commissioner and examiner at the Châtelet of Paris, at the request of Jacques Perrot, a master draper in Paris, for a large sum of money.
MC/ET/III/142, July 26, 1577: power of attorney given to the merchant Diogo Nunes de Évora, a Portuguese New Christian, to recover two packets of diamonds and rubies seized at Péronne on the way to Flanders.
MC/ET/XXI/35, April 29, 1579: donation of 500 gold ducats by the merchant Álvaro Mendes, a Portuguese New Christian, to his sister Branca Mendez, wife of Luis Pinto, who lived in Seville.
MC/ET/CXVII/22/B, October 15, 1584: promise from Henri Van Ghele, master courier of the king of France, to Francisque Roderiguez (Francisco Rodrigues), a Portuguese New Christian, living in rue Vieille-du-Temple, to hold for him the packets of pearls and gems sent to him from Lisbon and Seville.
MC/ET/CXII/249, December 19, 1603: at the request of David Cedicario, a Spanish merchant living in Pisa (Italy), Manuel Alfonso and Juan de Medina, Spanish merchants living in Bordeaux, Jean Delalion, from Bordeaux, and Bartolomeu Nunes, a Portuguese living in Saint-Jean de Luz, declare to have known in Lyon and Bordeaux Diego de Andrade, a Jewish merchant from the Levant, who retired to Pisa, where he was called Jacob Esperrel (Esperal).
MC/ET/CVI/334, August 12, 1751: power of attorney given by the Parnasim of the Portuguese Jewish Community in Amsterdam to Jean Lambert, baronet of Great Britain living in Paris.
Some examples are the following:
MC/RS//14076, June 6, 1531: the agreement between Emmanuel Alphonse and Alain de Guengat, vice-admiral of Bretagne, concerning the ransom of a Jew named Abraham Bezannero, who was being held in the castle of Brest.
MC/ET/XXXVI/16, September 16, 1561: Declaration of some Portuguese merchants regarding Jean (João) Rodrigues, a Portuguese New Christian merchant, who was held prisoner in the house of Jacques Lesaige, commissioner and examiner at the Châtelet of Paris, at the request of Jacques Perrot, a master draper in Paris, for a large sum of money.
MC/ET/III/142, July 26, 1577: power of attorney given to the merchant Diogo Nunes de Évora, a Portuguese New Christian, to recover two packets of diamonds and rubies seized at Péronne on the way to Flanders.
MC/ET/XXI/35, April 29, 1579: donation of 500 gold ducats by the merchant Álvaro Mendes, a Portuguese New Christian, to his sister Branca Mendez, wife of Luis Pinto, who lived in Seville.
MC/ET/CXVII/22/B, October 15, 1584: promise from Henri Van Ghele, master courier of the king of France, to Francisque Roderiguez (Francisco Rodrigues), a Portuguese New Christian, living in rue Vieille-du-Temple, to hold for him the packets of pearls and gems sent to him from Lisbon and Seville.
MC/ET/CXII/249, December 19, 1603: at the request of David Cedicario, a Spanish merchant living in Pisa (Italy), Manuel Alfonso and Juan de Medina, Spanish merchants living in Bordeaux, Jean Delalion, from Bordeaux, and Bartolomeu Nunes, a Portuguese living in Saint-Jean de Luz, declare to have known in Lyon and Bordeaux Diego de Andrade, a Jewish merchant from the Levant, who retired to Pisa, where he was called Jacob Esperrel (Esperal).
MC/ET/CVI/334, August 12, 1751: power of attorney given by the Parnasim of the Portuguese Jewish Community in Amsterdam to Jean Lambert, baronet of Great Britain living in Paris.
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 subjected to the king, integrating existing notaries under the Crown’s influence.
During the 16th century, Francis I reorganised and promulgated new rules to be adopted by the notaries of France in 1539, including the mandatory rule to write deeds in French and regulations on how records should be archived and preserved.
The French Revolution confirmed the notarial offices by a specific law of 1791, acknowledging 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. Further legislation greatly developed the profession since then, until recent years.
During the 16th century, Francis I reorganised and promulgated new rules to be adopted by the notaries of France in 1539, including the mandatory rule to write deeds in French and regulations on how records should be archived and preserved.
The French Revolution confirmed the notarial offices by a specific law of 1791, acknowledging 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. Further legislation greatly developed the profession since then, until recent years.
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System of arrangement
The system of arrangment is complex and follows different criteria for deeds produced in different contexts. A careful examination of the archival information before visiting the archive is advised:
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Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2022
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