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Achêne: births from 1729-1796, marriages from 1729-1796, deaths from 1729-1796 & index. Index available. Agimont : births from 1571-1773, marriages from 1571-1773, deaths from 1571-1773 & index. Index available. Aische-en-Refail : births from 1637-1796, marriages from 1637-1796, deaths from 1637-1796 & index. Aisemont: index. Alle: index. births from 1724-1797, marriages from 1724-1797, deaths from 1724-1797 & index. Analysis available. Andenne: births from 1595-1834, marriages from 1595-1834, deaths from 1595-1834 & index. Index available. Andoy: births from 1756-1832, marriages from 1790-1832, deaths from 1790-1832 & index. Index available. Anhée (Senenne): births from 1656-1837, marriages from 1656-1837, deaths from 1656-1837 & index. Index available. Annevoie: see Bioul & index. Index available. Anseremme : births from 1601-1870, marriages from 1601-1869, deaths from 1601-1842 & index. Index available. Anthée : births from 1559-1795, marriages from 1559-1795, deaths from 1559-1795 & index. Index available. Arbre : index. Index available. Assesse: births from 1626-1816 (L), marriages from 1626-1816 (L), deaths from 1626-1816 (L) & index. Index available. Aublain : births from 1673-1793, marriages from 1673-1793, deaths from 1673-1793 & index. Index available. Auvelais: births from 1654-1837, marriages from 1654-1836, deaths from 1654-1819 & index. Index available. Ave-et-Auffe: births from 1849-1795, marriages from 1649-1795, deaths from 1649-1795 & index. Index available. Baillamont : index. Index available. Baillonville: index. Balâtre-Sainte-Aldegonde: births from 1660-1840 (L), marriages from 1660-1840 (L), deaths from 1660-1840 (L) & index. Index available. Balâtre-Saint-Martin: births from 1732-1797, marriages from 1732-1797, deaths from 1732-1797 & index. Index available. Baronville : births from 1682-1796, marriages from 1682-1796, deaths from 1682-1796 & index. Index available. Barvaux :...

General considerations The origin of the Estates of our provinces is almost as old as that of the Estates-General of France, which should not be confused with its first national assemblies (1). It was at the beginning of the 14th century (2) that Philip the Fair first brought together representatives of the clergy, the nobility and the bourgeoisie. The questions he gave them to resolve were purely political; he wanted to have a course of action to follow in his dispute with the Pope on a point that was still being debated f the separation of the two powers. From that time onwards, the bourgeoisie had representatives in all the Estates-General under the name of deputies from the good towns. Unlike the Estates-General, where the bourgeoisie was represented and formed the third order, the national assemblies of the first centuries of our history had only two deliberating bodies, one made up of representatives of the clergy, the other of the nobility. It is difficult today to say which towns sent deputies to the first meeting of the Estates-General and to the assemblies held during the fourteenth century, in 1308, 1328 and 1355, but it cannot be denied that, as early as 1356, the towns of Lille, Douai, Arras and Tournai (1 ) had this right. On 2 March 1350, King John ordered his advisors, the bishop of Evreux and Rémon de Bucy, to travel to Pont-Audemer, in Normandy, to summon the nobility and the communities of the good towns to deliberate on the subsidy he was requesting from them. The king's delegates explained to the deputies the subject of their convocation. They asked for a delay...

Châtellenie de Warneton, 16th-18th century(2936 items). Former seigneury of high justice detached from the châtellenie of Ypres and erected during the 13th century as a bailliage comtal, to which the name châtellenie was later attributed (first known mention: 1305); reorganised in 1771; abolished in 1794. This seigniorial origin imposed a particular territorial constitution and internal organisation on the institution. Its territory comprised two distinct parts: 1. the parishes of Warneton, Kemmel and Wulvergem 2. nine enclaves scattered throughout the neighbouring castellanies; the reorganisation of 1771 made it a single block, made up of the three aforementioned parishes plus the neighbouring villages of Dranouter and Nieuwkerke. From an administrative point of view, this group of territories did not constitute a constituency, but a group of eight constituencies (five in 1771) administered by autonomous local colleges: 1. the town of Warneton, which only extended over part of the parish of that name; administered by a solicitor, seven aldermen, seven councillors, a treasurer, a bailiff and a messenger 2. The parish foraine, also known as Warneton-dehors or Sept Gildes, consisting of the territory of the parish outside the town; administered by seven aldermen, fourteen pointers and a collector. The town and the parish foraine were united in 1605 3. the parishes, branches and territories forming the rest of the châtellenie. The collection was transferred to the State Archives in Bruges in 1970, with the exception of around a hundred items relating to Dranouter, Kemmel, Nieuwkerke, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. It also contains the archives of the feudal court of the Bourg de Warneton,...

Bailiwick then Provincial Council of Tournai-Tournaisis, 1211-1794 (11 articles). Superior provincial court created in 1383 by Charles VI, King of France, to judge «all cases of jurisdiction, sovereignty and other royal rights», i.e. «royal or privileged cases» (bearing arms, crimes of forgery and lèse-majesté, offences committed by banished persons, disputes relating to agreements made under royal seal, etc.), elevated to the rank of Provincial Council by Empress Marie-Thérèse in 1773; abolished in 1795. Its jurisdiction, which originally included Tournai, Tournaisis, the castellany of Mortagne, the seigneury of Saint-Amand and the episcopal and capitular seigneuries of the region, was modified in 1669, 1678, 1697 and 1713. The seat of this court was in Tournai, then in Mortagne (1379), in Maire (1393) and finally in Tournai under Charles V. Appeals against its decisions were lodged with the Parliament of Paris, then, in 1522, with the Council of Flanders and from there with the Great Council of Malines; in 1773, directly with the latter; in 1782, with the Sovereign Council of Hainaut. The collection was destroyed in the fire at the Mons repository in 1940, with the exception of 11 collections of copies of charters, privileges, ordinances and mandements. E. PONCELET, Inventaire sommaire des archives du Bailliage et du Conseil provincial de Tournai-Tournésis, 1 vol. in-8° Bruxelles,...