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. PONCELETInventaire sommaire des archives du Bailliage et du Conseil provincial de Tournai-Tournésis, 1 vol. in-8° Brussels, 1903.
Superior courts
