Parchment Document Signed by Louis XIV and countersigned by Phelypeaux

Dimensions of document 20.4/8" x 12" (52 cm x 34 cm)  

Concerns the appointment of Louis-Paul BELLANGER, Viscount of Hotel-la-Faux, Lord of Nanteuil la Fosse at the office of Advocate General at the Court of Aydes. By this act, the King grants and asks to pay the person concerned, the pension due for his office.

Given at Fontainebleau the fourth day of October the year of grace 1704 "and our reign the seventy-second". 

Signature of Roy, superb signature of Jerome Phélypeaux, Count of Pontchartrain, who was Secretary of State of the House of the King and Secretary of State for the Navy from 1699 to 1715.

Signature of Jacques de Noblet for the recording.  

Absolutely legible document and beautiful state of the signatures. Slit on the bottom right, slight lack of the parchment without affecting the text. Spot on the left of the document, probably mark of an old seal.