Chambre des Comptes (Navarre) explained

The Chambres des Comptes de Navarre, alias Cour des Comptes de Navarre[1] (English: Court of Auditors of Navarre), was formed in April 1624 during the reign of Louis XIII through the act of merging the Chambre des Comptes of Pau with the Chambre des Comptes of Nérac into one entity.[2] In 1691, it was merged into the Parliament of Navarre and Béarn in Pau.[3] The First President and the two Presidents, became Président à mortiers in the Parliament.[4]

The Chambre des Comptes of Pau[5] and the Chambre des Comptes of Nérac were created at the same time by Henry II of Navarre on 4 January 1527,[6]

Chambre des Comptes in Pau

The Chambre des Comptes in Pau was given responsibility for Lower Navarre, Béarn, the County of Foix and Bigorre, the Viscounties of Marsan, Turson, Gavardon and the Barony of Captieux, the Viscounties of Lautrec and Nébouzan, the Barony of After-Villemure, and the four valleys of the Aure.

It was reconfirmed and authorized by his successor, Antoine of Navarre, on 11 September 1560, who made at the same time a number of laws to set out the powers of the officers, not only for the Chambre des Comptes in Pau, but also for those of Nérac and Vendôme.

Among these laws were those that determined the number of officers that each one had to have, namely one President, five Counselors/Auditors, a Registrar, a Huissier and a Patrimonial Prosecutor (a "Procureur Patrimonial"); the jurisdiction and knowledge were set forth for all matters concerning the types of income and expense accounting, and the circumstances and dependencies, all the same, and with the same authority and justice that had belonged to the King himself.

By 28 October 1563, the number of huissiers had been increased to two.[7]

The number of counselors/auditors was increased to six with the addition of a position of Supernumerary on 28 October 1563, but the first such supernumerary was only installed in office on 3 January 1568.[8]

On 30 September 1569, the Queen Regnant Jeanne published new laws about religion with two main principles: the first being to suspend all officers who were not Huguenot and prohibit the Lieutenant General from enlisting Catholics, and the second being to seize the property and assets, ecclesiastical or secular, of those who disobeyed her and to sell them on public auction.[9] This latter is, in essence, the beginning of war in Béarn.

First Presidents

First Presidents of the Chambres des Comptes of Pau (in chronological order):

+ Premier Présidents de la Chambre de Comptes of Pau (incomplete)NameDate AppointedDate ConfirmedDate Assumed OfficeDate Departed OfficeReasonSources
Jacques de Foix, Bishop of Lescar
François, Monsieur de Candale
Louis d’Albret
Monsignor the Bishop of Aure
Mathieu Du Pac
Mr. de Mende, Chancellor of Foix
Bertrand d’Abbadie1550
Sieur de Salettes8 Dec 157026 Feb 15711558?[10]
Pierre de Tisnés1560
Guilhem d’Areau or Dareau1567before 8 Dec 1571death
(Arnaud?) de La Forcade
Arnaud de Tisnés24 Oct 1571 by commission
de La Motte11 Mar 1576[11]
Arnaud de Tisnés23 Apr 1577 by letters patents2 Nov 1577death
Jean de La Forcade4 or 14 Sep 158620 Oct 1586death[12] [13] [14] [15]
Pierre Dupont1590?
de La Valade7 May 159120 Jul 1592[16]
Charles Dupont1617
Gratien Dupont1621
Antoine Dupont (Anthonin de Pont)[17] 1671

Procureur Patrimonial

+ Procureur Patrimonial de la Chambre de Comptes of Pau (incomplete)NameDate AppointedDate ConfirmedDate Assumed OfficeDate Departed OfficeReasonSources
Odet de Forbetbefore 1568
Jacques de Forbet7 Sep 1571

Prosecutor and Attorney Generals

Attorney General (following the separation of the positions):

Chambre des Comptes in Nérac

In addition to the responsibility for the Duchy of Albret at the time it was formed, it was also responsible for the County of Armagnac and all of its dependent territories, the Pays d'Eaussan, the Seigneurie of Rivière-Basse, the County of Rodez, the four Castellans of Rouergue, the County of Périgord, and the Viscounty of Limoges.

First Presidents

First Presidents of the Chambres des Comptes of Nérac (in chronological order):

+ Premier Présidents de la Chambre de Comptes of Nérac (incomplete)NameDate AppointedDate ConfirmedDate Assumed OfficeDate Departed OfficeReasonSources
Jean Secondat, Seigneur de Roquesbefore 1576[19]
Vénière1624
de Bayard1645
Jean de Doat1646
Antoine de Bayard1680
Jacques-Joseph de Doat, son of the aforementioned Jean1691

References

Notes and References

  1. Bascle de Lagrèze (1851), p. 17 (in French)
  2. Book: M. Guyot (Joseph Nicolas). Répertoire universel et raisonné de jurisprudence civile, criminelle, canonique et béneficiale: ouvrage de plusieurs jurisconsultes: mis en ordre & publié. 1784. Visse. 592.
  3. Book: Saint-Allais, Nicolas Viton de. La France législative, ministerielle, judiciaire et administrative: sous les quatre dynasties, contenant la chronologie historique des régens, premiers ministres, ministres et secrétaires d'Etat, conseillers d'Etat ... présidens .... 1813. Didot. 281.
  4. Book: Pierre-Joseph-Spiridion Dufey. Histoire, actes et remontrances des Parlements de France, chambres des comptes, cours des aides et autres cours souveraines, depuis 1461 jusqu'à leur suppression. 1826. Galliot. 37.
  5. Laussat (1871), p. 87 (in French)
  6. Laussat (1871), p. 166 (in French)
  7. Laussat (1871), p. 130 (in French)
  8. Laussat (1871), p. 131 (in French)
  9. Laussat (1871), p. 129 (in French)
  10. Laussat (1871), p. 167 (in French)
  11. Laussat (1871), p. 178 (in French)
  12. Laussat (1871), p. 163 (in French)
  13. SSLAP (1907), p. 67 (in French)
  14. Book: Saint-Allais, Nicolas Viton de. La France législative, ministerielle, judiciaire et administrative: sous les quatre dynasties, contenant la chronologie historique des régens, premiers ministres, ministres et secrétaires d'Etat, conseillers d'Etat ... présidens .... 1813. Didot. 282.
  15. Laussat (1871), p. 164 (in French)
  16. Laussat (1871), p. 256 (in French)
  17. Pau C M 1646-1688, p. 50 (in French manuscript)
  18. Book: Saint-Allais, Nicolas Viton de. La France législative, ministerielle, judiciaire et administrative: sous les quatre dynasties, contenant la chronologie historique des régens, premiers ministres, ministres et secrétaires d'Etat, conseillers d'Etat ... présidens .... 1813. Didot. 283.
  19. AD64, E 2002

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