Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Spouses
TitleSeigneur de Castelnau
FatherJean (v) Boileau (1545-1618)
MotherRose de Calvière de St. Cosme (1558-1644)
Notes for Anne de Calvière de Boucoiran
[C-D, IV, 606] gives 1656 as year of death, and 17 March as date of marriage.
Notes for Nicholas (ii) (Spouse 1)
13 Nicolas Boileau, 9th Baron and 4th Lord of Castelnau &c was born in 1578. He studied in Geneva, and took his degree as Avocat at Valence in 1598. In his profession he rose to great eminence and having amassed the sum of £1400 Sterling, he resolved to visit foreign countries. In 1617 he travelled through England, Ireland, Holland and Flanders; and the following year through Germany, Italy and Spain. In 1619 he married Anne de Calviere, by whom he had eleven children and died in 1657. The record in the College of Arms, London, commences with him.
19[C-D, III, 386] “ Nicolas Boileau, born on the 21st of December, 1578, travelled in Italy, Germany, England, Flanders and Holland. He became a lawyer, in which field he gained a great reputation, with his decisions being followed in all the Courts of Justice, and, being asked to answer the call of Arrière-ban, he was excused on the basis of his profession.”
[BBB]: “ The eldest son, Nicolas ii, succeeded his father as Seigneur de Castelnau et de Sainte-Croix. He was a Doctor of Law, having taken his degree at Geneva, and was received as an advocate at Valence in 1598. He was Advocate to the Seneschal at Nîmes, and otherwise worked only in chambers. He was regarded as one of the cleverest of his time in his profession, his advice and writings having been followed eagerly in all the courts. He settled innumerable cases of litigation, not allowing his clients to go to court, if at all possible. His competence, ability and integrity were so well known, and his reputation was so well established, that he was still often asked for as Advocate as long as ten years after his death. Although he took no money from poor litigants or from Nobles, he earned nevertheless more than 100,000 francs.
It was probably Nicolas who is mentioned as 'de Boileau', as one of the five gentlemen who, in 1619, at a time when civil war was threatening, were given the task of going to assure Louis XIII of the fidelity of his subjects in Languedoc.
He was also active in the affairs of Nîmes, particularly in the troubled conditions of the time. So, in 1620, he represented the Consuls at a meeting of the leaders of the community and of the Reformed Religion, called to deal with the town affairs at a time of civil disturbance. In 1621, he was deputed to represent Nîmes in the matter of a levy for supplies to the Huguenot forces. Later that year, he represented the Town Council in discussion with the magistrates when the demolition of the Catholic Cathedral by the Protestant faction was liable to cause disorder. In 1625 he was present at an assembly of leading citizens called by the Duc de Rohan, a Huguenot leader, to establish a council of direction for the conduct of the affairs of the Town.
Two years later, the Duc de Rohan, then general of the Languedoc Protestant forces, set up in Nîmes a council of sixteen with powers to take such action as they thought fit for the security and welfare of the town.
Its members were to be changed periodically. Nicolas was one of the first to be nominated. Before his marriage in 1619, he travelled widely in western Europe, including a visit to England. He married his cousin, Anne de Calvière-Boucoiran, and they had eleven children, (qv); the eldest, François i, a professional soldier, was drowned on a voyage to Naples in his father's lifetime, and so Nicolas, who died in 1657, was succeeded by his second son, Jacques ii, for whom see below. “
19[C-D, III, 386] “ Nicolas Boileau, born on the 21st of December, 1578, travelled in Italy, Germany, England, Flanders and Holland. He became a lawyer, in which field he gained a great reputation, with his decisions being followed in all the Courts of Justice, and, being asked to answer the call of Arrière-ban, he was excused on the basis of his profession.”
[BBB]: “ The eldest son, Nicolas ii, succeeded his father as Seigneur de Castelnau et de Sainte-Croix. He was a Doctor of Law, having taken his degree at Geneva, and was received as an advocate at Valence in 1598. He was Advocate to the Seneschal at Nîmes, and otherwise worked only in chambers. He was regarded as one of the cleverest of his time in his profession, his advice and writings having been followed eagerly in all the courts. He settled innumerable cases of litigation, not allowing his clients to go to court, if at all possible. His competence, ability and integrity were so well known, and his reputation was so well established, that he was still often asked for as Advocate as long as ten years after his death. Although he took no money from poor litigants or from Nobles, he earned nevertheless more than 100,000 francs.
It was probably Nicolas who is mentioned as 'de Boileau', as one of the five gentlemen who, in 1619, at a time when civil war was threatening, were given the task of going to assure Louis XIII of the fidelity of his subjects in Languedoc.
He was also active in the affairs of Nîmes, particularly in the troubled conditions of the time. So, in 1620, he represented the Consuls at a meeting of the leaders of the community and of the Reformed Religion, called to deal with the town affairs at a time of civil disturbance. In 1621, he was deputed to represent Nîmes in the matter of a levy for supplies to the Huguenot forces. Later that year, he represented the Town Council in discussion with the magistrates when the demolition of the Catholic Cathedral by the Protestant faction was liable to cause disorder. In 1625 he was present at an assembly of leading citizens called by the Duc de Rohan, a Huguenot leader, to establish a council of direction for the conduct of the affairs of the Town.
Two years later, the Duc de Rohan, then general of the Languedoc Protestant forces, set up in Nîmes a council of sixteen with powers to take such action as they thought fit for the security and welfare of the town.
Its members were to be changed periodically. Nicolas was one of the first to be nominated. Before his marriage in 1619, he travelled widely in western Europe, including a visit to England. He married his cousin, Anne de Calvière-Boucoiran, and they had eleven children, (qv); the eldest, François i, a professional soldier, was drowned on a voyage to Naples in his father's lifetime, and so Nicolas, who died in 1657, was succeeded by his second son, Jacques ii, for whom see below. “