Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Notes for Regnaud Boileau
13Regnaud Boileau, 3rd Baron, was made by Charles VI in 1390 Treasurer of the Seneschalship of Beaucaire and Nismes, and was the first in the family who resided in Languedoc. In 1391 he was commissioned by Charles VI to build the Castle of Nismes, the great towers of which still remain. He was permitted to bear the Crescent in his Coat of Arms in memory of his father's gallantry at the battle of Nicopolis. His arms (a castle, etc) are still seen over the door of a home in which he had formerly resided, in Montereau, in the Province of the Isle of France.
19[C-D, III, 384] “Regnaud Boileau, who died in 1400, was in 1391 commissioned by King Charles VI to build the Castle at Nimes, of which two towers still remain near the gate of Carmes (porte des Carmes). He dropped the arms of Etienne Boileau, to carry instead D’azur, au chateau d’argent, which his descendants retained, and which can still be seen on the door of the house in Montereau-Faut-Yonne, where the family lived before its time in Nimes [Not sure of the translation here]. We don’t know the reason why Regnaud dropped the arms of Etienne.”
15[BBB] has a lot more information. Says that the connection of Regnaud to the earlier Boileau is entirely hypothetical. Even the armorial bearings changed. Personally, I think it most likely that Regnaud purchased his title (or his son did) and the family later made up spurious connections to other well-known Boileaus.
[BBB}: “However, with Regnaud we can leave the region of tradition and surmise for that of historical fact. His name first appears in the records in 1390,as Treasurer of the Domain of the King in the Seneschalship of Beaucaire and Nîmes, in the province of Languedoc. He was the first of the family to go and live in that province, having (as stated above) previously lived at the family residence, about 40 miles southwest of Paris, in the Ile-de-France. There he had a house, which he sold for 4,500 livres, and his coat-of-arms was above the door.”
19[C-D, III, 384] “Regnaud Boileau, who died in 1400, was in 1391 commissioned by King Charles VI to build the Castle at Nimes, of which two towers still remain near the gate of Carmes (porte des Carmes). He dropped the arms of Etienne Boileau, to carry instead D’azur, au chateau d’argent, which his descendants retained, and which can still be seen on the door of the house in Montereau-Faut-Yonne, where the family lived before its time in Nimes [Not sure of the translation here]. We don’t know the reason why Regnaud dropped the arms of Etienne.”
15[BBB] has a lot more information. Says that the connection of Regnaud to the earlier Boileau is entirely hypothetical. Even the armorial bearings changed. Personally, I think it most likely that Regnaud purchased his title (or his son did) and the family later made up spurious connections to other well-known Boileaus.
[BBB}: “However, with Regnaud we can leave the region of tradition and surmise for that of historical fact. His name first appears in the records in 1390,as Treasurer of the Domain of the King in the Seneschalship of Beaucaire and Nîmes, in the province of Languedoc. He was the first of the family to go and live in that province, having (as stated above) previously lived at the family residence, about 40 miles southwest of Paris, in the Ile-de-France. There he had a house, which he sold for 4,500 livres, and his coat-of-arms was above the door.”