[Gaspard TURPIN, sieur de FONTAINE (1641-1717 ?) equerry, king's counselor, master of Waters and Forests and captain of hunts of the duchy and bailliage of Alençon.] Bundle of 15 letters or documents addressed to him or concerning him; vellum or paper. Letters of nobility with painted coat of arms and large green wax seal hanging on a cord, signed Louis XIV (secretary) and Phelypeaux (1699). Extract of the registers of the Parliament justifying his quality of squire (1699). Letters of mission signed by La Rouvraye (1682), Paul Mascranny de La Verrière (1682) and Nicolas Desmarets (1704). Baptismal certificates of his sons (1709-1713). Order of registration of the provisions given by the duke of Berry, of Alençon and of Angoulême, in favor of his son for the office of master of waters and forests in the bailiwick of Alençon (1714). L.S. of the Grand Veneur Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, count of Toulouse, confirming to Gaspard II Turpin his office "au fait des chasses en particulier" (1715). Confirmation of nobility for François Turpin squire of Bel-Aunay (1716). Certificates in favor of the deceased Master of Waters and Forests, by Pierre-Hector Le Guerchois, Intendant of the county of Burgundy, Nicolas Prosper Baüyn, lord of Angervilliers, Intendant of justice, police and finances in Alsace, and Louis-Guillaume Jubert de Bouville, Intendant of the generality of Orleans, and Paul Esprit Feydeau, commissioner for the execution of the orders of S.M. in Brittany (1717).