Order of MALTA. 15 handwritten documents bearing the ink stamp Archives de l'Ordre de Malthe, 1143-1707; mostly on parchment, various formats. Various deeds and documents, intended to document proofs of nobility, concerning notably Antoine seigneur d'Argenton, Pierre Paen de Partenay, Pierre Le Masle and the community of Chissé, Antoine des Chazetas, the Guyard de Gouzel family, Jehan Le Seneschal and Guillaume Le Bernien, Jehan Gallochain seigneur de Champgermon, Regnault de Paris seigneur de Villeparisis, the Chevremont family, etc. Attached are a L.A.S. from Hippolito Malaspina, "Prior di Napoli" (Malta 1609); a notarial deed from La Vallette (1741); a receipt on the letterhead of the Grand Prieuré de France (1768).