Guy de Chabot, baron de JARNAC (1514-1584) gentleman of the chamber of François I, famous for his duel with La Chataigneraie, the famous "coup de Jarnac"; he was governor of La Rochelle and mayor of Bordeaux. Minutes of 2 letters, Saint-Aulaye June 9, 1566; 1 page and a quarter in-fol. To Queen Mother Catherine de Médicis, concerning the Portuguese merchant Francisco d'Albagno [who was commissioned in 1567 to buy the marble columns for the construction of the Tuileries], who "lives in Lisbon in Portugal, trading in druggies, groceries and sugar for his brother, a banker named Peregrin d'Albesgne, and for several large and wealthy merchants of this Royal kingdom, each of whom is in such good standing in the country that he was the recipient of the funds granted for the pansion of the Infanta of Portugal when the peace treaty was signed in Cambrezis. Et quant a moy je lay tousiours congneu bon serviteur du Roy luy demeurant a la Rochelle avec sondict frere vyvant paisiblement & en bonne réputation de tous ceulx qui avoient affere a luy"... As for himself, he puts all his zeal into making his government respect the King's edicts and ordinances... The other letter is addressed to his cousin de Lansac, whom he is joining at Court. He recommends his two sons Léonor and Charles to him, and tells him about the harvests in prospect on his lands: "Ne voulant vous celer que les bledz & les vignes n'étaient il y a vingt ans si beaux quy sont en ce pais et croys qui sera année d'uzuriers qui ce pendront car il y a desja quatre ou cinq qui sont penduz"...