More Resources for Genealogical Research in the Pays de Vaud

For my own purposes, I have made rough indexes and in some cases partial transcripts of a number of interesting documents. Please let me know if you find something that is helpful for your own research. I may be able to send you images from the original documents. Check this page often, I will be adding more information as time permits. All catalogue numbers refer to the Archives Cantonales Vaudoises (ACV) unless otherwise specified. (AVL=Archives de la Ville de Lausanne, AEG=Archives d'Etat de Genève. AEF=Archives de l'Etat de Fribourg.)

The importance of the "terriers", volumes containing feudal tax records, for genealogical research can hardly be overstated. The terriers were compiled by "commissaires" appointed for this purpose. The commissaires were often appointed in pairs, and one of them was usually from outside the area for which the terrier was to be created, thereby minimizing conflicts of interest. As a result of the repeated division of properties over many centuries, the number of parcels that had to be described was enormous, with the result that many of the terriers are huge volumes, sometimes exceeding 1300 folios, written on both sides. The amount of work involved in producing such a volume was formidable, sometimes extending over a period of several years. There would have been many months of preparation as well, in gathering and reviewing all of the source documents, interviewing the current tenants of the various parcels, etc. See recent news about the terriers at the ACV!

In view of the complexity of the task, executed with only a quill pen, it is not surprising that the terriers contain errors, or at least inconsistencies. For purposes of genealogical research, the possible existence of errors means that it is necessary to cast a very wide net, examining as many terriers as possible for the districts of interest. It is also advisable, whenever possible, to check the terriers of other districts, since so many families held property in unexpected locations. The ACV has a series of volumes that help to locate the terriers that include property in each commune. Additional terriers might exist in the archives of neighboring cantons, as well as the archives of the various communes.

When research conditions are favorable, it may be possible to use the terriers to trace at least some families back through several centuries. In other cases, the information in the terriers could be combined with information in the registers of the notaries. In a few cases, the terriers mention the dates of testaments or marriage contracts that are now lost.

Most of the terriers have at least a rudimentary index of personal names, and some have an index of place names as well. The indexes are not always complete. A comparison of the index entries with the titles and text of the individual "reconnaissances" shows that the index entries often omit the names of other parties who share an interest in a particular property. Also, the index entries sometimes do not use the same spellings as those found in the body of the document.

Systematic research in the terriers can be exasperating. While most volumes have an index of some sort, we have found an occasional volume where the index apparently belongs to some other volume, having become detached over the centuries from wherever it started, and then being inserted into some different volume. At least a few terriers from the district of Nyon have indexes that turn out to reference not the original "reconnaissants" as expected, but rather the individuals who held the same properties one or more generations later, and who are mentioned in cryptic marginal notes in the main text. Some terriers were not compiled by the commissaires mentioned in the inventory of the ACV, or contain fragments from other terriers, or do not cover the dates or the areas listed in the inventory — and not all of the inconsistencies can be blamed on bad handwriting. There are also terriers that have suffered various indignities, such as sections apparently torn out, collation errors during binding, nibbling by mice, fading due to moisture, and in at least one case, corrosion due to excessively acidic ink. Having experienced these obstacles for myself, I realized that sustained genealogical research needs to be supported by more comprehensive indexes and abstracts.

The script is often difficult, as every scribe had his own notions of spelling, abbreviations, grammar, etc. Many of the ambiguities of the script can be overcome by carefully counting the seemingly identical strokes that make the letters i, j, n, m, u, and v indistinguishable in many words and in many names, but we found at least one example of a scribe who habitually lost count of those identical strokes, even in short words such as unum or cum, thus further disguising names, verb tenses, grammar, and meaning.

Because of the way the terriers were compiled—by human hands subject to distraction and boredom—it is necessary to evaluate them with the same care that would be used for any other source whose accuracy has not been verified. In effect, while some parts of the individual "reconnaissances" could be regarded as primary sources, attested by the parties who were present when the documents were written and speaking of matters about which they were likely well informed, other parts are secondary sources. That is, those sections that concern prior ownership of property are usually based on other, much earlier documents, and are therefore not primary sources. Among the ways that the terriers can be evaluated are the following:

• The ownership of a particular parcel should be reported the same way in all the reconnaissances that cite it as a neighboring property. That is, each time the property is cited, the current ownership should be identical.
• Each time a prior reconnaissance is cited by date and by the name of the commissaire who compiled it, the names of the parties should match. We found many cases in some terriers where the paraphrases of a prior reconnaissance were drastically different. In one terrier (1622), we found at least four, very different versions relating to the Monod family, each claiming to name the parties to a single reconnaissance from 1570. Sometimes the nature of the error is obvious, in others it defies explanation. In such cases, the original of the prior reconnaissance must be found, or else the information must be ignored entirely.
• When comparing individual parcels, it is sometimes helpful to pay attention to the amounts of the "cense" that are due, as well as the description of the parcel and the parties involved. People could own multiple parcels in a single "lieu-dit", with similar or even identical descriptions.
• For the frequently encountered situation of joint ownership of a parcel (the key French word for this situation is "indivis"), the amounts of the "cense" that are owed by each of the owners must add up to the correct total for the entire parcel. The shares of the individual owners will normally be listed in separate reconnaissances. It is important to locate the reconnaissances that account for all the shares, and then to understand the nature of the division. Divisions into thirds, fourths, etc. may have implications for understanding the relationships of the owners.
• It is necessary to cast a very wide net. The patchwork of feudal titles had the consequence that an individual might own parcels in the jurisdictions of several different Seigneurs or other entities. Since not all the terriers have survived, and since not all of them are equally informative, the clues needed to untangle complicated families will not always be found where they are expected.
• During the centuries when terriers were in use, family names sometimes changed. Later compilers sometimes used the current family name when citing an old reconnaissance. Aliases ("dit" names) are often encountered, but they are not always used consistently. In the 15^th and 16^th Centuries, aliases were sometimes based on the name of the wife: when Claude Mayor of Ballens, resident of Mollens, married Mermette Mathey, he became known as Claude Mayor alias Mathey, and his descendants were frequently known as Mayor dit Mathey. With close reading, the terriers will often reveal the origins of aliases and name changes.
• Genealogical conclusions should be based on as wide a selection of evidence as possible, and explanations should be sought for any citations that seem inconsistent. Where possible, conclusions from the terriers should be supplemented with other sources.

Another oddity, or feature, of the terriers concerns the way they were prepared. At least some of the commissaires, or their clerks, seem to have used the prior terrier as a model for the description of individual properties. Ideally, each parcel should be described in a way that comports with the way it was described in the prior terrier, updating the names of the tenants of each of the adjoining properties so that everything reflects the current situation. However, we sometimes encounter descriptions where the adjoining tenants seem to be those from the prior terrier instead of the current tenants. Or, people who have actually died (perhaps mentioned as deceased in a reconnaissance made by their heirs) are still mentioned as the current tenants of adjoining properties. Some of these inconsistencies can be explained as scribal errors in interpreting abbreviations in a rought draft, others seem more likely to result from absent-minded copying from the prior terrier. It is necessary to compare many descriptions of adjoining properties, and in successive terriers if possible, to be sure exactly who has died and who has inherited from them.

One other dimension of the problem of interpreting the terriers needs to be mentioned, the distinction between the date when the text was compiled, and the date when the text was copied in its present form. When a terrier has original signatures (and those signatures are those of the notary who is actually mentioned as the commissaire in the text of the reconnaissances that bear his signature), it can be presumed we are looking at a document prepared by the notary himself. However, many terriers lack signatures and bear other signs that they are copies of earlier documents. When this situation is encountered, we would like to know both the date and authorship of the original text, as well as when and by whom it was copied into the form that we see today. It would be useful to include that information in archival inventories and catalogues, something that does not seem to be a part of current practice. Also, when it can be determined that the document that has come down to us is a copy, we need to consider what may have been omitted, rearranged, altered, or perhaps even added when the copy was made. The more we work with these ancient documents, the more questions we have.

1. Indexes, summaries, and extracts from terriers ("Grosses de Reconnaissances", compilations of land records) and similar sources for various areas throughout the Pays de Vaud.
   • Aa 2/2, a supplement volume for the copy registers of the "Inventaire Blanc" for the district of Avenches, 94 items 1344-1556, mostly relating to donations to the church of Avenches.
   • Aa 12/1-6 and supplements 1 and 2, copy registers for the "Inventaire Blanc" for the district of Payerne, selected reconnaissances and similar transactions, especially those involving individuals. The "Inventaire Blanc", so called from the color of its binding, was a series of about 20 volumes listing the titles, charters, and other documents in the hands of the government of Bern that concerned the occupied territories of Vaud, compiled around the middle of the 18^th Century. The documents had been sorted by district and by date, then arranged in cabinets or "Layettes", each document assigned a serial number within its district. In addition, the original plan was apparently to transcribe each document in full, in a series of "copy registers". However, at some point, this procedure was discontinued. After the Revolution of 1798, the new Canton of Vaud retrieved the "Inventaire Blanc", the original "Layettes", and the "copy registers" from Bern. By the early 20^th Century, some attempts had been made to reorganize this huge mass of documents, with the result that some of the "Layettes" had been completely emptied of their contents, which had then been added to Série C, "Parchemins et papiers", and possibly to other series as well, but without a systematic attempt to annotate the "Inventaire Blanc" to show where the documents had been refiled. For the district of Payerne, it appears that Layettes 13-21 were all systematically emptied, and most of the documents probably found their way into C VII b, the series for the Abbey of Payerne. However, the inventory of C VII b lists only dates, without any further information. That leaves us with the copy registers as the easiest source for "reconnaissances" involving individuals, almost none of which were listed separately in the "Inventaire Blanc" (where they are listed in groups, "reconnaissances pour divers particuliers"). These miscellaneous documents contain many genealogical details over a period of at least three centuries. In the copy registers, we found about half of these documents, up to item No. 640. At that point, either the practice of copying the documents involving "divers particuliers" was discontinued, or else they were copied into one or more registers that have since been lost. The only way to locate these items, roughly Nos. 641-1174, is to examine C VII b, item by item, beginning with the documents from about 1400 and continuing to the end of the series. It is also possible that some of the documents have ended up in other parts of series C. We have made extracts, paraphrases, and/or transcripts of the documents that have been recovered so far, either from the copy registers, or from C VII b.
   • Ab 6, for properties subject to Guillaume de Namur and his wife Catherine de Savoie in the district of Moudon, 1358-1361, commissaire Johannes Guillyent. This terrier helped push back the dates for a number of families to the beginning of the 14^th Century.
   • Ad 24, compiled by Jacobus de Sancto Ramberto for the priory and château of Brussins (modern Bursins), 1337.
   • Ad 34, Rentier for the priory of Etoy, 1512.
   • AEF Grosses Estavayer 121, compiled by Petrus Mareschet of Payerne for the part of the seigneurie of Estavayer that was granted to Humbert, Bastard of Savoie in 1421, the reconnaissances dated 1423-1425.
   • AEF Grosses Estavayer 125, compiled by Johannes Chuard and later continued by Petrus Mayor of Cugy, for Noble Girardus de Illens and then for his son Petrus de Illens, 1425-1479.
   • AEF Grosses Surpierre 56, compiled by Franciscus Catthyn for Humbertus de Glannaz, 1437-1440.
   • AEF Grosses Montagny 149, for Nobilis Anthonius de Aventhica, commissaire Vignirosi, 1439-1446, mentioning a number of earlier documents and notaries.
   • AEF Grosses Dominicaines 1, a terrier compiled by Ludovicus Musard, for property subject to the convent of the Dominican Sisters at Estavayer, with reconnaissances dated between 1461 and 1490, mostly in the range 1462-1466. Contains some very interesting material.
   • AEF Grosses Estavayer 117, for property subject to Noble Rodulphus de Vuippens, commissaires Johannodus Rossel and his son Petrus Rosseli, 1446-1461.
   • AEF Grosses Estavayer 116, compiled by Ludovicus Musard for the fief of Vuippens, 1463, only the index has been copied so far.
   • AEF Grosses Fille Dieu 2, for the convent of the Maison Fille Dieu (Cistercian) near Romont, commissaire Aymonetus Ponel or Ponné, 1479-1488, with many references to earlier documents.
   • AEF Grosses St. Aubin 22, a terrier for property subject to the heirs of Rolet Gachet of Villars-en-Vully (now the oddly named Villars-le-Grand; this Gachet family is the source of the Gachet of Payerne and the older Gatschet of Bern, both now extinct, as is apparently also the branch at Villars), commissaire Petrus de Molendino, 1516. The property is mostly in the Vully region. This terrier was found almost by accident, as the AEF does not seem to have an inventory of the "Grosses" or terriers in its collection that gives the names of the seigneurs and commissaires.
   • AEF Grosses St. Aubin 23, for property subject to Noble Antoine de Anglisi, mostly at St. Aubin (Fribourg), commissaire Andrea de Arsina, 1482-1485.
   • AEF Grosses St. Aubin 24, for property subject to an earlier Noble Antoine de Anglisi, mostly at St. Aubin (Fribourg), commissaire Guionetus de Tretorens, 1446-1449.
   • AEF Grosses Rue 85, for Nobilis Johannes Championis dominus de Romanens, commissaire Gabriel Barrillieti, 1504. Includes proerties at Chavannes-sur-Moudon.
   • AEF Grosses Rue 89, for Nobiles Anthonius et Jacobus Champion, commissaire Anthonius Roberti, 1486. Includes properties at Chavannes-sur-Moudon.
   • AEF Grosses Rue 90, for Nobilis Johannes Malliardo, commissaire Aymo Ponné or Ponel, circa 1480-1489.
   • AEF Grosses Rue 92, for Nobiles Johannes, Guilliermus, et Franciscus Champion domini Bastide, commissaire Petrum Oubam de Cossonex, about 1454.
   • AEF Grosses Rue 93, for Amedeus de Sabaudia, commissaire Johannes de Corveto, 1403.
   • AEF Grosses Rue 94, extracts concerning the altar and chapel of St. Bartholomeus at Moudon founded by Agnes de Sarrata widow of Richardus de Vuillens domicellus de Melduno, 1311-1524.
   • AVL C 318, Priory of Lutry 1538, commissaire Jean Gignilliat, copied from ACV Ff 76bis (now incomplete) by Nicolas Bulet.
   • AEG Titres et droits Cc 159, former Chapitre de Genève at Aubonne and Allamand 1562-1571, commissaire Pierre Bégoz, appears to be a copy of ACV Fh 157, which has not yet been examined.
   • Af 10, Register of rents and debts payable to the Crostel family of Payerne, 1449-1539, with signatures and paraphes of many notaries of this period.
   • C VIIa 410, scroll with some damage, properties subject to the priory and château of Brussins (modern Bursins), early 14^th Century, name of commissaire unknown.
   • C XX 18, miscellaneous documents relating to Ballens, 1331-1609.
   • C XX 22, miscellaneous documents relating to Féchy, 1272-1502.
   • C XX 23, miscellaneous documents relating to Gimel, 1294-1499.
   • Fe 64, Fief of Bury for the Charitable Hospital of Montreux circa 1676.
   • Fe 112, Montreux 1543, second cycle compiled by Anselme Cuccuat.
   • Fe 129, Montreux 1592, commissaire Muriset.
   • Fe 147, Montreux 1648 at Vernex, commissaire Dumayne.
   • Fe 148, Montreux 1648 at Chernex, commissaire Dumayne.
   • Fe 149, Montreux 1648 at Sionzier, Perthyt, and Varennes, commissaire Dumayne.
   • Fe 150, Montreux 1648 at Les Planches etc., commissaire Dumayne.
   • Fe 151, Montreux 1648 at Clarens etc., commissaire Dumayne.
   • Fe 152, Montreux 1648 at Chally etc., commissaire Dumayne.
   • Fe 153, Montreux 1648 at Brent and Choullin, commissaire Dumayne.
   • Ff 2, Priory of Lutry, 1393-1406, from which we extracted a reconnaissance placing the de Torculari family at St.Paul-en-Chablais in 1397.
   • Ff 13 (including Ff 13bis), for the priory of Romainmôtier, compiled by Petrus de Estue and Petrus Vannerii, 1427-1432.
   • Ff 32bis, Priory of Lutry, 1510.
   • Ff 33, Priory of Lutry 1501-1511, commissaire Pierre Marchand.
   • Ff 34, Priory of Lutry 1503, commissaire Pierre Marchand.
   • Ff 41, Noble fiefs of the Evêché de Lausanne, 1511.
   • Ff 42, Crissier à cause du prieuré de Lutry, 1499.
   • Ff 43, St. Saphorin, Lutry, Cully, grosse pour l’Abbaye de Montheron à cause de ses biens et revenus, 1515.
   • Ff 76, Prieuré de Lutry, 1538.
   • Ff 76 bis, Prieuré de Lutry, 1538, commissaire Jean Gignilliat (incomplete—for a complete copy transcribed by Nicolas Bulet, see above, AVL C 318).
   • Ff 84, Chapels and confraries of the “grand église” of Lausanne, 1541.
   • Ff 90, Lausanne à cause de la Châpitre, 1546.
   • Ff 93, Lausanne, noble fiefs of the former Evêché, 1551.
   • Ff 96, Les fiefs procédés tans des nobles de Lullin, seigneurs de Vulliens, que de Noble Isabelle de Bussy, de Romont, indivis pour le quart, 1551.
   • Ff 108, for Noble Jaques Cerjat in the area around Cully, 1570.
   • Ff 112, Lausanne, property of the former Evêché, 1571 to 1590's.
   • Ff 145, Lausanne, rentier pour Leurs Excellences circa 1600.
   • Ff 166, Priory of Lutry, Evêché de Lausanne, and parish of Lutry, 1620.
   • Ff 186, Priory of Lutry etc., 1630 (mainly at Villars-Mendraz).
   • Ff 289, Abbaye de Romainmôtier, property at Crissier, 1599.
   • Fg 2, Priory of Romainmôtier, for their properties at Mollens and Ballens, 1337, compiled by Jacobus de Sancto Raginberto, a remarkable little document, still perfectly legible.
   • Fg 5, Priory of Bière, 1419, commissaire Roletus Barberii de Bonavilla Gebennensis diocesis.
   • Fg 6, Priory of Romainmôtier, 1424.
   • Fg 16, Mandements of Nyon, Morges, and Cossonay, noble fiefs, for Karolus Sabaudie, prince and duke, compiled by Michael Quisard, 1488-1498 and 1524. I first saw this terrier in 2009, but found it too difficult. I have returned to it from time to time, and, after nearly a decade, finally gained enough understanding of the Latin script and abbreviations, as well as the nature of the feudal regime, to extract the information about the "censiers" who owed rents and allegiance to their noble seigneurs.
   • Fg 27, Noble fiefs of Romainmôtier, 1493.
   • Fg 38, Priory of Bière, 1488.
   • Fg 45, Noble fiefs of Cossonay 1500, commissaire Michel Quisard.
   • Fg 52, Priory of Romainmôtier at Mollens etc., 1536.
   • Fg 62, Morges and surrounding villages (?), 1545 (?).
   • Fg 70, Seigneurie of Perroy, commissaires Louis Challet, and after his death, Urbain Quisard , 1545-1551.
   • Fg 102, Conseigneurie de Lussy, 1590.
   • Fg 103, Fragment of a terrier, for the former fiefs of the de Martine family, commissaire Claude Pariat, 1593-1594.
   • Fg 105, Rentier pour les chappelles de Cossonay, circa 1595.
   • Fg 111, Noble fiefs of Morges, 1599.
   • Fg 125, Mollens, property formerly held by the priory of Romainmôtier, 1608, commissaire Etienne Mayor.
   • Fg 132, Abbaye du Lac de Joux, 1624.
   • Fg 135, Noble fiefs of Morges 1627, commissaire Nicolas Bulet.
   • Fg 159, Ballens, for the Baron of Aubonne, 1678.
   • Fg 171, Reconnaissances for Gabriel Monod relating to the dowry of his wife, at Apples, circa 1700.
   • Fg 208, Hôpital de la Sainte-Trinité, Morges, Commissaire Nicolas Gaudin, fondé sur les reconnaissances sur Jaques Gaudin relevé en 1513 environ.
   • Fg 243, Extract of reconnaissances for Mont-le-Vieux, commissaire Johannes de Sancto Ciriaco clericus imperialis, 20 mar 1356.
   • Fg 244, Artificial register of diverse fragments, evidently pertaining to the Seigneurie of Rolle, 1345-1551.
   • Fg 246, Extracts for the hospital of Rolle 1348-1541, compiled by Ludovicus Challeti around 1530-1541.
   • Fg 253, Fragment of a later copy in French of a reconnaissance originally recorded in Latin by Aymonodus Roberti in 1478, part of his lost terrier for the seigneuries of Rolle and Mont-le-Vieux, for properties held by the Nobles de Mont of Aubonne.
   • Fg 257, Fragment of a copy or extract of a terrier for the Seigneur de Mont-le-Vieux and Rolle, originally compiled by Stephanus de Riva of Luins, part of the section for Luins, 1501.
   • Fg 258, Two reconnaissances, one from a terrier complied by Ludovicus Challeti 1529, the other from a terrier compiled by Philibertus Oyselli 1502, copied in 1697 by J. B. Duret.
   • Fg 259, Fg 261, Fg 262, and Fg 260, Fragments of a terrier for the seigneuries of Mont-le-Vieux and Rolle, commissaire Johannes Boleti, 1504-1514. The fragments, covering about 113 folios of the original terrier, the rest of which is lost, served as the source for the major part of the quernet Fi 55, dated nominally 1543. The fragments contain many details that were omitted in the preparation of Fi 55.
   • Fg 263, Property and rents subject to the Charitable Hospital of Rolle, 1525-1541, Commissaires Ludovicus Challet and, 1543-1548, Rodulphus Pictet. Contains very detailed information on some families.
   • Fg 264, Extraicts des Recognoissances de la Seigneurie du Rosey rière la Balliage de Morges, derived from documents recorded by Louis Challet 1527-1537 and Jean Bory 1487-1489, and compiled about 1606-1618 by Jean Coendoz. It appears that Coendoz used these "extracts" during the compilation of a later terrier for the Seigneur du Rosey. In the course of that task, he added marginal notes detailing the descendants of some of the tenants mentioned by Challet, thus providing almost a century of genealogy that may not be available from any other source.
   • Fg 267, Quernet and reconnaissances for Noble Claude d'Alinge in favor of Noble Amed de Beaufort, Baron of Rolle and Mont-le-Vieux, 1531-1548.
   • Fg 269, Abbergements recorded by Louis Challet for the Seigneur of Mont-le-Vieux and Rollet and his wife, circa 1530, mostly lods but with a few surprising details, including a priest convicted of heresy and burned, his properties confiscated and then leased to his brother.
   • Fg 273, Mont-le-Grand and surrounding area, répertoire to a lost (?) terrier, 1540-1542.
   • Fg 275, Various "noble fiefs" subject to the Seigneur of Mont-le-Vieux and Rolle, commissaire Ludovicus Challeti, 1542-5143, closely related to, or possibly the source for similar information in the "quernet" Fi 55, but with more details.
   • Fg 283, Mollens for the noble de Mont family, undated, possibly about 1550 or earlier.
   • Fg 292, properties subject to the baronnie of Rolle, probably 1590-1600.
   • Fg 294, "Compte particullier des censes" for the Barony of Rolle at Bière, circa 1590.
   • Fg 300, properties possibly subject to the baronnie of Rolle, 1598, commissaire Claude Testu, extracted from an unidentified source.
   • Fh 4, "Vieulx Quernet pour la Seigneurie de Aulbonne", circa 1434. This turns out to be a revised summary of Fh 119, compiled about 1427 by Johannes Thomasseti. Also, it is a sort of precursor for Fh 5.
   • Fh 4bis, Seigneurie of Alamand, 1432-1436, commissaires Roletus Michalliens, Petrus Michaudi, and Mermetus Cristine.
   • Fh 5, Quernet for the Seigneurie of Aubonne, about 1438-1448, summarized from Fh 120 (for the section concerning Aubonne) and other, unknown sources. There are marginal notations referring to other volumes with designations such as B or G that have not been identified.
   • Fh 7, Noble fiefs of the Seigneurie d'Aubonne, commissaire Johannes Vuillieti, 1477-1478.
   • Fh 9, Aubonne, noble fiefs, 1507, commissaire Brasier.
   • Fh 10, Aubonne, reconnaissances for Noble Jean (II) de Menthon, Commissaire Ludovicus Challeti, 1523-1534.
   • Fh 11/1, 11/4, and 11/5, fragments of reconnaissances copied from other terriers, original dates about 1536, 1594, and 1601, concerning property of the Brunet and Cignioux (later Fegnioux) families at Burtigny, subject to Nobles Jean (II) de Menthon, Claude de Mestral, and François Villain, with interesting provisions.
   • Fh 16, Aubonne, quernet for the Seigneur of Aubonne, 1543 (second volume — the first volume is Fh 15), commissaire Aimé Mandrot.
   • Fh 16bis, fragment of a French translation of Fh 15, which gives introductory material that has been lost from Fh 15, including information about dates. An interesting discovery that helps in the interpretation of Fh 15 and Fh 16!
   • Fh 17, Gimel for the noble de la Porte family, 1552-1558, commissaires Nicolas and Bartolomé Tripod (unsigned copy).
   • Fh 18, Gimel, "Extrait de Reconnaissances" for the noble de la Porte family, 1552-1558, commissaires Nicolas and Bartolomé Tripod, copy by Jean Gignillat, 1680, and with some useful notations about the successors of the original reconnaissants.
   • Fh 25, Noble fiefs of the Barony of Aubonne, 1576.
   • Fh 31, Similar to Fh 34, but covering different areas; we copied and transcribed only the sections for Ballens, Mollens, and Bussy.
   • Fh 34, Bougier-St.Martin, Trévelin, and Gimel, circa 1585, apparently compiled by Etienne Favre. Classified as a quernet, this enormous volume lacks headings and dates, but it does contain abundant genealogical information, especially about the old families of Gimel. The transcript is nearly complete, but still needs editing.
   • Fh 35, quernet by Estienne Favre for Hans Heinrich Lochman, circa 1583, first part of a series of quernets that includes also Fh 31, 32, 33, 34, and 36, possibly others. This volume covers Aubonne, Bougier-St.Martin, Trivillins, and Gimel, possibly duplicating parts of Fh 34. Eventually, we hope to analyze the entire series.
   • Fh 38, Gimel, "grosse de reconnaissances" for the de Martine family, 1583, commissaire Etienne Favre.
   • Fh 39, Saint Livre, "extraits des censes pensionnaires" regarding property at St. Livre that was sold by Jean Grivel to Their Excellencies of Bern in 1717. The "reconnaissances" were copied from earlier terriers.
   • Fh 53, property dependent on the Château d'Allamand, about 1614, partial index and analysis.
   • Fh 63, Gimel en faveur de Benjamin Valier, 1682.
   • Fh 65, St. Livres 1681.
   • Fh 69, Rotulus (scroll) for Noble Johannes (IV) Conseigneur de Albona, Compiled by Jacobus de Bissingio, circa 1344.
   • Fh 70, Rotulus for Noble Guillaume de la Baume, Baron d’Aubonne, Seigneur de l’Abergement, 1357, Commissaire Aymo Mercerii de Cluse.
   • Fh 72, Rotulus for Noblis Henricus de Menthone, Coseigneur d’Aubonne, Commissaire Roletus Fine or Fynaz, 1419.
   • Fh 74, Rotulus, abergements etc. for Pierre Quisard, Coseigneur de Gimel, 1561.
   • Fh 75, Rotulus, abergements etc. for Pierre Quisard, Coseigneur de Gimel, 1561-1580.
   • Fh 101, extract of a quernet that was first compiled for Guilliermus de Grandissono for his Seigneurie of Aubonne by Johannes de Montrichier 1366-1370 based on a terrier by Jacobus Rodulphus de Bissingio about 1339, and subsequently updated as late as the 1420's, with marginal notations from the 1450's by Petrus Mangie. Now that the complex origins of Fh 101 are better understood, it is possible to trace the origins of many families in the mid-14^th Century. Nearly complete transcript.
   • Fh 102, extracts of documents relating to the Hospitale Sancti Spritus of Aubonne, 1300-1539.
   • Fh 103, extracts of documents relating to the Confratria Sancti Spiritus of Aubonne, 1328-1431, probably compiled by Jaquetus Gos.
   • Fh 104, reconnaissances for Johannes et Arthaudus, filii quondam Ludovicus, Condomini de Albona, compiled 1301-1302 by Johannes Brunerii notarius, selected and copied for Noble Pierre Quisard Coseigneur de Gimel about 1565 by Johannes Billiard and Estienne Favre.
   • Fh 105, reconnaissances for Franciscus, count of Gruyère, in the seigneurie of Aubonne, commissaire Petrus Mangie, mostly 1456-1457.
   • Fh 106, reconnaissances for Johannes, coseigneur of Aubonne, compiled by Stephanus de Lavignier and Petrus Colovrat, and completed by Ansermus de Pompaploz, 1321-1340. Mostly very short reconnaissances, and many of the people mentioned do not have a surname. In some cases, surnames have been inserted later. Also, there are many people mentioned whose surnames differ from those of their fathers or siblings.
   • Fh 107, extracts relating to the co-seigneurie of Aubonne, from 1342, 1369-1370, 1379, and 1438, but exactly why and how this volume was compiled is still a mystery. There are 6 or 7 separate sections, depending on how you count them. Many family relationships are mentioned.
   • Fh 109, a sort of supplement to Fh 112, compiled in 1359 for Guillaume de la Balme, Baron of Aubonne, by Johannes Compagniardi, as a result of an exchange between Guillaume, Count de Namur, and Guillaume de la Balme. Nearly complete transcript.
   • Fh 110, a small volume, for Anthonius, co-seigneur of Aubonne, compiled by Petrus de Esclepens, 1370.
   • Fh 112, copy of a terrier originally compiled in 1357 for Guillaume de la Baume, Baron of Aubonne, commissaire Johannes Compagnardi. Nearly complete transcript.
   • Fh 113, Coseigneurie of Aubonne, commissaires Johannes de Montrichier and others, 1377-1430.
   • Fh 114, properties subject to Nicodus and Rodulphus de Cerjat for their fief of Alamand, 1386, commissaires Anthoine Bruyvans and Johannes Serraceni.
   • Fh 115, properties subject to Henricus de Menthone, coseigneur of Aubonne, 1419-1423, commissaires Johannodus de Sancto Leonardo and Girardus de Leaval, copyist Matheus de Reynarderia, from reconnaissances originally recorded by Roletus Fine.
   • Fh 116, properties subject to the hospital of Aubonne, 1425-1459, commissaires Jaquetus Gos and others.
   • Fh 117, properties subject to Nobiles Humbertus, Johannes, et Glaudius de Lavignyer, 1432-1442, commissaire Johannes Thomasseti.
   • Fh 118, municipal records of Aubonne and its hospital, 1434-1485 and beyond.
   • Fh 119, terrier for Anthonius I^er comte de Gruyère, compiled by Johannes Thomasseti, 1426-1433. This volume turns out to be the source for the quernet Fh 4. The information in Fh 119 is more detailed, giving sources, dates, and other information not included in Fh 4 for reasons of brevity.
   • Fh 121, properties subject to Margareta de Albona, wife of Henricus de Montrichier, 1437, commissaires Johannes Challeti and Petrus Cirocti.
   • Fh 122, Priory of Etoy, 1442-1451, commissaire Petrus Bally.
   • Fh 123, Seigneurie of Aubonne, 1454-1457 (à cause du Château d'Aubonne), commissaire Petrus Mangie. This is an important source that connects earlier terriers such as Fh 101, Fh 112, Fh 119, and others with later terriers. Some of the reconnaissances seem to have been added later (and not listed in the original index for the volume), presumably representing items from his protocols that had not been finalized at the time of his death. Abstracting this volume has been a major undertaking, now complete.
   • Fh 124, properties in the vicinity of Aubonne, subject to the Chapter of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève, 1455 commissaires Petrus Pringodi and Johannes de Vinea.
   • Fh 125, properties subject to Margareta de Albona and her cousin Johannes de Menthone, for the coseigneurie of Aubonne, 1456, and later for Johannes de Menthone alone, 1459-1474, commissaire Johannes Challeti.
   • Fh 126, Aubonne, for Noble Claude d’Aarberg, seigneur de Vauffrimont, commissaire Petrus Gos, 1486-1487.
   • Fh 127, Venerabilis Dominus Georgio de Gimello canonicus Montisjovis, curatus de Feschier, 1466, commissaire Petrus Gos.
   • Fh 128, properties in the vicinity of Aubonne, subject to the Chapter of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève, 1463-1487, commissaire Petrus Gos.
   • Fh 129, Seigneurie du Rosey, 1471, commissaire Johannes Challeti.
   • Fh 130, Confrérie d'Aubonne, 1477, commissaire Pierre Gos.
   • Fh 131, properties subject to the Confraria Sanctus Spiritus de Fechier, 1477-1496, commissaire Petrus Gos.
   • Fh 132, Reconnaissances for the church of Saint Jacob Apostle at Yens, for Roletus Magnyn curatus of that church, commissaires Bonafide Thovacii and Johannes Tripodi, circa 1490.
   • Fh 133, Abbaye de Bonmont, 1490.
   • Fh 135, properties subject to Nobles Anthonius Monestier and Gabriella de Bosco, commissaires Ludovicus de Corberia and Stephanus Brochati, 1498-1504.
   • Fh 136, Seigneurie d'Aubonne, copies of diverse reconnaissances, 1490-1499.
   • Fh 137, Château d'Aubonne, 1506, commissaire Jean Brassier.
   • Fh 141, City and hospital of Aubonne, 1514, commissaire Cuinssins.
   • Fh 143, for de Vergy, Seigneur de Champvent, 1521, commissaire Louis Challet.
   • Fh 144, Aubonne à cause de la conseigneurie, 1522, commissaire Louis Challet.
   • Fh 146, vicinity of Aubonne and Rolle, for the de Costable family, 1534, commissaire Louis Challet.
   • Fh 149, vicinity of Aubonne, property from the former priory of Etoy, now held by Their Excellencies of Bern, 1537.
   • Fh 150, Aubonne, 1577.
   • Fh 152, Aubonne, 1560-1578.
   • Fh 153, Château d'Aubonne, 1564, commissaires Tripod and Dunant.
   • Fh 155, Aubonne "à cause de cures", 1566, commissaire Dunant. Fh 154 is nearly an exact duplicate of this volume.
   • Fh 156, properties formerly belonging to the "cures" in the area of Aubonne, now property of the Baron of Aubonne, 1567, commissaires Dunant and Tripod.
   • Fh 158, property that was formerly dedicated to the support of the Messe de Purgatoire for the city of Aubonne, 1573, commissaire Barbier. A nearly complete but rough transcript of the entire register.
   • Fh 159, property formerly dedicated to the Confrérie du Saint Esprit at Aubonne, 1573, index and partial transcript.
   • Fh 160, Château d'Aubonne, 1575, commissaires Dunant and Favre.
   • Fh 161, property formerly dedicated to the support of the chapels of the church at Aubonne, now belonging to the Baron of Aubonne, 1577, commissaire Etienne Favre.
   • Fh 162, property of the former piory of Etoy, 1580, commissaires Marquis and Favre.
   • Fh 163, Priory of Etoy, 1578.
   • Fh 164, property in the vicinity of Aubonne due to the fief of Lavigny acquired by François Forestey by exchange, 1580.
   • Fh 165, Fiefs of Claude Dunant at Aubonne, Féchy, St. Livres, and Gimel, 1574.
   • Fh 168, Various fiefs of the Baron of Aubonne, 1599.
   • Fh 169, Aubonne, for de Martine and Valier, 1593, commissaire Pariat.
   • Fh 171, former Priory of Etoy, 1606, commissaire Paul Leonard.
   • Fh 173, Hospital of Aubonne, 1614.
   • Fh 174, City of Aubonne, 1612.
   • Fh 175, Ballens, 1623, preliminary analysis.
   • Fh 176, Baron of Aubonne, property from the former seigneurie of Rochefort, 1623.
   • Fh 176bis, Barony of Aubonne, 1623.
   • Fh 179, property of the former Chapitre de Genève, located at Aubonne and now held by city of Geneva, 1658.
   • Fh 196, “Indominure du château d'Aubonne contenant droitures, actes, délimitations...", 1754, commissaire Pierre Tissot.
   • Fh 197, summary of reconnaissances originally compiled by Jacobus Rodulphi of Bissenges for Louis de Savoie, 1339, with additions as late as 1444 and copies of previous reconnaissances as early as 1310.
   • Fh 198, properties subject to the coseigneurie of Aubonne, 1489-1513, commissaires Guilliermus Berardi and his son-in-law Mermetus Badelli.
   • Fh 199, Extracts of old reconnaissances for Gimel.
   • Fh 200, Extracts of old reconnaissances for Gimel.
   • Fh 202, Reconnaissances for the church of Saint Jacob Apostle at Yens, by Michael Barberii canonicus ecclesie cathedralis insignis Beate Marie Virginis Lausanne and curatus at Yens, circa 1520.
   • Fh 203, Gimel, for the Baron of Aubonne, 1522.
   • Fh 210, Chapels of Aubonne etc. 1564, commissaires Dunant and Tripod.
   • Fh 211, Château et Seigneurie d'Aubonne, 1567.
   • Fh 223, Saint Livres, 1616, index and partial transcript.
   • Fh 246, Yens, 1740, relating to property formerly owned jointly by Daniel Bickhart and Isaac and Gabriel Monod de Froideville as a result of succession from the de Lavigny family, now owned by Bickhart. (See also Bib 198, liquidation of property of the Monod brothers for debts, 1742.)
   • Fh 251, reconnaissances for the hospital of Aubonne, 1283-1503.
   • Fi 8, Du Verney family, properties around Perroy, 1387 and 1431-1432.
   • Fi 12, properties subject to the monastery of Bonmont, commissaire Jacobus Guiberti, 1453-1454.
   • Fi 21, Bernard d'Alliex Seigneur du Rosey 1487.
   • Fi 22, properties subject to the abbey of Bonmont, 1487, commissaire Gabriel Barillieti, in the vicinity of Nyon.
   • Fi 24, noble fiefs subject to the Cistercian abbey of Bonmont, 1479-1500, commissaire Michael Quisard.
   • Fi 30, Romainmôtier, apparently this is what remains of the "lost" terrier of Claudius Mermodi, 1417-1418, cited by Aymonetus Pollens, commissaire of the terrier Fj 70 (see below). There are marginal notations from the time of, and likely in the hand of Pollens himself.
   • Fi 32, Reconnaissances and other transactions relating to a noble fief held by Aymonet Evrard about 1570, the transactions dating from as early as 1489, commissaire Pierre Vollet.
   • Fi 40, Abbaye de Bonmont and dependencies, 1524.
   • Fi 43, Fragments of a terrier for Nobiles Franciscus, Jacobus, et Claudius de Senarclens, 1526-1528, commissaire Ludovicus Challeti.
   • Fi 55, Quernet for the Seigneuries of Mont-le-Vieux and Rolle, nominally dated in 1543, but evidently compiled over a much longer period. Many of the "censiers" are alive in some sections of this volume and dead in others. In some sections, the priests and religious institutions that were swept away in 1536 as a result of the Bernese occupation are still functioning, so at least some of the information predates the imposition of the Reformation. Much more analysis is needed, especially a detailed comparison with the quernet Fi 85, from 1493, and with other, contemporary sources from the same area. This is a nearly complete transcript. For a major source, see Fg 259, above.
   • Fi 56, reconnaissances for the noble fiefs in the Bailliage of Nyon, first volume, Commissaire Aimé Mandrot, 1546.
   • Fi 57, reconnaissances for the noble fiefs in the Bailliage of Nyon, Second Volume, Commissaire Aimé Mandrot, 1546-1548.
   • Fi 77, Bonmont, 1556.
   • Fi 85, Coppet, Mont-le-Vieux, and Rolle 1493, commissaire Michel Quisard, nearly complete transcript, to be compared with its successor quernet, Fi 55. See also an extract of the most significant statements of genealogical information in Fi 85 and Fi 55, here.
   • Fi 113, dependencies of the former Abbey of Bonmont, about 1624, general area of Aubonne.
   • Fi 156, Nyon, for the Dukes of Savoie, 1487-1539.
   • Fi 157, Nyon, Confratrie, 1490-1493.
   • Fi 159, Reconnaissances for the Hospital and Clergy of Nyon, Commissaire Rolet Canel and unknown successors, 1543-1549, 1575, and 1592-1595.
   • Fi 161, Reconnaissances for the rents from the former Confréries of Nyon, Commissaires Anthoine du Nant and later Jaques du Coster, 1555-1566, with later notations as late as 1600.
   • Fi 164-165, Nyon, properties from the old Confréries, commissaire Anthoine Dunant, two volumes, nominally 1556-1564.
   • Fi 286, Terrier for Nobiles Johannes (and later his son Petrus) et Guilliermus filii quondam Nobilis Jacobi filii quondam Nobilis Claudius Mistralis de Coctens, 1506-1510, commissaires Gabriel Barrillieti and Bernardus Reverchon.
   • Fj 3, for the priory and château of Brussins (modern Bursins), compiled by Peronetus Foresii, 1434-1447.
   • Fj 5, Romainmôtier, commissaire Aymonet Pollens, circa 1496.
   • Fj 8, Abbaye du Lac de Joux, 1522.
   • Fj 10, Romainmôtier, 1529.
   • Fj 15, Abbaye du Lac de Joux, property at Mollens, 1552-1564.
   • Fj 34, various dependencies of the former convent of Romainmôtier, 1626.
   • Fj 68, for the priory and château of Brussins (modern Bursins), reconnaissances signed by Jaquetus Grancerii, Vulliermus de Alingio, Mermetus de Alamant, Henricus de la Pra, Mermetus de Prangin, Johannes Vivent, and others, 1378-1379, with later additions.
   • Fj 69, for the priory and château of Brussins (modern Bursins), compiled by Petrus Jaquemardi, 1457-1464.
   • Fj 70, for the priory and château of Brussins (modern Bursins), compiled by Aymonetus Pollens, 1485-1511.
   • Fj 72, Romainmôtier for property in various locations, Commissaire Claude Besson, and copied by Franiscus Grossi, 1528-1534.
   • Fj 76, Properties subject to the former Priory of Romainmôtier, Commissaire Isaac Grineri, 1576-1583, with transcripts of some earlier records.
   • Fj 77, Romainmôtier et le château de Bursins, Anthoine Michon notaire de Pampigny, date uncertain.
   • Fj 82, terrier for Nobles François, Jaques, et Glaude de Senarclens, fils de feu Noble Pierre de Senarclens, 1543-1550, commissaires Anthoine Barrilliet and his son Pierre Barrilliet.
   • Fk 2, Terrier for Amedeus VIII, comes Sabaudie, 1386, commissaire Aymo Mercerii of Cluses, and 1403-1405, commissaire Johannes Balay, both copied somewhat later.
   • Fl 8, small terrier, only 18 folios, likely incomplete, for Petrus et Girardus Ramuz burgenses Cudriffini, compiled by Johannes de Molendino notarius Staviaci and completed after his death by his son Petrus de Molendino, 1490.
   • Fl 9, Montmagny (Montmagniel), for Nobilis Petrus de Constantina dominus de Orsens, compiled by Johannes Molendino and completed by his son Petrus de Molendino clericus et burgensis Staviaci, 1498.
   • Fl 14, Clergy of Avenches, 1534.
   • Fl 81, for Louis de Savoie for his properties in Lugnourroz and surrounding villages (Vully region), compiled by Guionetus de Tretorens and completed by his son Bartholomeus de Tretorens, 1445-1457.
   • Fl 82, for the holdings of the Duke of Savoie at Lugnorres and Cudrefin, compiled by Johannes de Molendino for the Dukes of Savoie, and completed after the death of Johannes de Molendino by his son Petrus de Molendino, 1493-1520.
   • Fl 85, for Noble Petermand de Praroman fils de feu Noble Theobald de Praroman bourgeois et ancien Advoyer de la ville de Fribourg, commissaire Discret Jehan Lando notaire et bourgeois de Morat, small terrier covering some properties at Missy, Agnens, and St. Aubin en Vully.
   • Fl 87bis, seigneurie of Cudrefin, 1556, subject to Leurs Excellences de Berne, commissaire Jehan Marcuard de Grandcourt bourgeois de Payerne, and completed by his son George Marcuard.
   • Fl 98, "Premier volume des extentes et recogniossances stipulées en faveur de Leurs Excellences de Berne à cause de leur seigneurie de Cudreffin deppendante maintenant de leur bailliage d’Avenches, par Egrege Abraham Ramuz et mises en perfection par Egrege Pierre Viret son substitué, riere Lugnore et Murs", 1645, only the index has been examined so far.
   • Fl 101, Avenches à cause de Cudrefin, avec Murs, Lugnorre, Juressens, Mostiez, Sugiez, Mayriez, Praz, Nant, et Morat, commissaire Jean Mimard d’Yverdon, 1645, only the index has been examined so far.
   • Fl 111, fragment of a quernet for the seigneurie of Lugnorre, circa 1380-1420, apparently used as a source for Fl 81. This simple description conceals a long investigation!
   • Fl 128, extracts of a few reconnaissances recorded by Jehan Landoz, notaire de Morat, 1530-1533, for Noble Petermann de Praroman, 17^th Century copy.
   • Fl 391, Rents for the church of Cudrefin, with scattered dates ranging from 1331 to 1518. This is a very difficult "terrier", but it contains a rare obituarius apparently dating from the early 15^th Century. Many of the people whose anniversary dates are noted have no surnames, further evidence for the antiquity of the obituarius. The other sections of this volume appear to be lists of rents based on the bequests originally recorded in the obituarius, as the underlying financial obligations were passed down to later generations. In many cases, it is possible to trace early family names in use in the 15^th Century back to individual men or women who lacked a surname, or who had a different surname. This is a precious window into life in the Pays de Vaud in the 14^th and 15^th Centuries.
   • Fl 392, Château de Cudrefin, for Humbert, bâtard de Savoie, 1424-1428, predecessor of Fl 394 and Fl 395. Extended analysis with cross-references to FL 395.
   • Fl 393, Cure de Bellerive, 1454-1458, commissaire Anthonius Monachi or Lemoyne.
   • Fl 394, Cudrefin, for Louis duc de Savoie, 1457.
   • Fl 395, Cudrefin, for Louis duc de Savoie, 1458. Continues Fl 394, describes the noble fiefs of Cudrefin, including the names of the censiers subject to those nobles. Extended analysis with cross-references to FL 392. FL 395 includes transcripts or paraphrases of a number of documents, some dating from the early 14^th Century, which list many residents in the seigneurie of Cudrefin, as well as a number of concessions to particular families.
   • Fl 398, Cure de Bellerive, 1471.
   • Fl 399, Cure de Bellerive, 1489.
   • Fl 400, Cudrefin, commissaire Johannes de Molendino, 1491.
   • Fl 402, Cudrefin, commissaire Johannes de Molendino, 1495.
   • Fl 405, Grandcour, Cudrefin, etc., 1530, property of de Praroman, formerly held by de Graffenried.
   • Fl 409, parishes of Constantine and Bellerive, 1535. Partial index.
   • Fl 460, property of the Noble Fivaz brothers in the Vully region, 1526.
   • Fl 462, quernet for Noble Josué Wyttenbach of Bern, cause ayant des biens d’Anthoine Pavillard et Noble Andrey Fivaz, copied in 1615 from a terrier or quernet compiled by George Ruchat circa 1586-1587, see also Fl 460.
   • Fm 1bis, reconnaissances in favor of the Priory of Payerne, fragment of a register, 1417-1419.
   • Fm 1quater, documents supporting the rights of various ancestors of the Chalon family of Cugy, referred to as "Liber A" in two other volumes, Fm 3bis and Fm 3quater.
   • Fm 3, rents for the church of Corcelles-près-Payerne, 1340-1466.
   • Fm 3bis, rents and censes for Noble Margarite relaissée feu Noble Pierre Chalon de Cugie, 15^th-16^th Centuries.
   • Fm 3quater, extracts of documents held by the Chalon family relating to their properties and rents, 1381-1589, compiled by the notary Blaise Chalon (see below for his notarial records, ACV Dp 13).
   • Fm 4bis, rentier for Fivaz and Gachet heirs (descendants of Pernette Bonnet or Bovet, mother of Pierre Falck!), 1576.
   • Fm 17, properties and rents subject to the church of Corcelles-près-Payerne, commissaire Jean Marcuard, 1544-1547.
   • Fm 18, properties and rents subject to the former Abbey of Payerne, commissaire Jean-David Marcuard, 1593-1595.
   • Fm 51, Payerne for Noble Girard Mestral, 1537?
   • Fm 52, vicinity of Corcelles-près-Payerne, 1437 to 1500.
   • Fm 53, Payerne, extracts for Noble Girard Mestral, 1537.
   • Fm 130, 130, and 132, Fm 130: Fm 130, Moudon, Bussy, Rossinges, Hermenches, and Combremont-le-Grand for Catherine de Watteville, 1581-1589, commissaires Jehan Jaqueri, Claude Panchauld, Jaques Vesre, Guilliaulme Jaquery, and Anthony Pidoux; Fm 131, Chesalles (with Montsendon [Chavannes-sur-Moudon]), Curtilles, Sarzens, Villars-Bramard, Thierrens, Combremont-le-Petit, and Prévondavaux for Catherine de Watteville, 1585-1589, commissaires Jehan Jaqueri, Claude Panchauld, and Guilliaulme Jaquery; Fm 132, Combremont-le-Petit and Forel-sur-Lucens for Catherine de Watteville and the heirs of Claudine Cerjat, 1592-1600, commissaire Claude Panchauld.
   • Fn 5, Chavannes-sur-Moudon and environs, for Noble Amédée VI de Savoie, the “Comte Vert”, 1379, Commissaire Aymo Mercerii of Cluses, copied by Jacobus Columbi.
   • Fn 5 bis, Fiefs of Vulliens, for Richardus de Wlliens, commissaire Robertus de Bons, 1385-1388.
   • Fn 6, Extracts of documents belonging to churches of Vulliens, Syens, and certain chapels and confréries at Moudon, 1364-1518.
   • Fn 6 bis, Moudon and environs, for Nobilis Rudolphus de Chastonnaye and his son Jaquetus, Commissaire Johannes Landrici (=Landry) burgensis Melduni, 1392-1433.
   • Fn 8, Vulliens, for Ysabella de Williens, commissaire Anthonius Bruyvaux, 1399-1406.
   • Fn 9, Castellania de Mouldon et Mandamentum de Rue for Amedeus de Sabaudia, Commissaires Johannes de Corveto and Johannes Chalvini, 1403-1406.
   • Fn 27, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, for Amedeus de Sabaudia, compiled by Anthonius de Solerio, 1459-1461.
   • Fn 68, noble fiefs subject to Charles III, duc de Savoie, 1531, commissaires Ludovicus Challet and Jacobus Gaudini.
   • Fn 76, Moudon, 1540-1542, commissaire François Collon. This appears to be a partial copy of Fn 330 plus other material from the same notary, possibly from the missing "first volume" that preceded Fn 330. The reconnaissances in Fn 330 are signed by the commissaire, those in Fn 76 are not signed.
   • Fn 89, fiefs of Anne Crostel notably at Vuarmarens (Fribourg) circa 1550.
   • Fn 90, fiefs formerly subject to the Priory of St. Maire in the Evêché de Lausanne, at Thierrens, Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Cheyres (Fribourg), and Praratoud (Fribourg), 1551-1553, commissaire Jaques Gaudin, extracts copied by Nicolas Morattel.
   • Fn 128, Chappelles de Notre Dame de Moudon, 1592-1615.
   • Fn 129, Château de Moudon, Commissaires Claude Panchaud and Jaques Richard, and later, Jaques Dutoit and Antoine Richard, 1590-1611.
   • Fn 130, Moudon, 1593-1608.
   • Fn 131, cure et chappelles de Moudon, 1593-1614.
   • Fn 165ter, Hospital of Lucens, 20 feb 1637.
   • Fn 174, rentier for the Château de Lucens, after 1602.
   • Fn 194, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, 1763, an important source, although much more work is needed to locate its predecessors.
   • Fn 237, Chesalles-sur-Moudon, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, Sarzens, Curtilles, Brenles, Chapelle-Vaudanne (Chapelle-sur-Moudon), Démoret, Vuissens (Fribourg), Prévondavaux (Fribourg), Combremont-le-Petit, Villars-Bramard, Cerniaz, Dompierre-sur-Lucens, Thierrens, Ogens, Les Cullayes, Vauderens (Fribourg) for Catherine de Watteville, 1609-1611, commissaire Denis Pyvart.
   • Fn 283, Villard-Mendraz, 1630.
   • Fn 307, Fn 308, Fn 309, and Fn 310, Hospitale Pauperum Beate Marie Virginis de Melduno, the charitable hospital of Moudon, inventory of its archives, second half of the 15^th Century: This four volume set consists of copies or extracts of about 1,000 items from the archives of the hospital, which were organized into bundles or "fardelli" of 100. Many, but not all of the items that were inventoried still exist in the Archives Communales de Moudon, their descriptions accessible on the PANORAMA web site. This is an astounding resource for the medieval history of Moudon and the surrounding area from the late 13^th Century up to about 1450. This set seems to have been bypassed by the historians, who probably believed that it duplicated the trove of documents in the Archives Communales de Moudon, but in fact, a significant number of important documents described in Fn 307-310 seem not to exist today. The copies in these volumes also serve as a check on the errors and omissions in the inventory of the communal archives. The extracts are, for the most part, in no particular order, although related items sometimes appear together.
   • Fn 313, Rights of the hospital of St. Jean de Jérusalem of Moudon, mostly 1300-1450, extracts of documents held by the hospital in the mid-15^th Century.
   • Fn 316, for the Hospitale et Capella Sancti Johannis Jherosolimicam de Melduno, commissaire Petrimanus Burichet, 1437-1465, with additions to 1510.
   • Fn 323, Château de Moudon, 1493-1494, Commissaire Jacobus Magnini.
   • Fn 330, Château de Moudon, volume 2, 1540-1547, Commissaire François Collon. Volume 1 has not been located. Fn 76 is similar to Fn 330 but is not signed and contains additional material.
   • Fn 332, Hospital of Moudon 1545-1563, commissaire Benoit Nicati.
   • Fn 333, Hospital of Moudon 1545-1563, commissaire Benoit Nicati.
   • Fn 334, Hospital of Moudon 1546-1553, commissaire Benoit Nicati.
   • Fn 335, Hospital of Moudon 1546-1556, commissaire Benoit Nicati.
   • Fn 337, Cure de Moudon, 1573.
   • Fn 340, Cures et chappelles de Moudon, 1590-1607.
   • Fn 341, Cure de Moudon, 1590-1607.
   • Fn 342, Cure de Moudon, 1591-1613.
   • Fn 343, Château de Moudon, 1591-1612.
   • Fn 344, Cure de Moudon and Chappelle de Saint Bernard, 1593.
   • Fn 345, Chappelles de Moudon, 1591-1607.
   • Fn 346, Chappelles de Moudon, 1591-1601.
   • Fn 347, Château de Moudon, property at Chavannes, 1592.
   • Fn 348, Hospital of Moudon 1591, commissaire Hans Thiebaud Decrevel.
   • Fn 349, Château de Moudon 1591, commissaires Jaques Richard and Claude Panchaud.
   • Fn 351, Seigneurie de Rochefort, the portion at Moudon 1611, copied by Denis Pivard.
   • Fn 352, Fiefs of Noble Jean de Villarzel, 1613-1614, commissaire Denis Pivard.
   • Fn 353, Hospital of Moudon, 1611-1623.
   • Fn 358, Chavannes-sur-Moudon, properties subject to Leurs Excellences de Fribourg à cause de leur château de Rue et à cause du fief de Brandis, 1635-1636, with later undated additions concerning the nobles de Loys, seigneurs de Villardin, properties subject to the cure de Morlens, the coseigneurie of Vulliens, etc. — damaged, but an important source, almost a complete transcription.
   • Fn 408, partage for Louis Dutoit, Jean Bidal, and Godoffrey Jaccollet, 1563, at Chavannes-sus-Moudon.
   • IB 295a/735, reconnaissances at Ballens, 1488 and 1452, for the Coseigneurie d'Aubonne, an item from the Inventaire Blanc.
   • P de Loys 2275, Grant by Louis II de Savoie to Anthonius Cornu dictus de Vulliens the younger, 1328, pro gratis et amicabilis serviciis, including names of the tenants of the properties conveyed, mostly at Mézières and Carrouge. A fine example of how the functionaries of the nobles of Savoie were rewarded for their service.
   • P de Mestral I 1500 and Fh 69, rotulus (scroll) for Noble Jean (IV) d’Aubonne, fief dit de Rochefort, by Jacobus de Bissingio, 1342-1349, and ACV Fh 69, the last seven membranes of the same rotulus.
   • P de Mestral I 1507, terrier for the co-seigneurie of Aubonne, compiled by Guilliermus Berardi (and his son-in-law Mermetus Badelli ?), 1488-1501. Includes useful material for Bière and Ballens, as well as other villages.
   • P de Mestral I 1530, extract of reconnaissances for Noble Jean Vullieme and others, commissaire Jean Poupuz, 1556-1564, mainly at Burtigny.
2. The special "Taille" (tax) of 1550 for the area around Lausanne (excluding the city itself, which was exempt) and for the area around Moudon. For the areas that were taxed, this amounts to a census of heads of family. In addition to signaling the existence of individuals, the lists contain some additional genealogical information.
3. Death records for the parish of Moudon, 1728-1764, from a register that the Family History Library forgot to film. The index was filmed, but not the original records. There is an enormous amount of information in this register that is not in the index!
4. Death records for the parish of Bière 1728-1793. The microfilm from the Family History Library is so dark, it is almost entirely unreadable for this period. The microfilm at the ACV is almost perfectly legible, so we have transcribed the section of it that is unreable on the FHL microfilm. There are still a few pages that are too dark to read even on the ACV microfilm.
5. Indexes from various volumes of testaments, especially for Lausanne and Moudon.
• Lausanne: testaments probated 1638-1856, partial index of the 25 volumes of ACV Bg 13bis. This index will be extended as more information becomes available.
• Villette: declarations of verbal testaments, 1579-1603, a bound bundle of separate pages (ACV Bg 23/3).
• Moudon: testaments probated 1735-1787, abstracted from the registers of the notary Jaques Daniel Burnand (ACV DL 11), who served as Curial of the Cour de Justice during that period.
• Aubonne: ACV Bib, records of Cours de Justice of for the district of Aubonne, beginning in 1713. I have extracted one volume so far, Bib 140, testaments probated at Aubonne, 1713-1725.
6. Citizenship, habitants, bourgeoisie:
• AVL A 53, Lausanne, "procédures diverses" 1565-1745, notably regarding the estate of Noble Benjamin d'Asperlin, 1698.
• AVL C 194, Lausanne, register of rentals, testaments, etc. by Pierre Pivard, 1564-1583, detailed list of contents.
• AVL C 195, Lausanne, register of rentals etc. by (Samuel?) François, 1590-1630, index of contents.
• AVL C 199, Lausanne, register of rentals etc., 1630-1657, index of contents.
• AVL D 438, Lausanne, Lettres de bourgeoisie etc., 1383-1718, This volume contains several sections that summarize other lists and documents. Some of the documents that are summarized here are found in the other volumes.
• AVL D 439/1, Lausanne, Lettres de bourgeoisie etc., 1544-1615. The first section contains copies or summaries of the letters granting bourgeois status. The second section contains copies or summaries of the documents showing that the fees for obtaining bourgeois status had been paid in full. There are a large number of such receipts for which the original letters of bourgeoisie have been lost.
• AVL D 440, Lausanne, Lettres de bourgeoisie etc., 1616-1658.
• AVL D 441/1, Lausanne, Lettres de bourgeoisie etc., 1658-1764, index and some abstracts.
• AVL D 441/3, Lausanne, Lettres de bourgeoisie, 1688-1707. We have transcribed the first section, a list of the bourgeoisie compiled in January, 1688, and formatted in a way that indicates sons and grandsons of the heads of families.
• AVL: Dossier on the Marcel family, containing over 40 separate items relating to the descendants of Pierre Marcel and Jeanne Richard, especially during the 19^th Century.
7. Records of the notaries: Summaries, abstracts, extracts. The main emphasis is the earliest notaries from the districts of Payerne and Avenches, because that is where we hope to find more information on the Gachet family of Payerne. However, some registers from the district of Moudon have also been extracted and will be added here in due course.
   • ACV Dp 108, Petrus de Trevaul, notary at Payerne and Fribourg, 1405-1430. Two registers, good condition, an extremely important source.
   • ACV Dp 67, Roletus de Montagniaco, notary in the vicinity of Payerne, 1430-1450.
   • ACV Dp 64, Nicodus Mareschet, a notary nominally from the district of Payerne, 1431-1439, but his surviving register concerns mainly the Vully region, especially St. Aubin, and also contains at least 78 transactions involving the small community of Jews at Neuchâtel, a fact that seems to have escaped the notice of the historians.
   • ACV Dp 8, Jacobus Bellin, notary at Payerne, active 1438-1459. One fragmentary register, badly damaged, but with important information on some families.
   • ACV Dc 45, Nicodus Bonjor (Bonjour), notary at Avenches, two fragmentary registers 1447-1453 and 1457-1459, plus a single fragment that probably came from an earlier register, 1443.
   • ACV Dp 71, Petrus Moron (père), notary at Payerne, three registers, 1456-1488 with a few later insertions.
   • ACV Dc 32bis, attributed to Mermetus de Montet, notary at Motier, one register or fragment 1464-1500. The first 45 folios are likely the work of Petrus Cuaneti, notary of Avenches, who was the son-in-law of the notary Mermetus de Montet, covering 1464-1469. The next two folios, 46-47, contain a list of acts that someone (probably the same Petrus Cuaneti) copied from the first four registers of the late Mermetus de Montet. The remaining folios, 47v-69v, covering 1481-1500 with a couple later items, may be the work of the notary Thomas Guisan. Most of the items in this register concern Avenches and the Vully region.
   • ACV Dp 79, Nicodus Probi (but the inventory of the ACV calls him Jean rather than Nicodus), notary at Payerne, originally from Grandson, one artificial register composed of loose papers in no particular order, 1465-1481.
   • ACV Dp 107, Johannes de Trevaul, notary at Payerne, active 1470-1475. One register, in fairly good condition.
   • ACV Dc 31bis, Nicodus de Planchia, notary in the vicinity of Vully, Cudriffin, etc., 1484-1490. One fragmentary register, in poor condition, consisting of about 29 damaged folios and about a dozen stray pieces of paper bound together.
   • ACV Dp 5, Claudius Banquetaz, notary at Payerne, 1486-1493. One register, in good condition, but the items are only in rough chronological order, as if they were copied from loose pages at irregular intervals.
   • ACV Dp 72, Petrus Moron (fils), notary at Payerne, one small register, originally unnumbered, with modern pagination 1-93 and a few inserted leaves, 1492-1502 with some later notations.
   • ACV Dp 92, attributed to Petrus Ruerat, notary at Payerne, listed in error as Pierre Ruchat in some inventories and catalogues, second register including items from 1496 to 1516, many of them not in any apparent order. There seems to be no other reference to a notary of this name at this period. Several lines of evidence suggest that this register is actually the work of Franciscus Ruerat, a notary who is well attested during this period.
   • ACV Dp 65, Nycodus Mehandi, personal register 1496-1503, later continued by his heir Claudius Crostel 1503-10, then in turn by Guilliermus Crostel, son of the late Claudius Crostel, 1513-1521. This register consists mainly of notarized debts owed to Méan and later his heirs by various people, as well as some records of their business dealings. The text is fairly clear. The signatures and paraphes of the notaries have proved very helpful in resolving questions about some of the other unsigned registers, such as Dp 92 (see the previous item).
   • ACV Dp 43, Pierre Gachet, notary at Payerne, secretary of the city of Payerne, second register, 1503-1513. His first register is lost, and there was probably a third register as well, as he died in 1528. There may be additional output from his notarial practice in the communal archives of Payerne.
   • ACV Dp 74, Nycodus Olivier, notary at Payerne, fragment of a register, fol. 2-49, approximately 1509-1512. There is also a fragmentary index, some of which is still legible, indicating that this register originally had at least 249 folios, a hint of what has been lost.
   • ACV Dp 16 and Dp 109/3, Pierre Chuard, notary at Payerne, voluminous records, over 3300 folios covering 1512-1564. Additional fragments of his output exist at the ACV, not microfilmed for the Family History Library and not analyzed here. See this finding aid for a selection of the most interesting citations of notaries, clergy, immigrants, soldiers, etc. mentioned in these registers.
   • ACV Dp 80, Nicodus Probi, notary at Payerne, probably the son of the older notary of the same name (Dp 79), second register, 1516-1534 with a few earlier and later items.
   • ACV Dp 15 and Dp 109/2, Aymé Chuard, notary at Payerne, (with a few transactions at Moudon), active 1535-1554. Note the list of the notary's children and the drawing of a plow in the second register, DP 15/2.
   • ACV Dp 13, Noble Blaise Chalon, notary first at Cugy 1537 to about 1544, then at Payerne 1546-1589.
   • ACV Dp 106, Jean de Thueriez (fils), notary at Payerne, and two folios by Blaise Chalon. This is a fragment (fols. 57-101b) of a register in which Jean de Thueriez recorded transactions in his favor, most of them concerning fees owed by his customers for preparation of documents and other services he performed for them, during the years 1543-1545. Evidently his records were turned over to Blaise Chalon after his death, and the latter notary then in turn recorded some debts owed to him for his own work as a notary on the last two folios of this fragment, in 1547. Almost all of the transactions were signed by other notaries, to avoid conflicts of interest, with the result that this volume gives useful examples of the signatures and paraphes of the other notaries working in the vicinity of Payerne for the years 1543-1547.
   • ACV Dp 94, Jean Savary, notary at Payerne, first register (fragment?), 1537-1542 and 1546-1547.
   • ACV Dp 73, Benoît Nible, notary at Payerne, active 1547-1582, and notable for the huge number of marriage contracts he recorded. In his second register, Dp 73/2, covering the years 1558-1572, we also found a bound fragment of a register, 9 or 10 folios, in the hand of Jean Amey Gachet, inserted at fol. 3. Jean Amey Gachet (1504-1573), like his father Pierre Gachet (see Dp 43), served as secretary of Payerne, but apart from a few isolated transactions, this appears to be the only known fragment of his notarial records.
   • ACV DL 53, Jean Jaqueri or Jaquier, notary at Moudon, 1557-1587. Three registers and a minutaire, excellent coverage of an important period, including some evidence of a plague epidemic.
   • ACV Dp 66, Benoît de Miville, notary at Payerne, second register, 1564-1566.
   • ACV DL 80, Anthoine Richard, notary at Moudon, one register, 1602-1610.
   • ACV DL 52, Jaques Jaquery, notary at Moudon, one register and a minutaire, 1606-1628.
   • ACV DL 57, Jaques Jayet, notary at Moudon, parts of four registers and a minutaire, 1608-1633.
   • P Cerjat (I) A 44, Livre pour partager le Dieme de Chavanes dressé en 1723 par le Curial Jaques Crausaz, concerning the dîme or tithe on crops at Chavannes-sur-Moudon, for which the Dutoit family and various heirs had the right to 1/4, in return for collecting and distributing the dîme ("droit de Receverie"). See also P Cerjat (I) B 2503 for a French translation of the settlement of 21 jul 1449 that confirmed the right of the Dutoit family to the "Receverie". A Latin copy of the same document, copied from the original that had been prepared for the Dutoit family probably in the late 15^th Century, is noted in the inventories of the communal archives of Chavannes-sur-Moudon but has not yet been examined.

ACV PP 921 Moreillon, RAR file (2.3 GB) containing photos and transcripts relating to the American branch of the Moreillon family.

Heretics, Criminals, Etc.

Scattered through the terriers, we sometimes find references to properties confiscated by the seigneur as a result of the tenant having been convicted by some judicial process of a crime, such as murder or heresy. We even found one passage reporting that the convicted heretic, a priest, had been burned. Most of these references seem to have escaped notice by the historians who have studied the history of heresy in the Pays de Vaud, so we list them here.

• Fg 269, fol. 1: Glaude Nycollet de Exertines, 28 mar 1538, mention that Domp Aymez Nycollet, preste de Exertines (brother of Glaude), “lequel Domp Aymé Nycollet . . . estoyt heretique ad (=a) esté adjugé en corps et en biens et puys appres brullé”, and his confiscated lands were now leased to his brother Glaude Nycollet.
• Fj 70: Commissaire Aymonetus Pollens notes three specific cases where property had been “confiscated” from the parties who had held it in the terrier of Jaquemardi, Fj 69. Two of these, Anthonius Fonjallaz (see fol. 38v, 16 jan 1489) and Johannes Gex (fols. 155v, 04 aug 1490, and 159v, 04 jun 1497), had been convicted of heresy and were likely executed and their properties confiscated by the priory of Romainmôtier. Of the other, Girardus Jacco or Jacodi (fols. 136, 20 may 1489, and 165v, 04 jun 1497), no reason for confiscation is mentioned. However, both Gex and Jacco seem to have been prominent in the Confratria Sancti Spiritus of Brussins – they were the two members of the confrérie who approved the actions of the prior of the confrérie, Guilliermus Mistralis, in his reconnaissance for property held by the confrérie in the terrier of Jaquemardi. Curiously, after the property of Girardus Jacco was confiscated, it was next leased to the six sons of his own son Johannes, whose names were Petrus, Petrus, Petrus, Johannes, Johannes, and Stephanus.
• Fh 137, fol. 220: Bernardus filius quondam Johannodi filiique quondam Michaelis Vionet facta nomine suo necnon Glaudii Vionet eius fratris absentis prout infra et Glaudius eius frater, 19 dec 1506 Style of the Nativity, in sequendo formam cuiusdam recognicionis alias per dictum quondam Michaelem Vionet filium quondam Nycolleti Vionet eorundem confitentis et eius fratris avum paternum in manibus Providi viri Johannis Vullieti notarii et olim dictarum extentarum Albone commissarii quondam facte, de bonis que per prius fuerunt Perreti Vionet, ex remissione dictis confitenti et eius fratri facta ob mortem dicti eorum quondam patris, in corpore et bonis bone memorie predecessoribus prefati domini adjudicati, propter delictum et crimen heresis per dictum Johannodum Vionet perpetratum, per Spectabilem et Magnifficam Dominam Glaudiam de Seyssello tutricem Illustricis et Magniffici Francisci eius filii tunc comitis Gruerie, mediantibus sex viginti florenis parviponderis, [added in very faint letters: ut] constat littera per Discretum Petrum Gos notarium recepta et signata 10 oct 1498.
• Fg 259, 261, 262, and 260, fragments of a terrier compiled by Johannes Boleti for Amedeus and Michael de Viry, 1504-1514, on fol. 287v of the fragment catalogued as Fg 261: Item magis, tenere confitetur dictus confitens insolidum a prefato domino et suis in feudum et in emphiteosim perpetuam ex abbergamento sibi hodie facto que fuit de bonis alias recognitis per Johannetam filiam Perreti Lochon uxorem Petri Riant ? que deinde fuit Petri Gagnyerat alias Martini de Gimel ultimo supplicio traditi, (Note that the construction appears to indicate that it was Petrus Gagnyerat alias Martini who was executed. The property had been held by Johanneta Lochon, and after that passed to Petrus Gagneryat, who was executed, and consequently the property was confiscated by the Seigneur, and now, on this day 12 jan 1511, leased by the Seigneur to Vulliermus son of Petrus Croysiez.) (See also Fi 55, 338 (b))
• Fl 81: Ludovicus son of Grossus Perrodus of Lugnourroz, fol. 104, 09 feb 1446 (likely Style of the Nativity), recognizes properties subject to Ludovicus de Sabaudia that his father purchased from the Seigneur, after they were confiscated from Roletus Johannoz "causa malificii". The same story is also noted in the successor to this terrier, Fl 82.

Why the interest in heresy and witchcraft in the so distant past? It is because we find it disturbing that it happened at all, and continued for centuries, under the guise of authority. What motivated the persecution? Perhaps individual avarice, jealousy, or envy? But how to explain that executing people who were unable to make sense of the religious norms of the time was ever acceptable? There are probably many more examples still to be discovered in the terriers, but they will not be uncovered except by a very close reading.

On the Numbering of Things

The numbering of pages and folios in the documents held by some archives has become problematic. For the terriers and the registers of the notaries, we find that many or even most of them were numbered in antiquity, but often with inconstistencies that make it difficult to communicate to other scholars exactly where to find a passage of interest. The traditional, and, I think, most widely followed method is described here.

A folio is a sheet of paper or parchment, having two sides. The "front" side, whose text logically precedes any text that may be found on the other side, is called the "recto". The other side of the folio, i.e., the "reverse" or "obverse" of the folio, is usually designated the "verso". If the folios are numbered, the front of folio 13 is referred to either as "13r" (to distinguish it from the verso of the same folio) or simply "13". The verso of folio 13 is referred to as "13v". In the great majority of cases, we can uniquely designate every side in a volume in this manner.

However, real manuscript volumes often contain errors in numbering. We may find a volume that has folios numbered, for example, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15. How can we tell other scholars that a passage of interest occurs on the back of the second folio numbered 13? Exactly this situation has a long-standing solution, now widely regarded as the standard for designating "alternatives" (e.g., the United Nation uses it to identify alternative versions of proposed texts). The "alternatives"—that is, all of the different things that bear the same number, after the first of them—are to be suffixed with ordinal numbers from the series bis, ter, quater, quinquies or quinquiens, sexies or sexiens, septies or septiens, octies or octiens, novies or noviens, decies or deciens. Under this system, the second folio 13 is called 13bis, and, logically, the back of folio 13bis must be 13bis verso.

The ACV has historically used the bis, ter, quater nomenclature for separable sections of the terriers (for example, Ff 13 and Ff 13bis). However, when the need for formal numbering of all the pages of all the terriers arose, as a consequence of the "digitization" project, the ACV chose to use a new system, such that the second folio 13 did not have a unique folio number. Rather, the front of the second folio 13 was designated 13va, and the back of the second folio 13 became 13vb.

This system conflicted with our own shorthand system, which designated the first folio 13 as 13a, and the second as 13b, thus altering the reader to the fact that there was more than one folio labeled 13. The back of the first folio 13 becomes 13av, that of the second folio 13 becomes 13bv. We elected to use this system consistently in order to preserve as much as possible the original numbering system of each document. Further, we generally note the occurrence of irregularities in the numbering system in our abstracts, so that the researcher can more quickly locate the information in the original manuscript.

An Astonishing Survival: Two Centuries of Medieval Family History at Bursins

In the terrier Fj 70, commissaire Aymonetus Pollens refers back to a number of previous terriers for properties subject to the priory of Brussins (modern Bursins). With a little luck and detective work, and through the kind assistance of several colleagues, it has been possible to identify a remarkably long series of terriers that extend back all the way to the beginning of the 14^th Century. It is possible to follow many of the families through every terrier in the series.

• C VIIa 410, a scroll ("rouleau"), lacking the date and the name of the commissaire, and missing some material at the beginning, but clearly predating the next item in the series by about a generation, providing information about the preceding generation for about 60% of the reconnaissants listed in Ad 24.
• Ad 24, terrier compiled by Jaquemetus de Sancto Ramberto, 1337.
• Fj 68, terrier compiled by Vulliermus de Alingio and others, dates 1378-1379.
• Fi 30, terrier with last section torn out, dates in 1417 and 1418, but the index is intact, apparently matching the terrier cited by Pollens and his predecessors that was compiled by Glaudius Mermodi.
• Ff 13, terrier compiled by Petrus de Estue and Petrus Vannerii, of which the last section (formerly catalogued as Ff 13bis) involves parcels subject to the priory of Brussins and which matches the citations given by Pollens, dates in the range 1427-1432.
• Fj 3, terrier compiled by Peronetus Foresii, dates 1434-1447.
• Fj 69, terrier compiled by Petrus Jaquemardi, dates 1457-1464.
• Fj 70, terrier compiled by Aymonetus Pollens, dates 1485-1511.

Long Series of Terriers at Chavannes-sur-Moudon

• Ab 6, 1359-1361, commissaire Guillient
• Fn 5, 1379, commissaire Aymo Mercerii
• Fk 2, "A" section, 1386, commissaire Aymo Mercerii
• Fn 8, 1399-1406, commissaire Anthonius Bruyvaux
• Fn 9, 1403-1406, commissaires Johannes de Corveto and Johannes Chalvini
• Fk 2, "B" section, 1403-1405, commissaire Johannes Balay
• Fn 27, 1459-1461, commissaire Andreas de Solerio
• Fn 323, 1493-1494, commissaire Jacobus Magnini
• Fn 330, 1540-1547, commissaire François Colon (signed, at least part of it duplicated in Fn 76, which is unsigned)
• Fn 129, 1590-1611, Claude Panchaud and Jaques Richard, and later, Jaques Dutoit and Antoine Richard