I10766: Nicolas REVERDIL (b. bef 1531, d. aft 1603)

Nicolas REVERDIL (ID #I10766)

(male)

BIRTH: bef 1531
DEATH: aft 1603

Father: Michel REVERDIL (b. bef 1499, d. bef 1556)

Family 1 :

+Claude REVERDIL (b. bef 1585)
+Jaques REVERDIL (b. bef 1590, d. AFT 1641)
+Michel REVERDIL (dates unknown)

We have had difficulties connecting the early generations of the Reverdil family at Nyon, as the records for this area are rather sparse.

Something of the first Reverdil at Nyon can be seen in an article by E. Olivier, "Menues notes sur le passé médical du Pays de Vaud" (Revue historique vaudoise, 51:161-171, 1943). An ancient maladière, or leprosarium, existed at Colovray, near Nyon, apparently as early as 1244. In 1493, the rector of the maladière was Pierre Reverdil, who had been rector of the hospital at Nyon since at least 1476. He was still the rector at the maladière as late as 1502. (From these dates, we can assume that he was born not much later than 1450. He probably died soon after 1502, and he was not one of the Catholic clergy at Nyon at the time of the Reformation.) Inventories for the Archives Communales de Nyon mention nomination of Urbain Monthion for the post of recteur of the hospital in 1503, so it is virtually certain that Pierre Reverdil had died by then. He is believed to have come from the Tarentaise region of Savoie, and from the nature of his offices, he was clearly a priest. It seems likely that he brought some of this relatives with him, or that a brother or nephew inherited his estate and came to Nyon, and that it is their descendants who played an important role in Nyon for the next several centuries. He is apparently the same Dominus Petrus Reverdilis, capellanus et presbiter, who is cited in a terrier for the noble fiefs subject to the Cistercian abbey of Bonmont in 1487 (ACV Fi 24, fol. 16). Can any trace of his properties be found in the succeeding terriers?

The same Pierre Reverdil is the subject of a document in the Archives Communales de Nyon, summarized in French in an old inventory of those archives. The summary was published by François Théodore Louis de Grenus (1817, Documens relatifs à l'histoire du Pays de Vaud, 1293-1750, Geneva: Manget et Cherbuliez), p. 119:

No. 64, tiré du Répertoire des Archives de Nyon, p. 967.

Acte d'appel du 19 janvier 1499 de la ville de Nyon, du pape même, au pape mieux informé, de bulle émanée en 1497 du pape Alexandre, par laquelle et à l'instance du vénérable Pierre Reverdil, recteur du vieil hôpital de la bienheureuse vierge Marie de la ville de Nyon, il unit audit hôpital et y incorpore les confrairies de la sainte Trinité, de l'Eucharistie de Christ, et du St. Esprit, avec tous les droits, revenus etc. Partibus quarum interest non vocatis etc. Les raisons d'appel sont, 1^o. que la ville de Nyon n'a été appelée, ni a consenti à telle union ; 2^o. que vénérable Pierre Reverdil a exposé faux dans sa supplication au pape ; 3^o. que ledit Reverdil avoit de quoi vivre honnêtement des revenus dudit hôpital ; 4^o. que lesdites confrairies ont été fondées et dotées par les bourgeois et les habitans de Nyon, et par les autres paroissiens dudit Nyon, lesquels n'ont point été appelés ; 5^o. que ledit hôpital se soutient et se maintient par les bourgeois et habitans de dite ville ; 6^o. que noble Jean de Usiez, lors de son prétendu consentement à ladite union, n'étoit pas prieur desdites confairies, ni même confrère, et bien moins unique confrère ; 7^o. que telle union n'a dû se faire que par le consentement de toutes personnes intéressées. Enfin la ville de Nyon conclud, que, par ces raisons, et autres résultantes de ladite bulle, cette bulle doit être révoquée etc. (Vieille copie en latin, cotée AA, 34).

There is one mention of Nicolas in the church records that requires comment. At the baptism of Jean, son of Michel Garnier, 20 nov 1596, the inscription shows the sponsor as a son of honorable Nicolas Reverdil. The name of the son was written first as "Jehan", then crossed out and something else written above it. The additional name could be Françoys, but it could also be Jaques. Further analysis may eventually clarify the name. If it is indeed François, this would be a significant step forward in the reconstruction of the family.

The archives of Geneva has several series of abstracts of the notaries there. Two transactions from 1533 were executed in the house of Michel Reverdil, bourgeois de Nyon. This date would likely make the present Nicolas the son or perhaps the grandson of this Michel. The name of the notary is not known—the register in question is a fragment. Probably the same Michel Reverdil appears on the "taille" of 1550, a special tax on those citizens of the Pays de Vaud who had been subjects of Savoie prior to the occupation by Bern, for the purpose of paying off certain claims by Savoie for damages as a result of the occupation (Louis Junod, "La taille de 1550 à Nyon", Revue historique vaudoise 66:92-104, 1958). The "taille" is in effect a census of the heads of households. Michel is the only Reverdil to appear on this list, and he is thus presumed to be the ancestor of all later Reverdils of Nyon. His net worth was estimated at 2863 florins, making his the eighth richest household in the city. More details can probably be found in the terriers. There are mentions of a Nicolas Reverdil as one of the sons of the late Michel Reverdil in some of the terriers from Nyon in the 1550's, but it remains to be proved whether the present Nicolas, father of Claude, Jaques, and Michel, is the Nicolas who was the son of Michel.

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|--Nicolas REVERDIL 
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DUTOIT: A Family from Moudon, Switzerland

Nicolas REVERDIL (ID #I10766)

Pernette REVERDIL (ID #I10675)

Philibert REVERDIL (ID #I10878)

Philippa REVERDIL (ID #I10887)

Pierre REVERDIL (ID #I10706)

Pierre REVERDIL (ID #I10903)

Pierre REVERDIL (ID #I10881)

Pierre REVERDIL (ID #I10912)

Pierre André REVERDIL (ID #I10841)

Pierre Jean REVERDIL (ID #I10743)

Susanne REVERDIL (ID #I10805)

Susanne REVERDIL (ID #I10817)

Urbain REVERDIL (ID #I10835)

Urbain REVERDIL (ID #I10853)

Urbaine REVERDIL (ID #I10673)

Urbaine (Jeanne Urbaine) REVERDIL (ID #I7777)

Susanne REVOL (ID #I25752)

Anne Marguerite REY (ID #I23690)

Anne Marie REY (ID #I23563)

Daniel REY (ID #I23565)

Elizabeth REY (ID #I16844)

François REY (ID #I23845)

Jean REY (ID #I5773)

Jean REY (ID #I11893)

Jean Jacob REY (ID #I23699)