Surname
Holluigue (de)
Given Name
Jean
Variant Name
Mouton
Date of birth
before 1459
Place of birth
Samer
Date of death
1522-10-30
Place of death
Saint-Quentin
Role
Composer
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Master of choirboys
Musician
Singer
Active period
1477 - 1522
Biography
Voir Dictionnaire
Lockwood 1979, p. 216 donne une indication non reprise ds NG2 : le 14.6.1518, Aldovandrini Sacrati, ambassadeur du duc de Ferrare Alfonso I d’Este à la cour de France, écrit à son maître que “Mouton a été envoyé aujourd’hui en Picardie pour aller chez lui, et on ne sait quand il reviendra” (”Lui [Mouton] hozi se è inviato alla volta de piccardia per andare a Casa sua, et del ritorno suo, non scia quando”).
Saint-Quentin
Gomart 1856, t. ?, p. 101
L’autre est de Me Jehan de Holluygue et porte cet écrit : Cy-gist Me Jehan de Holluygue, dit Mouton , en son vivant Chantre du Roi, Chanoine de Thérouanne et de cette Eglise, qui trespassa le pénultième jour d’octobre MDXXII. Priez Dieu pour son âme.
NG2
In Mouton’s last years he was granted a benefice at St Quentin. Although no church records survive from those years, Mouton may have been elected a canon on the death of Compère in 1518. Like Compère, Mouton was buried in St Quentin. His epitaph described him as ‘en son vivant chantre du roy, chanoine de Thérouanne et de cette église’ and gave the exact date of his death. His connection with Thérouanne is also mentioned in two supplications of 1509, as well as in the document appointing him apostolic notary.
Sherr 1988, p. 64
Michel Allart*
RS 1368, fol. 175v: supplication dated 1 September, 1511. Allart, de-
scribed as a priest of Paris and singer in the king's chapel, 8 asks for the parish
church of Notre Dame de Moner in the diocese of Coutances that had been granted
to Ludovicus Herbert. The income was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
Arnulphe Boutin
RS 1346, fol. 136v: supplication dated 17 May, 1510. Boutin, called a
priest and canon of the church of St-Florentin in Amboise in the diocese of Tours
and as a singer in the king's chapel,19 has resigned the priory of St-Saulve of the
Augustinian Order in the diocese of Poitiers in favor ofJohannes Piguet [after a
18 "Michael Allart, presbiter Parisiensis et capelle Christianissimi francorum regis Lu-
dovici moderni cantor capellanus."
'9 "Arnulphus Boutin, presbiter, canonicus ecclesie Sancti Florentini de Ambasia
Turonensis diocesis devoti vestri ac Sancte Romane Ecclesie Ludovici francorum regis
Christianissimi cantor capellanus."
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lawsuit], and asks for a pension of 60 livres tournois "monete in regnofrancie" or
about 30 ducats to be paid from the fruits of the priory.
RS 1346,fols. 18gr-189v: supplication dated 17May, 151o. Boutin [not
described as a singer in any royal chapel],20 has resigned the above priory to Jo-
hannes Piguet priest and Augustinian canon. The income was said not to exceed
24 ducats. A later clause mentions that Boutin has perhaps died outside of
Rome.21
RS 1422,fols. 75v- 76r: supplication dated 24 August, 1513. Boutin, de-
scribed as the rector of the parish church of St-Georges sur Charon and St-Martin
de Coselles in the dioceses of Tours and Sens and as a chaplain in the king's chapel
and doctor of canon and civil law,22 asks for a dispensation to hold as many as
four incompatible benefices.
Jean Braconnier alias Lourdault
Very little is known about the life of Lourdault. The
documents presented here add some more information, and substanti-
ate his death date (sometime shortly before 22 January, 1512). 65
RS 1348,fol. 135r: supplication dated 3June, 151o. Johannes Hurault23
had resigned the commenda of the priory of Notre-Dame-des-Champs outside the
walls of Paris into the hands of Cardinal d'Amboise who had given it to Bracon-
nier, described as canon and provost of the provostship of Valeria in the collegiate
church of St-Martin of Tours and as a singer in the king's chapel;24 Braconnier,
asks for a new provision to the benefice. The income was said not to exceed 24
ducats.
RS 1361,fols. 14r-14v: supplication dated 1g March, 151 1. Braconnier,
described as canon and provost of the church of St-Martin in Tours, rector of the
parish church of Aialliate [Aylly] in the diocese of Evreux, and as a singer in the
20
"Arnulphus Boutin, presbiter."
21 NB. This is not mentioned in
the other document.
22
"Arnulphus Boutin, rector parrochialis ecclesie Sanctorum Georgii super Charon
et Martini de Corselles Turronensis et Senonensis diocesis ... christianissimi francorum
regis capellanus ordinarius et in utroque vel alterojure doctor vel licentiatus."
23 Hurault
may be identical to Johannes Hurtault, who was a singer in the church of
St-Louis des Francais in Rome in 1519. See Rome Archivio di Stato, Archivio del Tri-
bunale del Vicariato, busta 335 [Liber Ordinationum], no foliation. Hurtault is identified
as a cleric of the diocese of Paris, and is promoted to the rank of subdeacon. Possibly he
was a member of the French royal chapel as well.
24
"Johannes Braconnier, canonicus et prepositus prepositure de Valeria in ecclesia
Beatissimi Martini Turonensis ad Romanam curiam nullo medio pertinente ac Chris-
tianissimi francorum regis cantor capellanus."
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king's chapel,25 has also been granted a priory and canonry of the church of
Notre-Dame-des-Champs of the Benedictine Order near Paris. He asks for a dis-
pensation allowing him to hold these three incompatible benefices.
RS 13 81, fol. 24v. supplication dated o February, 1512. The priory of
Notre-Dame-des-Champs of the Benedictine or Augustinian Order in the diocese
of Paris had become vacant on the death of Braconnier. Johannes Morelli, cleric
of the diocese ofRennes and in the household ofAntonius de Sancto Severino [an
apostolic abbreviator], asks for the benefice. The income was not expected to exceed
24 ducats.
RS 1388,fol. 298v: supplication dated 22January, 1512. Egide Charpen-
tier, described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel-see Charpentier below] asks for a canonry and prebend in the cathedral
of Evreux and the parish church of Alleriate alias de Aylly in the diocese of
Evreux, vacant on the death of Braconnier outside of Rome. The income as not
expected to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1380, fol. 2 29: supplication dated 13 February, 1512. Egide Char-
66 pentier, described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any
royal chapel-see Charpentier below], asks again for the above benefices, and
adds the priory of Notre-Dame-des-Champs of the Benedictine Order in Paris,
vacant on the death of Braconnier outside of Rome. The income was not expected
to exceed 24 ducats.
Guillaume Cousin*
Cousin was one of a number of singers of the chapel
of Fran?ois I to receive benefices and favors from Leo X.26
RS 1368, fol. 177v. supplication dated 3 September, 1511. Cousin, de-
scribed as a singer in the King's chapel, has resigned the parish church of Cauches
in the diocese of Lisieux to Henricus Clurtin, a papal notary. Cousin is to get a
pension of 30 livres tournois.
RS 138g,fol. 224r. supplication dated 25June, 11 2. Cousin, described as
rector of the parish church of Cuy and Sermonest in the diocese of Soissons [and
not as a singer in any royal chapel],27 asks for a dispensation to allow him to hold
two incompatible benefices.
25
"Johannes Braconnier alias Lourdault, canonicus et prepositus Beatissimi Martini
Turonensis ... ac rector parrochialis ecclesie de Alliate Ebroicensis diocesis ... capelle
Christianissimi francorum regis cantor capellanus."
26
RV 1206, fols. 47or-47 iv: bull dated 3oJanuary, 15 16. Cousin is granted a dispen-
sation allowing him to hold incompatible benefices.
27 "Guillermus
Cousin, parrochialis ecclesie teneri de Cuy et Sermonest Suessionensis
diocesis rector."
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
Antoine de Feripy
RS 1351, fol. 266v: supplication dated i iJuly, 1510. Feripy, described as
a cleric of "N" diocese, of noble birth, and as a singer in the king's chapel,28 asks
for a canonry and prebend in the cathedral of Rouen, vacant by the death ofJo-
hannes Garin outside of Rome. The income was said not exceed 24 ducats.
Elzear Genet alias Carpentras
Carpentras can be connected with the chapel of
Louis XII not through documents, but through his own admission; in
the dedication to Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici of the print of his Liber
Hymnorum (1532), he stated that he had been recalled to Rome from the
French court by Leo X at the beginning of his pontificate. It is now possi-
ble to give an idea of the dates of his service to the king. Genet had been a
member of the papal chapel at least since 1508, but on 21 May, 1512, he
announced his intention of leaving Rome and asked permission to keep
the privileges of the papal singers while he was away; presumably, he
joined the French royal chapel soon after.29 Nor was he recalled imme-
diately to Rome on the accession of Leo X. The radical idea of making a
composer (Genet) the Master of the papal chapel did not occur immedi- 67
ately to the pope, who on 6 April, 1513, gave the position to the Arch-
bishop of Durazzo, the former sacristan of the chapel.3? Genet was in
Rome soon after, however, and was made Master of the papal chapel on
5 November, 1513.31
Antoine de Longueval
Longueval had moved from Ferrara to the royal
chapel around 1507.32 He was one of a number of singers in the chapel
of Francois I granted benefices and favors by Leo X.33
RS 1340, fol. 67r: supplication dated 2 March, 1510. Longueval, de-
scribed as a canon of the Ste-Chapelle of Bourges, of noble birth, and as a singer
in the king's chapel,34 asks for a dispensation allowing him to hold three incompat-
ible benefices.
28
"Antonius de Feripy, clericus N diocesis seu civitatis de nobili genere ex utroque
parente procreatus devoti vestri et Sancte Romane Ecclesie filii Ludovicii francorum re-
gis Christianissimi cantor capellanus."
29 RS 1386, fols. 120r-120v.
30 RS
1406, fol. io5v.
31 RS 1433, fols. 2r-2v.
32 See Lewis
Lockwood, Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505 (Cambridge, MA,
1984).
33 See RV 1206, fols. 466r-466v: bull dated
17 December, 1515. Longueval is made
an apostolic notary. Also RV 1206, fols. 476v-479r: bull dated 30 January, 1516. Lon-
gueval is granted a dispensation allowing him to hold incompatible benefices.
34 "Anthonius de Longueval, canonicus ecclesie Sancte Capelle Bituricensis de nobili
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RS 1341, fol. 243r: supplication dated 20 March, 15 o. Longueval, de-
scribed as a canon of the Ste-Chapelle of Bourges, of noble birth, and as a royal
chamberlain [and not as a singer in any royal chapel],35 had obtained the parish
church of Aqueteville in the diocese of Coutances or Rouen ["ecclesia de
Aqueteville Constantiensis diocesis perinde Rothomagensis"] and asks for a dis-
pensation allowing him to continue to hold the benefice for three more years with-
out becoming a priest.
RS 1439, fols. 1 13r-1 13v: supplication dated 23 December, 1513. Lon-
gueval, described as a canon of the Ste-Chapelle of Bourges, of noble birth, and
as the king's chamberlain,36 had been given a dispensation to hold two incompati-
ble benefices by the papal legate Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, and had been
granted the parish churches of Aqueteville in the diocese of Coutances and Es-
quenernaville in the diocese of Lisieux. He now asks for a dispensation to allow
him to hold as many as four incompatible benefices.
Nicholas Marescal
RS 1302, fol. 2o6v: supplication dated 8 September 1508. Marescal, de-
68 scribed as rector of the parish church of St-Martin de Caudemuche in the diocese
of Lisieux and as a singer in the king's chapel,37 asks for a dispensation allowing
to hold as many as three incompatible benefices.
Jean de Montul
RS 1317, fol. 39r: supplication dated 6May, 1509. Montul, described as a
priest and singer in the king's chapel,38 had engaged in a permutation of benefices
with Antonius de la Baude whereby Montul had resigned the parish church of
Castillon in the diocese of Chartres and La Baude had resigned the parish church
of Boilleto in the same diocese; and this permutation had been accepted by the pa-
pal legate Cardinal d'Amboise. Now, because the income from the church of Cas-
tillon was more than the income from the church of Boilleto, Montul asks for a
pension of 10 livres tournois "monete in regno francie" from the fruits of the
church of Castillon to be paid to him by La Baude.
genere ex utroque parente procreatus ac Christianissimi francorum regis cantor capel-
lanus."
35 "Antonius de
Longueval, canonicus ecclesie sancte capelle Bituricensis ... de nobili
genere ex utroque parente procreatus ac Christianissimi francorum regis cubicularius."
36 "Antonius de Longueval canonicus ecclesie Sancte Capelle Bituricensis de nobili
genere ex utroque parente procreatus . .. illustrissimi christianissimi francorum regis
camerarius."
37 "Nicolaus Marescall, rector
parrochialis ecclesie Sancti Martini de Caudemuche
Lexoviensis diocesis cantor capellanus Christianissimi domini francorum regis."
38 "Johannes de Montul,
presbiter, capelle Christianissimi regis francorum cantor ca-
pellanus."
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
Guillaume Porci*
RS 1337, fols. 136r-136v: supplication dated 5 February, 1510. Porci,
described as the rector of the parish church of St. Viexius de Ruvere in the diocese
ofBayeux, Master ofArts, and as a singer in the king's chapel,39 asksfor a dispen-
sation allowing him to hold two incompatible benefices.
Georges Reverdi*
RS 143 1, fols. 84r- 84v: supplication dated 2 November, 1513. Reverdi,
described as a priest of an unnamed diocese and singer in the king's chapel,40 had
engaged in a lawsuit with Guillaume Muscuvyer concerning the parish church of
Fressemeville in the diocese of Amiens. Reverdi has ceded the benefice and asksfor
a pension of 2 livres "monete in regno francie" to be paidfrom the fruits.
RS 1437, fols. 37r-37v: supplication dated 13 January, 1 14. Reverdi,
described as priest of an unidentifiable diocese, and of the parish church of St-
Egide de Crotot in the diocese of Rouen, and singer in the king's chapel,4' asks for
a dispensation allowing him to hold as many as three incompatible benefices.
Conrad Renuger* 69
Although Renuger was in the king's chapel in 1510,
he apparently had moved to the queen's chapel by 1513. He is the Mas-
ter of the Chapel in the 1515 list.
RS 1346, fol. 142r: supplication dated 14 May, 1 1 0. Renuger, described
as the archpriest "insule Bourgardi" in the cathedral of Tours and as a singer in
the king's chapel,42 asks for a dispensation allowing him to hold three incompati-
ble benefices.
RS 1433, fols. 271v- 272v: supplication dated 30 October, 1513. Renu-
ger, described as a priest of an unidentifiable diocese and singer in the queen's
chapel,43, had been given four benefices: a canonry and prebend in the church of
39 "Guillermus
Porci, rector parrochialis ecclesie Sancti Viexiis de Ruvere Baiocensis
diocesis, magister in artibus, ac capelle Christianissimi francorum regis cantor capel-
lanus."
40
"Georgius Reverdi presbiter N ... christianissimi francorum regis capelle ordina-
rius cantor."
41
"Georgius Reverdi presbiter Monsconensis [?] diocesis parrochialis ecclesie Beati
Egidii de Crotot Rothmagensis diocesis, capelle christianissimi regis cantor."
42 "Conradus
Renuger, archipresbiter insule Bougardi in ecclesia Turonensis ad Ro-
manam ecclesiam nullo medio pertinente ac Christianissimi francorum regis cantor ca-
pellanus."
43 "Conradus
Renuger, presbiter Astatensis (?) diocesis ... qui in capella devotissime
et Sancte Romanae Ecclesie Anne francorum regine et Britanie duxisse illustrissime can-
tor capellanus existit."
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St-Sauveur in Blois, the archpriestship "insule Bouchard" in the cathedral of
Tours, the parish church of St-Gervais deMantellam in the diocese of Tours, and
the priory of St-Medard de Ylla in the diocese of Tours. He has the necessary dis-
pensation, and asks for a new provision to the benefices. The income of each of the
benefices was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
Nicasius de Villin
RS 1337, fol. 136r: supplication dated 5 February, 1510. Villin, described
as a canon of the church of Notre Dame de Cleriaco "nullius diocesis," and as a
singer in the king's chapel,44 asks for a dispensation extending permission to hold
incompatible benefices to three.
Chapel of Anne de Bretagne
Antoine Divitis, Master of the Chapel*
That Divitis was the Master of Anne's chapel in 15 l
is perhaps the most interesting information provided by these docu-
ments, but it causes problems. For in the very month that he is so named
70 in the document cited below, Jean Mouton is also called Master of the
Queen's chapel in a chapter act of St-Andre of Grenoble.45 Perhaps the
Vatican document is mistaken or Mouton and Divitis shared the posi-
tion of Master. In any case, Divitis probably moved to Anne's employ
shortly after the disbanding of the chapel of Philip the Fair in 1506.
RS 1345, fols. 2ir- 2 v: supplication dated 2 May, 1510. Robert Chal-
land [Britto, Guibe], Cardinal of Nantes, [also known by his titular church of St.
Anastasia], had obtained in commendam the priory of St-Jacques de Premul of the
Benedictine Order, outside the walls of Nantes, but now asks to cede it to Divitis,
described as cleric of Liege and singer and Master of the queen's chapel.46 The
income was said not to exceed 200 ducats and the cardinal is given the right of
regression.
RS 135 7,fols. 1 r- iv: supplication dated 15 October, 1510. Divitis, de-
scribed as cleric of the diocese of Liege and singer in the queen's chapel, cedes the
priory de Sensibus of the Augustinian Order in the diocese of Rennes, to Petrus
44 "Nicasius de Villin, canonicus ecclesie Beate Marie de Cleriaco nullius diocesis ad
Romanam ecclesiam nullo medio pertinente, capelle Christianissimi francorum regis
cantor capellanus."
45
SeeJosephine Shine, "The Motets of Jean Mouton," (Ph.D. dissertation, New York
University, 1953), p. 18; document dated io May, 1510.
46 "Antonius de Riche, clericus Leodiensis diocesis
qui capelle carissime in Christo filie
et Sancte Romane Ecclesie filie vestre Anne francorum regine et ducisse Britannie magis-
ter et cantor existit."
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Jouault, described as a priest of the diocese of Rennes and singer in the queen's
chapel. The income was not expected to exceed i oo ducats.
RS 1444, fols. 57r-57v: supplication dated 29 January, 1514. Divitis
[not described as a singer in any royal chapel]47 has ceded the priory ofPremul of
the Benedictine Order in the diocese of Nantes. Bernardus Clerici, canon of the
diocese of St-Malo and apostolic scriptor, asks for the benefice. The income was
not expected to exceed 150petits livres tournois.
Jean de Hollewigue alias Mouton, Master of
the Chapel*
Mouton is named as a singer in Anne's chapel on 22
April, 1509, and is called Master of the Chapel in a document of 1510
(see Divitis above), but it is likely that he joined Anne's chapel around
1501-02.48 He was also one of a number of singers in the chapel of Fran-
?ois I granted benefices and favors by Leo X.49
RS 1312, fol. 21 or: supplication dated 14 February, 1509. Mouton, de-
scribed as a cleric of the diocese of Therouanne [and not as a singer in any royal 71
chapel], asks for a new provision to the parish church of Tolay, vacant on the
death of Egide de Quibriac and given to Mouton by Cardinal Robert Challand.
The benefice had originally been resigned by Divitis. The income was not expected
to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1333, fol. i1 8r: supplication dated 28 November, 1509. Mouton, de-
scribed as a cleric of the diocese of Therouanne [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel],50 asks for a dispensation to allow him to hold three incompatible benefices.
RS 1359,fol. 302v: supplication dated 2January, 1511. Franfois le Vigo-
reux and Mouton ask to be allowed to make a permutation of benefices whereby le
Vigoreux [not described as a singer in any royal chapel or as the cleric of any
diocese] will resign a canonry and prebend in the cathedral of Tours and Mouton
[not described as a singer in any royal chapel or as the cleric of any diocese] will
resign the parish church of St. Elnodus "alias de Sancte Dolien" in the diocese of
Nantes (and Cardinal Robert Challand who held this benefice in commendam
will cede it). The income of the canonry was not expected to exceed 24 ducats and
the income from the parish church was not expected to exceed 140 ducats.51
47 "Antonius Divitis alias de la Riche."
48 Bonime, "Anne de
Bretagne," pp. 67-68.
49 RV 1206, fols.
473r-473v: bull dated 17 December, 1515. Mouton is made a papal
notary.
50
"Johannes de Hollewigue alias Mouton, clericus Morinensis diocesis."
51 The document is not
totally clear on this point.
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Egide Charpentier
Most of Charpentier's career was spent as a singer in
the papal chapel; he first appears in a chapel list of June 1508.52 In Feb-
ruary of 1510, he announced his intention of leaving Rome and was
granted permission to keep the privileges of a singer in the chapel.53 He
returned to the papal chapel in August, 1514.54 The relatively large
number of documents presented here may be the result of the experi-
ence he gained as a hunter of benefices while a papal singer. And at least
one of them contains a subterfuge related to his former employment. In
January, 1514, Charpentier made a permutation of benefices with the
papal singer Johannes Radulphi, and the original supplication (pre-
sented below) and the actual bull listed by Frey (along with many others
of 1513) state that Charpentier was also a member of the papal chapel,
thus suggesting that he returned to Rome in 1513.55 Yet this seems to be
contradicted by a motu proprio which states that Charpentier actually re-
joined the chapel in August, 1514.56 The conflict is resolved by a suppli-
cation dated 24 February, 1514, in which Charpentier specifically asks
to be considered as a papal singer in the bull of 30 January, 1514 (and
72 therefore as a recipient of their special privileges), even though he was
not in fact in Rome or a member of the chapel when the bull was
promulgated (see below); this legal subterfuge probably applies to the
bulls of 1513 as well. He most likely remained in the queen's chapel until
her death in January, 1514, and then made his way back to Rome.
RS 1388, fol. 298v: supplication dated 22January, 1512. Charpentier,
described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel],57 asks for benefices vacant on the death ofJean Braconnier alias Lour-
dault. See Braconnier above.
RS 1380, fol. 229v: supplication dated 13 February, 1512. Charpentier,
described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel], asks for benefices vacant on the death of Braconnier. See Braconnier
above.
RS 1397,fols. 219v- 22or: supplication dated 1 o November, 1512. Fran-
ciscus [Hamon], Bishop-elect of Nantes, has resigned the parish church of Orato-
riusBoterelli in the diocese of Nantes. Charpentier, described as a cleric of Amiens
52
See Rome, Archivio di Stato, Misc. Corvisieri busta i, fasc, 12.
53 See RS
1339, fol. 225V: supplication dated 21 February, 1510.
54 Rome Archivio di Stato, Camerale I, 859A, fol. io8r. See also Frey; MF VIII (1955),
61-62.
55 See
FreyMF VIII (1955), 66-67.
56 See Rome, Archivio di Stato, Camerale I
859A, fol. io8r.
57
"Egidius Charpentier, presbiter Ambianensis diocesis."
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
[and not as a singer in any royal chapel],58 asks for the benefice. The church was
united to the parish church of St-Hilaire de Cugno [Organo?]. The income was
not expected to exceed i oo ducats.
RS 1399, fols. 15 7-158r: supplication dated lo November, 1512. Fran-
ciscus, Bishop-elect of Nantes, nephew of Cardinal Robert Challand, resigns
[and the cardinal cedes his right of regression] to the above and other benefices in
favor of Guido Lorens, cleric of Nantes, Franfois Rubeis, cleric of Treguier and
Doctor of Laws [these two do not seem to have been musicians], Charpentier, cleric
of the diocese of Amiens,Jean Nolin, cleric of the diocese of Chartres,Jean Richa-
fort, cleric of the diocese of Liege, and Balduin Lupi, cleric of the diocese of The-
rouanne.59
RS 1423, fol. 152v: supplication dated 6 September, 1513. Charpentier,
described as a canon of the cathedral ofBeauvais [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel],60 asks for an unnamed archpriestship in an unnamed church, vacant on
the death ofJohannes de Halestant outside of Rome, and a dispensation allowing
him to retain the parish church of Oratorio Boterelli in the diocese of Nantes. The
income was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
73
RS 1426, fol. 208r: supplication dated 12 September, 1513. Basically a
repeat of the previous supplication.
RS 1426, rol. 213r: supplication dated 24 September, 1513. Charpentier,
described as a canon of Beauvais and a singer in the queen's chapel,61 had en-
gaged in a lawsuit withJean de Lyons concerning the parish church of St-Medard
des Poult in the diocese of Soissons. Charpentier resigns the benefice and asks for a
pension of 20 ducats to be paid to him from the fruits of the benefice.
RS 1427, fols. 111-1 12r: supplication dated 5 October, 1513. Charpen-
tier, described as a priest and rector of the parish church of St-Medard des Paux in
the diocese of Soissons has resigned the benefice. Jean de Lyons asked to be granted
it. The income was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1440, fols. 6v- 7or: supplication dated 30 January, 1514. Charpen-
58
"Egidius Charpentier, clericus Ambianensis diocesis."
59 The benefices were: canonries and
prebends in the cathedrals of Nantes and
Rennes and the parish churches of Nort, des Touches, Albaretz, St. Hilarius de Cugno/
Oratorius Boterelli. These were requested by: "Guido Lorens et Franciscus Rubeis ...
ac Johannes Nolin necnon Johannes Richafort et Balduinus Lupi ac Egidius Carpentier
clerici Nannetensis et Trecoriensis ac Carnotensis necnon Leodiensis et Morinensis ac
Ambianensis." See under the respective names.
6o
"Egidius Charpentier, canonicus ecclesie Belvacensis."
61
"Egidius le Carpentier, canonicus Belvacensis diocesis ac cantor capellanus illustris-
sime domine francorum regine."
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tier and Johannes Radulphi, both described as singers in the papal chapel, have
made a permutation of benefices whereby Charpentier has resigned the parish
church of Oratorio Boterelli in the diocese of Nantes and Radulphi has resigned
the parish church of Seguelnan in the diocese of Vannes. The incomes of these
benefices were not expected to exceed 1 oo ducats.
RS 1445,fols. g6v- 97r: supplication dated 24 February, 1514. In the bull
allowing the above permutation, Charpentier had been described as a papal
singer even though he was not in fact in Rome or a member of the papal house-
hold. 62 Because he is worried that this fact may cause him legal problems with the
permutation, he asksfor an indult whereby the bull will be read as if he really were
a member of the chapel at that time.
Jean de Fresne
RS 141 1, fol. 14 v: supplication dated 9 May, 1513 (reign of Leo X).
Fresne, described as a cleric of the diocese of Cambrai and as a singer in the
queen's chapel,63 asks for a dispensation allowing him to hold two incompatible
benefices.
74
Noel Galoys
Galoys was one of the singers of the chapel of Fran-
?ois I receiving benefices and favors from Leo X in 1515.64
RS 1436,fols. 154v-15r r: supplication dated 21 December, 1513. Galoys
and Robert Presel, both identified as singers in the queen's chapel, 65 have engaged
in a lawsuit concerning a canonry and prebend in the church of St-Gervais de
Viromanda in the diocese of Noyon. They have come to an agreement whereby
Presel cedes his rights to Jean Le Myre, Galoys cedes the benefice to Le Myre, and
Le Myre pays a pension of 40 livres tournois "monete currente in francia" to
Galoys.
Pierre Jouault alias Brule
Brule joined the papal chapel shortly after the
Queen's death.66 Although in the present documents, he is described as
62
"Dictus orator pro eoque tempore dicti literarum huiusmodi absens a curia erat
prout adhuc existit, nec e Sanctitatis Vestri continuus comensalis pro presenti existit."
63
"Johannes de Fresne, clericus Cameracensis diocesis, capellanus et cantor cappelle
devote vestre francorum regine."
64 RV 1206, fols.
474r-475v: bull dated 30 January, 1515- Galoys is granted a dispen-
sation allowing him to hold incompatible benefices.
6- "Robertus Pressel ... et Natales Galoys cantores capelle illustrissime domine regine
francie."
66 He entered the papal chapel in August, 1514 (Anne died on January 9, 1514). See
Rome, Archivio di Stato, Camerale I 859A, fol. io8r. See also Hermann-Walther Frey,
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
a cleric of Breton dioceses, in a supplication he submitted on 4 May,
1507 (in which he is not described as a singer in any royal chapel), he is
called a cleric of the diocese or city of Liege.67
RS 1325,fol. 296v: supplication dated 17 September, 1509.Jean Corbin,
prior of the priory of St-Julien de Cancelles of the Benedictine Order in the diocese
of Nantes, dependent on the monastery of St-Florent de Salmuro in the diocese of
Angers, has resigned the benefice, and Brule, described as a cleric of the diocese of
Angers and as a singer in the queen's chapel,68 asks to be granted the benefice. The
income was said not to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1357, fols. 1 r- 1v: supplication dated 15 October, 1510. Antoine
Divitis, cedes a priory to Brule, described as a priest of the diocese of Rennes and
singer in the queen's chapel. See Divitis above.
RS 1359, fol. 259v: supplication dated 30 October, 1510. Brule [not de-
scribed as a member of any royal chapel] requests an addition to a supplication
dated 15 October, 1510, stating that Cardinal Robert Challand had the right of
regression to the priory [not identifiedfurther] and has ceded it.
75
RS 1417, fols. 13 r-13 v: supplication dated 29 June, 1513. The parish
church of St-Eloi de Montauban in the diocese of St-Malo,69 vacant on the death
of Charles Hautbois, bishop of Tournai, had been given to Brule, described as a
cleric of the diocese of Rennes and as a singer in the queen's chapel. 70 Brule asks
for a new provision to the benefice. The income was not expected to exceed 24
ducats.
Balduin Lupi (?)
Although Lupi is not identified in any other docu-
ments as a singer, his placement in the list of people in the first docu-
ment below (between Richafort and Charpentier) suggests strongly that
he was a singer, probably in the chapel of Anne de Bretagne.
"Regesten der papstlichen Kapelle unter Papst Leo X und zu seiner Privatkapelle," Die
Musikforschung VIII (1955), 71.
67 See RS
1253, fols. 215r- 21 5V: supplication dated 4 May, 1507. Brule, described as a
cleric of Liege "vel alterius diocesis" or of the city of Liege, had made a permutation of
benefices withJohannes Douchet, whereby Brule had resigned a canonry and prebend in
the church of St. Albanus in the town of Nauburien [Namur?] in the diocese of Liege and
Douchet had resigned the parish church of Carabosco and the chaplainry at the altar of
St. Nicholas in the church of St. Johannes in the diocese and city of Liege. Because the
income of the canonry/prebend was more than the income of the other benefices, Brule
asks for a pension of 24 rhenish florins to be paid by Douchet.
68 "Petrus Jouault alias
Brule, clericus Andegavanensis diocesis cappelle Illustrissime
Anne francorum regine et Britannie ducisse cantor."
69 "Parrochialis ecclesia Sancti
Eligii de Monte Aubano Macloviensis diocesis."
70 "Petrus
Jouault alias Brule clericus Redonensis diocesis capelle illustrissime fran-
corum regine cantor ordinarius."
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RS 1399,fols. 15 7v- 158r: supplication dated i o November, 1512. Fran-
ciscus [Hamon], Bishop-elect of Nantes has resigned many benefices to many peo-
ple [see Charpentier, above], among them the parish church of Albaretz in the
diocese of Nantes. Lupi, described as a cleric of Therouanne [and not as a singer
in any royal chapel], asks for the benefice. The income was not expected to exceed
80 ducats.
RS 1418, fol. 142v: supplication dated 15July, 1513. Lupi, described as
the rector of the parish church of Abar
Lockwood 1979, p. 216 donne une indication non reprise ds NG2 : le 14.6.1518, Aldovandrini Sacrati, ambassadeur du duc de Ferrare Alfonso I d’Este à la cour de France, écrit à son maître que “Mouton a été envoyé aujourd’hui en Picardie pour aller chez lui, et on ne sait quand il reviendra” (”Lui [Mouton] hozi se è inviato alla volta de piccardia per andare a Casa sua, et del ritorno suo, non scia quando”).
Saint-Quentin
Gomart 1856, t. ?, p. 101
L’autre est de Me Jehan de Holluygue et porte cet écrit : Cy-gist Me Jehan de Holluygue, dit Mouton , en son vivant Chantre du Roi, Chanoine de Thérouanne et de cette Eglise, qui trespassa le pénultième jour d’octobre MDXXII. Priez Dieu pour son âme.
NG2
In Mouton’s last years he was granted a benefice at St Quentin. Although no church records survive from those years, Mouton may have been elected a canon on the death of Compère in 1518. Like Compère, Mouton was buried in St Quentin. His epitaph described him as ‘en son vivant chantre du roy, chanoine de Thérouanne et de cette église’ and gave the exact date of his death. His connection with Thérouanne is also mentioned in two supplications of 1509, as well as in the document appointing him apostolic notary.
Sherr 1988, p. 64
Michel Allart*
RS 1368, fol. 175v: supplication dated 1 September, 1511. Allart, de-
scribed as a priest of Paris and singer in the king's chapel, 8 asks for the parish
church of Notre Dame de Moner in the diocese of Coutances that had been granted
to Ludovicus Herbert. The income was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
Arnulphe Boutin
RS 1346, fol. 136v: supplication dated 17 May, 1510. Boutin, called a
priest and canon of the church of St-Florentin in Amboise in the diocese of Tours
and as a singer in the king's chapel,19 has resigned the priory of St-Saulve of the
Augustinian Order in the diocese of Poitiers in favor ofJohannes Piguet [after a
18 "Michael Allart, presbiter Parisiensis et capelle Christianissimi francorum regis Lu-
dovici moderni cantor capellanus."
'9 "Arnulphus Boutin, presbiter, canonicus ecclesie Sancti Florentini de Ambasia
Turonensis diocesis devoti vestri ac Sancte Romane Ecclesie Ludovici francorum regis
Christianissimi cantor capellanus."
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lawsuit], and asks for a pension of 60 livres tournois "monete in regnofrancie" or
about 30 ducats to be paid from the fruits of the priory.
RS 1346,fols. 18gr-189v: supplication dated 17May, 151o. Boutin [not
described as a singer in any royal chapel],20 has resigned the above priory to Jo-
hannes Piguet priest and Augustinian canon. The income was said not to exceed
24 ducats. A later clause mentions that Boutin has perhaps died outside of
Rome.21
RS 1422,fols. 75v- 76r: supplication dated 24 August, 1513. Boutin, de-
scribed as the rector of the parish church of St-Georges sur Charon and St-Martin
de Coselles in the dioceses of Tours and Sens and as a chaplain in the king's chapel
and doctor of canon and civil law,22 asks for a dispensation to hold as many as
four incompatible benefices.
Jean Braconnier alias Lourdault
Very little is known about the life of Lourdault. The
documents presented here add some more information, and substanti-
ate his death date (sometime shortly before 22 January, 1512). 65
RS 1348,fol. 135r: supplication dated 3June, 151o. Johannes Hurault23
had resigned the commenda of the priory of Notre-Dame-des-Champs outside the
walls of Paris into the hands of Cardinal d'Amboise who had given it to Bracon-
nier, described as canon and provost of the provostship of Valeria in the collegiate
church of St-Martin of Tours and as a singer in the king's chapel;24 Braconnier,
asks for a new provision to the benefice. The income was said not to exceed 24
ducats.
RS 1361,fols. 14r-14v: supplication dated 1g March, 151 1. Braconnier,
described as canon and provost of the church of St-Martin in Tours, rector of the
parish church of Aialliate [Aylly] in the diocese of Evreux, and as a singer in the
20
"Arnulphus Boutin, presbiter."
21 NB. This is not mentioned in
the other document.
22
"Arnulphus Boutin, rector parrochialis ecclesie Sanctorum Georgii super Charon
et Martini de Corselles Turronensis et Senonensis diocesis ... christianissimi francorum
regis capellanus ordinarius et in utroque vel alterojure doctor vel licentiatus."
23 Hurault
may be identical to Johannes Hurtault, who was a singer in the church of
St-Louis des Francais in Rome in 1519. See Rome Archivio di Stato, Archivio del Tri-
bunale del Vicariato, busta 335 [Liber Ordinationum], no foliation. Hurtault is identified
as a cleric of the diocese of Paris, and is promoted to the rank of subdeacon. Possibly he
was a member of the French royal chapel as well.
24
"Johannes Braconnier, canonicus et prepositus prepositure de Valeria in ecclesia
Beatissimi Martini Turonensis ad Romanam curiam nullo medio pertinente ac Chris-
tianissimi francorum regis cantor capellanus."
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king's chapel,25 has also been granted a priory and canonry of the church of
Notre-Dame-des-Champs of the Benedictine Order near Paris. He asks for a dis-
pensation allowing him to hold these three incompatible benefices.
RS 13 81, fol. 24v. supplication dated o February, 1512. The priory of
Notre-Dame-des-Champs of the Benedictine or Augustinian Order in the diocese
of Paris had become vacant on the death of Braconnier. Johannes Morelli, cleric
of the diocese ofRennes and in the household ofAntonius de Sancto Severino [an
apostolic abbreviator], asks for the benefice. The income was not expected to exceed
24 ducats.
RS 1388,fol. 298v: supplication dated 22January, 1512. Egide Charpen-
tier, described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel-see Charpentier below] asks for a canonry and prebend in the cathedral
of Evreux and the parish church of Alleriate alias de Aylly in the diocese of
Evreux, vacant on the death of Braconnier outside of Rome. The income as not
expected to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1380, fol. 2 29: supplication dated 13 February, 1512. Egide Char-
66 pentier, described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any
royal chapel-see Charpentier below], asks again for the above benefices, and
adds the priory of Notre-Dame-des-Champs of the Benedictine Order in Paris,
vacant on the death of Braconnier outside of Rome. The income was not expected
to exceed 24 ducats.
Guillaume Cousin*
Cousin was one of a number of singers of the chapel
of Fran?ois I to receive benefices and favors from Leo X.26
RS 1368, fol. 177v. supplication dated 3 September, 1511. Cousin, de-
scribed as a singer in the King's chapel, has resigned the parish church of Cauches
in the diocese of Lisieux to Henricus Clurtin, a papal notary. Cousin is to get a
pension of 30 livres tournois.
RS 138g,fol. 224r. supplication dated 25June, 11 2. Cousin, described as
rector of the parish church of Cuy and Sermonest in the diocese of Soissons [and
not as a singer in any royal chapel],27 asks for a dispensation to allow him to hold
two incompatible benefices.
25
"Johannes Braconnier alias Lourdault, canonicus et prepositus Beatissimi Martini
Turonensis ... ac rector parrochialis ecclesie de Alliate Ebroicensis diocesis ... capelle
Christianissimi francorum regis cantor capellanus."
26
RV 1206, fols. 47or-47 iv: bull dated 3oJanuary, 15 16. Cousin is granted a dispen-
sation allowing him to hold incompatible benefices.
27 "Guillermus
Cousin, parrochialis ecclesie teneri de Cuy et Sermonest Suessionensis
diocesis rector."
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
Antoine de Feripy
RS 1351, fol. 266v: supplication dated i iJuly, 1510. Feripy, described as
a cleric of "N" diocese, of noble birth, and as a singer in the king's chapel,28 asks
for a canonry and prebend in the cathedral of Rouen, vacant by the death ofJo-
hannes Garin outside of Rome. The income was said not exceed 24 ducats.
Elzear Genet alias Carpentras
Carpentras can be connected with the chapel of
Louis XII not through documents, but through his own admission; in
the dedication to Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici of the print of his Liber
Hymnorum (1532), he stated that he had been recalled to Rome from the
French court by Leo X at the beginning of his pontificate. It is now possi-
ble to give an idea of the dates of his service to the king. Genet had been a
member of the papal chapel at least since 1508, but on 21 May, 1512, he
announced his intention of leaving Rome and asked permission to keep
the privileges of the papal singers while he was away; presumably, he
joined the French royal chapel soon after.29 Nor was he recalled imme-
diately to Rome on the accession of Leo X. The radical idea of making a
composer (Genet) the Master of the papal chapel did not occur immedi- 67
ately to the pope, who on 6 April, 1513, gave the position to the Arch-
bishop of Durazzo, the former sacristan of the chapel.3? Genet was in
Rome soon after, however, and was made Master of the papal chapel on
5 November, 1513.31
Antoine de Longueval
Longueval had moved from Ferrara to the royal
chapel around 1507.32 He was one of a number of singers in the chapel
of Francois I granted benefices and favors by Leo X.33
RS 1340, fol. 67r: supplication dated 2 March, 1510. Longueval, de-
scribed as a canon of the Ste-Chapelle of Bourges, of noble birth, and as a singer
in the king's chapel,34 asks for a dispensation allowing him to hold three incompat-
ible benefices.
28
"Antonius de Feripy, clericus N diocesis seu civitatis de nobili genere ex utroque
parente procreatus devoti vestri et Sancte Romane Ecclesie filii Ludovicii francorum re-
gis Christianissimi cantor capellanus."
29 RS 1386, fols. 120r-120v.
30 RS
1406, fol. io5v.
31 RS 1433, fols. 2r-2v.
32 See Lewis
Lockwood, Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505 (Cambridge, MA,
1984).
33 See RV 1206, fols. 466r-466v: bull dated
17 December, 1515. Longueval is made
an apostolic notary. Also RV 1206, fols. 476v-479r: bull dated 30 January, 1516. Lon-
gueval is granted a dispensation allowing him to hold incompatible benefices.
34 "Anthonius de Longueval, canonicus ecclesie Sancte Capelle Bituricensis de nobili
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RS 1341, fol. 243r: supplication dated 20 March, 15 o. Longueval, de-
scribed as a canon of the Ste-Chapelle of Bourges, of noble birth, and as a royal
chamberlain [and not as a singer in any royal chapel],35 had obtained the parish
church of Aqueteville in the diocese of Coutances or Rouen ["ecclesia de
Aqueteville Constantiensis diocesis perinde Rothomagensis"] and asks for a dis-
pensation allowing him to continue to hold the benefice for three more years with-
out becoming a priest.
RS 1439, fols. 1 13r-1 13v: supplication dated 23 December, 1513. Lon-
gueval, described as a canon of the Ste-Chapelle of Bourges, of noble birth, and
as the king's chamberlain,36 had been given a dispensation to hold two incompati-
ble benefices by the papal legate Cardinal Georges d'Amboise, and had been
granted the parish churches of Aqueteville in the diocese of Coutances and Es-
quenernaville in the diocese of Lisieux. He now asks for a dispensation to allow
him to hold as many as four incompatible benefices.
Nicholas Marescal
RS 1302, fol. 2o6v: supplication dated 8 September 1508. Marescal, de-
68 scribed as rector of the parish church of St-Martin de Caudemuche in the diocese
of Lisieux and as a singer in the king's chapel,37 asks for a dispensation allowing
to hold as many as three incompatible benefices.
Jean de Montul
RS 1317, fol. 39r: supplication dated 6May, 1509. Montul, described as a
priest and singer in the king's chapel,38 had engaged in a permutation of benefices
with Antonius de la Baude whereby Montul had resigned the parish church of
Castillon in the diocese of Chartres and La Baude had resigned the parish church
of Boilleto in the same diocese; and this permutation had been accepted by the pa-
pal legate Cardinal d'Amboise. Now, because the income from the church of Cas-
tillon was more than the income from the church of Boilleto, Montul asks for a
pension of 10 livres tournois "monete in regno francie" from the fruits of the
church of Castillon to be paid to him by La Baude.
genere ex utroque parente procreatus ac Christianissimi francorum regis cantor capel-
lanus."
35 "Antonius de
Longueval, canonicus ecclesie sancte capelle Bituricensis ... de nobili
genere ex utroque parente procreatus ac Christianissimi francorum regis cubicularius."
36 "Antonius de Longueval canonicus ecclesie Sancte Capelle Bituricensis de nobili
genere ex utroque parente procreatus . .. illustrissimi christianissimi francorum regis
camerarius."
37 "Nicolaus Marescall, rector
parrochialis ecclesie Sancti Martini de Caudemuche
Lexoviensis diocesis cantor capellanus Christianissimi domini francorum regis."
38 "Johannes de Montul,
presbiter, capelle Christianissimi regis francorum cantor ca-
pellanus."
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
Guillaume Porci*
RS 1337, fols. 136r-136v: supplication dated 5 February, 1510. Porci,
described as the rector of the parish church of St. Viexius de Ruvere in the diocese
ofBayeux, Master ofArts, and as a singer in the king's chapel,39 asksfor a dispen-
sation allowing him to hold two incompatible benefices.
Georges Reverdi*
RS 143 1, fols. 84r- 84v: supplication dated 2 November, 1513. Reverdi,
described as a priest of an unnamed diocese and singer in the king's chapel,40 had
engaged in a lawsuit with Guillaume Muscuvyer concerning the parish church of
Fressemeville in the diocese of Amiens. Reverdi has ceded the benefice and asksfor
a pension of 2 livres "monete in regno francie" to be paidfrom the fruits.
RS 1437, fols. 37r-37v: supplication dated 13 January, 1 14. Reverdi,
described as priest of an unidentifiable diocese, and of the parish church of St-
Egide de Crotot in the diocese of Rouen, and singer in the king's chapel,4' asks for
a dispensation allowing him to hold as many as three incompatible benefices.
Conrad Renuger* 69
Although Renuger was in the king's chapel in 1510,
he apparently had moved to the queen's chapel by 1513. He is the Mas-
ter of the Chapel in the 1515 list.
RS 1346, fol. 142r: supplication dated 14 May, 1 1 0. Renuger, described
as the archpriest "insule Bourgardi" in the cathedral of Tours and as a singer in
the king's chapel,42 asks for a dispensation allowing him to hold three incompati-
ble benefices.
RS 1433, fols. 271v- 272v: supplication dated 30 October, 1513. Renu-
ger, described as a priest of an unidentifiable diocese and singer in the queen's
chapel,43, had been given four benefices: a canonry and prebend in the church of
39 "Guillermus
Porci, rector parrochialis ecclesie Sancti Viexiis de Ruvere Baiocensis
diocesis, magister in artibus, ac capelle Christianissimi francorum regis cantor capel-
lanus."
40
"Georgius Reverdi presbiter N ... christianissimi francorum regis capelle ordina-
rius cantor."
41
"Georgius Reverdi presbiter Monsconensis [?] diocesis parrochialis ecclesie Beati
Egidii de Crotot Rothmagensis diocesis, capelle christianissimi regis cantor."
42 "Conradus
Renuger, archipresbiter insule Bougardi in ecclesia Turonensis ad Ro-
manam ecclesiam nullo medio pertinente ac Christianissimi francorum regis cantor ca-
pellanus."
43 "Conradus
Renuger, presbiter Astatensis (?) diocesis ... qui in capella devotissime
et Sancte Romanae Ecclesie Anne francorum regine et Britanie duxisse illustrissime can-
tor capellanus existit."
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St-Sauveur in Blois, the archpriestship "insule Bouchard" in the cathedral of
Tours, the parish church of St-Gervais deMantellam in the diocese of Tours, and
the priory of St-Medard de Ylla in the diocese of Tours. He has the necessary dis-
pensation, and asks for a new provision to the benefices. The income of each of the
benefices was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
Nicasius de Villin
RS 1337, fol. 136r: supplication dated 5 February, 1510. Villin, described
as a canon of the church of Notre Dame de Cleriaco "nullius diocesis," and as a
singer in the king's chapel,44 asks for a dispensation extending permission to hold
incompatible benefices to three.
Chapel of Anne de Bretagne
Antoine Divitis, Master of the Chapel*
That Divitis was the Master of Anne's chapel in 15 l
is perhaps the most interesting information provided by these docu-
ments, but it causes problems. For in the very month that he is so named
70 in the document cited below, Jean Mouton is also called Master of the
Queen's chapel in a chapter act of St-Andre of Grenoble.45 Perhaps the
Vatican document is mistaken or Mouton and Divitis shared the posi-
tion of Master. In any case, Divitis probably moved to Anne's employ
shortly after the disbanding of the chapel of Philip the Fair in 1506.
RS 1345, fols. 2ir- 2 v: supplication dated 2 May, 1510. Robert Chal-
land [Britto, Guibe], Cardinal of Nantes, [also known by his titular church of St.
Anastasia], had obtained in commendam the priory of St-Jacques de Premul of the
Benedictine Order, outside the walls of Nantes, but now asks to cede it to Divitis,
described as cleric of Liege and singer and Master of the queen's chapel.46 The
income was said not to exceed 200 ducats and the cardinal is given the right of
regression.
RS 135 7,fols. 1 r- iv: supplication dated 15 October, 1510. Divitis, de-
scribed as cleric of the diocese of Liege and singer in the queen's chapel, cedes the
priory de Sensibus of the Augustinian Order in the diocese of Rennes, to Petrus
44 "Nicasius de Villin, canonicus ecclesie Beate Marie de Cleriaco nullius diocesis ad
Romanam ecclesiam nullo medio pertinente, capelle Christianissimi francorum regis
cantor capellanus."
45
SeeJosephine Shine, "The Motets of Jean Mouton," (Ph.D. dissertation, New York
University, 1953), p. 18; document dated io May, 1510.
46 "Antonius de Riche, clericus Leodiensis diocesis
qui capelle carissime in Christo filie
et Sancte Romane Ecclesie filie vestre Anne francorum regine et ducisse Britannie magis-
ter et cantor existit."
CHAPELS OF LOUIS XII AND ANNE DE BRETAGNE
Jouault, described as a priest of the diocese of Rennes and singer in the queen's
chapel. The income was not expected to exceed i oo ducats.
RS 1444, fols. 57r-57v: supplication dated 29 January, 1514. Divitis
[not described as a singer in any royal chapel]47 has ceded the priory ofPremul of
the Benedictine Order in the diocese of Nantes. Bernardus Clerici, canon of the
diocese of St-Malo and apostolic scriptor, asks for the benefice. The income was
not expected to exceed 150petits livres tournois.
Jean de Hollewigue alias Mouton, Master of
the Chapel*
Mouton is named as a singer in Anne's chapel on 22
April, 1509, and is called Master of the Chapel in a document of 1510
(see Divitis above), but it is likely that he joined Anne's chapel around
1501-02.48 He was also one of a number of singers in the chapel of Fran-
?ois I granted benefices and favors by Leo X.49
RS 1312, fol. 21 or: supplication dated 14 February, 1509. Mouton, de-
scribed as a cleric of the diocese of Therouanne [and not as a singer in any royal 71
chapel], asks for a new provision to the parish church of Tolay, vacant on the
death of Egide de Quibriac and given to Mouton by Cardinal Robert Challand.
The benefice had originally been resigned by Divitis. The income was not expected
to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1333, fol. i1 8r: supplication dated 28 November, 1509. Mouton, de-
scribed as a cleric of the diocese of Therouanne [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel],50 asks for a dispensation to allow him to hold three incompatible benefices.
RS 1359,fol. 302v: supplication dated 2January, 1511. Franfois le Vigo-
reux and Mouton ask to be allowed to make a permutation of benefices whereby le
Vigoreux [not described as a singer in any royal chapel or as the cleric of any
diocese] will resign a canonry and prebend in the cathedral of Tours and Mouton
[not described as a singer in any royal chapel or as the cleric of any diocese] will
resign the parish church of St. Elnodus "alias de Sancte Dolien" in the diocese of
Nantes (and Cardinal Robert Challand who held this benefice in commendam
will cede it). The income of the canonry was not expected to exceed 24 ducats and
the income from the parish church was not expected to exceed 140 ducats.51
47 "Antonius Divitis alias de la Riche."
48 Bonime, "Anne de
Bretagne," pp. 67-68.
49 RV 1206, fols.
473r-473v: bull dated 17 December, 1515. Mouton is made a papal
notary.
50
"Johannes de Hollewigue alias Mouton, clericus Morinensis diocesis."
51 The document is not
totally clear on this point.
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Egide Charpentier
Most of Charpentier's career was spent as a singer in
the papal chapel; he first appears in a chapel list of June 1508.52 In Feb-
ruary of 1510, he announced his intention of leaving Rome and was
granted permission to keep the privileges of a singer in the chapel.53 He
returned to the papal chapel in August, 1514.54 The relatively large
number of documents presented here may be the result of the experi-
ence he gained as a hunter of benefices while a papal singer. And at least
one of them contains a subterfuge related to his former employment. In
January, 1514, Charpentier made a permutation of benefices with the
papal singer Johannes Radulphi, and the original supplication (pre-
sented below) and the actual bull listed by Frey (along with many others
of 1513) state that Charpentier was also a member of the papal chapel,
thus suggesting that he returned to Rome in 1513.55 Yet this seems to be
contradicted by a motu proprio which states that Charpentier actually re-
joined the chapel in August, 1514.56 The conflict is resolved by a suppli-
cation dated 24 February, 1514, in which Charpentier specifically asks
to be considered as a papal singer in the bull of 30 January, 1514 (and
72 therefore as a recipient of their special privileges), even though he was
not in fact in Rome or a member of the chapel when the bull was
promulgated (see below); this legal subterfuge probably applies to the
bulls of 1513 as well. He most likely remained in the queen's chapel until
her death in January, 1514, and then made his way back to Rome.
RS 1388, fol. 298v: supplication dated 22January, 1512. Charpentier,
described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel],57 asks for benefices vacant on the death ofJean Braconnier alias Lour-
dault. See Braconnier above.
RS 1380, fol. 229v: supplication dated 13 February, 1512. Charpentier,
described as a priest of the diocese of Amiens [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel], asks for benefices vacant on the death of Braconnier. See Braconnier
above.
RS 1397,fols. 219v- 22or: supplication dated 1 o November, 1512. Fran-
ciscus [Hamon], Bishop-elect of Nantes, has resigned the parish church of Orato-
riusBoterelli in the diocese of Nantes. Charpentier, described as a cleric of Amiens
52
See Rome, Archivio di Stato, Misc. Corvisieri busta i, fasc, 12.
53 See RS
1339, fol. 225V: supplication dated 21 February, 1510.
54 Rome Archivio di Stato, Camerale I, 859A, fol. io8r. See also Frey; MF VIII (1955),
61-62.
55 See
FreyMF VIII (1955), 66-67.
56 See Rome, Archivio di Stato, Camerale I
859A, fol. io8r.
57
"Egidius Charpentier, presbiter Ambianensis diocesis."
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[and not as a singer in any royal chapel],58 asks for the benefice. The church was
united to the parish church of St-Hilaire de Cugno [Organo?]. The income was
not expected to exceed i oo ducats.
RS 1399, fols. 15 7-158r: supplication dated lo November, 1512. Fran-
ciscus, Bishop-elect of Nantes, nephew of Cardinal Robert Challand, resigns
[and the cardinal cedes his right of regression] to the above and other benefices in
favor of Guido Lorens, cleric of Nantes, Franfois Rubeis, cleric of Treguier and
Doctor of Laws [these two do not seem to have been musicians], Charpentier, cleric
of the diocese of Amiens,Jean Nolin, cleric of the diocese of Chartres,Jean Richa-
fort, cleric of the diocese of Liege, and Balduin Lupi, cleric of the diocese of The-
rouanne.59
RS 1423, fol. 152v: supplication dated 6 September, 1513. Charpentier,
described as a canon of the cathedral ofBeauvais [and not as a singer in any royal
chapel],60 asks for an unnamed archpriestship in an unnamed church, vacant on
the death ofJohannes de Halestant outside of Rome, and a dispensation allowing
him to retain the parish church of Oratorio Boterelli in the diocese of Nantes. The
income was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
73
RS 1426, fol. 208r: supplication dated 12 September, 1513. Basically a
repeat of the previous supplication.
RS 1426, rol. 213r: supplication dated 24 September, 1513. Charpentier,
described as a canon of Beauvais and a singer in the queen's chapel,61 had en-
gaged in a lawsuit withJean de Lyons concerning the parish church of St-Medard
des Poult in the diocese of Soissons. Charpentier resigns the benefice and asks for a
pension of 20 ducats to be paid to him from the fruits of the benefice.
RS 1427, fols. 111-1 12r: supplication dated 5 October, 1513. Charpen-
tier, described as a priest and rector of the parish church of St-Medard des Paux in
the diocese of Soissons has resigned the benefice. Jean de Lyons asked to be granted
it. The income was not expected to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1440, fols. 6v- 7or: supplication dated 30 January, 1514. Charpen-
58
"Egidius Charpentier, clericus Ambianensis diocesis."
59 The benefices were: canonries and
prebends in the cathedrals of Nantes and
Rennes and the parish churches of Nort, des Touches, Albaretz, St. Hilarius de Cugno/
Oratorius Boterelli. These were requested by: "Guido Lorens et Franciscus Rubeis ...
ac Johannes Nolin necnon Johannes Richafort et Balduinus Lupi ac Egidius Carpentier
clerici Nannetensis et Trecoriensis ac Carnotensis necnon Leodiensis et Morinensis ac
Ambianensis." See under the respective names.
6o
"Egidius Charpentier, canonicus ecclesie Belvacensis."
61
"Egidius le Carpentier, canonicus Belvacensis diocesis ac cantor capellanus illustris-
sime domine francorum regine."
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tier and Johannes Radulphi, both described as singers in the papal chapel, have
made a permutation of benefices whereby Charpentier has resigned the parish
church of Oratorio Boterelli in the diocese of Nantes and Radulphi has resigned
the parish church of Seguelnan in the diocese of Vannes. The incomes of these
benefices were not expected to exceed 1 oo ducats.
RS 1445,fols. g6v- 97r: supplication dated 24 February, 1514. In the bull
allowing the above permutation, Charpentier had been described as a papal
singer even though he was not in fact in Rome or a member of the papal house-
hold. 62 Because he is worried that this fact may cause him legal problems with the
permutation, he asksfor an indult whereby the bull will be read as if he really were
a member of the chapel at that time.
Jean de Fresne
RS 141 1, fol. 14 v: supplication dated 9 May, 1513 (reign of Leo X).
Fresne, described as a cleric of the diocese of Cambrai and as a singer in the
queen's chapel,63 asks for a dispensation allowing him to hold two incompatible
benefices.
74
Noel Galoys
Galoys was one of the singers of the chapel of Fran-
?ois I receiving benefices and favors from Leo X in 1515.64
RS 1436,fols. 154v-15r r: supplication dated 21 December, 1513. Galoys
and Robert Presel, both identified as singers in the queen's chapel, 65 have engaged
in a lawsuit concerning a canonry and prebend in the church of St-Gervais de
Viromanda in the diocese of Noyon. They have come to an agreement whereby
Presel cedes his rights to Jean Le Myre, Galoys cedes the benefice to Le Myre, and
Le Myre pays a pension of 40 livres tournois "monete currente in francia" to
Galoys.
Pierre Jouault alias Brule
Brule joined the papal chapel shortly after the
Queen's death.66 Although in the present documents, he is described as
62
"Dictus orator pro eoque tempore dicti literarum huiusmodi absens a curia erat
prout adhuc existit, nec e Sanctitatis Vestri continuus comensalis pro presenti existit."
63
"Johannes de Fresne, clericus Cameracensis diocesis, capellanus et cantor cappelle
devote vestre francorum regine."
64 RV 1206, fols.
474r-475v: bull dated 30 January, 1515- Galoys is granted a dispen-
sation allowing him to hold incompatible benefices.
6- "Robertus Pressel ... et Natales Galoys cantores capelle illustrissime domine regine
francie."
66 He entered the papal chapel in August, 1514 (Anne died on January 9, 1514). See
Rome, Archivio di Stato, Camerale I 859A, fol. io8r. See also Hermann-Walther Frey,
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a cleric of Breton dioceses, in a supplication he submitted on 4 May,
1507 (in which he is not described as a singer in any royal chapel), he is
called a cleric of the diocese or city of Liege.67
RS 1325,fol. 296v: supplication dated 17 September, 1509.Jean Corbin,
prior of the priory of St-Julien de Cancelles of the Benedictine Order in the diocese
of Nantes, dependent on the monastery of St-Florent de Salmuro in the diocese of
Angers, has resigned the benefice, and Brule, described as a cleric of the diocese of
Angers and as a singer in the queen's chapel,68 asks to be granted the benefice. The
income was said not to exceed 24 ducats.
RS 1357, fols. 1 r- 1v: supplication dated 15 October, 1510. Antoine
Divitis, cedes a priory to Brule, described as a priest of the diocese of Rennes and
singer in the queen's chapel. See Divitis above.
RS 1359, fol. 259v: supplication dated 30 October, 1510. Brule [not de-
scribed as a member of any royal chapel] requests an addition to a supplication
dated 15 October, 1510, stating that Cardinal Robert Challand had the right of
regression to the priory [not identifiedfurther] and has ceded it.
75
RS 1417, fols. 13 r-13 v: supplication dated 29 June, 1513. The parish
church of St-Eloi de Montauban in the diocese of St-Malo,69 vacant on the death
of Charles Hautbois, bishop of Tournai, had been given to Brule, described as a
cleric of the diocese of Rennes and as a singer in the queen's chapel. 70 Brule asks
for a new provision to the benefice. The income was not expected to exceed 24
ducats.
Balduin Lupi (?)
Although Lupi is not identified in any other docu-
ments as a singer, his placement in the list of people in the first docu-
ment below (between Richafort and Charpentier) suggests strongly that
he was a singer, probably in the chapel of Anne de Bretagne.
"Regesten der papstlichen Kapelle unter Papst Leo X und zu seiner Privatkapelle," Die
Musikforschung VIII (1955), 71.
67 See RS
1253, fols. 215r- 21 5V: supplication dated 4 May, 1507. Brule, described as a
cleric of Liege "vel alterius diocesis" or of the city of Liege, had made a permutation of
benefices withJohannes Douchet, whereby Brule had resigned a canonry and prebend in
the church of St. Albanus in the town of Nauburien [Namur?] in the diocese of Liege and
Douchet had resigned the parish church of Carabosco and the chaplainry at the altar of
St. Nicholas in the church of St. Johannes in the diocese and city of Liege. Because the
income of the canonry/prebend was more than the income of the other benefices, Brule
asks for a pension of 24 rhenish florins to be paid by Douchet.
68 "Petrus Jouault alias
Brule, clericus Andegavanensis diocesis cappelle Illustrissime
Anne francorum regine et Britannie ducisse cantor."
69 "Parrochialis ecclesia Sancti
Eligii de Monte Aubano Macloviensis diocesis."
70 "Petrus
Jouault alias Brule clericus Redonensis diocesis capelle illustrissime fran-
corum regine cantor ordinarius."
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RS 1399,fols. 15 7v- 158r: supplication dated i o November, 1512. Fran-
ciscus [Hamon], Bishop-elect of Nantes has resigned many benefices to many peo-
ple [see Charpentier, above], among them the parish church of Albaretz in the
diocese of Nantes. Lupi, described as a cleric of Therouanne [and not as a singer
in any royal chapel], asks for the benefice. The income was not expected to exceed
80 ducats.
RS 1418, fol. 142v: supplication dated 15July, 1513. Lupi, described as
the rector of the parish church of Abar