Hi Tony & all, "Ouvrier des moniaes du roi" seems to translate as "money handler for the king" but can someone give me a better translation and a description of what that job entailed? Cordonnier was a shoemaker but I'm finding that some men who called themselves "cordonnier" weren't common cobblers, rather they seem to have been of an artisan or merchant class, i.e., bourgeois. Does this make sense? I remember reading somewhere that beginning in 1662(?) French Protestants were denied the right to hold government positions. Can someone point me to something concrete regarding that law? Thanks all, Marcia
I've only known the term "cordonnier" to mean shoemaker, and my husband reminds us that in the old days (when shoes were made by hand), they were highly skilled artisans and therefore in high regard and generally pretty up there in social status. Members of aristocracy (including the royal household) would have had their favorites. Melissa Roy --- Marcia Bignall <mbignall@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Tony & all, > > "Ouvrier des moniaes du roi" seems to translate as > "money handler for > the king" but can someone give me a better > translation and a > description of what that job entailed? > > Cordonnier was a shoemaker but I'm finding that some > men who called > themselves "cordonnier" weren't common cobblers, > rather they seem to > have been of an artisan or merchant class, i.e., > bourgeois. Does > this make sense? > > I remember reading somewhere that beginning in > 1662(?) French > Protestants were denied the right to hold government > positions. Can > someone point me to something concrete regarding > that law? > > Thanks all, > Marcia > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > Be a participating subscriber! Post your surname > interests often. > Once a month is about right, or more often if you > have new details. > Address your post to > Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so > much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > ___________________________________________________________ Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry