The Chambres des Comptes de Navarre, alias Cour des Comptes de NavarreBascle de Lagrèze (1851), p. 1
(in French)
/ref> ''(English: Court of Auditors of Navarre)'', was formed in April 1624 during the reign of Louis XIII through the act of merging the ''Chambre des Comptes of Pau'' with the ''Chambre des Comptes of Nérac'' into one entity. In 1691, it was merged into the

Parliament of Navarre and Béarn The Parliament of Navarre and Béarn ''(French: "Parlement de Navarre et de Béarn", alias "Parlement de Navarre séant à Pau", alias "Parlement de Pau")'' was created in 1620 out of the merger of the ''Conseil Souverain of Béarn'' and the ''Cha ...

in Pau. The First President and the two Presidents, became ''Président à mortiers'' in the Parliament. The ''Chambre des Comptes of Pau''Laussat (1871), p. 8
(in French)
/ref> and the ''Chambre des Comptes of Nérac'' were created at the same time by Henry II of Navarre on 4 January 1527,Laussat (1871), p. 16
(in French)
/ref>

Chambre des Comptes in Pau

The ''Chambre des Comptes in Pau'' was given responsibility for Lower Navarre,

Béarn The Béarn (; ; oc, Bearn or ''Biarn''; eu, Bearno or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Bas ...

, the County of Foix and

Bigorre Bigorre ({{IPA-fr, biɡɔʁ; Gascon: ''Bigòrra'') is a region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a French province, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of t ...

, the Viscounties of Marsan, Turson, Gavardon and the Barony of Captieux, the Viscounties of Lautrec and Nébouzan, the Barony of After-Villemure, and the four valleys of the Aure. It was reconfirmed and authorized by his successor, Antoine of Navarre, on 11 September 1560, who made at the same time a number of laws to set out the powers of the officers, not only for the Chambre des Comptes in Pau, but also for those of

Nérac Nérac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Dar ...

and Vendôme. Among these laws were those that determined the number of officers that each one had to have, namely one President, five Counselors/Auditors, a Registrar, a

Huissier The French word ''huissier'' (" doorman", from ''huis'', an archaic term for a door) designates ceremonial offices in France and Switzerland. France In French government ministries and Parliament, a ''huissier'', which can be translated as u ...

and a Patrimonial

Prosecutor A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the ...

(a ''"Procureur Patrimonial"''); the jurisdiction and knowledge were set forth for all matters concerning the types of income and expense accounting, and the circumstances and dependencies, all the same, and with the same authority and justice that had belonged to the King himself. By 28 October 1563, the number of

huissier The French word ''huissier'' (" doorman", from ''huis'', an archaic term for a door) designates ceremonial offices in France and Switzerland. France In French government ministries and Parliament, a ''huissier'', which can be translated as u ...

s had been increased to two.Laussat (1871), p. 13
(in French)
/ref> The number of counselors/auditors was increased to six with the addition of a position of '' Supernumerary'' on 28 October 1563, but the first such supernumerary was only installed in office on 3 January 1568.Laussat (1871), p. 13
(in French)
/ref> On 30 September 1569, the Queen Regnant Jeanne published new laws about religion with two main principles: the first being to suspend all officers who were not Huguenot and prohibit the Lieutenant General from enlisting

Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, and the second being to seize the property and assets, ecclesiastical or secular, of those who disobeyed her and to sell them on

public auction In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

.Laussat (1871), p. 12
(in French)
/ref> This latter is, in essence, the beginning of war in

First Presidents

First Presidents of the Chambres des Comptes of Pau (in chronological order):

Procureur Patrimonial

Prosecutor and Attorney Generals

* Martin Legros Attorney General (following the separation of the positions): * N...Lamotte * Guillaume Dareau * Jean d'Esquille * Pierre Garros, in 1571 * Jean de Lendresse, 21 September 1583 * Pierre Dupont, 31 October 1584 * Charles Dupont, 31 October 1619

Chambre des Comptes in Nérac

In addition to the responsibility for the Duchy of Albret at the time it was formed, it was also responsible for the

County of Armagnac The County of Armagnac (, ; oc, label= Gascon, Armanhac), situated between the Adour and Garonne rivers in the lower foothills of the Pyrenées, was a historic county of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine (now France). In ...

and all of its dependent territories, the Pays d'Eaussan, the Seigneurie of Rivière-Basse, the

County of Rodez The County of Rodez was a fief of the County of Toulouse formed out of part of the old County of Rouergue in what is today Aveyron, France. Its capital was Rodez. At its height, it was a centre of troubadour culture. On the death of Hugh of Roue ...

, the four Castellans of Rouergue, the County of Périgord, and the Viscounty of Limoges.

First Presidents

First Presidents of the Chambres des Comptes of Nérac (in chronological order):

Chambre des Comptes in Vendômes

Table Footnotes

Notes

References

* * * * * * * * * * * {{cite magazine , author =SSLAP , title =Extraits des Registres du Conseil Souverain de Pau du Parlement de Navarre et de la Chambre des Comptes de Pau — XVIe, XVIIe siècles — (suite et fin). , trans-title =Extracts from the Registers of the Sovereign Council of Pau, the Parliament of Navarre and the Chambre des Comptes de Pau — 16th and 17th centuries — (continued and end). , url =http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k342870/f6.item , format=application/txt/pdf , language =French , periodical =Bulletin de la Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Pau. IIème Série. , location =Pau , editor =Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Pau , publisher =Léon Ribault, Librairie de la Société , date =1907 , issue =1907 , volume =II série–35 , pages =1–239 , id=ark:/12148/bpt6k342870 , access-date =14 April 2016 1624 establishments in Europe Law of the Ancien Régime