E-auction 32-11436 - fjt_213511 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Christophe Maillet, receveur général des pauvres 1655

Son épitaphe est des plus intéressantes :
CHRISTOPHE MAILLET + GENEVIEVE LACOUR.
A LA MEMOIRE ETERNELLE || DE NOBLE HOMME CHRISTOPHE MAILLET, CONSEILLER DU ROY, CONTROLLEUR GENERAL DES MINES ET MINIERES DE || FRANCE, ANCIEN CONSUL DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, L'UN DES || DIRECTEURS DE L'HOPITAL GENERAL, L’UN DES ADMINISTRATEURS DES HOPITAUX DES QUINZE VINGTS ET DE LA TRINlTE TRESORIER GENERAL DE LA TERRE SAINTE ET ANCIEN MARGUILLIER DE CETTE EGLISE, LEQUEL DECEDA LE XXIV e DU |] MOIS DE SEPTEMBRE M DC LXVII, AGE DE LXXIII ANS, IX MOIS; ET DE DAMOISELLE GENEVIEVE LACOURT, SA || FEMME, LAQUELLE DECEDA LE v E septembre 1680.
Il devait exercer la profession de mercier car la devise et type qu’il choisit pour ses jetons sont de la corporation des merciers.
En 1544, l'administration des pauvres de la ville de Paris fut confié à un Bureau des pauvres: l'administration publique relayait ainsi le clergé dans le rôle d'assistance aux plus démunis. Ce bureau était composé de six membres du Parlement, six avocats, un conseiller à la Chambre des comptes, deux chanoines, trois curés, quatre procureurs au Châtelet et seize notables. Parmi les bourgeois les plus riches était choisi un receveur des pauvres, élu pour deux années et chargé de lever les diverses taxes établies à cet usage.
His epitaph is most interesting: CHRISTOPHE MAILLET + GENEVIEVE LACOUR.
TO THE ETERNAL MEMORY || OF NOBLE MAN CHRISTOPHE MAILLET, KING'S COUNSELOR, GENERAL CONTROLLER OF MINES AND MINING OF || FRANCE, FORMER CONSUL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, ONE OF THE || DIRECTORS OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE HOSPITALS OF QUINZE VINGTS AND OF THE TRINITY, GENERAL TREASURER OF THE HOLY LAND AND FORMER CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS CHURCH, WHO DIED ON THE 24TH OF THE |] MONTH OF SEPTEMBER M DC LXVII, AGE OF LXXIII YEARS, IX MONTHS; AND OF DAMOISELLE GENEVIEVE LACOURT, HIS || WIFE, WHO DIED ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER 1680.
He must have practiced the profession of haberdasher because the motto and type he chose for his tokens are from the haberdashers' corporation.
In 1544, the administration of the poor in the city of Paris was entrusted to a Bureau of the Poor: the public administration thus took over from the clergy the role of assisting the most deprived.. This office was composed of six members of Parliament, six lawyers, an advisor to the Chamber of Accounts, two canons, three priests, four prosecutors at the Châtelet and sixteen notables.. Among the richest bourgeois was chosen a receiver of the poor, elected for two years and responsible for levying the various taxes established for this purpose.