of Saint Charles and Bourchemin. This was known as the seigniory of Bonsecours. The family of Fezeret, who are described as bourgeois from Montreal, were prominent landholders in this district, for, on the 1st of August 1708, we find that Marie Fezeret received a concession adjoining the Bourchemin seigniory, of a piece of ungranted land measuring five arpents of frontage by a depth of two leagues less one arpent. This grant was made to her by de Vaudreuil and Raudot, while at a later date she received another piece of ungranted land next to her father's seigniory. This had a frontage of sixty arpents by a league and a half in depth extending into the ungranted country. This was the last seigniory on the Yamaska. The prominent seigniories on the Richelieu River were mostly situated on the east shore, for, the greater seigniories of the Saint Lawrence had in many cases extended through to the west shore of the Richelieu. The first concession was that of Saint Charles, made on the 1st of March 1695, by Frontenac and Bochart to sieur Hertel de la Fresnière. This had a frontage on the east shore of two leagues by a similar depth. The next important seigniory was that of Rouville. It was granted on the 18th of January 1694 by Frontenac and Bochart to sieur Jean Baptiste Hertel, sieur de Rouville. It joined on one side the land of the seigniory of Chambly, faced the Richelieu River, and had a frontage of two leagues by a depth of a league and a half. The Hertels later became prominent in the history of New France, and were active in the raids upon the British Colonies to the south. The seigniory of Saint Denis which was referred to in the description of the fief of Contrecœur, reached the Richelieu River as its southern boundary. It was granted on the 20th of September 1694 by Frontenac and Bochart to Louis de Ganne, sieur de la Falaise. Its frontage was the same as that of Contrecœur, namely, two leagues, and it had an equal depth. It extended from the southern boundary of Contrecœur as far as the Richelieu River, and all the islands in that River which were situated in front of it were included in its boundaries. The concession of Monnoir was nearby. This was made on the 25th of March by Rigaud who was Governor at the time, and Raudot, the Intendant, to sieur de Ramezay. It had a frontage of two leagues by a depth of three leagues along the River of the Hurons, it joined on one side the seigniory of Chambly, and extended on the other into the ungranted lands. Thirty-one years later, on the 12th of June 1739, the Marquis de Beauharnois and Hocquart increased the area of the seigniory of Monnoir. They granted to sieur Jean Baptiste Nicholas Roc de Ramezay a further frontage of two leagues by a depth of three leagues, which was to form part of the original seigniory. In this neighbourhood also was the seigniory of de Bleury, which was granted on the 30th of October 1750 by the Marquis de la Jonquière and Bigot to sieur Sabrevois de Bleury. This grant had a frontage of three leagues by an equal depth along the Chambly River, and bordered the seigniory of sieur de Hertel. Adjoining this was the seigniory of Sabrevois, which was granted on the 1st of November of the same year by de la Jonquière and Bigot to sieur de Sabrevois, and had a frontage of about two leagues by a depth of three leagues. There was also the seigniory of Noyan, which reached Lake Champlain. It was granted on the 8th of July 1743, by the Marquis de Beauharnois and Gilles Hocquart to sieur Chavois de Noyan. It had a frontage on the Chambly River of two leagues by a depth of three leagues, and extended to Lake Champlain. Included in this grant was l'Isle aux Têtes, which was situated at the mouth of the River. Also on Lake Champlain was the seigniory of Saint Armand, granted on the 23rd of September 1748, by Rolland Michel Barrin, the Governor, and Bigot, the Intendant, to sieur Nicolas René Levasseur. This had a frontage of three leagues on the Missisquoi River, by a depth of six leagues. The six leagues were to be measured from a point eight arpents below the first Falls. A great part of this seigniory was situated on Lake Champlain, and to-day would be within the boundaries of the State of Vermont. By a grant made on the 3rd of April 1793, by the Marquis de Beauharnois and Gilles Hocquart, sieur Foucault received a seigniory to the north of the seigniory of Noyan, which had a frontage of two leagues and an equal depth, and touched both on the Chambly River and the Bay of Missisquoi. This was known as the seigniory de Foucault. The seigniory of de Beaujeu, or Lacolle, was situated almost on the American border. It was granted on the 8th of April 1733, by the Marquis de Beauharnois and Hocquart to sieur Louis Denis de la Ronde. It faced the Chambly River, and was bounded on the north by the seigniory of de Léry. It had a frontage of two leagues by a depth of three and included the little island just north of l'Isle aux Têtes. Further down the Richelieu there was the seigniory of de Léry, to the north of the seigniory of de Beaujeu. This grant was made on the 6th of April 1753, by the Marquis de Beauharnois and Gilles Hocquart to sieur Chaussegros de Léry, it had a frontage of two leagues on the Chambly River by a depth of four leagues, and to the north it adjoined the seigniory of de Longueuil, which extended through from the Saint Lawrence to the Richelieu. There was also in this neighbourhood the seigniory of Chambly, which was granted by Talon on the 29th of October 1672, to sieur de Chambly. It had a frontage of six leagues and a depth of one, and was two leagues distant from the fort of Chambly. On the opposite side of the Richelieu there was the seigniory of Beloeil, which was granted on the 18th of January 1694, by Frontenac and Bochart to sieur Joseph Hertel. It was on the Richelieu River to an extent of two leagues, and had a depth of a league and a half. This seigniory afterwards passed into the hands of sieur de Longueuil who received from Philippe de Rigaud, the Governor, and François de Beauharnois, the Intendant, an extension of one league of frontage by a depth of a league and a half, extending behind the seigniory of Chambly. There was also the seigniory of Cournoyer, which was granted on the 1st of March 1695, by Frontenac and Bochart to sieur de Cournoyer. It had a frontage on the Richelieu of two leagues by an equal depth, and adjoined the seigniory of Beloeil. This completes the seigniories which were situated in this part of the country. THE SEIGNIORIES ON THE BAY DES CHALEURS CHAPTER XVII. On the Bay des Chaleurs the first seigniory was really in New Brunswick. By an Act of Fealty and Homage made on the 3rd on June 1736 by Jean Claude Louet, acting for his wife, Anne Morin, who was the widow of René d'Eneau, and also on behalf of Captain René d'Eneau, her son, joint-owners of the fief d'Eneau, he produced an ordinance signed by the Intendant Hocquart dated the 28th of March 1691, and declared that his titles to the land had been taken away by the English. He petitioned that he should remain in possession of the River Restigouche, with eight square leagues of land. The ordinance accorded him possession, withholding only any rights which Frontenac might possess over these grants as seignior of Miramichi. There was an agreement reached between the heirs of the late René d'Eneau and Frontenac, by which the boundaries of this seigniory, which was known as Clo |