Chancery of France

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The Chancery of France was the royal administrative office responsible for producing, authenticating, and preserving official documents and acts of the French monarchy.

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Label Occurrences
Chancery of France canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chancery
royal administrative office
activity archiving of royal records
drafting of official documents
registration of royal acts
validation of documents by seal
archivedIn Archives nationales
surface form: royal archives of France
country Kingdom of France
documentTypeProduced letters of appointment to office
letters of ennoblement
letters of naturalization
letters of nobility
letters of remission
privileges
royal letters
employed royal notaries
royal secretaries
scribes
seal keepers
hasJurisdiction king’s subjects in the kingdom of France
French royal domain
surface form: royal domain of France
headedBy Chancellor of France
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Middle Ages
influenced French documentary practices
development of French administrative law
languageOfWork Latin
Middle French
Old French
location Paris
royal court of France
operatedBy French monarchy
oversaw formal style of royal acts
formulae used in royal documents
partOf central government of the French monarchy
royal administration of France
primaryFunction authentication of royal documents
preservation of royal documents
production of royal documents
responsibleFor edicts
letters patent
official acts of the king
ordinances
royal charters
royal decrees
subordinateTo King of France
usedInstrument Seal of the French Republic
surface form: Great Seal of France

royal seals

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French Crown hasInstitution Chancery of France