Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut (1650 - 1716), financier, near to Michel Chamillart (1652-1721), general treasurer of the Soldiers of the gardes-fran1caises and the Swiss Guards (France), one of the six large financial lotisseurs of the Place Vendôme. Its first name is sometimes written Nicolas-Hierosme and his name spelled Herlaud or Herlant.

Its family

Henri Herlaut is in 1687 to advise of the king and former alderman of the town of Paris. We know by a document the voices which it obtains to be an alderman of Paris in 1696. The armorial of Rietstap' S says to us that Herlaut are of Paris and carry: Gold , with the rafter of azure, accompanied by three pinks of mouths. Antoine Herlaut has the same blazon and is priest and Doctor of Divinity of the faculty of Paris. Maistre Guillaume Herlaut is quoted in letters of the king Louis XI (1423-1483).

But his/her father, Jerome Herlaut , is merchant in Paris , and buys to the hotel of the rats with Compiegne in 1683, for 4050 pounds, in Jean Charon de Brissocourt, Master of National Forestry Commission of Laigue. Nicolas-Jerome constitutes a revenue with his father Hiérosme Herlaut, merchant usually residing downtown of Compiegne , on July 24th, 1685. His/her father was the elected with Compiegne.

Farmer of the ground of Montfermeil

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut meets Michel Chamillart in the years 1690. He is yet him-also only one middle-class merchant of Paris. Michel Chamillart chooses it in 1695 for farmer of the incomes of his ground of Montfermeil, showing by there its affection for the character . The lease is concluded for six years with the help of 5.000 books per annum and some royalties in kind. Montfermeil they is two castles, 336 arpents of arable lands, 63 arpents of meadows and 180 of wood. Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut makes repairs with the castle for the account of Chamillart. In 1701, the last account which Herlaut of its management returns revealed the minister spent 15.000 books and had receipts equal to 13.000 books

General treasurer of the Soldiers of the gardes-fran1caises and the Swiss Guards (France)

The middle-class man of Paris Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut forms to part from now on people of finance, treating or maltotiers, to employ the terms of the time. Michel Chamillart supports it of any possible sound in his multiple financial businesses.

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut buys in 1702 the load of general treasurer of the Guards, certainly thanks to Michel Chamillart, which is Secretary of State to the War. It is a very important function because the Guards many and are largely equipped at the financial level. These units of elite are not only limited to the Bodyguard of the king, but the Military household of the king de France gathers under this name of many units. However other sources specify that he is only general treasurer of the regiments of the Gardes-Françaises and the Swiss Gardes (France), which is already a very important load, that he has of buying and reselling a fortune.

See also: Military household of the king de France

Banker

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut is the friend of Michel Chamillart, General inspector of finances in 1699 and Secretary of State to the War the following year. Even if its other close relations make the minister Michel Chamillart, throughout his life, of the important gifts, Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut is really most generous of them. But he also grows rich like financier thanks to Chamillart and he regards Michel II Chamillart, who is sometimes known as his nephew, as a son.

As banker, it takes three grounds four sums of money out of twenty. Luillier, Sauvion, Fontanieu, his colleagues take the same interests. Besnier takes even more: four grounds two sums of money. He shows a careful associate. He delays a financial transaction which takes place only the following on June 19th, 1705 and days in front of the Intendant of finances Nicolas de Heudebert of the Bush.

The Place Vendôme

The Place Vendôme, built on the ground of the Vendôme hotel by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and German Boffrand and thus financed by a grouping of six speculators:

stirring up It Thouanne has the sixth of its capital,
the farmer general Alexandre Lhuilier,
the treasurer of extraordinary of the wars Jean de Sauvion has the sixth of its capital,
the general receiver of finances Moïse Fontanieu,
Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut of the Mound, the architect Pierre Bullet
the lawyer Mathurin Besnier.

Once the built frontages, the grounds are resold with private individuals so that they build the remainder of the buildings. The bought surface is of 9.980 measuring apparatuses, that is to say 3 ha 78.

For its part, Herlaut, general treasurer of the guards, acquired of joint account with Bernier twenty eight arcades of the future place, that is to say 1395 measuring apparatuses . Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut generally acquires his grounds under the name of his daughter-in-law Claude Marescot, of which a contract approved as of on June 9th, 1701.

It acquires in 1699 with Mathurin Besnier, lawyer at the Parliament of Paris, father-in-law of the architect Jacques V Gabriel, the batches n° 10 and 12, corresponding to the futures hotels of the Turn-Maubourg and Baudart of Saint-James . Concretely, it approximately buys under the name of Madeleine Beaunier de Marine a place of 385 measuring apparatuses whose face contains eight arcades, holding on a side and by behind with the grounds which it had already and the other side those of Claude François Paparel, general treasurer of ordinary of the wars. They resell them in 1700 in Louis Dublineau, Doctor in Sorbonne. Herlaut at the time of the division before the sale is seen allotting the batch n° 12.

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut is also one of the first inhabitants of the place in 1703. It is made build a house giving on the place and buys in 1704 a small main building with a garden giving on the street of the Rope manufacture.

This financier also buys, in 1710, the batch n° 18 which corresponds to the Duché hotel of the Small towers , to increase its own hotel located at 20 place Vendôme. A space separated the hotel Herlaut from that of the Paparel it Fare .

the piece of the n° 16, future Hotel Reeves, is acquired by Herlaut, then sold with the contractor Pierre Grandhomme into 1723 who will build the hotel.

Crossing thereafter some difficulties Herlaut refuses to pay what gives place to lawsuit.

End of its life

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut made in 1704, a good deal by selling a hovel and its ground behind the Convent of the Jacobins

Michel Chamillart writes with his successor: I recommend Mr. Herlaut to you, and will be very indebted for you to regulate its exchanges of earliest 1707 that you will be able; I saurois enough to rent me of its good heart and its affection… .

In 1709, Madeleine Isidore de Guéribalde alienated Bruels in favor of Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut, Trésorier General of the Gardes-Françaises and the Swiss Gardes (France). This old man who had bought this seigniory of living of his son, bequeathed it after the death of this last to Michel Chamillart, knight, marquis de Cany, his nephew . The seigniory of Bruels will be considered in 1746 at 133.299 books and sold 748.864 books like national good.

Always in 1709, Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut, lord of Bruels, occupies of the important functions on the level of the relations with the Church and tries to find solutions with the bread food shortage in Paris in 1709.

Heritage

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut tests on April 10th, 1710 and dies on Tuesday, May 12, 1716 in Paris. Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau, in its Newspaper written: Arlot (sic), treasurer of the regiment of the guards, died suddenly. One found his will, by which it gives to Madam de Chamillart her house in the place of Vendôme which beautiful, and is made of Mister de Cany his sole legatee. He leaves a considerable good; but like it étoit prone to the room of justice, that will be able to decrease much the legacy which it makes with Mister de Cany.

Enriched thanks to Michel Chamillart, it makes indeed gift with the woman of its guard, Elisabeth-Therese the Wrong way (1657-1731), of the hotel built in 1703, Place Vendôme and with the former minister for the tables and the ices which are inside.

It gives to the Beaunier young lady Navy a small house, street of the Rope manufacture, as well as a pension of 1.200 books to be taken on the incomes of the hotel given to Elisabeth-Therese the Wrong way. January 20th, 1717, Michel Chamillart repurchases and the garden contiguous to this young lady and promises 36.000 books to him which it completes to pour in 1719.

Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut made of Michel II Chamillart, marquis de Cany, wire of his/her friend, his sole legatee, therefore the heir inter alia ground to Bruels, in Orléanais, and of the sale of its load of general Treasurer of the guards.

He indicates Michel Chamillart like executor. The death of his/her son two months after that of Herlaut, on July 23rd 1716 and of the unforeseen difficulties push the minister, then disgraced, to separate from most of this heritage.

An inventory after death is drawn up by the police chiefs of the Room of the accounts probably within the framework of the room of justice established by an edict of previous March.

April 2nd, 1717, an estimate is made by Jean-Baptiste Loir and Denis Gobin of repairs to be made in a house, places Louis-the-Large, really seized on the succession of late Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut, and where remains the marchioness of Parabère, at the request of the sior Jannin of Saint-Germain, legal farmer. Michel Chamillart makes officially gift of this residence and furniture to this Madeleine of Vieuville, widow of César Alexandre de Baudéan-Parabère, mistress of the Régent. Actually in the inventory after death it appears that the marchioness of Parabère paid 126.000 books the unit, i.e. the hotel of the Vendôme place and the contiguous house.

This secret agreement makes it possible Michel Chamillart to be able to inherit in spite of the doubtful financial position Nicolas-Jerome Herlaut to his death.

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