Vault of Pritz

The Vault of Pritz or Chapelle of Priz , located at Laval is a Romance vault which dates from the 11th century.

It comprises three tomb statues of the 13th century, wood the Sculpture S of the Renaissance ( Passion ), of the tables on the triumphal arch of the vault and a Calendrier of the 13th century. This vault is located at Laval, to 1.500 m on the road of Changé. Pritz is also a tributary brook of the long Mayenne of 3.760 Mr.

Designation

Prisco Siccino monasterio , 710;
Ecclesia de Priz , 1062;
Prior Beatae mariae of Priz , 1142;
Prior de Priciaco , 1150;
Ecclesiae Sanctae Mariae de Priz parrochiani , 1150;
Cymiterium de Priz , 1150;
Prior de Pritio , 1162;
Priz , 1209;
Prioratus de Priz , 1327;
Priz close Laval , 1397;
Notre-Dame de Priz , 1407;
Prioratus de Pixide , 1554;
Prioratus de Periculis , 1562
Notre-Dame Keeps fortune and of Dangers , 1624;
the vault of Danger , 1672;
Notre-Dame de Priz ;
Notre-Dame of the Bridge, vulgo of Priz , 1720;
Danger , firm and vault.

History

It is not doubtful that Priz is monastery indicated under the name of Priscum Siccinum , located in vicinity of Châlons, of Saint-Jean-on-Mayenne, and who was allotted to a bishop named Béraire, which one does not know the seat, with other ecclesiastical goods.

The Foucher abbot had distinguished well the two monasteries indicated by Prisco Siccino , allotting the first to Priz; but it fixed the second at Doucé, whereas it owes the being with Sezain.

One generally included/understood the passage of the will of Béraire where it is question of this monastery in the sense that it had it in favor of its convent of Châlons. Mr. Havet proposes with more probability to exclude contrary to his legacies the establishments than it held of the Church of the Mans. These provisions of Béraire are dated from the February 21st 710. It remains in the vault of Priz of the parts which can go back to this time.

Between the 8th century and the 11th century, it is not mentioned any more Priz. The author of the Actus pontificum Cenomannis , who wrote towards 830, never quotes this church, whereas it seems to take with task to allot to one or the other first bishops of Mans the foundation of the parish churches of which it was informed. The town of Laval having been founded at the beginning of the 11th century, was however right from the start attached to the church of Priz, proof that this one was made up in parochial title.

Parts of the building also date from the intermediate time between the 8th century and the 11th century. The religious service thus did not have discontinuity there. The Benedictines of the Seam there were called, constituted a priory and gave to a chaplain the care and the parochial administration, as they did it for the new city and Grenoux. In 1150, the cemetery of Priz was still the only one where could be made bury, for a fee of 13 sums of money, inhabitants of Laval, undoubtedly recognized like parishioners of Notre-Dame de Priz.

The urban development making this situation impossible, the priory alone remained in fact, but the church was always attended. One decorated it with paintings of which there remain twelve tables, under the arcade of the transept, a curious zodiac; considerable characters had their burial there, like André Merienne, benefactor of the places, whose statue and the funerary inscription are preserved.

At October 1478, the lady of Poligné, with many following horse, there went, passing the river with the port of Botz, and found with the church the monks cordeliers, come to sing with its intention a solemn office. Many parishioners had at all times the devotion to make bless their marriage with Notre-Dame de Priz. Even after the fall in Commende of the priory, the sanctuary remained always the object of the veneration of the Residents of Laval.

To May 1791, the Marguillier S of the Trinity of Laval and the officers municipal were opposed to the sale of the vault which was allocated only the 12 germinal year II to Julien Dupre for 1.805 books. One notices two furnace bridges there, with baldachins of the 15th century, an up to date end of the 16th century, separating the chorus from the nave, supporting the Crucifix, the Virgin and Midsummer's Day (statues out of wooden of the 15th century), like jubés of a former use.

Jules-Marie Richard allots to Michel Lemesle, the retable of the high altar, with great probabilities, because the statues of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul are signed of him.

The Charity of Priz

A brotherhood known as the Chaplaincy or the Charity of Priz existed as of the beginning of the 14th century at the latest and is extinct in the middle of the 16th century only to carry its incomes to the Saint-Julien hospital. The charitable institution indicated under this name was during several centuries one of most original of the country of Laval. It consisted primarily in a distribution of breads and sums of money which was done every year in the cemetery of Priz, the day of the Rise, under really singular conditions.

There is information on this Charity as of the beginning of the 15th century. The accounts of work are mentioned for this time. But it existed of long time. Jean Horned the makes a legacy with the Charity of Priz in 1364. Already it was organized of all parts, functioned under the terms of traditions which seem old and was equipped in as well places and revenues if multiplied, if not so important, as one can make less only allot an antiquity to him of several centuries.

A receiver priest was charged to take care “ of the récepte of the villages ” and “ the recepte of money ” at All Saints' day and of Easter, then to provide for the distribution with the day with the Rise. He returned his accounts by receptes and minses in front of the elected official of Laval, a police chief named by Monseigneur the official of Mans and the prosecutor of the community.

For the articles which could not be justified by evidence of another nature, the receiver lent oath on the “ Corpus Domini ”. He to him was allocated 45 grounds for “ assérer the villages of revenue of Charity. ” the , silver incomes rose 1510, sum of 30 books 15 grounds 5 sums of money and a mite, distributed on a hundred small revenues. The incomes in grains annually gave 30 septiers, a mine and a bushel, that is to say 245 bushels, the septier being worth eight bushels and the mine a half septier.

It should be said however that there was on these revenues silver or in kind a relatively considerable sum to deduct for the bad debts. This characteristic which one notices besides for all the old feudal or ecclesiastical revenues is a proof of the high antiquity of the Charity of Priz.

The detail of the articles of the receipt taken on the accounts of time would not offer any interest. It is a nomenclature of houses and patches of land which often are indicated only by the name of the owner and which were disseminated in all the city and the suburbs.

The smallholdings in charge of royalties out of corn or wheat very many and had also set out again in all the parishes which border the town of Laval. Up to now we are opposite a Christian charitable organization which resembles many others, but where the Charity of Price becomes curious and reveals manners of an interesting originality, it is in the mode of distribution of the helps.

With the approach of the Rise, the receiver made walked with the bakers and like then, as well as nowadays, conventions of this kind were not concluded without expenses and tips, without wine of market, with the primitive direction of the word, one meets in the accounts of the items of expenditure like those: “ to haggle over O bakers, II pennies VI sums of money. - For the wine with the bakers, II pennies VI sums of money. ” While the bakers made the four thousand breads which were distributed annually, one brought to Priz a cart-load of poles which cost 12 pennies 6 sums of money; a sum of paulx for 20 sums of money and twelve trays which one borrowed for this purpose; with all these materials one built “ beam and clouaisons ” around of the cemetery of Priz and another second enclosure with the inside of the first. In this one, one contained “ the sixteen vings ten dozen” of breads made for the distribution.

The workmen who did this work received 18 pennies 6 sums of money. The bakers had had for their sorrow 4 books 12 pennies 6 sums of money, and two bushels of salt to salt the bread. The carter who transported in Priz this provision had 6 pennies. One then put guards around the enclosure, to undoubtedly prevent plundering and as “ to keep cemetery around as the world sortist during only one faisoit Charity ”; these guards were paid 12 pennies 6 sums of money, and 23 pennies 4 sums of money returned to “ those which départissoient Charity and vacquoient with the businesses. ” the four thousand breads cost 34 pounds 6 pennies 6 sums of money, at this price, the Abbé Angot estimates that each bread was to be of approximately three books, at the 15th century. One also distributed in doubles a sum of approximately 7 books. The double or doublet was a double sum of money. What supposes that there would have been only approximately 800 people to take part in this alms in cash.

It is to be believed that this Charity, which joined together not only the poor of Laval, but those of the area, was the occasion of a pious ceremony where one was to request for the benefactors, of a popular preaching to inform the poor at the same time as they were assisted, or of any other exercise of worship whose memory did not reach us. The one day circumstance so solemn and the precaution not to let leave anybody during the distribution make this assumption probable.

In 1550, this institution, which was not to give the results any more that one could hope for of the resources of which it laid out, which probably also, with the change of manners, had fallen in discredit, ceased existing and its incomes were annexed to the hospital of Saint-Julien. However it still had some time its own administration, its accounts with share, its receiver. Thus, “ in the dear year that one said 1556 - 1557, it was yawned on its resources with the police chiefs of the paouvres of the parish of Avenières, to help and maintain the public aulmosne, 54 pounds 13 pennies 6 sums of money, like Appert by ten signed receipts: J. Saiget, S. Berault, J. Religious bigot. ” In the same calamitous year, it was separated on the same basis for the poor of the Trinity, 23 books 2 pennies, according to the receipts of Dezmoutils, Jennin and Denis Queruau.

The receivers of the Charity of Priz of which I raised the names are: in 1443, Jehan Regnyer, then Pierre Robert, and finally of 1509 with 1516, Lord Emery Moueste.

To treat this question completely, it would be necessary to bring closer what we have just said on the Charity of Priz from several other similar institutions which existed during centuries in several parishes, especially in the country of Mayenne. One finds of them frequent mentions in the files of factories. The distribution of alms almost always in kind usually appeared Thursday-Saint, or another of theHoly one.

Stronghold

Close to Priz, was in 1640, 1670, the vault of the Small-Martyrdom.

The stronghold of Priz was not a flying stronghold but also a field. It included/understood the small estate of Priz and other dependences and raised of Puisiers in Filleted-Froidfont, whose feudality also extended on the parishes from the Trinité from Laval, Grenoux, Saint-Berthevin, Changé, Bonchamp, Parné

The following consents will make better include/understand this anomaly. January 8th, 1463 (v.s.) Jean of the Streets, wire and heir to Guillaume of the Streets, arises to Froidfond where was to reside Thomas de Lorme, lord of the strongholds of puisiers, to make him homage of its place and memberships of Priz. Demoiselle Bertranne Velard answers that its known as sior is in the war, the service of the roy nstre lord. . With Fillet-in-Anjou, it receives similar answer. After the acquisition of the strongholds of Quanterie and Puisiers, by Jeanne Auvré, lady of Marboué, it is with it that Jean of the Streets comes to make homage of his small field, which included/understood: a sixth of the étrage of Priz, a district of vine, the whole concerning the grounds of the lord of Aligned, the way of Priz with Changé, and the cemetery of Priz. There was justice, layer you domanière, with load to dine it about which ul was spoken elsewhere, by adding that the vassal one was entitled to the remainders of the meal. Jean of the Streets paid still similar homage to Rene de Feschal, by his stronghold of Plusiers and Quanterie , in January 1499 (v. S.) and named his joint-holders: Jean Rousseau, Macé Potier, Jean Bodin, which held of him.

Family

After the family which took of it the name of which were: Geoffroy, Roger, Rorgon, 13th century; Macé, 1319; one knows as sieurs of this stronghold: Jean of the Stone quarry, sior of Chambourg, 1394; Guillaume Hay, purchaser, January 25th 1395, 1419; Pierre Hay; Anne Hay, widow of Lancelot Frézeau, 1465, and in the continuation the lord of Parneau. The count de Laval had also acquired a share of stronghold before 1444.

A courtillery of Priz, including/understanding lodging, vines, meadows, wood, arable lands, held of Juhès de Mathefelon , sold the November 30th 1398 per Guillaume de Launay, knight, resident with Meslay, to Gillette Huberde, widow of Jean Hatry, was given to Guillemine Hatry with the convent of Patience on which there was national Vente the March 29th 1791 for 15.911 books.

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