National archives, H; 723, registers on mortmains in Franche-Comte in 1788; H.200, registers by Amelot on Burgundy in 1785.
"In the sub-delegation of Charolles the inhabitants seem a century behind the age; being subject to feudal tenures, such as mort-main, neither mind nor body have any play.

The redemption of mortmain, of which the king himself has set the example, has been put at such an exorbitant price by laymen, that the unfortunate sufferers cannot, and will not be able to secure it.] [Footnote 1229: Boiteau, ibid..

p.

25, (April, 1790),--Beugnot, "Memoires," I.142.] [Footnote 1230: See END-NOTE 2 at the end of the volume].