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was stated that they were to be presented either to the assembly 

 or to all the orders. ^^ Some of the protests were signed by a 

 single noble while others were signed by groups of nobles. 

 Twelve of the protests were made " in the name of the con* 

 stituents."^® On comparing the number of the protestants with 

 the number of deputies that each bailHage was allowed it is found 

 that, with six exceptions, the protests signed by only one deputy 

 were made by deputies who represented bailliages with only one 

 representative. In two of these six cases the other representa- 

 tives of the bailliage had protested in a group^^ while in a third 

 case one of the delegates took exception to the protest, claiming 

 that the instructions of his colleague were not imperative.^^ 

 There is no evidence concerning the attitude of the other repre- 

 sentatives in the three remaining cases. Where the names of 

 several deputies were signed they were generally representatives 

 of the same bailliage or senechausee, and with four exceptions, 

 all the deputies representing the bailliage signed. In three cases 

 the same protest was signed by deputies of several bailliages.^^ 



assembly mentions ten protests which are not given in the proces of the 

 nobles, while the proces of the nobles gives eleven which are not men- 

 tioned in the proces of the assembly. All the protests which were drawn 

 up on June 27 and June 30 were evidently not presented or perhaps the 

 proces of the assembly is incomplete in this. As the Proces-verbal of the 

 assembly is the official record for the assembly, we have concluded there 

 were fifty-five protests at this time. Biauzat mentions sixty-one protests, 

 but he probably included protests which were presented against some of 

 the protestants. 



-^ Proces-verbal dcs seances de la chambre de I'ordre de la noblesse, 

 404-449. 



26 I have referred to them by number, the number corresponding to the 

 protest found in the Proces-verbal des seances de la chambre de I'ordre de 

 la noblesse. 



Nos. II, 16, 20, 29, 34, 38, 46, 49, 54, 62, 64, 71. 



2^ Proces-verbal des seances de la chambre de I'ordre de la noblesse, 

 404-449. 



28 Proces-verbal de I'assemblee nationale, I, No. 10, 5 ; Assemblee na- 

 tionale, I, 274. This was the Marquis de Sillery of Reims. He read his 

 instructions and, according to the Assemblee nationale, the assembly con- 

 sidered them imperative only on the constitution. 



-^Proces-verbal . . . de la noblesse, 404-449. 



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