Exchequer of Normandy
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The Salle de l’Échiquier, built in the 12th century in the château de Caen.
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The Exchequer of Normandy was later superseded by the Parliament of Normandy in 1508.
Source
- Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers by Diderot & d’Alembert, vol. 5, p.260.
References
- Amable Floquet, Essai historique sur l'Échiquier de Normandie, Rouen, Édouard Frère, 1840.