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Parish's House of Autrey

History of D'Autrey, P.D. Mouton, 1868. Translated by Jean Louis Guichard, Autrey les Gray, France. (Please remember English is not Mr. Guichard's first language and he is translating as he learns English).

The Parish's house of Autrey, named the Parish's House-Priory

Since Hugues of Vergy, since 1200, the priory of Verfontaine was jointed to the parish's house of Autrey so as these two made only one. The first religious who was the parishes of Autrey lived in this house when they went to perform their parish's duties. This parish's house like the church, was saved during the war between Louis XI and the Archiduke Maximillan. Therefore, the priory of Verfontaine went there when the conventional house was destroyed in 1480.

As it was in danger of collapsing, the priory MONOT was built again in 1588 and in 1686 the prior got the house to the north built. To the east of the parish's house, an arch was rose. It was destroyed in 1830. It bore this device in Latin which showed his faithful to the sovereign: "Inimicus ero inimicis tuis": I will be the enemy of your enemies.

The parish's house was not sold during the bad days (the Revolution) but only the livestock's stables with the house to the north that the municipality had just bought with the close enclosure. Unfortunately, the records of the municipality was stocked in a room of this house where several pieces were destroyed, but we find a part of them at Vesoul, at Dijon, and at Besancon.

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