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BONIVARD, François de (1493-1570, patriot of Geneva, 'the prisoner of Chillon'). Autograph signature and endorsement (7 lines) on a document signed by three of the Syndics of Geneva, 20 September 1545, an order for payment of Bonivard's allowance as 'pryeur de Sainct Victor' for the autumn quarter, with Bonivard's receipt written below, 'Je Francoys de Bonivard confesse par ceste presente avoir receu de Magnifiques et mes treshonores Messrs les Sindiqiues de Geneve la somme de xxxv escuz soleil ... ', one page, folio, papered seal, endorsement on verso.
Bonivard succeeded his uncle in 1510 as Prior of the Cluniac priory of St-Victor in Geneva, but resisted the Duke of Savoy's exercise of his rights over the city and was imprisoned several times, from 1530-36 at Chillon. On his release he became a protestant, and obtained a pension from the city.
Bonivard succeeded his uncle in 1510 as Prior of the Cluniac priory of St-Victor in Geneva, but resisted the Duke of Savoy's exercise of his rights over the city and was imprisoned several times, from 1530-36 at Chillon. On his release he became a protestant, and obtained a pension from the city.
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