ABSTRACT
In 1689, on the Arriere ban being called out, the Sieur de la Pivardiere served as Lord of Nerbonne, which he possessed in right of his wife, and obtained a lieutenancy in a regiment of dragoons. This absence was probably equally agreeable to Monsieur and Madame de la Pivardiere, for they had long lived very uneasily together. Madame de la Pivardiere was at length informed, that her husband lived with another woman; but though she had gained this information, she was ignorant of the name and residence of this person, so carefully had M. de la Pivardiere eluded the eyes of curiosity, in his various tours to Nerbonne. On receiving these depositions, the officers of justice, of whom the judge of Chatillon was chief, ordered Madame de la Pivardiere to be prosecuted; and, as the Prior of Mezaray was included in the accusation, a like order was issued against him.
