Jean-Baptiste Boisot [SEP] date of death
Jean-Baptiste Boisot
Jean-Baptiste Boisot (July 1638 – 4 December 1694) was a French abbot, bibliophile, and scholar notable for leaving his collection of manuscripts (including the papers of cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle) to the Benedictine monks of Saint-Vincent. He is also known for leaving his library to his birthplace of Besançon and for his correspondence with Madeleine de Scudéry.
Biography.
Jean-Baptiste Boisot is the third son of Claude Boisot, governor of the imperial city of Besançon from 1652
to celebrate an office for the repose of his soul to the Cordeliers. Several exchanges are then carried out between the mayor and the Benedictines to establish an inventory of his collection, he begins a few days after his death, 5 January 1695.
The will of the Father Boisot.
Extract the solemn testament made by Reverend Lord Sir Jean-Baptiste Boisot, Kirton, Abbot of Saint-Vincent de Besançon, Prior of Grandecour and Loye, passed by notary Jean Colin, royal notary audit Besançon 27 November 1694,