vanssay

Updated: May 7, 2025

This lady had invited Monsieur Lamorelie, the Sub-Prefect, one of the most elegant men I had met with in France, with several other gentlemen and ladies, to meet me. Among the party were Madame de Fontenay, Monsieur and Mademoiselle Claire de Vanssay very agreeable people: the latter possessed, without great beauty, all the charms and vivacity of her countrywomen.

W.D. Fellowes - A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 : With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. : Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot

Therefore, in 1821, they entered into a contract for the building of five different courts for the treatement of insane persons. On the 25th August 1822, on the feast of Saint-Louis, the prefect Mr de Vanssay laid the first stone of the establishement. From that time the works were carried on with activity. Already in July 1825, fifty seven patients had been admitted.

Théodore Licquet - Rouen, Its History and Monuments : A Guide to Strangers