± 30 documents relating to St-Anna College and family de Bouille.

Various sizes, in French, Dutch and Latin (1 in Spanish), some on blue paper, some attached together with a tie (browning, some sm. stains, some tears but complete).

Interesting file containing numerous copies of deeds and some original documents to certify the legitimate affiliation of Emmanuel Félix de La Croix to the de Bouille family, itself related to the family of Goblet, founder of the St-Anna College. Numerous documents concerning Jacques de Bouille, Lord of Bubingen, canon of Worms Cathedral, including a family tree ill. with 9 pen-drawn coats of arms (1 double f.), a printed pass with autogr. sign. of François Annibal II, Duc d'Estrées (dated Rome, 10 March 1684), a handwritten certificate with autogr. sign. and red wax armorial seal of the Baron de Liedekerke (Brussels, 8 May 1707). This old college of the University of Leuven was founded in 1553 by the priest Nicolas Goblet, from Bouvignes near Dinant, to provide accommodation to poor students, particularly those from the County of Namur.
Ref. Elsen, Liedewij - "Sint-Annacollege", in: inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be.