Tonnerre Patrimoine
L'eau, la Pierre, la Vigne...
L'eau, la Pierre, la Vigne...
The Churchwarden's Pews
The churchwarden’s pews date to the 18th century.
The parish is administered by a parish council and churchwardens, the latter being the standing committee of the parish assembly. Among the council members (between 20 and 30), there are officials, lawyers, and artisans, such as stone workers, masons, butchers, bakers and vintners. The four churchwardens are local notables (normally upper bourgeois), but not necessarily noblemen.
On Sundays after mass, the council members and the churchwardens gather in the church, the latter occupying the churchwarden’s pews. These assemblies discuss various topics : the upkeep of the building and its furnishings, nomination of the school master and of the cantors, decisions regarding the church fees (burials, marriages, baptisms, bell-ringer’s wages, rents for the benches and stalls), and acceptance or refusal of donations and legacies given to the church. They also discuss wine matters, since St Peter possessed a great number of vineyards.
Présentation et Historique de Tonnerre
Tonnerre apparaît à l’époque romaine sous le nom de Tornodurum, « forteresse ». Pour les Lingons, elle était le capitale du Pagus tornodorensis. Ici, sur la vallée de l’Armançon, s’est créé le Comté de Tonnerre, qui a servi de point de passage entre Paris et Dijon, à l’époque où le roi de France avait des visées sur le duché de Bourgogne. [lire la suite]
Mairie de Tonnerre
Réseaux sociaux
Lecteur Qrcode
