Our noble ancestor Ferdinand JACQUET de GERLAISSE, Seigneur des Hameteaux
Dear noble cousins:
Do I ever have a treat for you!Thanks to a couple of generous members of the Liege genealogy group, I have been able to get a copy of the letters of enoblement of Ferdinand JACQUET by Philip IV of Spain in 1628.In the letters we find out that not only was Ferdinand an Archer of the king's personal guard, but his father and grand-father before him served the Spanish crown, one with Don Juan of Austria, the other with Carlos V.
Another volunteer actually drew the coat of arms.These are the real ones!
I have posted everything on geneanet under slesage2. The letters were written in Madrid in French.
The coat of arms is under JACQUET, since it was their name.