• Robert or Robin Fichepain was a French merchant who worked for Francis I of France and Henry II of France, primarily supplying fabrics. Several records...
    6 KB (806 words) - 14:00, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Madeleine of Valois
    Madeleine. The merchants of the royal "argenterie", René Tardif and Robert Fichepain supplied silks and woollen cloth. A quantity of gold and silver trimmings...
    23 KB (2,681 words) - 10:56, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mary of Guise
    visiting Tours, Angers and Nantes. She bought fabrics and clothes from Robert Fichepain and René Tardif. At Amboise in April, Mary was sickened by news of...
    63 KB (8,472 words) - 12:19, 3 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wardrobe of Mary, Queen of Scots
    from René Tardif and Robert Fichepain, merchants of the "argenterie" who served the French court. In January 1537, Tardif and Fichepain had supplied fabrics...
    115 KB (16,443 words) - 08:11, 16 October 2024