B. Chambre des Comptes.—Exercised jurisdiction in all financial matters dealing with the royal domain, and audited accounts of the Baillis and Sénéschals; registered edicts concerning the royal domain, and recorded the fealty and homage of tenants-in-chief. Jurisdiction civil—not criminal.
C. Cour des Aides.—Exercised civil and criminal jurisdiction over cases dealing with Taxation, and audited accounts of the Élus who collected the direct taxes.
III. Local Justice and Administration.
1. Provincial Parlements, exercising the same authority as the Parlement of Paris within their districts, existed in the fifteenth century at—
| Toulouse | for Province of | Languedoc, | instituted | 1443. |
| Grenoble | „ | Dauphiné, | „ | 1453. |
| Bordeaux | „ | Guienne, | „ | 1462. |
| Dijon | „ | Burgundy, | „ | 1477. |
And the following were added during the sixteenth century at—
| Aix | for Provence, 1501. |
| Rouen | for Normandy, 1515. |
| Rennes | for Brittany, 1553. |
Five more were subsequently added—
| Pau | for | Béarn, 1620. |
| Metz | „ | 3 Bishoprics, 1633. |
| Douai | „ | Flanders, 1686. |
| Besançon | „ | Franche-Comté, 1676. |
| Nancy | „ | Lorraine, 1769. |