The Local Impact of Military Garrisons
The various disorders which have attended the soldiers in this province... The cavalrymen of Montespan's Company have killed a chicken in Tourreilles... They are guilty of corrupting the young women of Ille... The maltreatment of the sub-bailiff of Perpignan...
Archives Départmentales des Pyrénées-Orientales, 2 B 1653 (1670)
...On the 23rd of this month, the people were assembled in the church to beseech God to stop a great storm when lightning struck within, killing two men and wounding about twenty others.... We believe that this proceeded from the Crown of God, Who is irritated by the irreverances which are common among the soldiers lodged in the church, particularly since there are several heretics among them.
Service Historique du Armée de Terre, A1 300 (25 August 1671)
...Being informed that, as a result of the late wars and the frequent passage and re-passage of Our troops through the village of Bollou in Our province of Roussillon, the village is desolate and the greater part of the houses stand ruined, without inhabitants. Having considered what is good for Our service and for the inhabitants of that village, and for the greatest ease of the troops which march through there on Our orders, We hereby command and decree to the inhabitants of the village of Bollou and others who have ruined houses there, that they are obliged to rebuild and put in good order their homes between now and the end of next year, 1682....
Archives Départmentales des Pyrénées-Orientales, 2 B 26, fo 4-5 (January 1681)
It used to be very difficult to find soldiers in this region, but presently I assure you that between the dragoons, the fusiliers, the recruits of Ximenis' regiment, Espres' cavalry company, and the levy for the Roussillon Regiment, more than two hundred persons have already voluntarily come from the town of Ille, all with a great desire to serve and not only the great nobles...
Service Historique du Armée de Terre, A1 1015 (10 May 1690)
The continual complaints which we hear from all the salpetriers, who are working under orders of the King, compels us to order that every person, whatsoever may be his station or status, is to give the salpetriers freedom to examine their cellars, stables, and other subterranean places....
Archives Départmentales des Pyrénées-Orientales, 1 C 1232 (19 September 1690)
In May, 1693, Jacques Troublon of Perpignan cast three 12-pounder cannon, five 10-pounders, two 9-pounders, one 8-pounder, four 4-pounders, and one three-pounder.... He used 28,554 pounds of iron, and is to be recompensed 6741 livres, 13 sous.
Archives Départmentales des Pyrénées-Orientales, 1 C 165 (May 1693)
| Money Spent by the Military in the Province of Roussillon | |||
| Year | Town | Cause | Sum |
| 1690 | Perpignan | Building Foundries | 779, 2, 10 |
| 1691 | Ille | Building a Foundry | 891, 10, - |
| 1693 | Mont Louis | Hauling | 46, 4, - |
| 1694 | Collioure | Burying Horses | 127, 4, - |
| 1694 | Perpignan | Converting Heretical Soldiers | 400, -, - |