LE MANOIR ET LE MOULIN DE LA RIGAUDIERE

THE MANOR OF THE RIGAUDIERE : Main monument of the seigniory of Rigaudiere, the Manor, sometimes called castle, was occupied by : 1429 : Pierre HEAUME 1461 : Gilles HEAUME 1535 : Jeanne HEAULME 1561 : Richard de PONTOISE 1580 : Jacques du BOISORHANT 1612 : Jean du BOISORHANT 1667-1675 : René du BOISORHANT 1675-1706 : Charles de MONTGOGUÉ 1706-1726 : Catherine de MONTGOGUÉ wife of Henry Maximilien MEUSNIER DES GRAVIERS 1726-1766 : François LE MEUSNIER DES GRAVIERS 1766-1770 : Armand LE MEUSNIER DES GRAVIERS 1770-1789 : Louis LEMEUSNIER DES GRAVIERS, first mayor of CHAUVÉ Source : Jean-Pierre VALLÉE THE MILL OF THE RIGAUDIERE : It dates from the XV-XVIth century and belonged formerly to Mr. LE MEUSNIER DESGRAVIERS. It was operated by Pierre BURGAUD and his miller. Pierre BURGAUD was killed by the blues on June 23, 1794. The blues removed the irons from the mill so that it could not turn. When peace returned, the Rigaudière mill was bought by the BEILVERT family, originally from Saint-Même-le-Tenu, who repaired the mill and made it run. The mill was bought back in 1970 from Arsène BEILVERT by Jean-Pierre VALLÉE who undertook its restoration by redoing the roof and replacing the iroko wings (a wood from equatorial Africa of great solidity). During the Saint-Nazaire pocket, the Germans occupied the outside staircase that Arsène BEILVERT had raised to go to the mill's room. They installed a machine gun there and killed an FFI who was walking along the Cristerie road. The millers of the Rigaudière before the revolution: september 30, 1684: Henry SAILLAUD september 10, 1685 : Jullien GALLAYE 1690 : LEROUX, farinier at the Rigaudière mill 1692 : Julien GALAYS june 23, 1794 : Pierre BURGAUD The mill was in operation until 1914, when the miller Arsène BEILVERT was called up for the 14-18 war. When he came back in 1919, he wanted to start the mill again but the wings, which had not been maintained, fell to the ground and were never put back. The Rigaudière mill dates back to at least the 14th century, as evidenced by the 5 crosses carved into the shale. Source : " LES MOULINS DE CHAUVÉ avant, pendant et après la Révolution " by Jean-Pierre VALLÉE. These two domains are today private domains that cannot be visited.