La Baronnie De Mountjay-La-Tour et L' ancienne Doyenne De Claye
In the course of the 11th century, we find the name of several donors bearing the name Claye; thus Jean de Claye and his wife Lucienne, heirs of Manoury de Vinantes (1210), and Guillaume de Claye (1241) are among the benefactors of the Hôtel-Dieu de Meaux. In May 1239, Rosant de Claye gave an acre of land to the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, and Robert de Compans, knight, consented to the depreciation of this shifting land from his fief.
A difficulty arose, around 1269, between Renaud, bishop of Paris, and Jean de Damiette, son of Saint Louis and baron of Montjay. The bishop protested against the separation which had just been made of the fiefdom of Claye from the barony of Montjay.
In 1241, Raoul Paillart and his wife Alice, previously widow of Jean Ralart de Claye, sold to Guillaume Ralart, the latter's brother, half of the tithe of Fresnes, for 35 Provinoise pounds; Guillaume then abandoned his rights to Jean de Forest, provost of Montjay, who donated them to the abbey of Pont-aux-Dames. This donation was confirmed, in 1264, by the dominant lords, Gaucher de Châtillon and Jean de Fresnes, subject to a share of the tithe.
Les Pays De La Loire Moyenne dans Le Tre'sor Des Chartes
Remission for Geoffroy de Loarville, knight, and Geoffroy his son, who had been imprisoned by the bailiff of Chartres for armed attack against Jean de Claye, knight, but had been released to be able to join the army (85, n° 59 , fol. 29 v). 4th April 1357
Archives de L'Hotel-Dieu 1157-1300
1239, April,
Sale at the Hôtel-Dieu, for ten livres six sous four Parisis deniers, by Robert Bichard, of Compans, knight, of approximately five quarters of land in one piece located in the Compans terroir, near a
acre of land given to L' Hotel-Dieu by Jean de Claye. knight;
1239 May,
Amortization by Robert de Compens, knight, of an acre of land from his fief, given to the Hôtel-Dieu by Jean Rosart, de Claye.
1249. October.
Donation to the Hôtel-Dieu, by Raoul de Claey, knight, of thirteen sous parisis and thirteen and a half acres of land in Champs-sur-Marne.