DOMAINE DE PLONGEROT

The founder of the orphanage was born in 1806 in Etuff, then came to live with his grandfather in Rochetaillée before being ordained a priest in 1829. Abbé Bizot had the idea of opening an orphanage, and the project was welcomed by the Prefect and Mr. Cunin Gridame, then Minister of Agriculture. Napoleon Ill himself sent a grant of 100 F. A subscription among local notables enabled the purchase of the Plongerot estate in 1847. The various administrators, including the Frères Ouvriers, trained generations of young farm workers from among the orphans entrusted to their care.

Before the year 1000, the territory of Rochetaillée and the surrounding area was occupied by lay or religious communities whose mission was to clear the surrounding forests and set up rural farms. Proof of this can be found in the existence of a church which, in 1140, was attached to the priory of Saint-Martin de Langres, then to the abbey of Auberive, the two communities having carried out an "abornement of their respective domains" in 1190.

From the 12th century onwards, land and woodlands were essentially owned by the Auberive abbey and the Rochetaillée lords. Over the centuries, this led to conflicts, disputes and lawsuits, with the occasional act of violence. The local lords appeared at the beginning of the 12th century. The first known was Henri de Rochetaillée, whose son, a relative of Saint-Bernard, became bishop of Langres. These first châtelains established a "leper house", which is commemorated today in the locality known as "La Maladière". The line disappeared during the 14th century, which is hardly surprising given the number of different conflicts that marked the period. Edmé d'Arbot took over the abandoned parish and founded the Sainte-Anne chapel.

In 1616, the village became part of the property of the d'Aumont family, one of whose members signed a "redemption contract relating to the servitude and mainmorte of the inhabitants of Rochetaillée" on June 15, 1720. But the deed was not gratuitous, for in exchange, the inhabitants undertook jointly and severally, for themselves and their successors, to pay the aforementioned lord the sum of sixty livres per year in perpetuity... In December 1769, seigneur Jean Jacques de la Coste took possession of the estate, which he owned until 1789.

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