Pierre ‘Baraud’ (sic) the son of Jean Barraud and Marie Blanchard lived in the village of Cherbontiere with his wife Marguerite Dumas-Peyrot. They had at least four children, Philip, Jean (or Jehan) Jacques, and Nicolas. Pierre was a bell-maker and produced the bells for the parish of Saint Gervais and St. Protais in 1663 and he died on the 18th February, 1668. Philip, their first son appears to have died in infancy. Jean (or Jehan) Barraud, the second son of Pierre Barraud and Marie Blanchard married Catherine Lamoureux from Cherbontiere and assisted by his brother Nicolas cast a bell weighing 1300 pounds for the Cathedral of Angoulême to replace the one which was destroyed by the Huguenots when they looted the city. The chapter for the cathedral shows that they paid Jehan and Nicolas Barraud 200 pounds for their work. The work of Barrauds is important during the years of religious wars and the decades that followed with the looting and burning of shrines. Jacques the 3rd son may well have died in infancy as there are no further records. Nicolas Barraud, the 4th son, was the youngest child of Pierre Barraud, born in 1667 shortly before his father’s death in 1668, and was nicknamed “Founder of the King” and worked with his own son Marc long after the death of his brother Jean (or Jehan). In 1690, Nicolas alone recast the bell in Rougnac which was damaged by the Huguenots and father and son worked together on the bell in Perignac Marc continued with the family trade and produced the bells in Longre and was still making bells in 1725. Marc also worked with his cousin, Etienne Barraud on many other bells. Page 4