Parlement of Aix-en-Provence

[1] Two decades later, in 1501, King Louis XII of France (1462–1515) established the Parlement of Provence in Aix-en-Provence.

[1][3] It was also in charge of police and healthcare, as well as the oversight of boarding houses, prostitution, religious freedom, etc.

[1][3] At times, the Parlement was closer to the King of France or the Pope, depending on its wishes.

[3] For example, in 1590, when it refused to follow Henry IV of France (1553–1610), the King established another parlement in Pertuis.

[1] A third were only recently ennobled, even though by 1769 it became practically impossible to join the Parlement if one failed to have four aristocratic ancestors.