After the massacre at Vassy on March 1, 1562, the Protestants of Rouen planned to seize their city.
de Vesci (Vescy, Vecey, Vesey, Vessey, Veasie, Veazey and Veasey) is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Vassy, Calvados.
The castle had been founded in the late 11th century by Ivo de Vesci, a Norman nobleman from Vassy, Calvados in Normandy.
He was born in Vassy in Champagne where his father was a Huguenot pastor; he took over his father's position, but left France in 1685 on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Wassy, a commune in the Haute-Marne département, France
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Vassy, Calvados, a commune in the Calvados département, France
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Jean-Marie Defrance was born on 21 September 1771 at Vassy, in the Champagne province and died 6 July 1855.