Simon de Buci
Simon de Buci (death in 1370) was a high-ranking magistrate and notable Parisian medium of XIVe century. Of very modest origin, it made use of its influence near the king - who had also named it in his secret council - but also of its fortune to be anobli.
In 1341, it accepted the title of first president of the Parlement of Paris, the current Court of Appeal. This royal recognition as its perpetual load made of it a very important character of Paris in the middle of XIVe century. In 1350, it consolidated its position by the repurchase of the door Saint-Germain, one of the ten doors built at the end of XIIe century and the beginning of XIIIe century by Philippe Auguste to enter Paris, then surrounded of the walls.
The passage to the Saint-Germain Door caused the payment of a tax on the imported goods, quickly ensured the fortune of Buci… Glory, when with it did not delay either. As of 1352, the Parisian street which since the previous century led to this door was named “Rue of Buci”. The Saint-Germain door, on his side, summer had renamed “carries of Buci” in the honor of its new owner. In spite of its fortune and its loads, it is however probable that De Buci was not a very popular character, at one time when the king, Jean II, known as Jean the Good , passed the essence of his time in tournaments and other festivities, of the men assoiffés of being able and money, such De Buci, had the control of the businesses of the Kingdom.
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