In 1602 the German nations decided to separate the registration of new members from the ‘texte des rapports’ in the Livres des procurateurs, 1444-1602. The ‘registres-matricules’ that were subsequently utilised (Archives Départementales du Loiret D 242 and D 243) show that in the seventeenth century a large group of young people from many countries found their way to Orléans, as students at the famous law school.