Humphrey Bradley
... that in 1599, Henry IV of France appointed Humphrey Bradley maître des digues du royaume ('master of dykes of the kingdom'), giving him an effective monopoly of all dyking and land reclamation work in France?
... that in 1599, <a href="./Henry_IV_of_France" id="mwCIM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a> appointed <b id="mwCIQ"><a href="./Humphrey_Bradley" id="mwCIU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Humphrey Bradley">Humphrey Bradley</a></b> <span about="#mwt104" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"lang","href":"./Template:Lang"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"fr"},"2":{"wt":"maître des digues du royaume"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwCIY" title="French-language text" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i lang="fr">maître des digues du royaume</i></span> ('master of dykes of the kingdom'), giving him an effective <a href="./Monopoly" id="mwCIc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monopoly">monopoly</a> of all <a href="./Levee" id="mwCIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Levee">dyking</a> and <a href="./Land_reclamation" id="mwCIk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a> work in France?