Parliament of Mechlin
The supreme court of the Spanish Netherlands, sitting at Mechlin. Van der Burch's father served as its first President.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Van der Burch's father was first President
"Your father, a man of the highest judgment and discernment, was first President of the great Parliament of Mechlin"