CHAP. LXIX.
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY VISITS THE EMPEROR SIGISMUND.—THE COUNT DE CHAROLOIS TAKES THE OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE QUEEN AND HIS FATHER THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY.—THE SIEGE OF SENLIS IS RAISED BY THE PICARDS.
At the beginning of this year, John duke of Burgundy arranged the establishment of the queen of France in Troyes; and having ordered some of his captains, such as Charlot de Dueilly, John du Clau, John d'Aubigny, and others, with two thousand men at arms, to march to Senlis, and combat the army of the king and the constable, he took leave of the queen, and set out from Troyes to Dijon to visit his duchess and daughters.
Having resided there some time, he departed for Montmeliart, to meet Sigismund emperor of Germany, with whom he had a conference. This being finished, they separated with many tokens of respect for each other, and the duke returned to Burgundy.
During this time, Philip count de Charolois came to Arras; and by commands from the queen and his father, he convoked all the barons, knights, esquires and clergy of Picardy and other parts under his obedience, to meet him on a certain day in Arras. On their being assembled, they were required by master Philip de Morvillers to swear allegiance to the queen and the duke of Burgundy against all persons whatever, excepting the king of France: which oath they all took, namely, sir John de Luxembourg, sir James de Harcourt, the vidame of Amiens, the lords d'Antoing and de Fosseux, the lord d'Auxois, sir Emond de Lombers, and many more, who declared they would serve him with their lives and fortunes so long as they should breathe.
Those who had been deputed from the principal towns were required to raise a certain sum of money from their constituents. The meeting was then adjourned to Amiens where they were desired to assemble,—for within a few days the count de Charolois would go thither, to consult on further measures for the relief of Senlis. The different commanders were ordered to raise as many men at arms and archers as they possibly could by that day.
The count de Charolois was at Amiens on the appointed time, whither also came the aforesaid lords, and a number of deputies from the great towns. There were likewise some from Rouen, who had been sent to request advice and support from the count as the representative of the duke of Burgundy, adding, that they were daily expecting to be besieged by king Henry's army; that they had often been under the obedience of the duke, in preference to the king, the dauphin, the constable, and all others; and that should they fail of having succours from him, in whom was their only hope, they could not expect them from any other person.
The count by advice of his council, replied by requesting them to nourish such good intentions,—and that within a short time they should have, with God's pleasure, effectual aid. Letters, addressed to the magistrates and principal citizens in Rouen, were also given them, with which they returned.
When this matter had been settled, the count de Charolois directed master Philip de Morvillers to declare to the assembly of nobles and others from the towns, who were collected in the great hall of the bishop's palace, that it would be necessary and expedient for each of the towns to make a free gift in money, and for the clergy to pay half a tenth, for the carrying on the war.
This business, however, could not be hastily concluded; and in the mean time messengers arrived from those in Senlis, who brought letters to the count, to say that if they were not succoured on or before the 19th of April, they must surrender the place to the king and constable having given hostages to that effect.
The count and his council, on receiving this news, determined to provide a remedy; and he was very desirous of marching thither himself, but his council would not consent to it: he therefore ordered, as principal commanders of the reinforcement, sir John de Luxembourg and the lord de Fosseux, having under them the whole of the forces in Picardy and on the frontiers.
These commanders, having collected their men, marched off in haste, and arrived at Pontoise on the 17th of April, when they resolved to proceed during the night of the morrow for Senlis. Their army might amount to about eight thousand combatants, who gallantly took the field at the appointed time. A body of light troops were ordered to advance to different places on the road, toward Senlis, to gain intelligence of the enemy.
With sir John de Luxembourg and the lord de Fosseux were le veau de Bar bailiff of Auxois, the lord de l'Isle-Adam, sir Emond de Bonberch, the lord d'Auxois, Hector and Philip de Saveuses, Ferry de Mailly, Louis de Varigines, sir Philip de Fosseux, James and John de Fosseux, the lord de Cohen, sir Janet de Poix, the lord de Longueval, the lord de Miraumont, and in general all the nobles and gentlemen of Picardy, who made a handsome appearance with vanguard, rearguard and main battalion, and thus marched to within a league of Senlis.
The lord d'Armagnac, constable of France, was closely besieging the town of Senlis, when he received intelligence from his scouts that the nobles of Picardy were approaching with a large army to to offer him battle: in consequence he commanded his men to arm without delay, and advance in battle-array to the plain, that he might avoid being attacked in his camp. The besieged, observing about day-break great bustle and confusion in the enemy's camp, with good order and courage made a sally from the town, set fire to the tents and quarters of the constable, killed numbers of the sick, and others, whom they found in the camp, and returned to the town with a large booty in sight of their enemies.
The constable, vexed at this, sent them a summons to surrender the town according to their promise, but on their answering that the time was not yet expired, he caused the heads of four of the hostages to be cut off, their bodies to be quartered, and hung on a gibbet. Of these four, two were gentlemen, namely Guillaume Mauchelier and Boudart de Vingles: the two others were citizens, named Guillaume Escallot and master John Beaufort, king's advocate in the town. The remaining two (for there were six in all), sir John Durant priest and a monk of St Vincent, were carried prisoners to Paris.
In revenge, the besieged beheaded sixteen of the constable's men: two were hanged and two women were drowned. The count d'Armagnac then marched his army in battle-array to the Pas-de-Larron between Criel and Gouvieux, to wait for the enemy; and dispatched some of his captains to seek the king at Criel and make him take the road toward Paris.
Sir John de Luxembourg and the lord de Fosseux had advanced so rapidly with their army that they were rather before hand with the king, and halted at a place called l'Estoing, where the king and his army must pass. Soon after, the van of the constable made its appearance, and the light troops of both sides began a sharp skirmish, when many lances were broken, and men at arms unhorsed, slain or terribly wounded.
Upon this, the king and the constable sent two heralds to these lords, to know who they were, and what they wanted. The lord de Luxembourg made answer, 'I am John of Luxembourg, having with me the lord de Fosseux and many other noble men, sent hither by the duke of Burgundy to serve the king, and to succour the good town of Senlis against the count d'Armagnac, whom, and his abettors alone, we are ready to to combat, if he be willing to afford us an opportunity, but not against the king; for we are ready to serve him as his loyal vassals and subjects.'
The heralds returned with this answer to the king and the constable, when the latter said aloud, 'Since neither the duke of Burgundy nor his son be with their army, we cannot gain much by battle: I therefore advise that we retreat, for these are soldiers only anxious for plunder, who have not themselves much to lose.' The constable had already heard that Charlot de Dueilly and other captains were in great force toward Dammartin: therefore he made the king and his army retreat, in order of battle toward Paris, ordering a sufficient number of his ablest combatants to his rear, to prevent the enemy from giving them any disturbance.
Thus, without halting at any place did king Charles and his constable, the count d'Armagnac, march back to Paris, to the great vexation of many of the Parisians, who murmured loudly against the constable.
Sir John de Luxembourg and the lord de Fosseux returned with their army to Pontoise, very much rejoiced to have accomplished their object without any considerable loss or inconvenience. It would take up too much time were I to detail all the skirmishes that took place: suffice it to say, that very many on both sides behaved gallantly. The lord de Miraumont commanded the picard archers, and, according to his orders, kept them in handsome array. When these lords had refreshed themselves at Pontoise, they all went to their different homes.
They were very much esteemed for their good conduct and valour in this expedition by the duke of Burgundy, the count de Charolois, and by all of that party. The bastard de Thian governor-general in Senlis, Troullart de Moncruel, sir Mauroy de St Legier, and the other captains within the town during the siege, had repaired the towers and walls which had been much damaged by the engines of the constable, and then kept up a more severe warfare against the king's party than before.
END OF VOL. IV.
H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, London.
[NOTES AND EMENDATIONS.]
Page 1. line 15. Châtel.] Hervè lord of Châtel, a powerful baron of Bretagne, was the father of William lord of Châtel who was killed on an expedition to the English coast, and is mentioned in the first volume, Oliver (who succeeded him as lord of Châtel), and Tanneguy, chamberlain to the king and provost of Paris.
Page 16. last line. Coqueluche.] The coqueluche was a contagious disorder much dreaded in the fifteenth century. Its usual symptoms were a violent defluxion on the chest, accompanied with severe pains in the head.
Dict. de Trevoux.
Page 18. line 12. De Vertus.] Brother to the duke of Orleans.—Vertus, from which he took his title, was originally a fief of Champagne, and fell with that palatinate to the crown of France. King John gave it to John Galeas, duke of Milan, as the dowry of his daughter Isabel, wife to that duke. It descended to Valentina, his daughter, and came with her into the house of Orleans: afterwards, by the family-partition made in 1445, it passed to Margaret of Orleans, wife to Richard count of Estampes, and was given to a bastard-branch of the house of Bretagne.
Page 20. line 2. Gaucourt.] John lord of Gaucourt died in 1393, leaving Raoul V. lord of Gaucourt. Eustace lord of Veri, great falconer of France, and John lord of Maisons sur Seine. Raoul V. was chamberlain to the king, and bailiff of Rouen: he was killed in the year 1417, and left a son, Raoul VI. who became grand master of France, and is much distinguished hereafter.
Page 20. line 12. from bottom, Saveuses.] Saveuse, an ancient house in Picardy.
Page 26. line 6. Or joining the duke of Burgundy.] There must be some mistake here in the original. It ought probably to be against instead of or.
Page 37. line 10. from bottom, Montagu.] Alexander, son of Hugh III. duke of Burgundy, was the first lord of Montagu in 1205. From him descended the two branches, of Sombernon, extinct in 1391, and of Conches. Philibert de Montagu, lord of Conches, lived in 1404. He married into the house of Vienne.
Page 41. line 14. Vienne.] William IV. de Vienne, lord of St Georges, &c. surnamed The Wise, was counsellor and chamberlain both to the king and duke of Burgundy. He was at the bridge of Montereau when the duke was killed in 1419, and died in 1434. There were several junior branches of the house; but I cannot tell which is here meant.
Page 60. line 6. Viscount de Poix.] This nobleman was a descendant of Walter Tyrrel, who killed William Rufus in the New Forest. John Tyrrel, third of the name, lord of Poix and Mareuil, married Margaret de Châtillon, daughter to the lord de Dampierre. John IV. his eldest son, married Jane des Quesnes. He died in 1400, and left one son, John V. the viscount de Poix here mentioned. He was a counsellor and chamberlain of the king, and was killed at Agincourt.
Page 75. line 16. Burgion.] Probably Frederick of Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremburg, to whom the emperor Sigismund gave the electorate of Brandenburgh in 1417, and from whom are descended the present royal family of Prussia.
Page 75. line 20. Lorraine.] Charles the bold, duke of Lorraine, Reginald IV. duke of Gueldres and Juliers. (The duchies were at this time united.)
Page 75. line 20. Tede.] George Demetrow is named as grand duke of Prussia at this period. The meaning of Tede I cannot discover.
Page 75. line 12. Treves.] Theodoric count of Meurs, archbishop of Cologne 1414. Werner count of Konigstein, archbishop of Treves 1388.
Page 75. line 24. Bavaria.] John, brother of duke William count of Hainault, often mentioned before.
Page 76. line 7. Of Prussia.] Michael Kuckenmeister de Hemberg, grand master of the Teutonic order, 1413.
Page 76. line 8. Cleves.] Adolphus VI. count of Marck and Cleves.
Page 76. line 9. Acusaire.] Theodore Palæologus was marquis of Montferrat. Who his son Acusaire can be, it is very difficult to say.
Page 76. line 10. Saussebourg.] Saussenburg.
Page 76. line 14. Nassau.] The three counts of Nassau were, first, Adolphus III. count of Nassau, descended from Walram, eldest son of Henry the rich; 2d, Adolphus count of Nassau Dillemburg, descended from Otho, youngest son of Henry the rich; 3d, Philip count of Nassau Weilborg, or Jarbruck, descended from Walram in another line.
Page 76. line 15. Rayneck.] Rheineck.
Page 76. line 17. Blancquehem.] Blanckenburg?
Page 76. note, Vissegarde.] Q. if not rather Wurtzburg? Pussau is probably Passau; and the words 'in Hungary' refer only to the last named place.
Page 78. line 4. D'Ercles.] Perhaps Arckel, the name of a noble family in Holland. Called in Latin Arculeas. See post.
Page 78. line 10. Toncle.] Q. Tongres?
Page 80. line 17. Torments.] Some say that this murder was committed at the instigation of the Florentines. See Giannone, lib. 24. c. 8. The whole story, however, looks like a fabrication; and it is at least much more natural to suppose that Ladislaus was killed by his debaucheries, which were excessive. He was succeeded by his sister Joan II.
Page 85. line 15. Tonnerre.] Louis II. de Châlon, count of Tonnerre, nephew of John IV. count of Auxerre and Tonnerre, who sold Auxerre to king Charles V.
Page 87. line 3. Sea-shore.] Peniscola in Valencia.
Page 96. line 20. Pois.] Jehannot de Poix, second son of John III. lord of Poix and Margaret de Châtillon, sister of James lord de Dampierre. He received the rank of admiral, but never exercised the office. He died of the plague in 1418. See note, p. 60.
Page 99. line 11. Guy.] A mistake for Grey. Richard lord Grey of Codnover was appointed by patent, 2 H. 4. admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames northward.
Page 102. line 4. Chinon.] Chiny.
Page 110. line 7. France.] This ought to be 'De Marle, grand butler of France.' Robert de Bar, count of Marle, held that office from the sixth October, 1413, to the time of his death, at the battle of Agincourt.
Page 117. line 1. Prayaux.] Préaux. James de Bourbon, third son of James I. count of la Marche, lord of Préaux by marriage, and grand butler of France. His sons were, Louis, killed at Agincourt, Peter, lord of Préaux in 1417, and James lord of Thury. The two latter married two daughters of the grand master Montagu.
Page 118. line 15. Tynouville.] Q. Tignonville.
Page 122. line 11. from bottom, Bar.] Bona de Bar, second wife of count Waleran, by whom he left no issue.
Page 123. line 6. Wife.] Waleran, count of St Pol, married for his first wife Matilda de Roeux, by whom he had one daughter, Jane, married to Anthony duke of Brabant. She died before her father, leaving two sons, John and Philip, who successively possessed the duchy of Brabant as heirs to their father, and the counties of St Pol and Ligny in right of their mother. Guy count of Ligny, father of Waleran, was also father to John count of Brienne, whose son Peter succeeded to the county of St Pol on the death of Philip duke of Brabant, in 1430, without issue.
Page 128. line 12. Bourges.] 'A stoute and prowde bishopp,' says Grafton, p. 447.
Page 132. line 11. Requests.] 'The king was nothing vexed nor unquieted with the sayeings and prowde bragges of the unnurtured archbishopp, but well remembering the sayeing of Salomon, &c. &c. coldely and soberly answered the bishop, saying, 'My lorde, I little esteem your french bragges,' &c.——Grafton.
It is very easy to bestow the terms of pride and insolence on whichever side of the question it is most convenient.
Page 142. line 11. Clarence.] Thomas duke of Clarence.
Page 142. line 11. Glocester.] Humphry duke of Glocester.
Page 142. line 13. York.] Edward duke of York, son of Edmund Langley, fifth son of Edward III.
Page 142. line 13. Dorset.] Thomas Somerset, earl of Dorset and afterwards duke of Exeter, youngest son of John of Gaunt by Catherine Swineford. Holinshed commits two errors,—first, in saying that the marquis of Dorset was made duke of Exeter, whereas the marquis of Dorset was a distinct person from the earl, being the eldest son of John of Gaunt by the same venter, and forfeited his title by treason in 1 H. 4.,—secondly, in fixing the date of creation in 1 H. 5. whereas the earl of Dorset was not made duke of Exeter till 4. H. 5. the year after the battle of Agincourt.
Page 142. line 14. Windsor.] There was no earl of Windsor.—This is probably a mistake for Ralph Nevil, earl of Westmoreland, who accompanied the king.
Page 142. line 14. Suffolk.] Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, killed at Agincourt.
Page 142. line 15. Warwick.] Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, a distinguished warrior, and afterwards regent of France.
Page 142. line 15. Kent.] A mistake for Gilbert de Umphraville, earl of Kyme.
Page 143. line 13. Briautè.] Roger III. lord of La Bréautè, &c. chamberlain to Charles VI. and VII. The misfortunes of this family almost equal those of the house of Stuart. Roger, elder brother to this lord of Bréautè, was killed at Gisors in 1404, when on the eve of marriage. The present lord was made prisoner in Normandy, and sold half his estates to ransom himself: of the remainder, he was afterwards deprived by the chance of war. His eldest son, John, was killed at the battle of Verneuil in 1424. His second son, also called John, succeeded his father, was three times taken prisoner, and ruined in the efforts made to ransom him: he was at last killed at the battle of Montlehery in 1460. James, the third son, was lord of Bellefosse, killed at Pataye in 1429. Roger lord of Crouin, the fourth son, was killed in England in 1460. All the members of this unhappy family were distinguished for valour.
Page 143. line 14. L'Isle-Adam.] Ancel de l'Isle-Adam, lord of Puysieux, Vegnai, &c. and grand echanson of France, was killed at Agincourt.
Page 145. line 18. Stafford.] Another mistake. Henry, at this time earl of Stafford, was only twenty years old at the accession of Henry VI. His father, Edmund Stafford, was killed many years before at the battle of Shrewsbury. Hugh Stafford, lord Bourchier, accompanied the king on this expedition, but did not die till five years after.
Page 172. line 7. Officers.] The custom was not yet fixed of giving precedence to the officers of the crown over the nobility, and even over the princes of the blood; but Monstrelet, who wrote under Louis XI. when that order was established, adopts it as a matter of course. See more particularly at the beginning of the next chapter, and Boulainvilliers on the ancient Parliaments of France.
Page 177. line 11. Oxford.] Richard de Vere, earl of Oxford. This nobleman died the year following, and was succeeded by his son, John de Vere, then only nine years old.
Page 177. line 11. Earl-Marshal.] John lord Mowbray, brother of Thomas earl of Nottingham, and son of Thomas duke of Norfolk, attainted and banished in the reign of Richard II. Henry V. restored to him the title of Nottingham, and Henry VI. that of Norfolk.
Page 177. line 12. Kent.] Kyme.
Page 177. line 13. Beaumont.] Henry lord Beaumont died 1 H. 5. leaving only one son, an infant, who did not attain his full age till 9 H. 6. Sir Thomas Beaumont, brother of lord Henry, may be the person here meant.
Page 177. line 13. Willoughby.] Robert lord Willoughby of Eresby, distinguished among the english captains for his gallant actions under Henry V. and the duke of Bedford.
Page 182. line 18. York.] He was very corpulent, and is said to have been pressed to death in the throng. The earl of Suffolk was also among the slain.
Page 184. last line. Suffered.] Of the princes, Anthony duke of Brabant left two sons, Philip and John, successively dukes of Brabant, and both dying, s. p. Philip count of Nevers left Charles count of Nevers, who died, s. p. and John count of Estampes and of Nevers after the death of his brother.
Edward duke of Bar and John de Bar lord of Puisaye were brothers, and both died, s. p.
Robert de Bar, count of Marle and Soissons, was son to Henry de Bar another brother, and also died s. p. Upon these deaths, the succession was disputed between Louis, cardinal de Bar, the surviving brother, and Yoland, queen of Arragon, their sister. This dispute was terminated in 1419, when the cardinal resigned his right in favour of Réné of Anjou, (duke of Lorraine, &c.) grandson of Yoland.
John I. count of Alençon, succeeded by his son John II.
Ferry count de Vaudemont. He was of the house of Lorraine, and acquired Vaudemont by his marriage with the heiress of Vaudemont and Joinville.
Henry II. count of Blamont, of the house of Salms.
Edward II. count of Grandprè, of the house of Porcien.
John VI. count of Roussy and Braine, descended from the old counts of Rheims. He left one daughter, Jane, married to Robert de Sarreback, count of Commercy. He was recognized among the dead by a wound which had made one arm shorter than the other.
Waleran, eldest son of Raoul II. lord of Rayneval and grand pannetier de France, and his wife Philippa, daughter of John de Luxembourg count de Ligny and castellan of Lisle. Waleran possessed the lands of Fauquemberg by the will of his aunt Jane de Luxembourg, widow of Guy de Châtillon count of St Pol. This count Waleran left only a daughter, married to Baldwin d'Ailly vidame of Amiens.
Page 185. line 13. France.] Charles d'Albret, count de Dreux, succeeded by his son Charles II.
Page 185. line 13. Boucicaut.] Boucicaut died in England two years after. He left no issue.
Page 185. line 15. Dampierre.] He married Jane de la Riviere, and had issue by her one son, James II. lord de Dampierre, who served the dauphin faithfully, and was made grand pannetier de France.
Page 185. line 19. Household.] The name of sir Guichard Dauphin appears to have betrayed Shakespeare into the error of making the dauphin of France present at the battle of Agincourt, which he was not,—unless we suppose the error to lie with the editors, in confounding two persons meant by Shakespeare to be distinct. In the camp scene before the battle, his dauphin does not hold such a rank in the debate and conversation as is suitable to the heir of the french monarchy, but precisely that which the master of the household might hold with propriety. In one scene, he is thus mentioned, 'Enter Rambures, Châtillon, Dauphin and others.'
Page 186. line 9. Croy.] John lord de Croy and his two eldest sons, John and Archambaud.
Page 186. line 10. D'Auxi.] David lord of Auxi.
Page 186. line 11. Crequy.] Raoul, surnamed L'Estendart, on account of the many standards he had won from the English, son of John IV. lord of Crequy.
Page 186. line 13. Dampierre.] Philip, brother of David, lord of Dompierre, not Dampierre, which was in the house of Châtillon.
Page 186. line 14. Raineval.] Raoul II. lord of Rayneval, grand pannetier de France, left four sons, of whom Waleran, the eldest, was count of Fauquemberg, and killed at this battle; John, the third, was lord de Meracourt, also killed here; Aubert, the fourth, lord of Betencourt, also killed here: Raoulequin, lord of Cardonnai, was the second;—but there must be some mistake about their father the bailiff of Amiens, and also about the brother sir Allain.
Page 186. line 15. Mailly.] Colard, or Nicholas, lord of Mailly, and his eldest son Colard.
Page 186. line 21. Brie.] John de Bethune, lord of Mareuil, Autrêche, &c. youngest son of John lord of Vendeul and Vergier.
Page 186. line 21. Clarsy.] Simon lord of Dommart and Claed, son of John de Craon lord of Dommart, and brother of William lord of Nouastre and John lord of Dommart, who was also taken prisoner at Agincourt, and died in 1420.
John the young, lord of Midens, brother of John IV. lord of Crequy, Canaples, &c. was also killed at Agincourt.
Page 186. line 22. Rocheguyon.] Guy VI. lord de Rocheguyon, counsellor and chamberlain to the king. His son, Guy VII. was the last male of this illustrious house. I find nothing of his brother.
Page 186. line 24. D'Aliegre.] Morinot de Tourzel, lord of Alegre. But I find in Morery, that he lived to the year 1418.
Page 186. line 26. Heu.] Heu a family of Le Pays Messin, celebrated in the sixteenth century.
Page 187. line 4. Humieres.] Matthew and John de Humieres, sons of Matthew lord de Humieres, and brothers of Philip lord de Humieres, made prisoner on the same day.
Page 187. line 4. Brothers.] Renty, a branch of the house of Croy.
Page 187. line 17. Kieret.] Henry Quieret, lord of Tours en Vimeu, died in 1406, leaving two sons, Guy, and Peter lord of Haucourt, both made prisoners at Agincourt; but I find none of the family killed there.
Page 187. line 19. D'Auffemont.] Guy III. de Nesle, of the family of Clermont en Beauvoisis.
Page 187. line 25. Gallois.] Matthieu de Rouvroy, and Guillaume le Gallois, his brother,—descended in the female line from the old counts of Vermandois.
Page 188. line 3. Becqueville.] William Martel, lord of Bacqueville, often mentioned before. He was the last person distinguished by the venerable office of Porte-Orisflamme.
Page 188. line 8. Beau-mainnil.] Robert VI. de Harcourt, lord of Beaumênil.
Page 188. line 12. D'Ouffreville.] Q. Offrainville? Denis de Longueil, lord of Offrainville, was killed at Agincourt, together with his elder brother, William lord of Longueville, and his son Robert.
Page 188. line 15. Brolay.] Amaury de Craon, lord de Briolé, of the branch of La Suze.
Page 188. line 18. Montbason.] John de Craon, lord of Montbazon and viscount of Châteaudun, grand echanson de France.
Page 188. line 18. Bueuil.] John lord of Beuil, master of the cross-bows from 1396 to 1399.
Page 188. line 20. Beau Vergier.] Antony lord of Beauvergier, grand pannetier de France.
Page 188. line 21. Tour.] Agne III. de la Tour, lord of Oliergues.
Page 188. line 25. Challus.] Probably Robert de Chabannes, lord of Charlus, father of Stephen lord of Charlus, James lord of La Palice, and Anthony count of Dammartin.
Page 188. line 26. Montgaugier.] St Maur, lords of Montgaugier, a house of Touraine.
Page 189. line 4. Belliere.] Anthony de Bellievre, ancestor of the Bellievres presidents and chancellors, lived at this time; but it was a law-family, and Q. if any of the branches were addicted to arms?
Page 189. line 5. Montauban.] Oliver V. lord of Montauban, a great house in Bretagne, died soon after 1386, leaving five sons,—1. William, who died in 1432; 2. Robert, bailiff of Cotentin, at the siege of Orleans in 1420; 3. Bertrand, killed at Agincourt; 4. Renaud, lord of Crêpon; 5. John.
Page 189. line 12. Lens.] John de Récourt, castellan of Lens, brother to Charles, admiral of France, was killed at this battle; but I find no others of the family.
Page 190. line 4. D'Aumont.] John Hutin lord of Aumont, Chars and Chapes, echanson du roi, &c.
Page 190. line 5. Moncaurel.] John, lord of Montcavrel, was killed at this battle. He left only one daughter, in whose right Montcavrel passed into the family of Monchy.
Page 190. line 11. Chastillon.] Charles de Châtillon, lord of Sourvilliers and Marigni.
Gaspard de Chastillon and Hugh his brother, of the Chastillons, lords of Blois and la Bastie, were also killed.
Page 190. line 22. Belloy.] Hugh lord of Bellay and Giseux, married Isabel de Montigny lady of Langey. Bertrand his son. He had two other sons, one killed at Crevant, another at Verneuil.
Page 191. line 5. Brothers.] Hector de Chartres, lord of Ons en Bray, grand master of waters and forests in Normandy, father of Renaud, archbishop of Rheims and chancellor of France.
Page 191. line 5. Nofville.] Perhaps a son of the mareschal Neufville, who succeeded to the estates of sir Arnold d'Andreghen in 1370.
Page 191. line 25. Hangiers.] I can find no such name as Hangiers; but John V. lord de Hangest, grand master of cross-bows from 1407 to 1411, was killed here.
Page 191. line 25. Vaverans.] John de Mailly, lord of Authuille and Warans, one of the twenty-five sons of Giles lord of Authuille. This was a branch of the lords de Mailly before mentioned.
Page 192. line 2. Raisse.] Guy II. de la Val, lord of Retz and Blazon, is said, by Moreri, to have died before 1416. He was father of the infamous marshal de Retz by Mary of Craon.
Page 202. line 19. Barbasan.] Arnaud-Guilhem, baron of Barbazan in Bigorre, first, chamberlain to Charles VII. afterwards governor of Champagne and the Laonnois, &c. The king gave him the title of 'Chevalier sans reproche,' and permitted him to take the fleurs de lys for his arms. He was seven years prisoner at Chasteau Gaillard, till delivered in 1430 by La Hire. He was killed at Belleville, near Nancy, in 1432, and buried with the highest honours.
Page 246. line 13. Trimouille.] George lord of la Trimouille, Sully, Craon, Jonvelle, &c. by descent, count of Boulogne, Auvergne and Guisnes, by marriage with Jane, heiress of those counties and widow of the duke of Berry. Moreri says he was made prisoner at Agincourt, though not mentioned in the list of prisoners by Monstrelet. He was successively grand master of waters and forests, grand chamberlain of France, and lieutenant-general of the duchy of Burgundy. His wife, the duchess of Berry, brought him no issue; but on her death, in 1423, he married again, the heiress of l'Isle Bouchard, and had several children.
Page 246. line 20. Moruel.] Thibaud, lord of Moreuil and Coeuvres, assumed the family-name of Soissons from his great-grandmother, wife of Bernard V. lord of Moreuil. He married Margaret de Poix d'Arcy, by whom he had many children, and died in 1437. His son Waleran succeeded, in right of his mother, to the lordships of Poix, Quesnes, &c.
Page 257. chap. xlvii.] See Giannone, lib. 25. cap. 1. & 2 for an account of these events, which are not very accurately related by Monstrelet.
Page 281. line 3. Gaucourt.] Raoul V. lord de Gaucourt. His son, Raoul VI. was grand master of France.
Page 282. line 2. Bourbon.] Q.
Page 283. line 19. Rouen.] Louis, archbishop of Rouen, brother to John VII. count de Harcourt, who was made prisoner at Agincourt.
Page 285. line 7. Gamaches.] John de Rouault, lord of Gamaches and Boismenard.
Page 286. line 1. Louis.] Louis III. eldest son of Louis II. king of Sicily, &c. by Yoland, daughter of John I. king of Arragon and Yoland de Bar. Louis III. was born in 1403, adopted by Jane II. queen of Naples, married Margaret of Savoy, and died, 1434, without issue.
Page 286. line 3. Bar.] Réné, born in 1408, duke of Lorraine in right of his wife Isabel, daughter of Charles the bold, and of Bar in right of his grandmother, Yoland queen of Arragon.
Page 286. line 3. Charles.] Charles, count of Maine, &c. born in 1414.
Page 286. line 4. Dauphin.] Mary married to Charles, dauphin, in 1422.
Page 286. line 5. Yolande.] Yoland married to Francis, duke of Bretagne, in 1431.
Page 332. line 24. Isle-Adam.] Charles, son of Ancel de l'Isle-Adam lord of Puysieux, and grand echanson of France, killed at Agincourt.
Page 338. line 23. D'Antoing.] John de Melun, lord of Antoing, (son of Hugh, son of John I. viscount of Melun, grandfather of the count of Tancarville.) He was constable of Flanders, viscount of Ghent, and died very old in 1484.
Page 340. line 10. Of Burgundy.] John the great, lord of Champlite, marshal of Burgundy. He died in 1418. His eldest son, William, died in his lifetime, leaving John IV. lord of Champlite, on the death of his grandfather, and seneschal of Burgundy. Anthony, second son of John the great, was count of Dammartin.
Page 340. line 11. Châlons.] John de Châlons, prince of Orange in right of Mary of Baux his wife. He died in 1418, and was succeeded by his son, Louis the good, here mentioned.
Page 340. line 13. Souvelle.] John de la Trimouille, lord of Jonvelle, was brother to George de la Trimouille, who married the duchess of Berry, as before mentioned.
Page 340. line 14. Pot.] Regnier Pot, lord of La Prugne.
Page 340. line 15. Neuf-Châtel.] Thibauld VIII. lord of Neuf-chastel and Blammont, son to the lord of Neuf-chastel killed at Nicopolis.
Page 340. line 16. Rochefort.] James lord of Rochefort and Bussy son of John de Rochefort, bailiff of Auxois.
Page 378. last line, Derke.] Damoiseau Derke, i.e. William lord of Arckel, who was killed at Gorcum.
Page 379. line 2. Brederode.] Walrave lord of Brederode, also killed at Gorcum.
Page 380. line 5. Fayette.] Gilbert III. lord of la Fayette, marshal of France, counsellor and chamberlain of the king and dauphin, seneschal of the Bourbonnois, &c. &c.
Page 381. line 12. Harcourt.] James II. de Harcourt, lord of Montgomery, who was taken prisoner at Agincourt, married to Margaret, only daughter and heiress of William de Melun, count of Tancarville, killed at Agincourt.
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Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.