FOOTNOTES:
[8] Louis lord de Crussol,—grand pantler of France.
[9] De Bueil. Jeanne, natural daughter to the king married to Anthony de Bueil count de Sancerre, son to John admiral of France.
[10] De Montglat. Germaine Hesselin, wife of John Beauveau lord of Montglat.
[11] Huys,—according to modern France, is in the department of the Ourthe, on the Meuse.
[12] Robert de Coniham. Probably an officer, or the commander, of the scots brigade in the service of France, Robert Coningham. He and his men were defeated by sir Charles de Melun, in Normandy, when on their march to aid the duke of Berry.
[13] Pragmatic sanction. A confirmation of a decree made in the council of Basil, whereby (among other things established for the reformation of the ecclesiastical state) the election of prelates, and collation to benefices, during vacancy, as also the decision of suits concerning them, (usurped, some time before, by the court of Rome) was restored unto the canons, priests, or monks of the diocese. This information was published by an edict of Charles VII. in the year 1438.—Cotgrave.—See a former note, vol. x. p. 94.
[14] Cardinal. He was created cardinal 1464, according to Ciaconius.
[15] Thiron,—a small town in Beauce, election of Chartres.
[16] Sully sur Loire,—eight leagues from Orleans.
[17] Usson,—four leagues from Brionde
[18] The lord du Lau did not die until 1483 or 1484.
[19] Villepreux,—two leagues from Versailles.