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.