[443] Monstrelet, 533.
[444] Ibid., 538; Waurin, iii. 6, 7.
[445] Beckington Correspondence, i. 139-143. This document has no date, but it was evidently drawn up early in the reign. Stubbs, iii. 102, puts it as probably occurring before the Parliament at Leicester in 1426, and points to the last clause for evidence that Gloucester’s Hainault expedition was alluded to. On the other hand, this may have been dictated by a presentiment of Gloucester’s intentions in Hainault, which became evident soon after the opening of the reign, if not before. Bedford probably wanted to restrain Gloucester, and Gloucester must have desired the support of his powerful brother. There is also ample evidence that Bedford was in the hands of Beaufort in 1426, certainly till after the Parliament of Leicester, and therefore would not at that time ally himself with his brother.
[446] Ordinances, iii. 26, 27; Rymer, IV. iv. 86; Cal. Rot. Pat., 269.
[447] Ordinances, iii. 10, 15.
[448] Ibid., iii. 51.
[449] Rot. Parl., iv. 174; Cal. Rot. Pat., 269.
[450] Ordinances, iii. 69, 77.
[451] Cal. of French Rolls, Rep. 48, p. 226.
[452] Carte, ii. 250.