NOTES AND EMENDATIONS.
Page 11. line 25.Bourbon.] Charles, eldest son of John duke of Bourbon, prisoner in England.
Page 12. line 15.Bar.] Named Guy de Bar in the list of officers of the crown.
Page 14. line 11.Rieux.] Peter, marshal de Rieux, third son of John lord of Rieux and Rochefort, who died marshal in 1417. His brothers were, John III. lord de Rieux, Giles, and Michael lord of Chasteauneuf.
Page 17. line 14.Crevecoeur.] James de Crevecoeur, lord of Thois, Thiennes, &c. gentleman to the duke of Burgundy, son of John lord of Crevecoeur and Blanche de Saveuse, and educated to arms under Robert de Saveuse.
Page 18. line 8.Roye.] John III. lord of Roye, son of Matthew lord of Roye, mentioned by Froissart.
Page 18. line 15.Ventadour.] James count de Ventadour, grandson of Bernard, in whose favour the viscounty was enlarged into a county. It was a very ancient family descended from theviscounts of Comborn of the tenth century, and the yet older counts of Quercy.
Page 26. line 11.L'Isle-Adam.] John de Villiers, lord of l'Isle-Adam.
Page 26. line 12.Chastellus.] Claud de Beauvoir, lord of Chastellus, brother of George de Chastellus, admiral in 1420.
Page 26. line 13.Mailly.] I do not find the name of Mailly in the catalogue of grand butlers; but John de Neufchastel, lord of Montagu, seems to have enjoyed the office from this year 1418.
Page 26. line 14.Lens.] Charles de Rècourt, lord of Lens, admiral in 1418.
Page 46. last line.Orange.] John de Châlons, lord d'Arlay, and prince of Orange in right of his wife Mary des Baux. He was succeeded in his estates by his son Louis, surnamed The Good, and in his office ofgrand chambrier de Franceby William lord of Chasteau-vilain.
Page 48. line 6.Mommor.] Q. Montmaur?
Page 50. line 9.Cohen.] John de Berghes, lord of Cohen, grand huntsman of France.
Page 51. line 5.Château-villain.] William lord of Chasteau-villain, grand chambrier de France.
Page 74. line 5.Monstieriller.] Montivilliers.
Page 74. line 6.Argues.] Arques.
Page 74. line 7.Monchaulx.] Q. Chaumont?
Page 74. line 10.Abrechier.] Q. Evreux?
Page 74. line 12.Nogondouville.] Q. Nonancourt?
Page 74. line 13.Logempré.] Q. Louviers?
Page 77. line 6.La Hire.] Stephen Vignole, called La Hire, a distinguished partizan of the dauphin, and a soldier of fortune.
Page 100. line 15.Sir Archambault de Saxe, the lord de Nouaille.] Q. Is not this one person, Archambaud de Foix, lord of Noailles?
Roger Bernard II. viscount of Chateaubon married Giraud, lady of Noailles, and had issue Matthew count of Foix, who died s. p. and Isabel, married to Archambaud de Greilly, afterwards count of Foix. This Archambaud died in 1412, leaving issue, 1 John count of Foix; 2 Gaston captal de Buche; 3. Archambaud lord of Noailles, killed at the bridge of Montereau faut Yonne. He left only a daughter, married to the viscount of Carmain.
Page 100. line 19.Bauffremont.] Bauffremont, an ancient fief of Champagne, in the house of Montagu by marriage. Peter de Bauffremont, lord of Charny and knight of the Golden Fleece, married Mary, a legitimated bastard of Philip the good.
Page 107. line 14.Captal de Buch.] Gaston, second son to Archambaud count of Foix, rewardedfor his services to the English with the earldom of Longueville, 7 H. 5. and of Benanges, 4 H. 6. His son John de Foix, being also attached to the English, married a niece of William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, and became earl ofKendal(called by the FrenchCandale.) Both father and son were knights of the Garter.
Page 115. last line.Barne.] La Baûme. Jacques de la Baûme Montreval was grand master of the cross-bows from 1418 to 1421.
Page 116. line 6.Vergy.] Anthony du Vergy, afterwards count of Dammartin.
Page 116. line 7.D'Ancre.] Ancre. Q. If not Autrey? John du Vergy, lord of Autrey, was certainly present at this conference.
Page 118. line 1.Giac.] This lady of Giac was the favourite mistress of the duke of Burgundy; and her treason, which Monstrelet hints, is expressly charged by the historians of Burgundy, who give her the name of Dalila. At the siege of Montereau, she was punished by the loss of all her property, and reduced to the extremes of poverty.
Page 156. line 16.Huntingdon.] John Holland, son of John earl of Huntingdon and duke of Exeter, beheaded in 1 H. 4. He was restored to the earldom of Huntingdon in 4 H. 5., and in 11 H. 6. was created duke of Exeter, with precedence over all the nobilityexcept the duke of York. He died in 25 H. 6. and was succeeded by his son Henry, who died in banishment. After the death of the first duke of Exeter, his widow, Elizabeth, sister of king Henry IV. and mother of the earl of Huntingdon here mentioned, married for her second husband sir John de Cornewal, who was afterwards summoned to parliament by the title of lord Fanhope, 11 H. 6.
Page 164. line 13.Roos.] John lord Roos of Hamlake, who for his services obtained a grant of the lordship of Bacqueville, in Normandy, from Henry V.,—but he was never marshal of England. Probably the sentence ought to run thus: 'the lord Roos, the marshal of England,' (viz. John lord Mowbray, afterwards earl of Nottingham and Norfolk) 'and sir Louis de Robesart.'
Page 164. line 15.Robesart.] Sir Louis de Robesart was son of John de Robesart, who also served king Henry, and was rewarded with the lordship of St Sauveur le Vicompte in Normandy. He was heir to the famous canon de Robesart so often mentioned by Froissart. Louis afterwards married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Bartholomew lord Bourchier, and was called to parliament by that title. He died in 9 H. 6. He was a knight of the Garter.
Page 169. line 1.Mailly.] These were four brothers, the sons of John Maillet deMailly, lord of St Huyn; first, Robert de Mailly, called Robinet, grand butler, killed as here described; second, John de Mailly, master of requests, &c. &c.; third, Colard de Mailly lord of Blangy, seneschal of the Vermandois; fourth, Ferry de Mailly, frequently mentioned among the Burgundians of this period. This family was a branch of the stock of the lords de Mailly, killed at Agincourt.
Page 200. line 7.Pierre.] Q. If not William de Chaumont, lord of Guitry, counsellor and chamberlain to the king, and captain of Sens and Auxerre? He was made count de Chaumont, and grand master of waters and forests, in 1424, by Charles VII. His son Charles was killed at the battle of Verneuil in 1423.
Page 209. line 1.His brother-in-law.] Louis, called also Barbatus, second son of the emperor Rupert, elector-palatine of the Rhine, married Blanche, daughter of Henry IV. by whom he had issue only one son, Rupert, who died childless. Duke Louis afterwards married again, and had a son who succeeded to the electorate.
Page 213. line 12.Louis.] Louis was invited by Sforza, constable of Naples, and the chief of one of the factions which divided the government. Giannoné, lib. 25. c. 3.
Page 249. line 12.] The events of the ensuing chapter will be better explained by Genealogical Tables.
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Page 217. line 14.Time.] This conspiracy against the duke of Bretagne is said, by most historians, to have been a plot of Charles VII. who was instigated to it by his pernicious minister, Louvet, and the lord de Avaugour, brother of the count de Penthievre. Its only effect was for a time to attach the duke more closely to the english interest.
Page 249. line 18.Penthievre.] Oliver, eldest son of John de Bretagne. See the Table.
Page 251. line 21.Richard.] Count of Estampes. See the Table.
Page 252. line 9.Avaugour.] Third son of John of Bretagne. See the Table.
Page 253. line 2.Beaumanoir.] Afterwards grand ecuyer to the king of France. He was son of William de Beaumanoir, lord of Landemont, and obtained the lands of Lavardin by marriage with the heiress of that barony.
Page 254. line 13.Châteaubriant.] Geoffry de Chasteaubriant, lord of Lyon d'Angers, &c. married to Louisa daughter of the lord of Montgaugier, by whom he had issue John lord of Chalain, his successor, and Guy de Chasteaubriant.
Page 254. line 13.Rieux.] John II. lord of Rieux and Rochefort, marshal of France, died in 1417, leaving John III. viscount of Donges, his successor, the same here mentioned,—besides two other sons, Peter, afterwards maréschalof France, and Michael lord of Chasteauneuf.
Page 255. line 13.L'Esgle.] John lord de l'Esgle, second son of John of Bretagne, count of Penthievre. See the table.
Page 255. line 26.William.] Viscount of Limoges, fourth son of John count of Penthievre.
Page 258. line 6.L'Esgle.] See the Table.
Page 259. line 5.Châtillon.] William lord de Châtillon, brother of Charles de Châtillon, lord of Marigny, killed at Agincourt. He was grand queux de France in 1418, and of the english party.
Page 262. line 13. from bottom,Dauphin.] John Stuart earl of Buchan, son to the regent of Scotland, Duke of Albany. Made constable of Franceafterthe battle of Baugè, lord of Aubigny and earl of Evreux.
Page 263. line 6.Marshal of England.] Q. See before.
Page 263. line 8.Field.] Among the rest, sir John Grey of Heton, who, in 6 H. 5. had a grant of the earldom of Tancarville and its dependancies, in Normandy.
Page 263. line 10.Somerset.] John, second son of John Beaufort earl of Somerset, and brother to Henry earl of Somerset, who died 7 H. 5. without issue. He was also heir to hisuncle Thomas Beaufort, duke of Exeter, who died 1424.
Page 263. line 11.Perche.] Q. Who the earl of Perche can be? The earl of Salisbury was not made prisoner, as is evident from what follows. Thomas earl of Salisbury was presented with the earldom of Perche and barony of Longny by the king in 7 H. 5.
Page 263. line 12.Prisoners.] Among others, the lord Fitzwalter, afterwards mentioned.
Page 263. line 15.Bouteiller.] William le Bouteiller de Senlis, lord of St Charlier, died in 1420, leaving two sons, Charles, here mentioned, and William, who survived his brother, and was chamberlain to the duke of Orleans.
Page 264. line 1.Salisbury.] Thomas Montacute earl of Salisbury.
Page 266. line 7.Alençon.] John II. surnamed le Beau, duke of Alençon, only son of John I. killed at Agincourt, and Mary of Bretagne. Jane, daughter of Charles duke of Orleans and Isabel of France.
Page 270. line 15.Clifford.] John lord Clifford, knight of the Garter, killed at the siege of Meaux. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Harry Hotspur, and had issue Thomas lord Clifford, killed at the battle of Saint Albans. John lord Clifford, the son of Thomas, was surnamed the Butcher, and killed at the battle ofTowton. For the romantic history of the son of the last-named John, and father of the first earl of Cumberland, see Dugdale's Baronage, vol. 2.
Page 273. line 24.Boufflers.] Aleaume lord of Bouflers, was made prisoner at Agincourt. His sons were, 1. David, who was in the duke of Burgundy's company in 1417, and died s. p.; 2. Peter, a celebrated burgundian leader; 3. Nicaise, here mentioned, one of the peers of Ponthieu.
Page 296. line 5.Mailly.] Morery says, that the lord de Mailly himself was killed in this engagement. He was succeeded by his brother, also named John, and called le Jeune, also L'Estendart, who was afterwards a very distinguished warrior on the part of Charles VII. The lord de Viefville is mentioned to have been killed in the preceding page.
Page 299. line 17.Mailly.] John III. lord of Mailly, second son of Colard lord of Mailly, killed at Agincourt. He was succeeded by John IV. another son of Colard, surnamed 'le Jeune,' and 'l'Estendart' de Mailly.
Page 300. line 16.Conflans.] Probably Eustace IV. lord of Conflans a distinguished house of Champagne.
Page 300. line 19.Saintrailles.] John Poton lord of Saintrailles, maréschal of France in1454, a gentleman of Gascony, and a very distinguished partizan of the dauphin.
Page 317. line 7.St George.] William III. lord of St George, (of the house of Vienne) admiral of France, married Jane daughter of the lord of Chasteau-vilain. His son, William IV. is the lord here mentioned, whose son, William lord of Bussy and afterwards of St George, succeeded him in 1434.
Page 330. line 6.Launoy.] Hugues de Lannoy, grand master of the cross-bows, appointed in January 1421.
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