there was no English Army in those Parts able to fight Sr. Bertram or to raise the Siege they called a Council of War and concluded to treat with the Constable which they did so discreetly that they were permitted to go away with all their Goods and what they pleased to carry and were also conveyed safely into Limosin where they incurred no Blame of their Friends for what they had done Thus Sr. Bertram prosper'd in this Expedition and wan many Towns and Castles from the English before he return'd into France VIII But now 't is time to look at home and see how King Edward behaves himself in this juncture He for his part m M. S. Rot. Parl. p. 107. Sr. Rob. Cottons Abridgm p. 111. M.S. vet Angl. in Bibl. C.C.C. Cantab. c. 234. in the first Week of Lent being the Beginning of March held his High Court of Parliament at Westminster at the opening whereof William of Wickham Bishop of Winchester and then Lord Chancellor of England declared in the Painted-Chamber before the King Lords and Commons how since the last Sessions his Majesty had defrayed a Mighty Mass of Money and had sent over considerable Armies for the Conquest and Recovery of his Own And that he had lately received perfect information of the Great Power which the French King had prepared therewith to drive him from his Inheritance beyond the Seas as also of his Vast Navy whereby he meant to Subject unto him the whole Realm of England of all which the King demanded their Counsel and Advice Then there were appointed Receivers of Petitions for England Ireland Wales and Scotland Guienne and other foreign Places and Isles and Tryers also for the said Petitions At this time * Stow p. 268. M.S. vet Ang. in Bib. C.C.C. Cantab. c. 234. the Clergy granted unto the King an Aid towards his Wars in France of Fifty Thousand Pounds to be paid that Year towards which Sum Chantry Priests were taxed according to their Annual Receits and also small Benefices which had not been taxed before And the Laity also Lords and Commons granted unto the King for the Use aforesaid the like Sum of Fifty Thousand Pounds to be levied of every Parish within the Realm at the rate of 22 s. 4d. the greater Parishes helping out the less supposing according to the Common Opinion that there had been as many Parishes in England as would have sufficed to answer the said Sum. Wherefore Writs were directed into all the Shires in England that the King might be certified of all the Churches in every Shire and of their Number Upon which it was found that the said Sum of Fifty Thousand Pounds might not be raised in that Manner as had been proposed The mean while among other things because all the High Offices of the Realm had been engrossed in a manner by Men of the Church n M.S. Rot. Par. Sr. Rob. Cottons Abridgm ibid. M.S. vet Angl. in Bâ—bi C.C.C. Cantab. c. 234. to the Disherison of the Crown the Lords and Commons petition'd that for the future Secular Men only might be Principal Officers of the King's Court and Houshold the Chief of which Places were there named particularly as that of the Chancellor Treasurer Privy Seal and the like and none of the Clergy they being enough taken up by their Spiritual Affairs if they minded them according to their Duty Saving unto the King his Prerogative freely to choose or remove Officers provided they may be of the Laity only To which Petition althô the King's Answer was then That he would do by Advice of his Council yet we find that in this very o Philipots Catal Chancellorâ— p. 43. Month of March William of Wickham Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England did deliver up the Great Seal unto the King at Westminster who immediately deliver'd it to Sr. Robert Thorpe One of the Justices of the Law. At the same time p Philipâ—ts Catal Treasurers p. 39. Godwin Catal. Bish 40â— Thomas Brentingham alias Brantington Bishop of Excester was also removed from being Lord Treasurer in whose Place Sr Richard Scroop of Boulton a Baron of the Realm succeeded on the 27 of March. And then it passed into a Law that for the future the Chancellor Treasurer and Clerk of the Privy Seal should not be Spiritual Men but that Secular Persons only should have those Employments After which thô sometimes indeed the Clergy did attain the said Dignities yet it was much more seldom and in process of time very rare or never This done q M.S. Rot. Par. p. 107. §. 8. Sr. Rob. Cotton's Abridgm p. 111. Sr. Robert Thorpe the New-Lord Chancellor declared that for as much as Easter drew near all the Petitions of the Commons could not be answer'd at that time But that after the said Feast the King would take Care to answer them And so the King thanked the Lords and Commons for their Travel and Aid and gave them leave to depart The next Sessions was held at r Ita M.S. Râ—t Parl. rectè sed Winchest apud Sr. Rob. Cotton Westminster in the Octaves of the Holy Trinity then next after at which time the Lord Chancellor declared unto the Lords and Commons there assembled how their late Grant of 22 s. and 4d out of every Parish would not amount to 50000 l. because by the Return into the Chancery it appear'd that there were not so many Parishes in the Realm Whereupon the Lords and Commons for the perfecting the foresaid Sum granted unto the King of every Parish-Church assessed within the Realm Five Pounds Å¿ Ita M.S. rectè ut videtur sed Sr. Rob. Cotton legit 10â— Sixteen Shillings comprising therein the foresaid Sum of Twenty Two Shillings and Four Pence except the County of Chester and all such Lands of the Church as had been amortized before the Twentieth of King Edward the First The Form of the Commission for this Subsidy was read before the King and the Collectors and Commissioners were appointed by the Knights of the several Counties and there were set down the t Vid. Stow p. 268. c. ubi tamâ—n errer in numer is nâ—n facile emend â—nduâ— Names of every Shire with the Number of the Parish-Churches therein and the Sum to which the Gross of the Payment of all the Parishes amounted Which was in all 50181 l. 8 s. Whereof the Odd 181 l. 8 s. was deducted because thrô great Poverty the Parishes in Suffolk paid but Five Pounds Twelve Shillings and Seven Pence apiece and those in Devonshire but Five Pounds Twelve Shillings and Ten Pence Farthing And so the King was answer'd his full Summ of 50000 l. But Cheshire a County Palatinate I know not for what Reason came not to this Parliament and so was not reckon'd among the other Counties nor in the Tax Thô in the City of Chester there were Ten Parish Churches and in the Shire Eighty Seven more besides Chappels In this
Christendom he sent r Odor c. Rainald ad 〈◊〉 annu◠§. 61. 62. his Letters to the Pope shewing how King Philip had despightfully slain and put to Death Good and Loyal Knights and Gentlemen upon his Account and for hate of his Person whereby he had notoriously violated the Truce lately taken between them which as he could not but highly resent so he was preparing to revenge it But yet if King Philip would according as Reason requireth retract for what he had done amiss and offer Satisfaction for these injuries he would at the time appointed send other Ambassadors to the Apostolick See and give them Instructions for making Peace The Pope having heard thus much return'd an Answer to this Purpose After having manifested to King Edward in how great Dangers the whole Christian World was tossed and that this Mortal War thus kindled between France and England did grievously afflict the Church he then told him that King Philip had granted Letters of safe Conduct as the English Ambassadors had required and as to the Death of the Lords Esquires and Others King Philip had wrote unto him that they for their enormous Crimes Murders and Rapines had been justly put to Death by him not thereby to break the Truce but by the fear of their Punishment to terrifie others from the Breach thereof and that he had added how the King of England's Garrisons had attempted many things against the Truce Then he begg'd the King to let him know his Secret Resolutions for that he would never divulge them but use his utmost to make a final Peace which was so profitable and advantagious to the Expedition against the Turks And he assured him that hitherto he had defer'd to dispence with the Canon-Law for the Marriage between his Eldest Son and the Duke of Brabant's Daughter in hopes that by that Bond of Affinity tied in France a sure Peace would ensue c. Thus the Pope neglected not to heal these Wounds of Bleeding Christendom but King Edward was too much exasperated by his Adversary to stop now since nothing of Satisfaction was offer'd but only frivolous and false Excuses Wherefore in order to enable himself the better to carry on this War he now held his High Court of Parliament at Westminster on the 7 Day of June being the Å¿ M.S. Pâ—t Pâ—â— p. 56 18 Ed. ◠§. 1. Sr. Râ—b Cottens Abridgment p. 44 c. v. Statute Bâ—cks Monday next after the Octaves of Holy Trinity On which day in presence of the King certain of the Lords and Commons being then assembled in St. Edwards Chamber otherwise called the Painted Chamber and the Lord Chancellor at the Kings Command declared how sundry things of the last Parliament were left to be done at this And that the Archbishop of Canterbury had against the time of the said Parliament called a Convocation of his Clergy At which Parliament and Convocation sundry of all Estates were absent c. Whereat the King did no less muse than he was thereat offended Wherefore he charged the Archbishop for his part to punish the Defaults of the Clergy and he would do the like touching the Parliament Hereupon Proclamation was made that none should wear Armour or Weapons in or about London and Westminster during the Session of the Parliament Receivours of Petitions for England Gascogne Wales Ireland Bretagne Scotland and the Foreign Isles and other Places beyond the Seas Sr. Thomas Drayton appointed Clark of the Parliament and this is all was done that Day being Monday On the Tuesday the Names of the Lords of the Parliament were examined before the King that such as made default in being absent might abide the Kings Order On Tursday after the Chancellour in full Parliament in Presence of the King and of his Son the Prince of Wales declared the Cause of the same Parliament viz. The Articles of the Truce and the Breaches of the same by the French King which were there particularly instanced Whereupon the Three Estates were willed to advise upon the Premises and to shew their Opinion of them by Monday next ensuing The same Monday they had their time enlarged untill Wednesday in the Week of St. John being the 23 of June on which day every of the Lords and Commons by themselves with one Assent required the King to end the same War either by Battle or Honourable Peace And if the King shall attempt War eftsoons that he do not stay the same at the Letters or Requests of the Pope or of any whomsoever but to end the same by Dint of Sword. Whereunto the King agreed but forasmuch as the same could not be atchieved without Aid the Clergy of Canterbury granted unto the King a Desme Triennial And the Commons granted unto him Two Fifteenths of Counties and Two Desmes of Cities and of Towns on Condition that the same be leavied in such manner as the last was that the Commons Petitions be Granted and that the same may be imployed upon the Wars with the Assent of the Lords That the Prince and Sr. Edward Bailiol may lie on the North-Marches And because the King should pass over the Seas in Person to end this Quarrel they further grant unto the King a Third Fifteenth Then after the Petitions of the Commons and Clergy with their Answers the Commons by their Petition recite the Act of Provision made in the last Parliament and because no Penalty was provided therefore request that such as incurr the breach of the same by receipt procuring or Counsel in stay of any temporal judgement shall lie in perpetual Prison or be forejudged the Land And that all Justices of Assises Goal-Delivery and Oyer and Terminer may determine the same And that the Act of Provision may continue for ever That if any Archbishop or other Person Religieux or other do not present within four Moneths some able Clerk to any Dignity whereof any Person hath obtained from the Court of Rome any Provision but surcease the same that then the King may present some able Clerk himself That 〈◊〉 any Bishop Elect shall refuse to take such t Ità M.S. sed Brother in Sr. Rob. Cotten Bishop other than by such then such Clerk shall not enter nor enjoy his Temporalities without the Kings special Licence That the King shall dispose of all such Benefices and Dignities of such Aliens his Enemies as remain in such Countries of his Enemies and employ the Profits thereof to the Defence of the Realm That Commissions be sent into all the Kings Ports to apprehend all such Persons as shall bring in any such Instrument from the Court of Rome and to bring them forthwith before the Council to answer thereto That the Deanery of York which is recoverable by Judgement in the Kings Court may be bestowed upon some Able Man within the Realm who will maintain the same against him who holdeth the same by Provision from the Court of Rome being the Common Enemy to the King
and to the Realm and that the Main Profits may be employed upon the Defence of the Realm To all which Petitions Answer was made in form following It is agreed by the King Earls Barons Justices and other Wise Men of the Realm that the Petitions aforesâ—â—d be made in sufficient form of Law. According to the Petitions aforesaid certain Processes made against Sr. William de la Pole and Reginald at Conduit out of the Exchequer are revoked as Erroneous And that they shall be charged anew to accompt for Moneys received for the Kings Wooll notwithstanding any Letter of Acquittance to them made The which Accord was sent to the King to know his Pleasure therein The Petitions of the Clerks of the Chancery that whereas the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper for the time being ought to have the Cognisance of all Pleas of Trespasses done by the said Clerks or other Servants where the Chancery shall remain Yet notwithstanding the Sheriffs of London had attached one Gilbert de Chrishull a Clerk of the said Chancery in London at the Suit of one Killingbury a Draper upon a Bill of Trespass Which Gilbert brought a Supersedeas of Priviledge to the said Sheriffs which they would not allow but drew him to find sureties The Clerks pray Remedy therefore and maintenance of their Liberties The Parliament doth confirm their Liberties and reciting the Contempt for neglecting the Process conclude that Writs be sent to the Mayor of London to attach the Sheriffs and others who were Parties and Maintainers of the Quarrel by their Bodies to appear before the King in Chancery at a certain day to answer as well to the Contempt of the Process as to the Breach of the Liberty and Damage of the Party At the Petition of the Commons of Nottingham it is enacted that as well the Goal of Nottingham which the King hath granted to Sr. John Brocas during his Life as all other Goals in the like Case should be annexed to the Sheriffwick of every County according to an Act made Ano. 14. Ed. 3. That no man within Cities or Towns or elsewhere do carry Maces of silver but only the Kings Serjeants but that they carry Maces of Copper only and of no other Mettal It was answer'd the same should be so excepting that the Serjeants of the City of London may carry their Maces of silver within the Liberties of London before the Mayor in the presence of the King. It is to be observed that of the Oaths of Justices and of the Clerks of the Chancery expressed in the u A. â— 1â— Ed. 3 p. â—8 Printed Statutes there is no mention made in the Record And this is the Sum of this Sessions of Parliament the rest being to be had in the Statute Books of this Year XIV And now the x Frois c. 102. Earls of Darby and Arundel with the Earls of Pembroke and Oxford the Lord Ralph Stafford the Lord Walter Manny Sr. Frank van Hall an Almain Lord of great Valour and Fidelity to the English Sr. Henry Eam of Brabant St. Richard Fitz-Simon Sr. Hugh Hastings Sr. Stephen Tombey Sr. Richard Haydon Sr. John Norwich Sr. Richard Radcliff Sr. Robert Oxenden and others to the Number of 500 Knights and Esquires and 2000 Archers were ready to pass the Seas The King upon taking leave of his Cousin the Earl of Darby said unto him Take with you Gold and Silver enough and bestow it freely among those that do well for in so doing You will win their hearts which is beyond all Worldly Treasure The Earl took shipping at Southampton and on the 6 of June Landed at Bayonne a good and strong City of Gascogne that held of King Edward There he tarried seven Days and on the Eighth marched to Bourdeaux having largely encreased his Forces At this City he was received with Solemn Procession and here also he tarried a while being lodged in the Stately Abbey of St. Andrew At this time there was a Valiant French Lord called Gaston Earl of Laille Deputy for the French King in Guienne who excepting the loss he suffer'd at Bourdeaux by the Lord Oliver Ingham of which we * C. 15. §. 1. p. 163. spake had hitherto kept footing in that Country very well having taken divers Towns and Castles from the English He was endued with Absolute Power as the Kings Lieutenant that he might be render'd more able to reduce and defend those parts Wherefore understanding now of the Earl of Darby's arrival at Bourdeaux he sent for the Earls of Cominges and of Perigord the Vicount of Carmain the Earl of Valentinois the Lord of Mirande and the Lord of Duras for the Viscount of Villemur for the Lord De la Bard the Lord of Picornet the Viscount of Chastillon the Lord of y Ita Du Chesne Chasteauneufe the Lord of Lescun the Abbot of St. Salvin and all other Lords thereabout that held for France of whom the Earl of Laille demanded what they thought as to the coming of the Earl of Darby They answer'd how they thought themselves strong enough to defend the Passage at Bergerac This answer satisfied the Earl and thereupon he sent for Men from all Parts to reinforce his Troops and so went and kept the suburbs of Bergerac which were strong and of large extent and enclosed with the River of Dordogne The z Frois c. 103. fol. 50. b. Earl of Darby had been now at Bourdeaux about 15 Days when hearing what Provision was made to resist him at Bergerac he resolved first of all to march thitherward The Marshals of the Host were Sr. Walter Manny and Sr. Frank van Hall who rode the first Morning three Leagues to a Castle of their own called Monlieu where they tarried the Remainder of that Day and all that night The next Morning early the Marshals Forerunners rode up to the very Barriers of Bergerac and having there well view'd the Demeanor of the French return'd and told the Lord Manny that they found nothing formidable in what they had seen That Morning the English dined betimes because they design'd the residue of the Day for Action and as they sat at dinner Sr. Walter Manny applying himself to the Earl of Darby said mertily My Lord if We were good Men of Arms We should drink this evening with the French Lords in the Suburbs or City of Bergerac The Earl reply'd it shall not be my fault if we fail I 'll assure you When the Captains heard that they said to one another Let us haste to Arms for we are now for Bergerac and accordingly every Man was Armed and on Horseback and the Captains ranged them in Order of Battle without any other command given When the Earl of Darby saw the great Ardour and Alacrity of his Souldiers he took great Pleasure thereat and said aloud Let us then ride on to our Enemies in the Name of God and St. George Thus they rode forth with their Banners displayed in the heat
Forest was in like manner suddenly slain by his own Cousin and Godson William Douglas the Son of Archimbald Douglas in Revenge of the Death of Sr. Alexander Ramsey While thus Scotland and especially the Family of the Douglasses was miserably divided in it self England and the Court of King Edward flourished with Honour Peace and Unity and the Lords of England laudably contended to outvie one another in Martial Worth and Bravery At Canterbury and Eltham in Kent at London Westminster Winchester Lincoln Windsor and other Places were held several Great and Magnificent Justs and Tourneaments Henry k Stow p. 245. Earl of Lancaster held a little after Easter a solemn Hastilude at Lincoln where were present with Isabel de Beaumont his Countess many Great Ladies and also certain Ambassadors from Spain who then came to Negotiate a Marriage l Stew ibid. Ashrnole p. 669. c. between the young Infant of Castille and Leon named Don Pedro Eldest Son and Heir Apparent to Alphonso XI King of Spain and the Lady Jane of the Tower one of the Daughters of King Edward who was then in the 13 Year of her Age. But this Poor Lady being espoused by Proxy and conveyed into that Country deceased presently of a great Mortality that then reign'd of which we shall speak hereafter At the Tourneament at m Dagd 2 Vol. p. 48. Canterbury among others Robert Hufford Earl of Suffolk and Sr. John Beauchamp Brother to the Earl of Warwick had their Harness and other Accoutrements allowed them from the King the latter n Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 231. being furnish'd out of the Kings Wardrobe with a Surcoat of fine Indian Silk embroider'd with the Arms of Sr. Stephen Cosington Knight Of whom thô he was not of Noble Blood we must needs Remark that he was a Gentleman of High Merit as will not only appear from the sequel of this our History but also may be rationally collected from this that his Arms were beaten on all the Eight Harnesses given by the King at this time and worn o Ashnâ—â—le p. 185. by Eight Renowned Combatants being the Challengers as the Prince of Wales the Earls of Lancaster and Suffolk Sr. John Grey Sr. John Beauchamp Sr. Robert Mauley Sr. John Chandos and Sr. Roger Beauchamp And at the Tourneament at Eltham we find among others that the Valiant and Noble Earl of p Dudg 1 Vol. p. 786. Lancaster and Hugh q Ashâ—nâ—le p. 696. Courtney Earl of Devonshire besides their Harness and other Accoutrements both for themselves and Horses had each of them an hood of fine White Cloth embroider'd with Dancing Men in Blew Habits and button'd before with large Pearls which were allowed them out of the Kings Wardrobe We must here against our usual Method insert a matter or two not of any great affinity to our Affairs even before we come to the end of this Year because there will not then appear any such convenient Room the beginning of the next Year being continuedly joyn'd to the end of this IV. On the 9 of June this Year Joan Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence in France sold all the County of Venaisin together with the City of Avignon to Pope Clement VI for the Sum of 80000 Florens of Gold of Florence Which said Places thô r Mezerdy ad hunc ann in Mâ—rgineâ— some say the Money was never paid belong to the See of Rome to this day How Charles II King of Naples had first a Right to Venaisin from King Philip the Fair who gave it unto him Ano 1290 upon the Marriage of Charles de Valois his Brother with Margaret the Daughter of that King this is all well known But the First occasion of this sale I do not speak of Queen Joan's Necessities of which the Pope made his Advantage not being so vulgarly understood we shall briefly from the Authority of a very Å¿ Peireskias apud Petrum Gassendum in Vitá illiuâ— p. 143. c. Judicious and Learned Gentleman declare it in this place In the Year 1209 Raymund the Third Earl of Tholouse being a Fautor of the Albâ—genses who were accounted Hereticks and as was thought chiefly concern'd in the Murther of the Pope's Legate was now a second time Excommunicated by Pope Innocent III from which time he began to be despoiled of his Territories till little or nothing was left entire So that 19 Years after it was thus agreed at Paris that to Alphonso the Son of Raymund should fall only the City it self of Tholouse with a few appurtenanees that the other Places beyond the Rhosne should belong to the King of France but whatever was by him or his Ancestors possessed on this side the said River should be the Pope's Patrimony But because the Men of these Parts did unwillingly submit to the latter Part of this Agreement being thereby upon occasion obliged to have their Appeals to Rome and therefore clave to Alphonso and his Heirs about fourscore Years after Pope Boniface VIII wholly acquitted them of all such Appeals and after him Pope Clement V to win their Hearts the more removed his Seat to Avignon in the First Year of his Pontificate or the t Victerell p. 833. celiat cum Labbe Chren Tech. ad hunc an Year of our Lord 1305. So that now after all when upon the Death of Benedict XII u Hâ—â—â—câ—rige sive Peiresâ—iam sive Gasendum qâ—â—a ab cirum alterutro Clemens VI pest Johannem â—daâ—â—tur cùm illum exceperit Benedicius bâ—ne Clemens ut ex emmlus Pentif Histeriis censtat who succeeded John XXII Clement the VI became Pope Queen Joan flying unto Avignon from Lewis King of Hungary who came to Revenge the Death of his Brother Andrew her Husband whom she had murdred made now unto the said Clement a Deed of sale of all those Rights which the Earls of Provence had from the very time of the Partition made between Raymund Berengarius Earl of Provence and Alphonso Earl of Tholouse Ano. Dom. 1125 and let this suffice for that Matter V. A certain x Guido Tract 2. Dect 2. c. 3. in Chirurgiâ Magnà Vid. Guliel Tookeri DD. Charâ—sina sinations p. 83. Author that flourished in these days and as himself witnesses lived at Avignon in the Service of the said Pope Clement VI doth more than intimate that the French King Philip of Valois had the Gift of healing the Disease called the Kings Evil with the Touch of his Hand only Thô if so we may well presume that our King Edward had the same Vertue not only as having more Right to the Crown of France but as descended of King Edward the Confessors Blood who was eminently signal in this Miraculous Grace and from y Polyder Virg. Hist l. 8. p. 143. n. 10. Vid. Tooker's Charisma sanitatis p. 83 84 85. whom as it were by Right of Inheritance the following Kings of England have derived the same Power as Polydore Virgil
they found no Enemy to oppose them and first let us speak of the Prince of Wales and of his Actions in this Expedition EDWARD the Black-Prince n Frois c. 155. being thus happily arrived in Gascogne as we shew'd before declared o Holinsh p. 951. M.S. Vet. Angl. in Bibl. C.C.C. Cantabr c. 230. to the Chief Captains and Lords of the Country the Reasons of his coming thither and fell immediately to advise with them how to proceed for the best Advantage in his Affairs After which having well refreshed his Souldiers and sufficiently augmented his small Forces on the * Lit. Dom. D. Fifth of October being a Monday he marched out of Bourdeaux in this Order In the Vanguard was the Earl of Warwick his Constable the Lord Reginald Cobham his Marshal the Lord Roger Clifford Son in Law to the Earl of Warwick the young Lord John Beauchamp of Somersetshire the Lord Richard Stafford Brother to the Earl of Stafford and Sr. John Wingfield an intimate Friend of his of the Lord Cobhams Retinue and seven stout Barons of Gascogne with 3000 Armed Men In the Main-Battail marched the Valiant Young Prince himself being now in the 25th Year of his Age with a double Ensign with him were the Earl of Oxford the Lord Bartholomew Burghersh or Burwash whose Father was then newly dead the Lord John Lisle the Lord John Willoughby of Eresby the Lord Roger de la Warre the Lord Maurice Berkley the Lord John Bourchier the Lord John Rose the Elder of Bourdeaux the Lord John Greilly Captal de la Buche the Lord of Chaumont and the Lord of Monferrand the Four latter being of Gascogne and in this Battail were 7000 Men of Arms. The Reer which contained 4000 Men of Arms was led by the Earls of Suffolk and Salisbury with whom was the Lord of Nemours who conducted the Carriages The whole Army consisted of better than 60000 Men one with another and being furnished with such a General and such Valiant and Expert Leaders might well be counted very formidable Wherefore the Earl of Armagnac who was Lieutenant to the French King in Languedoc Gaston Phoebus Earl of Foix James of Bourbon who was Lord of Ponthieu and Constable of France and the Lord John Clermont Marshal of France thô they had among them far p Frois c. 155. Mezeray p. 42. greater Numbers than the Prince and were more Powerfull in the Field if their Courage would have permitted a Tryal durst not either for Fear or as Mezeray softens it for jealousie of one another so much as once offer to stop his Victorious Progress Wherefore in little more than two Months time the Prince overran all the Country at his pleasure as far as Beziers and Narbonne burning the very suburbs of Narbonne or rather as will appear by and by the city it self and taking and destroying very many strong Towns and Castles all which are particularly and truly enumerated by Sr. Thomas de la More thô the Names of the Places are there most corruptly written for which reason as well as for the dryness and prolixity thereof we forbear to add the particulars here In this q Stow p. 255 c. Expedition on occasion of a Fire that happen'd one Night in a Town where he lodged he took a Resolution which he kept while he lived never to lie a Night in any Town in an Enemies Country in time of War. Being come to the strong City of Carcassone the Citizens offer'd him 25000 souses of Gold on Condition he would spare their Town from Fire but the Prince answer'd That he came not thither for Gold but to take Cities and Towns with their Inhabitants to succour and cherish his Friends and to offend his Enemies In this Expedition at several times the Prince Knighted all these Gentlemen Jenkin Barefort Giles Stratton Rowland Davis Ralph Basset the Sons of the Lord of Albret Theodorick Dale Porter of the Prince's Chamber and many others In lieu of all whom he lost only one but him a most Valiant and Noble Knight of the Order of the Garter named the Lord John Lisle who on the r Ashmole's Garter p. 673. Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 739. 14 of October received a Mortal wound with a stone from a Wall of which he died the next day to the infinite regret of the Prince and all who knew his Worth and Gallantry leaving behind him his Son and Heir Robert then 22 Years of Age. IV. But because a more particular account of this Expedition cannot better be expected than from the Mouthes of those who were actually concern'd therein besides the former Reference to Sr. Thomas de la More I shall take leave to subjoyn the Words of Sr. John Wingfield a Valiant Knight whose ſ Holinshead Engl. Chron. p. 952. ex Rob. Avesbury c. Ashmole p. 672. two Letters on this subject are most Worthy to be inserted that thereby the Reader may as by a Touchstone try the Truth of Authors who write of the same Matter A Copy of Sr. JOHN WINGFIELD's Letter to a certain Noble Lord then in England My Lord as touching News in these parts may it please you to understand that all the Earls Barons Bannerets Knights and Esquires were in Health at the writing hereof and my Lord the Prince hath not lost either Knight or Esquire in this Expedition except the Lord John Lisle who was slain after a strange manner with a Quarrel the third day after we were entred into our Enemies Country He died the 15 of October And please you to understand that my Lord hath rode thrô the Country of Armagnac and hath taken many enclosed Towns and burnt and destroy'd them except such as He fortified for himself After this He marched into the Vicountie of Rovergue where He took a good Town called Plaisance the Chief Place in that Country which He burnt and destroy'd with the Country round about the same This done He went into the Country of Estarrac wherein He took many Towns and wasted and ravaged all the Country Then He entred the County of Cominges and took many Towns there which He caused to be destroy'd and burnt together with all the Country round about He also took the Town of St. Bertrand the Chief in that Country being as large in compass as the City of Norwich in England After that He entred the County of t t L'Isle en Dodon Lille and took the greater part of the closed Towns therein causing several of them to be burnt and destroy'd as he passed Then going into the Lordship of Tholouse We passed the River of Garonne and another a League above Tholouse which is very great For our Enemies had burnt all the Bridges as well on the one side of Tholouse as the other except those within Tholonse for the River runneth thrô the Town And within this Town at the same time were the Constable of France the Marshal Clermont and the Earl of
Places abovenamed which by this present Treaty ought to be deliver'd unto the King of England 29. Item It is agreed that the Towns Forts and whole County of Ponthieu the Towns Forts and whole County of Montrevil the City and Castle of Saincte the Castles Towns and Forts and all that which the King holdeth in Demaine in the Country of Sainctogne on this side and beyond the Charente the Castle and City of Angoulesme and the Castles Forts and Towns which the King of France holdeth in Demaine in the Country of Angoulesmois with Letters and Mandates of releasing of Fees being deliver'd to the King of England or to other especially deputed for him then the King of England at his own proper Costs and Charges shall deliver all the Forts taken and possessed by himself his Subjects Adherents and Allies in the Countries of x Lisle de la France France Anjou Touraine Maine Berry Auvergne Burgundy Champaigne Picardy and Normandy and in all other Parts Lands and Places of the Realm of France except those of the Dutchy of Bretagne and the Countries and Lands which by this present Treaty ought to belong and remain to the King of England 30. Item It is agreed that the King of France shall cause to be deliver'd to the King of England his Heirs or Deputies all the Towns Castles Forts and other Lands Countries and Places abovenamed with their Appurtenances at the proper Costs and Charges of the said King of France And also that if he shall have any Rebels and such as will not obey to render yield up or restore to the King of England any Cities Towns Castles Countries Places or Forts which by this Present Treaty ought to appertain unto Him then the King of France shall be obliged to cause them to be deliver'd to the King of England at his own Charges And in like manner the King of England shall cause those Forts which by this present Treaty ought to appertain to the King of France to be deliver'd at his own Charges the said Kings and their Subjects with them shall be obliged mutually to aid one another in this respect if they shall be thereto required at the Wages of the Party so Requiring Which shall be a Floren of Florence per diem for a Knight half a Floren for an Esquire and for others proportionably And of the surplus of double Wages it is agreed that if the pay aforesaid shall be too little respect being had to the Price of Victuals in the Country it shall be done at the Appointment of Four Knights elected thereto that is to say of two on the One Party and two on the Other 31. Item It is agreed that all the Archbishops Bishops and other Prelates of Holy Church shall in regard of their Temporalities be subject to that King of the two under whom they hold their Temporalities And if they have Temporalities under both the Kings they shall be subject to each of the two Kings for the Temporalities which they hold of either of them 32. Item It is agreed that good Alliance Friendship and Confederation shall be made between the two Kings of France and of England and their Realms in maintaining the Honour and Conscience of the One King and of the Other notwithstanding any Confederations which they have on this side or beyond the Sea with any Persons whether of Scotland or Flanders or of any other Country whatsoever 33. Item It is agreed that the King of France and the Regent his Eldest Son for themselves and for their Heirs Kings of France shall as much as may be done forsake and altogether depart from the Alliances which they have with the Scots and shall promise as much as may be that neither they nor their Heirs nor the Kings of France for the time being shall give or lend to the King of Scotland or to the Subjects thereof present or to come any aid favour or comfort against the said King of England or against his Heirs and Successors or against his Realm or Subjects in any sort And that they shall not make any Alliances with the said Scots against the said King of England and Realm of England in time to come And likewise the King of England and his Eldest Son so much as it can or may be done shall forsake and depart from all those Alliances which they have with the Flemmings and shall promise that neither they nor their Heirs nor the Kings of England for the time being shall give or lend to the Flemmings present or to come any aid favour or comfort against the King of France his Heirs or Successors or against his Kingdom or Subjects in any sort And that they shall not make any Alliances with the said Flemmings against the said King and Realm of France in time to come 34. Item It is agreed that the Collations and Provisions made by the One Party and by the other of Benefices falling void during the War shall hold good and remain in Force And that the Fruits Issues and Revenues received and levied of any Benefices and other Temporalities whatsoever in the said Realms of France and England by the One Party or by the Other during the said Wars shall be quitted on both sides 35. Item that the Kings aforesaid shall be obliged to cause to be confirmed all the Matters aforesaid by our Holy Father the Pope and they shall be Ratified by Oaths Sentences and Censures of the Court of Rome and by all other Tyes in the most binding manner that may be And there shall be obtained from the Court of Rome Dispensations Absolutions and Letters touching the Accomplishment and Perfection of this Present Treaty and they shall be deliver'd to the Parties at the farthest within three Weeks after the King shall be Arrived at Calais 36. Item That all the Subjects of the said Kings which will study at the studies and Universities of the Realms of France and of England shall enjoy the Privileges and Liberties of the said studies and Universities in like manner as they might have done before the Present Wars and as they do at present 37. Item To the end that the Matters aforesaid treated and discoursed may be more stable firm and valid there shall be done and given these Confirmations following that is to say Letters sealed with the Seals of the said Kings and of their Eldest Sons the best that can be made by the Councils of the said Kings And the said Kings and their Eldest Sons and their other Children and others of the Lineage of the said Kings and other Noblemen of their Realms to the number of Twenty on either Party shall swear that they will observe and endeavour to maintain as much as concerneth each of them without fraud or deceit the said Matters treated and agreed on and accomplish them without ever going to the Contrary and without empeaching the performance thereof And if there be any Persons 〈◊〉 the said Realms of France and of England
one of his Daughters for a Wife to his Son John with the Earldom of Vertus for her Dowry And we find that his Third Daughter Isabella was shortly after married to the said John Galeas XIV However the greater Part of the First Payment being now at last ready and all those who ought to be Hostages for the Rest being rendred up at St. Omers King Edward presently embarqued for France and on the m Fabian p. 242 b. ED. Lit. Dom. 9 of October being a Fryday arrived safely at Calais Upon his Arrival he went straight to the Castle to visit King John who welcom'd him with a loving and cheerfull Countenance agreeable to that sincerity whereof he was a professed Master As King Edward was taking his leave to retire to his Lodgings prepared for him in the Town King John desired him to come the next Day with his Sons and take a Dinner with him The Invitation King Edward accepted but entreated that it might be deferred till the Monday following and so that Day being the 12 of October was fixed At Dinner-time King Edward had the First Seat and held State next to him sat the French King thirdly the Black-Prince and lastly the Duke of Lancaster No more sitting at Table While they were at Dinner the Earl of Flanders came to the Castle to pay a Visit to both the Kings but especially to congratulate the Return of King John who received him with all imaginable Kindness When this Royal Entertainment was over Two of the King of Englands younger Sons and two of the French Kings took leave of their Fathers and rode towards Boulogne where at that time the Dauphin was He met them half way and conducted them the other half to Boulogne where they all rested that night The next Morning the Dauphin having left the two English Princes there as it were Pledges for his Security rode himself forth to Calais first he waited on his Father and afterwards both his Father and he went to King Edwards Palace to Dinner where they were received with much Honour and entertain'd at a most Royal Feast On the Wednesday being the 14 of October the said Dauphin took his leave of King Edward and of the King his Father and rode back to Boulogne upon whose safe Return King Edwards two Sons rode back again to Calais On the Saturday Seven-night after which was the 24 of October the Peace was fully sworn to and established by the two Kings in this manner The Two Kings being seated in two distinct Traverses in the Church of St. Nicolas at Calais High Mass was sung before them by Androine Abbot of Cluigny to the Offering whereof neither of the Kings came But when the Pax came to be kissed by which Ceremony was signified that the Peace of Christ should ever remain between them They to love each other as Christian Princes after his Command and Example the French King to whom it was first carried refused it in Modesty after which King Edward not admitting it in Generosity King John rose first and went toward King Edward who being aware thereof rose up hastily and ran to meet him where both again refusing the Pax they kissed each other with hearty Demonstrations of a mutual Friendship At this Mass both the Kings were severally sworn in Solemn Manner to maintain truly and perpetually the Articles of the said Peace And for the further Security thereof many of the Chief Lords of both Realms were sworn to help to preserve the same to their Powers especially the n Odor Rainal ad hunc an §. 3. two Eldest Sons of England and France and at the same time the Duke of Orleans in the Name of King John and Prince Philip of Navarre in the Name of the King his Brother sware to forget all Injuries on both Sides and to cultivate a mutual Friendship for the future These Oaths were thus taken both on the Evangelists and on the Eucharist and the two Kings received the Sacrament in both kinds thereupon And they were so well satisfied with the Conduct of the foresaid Abbot o Odor Rainal ibid. that they jointly requested of the Pope to bestow on him a Cardinals Cap for his diligent and effectual Service therein And thô we find the Pope in his Answer desires on certain Accounts to be excused for the present yet it is certain p Victorell ad an 1361. p. 917 that at the next Creation which happen'd the Year after he was made a Cardinal of the Title of St. Marcellus At the same time the Hostages who according to the 15 and 18 Articles were to be deliver'd as well for the Security of the Payment of the Kings Ransom as of the Restoration of those Places which as yet were not put into the English Hands were deliver'd unto King Edward and also there were then paid unto him q Ashmole p. 662. ex Rot. de Tract Pacis c. 400000 Scutes of Gold in Part of the First 600000 King Edward giving further time for the Payment of the remaining 200000 till Christmas and Lady-Day following Which done both the Kings gave forth interchangeably their Letters Patents concerning these things all bearing one Date and containing one Form only Mutatis Mutandis The Tenor of King Edwards wherein he lays by his Title of France being as followeth viz. XV. EDWARD * * Frois c. 212. fol. 105. by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and of Aquitain to all unto whom these Letters shall come Greeting We give you to understand that of all the Dissensions Debates and Discords moved or hereafter to be moved between Us and our Right Dear Brother the French King certain Commissioners and Deputies of ours and of our Dear Son the Prince of Wales having sufficient Power and Authority for Us and for Him and for our whole Realm on the one Party and certain other Commissioners and Deputies of our Dear Brother the French King and of our Dear Nephew Charles Duke of Normandy and Dauphin of Vienna Eldest Son to our said Brother of France having Power and Authority for his Father and for Himself on the other Party were assembled at Bretigny near to Chartres At which place it was agreed and accorded by the said Commissioners and Deputies of either Party upon all Dissentions Debates Wars and Discords whatsoever And the Deputies of Us and of our Son for Us and for Him and also the Deputies of our said Brother and of our said Nephew for them both did swear upon the Holy Evangelists to hold keep and accomplish this Treaty By the which Accord among other things our Brother of France and his said Son are bound and promise r r Article 1. to deliver and resign unto Us our Heirs and Successors for ever all the Counties Cities Towns Castles Forts Lands Isles Rents Revenues and other things as followeth besides that which already We have and hold in Guienne and in Gascogne to possess for ever
both Us and our Heirs and Successors all that is in Demain in Demain and all that is in Fee in Fee by the Times and in the Manner hereafter specified that is to say the City Castle and County of Poictiers and all the Land and County of Poictou with the Fief of Thoüars and the Land of Belleville the City and Castle of Sainctes and all the Land and Country of Saintogne on both sides the River Charente with the Town and Fortress of Rochelle and their Appurtenances The City and Castle of Agen and the Country of Agenois the City and Castle of Poictiers and all the Country thereto belonging the City and Castle of Limoges and the Lands and Country of Limosin the City and Castle of Cahors and the Land and Country of Quercy the City Castle and Country of Tarbe the Land Country and Earldom of Bigorre the County Land and Country of Guare the City and Castle of Angoulesme and the County Land and Country of Angoulesmois the City and Castle of Rodes and the Land and Country of Rouvergue and if there be any Lords in the Dutchy of Guienne as the Earl of Foix the Earl of Armagnac the Earl of Lisle the Vicount of Carmaine the Earl of Perigort the Vicount of Limoges or Others holding any Lands within the foresaid Bounds they shall do Homage and all other Services and Duties due and accustomed for their Lands and Places unto Us in like manner and form as they have done in time passed as We or any other Kings of England anciently have had And also Å¿ Å¿ Article 2. in the Town of Monstrevil upon the Sea we are to have as either We or other Kings of England in time past have had and in the Lands of Monstrevil our Brother of France promiseth to make a Declaration thereof unto Us as speedily as he can after his coming into France And also the County t t Article 3. of Ponthieu entirely save and excepted if any thing be alienated away by any of the Kings of England in time past whereby the said County and Appurtenances have been holden by other Persons than the French Kings neither our said Brother nor his Successors shall be obliged to render them unto Us. But if the said Alienations have been done by the French Kings for the time being without any Mean and our said Brother now have them in his Possession he shall leave them entirely to Us except that the French Kings have had them in Exchange for other Lands But if the Kings of England for the time being have alienated or conveyed any thing to any other Person than to the French Kings and they peradventure are now devolved into the hands of our said Brother then he shall not be obliged to restore them unto Us. He is also to render unto Us all such things as ought to pay any Homage to Us and to our Successors and if they owed not Homage unto Us and to our Successors then he shall put in a Tenant who shall do Us Service within a Year after he shall be departed from Calais Also u u Article 4. the Castle and Town of Calais the Castle Town and Lordship of Merks the Towns Castles and Lordships of Sangate Coulogne Ham Wale and Oye with the Lands Woods Marishes Rivers Rents Revenues Lordships Advousons of Churches and all other Appurtenances and Places lying within the Bounds and Limits following that is to say from Calais to the River before Graveling and also from the River that falleth into the great Lake of Guisnes as far as Fretun and thence along the Valley about Calculi-Hill enclosing that Hill and so to the Sea with Sangate and all its Appurtenances Also the x x Article 5. Castle Town and whole Earldom of Guisnes with all the Towns. Castles Forts Lands Places Homages Men Seignories Woods Forests and all Rights to them belonging as entirely as the Town of Calais of Merks and other Places before-named as well to obey Us as they have obeyed our said Brother or the Earl of Guisnes for the time being And that the Churches of the good People being within the Limitations of the said Earldom of Guisnes of Calais and Merk and of other Places abovesaid shall obey the King of England in like manner as they have obey'd either the King of France or the Earl of Guisnes All which things of Merk and Calais being contained in this present Article and the Article next preceding We to hold in Demain except the Heritage of the Churches which shall still remain entirely to the said Churches wheresoever they be and also except the Heritage of other People of Merk and Calais under the value of an 100 l. Land per annum of Money currant in that Country which Inheritances shall remain to them even to the Value abovesaid and under But the Habitations and Inheritances within the Town of Calais with their Appurtenances shall abide still to the Inhabitants And also in the Lands Towns and Earldom of Guisnes all their Demains shall still remain unto them except what hath been said before of the foresaid Limits and Bounds in the Article of Calais Also y y Article 6. all the Isles adjacent to the Lands Countries and Places before-named with all other Isles the which we held at the time of the said Treaty And it is agreed z z Article 7. that our said Brother and his Eldest Son should renounce all manner of Soveraignty Resort and Rights that he or either of them should have and that We shall hold them as his Neighbour without any Resort or Soveraignty to our said Brother or to the Realm of France and all the Right that our said Brother hath in the foresaid Things he yieldeth and conveyeth unto Us for ever And also it is agreed that We likewise and our said Son do expresly renounce all things that ought not to be granted unto Us by this Treaty and especially the Name Right and Title to the Crown of France and to the Realm and to the Homage and Soveraignty thereof as also to the Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy of the County of Touraine of the Counties of Anjou and of Maine and of the Sovereignty and Homage of the Dutchy of Bretagne except the Right of the Earl of Montford which he ought to have or might have in the Dutchy and Country of Bretagne the which we reserve and by express Words put clean out of this Treaty Saving that We and our said Brother when we come to Calais shall order that Matter by Advice of our Councils there as we hope so as to settle Peâ—ce and Concord between the said Earl of Montford and our Cousin the Lord Charles of Blois who challengeth and demandeth the Right to the Heritage of Bretagne And We renounce all other Demands that we do or may make whatsoever they be except such things aforesaid as ought to remain unto Us and to be deliver'd unto Us by Vertue
of this Treaty And that We transfer and convey away all the Right which We might have in any of these Things that ought not to be delivered to Us by Vertue of this Treaty Concerning all which Things after divers Alterations about the same especially because the said Renuntiation Conveyance Quitting and Leaving of all the said Things should be accomplished as soon as our said Brother hath deliver'd unto Us or to our Deputies the City and Castle of Poictiers with all the Land and County of Poictou and the Fee of Thoüars the City and Castle of Agen and all the Land and Country of Agâ—nois the City and Castle of Perigeux and all the Land and Country of Perigord the City and Castle of Caâ—â—rs and all the Land of Quercy the City and Castle of Rodes and all the Land and Country of Rouvergue the City and Castle of Sainctes and all the Land thereunto belonging the City and Castle of Limoges and whatever We or any of the Kings of England anciently held in the Town of Monstrevil with the Appurtenances also the County of Ponthieu whole and entirely save and except according to the Tenor of the Article contained in the said Treaty where it maketh mention of the said County also the Castle and Town of Calais and the Castle Town and Lordship of Sangate Coulogne Hames Wale and Oye with the Lands Rivers Marishes Woods Rents Lordships and other things contained in the Article thereof making mention Also the Castle Town and whole County of Guisnes with all the Lands Castles Towns Forts Places Men Homages Lordships Woods Forests and other Rights according to the Tenor of the Article thereof making mention more plainly in the said Treaty with the Isles that we hold already that is to say at the time of the said Treaty and Peace I say concerning all these Things We and our Brother the French King have promised by Faith and Oath each to other the same Treaty and Peace to hold keep and accomplish and not to do any thing contrary thereto and both We and our said Brother and our Eldest Sons are mutually bound by Obligation and Promise by Faith and Oath the one Part to the Other except certain mutual Renuntiations according to the Tenor and Form of the said Articles and Peace as followeth * * Article 8. c. Item it is agreed that the King of France and his Eldest Son the Regent for them and for their Heirs for ever as soon as may be and at the farthest by the Feast of St. Michael next coming in one Year without Fraud or Deceit shall render yield and deliver to the said King of England his Heirs and Successors and convey unto them all the Honours Obediences Homages Allegiances Vassalages Fiefs Services Recognisances Rights Fealties and Imperial Jurisdictions High or Low Resorts Safeguards Advousons Patronages of Churches Lordships and Sovereignties that appertain or may appertain in any manner of wise to the Kings and to the Crown of France or to any other Person because of the King or of the Crown of France wheresoever it be in Cities Towns Castles Lands Isles Countries and Places before-named or in any of them or their Appurtenances and Appendages whatsoever whether Dukes Earls Vicounts Archbishops or other Prelates of Holy Church Barons Nobles and others nothing thereof being to the Kings or Successors of the Crown of France reserved so that neither They nor any of their Heirs or Successors nor any French Kings nor Others by reason of the King or Crown of France make any Challenge or Demand in time to come of the King of England his Heirs or Successors or any of his Men or Subjects aforesaid because of the said Countries or Places So that all Persons aforesaid their Heirs and Successors and all other Persons Cities Counties Lands Countries Isles Castles and Places aforesaid and all their Appurtenances and Appendages shall hold of the King of England perpetually peaceably and freely the said King of England to have over them Dominion Sovereignty Obeisance Allegiance and Jurisdiction as the Predecessors of the French King have had in time past and that the Kings of England their Heirs and Successors shall have and hold peaceably all the foresaid Countries in their full Franchises and Liberties for ever as Lords and Liege Sovereigns and as Neighbours to the King and Realm of France without Acknowledging of any Sovereignty Obeisance Homage Resort or Subjection and without doing in time to come any manner of Service or Recognisance to the King or to the Crown of France for the Cities Counties Castles Countries Lands Isles Places and Persons before-named or for any of them Also it is accorded that the French King and his Eldest Son shall expresly Renounce the said Resorts and Sovereignty and all the Right that they have or may have in all these Things such as by this present Treaty ought to appertain to the King of England and in like manner the King of England and his Eldest Son Renounceth all things such as by this present Treaty ought not to be deliver'd unto him and Renounceth all other Demands of the Realm of France and especially the Name Right Claim and Arms of the Crown and Realm of France the Homage Sovereignty and Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy and of the Dutchy of Touraine and of the Counties of Anjou and Maine and of the Sovereignty and Homage of the Earldom and County of Flanders and all other Demands which the King of England made at the time of the said Claim or might make in time to come to the said Realm of France by any manner of Cause whatsoever except all that by this Treaty ought to be deliver'd to the King of England and his Heirs And they to transfer convey and mutually quit each King to the Other for ever all the Right which they ought otherwise to have in these things which by this present Treaty are to be deliver'd to each of them at the Time and Place when and where the said Renunciations shall be exchanged And because that our said Brother of France and his Eldest Son to hold and perform the Articles of the said Peace have expresly Renounced the Resorts and Sovereignties comprised in the said Articles and all the Right which they ought to have or might have in all the said things which our said Brother hath deliver'd and left unto Us and all other things which from henceforth shall abide and pertain to Us by Vertue of the said Treaty and Peace We also in like manner expresly renounce all such Things as by the said Treaty are not to be deliver'd unto Us or to our Heirs And likewise all Demands that we have made or might make of our said Brother of France and particularly the Name and Right of the Crown and Realm of France the Homage Sovereignty and Demain of the Dutchy of Normandy and of the Dutchy of Touraine and of the Counties of Anjou and Maine and the Homage and
the Eve of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin or as some say z Dugd. Warw. p. 165. ex Esc 35. Ed. 3. p. 1. n. 122. on the Tuesday after the said Feast which that Year fell on the 30th of March. England had less wanted him now that the War was ended if he had not been as Eminent for Counsel in Peace as he was remarkable for Military performances He was only Son to Henry de Torto-Collo who was younger Brother and next Heir to Thomas Earl of Lancaster who was Eldest Son to Edmund Sirnamed Crouchback Second Son to King Henry III of England and Brother to King Edward the First Grandfather to King Edward the Third This Illustrious Person in his life time did nothing degenerate from the Blood Royal of England of which he so largely partook as may be seen in those many foregoing Passages of this History which speak of his Warlike Actions His many Heroick Vertues obtain'd him the Glorious Sirname of Good he being generally called the Good Duke of Lancaster Wherefore his Death was universally Lamented especially by the Poor by the Clergy and by Scholars to whom he was a Constant Friend and Patron Nor was King Edward a Frois c. 216. less concerned for the loss of so Renowned a Kinsman and Captain as were also all the Barons of England Lords Knights and Esquires For he was in his Days an Ornament to the Nobility a Patron to the Church a Prop to Learning a Glory to the Souldiery and a shield unto his Prince He was b Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 789. buried on the South-side of the High-Altar in the Collegiate Church of Leicester which c Knighton p. 2625. Speed's Maps in Leicester himself had founded and set over it one Dean Twelve Canons Prebendaries as many Vicars and others all sufficiently provided with Revenues Besides he consummated the Hospital there which his Father had begun wherein were maintain'd an 100 Infirm and Poor people d Stow p. 265. 50 Men and 50 Women together with 10 lusty and able Women to serve the said Infirm Ones with Meat and Drink and other bodily Necessaries day and night Both which Hospital and College of Canons he sufficiently endowed for ever and indeed they were the Greatest Ornament of that City until the heavy Hand of King Henry VIII among other the like Foundations laid their Ruines at his own Feet At which time the College Lands d Stow p. 265. were valued at 595 pounds 7 shillings and 6 pence per annum He left behind him two Daughters his Heirs the Lady Mathilda the Eldest then 22 Years of Age at that time Married to William of Bavaria Son to Lewis the Emperour and Duke of Zealand Holland Hainalt and Friseland the other Daughter named Blanch then 19 Years of Age and the Wife of John of Gaunt Earl of Richmond but upon the Death of her Eldest Sister which happen'd shortly after without Issue in her Right Duke of Lancaster Earl of Darby Lincoln and Leicester Steward of England and also Lord of Brigerac Beaufort and Nogent Who had by her Henry Sirnamed of Bolingbroke who afterwards traiterously deposing King Richard the Second became King of England by the Name of Henry IV. Soon after his Death the Lady f Knighton p. 2625. Mathilda his Eldest Daughter came into England to claim her Purparty of the Inheritance where she died presently being g Id. p. 2626. n. 31. as was thought poison'd that the Inheritance might not be divided among Foreigners but go entirely as thereupon it did to her Younger Sister who was Married in England Besides this Great Prince there h Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 127. died this Year of the same Plague the Lord John Moubray a most Valiant and Noble Knight of England who was styled Lord of the Isle of Haxiholme and of the Honours of Gower and Brembre He died at York on the 4th of October leaving behind him John his Son and Heir a Valiant Young Gentleman then of full Age whom he had by his Wife the Lady Joan of Lancaster Sister to the Duke of Lancaster aforesaid But this Young Lord John Moubray brought more i Dudg ibid. p. 128. Honour and Possessions to his House and Name by taking unto him for Wife the Lady Elisabeth Daughter and Heir to John Lord Seagrave by Margaret his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Thomas of Brotherton k Fifth Son but Second surviving Second Son to King Edward the First Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England From which Marriage l Sandford's Geneal Hist p. 110. are Descended all the Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Nottingham of the Sirname of Moubray and Howard the Earls of Suffolk and Barkshire and particularly the Thrice Noble Henry Lord Mordant the present Earl of Peterborough m Dugd. Bar. 2 Vol. p. 279. p. 312. Son of John Earl of Peterborough by his Lady Elisabeth sole Daughter and Heir of William Howard Lord Effingham Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham Nor ought We to forget the Death of the Valiant Lord n Dugd. 1 Vol. p. 653. Mills Catal. Honer p. 531. Edward Montague Brother to William the first Earl of Salisbury of that Name which happen'd in this Year he leaving behind him only one Daughter at that time XII Years of Age then Wife to the Lord William Hufford Eldest Son to the Earl of Suffolk Besides this o Dugd. 2 Vol. p. 68. there died the Lord Reginald Cobham a Baron of great Renown in those days leaving behind him a Son of his own Name and Character Also William p Id. 1 Vol. p. 447. Lord Fitz-Warine of the House of the Lord Fulk Fitz-Warine and Sr. Nicolas q Id. 2 Vol. p. 89. St. Maure alià s Seymor a considerable Baron of the Realm Besides whom there were now taken away six Bishops r Walsing hist p. 171. Gedw Catal. Bps Stow p. 265. as Michael Northborough alià s Northbrook Bishop of London who was succeeded by Simon Sudbury Reginald Brian Bishop of Worcester whose Chair was supply'd by John Barnet Thomas Lylde Bishop of Ely a good Benefactor to Peter-House College in Cambridge whose loss was repaired by the Succession of Simon Langham also Robert Stratford Bishop of Chichester into whose place came William Lenne alià s Lenlimere and John Synwell Bishop of Lincoln whose Successor was John Buckingham Lord Privy Seal but these two latter died in the beginning of the next Year There died also at this time that Famous Scholar Richard Fitz-Ralph Archbishop of Armagh Primate of Ireland and Chancellour of the University of Oxford of whom we Å¿ Huius hist l. 3. c. 3. §. 15. p. 552. have spoken more largely elsewhere Only it is here to be added that this Archbishop t Vid. Odâ—r Rainal ad ann 1358. § 6. Wad in Annal. Minor. Tem. 4. ad cund ann had such a Reputation for Holiness and Integrity of Life that he is said to
or other Instruments whereby Men may know the Encrease or Decrease of the Sea. In time of War the same may be to less harm and after taken away That the Acquittance of the Co-Executors refusing Administration may be void The Law shall be used as heretofore It is agreed that no Man be punished contrary to the Statute Such Commissions as were to enquire of Scotch Labourers within the Realm were repealed The Print touching the Pardon of Forest Matters Chap. 4. agreeth with the Record The Print touching the Staple to be removed from Calais because of the Wars and to be held in England Chap. 1. differs much in Form from the Record quod nota The next Day being the Twelfth of June the King gave his Thanks to the Lords and Commons for their great Pains and for the Aid they had given him And in some sort of Recompence promised to all such as should pass over Sea with him against the French that they should enjoy and possess all such Towns Castles Possessions Persons Names Arms and Honours as they should obtain win conquer or take of the French to them and their Heirs in Fee saving unto the King all Regalities and the Lands of the Church and that every Person should have Charters of his own Prowess and Conquest And further the King commanded that all the Bishops should not only muster their own Servants and Tenants but also all Parsons Vicars and other Religious Persons of the Clergy all who were to be in a readiness upon Occasion to resist the Common Enemy And then the Parliament brake up XI One thing here We must not omit namely a Matter concerning the Bounty of the Generous Black-Prince extended to the truly Loyal and Valiant Gentleman the Lord John Greilly that Famous Captal of Busche To whom he granted about this time the whole County of Bigorre in tail reserving yearly at Christmas a Faulcon and a Tercel Gentle to be paid at his Castle of Bourdeaux besides the known Services due out of that County whereof he gave him his Charter h Extant Gallico idiemate apud Selden's Titles of Honour Part. 2. c. 3. §. 13. p. 518. EDWARD Eldest Son of the King of England Prince of Aquitaine and of Wales Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester Lord of Biscay and of the Castle of Ordiales to all who shall see or hear these Letters We give to know That for the good and agreeable Services which our Right Dear and Loyal Cousin John de Greilly Captal of Busche hath rendred unto Us heretofore and which He and his may render unto Us and Ours in time to come We have given and granted and by these Presents do give and grant to Him and his Heirs Male Lawfully begotten the County of Bigorre with the Cities Towns Castles Lands Seignories Homages Jurisdictions High Mean and Low Meer and Mixt Empire Rights Cens and Rents Revenues and other Profits Emoluments and Appurtenances of the said County He rendring unto Us and our Heirs every Year for ever at our Castle of Bourdeaux at the Feast of Christmas a Faulcon and a Tercellet Gentle and doing unto Us and our Heirs Liege Homage and Oath of Fealty Resorts and other Duties which ought to be done to Us for the said County In Witness of which We have caused to be put to these our Letters Patents our Great Seal Given at our City of Angoulesme the 27 day of June in the Year of Grace MCCCLXIX This Grant of the Prince's to that Noble Lord was in i Rot. Vasc 44. Ed. 3. m. 8. n. 4. April following confirmed by the King his Father under the Great Seal of England only reserving to the King and his Heirs Kings of England the Liege Homage of the said John and of his Heirs for the said County and also the Sovereignty and Resort of the said Earldom and all other Duties to Him as Superior Lord due therefrom And so Command was sent from the King to all States and Officers in that County to be obedient and answerable to the said John Greilly as to the Earl of the said Earldom of Bigorre in all things pertaining to the said Earldom CHAPTER the FIFTH The CONTENTS I. The Dukes of Anjou and Berry begin to War upon the Principality several English and French Captains alter their Copies II. The Earls of Cambridge and Pembroke are sent over by King Edward to the Prince's Assistance and Sr. Hugh Calverley returns out of Spain with 6000 Companions The Latter is sent by the Prince to make War upon the Discontented Gascogners and the two Former against the Lands of the Earl of Perigort where they lay Siege to Bourdeilles III. Sr. Simon Burley taken Prisoner by the French and his Men all routed slain or taken IV. The Lord John Chandos takes the strong Town of Terrieres Realville besieged by the French. V. The Dukes of Anjou and Berry make use of the Clergy to debauch the hearts of the English Subjects in France from their Duty King Charles makes solemn Processions and is very devout in order to raise up the Courages of his People The Bishop of London sets forth King Edward's Right to the People from his Pulpit Both the Kings seek foreign Alliances VI. The Two Kings set forth an Account of their several Causes to the World with certain Copies of both their Cases as they were then menaged by the best Lawyers of Italy France and England VII The Reasons whereby the French pretend to cut off from King Edward and his Posterity not only all Right to the Crown of France but also from his Right to Aquitaine which yet had belonged to England in Right of the Lady Eleanor Daughter and Heiress to William last Duke of Aquitaine and Wife to King Henry the Second of England VIII The Pedigree of the Kings of France from King Philip Son of St. Lewis to King Charles the Fair Brother of Queen Isabell Mother of King Edward the Third IX Reasons alledged by the King of England for his Right and Title to the Crown of France I. THE mean while a Frois c. 248. 249. as soon as ever the Dukes of Anjou and Berry knew for certain that the Defiance was made and the War between the two Crowns open they thought not to sleep any longer but made their Special Summons the One in Auvergne and the other about Tholouse with design to raise Forces and go and make War upon the Principality The Duke of Berry for his part had ready at his Command all the Barons of Auvergne of the Bishopricks of Lyon and of Mascon together with the Lord of Beaujeu the Lord of Villiers the Lord of Tournon Sr. Godfrey of Boulogne Sr. John of Armagnac Sr. John de Villemur the Lord of Montagu the Lord of Tarascon Sr. Hugh Dauphin the Lord of Rochefort and divers others with all whom he drew toward Berry and the Marches of Touraine where being mightily reinforced he began to make terrible War upon
Durham another of Suffolk and another Archdeacon of York another Prebendary of Thame and Nassington another Prebendary of Yorkes in the Dioecese of York have divers other the best Dignities in England and have sent over Yearly unto them 20000 Marks over and above that which English Brokers lying here have That the Pope to ransom Frenchmen the King's Enemies who defend Lombardy for him doth always at his Pleasure levy a Subsidy of the b In M.S. Sr. Rob. Cotton legitur Holy. Whole Clergy of England That the Pope for more Gain maketh sundry Translations of all the Bishopricks and other Dignities within the Realm That the Pope's Collector hath this Year taken to his Use the First-Fruits of all Benefices That therefore it would be good to renew all the Statutes against Provisions from Rome since the Pope reserveth all the Benefices of the World for his own proper Gift and hath within this Year created Twelve new Cardinals so that now there are Thirty whereas there were wont to be but Twelve in all and all the said Thirty Cardinals except Two or Three are the King's Enemies That the Pope in time will give the Temporal Mannors of Dignities to the King's Enemies since he dayly usurpeth upon the Realm and the King's Regality That all Houses and Corporations of Religion which from the King ought to have free Elections of their Heads the Pope hath now c Vid. Skinner's Etymolog accroached the same unto himself That in all Legations from the Pope whatsoever the English Clergy beareth the Charge of the Legates and all for the Goodness of our Money It also appeareth that if the Money of the Realm were as plentifull as ever the Collector aforesaid with the Cardinals Proctors would soon convey away the same For Remedy whereof it may be provided that no such Collector or Proctor do remain in England upon pain of Life and Limb and that on the like Pain no Englishman become any such Collector or Proctor or remain at the Court of Rome For better Information hereof and namely touching the Pope's Collector for that the Whole Clergy being Obedient to him dare not displease him it were good that Dr. John Strensall Parson of St. Botolphs in Holborn may be sent for to come before the Lords and Commons of this Parliament who being straightly charged can declare much more for that he served the same Collector in House five Years The Commons require that the Statute made in 14 Ed. 3. that the King's Ward should be committed to the next Heir of the Ward to whom the Lands cannot descend he yielding therefore as much as another would might be confirmed The King granteth thereto saving his Regality That time of Prescription in Writ of Right may be from the Coronation of King Edward the First and in Writs of Mort D'Auncester nuper Obiit d In hec lâ—co jus Cognationis significat Cosenage c Vid. Cowell in hac vece Ayel and such other Writs may be from the Coronation of the King now being The King will be advis'd for Changing the Law heretofore used That no Alien do enjoy any Living that hath Cure or requireth Residence This Bill is answer'd before in the two long Bills of Rome For that Errors had before Justices of Assise are Revocable before the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas they require that the Chief Justice there be appointed no Justice of Assise The King granteth when the Number may spare him That a General Pardon may be of all Misprisions and Intrusions made into any Lands holden of the King in Chief The King will shew Favour where him liketh That they may have an Action of Account against the Executors of the Guardian in Soccage The King will be advised untill next Parliament That Restitution may be made to Englishmen Farmers of any Religious Aliens House Touching Farmers abovesaid the King granteth so it concern Priors Churches Conventual Collegiate and Parochial but for English Governours the King will be advised That no Special Grant be made to any Man for singular Profit which may redound to the Disadvantage of the King or Realm Let them declare themselves more particularly That the Statute made for Buyers in f Inter Statuta Gallica M.S. Câ—ll Eman. ipud Cantabr ut Statata Anglica impressa nil tale occurrâ—â— sed potrus reseruntur ad An. 27. Ed. 3. c. 10. 36 Ed. 3. tit 10. c. may be kept and that Justices of the Peace may enquire of the same The Statutes therefore made shall stand and the Justices of the Peace shall determine the same That an Infant within Age levying a Fine may have Respit two or three Years after his full Age to reverse the same The King will be advised That no Alien be made Head of any Religious House belonging to Aliens and that during the Wars all French Religious Persons may be banished the Realm To this nothing was done Certain being taken Prisoners and unable to ransom themselves viz. Sr. Matthew Gournay Sr. Matthew Redmayne Sr. Thomas Fowkes Sr. John Harpedon Sr. Gregory Say Sr. Geoffry Werkesley Sr. Robert Twyford Sr. John Bourchier and divers other Good Knights and Esquires pray the King to ransom them The King is willing to do for their Comfort as far as Reason would The Commons of the County of Devon for divers Oppressions done by the Officers of the Stanneries there under Colour of their Liberties require the King by Parliament to explain his Grant to them made which being divided into particular Branches is done but too long to be here abridged The like Bill did the Commons of Cornwall exhibit for the Liberties of their Stanneries the Grant and Answer agreeing with the preceding but that also is too long for this Place The Commons of the County of Cumberland require Aid of the King for the Repairing the City of Carlile being in a manner spoiled and fallen down for that the Townsmen are not able to do the same and also for the Appointing of one to be Warden of the Marches there The Bishops and Lords together with the Earl of Warwick and Sr. Guy Bryan shall assemble and appoint reasonable Order therein The Inhabitants of the Port Towns in England pray that whereas it often happens that a Man or a Boy being in one of their Ships or other Vessels and by misadventure falling therefrom is drowned their Ship or Vessel is thereupon seised as a Deodand and that therein Remedy may be had If the Vessel be upon the Sea it shall be adjudged no Deodand if upon the Fresh-Water let the Owner complain to the King who will extend Favour The Watermen of London complain of leaving of Locks Stanks and Weares upon the River of Thames and namely of a Lock called Hamelden-Lock and for that there is Custom demanded of them passing the Bridges of Stains Windsor and Maiden-head and other Locks against their Franchises As for the Locks and Kidels the Statute made in the
37 of Ed. 3. tit 18. shall be executed And for exacting Money of them at the Bridges aforesaid or elsewhere against their Franchises they shall make their Suit in the Chancery and have their Writs grounded on their Liberties to stay such takings The Commons of the County of Kent complain against the Officers of the Castle of Dover for arresting them by their Catchpoles to answer before them whereunto they are g M.S. Sr. Rob. Cotton hâ—c vocula not intercidit not bound The Officers shall have no Jurisdiction out of the Fee of the Honour and Castle of Dover nor shall make any Process by Capias out of the Liberties of the Cinque-Ports Certain of the Sea-Coasts complain to the King that whereas they by the King 's Appointment with their Ships transported Sr. Thomas Felton Steward of Gascogne and Sr. William Elman Governour of Bayonne unto Bourdeaux and from thence went to the Baye where certain Spanish Gallies notwithstanding the Truce taken between the King the Spaniards and Frenchmen boarded and took them viz. on the tenth of August last past before herein therefore they pray Remedy The King hath done and will do his best for Redress and Restitution The Inhabitants of the Town of Southhampton pray the King to take the Town into his own Hands for that they are not able to pay the Fee-Farm by reason of the great Charge about the Fortification of the same and that he would send thither Men of War for the Defence of the same The King will be advised The Mayor and Commonalty of Winchester pray the King to confirm and grant to them their Liberties in such wise as was last granted to London and that towards the Murage of the same he would give them some Aid of Custom or otherwise The Answer to this is not to be read The Commons of divers Cities and Towns require the payment of certain Moneys lent the King in the time of Thomas Brantingham Bishop of Excester and Treasurer of England They shall be paid as soon as may be The Lords of the Realm and their Tenants pray the King of Remedy against the Riots of divers Cities and Towns for that they enter upon their several Grounds therein claiming Common considering the Wasts thereunto adjoyning may suffice therefore and namely that such of the Townsmen as have not Lands lying with any of the said Lords may have no Common in any of their Lands This Matter is before the Council The Inhabitants of Bath complain that whereas they had a Fair there at the Feast of St. Calixtus the Town of Bristow being but ten Miles from them have raised a Fair at Bristow the same Day and forbidden all their Townsmen of Bristow upon certain Penalties to bring any Wares to the said Fair of Bath for this they pray Remedy It is before the Great Council The Commons of Essex and Suffolk pray that certain Clothes there or elsewhere called Cogware and Kersies made in the said Counties be not within the compass of the Statute of Clothes made in the 47 Ed. 3. h In M.S. c. 41. sed eâ— Statutis câ—rrâ—ge c. 1. The King willeth that they have such Words that the Straight-Ware called Cogware and Kersies made in the said Counties shall not be intended to be comprised in the said Statute nor under the penalty therein The Mayor Aldermen and Commons of the City of London pray that they may enjoy all their Liberties and that no Stranger do keep House or be a Broker or sell Merchandise by Retail The King hath granted thereto conditionally that the same City be well governed saving to the Merchants of the Hans their Liberties The Citizens and Burgesses of divers places there mention'd complain for and in the Name of their respective Cities and Towns that divers of the King's Tenants having i Vide de hâc vece Cowell Spelman Skinner c. Burgage within them do suffer them to fall to decay whereby they are the less able to pay their Fee-farms for which they pray Remedy The Citizens of * M.S. Chester Chichester pray Remedy for that they are impleaded out of the same City for their Freeholds and for that they are driven to appear at Assizes and Sessions contrary to the general Words of their Liberties Let them shew their Charters in the Chancery and they shall have Right They require also Confirmation of their Charters according to that purport Let them also shew their Charters and they shall have Right The Commonalty of Surrey and Sussex pray Remedy that whereas the King out of his Fee-farms paid for the said Counties hath granted to Richard Earl of Arundel the two k M.S. Towns c. in Sr. Rob. Cotton Turns of Sheriffs in the Rapes of Chichester and Arundel worth by the Year 30 l. and certain Rent called Sheringdeld to the Yearly value of 14 l. 19 s. 1 d. yielding therefore yearly 3 l. 6 s. 8 d. The Sheriff may upon his Accompt be discharged thereof Let it be shewed to the King and if it please him that the Earl enjoy the same the Sheriff shall be discharged according to the Quantity if not the Sheriff shall be at his Answer The Burgesses of Southwark pray a Confirmation of their Charter lately burn'd by Casualty Let them make their pursuit in the Chancery and they shall have Right The Mayor and Commons of New-Castle upon Tine complain that whereas the Prior of Tinemouth Parcel of St. John of Jerusalem in England by cautelous and suborned means brought his Writ of Freehold in Fernham and put in View and Plaint the greater Parcel in Value of the same Town holden in Farm of the Crown time out of Mind and recovered Whereupon Order was taken that the same Justice of Assize should not in that Assize have a procedendo but that the Chancellor should grant a Commission for the Examining of the Truth untill which time the Matter should stay they therefore require that the Assize be no further proceeded in untill the Commission return Remedy is provided in this Parliament as appeareth by another Bill thereunto indorsed The Commons of the Marches m an Estriveling of Estritheng require that Commission may be made to the Lord Percy the Prior of Bridlington Sr. Robert Boynton Sr. Robert Constable Sr. John Snaresby and John Almaric that they may appoint able Persons for the Defence of the same and namely an Arrival between a Place called Earl-Dikes and the Town of Whitby It pleaseth the King. The Commons of the Counties of Essex and Hertford pray that the Sheriff upon his Account be allowed an 100 l. yearly of that which he cannot receive Let them search the Exchequer or Treasury or elsewhere for the Causes of the Distress of those Farms for two years now ensuing and in the mean time the Sheriff shall have pardon of an Hundred Marks The Commons of the City of Rochester pray that the n Ità Sr. Rob. Cotton sed in
M.S. Sheriff Clerk of the Market may have nothing to do within the said City He shall make Assay and due Punishment of such as make Default without taking any Fines in Gross of the same Town where he doth not his Office. The Commons of the City of Northampton shew that the Sheriff is yearly charged with an Hundred Pounds for the profit of the Shire where he knows not how to leavy above fifty three Pounds three Shillings four Pence and pray Consideration thereof may be had Let them declare their Request in special manner They pray a Pardon of all Forfeitures supposed to be done by any of them whereof they were not attainted in all their Life and that no such hereafter be made The King will be advised That the Process of such as be at Issue and do not within one Year after sue out their Nisi Prius be discontinued and had for nothing The Law heretofore used shall stand That no Man on pain of Losing all he hath do carry forth Corn out of the Realm but only for the Provision of Calais The Liege People shall have leave to convey Corn whither they please for their most Advantage The Commonalty of Nottingham Darby and Lincoln and of the Town of Nottingham require that by the King's Letters Patents the County and Town of Nottingham aforesaid may appoint two Guardians who may purchase Lands unto them and their Successors for the Maintenance of a Bridge called Heibeth-Bridge nigh unto the Town of Nottingham The King will be advised That the like Order that is made in London against the Horrible vice of Usury may be observed throughout the whole Realm The old Law shall continue That Recovery may he had and an Attourney by a Writ of Assize of Novel Disseisin of Nusance made to a Miln or to the Frank-Tenant of Nusance made in times past as heretofore Let the Common Law run They require that Remedy may be had against certain Lombards who named themselves to be of the Company of Askertines or of Stroze or other the like and thereby have upon Credit bought Wooll of Englishmen some to the value of thirty Pounds and some twenty Pounds and some have departed to the great undoing of divers Englishmen as Thomas Blanchered Nicolas John and other their Factors lately did It is before the Great Council For the Tryal of any Man's Birth whereupon Inheritance doth stand that the Inquest for the Tryal may be of the County where the Birth is laid and not where the Writ is brought The Old Law therein shall be observed That the Kings Carriage for himself and his Houshold may be of Carts and Horses of his own and not to charge the Commons therewith and to remember the Court of Marshalsey for there is great Complaint thereof throughout the whole Realm The King knoweth not how these things are brought to pass But if they be he will charge the Steward and other Officers to make Redress And as to the Article of the Marshalsey let it be declared The Merchants of the Staple require to be eased of divers new Impositions as Chalking p i.e. Vect 〈◊〉 〈…〉 〈◊〉 c. Vâ—d D. Skinâ—â—r c. Tronage Wharfage c. The King would make no new Impositions but that the same be enquired of if it be needfull That Commandment may be made to the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace of every Shire to raise the Power of the Shire for repressing of Routs and Riots The King will appoint Order and willeth that the Statute be executed They require that good regard may be had for the Keeping of the Castle of Nottingham wherein the Sons of Sr. Charles of Blois are under the Keeping of a Stranger not able to answer therefore whereas by Record it appeareth that the Keeper of that Castle was wont to be an Earl of the Realm Let it be declared before the King and the Great Council The Commonalty of Cities and Towns pray that such Parcel and Hamlets of Towns lying near to the Walls of their Cities and Towns and yet not belonging to the same may be contributory to all Charges within such their Walled Cities and Towns and that the Mayors and Bayliffs of the same may arrest all Breakers of the Peace there The King meaneth thereof to be advised That it would please the King to pardon the Commons of Northumberland all Issues and Amercements lost in any of the Kings Courts from Ano. 48. Ed 3. unto this present The King will be advised The Commons of Southampton pray Remedy against the Extortions of the Lord Nevil for not paying Men their Wages whereby the Souldiers spoiled the Country to the Value of 400 l. and that Remedy may be provided for the future The Offender shall answer for the time past and for the time to come the King will provide Remedy The Commons of Norfolk require that Payment be made to them and to all the Countries for sheep taken by the Purveyors far under the Price against the Statute The Bill is otherwise answer'd within the Bill of Buyers That the poor Commons of Yarmouth who came to the Parliament to complain of the Oppressions done unto them by the Rich of the same Town may be in the Kings Protection sworn and examined for the Profit of the King. It pleaseth the King. The Commons of the Dioecess of York complain of the outragious taking of the Bishop and his Clerks for Admission of Priests to their Benefices Who hath most cause let him sue by the Law. The Commons of the Hundred of Gestling in Sussex desire Remedy forasmuch as the Cinque-Ports have bought half the said Hundred and will not contribute any thing to them It is before the Great Council The Commons of Worcestershire Salop and Stafford Hereford Bristol and Gloucester desire Remedy for that the Merchants of those Shires in travelling to Calais are oft arrested for the trespasses and debts of other Men with whom they have no Acquaintance or Doing And also that such as being of the Marches of Wales and County of Chester and rob in the Counties first-recited or commit any other Felonies or Trespasses and being thereof attainted in such Shires where the Felonies are done may therefore lose their Goods and Lands to their Lords Let the old Law there be kept That no Woollen Yarn be carried out of the Realm or sold to any Person but imployed in Draping No such Yarn shall pass out of the Realm upon pain of forfeiture That all Liberties granted to Cities or Towns may be confirmed and no Farmers of any such Liberties be Disturbers of the same Let them shew their Charters in the Chancery and they shall have Right The Poor Commons of Great Yarmouth pray that they may freely buy and sell and chiefly in the Fishing time according to their Charter and not to be oppressed by the Rich. Let them shew their Grievances in particular before the Great Council and they shall be heard The Commons of
shall be heard That if any Religious Person taketh the Profits of any Lands whereby it may be thought to be within the Compass of the Statute de Religiosis that then the King or Chief Lord may enter upon the same The King intendeth not to change the Laws That the Statutes now made be not Repealed but by Assent of Parliament and that the Statute of Purveyors may be executed The Statutes cannot be Repealed otherwise and as for Purveyors the Law made shall stand That the Knights Fees for coming to the Parliament may be levied of the whole County as well within Liberties as without except Cities and Towns and the bound Tenants of such as come by Writ to Parliament Let it be as it hath been used That no Ordinance be made at the Petition of the Clergy without Assent of Parliament and that no Man be bound by any of their Constitutions made for their Advantage Let this be more particularly declared That such as have u Vid. Gulielm Somneri Glosâ—ar in Visus-Franci-Plegii view of Frank-pledge may have the Correction of Taverners It is no Article thereof That none of the Commons be appointed Collector of this Subsidy The King granteth it That the Protection of such as lie about Calais or in Picardy only to delay such as sue them may be Repealed and no such from henceforth granted Let the Kings Council be informed of such Covin and it shall be redressed That certain Engines used to the Destruction of Fish and called Wonderecheone in the manner of a Drag being used in Havens and Creeks may be forbidden Commission to certain to enquire and to certifie shall be made whereupon Order shall be taken therein They pray Remedy against such Debtors as to defraud their Creditors make Feoffments by Covin and thereupon fly into Sanctuary Vpon the finding of such Feoffments to be so made the Creditors shall have Execution of such Lands as thô no such Feoffments were made That the King would pardon all Piracies and Felonies done upon the Sea except such as be Impeached of the Death of Sr. Henry de la Haye or of such as be Impeached at the suit of the Party The King will shew Pardon where him liketh That divers having in their Charters That no Seneschal Marshal or Clerk of the Mercate do intermeddle with their Liberties are thereby little the Better for that those Officers do intermeddle because these Words are wanting Tam in praesentiâ nostrâ quà m alibi That therefore it be commanded that none of those Officers do intermeddle The King would have them to be allowed according to Law and Reason as it hath been heretofore used That no Customs of Woollen Cloaths granted in 44 Ed. 3. be paid unless the same be Fulled The King hath commanded that no Woollen Cloths be carried out of the Realm before they be Fulled and that no Customs be paid before such Fulling That such Loanes as were lent in the time of Thomas Brentingham Bishop of Excester and Treasurer of England may be now paid It shall be so soon as may be That no Tythe be paid for Sea-coals It shall be as it hath been That no Fines be taken for any Writs according to that of the Great Charter Nulli Vendemus Justitiam Let it be according to the Discretion of the Chancellour as it hath been That no Knight Esquire or other be appointed for Sheriffs Escheators Coroners Collectors or such like after his Age of 60 Years The King will do herein as him shall please That all Charters heretofore granted may be allow'd and confirmed They shall be allow'd as duly heretofore hath been That every Professed Person of what Sex soever being professed of any Religion and continuing the said Habit to the Age of Fifteen Years may upon Tryal of the same in any of the Kings Courts be in Law utterly debarred of any Inheritance thô he hath a Dispensation from Rome Which Dispensations are the chief Grievance The King and the Lords will provide therefore That some Provision be made that Herring may be better cheap being now grown to an Excessive price Indifferent and able Men by Commission shall see the x Ità M.S. sed Price Sr. Rob. Cotton Place and enquire of the Causes and certifie the same whereupon Order shall be taken The Commons of Devon require that upon return of the Commission touching the Customs of the Stannery there being now done withall in the Chancery the rest of the Liberties of the Stannery may be declared according to the Promise of the last Parliament and that the same be made in Letters-Patents Richard Prince of Wales prayeth that the Declaration made in the last Parliament as touching the Stanneries in Devon and Cornwall may be revoked considering that the same was made neither the Prince nor any of his Council nor any other the Officers being called or made privy thereto Such as stood for the County of Devon pray that they may answer to such as alledge that the said County should seek to hinder the Profit of the said Prince The Circumstances shall be examin'd by the Council of the King and of the Prince and thereupon Order shall be taken The Counties of Leicester and Northampton Huntington and Bedford complain of the Erection of three Mills upon the high Stream of the y Ouse River of St. Ives so that neither Ships nor Boats can pass and whereby they surround all the Grounds about the Towns of Bugden Brampton Godmanchester Herford and Huntington Let the Statute in such case provided be executed The County of Warwick desire that the Goal-house in Warwick being very ruinous may be repaired with the profits of the County aforesaid by the hands of the Sheriffs Let them sue to the Treasurer and others of the Council to have Redress That none such as pass over Woolls or have Ships on the Sea be appointed Customers or Weighers of Woolls The King will appoint such Customers as shall please him The Heirs and Tenants of the Land of the Chief Taxers of the Fifteen do pray that they may be taxed by the Barons of the Exchequer according to the old Rate upon the View thereof without bringing any Writ therefore The Taxation being once reasonably made should seem to continue Divers Counties adjoyning upon the River of Severne desire Remedy for the Course of the said River between Worcester and Bristow which is so straightned that the Grounds thereabouts are thereby surrounded that Ships and Boats cannot pass and many are drowned in their Beds Let certain Lords be appointed to hear and determine this matter That if it shall happen any Man or Boy to be drown'd with a fall out of a Ship or Boat or any other Vessel the said Vessel shall not therefore be a Deodand Being upon the Sea it shall be adjudged no Deodand and being upon a Fresh River the King will shew favour That every Man may be admitted to prove his Age and to sue Livery by the