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C 61/91

Gascon Roll for the 51st year of the reign of Edward III, and the 1st year of Richard II

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Physical condition of the roll

The roll consists of nineteen membranes. There are entries on all of the face sides, but on none of the dorses. The roll is generally in good condition.

C 61/91 51 Edward III (1377) & 1 Richard II (1377-8)

Introduction.

The roll deals almost entirely with the first year of the reign of Richard II, with only the lengthy first entry seeming to be a carry over from the previous reign. The roll, although containing very many entries the like of which we are familiar from previous rolls, is of particular interest because it is the first roll since 1327 which deals with a new reign, and the problems and issues which that throws up. Broadly speaking the contents of the roll fit into four categories - judicial matters, trade, the reward of supporters, and administration and defence, though there is an inevitable amount of overlap between these.

The death of Edward III came at a time when English fortunes were at an extremely low ebb especially when one considers the dizzying heights of English power in the aftermath of the battle of Poitiers in 1356, with the capture of the French king. The minority government of Richard II had therefore to act quickly and decisively. It did this in two distinct ways. The first was to ensure that English military strength was reinforced in the duchy of Aquitaine. To this end strong contingents were put together under Thomas Trivett and Geoffrey d'Argenton, ¹ significantly enhanced with the appointment of John de Neville, lord Neville of Raby, as lieutenant of the king in the duchy, who also took a sizeable retinue with him. ² The dispatch of English troops, and a new lieutenant, was further augmented by Archambaud de Grailly, the captal de Buch, who, with the defection of the lord of Albret to the French, was now the leading supporter of English rule in the duchy. Grailly had been in England, and had done his homage to Richard II at his coronation, ³ and was now sent back to the duchy, having been granted various licences to take victuals and military equipment to supply and reinforce his lands and castles. ⁴

The other method used by the English administration was to reward the remaining loyal Gascons in the duchy, often from the lands and property confiscated from those who had rebelled. Perhaps unsurprisingly Archambaud de Grailly was one of the most important recipients, receiving a confirmation of earlier grants, a positive resolution of his dispute with the city of Bordeaux over his right to enjoy burgess status there despite being a noble, and therefore benefit from the generous toll exemptions, and a compensatory grant of castles, for one lost to French conquests. ⁵ Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan, lord of Rauzan, was also lavishly rewarded with the grant of a house in Bordeaux, of a substantial annuity in compensation for lands lost to the French, and of lands formerly of the lord of Mussidan, a rebel. ⁶ For Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garro, his reward came in the form of an office, a grant of the baylie of Marensin. ⁷ But because there had been friction with Lop, lord of Saint-Julien, who had received a grant of the baylie of Labourd, Gassie-Arnaut was also granted an exemption from Lop's jurisdiction in that office. ⁸ There are many other grants, and it is possible that the confirmations made of rights both to individuals and to communities such as Bordeaux and Bourg, were more than confirmations obtained as security under in a new reign. ⁹

For judicial matters, the roll is dominated by the case brought against Guilhem-Sans IV de Pommiers, vicomte of Fronsac, which accounts for three and half membranes of the nineteen contained within the roll. ¹⁰ This is without doubt the most important case on the roll, the judgment against the vicomte, who was arrested at Libourne in March 1377 and charged with treason and lèse-majesté. ¹¹ The seneschal, Sir Thomas Felton, summoned over forty nobles, many of them from families like that of Pommiers who had long been loyal to the English cause, to hearings held in Bordeaux in April 1377. Pommiers had been persuaded to 'turn French' by Arnaut-Amaniu, lord of Albret, who invited him to his place of Tartas (Landes). The verdict was immediate execution, although Pommiers corpse was permitted to enjoy religious burial in deference to the 'loyal service of his father, other relatives and friends'. ¹² But besides this extensive and important case there are several others of interest. Johan du Mercer, a merchant of Bayonne, had already apparently been through legal action to gain possession of the goods of one Monicot de France, who had died indebted to him. He had been dispossessed of the goods, and sought to have the original judgment upheld, and have recovery of the goods or compensation. ¹³ The mayor, jurats and hundred peers of Bayonne also complained about an abuse of process. In this dispute with the abbot and convent of Sorde, they claimed that the abbot had attempted to divert the case to 'foreign' courts, and painted this as an attempt to usurp royal authority. ¹⁴ Nicholas Bond, kt, had been unlucky. He was owed money by the lord of Albret, and following Albret's forfeiture, he was experiencing great difficulty in recovering the debt from goods confiscated from Albret. Though he had received a grant from the king's father, Edward of Woodstock, prince of Aquitaine, he had had, subsequently, to resort to law, but the judge dealing with the case had ignored Bond's appeal. ¹⁵

As with previous rolls, there are a substantial number of licences and safe-conducts for predominantly English and Gascon merchants to trade between England and Gascony. Most of the licences are standard ones concerning the export of victuals, but some are more unusual. As we have seen, nobles as well as merchants could be the recipients of licences, with Archambaud de Grailly receiving three separate ones, all for wheat, ostensibly to stock his own household and castles. ¹⁶ But he was not the only noble involved in trade, for Richard FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, received a licence to ship wheat from a Sussex port to Bordeaux. ¹⁷ Three further entries concern more unusual goods. Two orders were made to permit Bordeaux and Bayonne merchants to take what is described as 'petit merchandise' to Gascony. This seems to have consisted of leather and textile goods. ¹⁸ One other of the more unusual licences does not involve victuals, for Richard Chamberlain was granted a licence to take 'two tuns of small pieces of tanned leather, and one tun of calf's leather, and ten weys of tallow'. ¹⁹

One final entry of interest concerns the grant of the parish of Cadillac-de-Fronsadais to one Mondina d'Abos. She was formerly the nurse of Richard II, so that her very personal service was rewarded from the spoils of the lands confiscated from Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers. ²⁰

Simon J. Harris & Philip J. Morgan (March 2015)

1.: For Trivett see entry 25 , entry 39 , entry 52 , entry 60 , entry - entry 60.11 , entry 73 , entry 74 , entry 75 & entry 90 ; for d'Argenton, see entry 37 , entry 38 & entry 69 . The sheriff of Devon and others were assigned to supervise the muster of the two contingents ( entry 89 , and in this assignment the size of Trivett's retinue is given as one knight, 78 esquires and 100 archers, while d'Argenton's is given as 20 men-at-arms and 20 archers.
2.: entry 85 , entry 86 , entry 86.1 & entry , entry 93 , entry 93.1 , & entry , entry 94 , entry 94.1 - entry 94.16 , entry 95 , entry 96 , entry 97 , entry 98 , entry 100 , entry 101 , entry 109 & entry 113 .
3.: entry 54 .
4.: entry 40 , entry 42 & entry 67 .
5.: entry , entry 50 , entry 55 & entry 58 .
6.: entry 28 , entry 82 & entry 83 .
7.: entry 23 .
8.: entry 64 . For the grant to Lop, lord of Saint-Julien, see entry 19 .
9.: For the confirmation for Bordeaux, see entry 21 . For the lengthy confirmation for Bourg, including a rare example of a grant in Gascon, see entry 99 .
10.: entry 1 .
11.: Françoise Bériac, 'Guillaume Sanche IV de Pommiers et la noblesse bordelaise en 1377: trahison, fidélité et attentisme,' in Félonie, trahison et reniement au Moyen Age, Cahiers du CRISIMA , no.3, 1997, p. 599-612.
12.: The verdict is printed in AHG , 26 (1888-9), p. 149-63, from an eighteenth-century transcript. Another copy is TNA, E 101/181/6 (now EXT 7/18).
13.: entry 71 .
14.: entry 53 .
15.: entry 121 & entry 122 .
16.: entry 40 , entry 42 & entry 67 .
17.: entry 3 .
18.: entry 34 & entry 35 .
19.: entry 31 .
20.: entry 13 .

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Gascon Roll for the 51st year of the reign of Edward III and the 1st year of the reign of Richard II.

For the rendering of judgment against Guilhem-Sans, lord of Pommiers, in the court of Gascony.

10 April 1377 . ¹ The Bourdeux castle of Bordeaux .

[in French]

Judgment given in the castle of Bordeaux, ² and in the court of Gascony, ³ before Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, for the king of England and France, in judgment on the Friday 10 April 1377, at which day through Felton’s letters patent, by the counsel and advice of his council, given under the seal of his office, the tenor of which follows: ⁴

1 April 1377 . Bourdeux Bordeaux .

[in French]

Order by Feltham Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine , to Guilhem de Pradères , Guilhem Lambert , ⁵ Edilnethon William Edlington , Pey Renelot , deu Buc Hélias Dubuc , and Sobba Martin-Johan de Solba , ⁶ serjeants of the king of France and England, ⁷ and to all other royal serjeants, that upon receiving these letters, without delay, they should go to the captal de Buch [and] vicomte of Benauges , ⁸ the Lespare lord of Lesparre , ⁹ the Muissidan lord of Mussidan , ¹⁰ the lord of Castillon , ¹¹ the lord of Maurian , the lord of Saint-Genès, Bourc Aymeric de Bourg , Bourc Guilhem-Amaniu de Bourg , Lanssac Guilhem-Amaniu de Lansac , delafite Arnaut de Lafitte , Ayquem Arnaut Eyquem , Naudot de la Bernède , the Cascecia lord of Castéra , the Arssac lord of Arsac , delile Guarin de l'Isle , Bertran Caillau , Ebles, Caupene Eblo de Caupenne , ¹² and Caupene Bernin de Caupenne , if they can find them, and if not, to their residences, and charge them to come to Bordeaux on Friday 10 April to advise and give counsel on how to proceed according to the laws and customs there, in the case of the accusation of treason made against Guilhem-Sans [IV], Pomers lord of Pommiers , and Fronssac vicomte of Fronsac .

Pommiers was accused of treason and wickedness towards the king, in having made a common treaty and alliance with the French, and the king’s enemies, to join their party, and to put his places and fortresses in their possession to make war on the king, damaging his peace, and land, and that of his subjects. For this, Pommiers was arrested and put in the castle of Bordeaux ¹³ because the crimes that he was charged with were so great, and touched the estate of the king, and the crown of England. However, Felton did not wish to proceed without the advice, council and deliberation with the lords, barons, knights, esquires and good people of the towns there, who knew the laws, fors and customs there through which the seneschal governed.

1 April 1377 . Bourdeux Bordeaux .

[in French]

Similar letters of Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, ordering Vinherte Johan de Vignerte , ¹⁴ Perulh Ramon-Arnaut de Péreuilh , ¹⁵ Ramon Renelot , ¹⁶ Guiraud Bernat Guiraut , Pey Renelot , and Faiol Pey Fayol , serjeants of the king of France and England, ¹⁷ and all other royal serjeants there, to go to the Lagoyrain lord of Langoiran , ¹⁸ the Roasan lord of Rauzan , ¹⁹ the Monferran lord of Montferrand , ²⁰ the lord of Duras , ²¹ the Puiols lord of Pujols , the Puch Agut captal of Puychagut , the lord of Curton , the Daudenge lord of Audenge , the lord of Budos , ²² the lord of Landiras , ²³ the Roque Cailade lord of Roquetaillade , ²⁴ the Saint Croys’ du Mont lord of Sainte-Croix-du-Mont , la Mote Guiraut de Lamothe, prévôt of Dentre deux Mers Entre-deux-Mers , du Puch Galhart Dupuch , du Puch Guiraudon Dupuch , Guilhem-Ramon de Tastes , Ramon-Bernat de Curton , Junqueyres, Lobasco Hélias de Jonquière, called the Basque , Cascaned Aymar de Castagnède , the Laland lord of la Lande , and Labrede la Brède , [the lord] of Montlaur Montlau , the Angladas lord of Anglade , du Puch Johannot Dupuch , the Cantaloup lord of Canteloup , the lord of Bisqueytan , and Roqueys Pey de Rouqueys , and charge them to come to Bordeaux on Friday 10 April to advise and give counsel on how to proceed according to the laws and customs there in the matter of the accusation of treason against Pommiers.

1 April 1377 . Bourdeux Bordeaux .

[in French]

Similar letters of Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, ordering Martin-Johan de Solba , Ramon Renelot , Duroffort Hélias de Durfort , Ramon de Maures , Renaud Guilhem Reynaud , and Daibuc Hélias Dubuc , serjeants of the king of France and England, and all other royal serjeants there, to go to the governor and consuls of Bragerac Bergerac , the consols of Saint Foy Sainte-Foy , the mayor and jurats of Saint Melion Saint-Émilion , the mayor and jurats of Libourne , the mayor and jurats of Bourc Bourg , the burgesses and good people of Blaye , and charge them to come to Bordeaux on Friday 10 April, or to send two of the most sufficient burgesses, to advise and give counsel on how to proceed according to the laws and customs there.

1 April 1377 . Bourdeux Bordeaux .

[in French]

Similar letters of Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, ordering Ramon Renelot , Edelineton’ William Edlington , Renaud Guilhem Reynaud , and Pey Renelot , serjeants of the king of France and England, and all other royal serjeants there, to go to the jurats and good people of Creon Créon , the jurats and good people of Rions , the jurats and good people of Cadilhac Cadillac , the jurats and good people of Lengon Langon , the jurats and good people of Saint Macharie Saint-Macaire , the jurats and good people of Mont Segueur Monségur , and of Sauveterre and charge them to come to Bordeaux on Friday 10 April, or to send two of the most sufficient burgesses, to advise and give counsel on how to proceed according to the laws and customs there.

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[The seneschal of Aquitaine] wished to cite and adjourn before him the barons, knights, noble jurors and good men of the towns, as expressed in these letters, to advise and counsel how he ought to proceed in this case according to the laws and customs there, the which he wanted to hold and keep loyally, just as he has sworn, the which order was to be executed by Pey Fayol, Arnaut de Maures, William Edlington, and Castilhon Per-Arnaut de Castillon , royal serjeants, to all the barons, knights, esquires, knights, men and loyal towns, and the said letters expressed and declared, except to the towns of Bragerac Bergerac and Saint Foy Sainte-Foy[-la-Grande] , which the serjeants cannot go to because of the perils of the roads because of the present war. The serjeants reported that the following were attending, namely the noble men Molton John de Moulton, kt , mayor of Bordeaux , ²⁵ Bertholomiu Marron , the proctor of the noble baron the Buche captal de Buch [and] vicomte of Benauges , ²⁶ Master Ramon-Bernat lo Tolh, lawyer ( sages en droit ) for the noble baron the Lespare lord of Lesparre , ²⁷ Pey Furt, esquire , for the noble baron the Mussiden lord of Mussidan , ²⁸ Johan de Gibren for the Castelhon de Medouc lord of Castillon-de-Médoc , ²⁹ Maderein Pey de Madéran , clerk for Noalhein Bertran de Noaillan, kt , Maurien lord of Maurian , Lord laberneda Naudot de la Bernède , lord Amaniu, Darssac lord of Arsac , kt , the noble baron the Landireins lord of Landiras , ³⁰ lord Gaylard, du Puch Galhart Dupuch, kt , for himself and for Johannot Dupuch, esquire , Junqueyras, le basco Hélias de Jonquière called the Basque, esquire . They also reported that the following representatives of the towns were also attending: Amaubin Taris, mayor of Saint Melion Saint-Émilion , and several others of the town of Bordeaux and the country surrounding it. The seneschal summoned the court of Gascony again for Saturday 11 April 1377 at 9am ( a houre de tierce ).

11 April 1377 . Castle of Bordeaux .

[in French]

The Saturday 11 April, the seneschal called the summoned persons and the persons who were there on 10 April were still there. And appeared before him as well: Tibaud, Puch Luard Tétbaut de Poyloaut for himself, Pey Torner for the Roasan lord of Rauzan , ³¹ as this latter lord was surrounded by the king's enemies ³² and was not able to come and appears before the seneschal, Johan Rey for the Daudenge lord of Audenge , lord delamota Guiraut de Lamothe, kt , dentre deux mers prévôt of Entre-deux-Mers for himself, sir Caupene Bernin de Caupenne, kt , Arnaut Siméon ³³ for the delalanda lord of la Lande , Arnaut Johan for the Dangladas lord of Anglade , Amauvin AmaubinTaris, Saint Melion mayor of Saint-Émilion and Johan Paon, burgess of Saint-Émilion for the said town of Saint-Émilion , Prevost Guiraut Provost, mayor of Libourne , Arnaut Johan , Master Hélias Aymeric , Guilhem de Saint-Miqueu , Bourc burgesses and inhabitants of the town of Bourg for the said town of Bourg , Jourdein, la Fargua Jordan de Lafargue, Mont Ferrant prévôt of Montferrand ³⁴ and one esquire called the Sauvatge for the lord of Montferrand , Guilhem de Lanau and Guilhem de Conques , for the town of Saint Maquayre Saint-Macaire , Galhart Vebiem , dwelling at Bordeaux for the town of Langon , requests excuses for the inhabitants of Langon because they fear the king's enemies who are laying waste every night around their town, as they informed him and they are excused by the seneschal. And also were excused: Guiraut, lord of Saint-Genès , Cailau Bertran Caillau , lord Lisle Guarin de l'Isle , the Boudos lord of Budos , ³⁵ the Sainta Cros du Mont lord of Sainte-Croix-du-Mont because he is ill, and lord Bourt Guilhem-Amaniu de Bourg , lord Lanssac Guilhem de Lansac and the lord of Curton are excused because they are outside the country, the lord of Duras was excused because he was on the frontier. ³⁶ And as the Roque taillade lord of Roquetaillade , lord Guiraudon Dupuch, lord de las Tastes Guilhem-Ramon de Tastes , lord Ramon-Bernat, bastard of Curton , the mont laur lord of Montlau , the Canta loup lord of Canteloup , the Bisqeyten lord of Bisqueytan , lord Roqueys Pey de Rouqueys , lord la fite Arnaut de Lafitte , lord Podenssac Arnaut-Ayquem de Podensac , the Castecia lord of Castéja , lord Ebles, Caupene Eblo de Caupenne did not appear and are in default.

The seneschal has explained before the court that he had learned that Guilhem-Sans, lord of Pommiers [and] vicomte of Fronsac had made an agreement and alliance with the king's enemies ³⁷ in order to be of their party and deliver to them his places to put two hundred men-at-arms and one hundred crossbowmen in them to wage war on the king [of England] and destroy his country. Trustworthy men have informed the seneschal of this, and this latter has found it was the truth, thus he arrested Guilhem-Sans on 24 March 1377, and his castle and lands have been seized into the king's hand. He has been kept prisoner until today in the castle of Bordeaux. Pommiers confessed many times the truth as it is written below by his own free will and without compulsion, and the seneschal did not want to proceed without good deliberation and their advice. The seneschal has also brought Pommiers before the plenary session of the court [of Gascony]. Pommiers's confession which is as follows has been read to them:

Same as above. .

[in French]

The confession of Guilhem-Sans, kt, lord of Pommiers, vicomte of Fronsac, follows, being made without compulsion:

Pommiers has made a confession before Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, Master Johan de Plassan, clerk of the town of Bordeaux , Master Hellecombe William de Holcombe, lieutenant of the seneschal , Pervost Guiraut Provost, Libourna mayor of Libourne , at Libourne in the refectory of the friars minor of Libourne ³⁸ around nine of the morning on 24 March 1377. ³⁹

Pommiers said that when he was in the Landes ( en las Lanas ) in his place called Usar Uza , Arnaut-Amaniu , Labrit lord of Albret ⁴⁰ sent him several letters, and before when he was at his place of Fronsac the same had sent him several letters saying that he wanted to speak to him at Tartas. ⁴¹ Then Albret sent him a safeconduct in order that Pommiers could go to speak with him at Tartas .

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And Pommiers went there between Christmas 1376 and Candlemas 1377 with Guilhot de Monbisan . ⁴² And when he arrived at Tartas, the lord of Albret put him in a place called le pergeyt de Tartas , ⁴³ and gathered there were Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers, the lord of Albret, Pomeys Amaniu de Pommiers , and Labrit, de Pey d'Albret ⁴⁴ . The lord of Albret said to Guilhem-Sans things he wanted kept secret and Guilhem-Sans swore to keep them secret. The lord of Albret said that when the English besieged Mon Paon Montpon ⁴⁵ , they had destroyed Guilhem-Sans's land and made several damages without compensating him, and then after Norberi [John] Norbury , ⁴⁶ following the order of the seneschal [of Aquitaine], ⁴⁷ took Guilhem-Sans in his place of Fronsac and wanted to take Fronsac, and Guilhem-Sans did not have any profit from the English, so the lord of Albret requested him to follow his way and to accept his advice as he was a close kinsman and wanted his profit and honour. He promised that the king of France would make him great profit [if he rallied to that king], otherwise he would soon be forced to do it, because one day during the following summer ⁴⁸ the king of France planned to have Bordeaux and the land around it, as King Andric Enrique[of Castile] ⁴⁹ was to besiege Bordeaux by sea and the Danyo duke of Anjou ⁵⁰ was to come by the terre gasque ⁵¹ , and the constable [of France] ⁵² and the marschal [of France] ⁵³ would come through the Entre doas mars Entre-deux-Mers , and the lord of Albret said he would have more profit to submit now than later by force. The lord of Albret had promised to Guilhem-Sans that if he wanted to become French, he would obtain for him from the king of France 20,000 fr. and the wages of two hundred men-at-arms and one hundred crossbowmen paid for one year, and they would be put in the place of Fronsac in order to destroy and damage the land of the king of England and France ⁵⁴ and Guilhem-Sans would be captain of Fronsac and of these men. And then Guilhem-Sans replied that he wanted to take advice on these matters especially with his uncle Amaniu de Pommiers, a member of his lineage, and he withdrew with this latter from the same pergeyt in order to have his advice about what the lord of Albret had said. Amaniu de Pommiers said: 'See, lord of Pommiers, you have heard what the lord of Albret advises you, and I advise you to do that by the hand of God! (in raising his hands towards a church of Tartas), if you do not do it, I will do to you all my life all the damage I will be able to do.' Then they returned to see the lord of Albret and Pey d'Albret, and the lord of Albret asked Guilhem-Sans what he had decided and this latter replied he would follow his advice, and he promised to him that he would become 'French' if the lord of Albret made the king of France fulfil the things promised above. The lord of Albret replied he would contact the king of France about them and he requested Guilhem-Sans to return to Fronsac, to keep quiet there and keep secret their agreement until Albret contacted him again.

Then Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers returned to Fronsac and shortly afterwards the Granhols lord of Grignols , ⁵⁵ his brother-in-law, sent him two or three letters requesting him to pay the dowry of his sister and come to talk with him about it, otherwise he would burn and plunder his land so that the lord of Grignols sent him another letter with a safeconduct. Then Guilhem-Sans went with Guilhot de Monbisan to talk with him at Chales Chalais . When he met him the lord of Grignols told him that the king of France had spoken to him and wanted to know if Guilhem-Sans would follow the agreement made with Albret. Guilhem-Sans responded positively so Grignols said: 'See, lord of Pommiers, as this is so, I will quickly return this Easter ⁵⁶ to Paris to talk with the king of France and settle your business, and give me one of your men you trust to do your business there'. Guilhem-Sans gave him Guilhot de Monbisan, one of his esquires, who knew everything about this business and brought day and night in a case around his neck the document concerning this business, and when these agreements would be fulfilled and the money paid, Guilhem-Sans would show himself openly as 'French'. And thereafter, Guilhem-Sans returned to Fronsac and said to Monbisan to pack to go to Paris with the lord of Grignols in order to fulfil the agreements made with the lord of Albret. And Guilhem-Sans showed these agreements to Ayquard Niot Aiquart and this latter told him that if he ⁵⁷ wanted to be the devil, he would be the mother's devil! ⁵⁸ Besides, Guilhem-Sans had shown these agreements to the borc Bastard of Fronsac ⁵⁹ and asked him if he wanted to follow his way. The bastard replied that he did not know and that he wanted to take advice of his brother Meneduc Ménéduc . And the bastard also talked to his wife who did not support this scheme and said: 'Sadly, lord, if you do that you will lose the worth and honour that you and the members of your family have always had'.

Subsequently, on Tuesday 7 April 1377, in the presence of the mighty lords Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, John [de] Moulton, mayor of Bordeaux, Thomas Breton and Gryn John Green , knights, Master depuy Ramon-Guilhem de Puy, judge of the high council for the king of England and France , ⁶⁰ Master Guilhem Boneu, Guascunha judge of Gascony , Master Johan de Plassan, clerk of the town of Bordeu Bordeaux , ⁶¹ Master Holecombe William Holcombe , Master Deubrulh Hélias Dubreuil, king's procurator ⁶² Master Barreyra Guiraut Labarrière , clerk of the court of Gascony . Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers has asserted that his above confession was the truth. Guilhem-Sans was asked if he sent to the duke of Anjou at Tarba Tarbes some of his esquires or his seal according to what the seneschal of Aquitaine had learned. He confessed that he sent his esquire Guilhot de Monbisan to the lord of Albret and his uncle Amaniu de Pommiers, Monbisan gave his seal to Amaniu de Pommiers. Then Guilhem-Sans was asked if the Guabarret Bastard of Gabarret ⁶³ knew that he wanted to become 'French', Guilhem-Sans said that this latter served him well, but was not informed of things of such importance.

Later on Thursday 9 April, in the presence of the mighty lords Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine, John [de] Moulton, mayor of Bordeaux, Thomas Breton and John Green, knights, Master Ramon-Guilhem de Puy, judge of the high council for the king of England and France, ⁶⁴ Master Guilhem Boneu, judge of Gascony, Master Johan de Plassan, clerk of the town of Bordeaux, Master William Holcombe, Master Guiraut Labarrière, clerk of the court of Gascony, Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers admitted again that his confession was true and was made without torture and interrogation. When asked if he sent Guilhot de Monbisan and his seal to the duke of Anjou, he replied that his uncle Amaniu told him to send one esquire and his seal as the duke of Anjou and the lord of Albret wanted to give him letters on what was agreed with him sealed with their seals. When asked if it had been done, Guilhem-Sans replied no as Guilhot de Monbisan had not sealed them with his seal. When asked what he wanted to do with the other places he owned, he replied that he did not take into account the place of Pommiers and its fate was not mentioned as it was worth nothing, the place of Fargas Fargues had been granted to the lord of

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Grignols when he married his sister and it had been promised to him when he was faithful to the king of England, and the place of Uza had to remain to the bordat Bastard of Fronsac if he wanted to follow his change of allegiance, otherwise he would have removed him and would have put Guilhot de Monbisan there instead with ten or fifteen 'lances'. When questioned if he had had to send Guilhot de Monbisan to Paris after having seen the lord of Grignols, Guilhem-Sans replied that he had had to send him with his seal to seal the said agreement mentioned above if the king of France wanted to accept what the lord of Albret had promised him, and in order to get the promised money through Guilhot de Monbisan he had bought a good chest and a big horse, and the remainder of the money was to be taken in cash by the lord of Grignols and this latter was to pay himself the unpaid dower of his sister from this sum of money. Furthermore Guilhem-Sans said that his uncle Amaniu de Pommiers has passed him a letter sent by Guilhot de Monbisan from [his place of] Faugueyrollas Fougueyrolles , ⁶⁵ as Monbisan had requested to speak with him, and when Guilhem-Sans met Monbisan this latter said that Amaniu de Pommiers wanted to tell him that he did not have any answer from the lord of Albret about their agreement, but that Amaniu had to again contact the lord of Albret and he would let him know Albret's will after he would have met him.

Same as above. .

[in French]

When this confession has been read, Guilhem-Sans was asked if this was the truth and if he had heard well the things that had been read. He replied in plenary court that he had heard well all those things and that they were true, and he confirmed them. And that done, they brought out Guilhem-Sans from the court, as it was customary to do in such a case according to the use and custom of the land. Then, Hélias Dubreuil, lawyer ( sage endroyt ), king's procurator [in the duchy of Aquitaine] had pleaded that, as it was publicly known and it had been confessed by Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers himself, and Pommiers had committed treason and the crime of lèse-majesté, and he had been arrested and his goods had been confiscated by the king, the court should sentence him in order to serve as an example for other people wishing to commit such crimes. And Guilhem-Sans' accomplices mentioned in his confession, if they were found, should be banished, and have their goods confiscated in following the local fors and customs, as it had previously been done in similar cases. Dubreuil requested the court to pronounce a sentence.

The [court of Gascony], having heard this confession and request deliberated with the barons, knights, nobles, clerks, lawyers ( sages endroit et en coustume ) and other good men attending the court, and following the advice of the majority of the court ( par avisement et conseil de la plus gran partie de tout la court ) sentenced Guilhem-Sans, lord of Pommiers, vicomte of Fronsac, that since he had been false and a traitor and had committed treason and the crime of lèse-majesté against his lord the king [of England], his rightful lord, his land and the public cause, and his goods having being confiscated, he should be condemned to death, to have his head severed in public in the square of the Ombrière ( en la plasse de Lombree ) ⁶⁶ and all his goods were seized for the king wherever they are. The court decided to give Pommiers a consecrated grave because of the good service of his father ⁶⁷ and his other kinsmen and friends.

This sentence had been given in plenary court in the presence of the men mentioned above, with a great number of lawyers and many other people the same day, month and year as above. ⁶⁸ The seneschal [of Aquitaine] had put the pendant seal of the court of Gascony to this sentence the same day, month and year.

This sentence had been copied on the book of the court of Gascony ( en le livre de la court de Gascoigne en registre ) by la Bariere Guiraut de Labarrière, clerk , public notary , and sworn scribe of the court of Gascony. And he put his signum : G. de la Barreria .

Same as above. .

[in French]

This trial has been enrolled by the order of the king's council, and the king, with the assent of the same council, wishes that all the castles, fortalices, lands and tenements which had been held by Guilhem-Sans, lord of Pommiers, in the regions of Aquitaine, be forfeited and seized to the king by virtue of this trial before the king's court before the said seneschal [of Aquitaine], and be annexed forever to the crown of England. They were not to be given up to any person and be separated from the crown.

1.: The date is described in the opening lines as 'the Friday after the Sunday when men sing in Holy Mother Church quasimodo geniti' - ' le vendredi apres la Dominica que hom chante en Saint Mere glise quasi modo geniti ... '.
2.: The castle of the Ombrière.
3.: The court of Gascony was specifically responsible for the sentencing of noblemen.
4.: For further details about the case, see Françoise Beriac, 'Guillaume Sanche IV de Pommiers et la noblesse bordelaise en 1377: trahison, fidélité et attentisme,' in Félonie, trahison et reniement au Moyen Age, Cahiers du CRISIMA , no.3, 1997, 599-612. The verdict is printed in AHG , 26 (1888-9), 149-63, from an eighteenth-century transcript. The original is TNA, E 101/181/6 (now EXT 7/18).
5.: Mentioned as king's serjeant [in Aquitaine] in an act issued by John Esmere, lieutenant of John Felton, the seneschal of Aquitaine (Bordeaux, 10 March 1376). See Archives Historiques de la Gironde , vol. 7 (Paris-Bordeaux, 1865), p. 252. His full name was Guilhem Lambert du Puch ( de Podio ) and he was appointed as king's general serjeant in the duchy by the seneschal of Gascony John Chiverston on 16 December 1354, see entry in C 61/67 .
6.: Mentioned as king's serjeant [in Aquitaine] in an act issued by John Esmere, lieutenant of John Felton, the seneschal of Aquitaine (Bordeaux, 10 March 1376). See Archives Historiques de la Gironde , vol. 7 (Paris-Bordeaux, 1865), p. 252.
7.: Edward III .
8.: The captal de Buch and vicomte of Benauges was then Archambaud de Grailly (d. 1412), who had just succeeded his nephew Johan III de Grailly who had died at Paris in 1376 prisoner of the king of France Charles V.
9.: Florimont de Lesparre (d. 1394).
10.: Ramon II de Montaut (d. 1406).
11.: Pons VI (d. 1390), lord of Castillon-de-Médoc.
12.: Lord of Cantemerle .
13.: The castle of the Ombrière of Bordeaux.
14.: Mentioned as king's serjeant [in Aquitaine] in an act issued by John Esmere, lieutenant of John Felton, the seneschal of Aquitaine (Bordeaux, 10 March 1376). See Archives Historiques de la Gironde , vol. 7 (Paris-Bordeaux, 1865), p. 252.
15.: Mentioned as king's serjeant [in Aquitaine] in an act issued by John Esmere, lieutenant of John Felton, the seneschal of Aquitaine (Bordeaux, 10 March 1376). See Archives Historiques de la Gironde , vol. 7 (Paris-Bordeaux, 1865), p. 252.
16.: Mentioned as king's serjeant [in Aquitaine] in an act issued by John Esmere, lieutenant of John Felton, the seneschal of Aquitaine (Bordeaux, 10 March 1376). See Archives Historiques de la Gironde , vol. 7 (Paris-Bordeaux, 1865), p. 252.
17.: Edward III.
18.: Bérart III d'Albret (d. 1379).
19.: Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan .
20.: Bertran II de Montferrand .
21.: Galhart II de Durfort .
22.: Tétbaut de Budos .
23.: John de Stratton .
24.: Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe .
25.: The roll and TNA, E 101/181/6 (now EXT 7/18) both write Arn' de Molton , but this is an error since John de Moulton was mayor of Bordeaux since 9 April 1375.
26.: Archambaud de Grailly (d. 1412).
27.: Florimont de Lesparre (d. 1394).
28.: Ramon II de Montaut (d. 1406).
29.: Pons VI de Castillon (d. 1390).
30.: John de Stratton .
31.: Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan .
32.: The French.
33.: A burgess of Bordeaux mentioned in 1381.
34.: The prévôt of the lord of Montferrand (near Bordeaux) for its lordship of Montferrand.
35.: Tétbaut de Budos .
36.: It meant that the lord of Duras was fighting the French on the front.
37.: The French.
38.: Remains of half of the friars' church still survive at Libourne on rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It was commonly known as the 'couvent des Cordeliers'.
39.: New style.
40.: The lord of Albret was then one of the most important Gascon lords of the French party.
41.: Tartas was a possession of the lord of Albret.
42.: The Monbisan family originated in Fronsac. See references to three members of this family in a document of payments to the priory Sainte-Geneviève of Fronsac (1255), in Archives Historiques de la Gironde , 38 (Paris-Bordeaux, 1903), no. XVI, pp. 18 and 24.
43.: A pergeyt was a kind of solid canopy which stood against a wall - often the facade of a house - with two or three sides opened to the outside. It was often called in French auvents, cornières or couverts.
44.: Lord of Guiche .
45.: In 1370.
46.: John Norbury, captain of Libourne in 1377.
47.: Thomas Felton.
48.: Summer 1377.
49.: Enrique II de Trastamara, king of Castile, allied with the king of France Charles V.
50.: Louis de France , duke of Anjou, brother of king of France Charles V.
51.: The terre gasque or in medieval Gascon la terra gasca meaning "the Gascon land", was the small region situated between the borders of the community of Bordeaux (Gradignan) up to the borders of the Bordelais province or the diocese of Bordeaux near Langon. It corresponded to the archpriestry of Cernès. See the map of the 'Anciens diocèses de Bordeaux and Bazas' at the end of B. Guillemain, Le diocèse de Bordeaux (Paris, 1974).
52.: Bertrand du Guesclin (d. 1380).
53.: Louis de Sancerre (d. 1402).
54.: Edward III (d. 21 June 1377).
55.: Hélias III de Talleyrand , married to Assalhida de Pommiers , sister of Guilhem-Sans IV de Pommiers.
56.: On 29 March 1377.
57.: Guilhem-Sans
58.: It meant that Aiquard would follow any decision taken by Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers and would also become 'French'.
59.: Probably a son of the vicomte Ramon VI de Fronsac (d. c. 1363), hence a first cousin of Guilhem-Sans de Pommiers.
60.: Judge of the supreme court of Aquitaine, a court established in 1370 by Edward III.
61.: This means the head of the administration of the community of Bordeaux.
62.: The procurator or proctor 'fiscal' of the king of England in Aquitaine. He had the right to prosecute people on behalf of the king.
63.: This bastard was probably an issue from the co-lords of Langon of the Gabarret family.
64.: Judge of the supreme court of Aquitaine, a court established in 1370 by Edward III.
65.: Amaniu de Pommiers obtained the lordship of Fougueyrolles through his marriage with Maria de Maduran.
66.: The square which was situated before the castle of the Ombrière of Bordeaux, the seat of the Anglo-Gascon administration of the duchy of Aquitaine (or Guyenne).
67.: Guilhem-Sans III de Pommiers who had been one of the two marshals of Aquitaine for Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales, in 1365 and 1366 and was dead before 1369.
68.: On the 11 April 1377.

3: 21 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of grain .

To all admirals, captains, castellans and their lieutenants, keepers of ports and other maritime places, collectors of customers, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful subjects.

Grant of a licence to Richard [FitzAlan], earl of Arundell' Arundel , that he can take 600 quarters of wheat in a ship from a Sussex ports, by his servants and ministers, to Burdeg' Bordeaux , for the sustenance of the king's lieges and faithful subjects. It is ordered that the earl be permitted to take the wheat to Bordeaux, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

For Bertran, lord of Montferrand.

9 June 1377 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life, by the king's special grace, and with the assent of his council, to Bertran [II], lord of Montferant Montferrand , for the service that he has done, and will do in the future, and in consideration of the losses which he has sustained in the present war, of the household, lands, rents, issues, manors, jurisdictions, men questaux ( questus ), ² feriatier' , rights, debts and dues, and all other moveable and immoveable goods which Lebret Bérart [II] d'Albret, kt , late lord of Loguoyran' Langoiran had, held and took, and belong to him in Burdeg' Bordeaux , and in the baylie of the same, except the places, lands, rights and dues in Tiran and Bussak Bussac , and their appurtenances. The king further grants to Bertran all the lands and dues which Albret had in the town and castellany of Bourg , and in the Burgies land of Bourgeais , and all the dues which are owed to him there with all their appurtenances before his rebellion against the king, all of which pertain to the king by Albret's forfeiture. The lord of Montferrant is to have and hold the same under the same conditions that Albret held them before his rebellion, provided that after the death of the lord of Montferrant, the same should wholly remain to the king and his heirs.

By writ of p.s.

1.: A note in the margin states ' extractus '.
2.: ³
3.: In Gascony the questaux were the equivalent of serfs.

5: Same as above

And it is ordered to the king's lieutenant in the lordship of Aquit' Aquitaine , and the constable and mayor of Burdeg' Bordeaux , and each of them, to put Bertran [II, lord of Montferrand ] in possession of the same, to have and hold the same according to the power and effect of the king's letters.

By writ etc.

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For Richard Fillongley.

15 September 1377 . The Turris London' Tower of London . ¹

Grant for life, by the king's special grace, to Fylongley Richard de Fillongley , for his good service to the king and to his father, of the custom called the custom of Royan , which is levied and collected in the castle of Burdeg' Bordeaux at the rate of 2 d.bord.nig. on a tun of wine. Holding the same with the profits pertaining to the customs, levying the custom in person or by his deputy in the same way that those who have had it by the gift of Edward [III], the late king of England , and the king's father , provided that if the custom's value exceeded 200 l.bord.nig. , then Fillongley should render the excess to the king and his heirs.

By p.s.

1.: An entry in the margin states ' extractus '.

7: Same as above

And it is ordered to the constable of Bordeaux to cause Richard [de Fillongley] to have the custom [of Royan ], with the profits pertaining to the same, for his life, according to the tenor of the king's letters. The king wishes that Fillongley should be discharged up to the sum of 200 l.bord.nig. a year.

8: 16 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of corn .

To all admirals, captains, castellans and their lieutenants, the keepers of ports and other maritime places, collectors of customs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful subjects.

Grant of a licence to Greyle Archambaud [de] Grailly, captal de Buch , that he, by his servants, can take 24 quarters of wheat, and 100 quarters of beans in a ship from Bristoll' Bristol to Burdegal' Bordeaux , for the stocking of his castles and other fortalices. It is ordered that Grailly, by his servants, be permitted to take the wheat and beans to Bordeaux without impediment, any ordinances or proclamations to the contrary notwithstanding.

9: 4 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of corn .

Grant to Richard Spicer of Bristoll' Bristol , that he is able to take 300 quarters of wheat, and 200 quarters of beans, bought in Somers' Somerset and Glouc' Gloucestershire , in person and by his servants, in a ship from the port of Bristoll' Bristol to Burdeg' Bordeaux , for the sustenance of the king's subjects living there. Spicer had requested that he could do this for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there, this being granted because William Draper and Thomas Juhyne , merchants of Bristol have mainprised for Spicer that he will take wheat and beans to Bordeaux and nowhere else, and that he would obtain letters testimonial from the mayor of the city attesting that he discharged them there, and would bring them into chancery within half a year from discharging them. It is ordered that Spicer be permitted to take the wheat and beans from Bristol to Bordeaux without any impediments, paying any customs, whatsoever orders of the king to them to the contrary notwithstanding.

10: 6 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of corn .

To all admirals.

Grant, to Bery John Berry , that he is able to take 100 quarters of wheat from Plymuth' Plymouth or Dertemuth' Dartmouth , in person or by deputies to Burdeg' Bordeaux or Baion' Bayonne for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there. This has been granted because Briene Guy de Brian, the king's chamberlain , has mainprised that Berry will take the wheat to Bordeaux or Bayonne, and nowhere else. It is ordered that Berry be permitted to take the wheat from those ports to Bordeaux or Bayonne without any impediments, paying the customs, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

11: 21 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For Guilhem des Camps .

Grant to Champs Guilhem des Camps, merchant of Burdeg' Bordeaux , that should he be captured on his passage to Burdeg' Bordeaux , the king will provide him with reasonable aid, because he has undertaken to go there on certain business that he has been charged with by the advice of the king's council, going in a barque ( bargea ) of Arnaut-Guilhem, Gascon , in his company, or in any other barque which he can find, going before the voyage of the king's fleet and army, which has been ordained to go soon to those parts.

By p.s.

12: 24 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of corn .

To all admirals etc.

Grant to Larker Pey Larquey, burgess of Burdegal' Bordeaux , that he is able to take 100 quarters of wheat and oats in a ship from Colcestre Colchester or Sandewicum Sandwich , in person and by his servants, to Burdegal' Bordeaux , for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects living there, this being granted because Herbury Henry Harbury of London , and Leveryk Thomas Leverick of Sandewych Sandwich have mainprised that Larquey will take the wheat and oats to Bordeaux and nowhere else, under pain of forfeiture of the corn. It is ordered that Larquey be permitted to take the wheat and oats from those ports to Bordeaux without any impediments, paying any customs, whatsoever orders of the king to them to the contrary notwithstanding.

By C.

For Mondina Danos.

10 August 1377 . Wyndesore Windsor .

Grant for life to Davos Mondina d'Abos, the king's nurse , ¹ for her good service, of the Cadilak parish of Cadillac in the territory of Fransadeis Fronsadais in Aquitaine, provided that it is does not belong to the lordship and appurtenances of the castle and lordship of Fronsak Fronsac , which parish was held by the lord of Pomers Pommiers , for his life, by the gift of the king's father, and which is presently in the king's hands. To hold the same from the king and his heirs with all profits and appurtenances pertaining to it, valued at 300 l. a year, and rendering the services and dues. ²

1.: Mondina was the Gascon diminutive of the forename Miramonda (or Miramunda). The name Danos or Davos written in the Gascon Rolls and in other English sources should probably be read as Dauos or Davos , the u or v situated in the middle of the words being often pronounced as b. Consequently, this name was possibly pronounced and sometimes written as Dabos or d’Abos. It is known that the Béarnais lords of Abos (com. Abos, arr. Pau, dép. Pyrénées-Atlantiques) had the first rank among the four rear-barons (called in Gascon ruffebarons ) of Béarn, just after the ten barons of Béarn. Thus, in all likelihood, the nurse of Richard II issued from this Abos family. There is also a commune called Anos in Béarn (arr. Pau), but this place did not produce any noble families. In any case, the onomastic suggests a Béarnaise origin of the nurse of Richard II.
2.: CPR 1377-81 , pp. 120, 609: the same Mondina was granted the manor of Whitley in Surrey on the 1 February 1378; and on 12 March 1381, Walter Rauf, the king's tailor, was granted the same manor for life in the event that he survived Mondina, whom he had married. Nigel Saul ( Richard II (New Haven, 1997), pp.12-13) identifies Mondina as a wet nurse of Richard II, but clearly, since she was still being described as 'the king's nurse' in 1381, she had continued as a more general nurse in the king's service.

14: Same as above

And it is ordered to the seneschal of Aquitaine and constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to put Mondina [d'Abos] , or her proctor, in possession of the parish [of Cadillac] , to be held for her life according to the tenor of the king's letters.

By the same writ.

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2 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For Simon de Burley .

Assignment of William de Elmham, governor of Baion' Bayonne , and seneschal of the Landarum Landes , and the mayor, jurats and bayles of Bayonne , to inquire by all ways and means, of all the premises, and other articles and circumstance touching the complaint of Simon de Burley , and do full justice to him, and ordering them to attend to this diligently. The king has ordered Justo Bearnois and Ortego Bearnois , ¹ and all other faithful subjects in those parts to be intendant on them and obey them, just as will be made known to them. The king has received the grave complaint of Burley, that whereas he, by certain agreements, had entrusted his Browe castle of Broue ² in Aquitaine to Justo and Hurtigo Bearnois, for its safe and secure conduct, and although, by the agreement they should have surrendered the castle to Burley at a specific day, and have been requested to do so, they have unjustly detained the same for the last four years and more, and Burley has requested a remedy.

1.: Their forenames shows they both came from current Spain (either the kingdom of Castile, the kingdom of Navarre, or the kingdom of Aragon (in a strict sense, the kingdom corresponding to the current autonomous region, not the crown of Aragon). Their family names 'Bearnois' could indicate that they had also a link with Béarn, but it was probably more a nickname than a real surname. Then they would have been 'Justo the Béarnais' and 'Ortego the Béarnais'. The combination of both strongly suggests that they were routiers and probably brothers.
2.: Simon Burley was lord of Broue through his marriage with Marguerite de Bauçay, lady of Broue (in Saintonge) in the early 1360's.

16: 31 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of corn .

To all admirals and their lieutenants, sheriffs, mayors, collectors of customs, keepers of ports and other maritime places, and also the bailiffs, ministers and other faithful subjects

Grant to Andrew Preston of London , vintner , that he is able to take 100 quarters of wheat from the port of Sandewicum Sandwich , by him or his servants, to Burdegal' Bordeaux , he having requested that he could do this for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there. It is ordered that Preston should be permitted to take the wheat in a ship from Sandwich to Bordeaux, the admirals having first taken sufficient security from Preston that he would take the wheat to no other place under pain of forfeiture, paying any customs, whatsoever orders of the king to them to the contrary notwithstanding.

17: 4 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Greneacre Robert de Greenacre, kt , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service.

By p.s.

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18: 30 June 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For a confirmation .

Inspeximus of letters of Johan de Crespy, keeper and executor of the king's seal and counter-seal which is used in Bordeaux for contracts, in these words:

14 March 1377 . Burdegal' Bordeaux .

Notification of Crispini Johan de Crespy, keeper and executor of the king's seal and counter-seal which is used in Bordeaux that he has inspected two letters patent of the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux, with the seal of the town in green wax pendant, and that they were not cancelled, or in anyway suspicious, and the tenor of them is as follows:

3 April 1370 . The domus communem Sancti Eleg' common house of Saint-Éloi .

Grant by the Burdeg' mayor and jurats of Bordeaux to Dandrenxs Arnaut d'Andrenxs, clerk , for his great service to them and their predecessors, and for his continuous and assiduous labour on account of the business of the city, of the writing office, or office of clerk of the prévôté of Saint-Éloi, together with the fee and all the issues and emoluments pertaining to the office, for life, following the death of Trena Johan de Latresne . The grant was made by the mayor and 21 of the jurats of the city in the common house of Saint-Éloi , and Andrenxs was to be put in possession following the death of Latresne.

And of a second letter

25 July 1370 . The domus communem Sancti Elegii common house of Saint-Éloi .

Grant by the mayor and jurats of Burdeg' Bordeaux to Dandrenxs Arnaut d'Andrenxs, clerk , for his great service to them and their predecessors, and for his continuous and assiduous labour on account of the business of the city, of the writing office, or office of clerk of the prévôté of Saint-Éloi, together with the fee and all the issues and emoluments pertaining to the office, for life. The grant was made by the mayor and 20 of the jurats of the city in the common house of Saint-Éloi , and Andrenxs was to be put in possession.

The keeper has attached the seal and counter-seal having viewed the letters.

At the request of the same Arnaut the king approves, confirms and ratifies the letters.

For half a mark paid into the hanaper.

For Lop, lord of Saint-Julien.

21 July 1377 . Westm' Westminster .

Confirmation of the grant of [Edward III], late king of England , the king's father, made by his special grace by his letters patent under the great seal, to Lop, lord of Seint Julian Saint-Julien and Saut Sault , for his good and faithful service, of the La Bourt baylie of Labourd , together with its jurisdiction, appurtenances and profits, for his life, without rendering anything to the king's grandfather or his heirs for it. The king, wishing to enhance the grant, has granted to Lop that Johan , his son and heir, for his good service, if he should survive his father, could have the the baylie for his life in the same form. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For the original grant to Lop de Saint-Julien, see entry in C 61/90 . For a subsequent agreement concerning the grant and this confirmation, see entry in C 61/94 . For other related entries, see entry in C 61/90 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/NaN

20: Same as above

And it is ordered to the seneschal of Aquitaine and constable of Bordeaux, and their lieutenants, to put Lop, [ lord of Seint Julian Saint-Julien ], into full and peaceful possession of the baylie [of Labourd] without delay, and keep and defend him in the possession of the same against whatsoever contrariants and unlawful detainers whenever necessary, or when Lop requests it.

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8 September 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For a confirmation for the mayor, jurats and burgesses of Bordeaux .

[in French]

Confirmation of letters patent of Edward [III], late king of England, the king's grandfather, to the mayor, jurats, burgesses and commonalty of Bordeaux, in these words:

26 March 1377 . The a notre paleys de Westm' palace of Westminster .

[in French]

Grant by Edward [III], king of England and France, and lord of Ireland, by his special grace under the great seal, and by the advice of the king's council, to the mayor, jurats, burgesses and community of Bourdeux Bordeaux , on account of their loyalty and their great suffering during the present war, and so that they may better be able to sustain their charges to the king, that they may take and levy 6 d. per pound from all persons, and all merchandise worth more than 1 l. of the local currency sold, loaded, exchanged or in any way transferred from one to another within the said city or its banlieue, and from all people making contracts there, namely 3 d. from the vendor and 3 d. from the purchaser. This is to last for two years, to begin when the messenger of Bourdeux Bordeaux or these letters patent first reach the city. Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and all other officials to allow the said mayor, jurats and community and their successors to use and enjoy this grant for the said two years without hindrance, provided that during the said term they do not disturb the wines coming down from the Haut-Pays after Christmas, saving in all ways the liberties and privileges previously granted by the king to the said people, and provided that the money thus levied should be spent on the fortification of the city and not on any other use, by the survey and control of the constable of Bordeaux.

The king wishes that the letters of his grandfather be firm and in their full force during the term. ¹

By K.

1.: For the original grant, see entry in C 61/90 . For a related entry, see entry in C 61/88 .

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2 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch .

Confirmation of letters patent of Edward [III], late king of England, the king's grandfather, in these words:

18 June 1358 . Westminster .

Confirmation by Edward [III], king of England and France, and lord of Ireland , of the following grants at the request of Greilly Johan [III] de Grailly, Bogio captal de Buch , in these words:

4 October 1262 . Sanctus Germanus de Pratis Saint-Germain-des-Prés .

To the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, provosts, ministers and all bailiffs and faithful subjects of the king.

Inspeximus by Henry [III], king of England , lord of Ireland, duke of Aquitaine and Normandy, count of Anjou , of the charter that Edward, the king's eldest son made to Jean de Grailly in these words:

24 March 1262 . London .

Grant of Edward , the king's eldest son, to Greillaco Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , for his homage and service, of all the land of Byere Biars , Secorbian Saint-Corbian ; Artige Affremere Artigues Estremeyre which were held previously by Lady Alicia , the prince's nurse during her lifetime, rendering to Edward and his heirs, at Easter, one pair of gilt spurs, or the value of the same, according to the custom of the place, for all secular services, saving foreign service. Edward and his heirs warrant the same to Grailly and his heirs, against all men in perpetuity.

Witnesses: Langeley Walter de Langley ; Castello Guy [III] de Châtillon ; ¹ Robert de Ufford ; Stephen de Buys , knights; John le Breton ; Donyon Ralph de Donion ; Robert Burnel , William de Salm' , clerks and others.

The king grants and confirms the grant of his son.

Witnesses: Maunsell John Mansel, treasurer of York ; Walerand Robert Waleran ; Ebulo, Montibus Eble de Monts ; ² Matthew Betil ; Mountferant Imbert de Montferrant ; Nevill' Peter de Neville ; Greynvill' Adam de Grenville ; Master Gandavo Henry de Gaunt ; Geoffrey de Percy and others. ³

1 October 1277 . Rothelanum Rhuddlan .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , granting to Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , of the Castillun' castle of Castillon near Saint-Émilion , of Gourzonn Gurson , which Pey, late vicomte of Castillon , ⁴ and his ancestors formerly held, except the town of Leyburn' Libourne and the parishes of Pomeroth' Pomerol , Fonzere Fozera and Varvan Barbanne ; and also of whatever Bovill' Bernat de Beauville ⁵ and his ancestors held at Langon ; holding the same to himself and his heirs, from the king and his heirs in perpetuity; rendering at each change of the lords of the fee one sore goshawk ( ansturcum sorum ) for all service. The king promises, for himself and his heirs, to warrant the same to Grailly and his heirs. ⁶

7 October 1277 . Rothelanum Rhuddlan .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , granting to Pevere Alexandre de la Pebrée, Bragearicum lord of Bergerac and Geirsiacum Gensac , for his homage, the homage and service which Jean [I] de Grailly was accustomed to make to the king for the Castillun' castle of Castillon which Grailly formerly held from the king, except the Leyburn' bastide of Libourne , and the towns of Fonzere Fozera , Varvan Barbanne and Pomeroth' Pomerol , with all their parishes and appurtenances, which the same Alexandre has quitclaimed to the king and his heirs forever; holding the same homage and service, to him and his legitimate heirs, from the king and his heirs, forever; rendering a sore goshawk as often as Alexandre and his heirs do homage. ⁷

1 October 1277 . Rothelan' Rhuddlan .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine ordering Jean [I] de Grailly that he is to be intendant on and answer Pevere Alexandre de la Pebrée as his lord, and do the service which he was previously accustomed to do to the king, to him, namely rendering to a sore goshawk at each change of lord.

1 October 1277 . Rothelan' Rhuddlan .

Inspeximus by Edward [I], king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , of letters made by him when Henry III, his father was king, in these words:

2 January 1266 . Notyngh' Nottingham .

Letters patent of Edward , eldest son of Henry III , granting to Jean [I] de Grailly , for the service of one knight's fee, of Benauges , the town of Ilaz Illats , of the salin ( salinum ) of Bordeaux ; ⁸ holding the same to Grailly and his heirs for the service of one knight's fee, provided that Edward or his heirs can take the same back, making an exchange for the same elsewhere in Gascony. ⁹

1 October 1277 . Rothelan' Rhuddlan .

Inspeximus by Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , of his letters patent from the time when his father was king:

3 July 1267 . London .

Letters patent of Edward, eldest son of the king, promising to Jean [I] de Grailly , in consideration of his great expenses in the building of the castle of Benauges and other improvements, that if Edward or his heirs should wish to take the castle or any of its tenements from Grailly, an equivalent should be assigned in Gascony to Grailly before deseising him. Edward lately granted Benauges to him with the proviso that should he want it back he could disseise him providing for him elsewhere. ¹⁰

1 October 1277 . Rothelan' Rhuddlan .

Inspeximus and confirmation by Edward [I], king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine of the following letters, in these words:

25 May 1268 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters patent of Edward, eldest son of the king, granting to Greilly Jean [I] de Grailly, seneschal of Gascony , of all the issues of the bastide built at Fonzere Fozera ; ¹¹ to be held by him peacefully for as long as he holds Castellio Castillon . Proviso that if it should happen that Castillon should revert to Edward, then the issues are similarly to revert.

25 March 1274 . Ailesbury Aylesbury .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine, ordering Luke de Tany, seneschal of Gascony , to pay to Queen Eleanor [of Provence] , the king's mother, the value of the lands and tenements of Langton' Langon and Benauges from the king's custom of Bordeaux for her life, unless provision is made for her elsewhere. The queen has granted the same lands and tenements to Grelly Jean [I] de Grailly , that those lands and tenements should be delivered to him, provided she receives the equivalent sum from the customs.

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Confirmation of other letters of the same king, in these words:

27 September 1278 . Maclesfeld' Macclesfield .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, confirming the grant by Ferrer John Ferrers, kt , made to Jean [I] de Grailly and his son Pierre [I de Grailly] concerning Clarmonda Clarmont, daughter and heiress of the late Mota Galhart de Lamothe , Landirans lord of Landiras and her land and inheritance, as well as the confirmation already made by Queen Eleanor [of Castile] of the same. ¹²

12 June 1279 . Cressy in Pontium Crécy-en-Ponthieu .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, granting to Jean [I] de Grailly that he is freely able to assign an annual rent of 20 l.t. on the fees that he holds from the king in order to create a chapel in Notre-Dame of Usesta Uzeste , in the diocese of Bazas , and also those other things that Grailly intends to grant to the chapel. ¹³

12 June 1279 . Cressy Crécy-en-Ponthieu .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, granting to Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , lord of Benauges , that he can create a market in his lordship in a suitable place and on certain days, holding the same with all its issues and emoluments under the homage and service that he owes to the king for the castle [of Benauges]; proviso that the establishment of the market should not be to the prejudice of the king or any other. ¹⁴

19 August 1280 . York .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, confirming the purchase of Greillaco Jean [I] de Grailly, seneschal of Gascony and Agenais from Master Johan Golfier Goferii of the manor ( domus ) of Rochefer Roquefère , and the land of the late Castro Mauron' Huc de Castelmoron, kt , which manor and land are in the diocese of Agen, notwithstanding that Grailly was then seneschal of Agenais , and provided that if the king, at any time, wishes to have the land of Huc de Castelmoron, he may buy it for the same price. ¹⁵

2 June 1289 . Condat near Leyburn' Libourne .

Letters of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, ordering Haver' John de Havering, seneschal of Gascony , to deliver to Pierre [I] de Grailly , son and proctor of Jean [I] de Grailly , all their lands seized into the king's hands for non-payment of a sum to the king of France, ¹⁶ as he has paid the sum of 3,000 parv.nig.t. , in part payment of the 70,000 l. that King Louis [IX], late king of France lent to Edward for going on crusade. ¹⁷

14 May 1296 . Rokesburgh' Roxburgh .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, pardoning Greillaco Jean [I] de Grailly the arrears owed to the king for the time when he was seneschal of Gascony, at the request of the king's friend, B[éraut de Got], Albanen' cardinal bishop of Albano ¹⁸

15 June 1285 . Westminster .

Letters patent of Edward [I], king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, Confirmation of the judgment by Beck Anthony de Bek, bishop of Durham ¹⁹ commissioned by the king to hear and judge the lawsuit between Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , and Mota Amaniu de Lamothe, damoiseau , as Grailly claimed homage from Lamothe for his possessions in Langon and its district, and Lamothe asserted that he held most of them directly from the king, and this case was sent to the king's cognizance: ²⁰

Lamothe delivered to Grailly his share of the toll of Langon, half of it being held from the king, the other half from Grailly,
Idem, Lamothe delivered to Grailly 18 d. bord. on the issues of the petty justice ( parva justicia ) of Langon;
Idem, his rights on another 18 d. on the same justice paid to Russeli Jean Roussel, kt , on behalf of his wife Clarmunda Clarmont[de Lamothe] ;
Idem, he delivered the fief of Bailhey Baillet ;
Idem, Lamothe had to assign to Grailly, within two years from the following Michaelmas, a rent of 60 l.bord. in full property ( in allodio ), or pay him 1,200 l.bord. , paying in the meantime 60 l. , any difference between them about this assignation being settled by Mirallo Ramon du Mirail, constable of Bordeaux , ²¹ and Ferrariis Ramon de Laferrère, clerk , etc.;
Idem, Lamothe delivered to Grailly the oath that the judge ( justiciarus ) of Langon made to him to pay his fourth part of the issues of the petty justice ( parva justicia ), that is 18 ds. , and he swore to obtain from Scossam Bernat d'Escoussans, damoiseau , to deliver to Grailly the oath of the same judge for another sum of 18 l. , etc.;
In return Grailly discharged Lamothe of any claim about his homage ( formater selon ce que l'on a fait avant ). And Grailly acknowledge that he held from the king half of the toll on the crude iron ( ferrum crudum ) that Lamothe held in Langon.

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14 June 1358 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters patent of Edward [III], king of England and France, and lord of Ireland, granting to Johan [III] de Grailly, captal de Buch , for his laudable merits, and great service, for which the king wishes to reward him further, of the places of Benaug' Benauges , Ilaz Illats , the salin of Bordeaux, the castle of Castillon, Gurson, with their appurtenances, with complete and shared jurisdiction, high and low justice, and the parishes and their other rights, dues and appurtenances pertaining to them, just as Greilly, Castellio Pey [II] de Grailly, late vicomte of Castillon and Benauges , his grandfather, held them, excepting the town of Libourne, and the parishes of Pomeroth' Pomerol , Fonzere Fozera and Varvan Barbanne . Holding the same to the captal and his heirs, from the king and his heirs, by the customary service forever, without any disturbance or harm from the king or his heirs, his seneschals, constables, proctors, bayles, officers or other ministers.

Lately the king, by his letters patent, granted to the captal, for his good service, all rights that he had in those places, with the exceptions, which for certain reasons had forfeited to the king and which pertained, or ought to have pertained to the king.

The king has found these letters by inspection of the rolls of chancery for the respective kings. ²²

By the great council just as it appears by the transcript of the charter and letters deposited in chancery.

1.: Count of Saint-Pol.
2.: A Savoyard. His name is written 'Ebal de Mont' by Buathier, H., Jean Ier de Grailly, un chevalier européen du XIIIe siècle , (Mex, 1995), p. 36 (downloadable at: http://doc.rero.ch/record/8965/files/Jean_1er_de_grailly.pdf).
3.: For the original enrolment of this confirmation, see CPR 1266-72 , p. 733.
4.: He was dispossessed by King Henry III in 1254.
5.: Vicomte of Benauges dispossessed by King Henry III in 1254.
6.: Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 91; and CPR 1272-81 , p. 230.
7.: Bauthier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 91; and CPR 1272-81 , p. 230.
8.: In CPR 1272-81 , 230 salinum is translated by 'salt-pit', however, the term 'salin' has been kept, for in this example as well as in Agen, the term might refer to taxes on salt stored in the city, not salt-pits.
9.: See Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 37.
10.: See also CPR 1272-81 , pp. 230-1.
11.: The bastide was subsequently given the name of Libourne.
12.: Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 73 and RG II, no. 189.
13.: This is probably the chapel in which Jean's son Pierre [I] de Grailly was later buried. His effigy is still there. For the original enrolment, see RG II, no. 341.
14.: Bauthier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 47, and for the original enrolment, see RG II, no. 342.
15.: For the original enrolment, see RG II, no. 419.
16.: Philip IV .
17.: See Trabut-Cussac, L'administration anglaise en Gascogne sous Henry III et Edouard I de 1254 a 1307 , (Genève, 1972), p. 37. For the original enrolment, see RG II, no. 1669.
18.: The elder brother of Ramon-Bertran de Got, the future Pope Clement V. For the original enrolment, see RG III, no. 4183.
19.: 1284-1311.
20.: For the original enrolment, see RG II, no. 906.
21.: Constable of Bordeaux from 1281 to 1283 and in 1285-6.
22.: For the earlier confirmation of Edward III in 1358, see C 61/71, mm. 15-13. For later confirmations of the same documents, see entry 22 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/115 , entry in C 61/119 .

For Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garro.

23: 3 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant for life with the assent of the king's council to Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garron Garro , for his past and future service, of 200 l. of money current in the lordship of Aquitaine; to be taken each year from the issues of the Marensyn baylie of Marensin in the seneschalcy of the Landes from the governors, keepers, bayles or farmers of the baylie, or the receivers of the issues and profits at Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions, or until he receives an assignment in an another suitable place.

By p.s.

24: Same as above

And it is ordered to the governors, keepers, bayles or farmers, or receivers of the issues and profits of the Marensyn baylie of Marensin in the seneschalcy of the Landes , to pay 200 l. to the same Gassie[-Arnaut] at the said terms from the issues and profits of the baylie according to the tenor of the king's letter, receiving letters of acquittance from him, sufficient for the governors and others to have due allowance in their account.

By the writ etc.

25: 1 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For admitting Thomas Trivett into towns etc. in parts of Aquitaine.

To all mayors, jurats, citizens and law-worthy men of the cities and towns, and all captains, castellans and other keepers of fortalices, and all others of the king's faithful subjects in Aquitaine.

Order to receive in a kindly manner Tryvet Thomas Trivett, knight of the kings chamber , with certain men-at-arms and archers of his retinue, whom the king is sending to Aquitaine, in aid and to sustain the king's land ( patria ) of Aquitaine, into the towns, castles and fortalices, and in all other places within their districts, for the time that they reside in those parts, and let them have victuals and other necessary things which they need, paying for the same with their money.

By bill of p.s.

For the transport of corn.

26: 9 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To all constables, etc.

Licence to Parys Robert Paris, citizen of London , and Galwaye Robert de Galway of Novum Castrum super Tynam Newcastle upon Tyne that they can take 2,000 quarters of wheat, 500 quarters of oats and 200 quarters of beans bought in Northumberland by them in person or by their servants, load the same in the river Tees and take it to Burdegal' Bordeaux and Baion' Bayonne , for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there. Paris and Galway had requested that the king grant this, and the king agreed because Parys Roger Paris and Ferybrigg' Peter de Ferrybridge , citizens of London, mainprised in chancery that they would take the wheat, oats and beans to Bordeaux and Bayonne, and nowhere else. It is ordered that Paris and Galway be permitted to take the wheat, oats and beans to there, paying the customs due, without any impediments, any proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

27: 30 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

John Passe of Dertemuth' Dartmouth has similar letters patent to take 400 quarters of wheat and other corn bought in Devon , loaded in Dertemuth' Dartmouth to [ Bordeaux and Bayonne ], in the same form, by the mainprise of Parys Robert de Paris and Ferybrigg' Peter de Ferrybridge , citizens of London.

For Guilhem-Ramon [de Madaillan].

28: 4 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant for life, by the king's special grace, and with the assent of the king's council, to Madilhan Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan, lord of Roasan Rauzan , for his good service in past and future, and in consideration of the damages and losses that he has sustained on account of the present war, of the house with its appurtenances which was Ginesta Bertholomiu Gineste, merchant of Burdeg' Bordeaux 's in the street called 'la rue neuve la Rue Nove ' in Bordeaux, and which has been confiscated by the rebellion and forfeiture of Ginesta Jacmes Gineste , natural son ( filium naturalem ) of Ginesta Bidau Gineste , brother germane of Bertholomiu. To hold the same from the king and his heirs for the same service by which Bertholomiu held it, provided that after the death of Madaillan the same reverts to the king and his heirs.

By p.s.

29: Same as above

And it is ordered to the lieutenant of the king in the lordship Aquitaine, and the constable and mayor of Bordeaux, to put Guilhem[-Ramon] in possession of the house [late of Ginesta Bertholomiu Gineste ] without delay, and defend him in the same; holding the same according to the tenor of the king's grant and the king's letters.

By the same writ.

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30: 8 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of corn.

To all admirals and their lieutenants, collectors of the customs, keepers of maritime ports and other maritime places, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful subjects.

Licence to Taillour William Tailor, of Dunsterre Dunster , that he can take 500 quarters of various kinds of corn, load it into ships in whatever port he likes in Somerset and Devon , and take it to Burdegal' Bordeaux or Baion' Bayonne for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there, and to trade with. It is ordered that, having taken security from Tailor in the port that he loads the corn into the ships, they are to permit him to take it to those parts without impediment, he having first paid the customs, any proclamation, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

31: 6 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of pieces of tanned leather etc. to Bordeaux.

Licence to Chaumerleyn Richard Chamberlain , at his own request, that he can load two tuns of small pieces of tanned leather, and one tun of calf's leather, and ten weys of tallow into ships in the ports of London and Sandewicum Sandwich , and take them to Bordeaux and Baion' Bayonne , to trade with. The king has agreed to this because Walter Scarle of London and Robert atte Forde of London mainprised personally in chancery for Chamberlain that he would take the goods to Bordeaux and Bayonne and not elsewhere, and that he would obtain letters of testimony from the mayors of either city, bringing them into chancery within half a year of the discharge of the goods attesting that those goods had been discharged there. It is ordered that Chamberlain be permitted to take the goods from those ports to either city without any impediments, paying the customs due to the king, whatsoever orders of the king to the contrary notwithstanding. This is granted provided that it is not to the prejudice of the king or his realm of England.

By C. in parliament.

32: 10 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of oats.

To all admirals, etc.

Licence to Somerwell, Bristoll' William Summerwell, merchant of Bristol that he can take 400 quarters of oats bought by him or his servants in Gloucestershire , Bristoll Bristol and Somerset , load it in the ports of Bristol and Bruggewat' Bridgwater , and take it to Burdegal' Bordeaux for the sustenance of the king's loyal subjects living there. Summerwell had requested that the king grant this, and the king agreed because he came into chancery and swore a corporal oath that he would take the oats to Bordeaux, and nowhere else. It is ordered that Summerwell be permitted to do this without any impediments, paying the customs, subsidies and other dues due to the king, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders of the king to them to the contrary notwithstanding.

33: 12 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of beans and oats.

Licence to Pukelchurche John Pucklechurch , that he can take 200 quarters of beans, and 200 quarters of oats, in person or his servants loaded onto ships in the port of Briggewaut' Bridgwater to Burdeg' Bordeaux or Baion' Bayonne , to trade with, and for the sustenance of the king's loyal subjects living there. Pucklechurch had requested that the king grant this, and the king agreed because Ellis Spelly of Bristoll' Bristol mainprised in chancery that Pucklechurch would take the beans and oats to Bordeaux and Bayonne, and nowhere else. It is ordered etc. as above mutatis mutandis .

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24 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the merchants of Aquitaine.

Order to the collectors of the king's customs in the port of London that the merchants of Bordeaux and Bayonne , and other towns in Aquitaine , are to be permitted to take the victuals and other merchandise that they have bought in the port, to Aquitaine, having first paid the customs in Cales' Calais , provided those merchants have sworn a corporal oath to take those victuals and merchandise to Aquitaine, and not parts to the east or north, except to Calais.

The order has been made because, with the assent of the prelates, magnates and others in the present parliament, ¹ the king has ordained that those merchants who have brought wine to England, and who have bought corn, fish, meat, cheese, butter, tallow and whatsoever other victuals for their sustenance and that of the king's other faithful subjects there, and also leather belts ( zonas de corio ), bags ( bursas ), strips ( ligulas ) called ' pointz ', ² pennaria , hides of bucks, sheep and goat ( pelles damorum, multonum et caprarum ), and also bedding of worsted ( lectos de Worstede ), and other petit merchandise ( minutas mercandisas ) in England, should be able to freely take it back to Aquitaine to trade with, provided they have first paid the customs at Calais, any ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.

1.: The parliament summoned to meet on 13 October 1377, and probably dissolved late in November of the same year. It is clear from the entry that the parliament was still sitting.
2.: Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources , p.1611, these could be strips of cloth or leather, straps, laces, or points (of hose).

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30 October 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the transport of merchandise to Aquitaine.

Order to the collectors of the king's customs in the port of London to permit Galhart Tournemer , Bernat de Savenoer , Guilhem de Campes , Gyraut Johan Guiraut , Seguyn Arnaut-Guilhem Séguin , Gyrond' Gaucem-Pey de Gironde and Johan Servant of Aquitaine, who lately came to England with wine and other merchandise to sell them, and from the proceeds of this have bought various quantities of petit merchandise ( parvarum mercandizarum ) to the value of 300 l. , namely woollen caps and bedding, worsted cloth, hides of bucks and goats, strips ( ligulas ) called ' pointz ', ¹ writing materials ( scriptoria ), bench covers ( banquers ) and cushions ( quyssens ) of wool, belts ( zonas ), bags ( bursas ), tallow and candles, and other petit merchandise ( minutas mercandisas ) in England, to take them back to Aquitaine without impediment, provided that they first pay the customs, any ordinance and order to the contrary notwithstanding. The collectors are to take a corporal oath from Tournemer and the others that they will take those victuals and merchandise to Aquitaine, and not parts to the east or north, except to Cales' Calais .

By petition of parliament.

1.: Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources , p.1611, these could be strips of cloth or leather, straps, laces, or points (of hose).

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14 December 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For a safe-conduct and for the transport of corn.

To all admirals, captains, castellans and their lieutenants, masters, mariners, keepers of ports and other maritime places, sheriffs, mayors, provosts, stewards, bailiffs, ministers and the king's other faithful subjects, both by land and by sea.

Letters of protection and safe-conduct for Bery John Berry, merchant , his crayer ( craiera ), ¹ his mariners and servants, the king having received them into his protection and safe-conduct. Berry has come in his crayer of 50 tuns capacity to Dertemuth' Dartmouth , to go from there to Dubln' Dublin in Ireland to buy wheat and other victuals there, to take back for the king's lieges in Baion' Bayonne .

Moreover, a licence to Berry that he can take 1,000 quarters of wheat bought in Ireland loaded into his crayer and other vessels that he finds in the port of Dublin, and take them the Bayonne to trade with, in person or by his servants; the same being granted because Brien Guy de Brian, kt , and Kentecombe John Kingcombe of Dorset have mainprised that Berry will take the victuals to Bayonne and nowhere else.

Order that Berry be permitted to load the victuals in Dublin and take them to Bayonne without impediment, provided he first pays the customs and other dues to the king, whatsoever proclamations, prohibitions, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

1.: A term used to describe a small trading vessel, though it could also be used to describe a barge. See also McGowan, A., Tiller and Whipstaff: The development of the Sailing Ship 1400-1700 , (London, 1981).

For protection

37: 15 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for William Mons of Lincolnshire , who is going in the king's service in the company of Dargenton' Geoffrey d'Argenton to Aquitaine.

By bill of p.s.

38: Same as above

John Bywell , who is also going in the company of Geoffrey [d'Argenton] has similar letters [of protection].

39: 16 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For protection.

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Trevet Thomas Trivett, kt , who is going to Gascony, in the king's service.

By bill etc.

For transporting corn.

40: 25 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To all admirals etc.

Licence to the Buche captal de Buch , that he can take 400 quarters of wheat bought in Oxfordshire , Berkshire and Wiltshire by him or his servants, and loaded onto ships in Suthampton' Southampton , and take it to Gascony, for his sustenance, and that of his household. It is ordered that the captal be permitted to take the wheat from Southampton to Gascony, paying the customs, subsidies and other dues that are due to the king, whatsoever proclamations or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

4 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

la Launde Johan de Lalande, merchant of Burdeg' Bordeaux has similar letter to take 300 quarters of wheat bought in the counties of Devon , Cornub' Cornwall , Somerset and Dorset , and loaded onto a certain ship of Bayon' Bayonne in Bardestaple Barnstaple , to Burdeg' Bordeaux . ¹

1.: There is an additional set of entry marks against this entry.

6 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

The capitanens de la Buche captal de Buch has similar letters to take 600 quarters of wheat purveyed in Kanc' Kent , and loaded into ships in Sandewicum Sandwich , to Burdeg' Bordeaux . ¹

1.: There is an additional set of entry marks against this entry.

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43: 20 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . Confirmation for Johan de Cantiran .

Inspeximus of letters patent of Edward, prince of Wales, the king's father, who at the time was prince of Aquitaine, to Johan de Cantiran in these words:

15 February 1370 . Engole' Angoulême .

Grant of Edward, eldest son of the king of France and England, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , Cornewaille duke of Cornwall , earl of Chester , lord of Biscay and Castre Dordials Castro Urdiales , to Johan de Cantiran , at his request, that the 200 l. of rent that the prince had granted him each year for life for his good service, to be taken from the receipt of Agenais , from the receiver there, could be taken from the issues of the issac ( Ysshac ) of Bourdeux Bordeaux at Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions, from the treasurer of Aquitaine.

Order to the treasurer to pay the sum from the issues of the issac to Cantiran, or his proctor, each year at the terms, taking letters of recognizance from Cantiran or his proctor attesting payment. The king also orders to his auditors of the accounts of Aquitaine to give due allowance in the treasurers' accounts by these letters.

13 June 1370 . Engolesme Angoulême .

Grant by Edward, the king's father, as above, to Johan de Cantiran, esquire , for his good service, and also in compensation for his great losses and damage that he has suffered in the present wars, of the writing office of the court of Gascony, with its profits and emoluments. Order to the seneschal and treasurer of Aquitaine to put Cantiran or his proctor in possession of the office, and permit him to use and enjoy the office and its profits and emoluments peaceably.

The king confirms the gifts and grants to Cantiran for his life, provided he remains loyal.

By petition in parliament.

For transporting corn.

44: 6 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To all admirals, captains,castellans and their lieutenants, keepers of ports and other maritime places, sheriffs, mayors, collectors of customs, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful subjects of the king, both by land and sea.

Licence to Ralph de Wolverton , that he, by his servants, can take 200 quarters of wheat and oats that he obtained in the Insula Vecta Isle of Wight , and loaded on ships that had not been arrested for the king's service, to Burdeg' Bordeaux for the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there, and to trade with it. It is ordered that Wolverton be permitted to take the wheat and oats from the Isle of Wight to Bordeaux without any impediments, paying the customs and other dues that are due, whatsoever ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

45: Same as above

Licence to Spaldyng Thomas de Spalding that he [can take] 200 quarters of wheat and oats purveyed in the Insula Vecta Isle of Wight , and elsewhere in Hampshire , and loaded on ships that have not been arrested for the king's service, etc. as above.

For transporting corn.

46: 20 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Licence to la Brosta Ramon de Labrouste and Pey de la Cornelion , burgesses of Burdeg' Bordeaux , that they can take 400 quarters of wheat in Kent , bought by them or their servants, loaded onto a crayer called la Seinte Marie of Bayon' Bayonne , whereof Seint John Estèbe de Saint-Jean is master, in the port of Sandewicum Sandwich to Burdeg' Bordeaux for the stocking of that city, and the sustenance of the king's faithful subjects there. Ramon and Pey had requested that the king granted this, and the king has done so because they came before the king in chancery and swore a corporal oath that they will not take the wheat to anywhere other than to Bordeaux. It is ordered that Ramon and Pey be permitted to take the wheat from Sandwich to Bordeaux in person or by their servants without any impediments, paying the customs, subsidies and other dues, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

By C.

47: Same as above

Humbert del Eglise , merchant of Burdeux Bordeaux , has similar letters to take 1,000 quarters of wheat bought in Hampshire , Berkshire and Wiltshire , loaded in Sutht' Southampton , to be taken towards Burdegal' Bordeaux .

For general attorney.

48: 28 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for Richard Rotour, Burdeg' constable of the castle of Bordeaux , who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, nominating Wyclif' Robert de Wycliffe and Apilton' John de Appleton , alternately.

Burst' W[illiam] de Burstall , received the attorneys, before receiving etc.

49: Same as above

The same Richard [Rotour] has other letters of general attorney, nominating John de Brymston , chaplain , and Lumbard John Lombard, clerk , alternately.

The same W[illiam] received the attorneys, before receiving etc.

50

26 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch.

Order to the mayor, jurats and law-worthy men of Bordeaux, that if Greilly Johan de Grailly, late Bodeo captal de Buch , and all others who were lords of the [noble] house called Podium Paulini Puy-Paulin in Burdeg' Bordeaux were possessed of the same in fee and inheritance, and by reason of that lordship were burgesses of the city, the privilege being annexed to the house, then they are to permit Greilly Archambaud de Grailly, Bogeo captal de Buch to enjoy the status of burgess by reason of his possession of the house, just as Johan de Grailly and all others who had been lord of that house had been accustomed to enjoy it, without any impediment resulting from the letters of the king's grandfather concerning burgess status.

Archambaud has shown the king that he is uncle and heir of the same Johan de Grailly, and by his death has inherited the house. From time immemorial the status of burgess has gone with the house, but nevertheless, by virtue of certain letters patent of Edward [III], late king of England , the king's grandfather, of 30 September 1375, it was stated that no person of noble or knightly status could be a burgess of Bordeaux in the future, and Archambaud was expelled from his status of burgess. Archambaud has requested a remedy, and because the king has deliberated with his council on these letters in the chancery rolls of his grandfather, and has found that the letters did not extend to those of noble status who already held burgages in the city or were heirs of them, but only to matters after the 30 September, he wishes justice to be done to Archambaud. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For petitions of Grailly concerning the same matter, see TNA SC 8/222/11067 and SC 8/223/11143. The latter petition seems to be that which resulted in this order, and the former related to the subsequent complaint by Archambaud, when an order sicut alias was issued. For the later order, see entry in C 61/96 .

51: 6 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For transporting corn.

To all admirals, etc.

Licence to Arnaut Sédet, merchant and Burdeg' burgess of Bordeaux , and Horsman Thomas Horseman , that they can take 600 quarters of wheat, and 100 quarters of beans, peas and oats bought in England, and loaded onto ships in Sandewicum Sandwich and Sutht' Southampton , to Burdeg' Bordeaux for the stocking of the city, and for the sustenance of the people there. Sédet and Horseman had requested that the king grant this, and the king agreed because they came before the king in chancery and swore a corporal oath that they would not take the wheat, beans, peas and oats to anywhere other than Bordeaux. It is ordered that Sédet and Horseman be permitted to take the wheat, beans, peas and oats to Bordeaux without any impediments, first paying the customs, subsidies and dues due to the king, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders of the king to the contrary notwithstanding.

52: 4 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For general attorney.

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for Sancto Quintino Geoffrey de St Quintin , who is going in the king's service to Gascony in the company of Tryvet Thomas Trivett , nominating Sancto Quintino John de St Quintin, kt , and Hugh de Ardern , alternately.

Burst' W[illiam] de Burstall, clerk , received the attorneys.

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53: 20 December 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and hundred peers of Bayonne.

To the seneschal of Gascony, the seneschal of the Landes , the Ax prévôt of Dax and the Bayon' prévôt of Bayonne .

Commission to the seneschals and prévôts, or any of them, of the hearing of the complaint of the mayor, jurats and hundred peers of Bayon' Bayonne , and of de Ryvo Pey Durrieu , against the abbot and convent of Sorduen' Sorde , and to do full and speedy justice according to the fors, laws and customs there, all appeals and frivolous delays ceasing, by the king's authority. They are to see to it that the abbot and convent are punished if they are found to be rebellious and wicked. The seneschals and prévôts are ordered to diligently attend to this. The parties and all others are ordered to be intendant on and obey the seneschals and prévôts when it is made known to them.

Lately in a case between the mayor, jurats and hundred peers, and Pey Durrieu on the one part, and the abbot and convent on the other, concerning a toll, or liberty of the toll, as to whether it should be paid or not, and concerning protracted cases at law between the parties, before different judges, by appeal and in other ways, the mayor, jurats and hundred peers have appealed to Edward [III], late king of England , to have justice, and to have the matter set right. The late king, wishing justice to be done, appointed commissaries to hear and determine the matter. The mayor, jurats and hundred peers, and Pey, have now complained that the abbot and convent had diverted the legal case to a foreign court, while the business was pending, though it pertained to the king and his court, and they did not wish to obey the commissaries, or the orders of the late king. Moreover, the abbot and convent compounded their rebellion by appealing from the cognizance of the late king's court to the foreign court, and arrested, imprisoned and mistreated one of the late king's serjeants who had come to the abbot to cite him to appear before the commissaries, in contempt of the king, and in danger of disinheriting the same king, and to the prejudice and injury of the complainants, who now request remedy. The king wishes justice to be done, especially to the people of Bayonne, who have been loyal to the king and his ancestors.

By C.

54

16 July 1377 . Westm' Westminster . ¹ Westm' Westminster . For the captal de Buch.

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, or his lieutenant, that Greilly Archambaud de Grailly, Buche captal de Buch , should not be distrained for his homage to the king, because after the celebration of the coronation Grailly made his liege homage to the king for all his castles, lands and tenements which he held from the king in chief. If any distraint has already been levied then it is to be released without delay.

By p.s.

1.: The date is given as 'Given at Westminster on the day of our coronation'.

For Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch.

26 January 1378 . Westm' Westminster . ¹

Grant to Grayly Archambaud de Grailly, Buche captal de Buch , in compensation for the loss of the castles, towns, vicomtés [and] castellanies of Pieregort Périgord in Aquitaine because of the war with the French, and for his present and future good service, of the castles of Merpiz Merpins and Botevill' Bouteville in the Angelmois Angoumois ; to hold the same for life with the lordships, lands, rents, jurisdictions, liberties, franchises, homages, services and all other things that pertain to the castles, from the king and his heirs, provided that after Grailly's death the same should wholly revert to the king and his heirs.

By p.s.

1.: A note in the margin states ' extractus '.

3 February 1378 . Westm' Westminster . ¹

And it is ordered to the seneschal of Aquitaine to put Archambaud [de Grailly] , or his proctors, in possession of the castles of Merpiz Merpins and Botevill' Bouteville , to be held in accordance with the king's letters.

By the same writ.

1.: Part of the dating clause is written over an erasure.

57: 4 February 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For transporting corn.

To all admirals etc.

Licence to Estèbe Enjuyn and Domincus Jon Domenjon Belyndes , merchants of Bayonne that they, having brought wine in a crayer to Sandewicum Sandwich , and discharged and sold it, can buy 40 tuns of wheat in England, load it onto that crayer, and take it to Baion' Bayonne for the sustenance of their households and other faithful subjects there. Estèbe and Domenjon had requested that the king grant this, and the king has agreed. It is ordered that Estèbe and Domenjon be permitted to take the wheat to Bayonne without any impediments, first paying the customs and subsidies that are due, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

By C.

58: 3 February 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For being intendant for Archambaud de Grailly.

To all knights, esquires, men and tenants of the lordships and castles of Merpins and Bouteville in Angelemoys Angoumois .

Letters of intendancy in favour of Graily Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch , as lord of the castles of Merpiz Merpins and Botevill' Bouteville . The king has granted the same castles to Grailly by his special grace, and in compensation for the castles, towns and vicomtés and castellanies of Pieregoit Périgord in Aquitaine, which Grailly has lost by the war between the king and the French, and for Grailly's good service. Grailly is hold the same together with their lordships, lands, rents, jurisdictions, liberties, franchises, homages, services and all other things pertaining to them, from the king and his heirs, for life.

By p.s.

59: Same as above.

Near duplicate of entry 54 with a different marginal heading stating 'For the taking of homage'.

For protections.

16 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Dryng' Laurence Dring , who is going to Gascony, in the king's service in the company of Trevet Thomas Trivett , and staying there in the king's service.

By bill etc.

The following who are going in the king's service to the same parts in the company of the same Thomas, have similar letters for the same duration:

60.1: Same as above

Courteman Robert Courtman of Grantham , Pulteney Robert Poultney , Brunne Walter Brown , Brunne Ralph Brown , Pulteney Richard Poultney , Chaumber John Chamber .

By bill etc.

60.2: Same as above

Nicholas Waldebufe , Grynder John Grinder , John Body , Thomas atte Halk , John Lucas of Plesse Pleshey in Essex .

By bill etc.

60.3: 1 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Elyngham Ralph de Ellingham , Tendryng William Tendring, kt , Roger Joye of Attelburgh' Attleborough in Norfolk , Robert Jelham , Henry Warton .

By bill etc.

60.4: Same as above

Roger Holme , Blakebourne Thomas Blackbourne .

By bill of p.s.

60.5: 20 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Kyngeston' Richard de Kingston .

By bill etc.

60.6: 25 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

John son of William de Grafton , clerk of Buk' Buckinghamshire .

By bill etc.

60.7: 25 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Reynold de la Pole .

By bill etc.

60.8: 31 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Walter Potenale , Wynthorp' William Winthorpe .

By bill etc.

60.9: 8 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Houlot John Hullot , David Jordan .

By bill etc.

60.10: 24 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Olyver William Oliver, chaplain .

By bill etc.

60.11: 2 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Sancto Quintino Geoffrey de St Quintin .

By bill etc.

61

19 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For protection.

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Hykelyn William Hicklin of Warwickshire , who is going to Gascony, in the king's service in the company of Dargenton Geoffrey d'Argenton . ¹

By bill of p.s.

1.: The entry is followed by three enpty sets of entry marks.

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For protection.

19 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for John de Stratton, lord of Landiranis Landiras , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service.

By bill etc.

The following who are going in the king's service to the same parts in the company of the same John, have similar letters for the same duration.

62.1: Same as above

John Nichol of Langford .

By bill etc.

63: 8 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For transporting corn.

To all admirals etc.

Licence to Chichestre John Chichester of Melcombe , that he can take 400 quarters of wheat loaded into ships in the port of Suthampton' Southampton , or that of Melcombe , to Burdeg' Bordeaux for the sustenance of the king's subjects there, and to buy other merchandise to bring it back to England. Chichester had requested that the king grant this, and the king agreed because he came personally before the king in chancery, and swore a corporal oath that he would not take the wheat to anywhere other than Bordeaux. It is ordered that be permitted to load the corn in those ports, and take the wheat to Bordeaux without any impediments, first paying the customs, subsidies and other dues due to the king, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances and orders of the king to the contrary notwithstanding.

64

7 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garro.

Grant by the king's special grace, and with the assent of his council, that Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garro , and his people and houses of Garro, that in as far as it pertains to justice, they should be exempt from the jurisdiction of the la Bourt baylie of Labourd for as long as it is held by Lop, lord of Seint Julian Saint-Julien and Saut Sault , and his son and heir, and they are to be subject to the jurisdiction of the seneschal of Landes . Gassie-Arnaut has shown the king that the king by his letters patent, granted the baylie of Labourd to Lop and his son and heir, together with its jurisdiction and all its other appurtenances, and profits, to be held for the lives of both of them. Now however, a great enmity has arisen between Gassie-Arnaut and Lop, and their people and houses, on account of the baylie, which Lop claims pertains to him, and as a result there has been harm and damage, including the shedding of Christian blood. Gassie-Arnaut requests that the king will provide him, his houses and friends with peace and tranquillity. The king, considering the loyalty of Gassie-Arnaut to him and his progenitors, wishes to agree to this. ¹

By petition of C.

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/85 .

65: 8 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Per-Arnaut de Bielle.

Order to the mayor, prévôt and other officers of the king in Bayonne to hear the complaint of Viele Per-Arnaut de Bielle, burgess of Baion' Bayonne concerning the sums of money and jewels that he asserts were owed to him by Prouyane Miqueu de Poyanne, late burgess of Bayonne , deceased, and having diligently inquired on this, they are to call before them, calling whom they consider, proceeding in the matter, and doing full and speedy justice to him concerning the recovery of the sums and jewels which they are able to find are due and unjustly detained, in whosoever's hands they have come.

Per-Arnaut has shown that Miqueu owed him the sums of money and jewels up to the value of 800 florins, just as more fully appears by charters and indentures, and the same Per-Arnaut has been unable to obtain justice on the recovery of the same because they have come into the hands of powerful people who detain them, without the king's aid.

By petition of C.

66

13 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Guilhem de Lagrave and Thomas Phélip.

To all admirals etc.

Licence to Grava, la Guilhem de Lagrave and Philip Thomas Phélip , burgesses of Bordeaux that they can take a certain crayer called la Seinte Marie of Bayon' Bayonne in Sandewicum Sandwich , of which Pynaspo Johan Pinaqui is master, which they or their servants have loaded with wheat or other grain, to Burdeg' Bordeaux for the stocking of the place, notwithstanding any arrest made against that barque for the service of the king or others on his behalf, which arrest, if it has been made, the king releases. It is ordered that Lagrave and Phélip be permitted to take the wheat in the barge to Bayonne, first paying the customs, subsidies and other dues, the arrest or any proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding. ¹

By bill of p.s.

1.: The entry refers to the ship as both a crayer and barge.

67: Same as above For Archambaud de Grailly.

To the same.

Licence to Grelly Archambaud de Grailly, Bogeo captal de Buch that he can take a ship called la Seint Marie of Bayon' Bayonne , of which Baylay Estèbe de Belay is master, and a certain barque called la Seinte Marie of Bayon' Bayonne , of which Pascau de Guy is master, loaded in Sandewicum Sandwich with wheat and grain which he or his servants bought, to Burdeg' Bordeaux to stock the city, and other towns and castles of the captal there, notwithstanding as above mutatis mutandis .

By bill of p.s.

68

14 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For transporting corn.

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Roter Richard Rotour, clerk , constable of Bordeaux , who is staying in Aquitaine, in the king's service. ¹

By bill etc.

1.: The entry is followed by an empty set of entry marks.

For a pardon.

69: 15 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To all the king's subjects and ministers in the duchy and lordship of Aquitaine.

Pardon, by the king's special grace, to Monader Ramon Monadey, burgess and inhabitant of Burdeg' Bordeaux , for the death of Arnaut Dusselyn of Burdeg' Bordeaux , and all the corporal penalty, both criminal and civil, which Monadey has incurred or will incur for the death of which he is accused, the king granting him his firm peace.

By p.s.

70: Same as above

And it is ordered to the king's lieutenant or the seneschal of Aquitaine, or their lieutenants, and the mayor, jurats and law-worthy men of Bordeaux , and whatsoever other officers and ministers of the king there, that they do not trouble the same Ramon [Monadey] against the tenor of the king's letters.

By the same writ.

71

17 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Johan de Mercé for the restitution of goods.

Order to the king's lieutenant or seneschal in Aquitaine, and the mayor and jurats of Baion' Bayonne that if Mercer Johan de Mercé, merchant of Bayonne , was in possession of the goods of Monicot de France , deceased, by virtue of a judgment by appeal, and afterwards was dispossessed of the same contrary to that judgment, then they are to restore him to possession of the goods, and allow him to enjoy them. And if Pey and Darast Guilhem d'Arrast , heirs of Monicot, have alienated the goods in part or in total after the judgment, contrary to it, then Mercé is to have recovery on other goods of those heirs according to the laws and customs of those parts, deducting what Mercé has received of the debt.

The king and his council has received a complaint from Mercé by petition that Monicot de France owed him a certain quantity of gold, and had not repaid him during his lifetime. The possession of France's goods, which were in the hands of the Arrasts, his heirs, was given by judgment of the seneschal of the Landes to Mercé, and afterwards was confirmed by a judgment in the court of the king's father, the prince , to whom the Arrasts had appealed the matter, by their default. Nevertheless the goods were unjustly seized into the king's hands by a protest, to Mercé's impoverishment, and he has requested that the goods are restored to him, and if they have been sold in the meantime, that the Arrasts be compelled to satisfy him from their own goods, deducting a certain portion for a payment made to him by Johan Béros . ¹

By C.

1.: For a subsequent order, see entry in C 61/94 .

72

20 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For transporting bacons.

To all admirals etc.

Licence to Denge Pascau Dengui, mariner of Baion' Bayonne , that he can take 80 bacons ( bacones ) ¹ which he and his associates have bought in London , and loaded onto their ship there, to Baion' Bayonne . Dengui had requested that the king grant this, and the king has agreed. It is ordered that Dengui be permitted to take the bacons to Bayonne without any impediments, first paying the customs and other dues, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

1.: Hog carcases

73: 24 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For protection.

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Henry Mitteberd' , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service in the company of Tryvet Thomas Trivett .

By bill of p.s.

For protections

74: 4 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Nanneby John de Naneby , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service in the company of Tryvet Thomas Trivett .

By bill of p.s.

75: Same as above

Ralph de Grantham who is going in the king's service in the company of the same Thomas [Trivett] has similar letters of protection for the same duration.

By the same bill.

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For the confirmation for [Per-]Arnaut [de Lamensans].

76: 6 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Inspeximus of letters patent of the king's late father Edward, late prince of Wales, in the following words:

10 June 1371 . Xanctes Saintes .

Grant of Edward, eldest son of the king of France and England, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , Cornewaille duke of Cornwall , earl of Chester , lord of Biscay and Castre Dordials Castro Urdiales , to la Mussans Per-Arnaut de Lamensans, kt , of 100 l. of the princes money current there to be taken for life from the profits and emoluments of the small seal and the hostages of the Bordelais from the hands of the assessors ( assensseures ) of the same, in compensation for the office of Seint Sever prévôt of Saint-Sever , which the prince previously granted him for his good service, but which, as the prince has been given to understand, he has not been able to enjoy. He is to have the same until the office of prévôt is recovered. The assessors are ordered to pay Lamensans or his proctors the same sum, receiving from them letters of recognizance attesting to the payment, and through which, together with copies of these letters, the treasurer of Aquitaine is ordered to make allowance to them in their account on this.

The king ratifies and confirms his father's gifts, by his special grace and the advice of his council, according to the form of his letters, and wishes that Per-Arnaut should take 100 l. each year for his life, or until he is assigned a similar sum in another suitable place.

By p.s.

77: Same as above

And it is ordered to the assessors of the petty seal and hostages of Bordelais to pay the 100 l. each year from the profits of the same, to Per-Arnaut [de Lamensans] at the customary terms, receiving letters of acquittance, and they will have due allowance in their account.

By the writ etc. as above.

78: 25 November 1377 . Westm' Westminster . For protection.

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Matthew de Gournay, kt , who is staying in Aquitaine, in the king's service.

By bill of p.s.

79

18 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Galhart [de] Durfort, lord of Duras.

Grant with the assent and by the advice of the council, to Durford Galhart [II] de Durfort, lord of Duras , and of Blanqueford' Blanquefort , for his good service, and because he has lost the greater part of his lands in Aquitaine on account of the war, of 200 l.st. , or the value of the same in other money; to be taken each year at Michaelmas and Easter by equal portions, from the constable of Bordeaux, from the issues of his receipt, until Durfort recovers his lands. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For a confirmation of a grant replacing this grant, and partially reciting it, see entry in C 61/94 .

80: 14 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant of a licence to Hegine Monicot de Héguia, merchant of Bayon' Bayonne , that he can take corn loaded at Bristol or elsewhere where it pleases him, on a barque called Seynt Antoyn of Bayon' Bayonne of which Vigmau Domenges de Vignau is master, and a ship called la Seinte Marie of Bayonne , of which Dorquyt Pey d'Urcuit is master, to Bayon' Bayonne for the stocking of the same, paying the customs. This is granted notwithstanding that the ships or any of the mariners have been arrested for the king's service, and provided that on the king's next voyage of war, they will serve without wages. It is ordered that Héguia be permitted to take the corn and other victuals to Bayonne without any impediments, first paying the customs, subsidies and other dues, whatsoever proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

By bill of p.s.

81

16 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch.

To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs and keepers of whatsoever maritime ports in England.

Order to permit Greilly Archambaud de Grailly, Bogio captal de Buch to send to Aquitaine, to his own country there, by his valet, in a ship called the Seint Mary of Baion' Bayonne , iron armour ( hernesia de ferro ), tunics, ¹ bascinets ( basinetta ), gauntlets ( ceroteca ), bows, crossbows, robes, beds, both of the captal and his people, and other equipment ( artilleria ), which the captal bought in England and Flandr' Flanders , for the stocking of his household, without impediment, any order of the king to them to the contrary notwithstanding.

By bill of the captal himself.

1.: Since this appears in the part of a list dedicated to armour and weapons, might suggest that this denotes padded jackets or mail.

82: 18 April 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan, lord of Rauzan.

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan, lord of Roazan Rauzan , for his good service, and because he has lost the greater part of his lands in the lordship of Aquitaine on account of the present war, of 500 l. of money current in Aquitaine; to be taken each year at Michaelmas and Easter by equal portions from the constable of Bordeaux, until Madaillan recovers his lands, or the king makes alternative provision for him.

By p.s.

Same as above For the same Guilhem .

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan, lord of Roazan Rauzan , for his good service, and because he has lost the greater part of his lands in the lordship of Aquitaine on account of the present war, of the land of Blanhadeis Blagnadais in the Bassadoys Bazadais with its profits and appurtenances, which land was formerly the lord of Mussidane Mussidan's , and forfeited into the king's hands by his rebellion. ¹ The king also grants to him a moiety of the place and Blasymond lordship of Blasimon which was lately the lord of of Logoiran Langoiran's , who is now deceased, and which forfeited into the king's hands by his rebellion. Holding the same with their profits and appurtenances from the king and his heirs, by the customary service, and by the service by which they were held before they came into the king's hands, until Madaillan recovers his own lands, or other provision is made for him.

By p.s.

1.: Ramon II de Montaut, lord of Mussidan, was forced to rally the French after having been made prisoner at the battle of Eymet (1 September 1377).

84: 24 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For transporting corn.

To all admirals etc.

Licence to John Grey of Excestre Exeter , that he can take 100 quarters of wheat, loaded onto ships in Plymmuth' Plymouth , in person or by his servants, to Burdeg' Bordeaux , for the sustenance of the king's people there. Grey had requested that the king grant this, and the king has agreed. It is ordered that Grey be permitted to take the wheat to Bordeaux without any impediments, first paying the customs, subsidies and other dues to the king, whatsoever proclamations or orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

For protections.

85: 28 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Bentele John de Bentley of Sutht' Hampshire , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service in the company of Nevill' John de Neville, lieutenant of the king in Aquitaine .

By bill of p.s.

Same as above

Pykard Thomas Pickard of Oxfordshire who is going in the king's service to the same parts in the company of Nevill' John de Neville , has similar letters of protection for one year.

The following have similar letters of protection under the following dates:

86.1: Same as above

Robert Goof of Devon .

By bill etc.

86.2: 4 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Gascoygne Richard Gascoigne , Tyberton' William Tibberton .

By bill etc.

87: 3 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For the grant of the custody of the castle of Fronsac etc., to John de Neville.

Grant to John, Nevill' lord Neville , lieutenant of the king in Aquitaine , of the custody of the Frounsak castle of Fronsac , and the land of Cadilak' Cadillac in Fronsades Fronsadais , and the lands of Cundak Condat and Barbana Barbanne . He is to have them with all profits, issues and emoluments pertaining to them, for as long as Neville is lieutenant, without rendering anything to the king for them, provided that meets all charges for the same at his own costs without taking anything from the king for them.

By p.s.

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23 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For a confirmation for Per-Arnaut de Salabartan.

Inspeximus of letters patent of the king's uncle John [of Gaunt], king of Castile and León, duke of Lancaster in these words:

9 January 1374 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant by John [of Gaunt], king of Castile and Léon , duke of Lancaster , and lieutenant of the king , his father, in Aquitaine, under his privy seal, to Per-Arnaut de Salabartan , in consideration that the office of controller of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux is without governance since Demport Ralph de Davenport, kt who should hold it, has never paid anything to the king for it, of that office for the term of his life, to exercise that office in person or by his attorney, and he is to take as his fee 80 gold royaulx each year, and other dues from the prévôt of Saint-Éloi , or other officers of the town of Bordeaux, just as Master Bergunh de Lie , who had that office by gift of [Edward III], and other people who have held that office have been accustomed to take. Order to the seneschal and judge of Gascony, or their lieutenants, on behalf of the king, and the king of Castile, to put Salabartan, or his attorney, in peaceful possession of the office The Bourdeux mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and the prévôt of Saint-Éloi, and other to whom it pertains, to see to it that Salabartan is paid his fee at the assigned times. Salabartan is to swear an oath to the seneschal, or his lieutenant in his absence that he will govern the office, well and loyally.

The king approves, ratifies and confirms the grant. ¹

By the great council.

1.: For a related entry, see entry 119 .

89

4 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For supervising the muster of men-at-arms.

Assignment to John Daumarle , sheriff of Devon , Martin de Ferrers , Pomerey William de Pomeroy , Thomas Credy , the king's serjeant-at-arms , and Lokyngton William de Lockington, clerk , to supervise the muster of the men-at-arms, both of Tryvet Thomas Trivett and of a certain other knight, and 78 esquires and 100 archers retained by Trivett, and of Dargenton' Geoffrey d'Argenton, kt , and 20 men-at-arms and 20 archers retained by him, to go in the king's service from Plymmuth' Plymouth to Aquitaine to prosecute the king's war there, and to do all other things surrounding the muster. They are to certify the treasurer and chamberlain in the exchequer of the names of the men-at-arms and archers, and also of any defect in the array of the men and archers, if they find that there has been any, under the seals of at least two of them. The king orders them to diligently attend to this, and has ordered both the men-at-arms and archers, and the king's faithful subjects that they are to be intendant on, advise and aid the sheriff and others as often and when they are warned to do so. ¹

By C.

1.: For a later assignment to most of the same group to assess the troops of John, lord Neville, see entry 111 . In this later assignment, a Thomas la Pomeroy is named as one of those assigned, and it is not clear whether there has been some sort of clerical error in one of the assignments, or two separate Pomeroys are being referred to.

90: 24 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For general attorney.

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for Kyngeston' Richard de Kingston , who is going overseas in the king's service in the company of Trevet Thomas Trivett , nominating atte Felde Richard Atfield, clerk , and William Cailly of London , mercer , alternately.

Robert de Melton, clerk , received the attorneys by licence of W. de

For Monicot de Sireis.

26 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster . ¹

Inspeximus of letters patent of Thomas de Felton, late seneschal of Aquitaine, made under his seal of office, to Monicot de Sireis, esquire, in these words:

18 April 1377 . Bourdeux Bordeaux .

Grant by Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine , to Cires Monicot de Sireis, esquire , for his good service to the king of France and England, and to the legitimate heirs of his body, of 100 l. of rent of current money to be taken from the profits, revenues and emoluments of the land and Fronssac vicomté of Fronsac from the receiver of Fronsac , to be paid until the king assigns an equivalent amount in a suitable place elsewhere in the duchy. The captain and receiver of the castle, land and vicomté of Fronsac to pay the sum to Cires, or his proctor or attorney each year. They are to receive letters of recognizance from Sireis attesting recipt of the money, and with these letters or copies of them, they are to have due allowance in their account.

The king confirms the letters and grant, and wishes that Sireis should take the 100 l. each year in money current in Aquitaine, taking the same for himself and his heirs from the profits, revenues and emoluments of the lands and vicomté of Fronsac, from the receiver of the same until the king or his heirs provide Sireis with the value of the 100 l. in another sufficient and suitable place. ²

By p.s.

1.: The entry is crossed out. A note in the margin states 'Vacated and restored because the king on 23 October 1387, in compensation for the 100 l. , gave to Monicot and his heirs legitimately gotten in lawful matrimony 100 l. of money current in Aquitaine, and valued at 20 m.st. a year, as the same Matthew [Recte - Monicot] has asserted that it does not exceed this. It is to be taken from the rent of 12 d. from the burgages ( placea ), and from the sales and issues which pertain to the king from the town of Leybourn' Libourne . Therefore these letters are cancelled.'
2.: For the entry referred to in the marginal note, see entry in C 61/100

92: Same as above

And it is ordered to the receiver of the land and Fronsak vicomté of Fronsac to put Monicot [de Sireis] in possession of the rent, and pay him the 100 l. annuity each year in money current in the lordship of Aquitaine, from the profits, revenues and emoluments of the land and vicomté of Fronsac by indenture made between them attesting to the payment, and the receiver will have due allowance in his account.

By the same writ.

For general attorneys.

8 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for Nevill' John de Neville of Raby , kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, nominating Lescrop' Richard Scrope, kt , and Fulthorp' Roger de Fulthorpe, kt , alternately.

Midelton' Thomas de Middleton received the attorneys.

The same John has other similar letters of general attorney, nominating the following for the same duration:

93.1: Same as above

Surteys Thomas Surtees, kt , and John Dent .

93.2: Same as above

Nevill' Robert de Neville, kt , and John Fairfax, clerk .

The same Thomas [de Middleton] received the attorneys. ¹

1.: This clause refers to both this and the previous entry.

For protections.

8 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for one year, for Nevill' John de Neville of Raby , the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service.

By bill of p.s.

The following who are going in the company of the same John [de Neville] have similar letters of protection for the same duration, under the following dates:

94.1: 5 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Ogill' Robert de Ogle , William de Claxton, kt , Lynton' William de Linton , Nicholas de York , Robert de Mowbray, kt . ¹

By bill etc.

94.2: 1 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

James the Brune .

By bill etc.

94.3: 6 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Mysterton' Adam de Misterton , Robert Munchamp of Akes .

By bill etc.

94.4: 1 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

John Lempster .

By bill etc.

94.5: 5 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Bruys William Bruce, kt .

By bill etc.

94.6: Same as above

John Warde , Elys William Ellis , John Heron , Thirlkeld William de Threlkeld , Thomas Fairfax .

By bill etc.

94.7: 20 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

John Tolof of Scocia Scotland , Richard Reynes of London , Adam Penteneye of London , John Brettenill .

By bill etc.

94.8: 9 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Ralph Stoke alias Ralph de Thornton of Ebor' Yorkshire .

By bill etc.

94.9: 8 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Fissheburn' Cuthbert de Fishburn .

By bill etc.

94.10: 15 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Albyn Walter Albin, skinner of Cokesale .

By bill etc.

94.11: 5 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Rouchestre John Rochester , William Shorthose , John Roche, kt , William de Hilton , Thomas de Etton .

By bill etc.

94.12: 21 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Swynbourne William Swinburn , Berughby William Barrowby , Raudon' William Rawdon , Elys William Ellis of Berewyk in Elmet Barwick in Elmet .

By bill etc.

94.13: 5 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Robert Clifford , William de Carnaby , Walter Giles , Sudbery John de Sudbury , Thomas Bikeryng , Tyberton' William de Tibberton , John Glissham .

By bill etc.

94.14: 11 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

John Stanier of Essex .

By bill etc.

94.15: 14 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Parkere Robert Parker .

By bill etc.

94.16: 18 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Halgton' Thomas de Haughton , John Man of Cornub' Cornwall

By bill etc.

1.: Mowbray's name has been inserted after the list of recipients of protections had been drawn up, and is squeezed in between this group of names and those following in a smaller hand.

For general attorneys. ²

95: 8 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for William de Threlkeld , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of Nevill' John de Neville, the king's lieutenant there , nominating William de Helton and Hugh de Salkeld , alternately.

Middelton' Thomas de Middleton, clerk , received the attorneys.

96: Same as above

William de Claxton, kt , has similar letters for a year, nominating William Lambard and John de Claxton .

The same Thomas [de Middleton] received the attorneys.

97: Same as above

Moubray Robert Mowbray, kt , has similar letters for the same duration, nominating Richard de Culwen , kt , and John Dent .

The same Thomas [de Middleton] received the attorneys.

98: Same as above

John Heron son of John Heron , kt , has similar letters nominating Gerard Heron and William de Helton .

The same Thomas [de Middleton] received the attorneys.

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12 May 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Edward III enrolled in chancery rolls:

6 September 1357 . Westm' Westminster .

Inspeximus by Edward [III], king of England and France, and lord of Ireland , of letters patent under the king's seal used for contracts in the Bordelais in these words:

24 May 1357 . Burdeg' Bordeaux .

Letters of Brocariis Bernat Brocas, keeper and executor of the seal and counter seal of the king used in the Bordelais for contracts , stating that he has seen and diligently examined certain letters patent of the prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, with a seal in red wax appended, and the letters not being cancelled or in anyway corrupted, in these words:

24 May 1357 . Bordeaux .

Letters of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Wales , duke of Cornwall , earl of Chester , eldest son of the king of England and France, stating that he has received a request from the mayor, jurats and all the community of the castle and town of Bourg, containing that on account of their long loyalty to the prince's progenitors, and because they suffered considerable damage and oppression when the town was captured by the enemy, though they returned to their allegiance, their original charters of liberties were lost in the capture of the town, though they have copies of the same, the tenor of which follows:

16 December 1261 . Bordeaux . ¹

Grant by Prince Edward ² to the burgesses and worthy men of the castle of Bourg and their heirs, mayoralty and community: ³

first, that the current mayor and jurats of Bourg will continue until 10 August 1262 ( dusque a la prochan feste de Sent Laurens ), and then new jurats have to be chosen as is customary, and two persons have to be chosen and presented at the castle of Bordeaux before the seneschal [of Gascony] if the lord ⁴ is not present, or their lieutenant, there he will swear on the holy gospels to choose the most suitable candidate for the lord and the community, and swear to receive no gift or promises. The day of the presentation or the following day, the lord, the seneschal or the else person the lord or the seneschal has chosen to be in this castle will choose a mayor from the two presented, otherwise the representatives of Bourg sent before the seneschal or the jurats assembled together will choose the mayor, each time the lord, the seneschal or their lieutenant is be absent. And these rules will be followed each time a mayor of Bourg will be created;
nobody will be chosen as mayor if he has already held this office, unless full four years have elapsed since he left this office;
if when in office a mayor commits any offence against a member of the community of Bourg, the latter may complain against him to the lord or the seneschal or their lieutenant during the year of his office, the following year but not later. If the plaintiff is absent during the year the mayor is in office, he has a right to sue him if he complains before the lord, the seneschal or their lieutenant within 40 days after his arrival. And the mayor of Bourg, during the year of his office and the next year, has to answer before the seneschal about all the charges of the accuser, and the plaintiff will be exempted during the trial from the mayor's jurisdiction;
on the day of his appointment, the mayor will swear in the presence of the people, on the holy gospels and the relics as it is customary at Sent Girons Saint-Girons[-d'Aiguevives] to maintain the lord's rights in the castle of Bourg and to warn him if some of his rights have been given up, and he will give advice to the lord at his request. Each of the jurats will swear the same oath;
if the lord's rights had been given up recently or a long time ago, of which the mayor, the jurats or others may be informed, they must inform and help the lord or his deputy at Bourg in order that the lord receives satisfaction, and the mayor and jurats must swear this;
if the mayor or his deputies charges someone of Bourg with forgery of the lord's seal or of his money, the accused will be prosecuted before the lord's court without any complaint by the mayor of Bourg, and the mayor, jurats and clerk of the commune must swear this;
if someone of the household of the lord, or his seneschal or his castellan, insult or attack an inhabitant of the community of Bourg, the latter may complain to the lord, his seneschal or his castellan who will have to do full justice at the request of the mayor of Bourg;
and if someone of Bourg who is in the lord's household insults or attacks a burgess of Bourg, the lord, or the castellan of the castle of Bourg, full justice will be given to the victim at the lord's court, according to the fors and customs of Bordales Bordelais
if the offender is burgess of Bourg, he will be sentenced at the castle [of Bordeaux] before the lord, his seneschal or the mayor of Bourg who must do full justice according to the fors and customs of Bordelais,
if a burgess of Bourg owes something to the lord because of a lease or rent, he has to answer for it to the lord or his deputy without claim of the mayor of Bourg,
if some knights ( cavoirs ) or esquires ( donzeus ) ot their heirs want to become burgesses of Bourg, they have to obtain the permission of the lord or his seneschal,
in all cases where a burgess of Bourg is called before the lord or his deputy, he has to appear at the castle of Bourg and not elsewhere, except if the lord complains against him for cases about bailiwick and farm ( bailia or assensador ) where they must appear before the lord anywhere in Gascony;
the community of Bourg owes to the lord service in the host and chevauchée ( cavaugadas ) as the community of Bordeaux does.

22 March 1274 . ⁵

In the presence of Mirallo, de Gilibert de Mirail, public notary of Bordeaux , Fforton Aiquart Forton, mayor of Bourg , Gaucem Forton and Guilhem Forton , jurats of Bourg , required by the community of Bourg have said:

when the king comes the first time into Gascony, or his seneschal if he is absent, he has to swear to defend Bourg from any injury and to keep its fors and customs; and the mayor and jurats have to swear an oath of faith to the lord or his seneschal;
Bourg does not have common lands or possessiones as have towns in Lombardia Lombardy and several others, ⁶ and they cannot say their community holds any fief from the king as according to their custom there is no fief without esporle ( sporla ) nor investiture; ⁷
that they hold from the king as lord and prince the use of their streets, squares, town walls, moats and the other things owned by the community ( universitas ) of Bourg;
that they also hold from the king the use of the river ⁸ to fish, sail and do other useful things;
that they have several liberties concerning their persons and their goods;
that they have mayorality and jurade ( maiora et jurata ) with their appurtenances;
they acknowledged for themselves and the community ( universitas ) of Bourg that they have to do to the king the duties ( deveria et conditiones ) contained in the privilege the king has granted to the community under his seal;
that all burgesses of Bourg have to pay for all the wine of his vineyards 2 d. to the king and to the other lords of Bourg, when they are to be loaded [on boats] or to be sold in taverns;
that every person coming to Bourg to buy wine in order to resell it or to load it, has to pay 1 d. to the king and to the other lord of Bourg;
that some inhabitants of Bourg, for example buchers( ca[r]nifices ) owed certain duties to the king and the other lords of Bourg;
that all the fief owners and tenants of the marsh of Barba Barbe perform duties to the king and to the other lords of Bourg through the castellan of Bourg , because of Bolio, de Milet du Bouilh ⁹ and others who own parts in this marsh.

And two copies were written, one for the king and the other for Forton. Witnesses: Lalanda Johan de Lalande, kt , Hares Amaubin de Barès the Younger , Mont Reveu Pey de Montravel , Pey de Rions , esquires, Sancto Machario, de Gassie-Ayquem de Saint-Macaire , Aleg' Johan Alègre , deu Verg' Ramon du Bergey , damoiseaux, Jor', Lasala Jordan de Lassalle . ¹⁰

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The prince wishing to augment these grants, grants for himself:

exemption to the burgesses of Bourg to pay any taxes when transporting their goods in the duchy except ancient customs and except the tax of 6 d. per pound granted by Edward [III] to the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux for a certain term;
to the mayor of Bourg the cognizance of the burgesses of Bourg and of their goods in the district ( territorium ) of Bourg except for offences against the king and his officers;
to the mayor of Bourg the cognizance of offenders ( forisfacientes ) against burgesses if they can be found and, if not, to banish them ( per viam banni );
that those having houses or possessions in the town or its banlieue ( balleuca ) have to contribute to common charges;
that there will be no other new bastides or fortalices ( nove bastide seu fortalicia ) in the territory of Bourg;
that no new market nor fair will be granted in the district of Bourgeais except in the town of Bourg.

The notary states that he has inspected and attested the letters of the prince.

The king approves the letters of the prince.

The king confirms these letters, and further grants to the mayor, jurats and community and their successors, that merchants, both English and others, who come to the town, buy wine and load it onto ships should pay the customs and dues owed to the king and others, just as they were accustomed to do before this time, just as was granted in their liberties. ¹¹

By p.s.

1.: For a summary of this act in French, see Maufras, E., Histoire de Bourg-sur-Gironde (Bordeaux, 1898), pp. 42-45.
2.: Future King Edward I .
3.: This act is written in Gascon. The original act was in Latin, and was translated into Gascon for the community of Bourg.
4.: The king-duke.
5.: For an (imperfect) summary of this act, see Maufras, E., Histoire de Bourg-sur-Gironde (Bordeaux, 1898), pp. 17-18. A copy of this act is in Archives Départementales de la Gironde, C, no. 271.
6.: Lombardy means here northern Italy not the current region situated around Milan. It refers to the independent communities of northern Italy that had a territory ( contado ) under their authority.
7.: An esporle was a small tax paid to the lord at each change of lord or tenant.
8.: The Dordogne river and the Gironde estuary.
9.: Milet du Bouilh was a knight mentioned in Recueil d'actes relatifs à l'administration des rois d'Angleterre en Guyenne au XIIIe siècle (Recogniciones Feodorum in Aquitania) , ed. C. Bémont (Bordeaux, 1914), no. 6, 555 (Gaucem Tort acknowledged he held a land at Barbe from Bouilh) and 602.
10.: This act is published in Recueil d'actes relatifs à l'administration des rois d'Angleterre en Guyenne au XIIIe siècle (Recogniciones Feodorum in Aquitania) , ed. C. Bémont (Bordeaux, 1914), pp. 243-244, no. 528. The same notary and witnesses for the acknowledgement of the town of Libourne (22 March 1274), Ibid., p 271-272, no. 597.
11.: For a later inspeximus of this, see entry in C 61/120 .

For general attorneys.

100: 18 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for William de Hilton , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service in the company of Nevill' John de Neville, the king's lieutenant , nominating Surteys Thomas Surtees and Hesilrig William de Hazlerigg , alternately.

Mid' Thomas de Middleton received the attorneys.

101: 18 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Rawedon William de Rawdon has similar letters of general attorney for the same duration, nominating Elys John Ellis and Gascoygne William Gascoigne , alternately

Thomas de Newenham received the attorneys.

102: 20 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For general attorney.

Letters of general attorney, for one year, for John de Ludham, clerk who is residing in England, nominating Roter Richard Rotour, constable of Bordeaux , and Richard Rowe , alternately, to plead in any court in Aquitaine, and to receive the sums owed to him, and to make letters of acquittance.

Peter de Barton received the attorneys.

103: 15 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For Arnaut, lord of Curton.

Grant with the assent of the king's council, to Arnaut [de Curton], lord of Curton , kt , for his service to the king's father, and to the king, that he can take the 200 l. previously granted to him by the king's father from the issues and profits of Aquitaine from the constable of Bordeaux, for his life at Michaelmas and Easter by equal portions, until he can take the sum assigned to him in another suitable place, provided that the lord of Curton, before he receives any payment, restores the letters [of the king's father] to the constable to be cancelled, and that the same constable cancels them.

The lord of Curton has alleged that Edward [of Woodstock], late prince of Aquitaine , the king's father, granted to him for his life 200 l. of rent of money of Aquitaine, to be taken annually from the profits of the baylie of Sauveterre , but has not received anything because those from whom it should be levied have been gravely damaged by the war, and the lord has not paid anything to the king as a consequence. The lord of Curton has requested that he be provided with an alternative place for the sum.

By p.s.

104

15 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning power to hear the complaints and appeals etc. in Aquitaine.

Commission to the Sanctus Siverus abbot of Saint-Sever , ¹ the abbot of Bournet , ² the dean of Saint-André ³ and the Sanctus Siverinus dean of Saint-Seurin , and Greilly Archambaud de Grailly, Bogeo captal de Buch , the lord of Lesparre , the lord of Duras , the constable of Bordeaux , Master Ramon-Guilhem de Puy and Master Fernard Pey Ferrand of power to hear all complaints and appeals given to the king as to the king of France in the duchy, in all cases, complaints and appeals, with all things depending on them, to proceed, cite, inquire, prohibit, decide and determine and do all other necessary things concerning them, or what arises from them. No less than three of them should do this, one of who should be the constable of Bordeaux. It is ordered to them to attend to this hat everyone is faithfully to attend to this diligently, and all archbishops, bishops, dukes, counts, vicomtes, marquis, barons, seneschals, mayors, prévôts, officers, ministers and all other faithful subjects of the king, both noble and common people, are to be intendant on and obey them, The king will confirm what they do in this matter. ⁴

By bill of p.s.

1.: Bernat de Monein, abbot of Saint-Sever (1358-1388). See the list of abbots of Saint-Sever in Chartes et documents hagiographiques de l'abbaye de Saint-Sever (Landes) (988-1359) , éd. G. Pon et J. Cabanot, II (Dax, 2010), p. 741.
2.: Bernat Salamon .
3.: Pey de Galard, dean of the cathedral Saint-André of Bordeaux from 1369 to 1383. On him (under the name of Petrus de Galardo ), see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocèse de Bordeaux (Paris, 2012), p. 386 (395).
4.: It is clear that this entry was checked, for in lines 13 and 15 ampersands have been added in straight brackets, and a further bracket is added around alia at the end of line 12.

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For John de Stratton.

105

4 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant with the assent of the king's council, to John de Stratton, lord of Landirans Landiras , the king's esquire , for the service that he has done, and in compensation for the damage that he has sustained in the present war, both by the loss of the lands of his wife's inheritance and his own in Aquitaine, and in other ways, of the office of gauger of wine in Burdegale Bordeaux , which office the lord of Mucidane Mussidan held by inheritance, and which has forfeited into the king's hands by his rebellion; and of the third part of the market of Bordeaux which Johan Colom, kt , held by inheritance, and which have also forfeited into the king's hands by Colom's rebellion. Holding the office for life, or until Stratton recovers the lands of his wife's inheritance, and of his own. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For a grant to Stratton in compensation for his removal from the office of gauger, and of the three parts of the market, see entry in C 61/95 .

106: Same as above

And it is ordered to the king's lieutenant, and the constable and Burdeg' mayor of Bordeaux , and each of them to deliver to John de Stratton the office of gauger [of wine] and the third part of of the market [of Bordeaux] without delay.

By the same writ.

107

10 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For the handing over of power to the lieutenant of Aquitaine.

[in French]

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to Nevill' John, lord Neville , whom the king has appointed as his lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine by his other letters patent, and so as to make things easy for the lieutenant and others in those parts, and to provide greater security to the king's lands and lordships there, of full power to do the following:

To receive the king's enemies and rebels who wish to return to his obedience into his peace, and to pardon all manner of peoples, whether they be English , Welsh , Scots , Irish , Gascons , Guien' Guyennais ¹ French or of whatever nation, of the crimes of lèse-majesté, robberies, thefts, pillage, murder, rape and all other crimes whether they were committed in the past, or when Neville is in office.
To receive, in the king's name, all homages or oaths of fealty from all the king's lieges in those parts, whether they are prelates, nobles or commoners.
To be able to assemple men-at-arms to prosecute the war by chevauchée, seige, or the garrisoning of towns and castles, or as matters require, those men-at-arms being ordered to obey the lieutenant.
To be able to assemble the prelates, nobles and commoners when it is necessary to discuss the governance and state of the duchy, and to request their aid for the defence of the land.
To be able to grant impositions to be levied on merchandise in the customary manner there to provide support for the men-at-arms and others assembled for the defence of the land, and to repel those who oppose the king.
To be able to make gold, silver and black money, of whatever size and value he thinks best for the king's honour and profit.
To remove all officers of whatever estate or condition, except the constable and mayor of Bordeaux , the judges of appeal , the juge-mage of Gascony and the controller of the Burdeux castle of Bordeaux , and those who have an estate in their office for the term of their life by the king's grant or that of his progenitors, and to put other sufficient people in those offices.
To appoint counsellors for the governance of the land, and to ordain suitable rewards for them.
To make truces with the enemy and rebels in the duchy of Aquitaine for such time as he thinks best.
To give safe-conducts for terms that he considers suitable.
To pay the customary charges and gifts to the king's subjects for their service from the issues and profits of the land of Aquitaine.
And to do all things that are necessary for the good governance of the country, and which pertain to the office of lieutenant.

The king promises to accept what the lieutenant does in his name.

By K. and C.

1.: Specific entions of 'Guyennais' or 'Aquitains' (inhabitants of Guyenne or Aquitaine) are extremely rare at this period. They mean here the inhabitants of the duchy of Guyenne (or Aquitaine) as defined at the treaty of Brétigny-Calais (1360) who were not Gascons, that is, those who were inhabitants of Périgord, the Agenais situated north of the river Garonne, Quercy, Rouergue, Limousin, Saintonge, Aunis, Angoumois and Poitou.

For being intendant on lord Neville, the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine.

108

10 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of intendancy to the Soudan de La Trau ¹ in favour of John, lord Neville . The king has appointed Neville to the office of lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine during pleasure, and the Soudan is to obey, answer and be intendant on him.

By K.

It is ordered to the following in the same manner under the same date:

108.1: The lord of Montferrant Montferrand , the lord of Montferrant de Pieregort Montferrand-du-Périgord , the lord of Roasan Rauzan , the lord of Duras , the lord of Caupenne , the lord of Lesperre Lesparre , or his lieutenant, the Costilhen lord of Castillon , the lord of Curton , the captal de Buch ;

108.2: la Mote Pey de Lamothe, lord of Rogtaillade Roquetaillade , Roasan Johan de Rauzan, lord of Puyole Pujols , the mayor and hundred peers of Baiona Bayonne , the prévôt, mayor, burgesses and inhabitants of the city and prévôté of Dax , the mayor and jurats of Burdegal' Bordeaux , the mayor and jurats of Lybourne Libourne , the prévôt and inhabitants of the town and prévôté of Saint-Sever , all and singular of the nobles and law-worthy men of the seneschalcy of the Landes , the castellan, mayor and law-worthy men of Bourgh' Bourg . ²

1.: Arnaut-Bernat IV de Preissac (d. 1394).
2.: The entry is followed by three sets of empty entry marks.

109: 16 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for William Shorthose , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service in the company of Nevill' John de Neville, king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , nominating Wylymot John Wilmot and William Tankard , alternately.

Cod' H[enry] de Coddington, clerk , received the attorneys.

110

14 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . ¹

Letters of general attorney, until 1 November next, for William de Ufford, earl of Suffolk , who is going on the seas in the king's service, nominating Roger de Boys, kt , and Thomas de Wroxham , alternately, and to request and receive certain sums of money owed to the earl, and to make letters of acquittance. ²

1.: A note in the margin states that the entry was 'Vacated because it is in the French rolls for this year.'
2.: The entry is crossed out. Although the marginal note against this entry indicates that the letters of attorney were cancelled because they were enrolled on the French Rolls for the same year, there is no such enrolment. There is, however, a letter of protection for the same date as the attorney, and it is possible that this caused some confusion. For the letters of protection, see TNA C 76/62, m.4.

111

14 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For making a muster.

Assignment to John Daumarle, kt , Martin de Ferrers , Pomeray Thomas la Pomeroy , Lokyngton William de Lockington and Thomas Credy, the king's serjeant-at-arms , to take and supervise the muster of John, Nevill' lord Neville , the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , and all the men-at-arms and the archers retained by the lieutenant to go in the king's service at his wages to Aquitaine for the expedition of the war there according to the form of certain indentures. They are to certify in writing the names of the men-at-arms and archers, and any defect in them if there be any, and of all singular concerning the muster that they have done to the tresurer and barons of the exchequer under the seals of the four, three or two of them. They are ordered diligently to attend to this, and the king has given order to all of the men-at-arms and archers who have been retained to obey and answer them. ¹

By bill of p.s.

1.: For an earlier assignment to most of the same group to assess the troops of Thomas Trivett, see entry 89 . In this earlier assignment, a William de Pomeroy is named as one of those assigned, and it is not clear whether there has been some sort of clerical error in one of the assignments, or two separate Pomeroys are being referred to.

112: 15 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For protection.

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , until Michaelmas next, for Greilly Archambaud de Grailly, Bogio captal de Buch , who is going to Aquitaine, in the king's service. Grailly in the meantime is to be quit of all pleas and complaints on whatsoever actions or causes which have been begun before his coming into England, and not otherwise, except pleas of dower etc.

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113

5 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For general attorney. ¹

Letters of general attorney in England, for one year, for Ralph de Stoke of Ebor' Yorkshire , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service in the company of Nevill' John de Neville, the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , nominating Dawenay Thomas Dawnay and William Gascoigne , alternately.

Th[omas] de Thelwall, clerk , received the attorneys.

1.: A letter 'A' is entered in the margin against this entry.

114

10 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster . For the appointment of the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine. ¹

To all and singular prelates, counts, vicomtes, barons, knights and free tenants, seneschals, mayors, jurats, consuls, university, colleges, communities, constables, castellans, prévôtes and receivers of issues, and bayles and faithful subjects of the duchy of Aquitaine.

Appointment of John, Nevill' lord Neville , as the king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine, during pleasure. It is ordered that they obey, answer and be faithfully intendant on lord Neville in all things pertaining to his office.

By K. and C.

1.: A note in the margin states ' extractus '.

Of the powers committed to the same etc.

115: 10 June 1378 . the notre palois de Westm' palace of Westminster .

[in French]

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to John, Nevill' lord Neville whom the king has appointed as his lieutenant of Aquitaine, of full power to give the lands and inheritances of rebels that have been or ought to be confiscated, by the advice of the constable of Bordeaux, and of others of the king's council there, to people who deserve them, for the term of their lives. He is to make grants up to the value of 20 l.st. a year, reserving to the king everything in Burdeux Bordeaux , and all that was anciently of the royal patrimony, and pertained to the king's progenitors. The king reserves the right to restore the lands and inheritances of rebels. The king further grants, that by the same advice, he may grant and assign the moveable goods of rebels to those who best deserve it by their service to the king in the wars, and the king promises to confirm what Neville does on this. The king has made this grant to ease the way for the lieutenant and his loyal subjects, and to provide greater security for the the king's lands and lordships.

By K. and C.

116: Same as above

[in French]

Grant as above [to John, Nevill' lord Neville ] to exercise, for all the time that he is lieutenant, high and low justice, complete and shared jurisdiction, and justice over all rebels and traitors, both in cases of lèse-majesté and other things, and also all robbers, thieves, murderers, rapists, violators of the Church, arsonists and breakers of truces and safe-conducts, and all malefactors. The king promises as above.

By K. and C.

For John Stratton.

117

8 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant, by the king's special grace, and with the assent of the king's council, to John de Stratton, esquire , lord of Landirans Landiras , for the good service that he has done, and will do in the future, and in compensation for the damage that he has sustained in the present wars, both in the land which he has by the inheritance of his wife, and in other ways, of the office of keeper of the gate of the Burdeg' castle of Bordeaux . He is to have the same with its wages, fees, profits and emoluments for life. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For a subsequent grant made to Stratton in part compensation for the loss of this office, see entry in C 61/95 .

118: Same as above

And it is ordered to the constable and mayor of Burdeg' Bordeaux , and either of them, to put John [de Stratton] in possession of the office of keeper of the gate, having the same according to the power and effect of the king's letters and grant.

By p.s.

For Per-Arnaut [de Salabartan].

119

23 March 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To the Burdeg' mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , the Sanctus Eligius prévôt of Saint-Éloi , and also the king's other officers.

Order to permit Per-Arnaut de Salabartan or his attorney to exercise the office of controller of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux, and satisfy him for his fee at the assigned terms according to the tenor of the letters of the king's uncle. The king has confirmed the letters patent of John [of Gaunt], king of Castile and León , duke of Lancaster , and late the lieutenant in Gascony of E[dward III], late king of England , the king's grandfather, to Salabartan of the office of controller, to be exercised in person or by his attorney, and taking each year 80 gold rials for his fee from the prévôt of Saint-Éloi, or other officers of Bordeaux, just as Master Burgo de He , had by the gift of the king's father, and others who have held that office were accustomed to take. ¹

1.: For the confirmation, see entry 88 .

120: Same as above

Order to the seneschal and judge of Gascony to permit Per-Arnaut de Salabartan to continue to hold the office of controller of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux, granted to him by the king's uncle , and for him to be paid his fee by Burdeg' mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , the Sanctus Eligius prévôt of Saint-Éloi , and others to whom it pertains. The seneschal and judge are to receive the oath of Per-Arnaut and his attorney that they will well and faithfully exercise that office to the profit of the king.

For Nicholas Bond, kt.

121

12 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To Archambaud de Grailly, Bogeo captal de Buch , the abbot of Sancti Crucis Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux , ¹ the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor of Bordeaux , the official of Bordeaux , Roches John Roche, kt , Master Podio, de Ramon-Guilhem de Puy and Master Pey Fernand .

Commission to at least three of them of the hearing and determination of the appeals, principal cause of the legal case, and all the dependent matters of Bonde Nicholas Bond, kt , the process of which was sent to the king and his council in England, and which he now sends to them under his great seal. They are to summon the parties or their proctors, and others whom they wish to call, before them, diligently examine the process, and do full and speedy justice, saving only the king's rights. If anything has been done in the process after the making of the appeals, then they are to revoke it and put it back in its original position.

The king has found by inspection of the rolls of chancery of E[dward III], late king of England , the king's grandfather that the late prince of Aquitaine , the king's father, granted to Bond all the lands, tenements, houses, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures, rents, taxes ( tailles ) and other services, (feudal) reliefs due on the sale of land ( venda ) and dues paid on the recovery of alienated lands ( retrovenda ), and all other rights and dues in Burdeux Bordeaux , the Burdeloys Bordelais and the Medok Médoc from the land and inheritance of the Lebret lord of Albret which forfeited to the prince by Albret's rebellion, and which subsequently escheated into the hands of the late king. He granted the same, by his letters patent, to Bond, to hold them for his life, the same to revert to the late king and his heirs. Now Bernat Doat, alias Bernat d'Alem , because of certain debts of money which he claims the lord of Albret owed him, began a legal case before the judge of Gascony to have the houses, lands, tenements, rents and other things sold, and the judge has passed sentence for him, decreeing that the sale should take place to satisfy him of the debt unjustly. Bond's proctors appealed the matter to the king and his council in England, but the judge, notwithstanding the appeal, has commenced execution of the judgment with the sale, and the proctors have made an additional appeal. Consequently the king, wishes to protect his own rights to the reversion of the same after Bond's death, as well as do justice to Bond. ²

1.: Ramon de Rouqueys , abbot of Sainte-Croix from 1375 to 1379, then archbishop of Bordeaux (1379-1384). On him (under the name of Raymon de Roqueys ) see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocèse de Bordeaux (Paris, 2012), pp. 177-81.
2.: For Edward III's regrant to Bond, see entry in C 61/86 .

122: 12 June 1378 . Westm' Westminster .

To the same etc.

Publication and promulgation at the request of Nicholas [Bond] , and for the preservation of the king's rights of copies of certain obligations that Bernat Doat has concerning debts of the Lebret lord of Albret . The king sends them to his commissioners under his great seal, and wishes that they have the same power and force that the originals did.

As above as far as 'appealed' and then: by which process was lately sent to the king and his council in England. The king has sent the appeal and the principal case with its dependent matters by other letters committing to them the hearing and determination of the matter, and the doing of full and speedy justice to the parties. And Bond, for the defence of his own rights and those of the king's, has called on Bernat Doat to be summoned into chancery at Westminster to show the obligations he has of the debt of the lord of Albret, and has requested that public announcement be made of those bonds, authenticated copies of them be sent to the commissioners, since the originals dare not be sent for the perils of the journey.