The Gascon Rolls Project

C 61/125

Gascon Roll for the 11th to 12th years of the reign of Henry VI

Physical condition of the roll

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

C 61/125, 11 and 12 Henry VI (1432-1434) .

Introduction.

In contrast with previous rolls, the licences to transport wheat from England are not numerous in this roll. ¹ None the less, Bernat Angevin, one of the leading men of the Anglo-Gascon administration obtained one of them. ²

Bernat was gradually becoming the most important Gascon officer of the duchy. He was a member of the king’s council at Bordeaux with annual wages of 15 m.st. . ³ A yearly sum of 10 l. from the wine custom was granted to him. ⁴ More importantly, he received at the king’s pleasure a very significant grant of the lordship and town of Lesparre which had been previously only been granted to the seneschals of Aquitaine. ⁵ Bernat obtained from the king letters of protection for himself and his elder son Johan. ⁶

Being at the head of the king’s council as protector in England, the duke of Gloucester Humphrey strengthened his interest in the duchy by obtaining in 1433 for himself and his male heirs, the lordships of Médoc previously owned by the late Pons VIII, lord of Castillon-de-Médoc, having had their keepership from November 1430. ⁷ Gloucester was also now granted the lordships of Médoc previously owned by the late Bernat de Lesparre, lord of Labarde and at this point occupied by the captal de Buch, the lord of Montferrand and the latter's wife. ⁸ Using the opportunity created by the death of Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre, who had participated in the English wars in northern France from 1415, Gloucester also took over the castellany of Soule with the castle of Mauléon and the baylie of Labourd, situated in the Basque Country, with all its revenues. ⁹ Indicative of Gloucester's growing interest in the revenues of the duchy is the general protection granted to all his officers, servants, serfs, possessions and goods there. ¹⁰ Bidau de Bayse, a Gascon of his household, was granted the writing office of the prévôté of Dax. ¹¹

John Aloff, an English captain present in the duchy since 1413, was granted the lordship of the castle of Conac, an isolated stronghold in ‘French’ Saintonge, with right to give (in fact to sell) safe-conducts to circulate on the Gironde estuary. ¹² This was in reality official acknowledgement of a de facto situation since Aloff had been captain of this castle for eight years and already given such safe-conducts. Gadifer Shorthose, an Englishman who arrived in Aquitaine at the same time as Aloff and who had been captain of Bergerac since 1431, was appointed mayor of Bordeaux (1433), a position he was to keep until the first conquest of Bordeaux by the French in 1451. ¹³

Yet it would be a mistake to assume that all of the local offices of the duchy were granted to Englishmen, as several Gascons and Basques obtained prévôtés, baylies and other revenues. ¹⁴ Only Gascons were appointed as judges of the superior court of Aquitaine. ¹⁵ The great lord Galhart III de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanquefort, was even appointed seneschal of the Landes as replacement for the lord of Lescun Fortaner de Pommiers, who had died recently. The Basque Johan d’Amézqueta, lord of Saint-Pée (in Labourd), to whom the king had given the prévôté of Dax and the baylie of Hastingues, was accorded the legitimation of his son Augerot de Saint-Pée for his good service. The latter became one of the main leaders of the Anglo-Gascon resistance against the ‘French’ in the south of the duchy until his death in 1450. ¹⁶

One entry mentions an Englishman born at Bordeaux appointed as serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine, and another a Gascon vintner who was a citizen of London. ¹⁷

Full pardon was granted by the king to several citizens of Bordeaux accused of leading riots at Bordeaux in 1428. It appears that trouble continued over the following years, but the exact nature of these riots is unknown. ¹⁸

War is also present in this roll: exemption from tolls and taxes was granted for three years to the town of Saint-Sever in order to carry out repairs to its derelict walls and to maintain its military equipment; and several forfeited revenues awarded to the city of Dax also to repair its walls. ¹⁹ The city of Bordeaux claimed to have repaid the expenses it had expended in the capture of the town of Rions (in 1420) and the castle of Castelnau-de-Cernès, previously held by the lord of Albret, a leader of the French party in Gascony. ²⁰ A ban on taking any fee or wage or taking oaths to the counts of Foix and Armagnac was proclaimed in 1433. Aside from the fact that they were lords of the French party, this measure was probably taken in order to avoid Gascons of the English side rallying to them. ²¹

The situation created by constant fear of war, and the subsequent lack of money, explained why an order was sent to pay before anything else the wages of the king’s officers in the duchy of Aquitaine. ²² Apparently, no coins had been minted for several years at the castle of Bordeaux and the lack of a ducal coinage had caused economic problems, the Gascons having to use other currencies, and a loss of revenues for the king. ²³

We find in this roll licences to transport precious and valuable objects, which may reflect the lack of specie because of the lack of minting. The Navarrese lord Luis de Beaumont was allowed to bring into Aquitaine his gold and silver dishes and his jewels. ²⁴ The count of Longueville and captal de Buch, Gaston de Foix, was allowed to bring to Aquitaine various silver vessels from England and France. ²⁵ The dean of the cathedral of Bordeaux, Tétbaut d’Agès, obtained a licence to take valuables with him to the general council of Basel. ²⁶

Worthy of note is the request of the Franciscans of Lesparre presented by a professor of canon law who was one of the members of their convent. ²⁷ We also see a grant of two preceptories of the order of Saint John 'of Rhodes' to a brother of this order. ²⁸

Guilhem Pépin.

1.: See entry 30 , entry 57 , entry 60 , entry 95 , entry 96 .
2.: See entry 43 .
3.: See entry 7 .
4.: See entry 6 .
5.: See entry 37 .
6.: See entry 55 .
7.: See entry 11 .
8.: See entry 13 .
9.: See entry 12 . On the context of these grants, see Vale, M., English Gascony, 1399-1453 (Oxford, 1970), pp. 99-102.
10.: See entry 31 .
11.: See entry 28 .
12.: See entry 10 .
13.: See entry 19 .
14.: See entry 3 , entry 4 , entry 8 , entry 9 , entry 15 , entry 24 .
15.: See entry 45 .
16.: See entry 32 .
17.: See entry 65 , entry 89 .
18.: See entry 85 .
19.: See entry 26 , entry 38 .
20.: See entry 63 , entry 72 .
21.: See entry 25 , entry 76 .
22.: See entry 32 .
23.: See entry 46 .
24.: See entry 62 .
25.: See entry 90 .
26.: See entry 82 .
27.: See entry 1 .
28.: See entry 17 .

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16 October 1432 . Westminster . For the Franciscans of the town of Lesparre .

Grant, at the request of Master Arnaut Combes, professor of canon law , and one the members of the Franciscan convent of Lesparre, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the Friar Minors of this convent to receive the alms and annuity according to the will of this convent's founders without impediment from the receivers or the officers of the town or lordship of Lesparre, as the founders of the Lesparra convent of the Franciscans of Lesparre ¹ buried there had granted to the Franciscans certain perpetual alms and annuities paid on the revenues of the land and lordship of the town of Lesparre , on which two tuns of wheat and two tuns of wine were used to be received each year as it appears in the letters sealed by Clyfford William Clifford, then constable of Bordeaux , Tiptot John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine , and Radclyff John Radcliffe, kt , constable of Bordeaux, then seneschal of Aquitaine. The king has learned that the Franciscans have not been paid these alms and annuities to their great damage.

By p.s.

1.: The lord of Lesparre Ayquem-Guilhem III and his son Arnaut-Ayquem had founded the Franciscan convent of Lesparre in 1239. They had granted to it two tuns of wine, two tuns of wheat, two pounds of meat to be received each week at the market of Lesparre, half of the civil and criminal fines of the judge of Lesparre, and half of the shipwreck of the ports of the lordship of Lesparre. See Rabanis, J., Notice sur Florimont, sire de Lesparre (Bordeaux, 1843), p. 47.

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15 July 1423 . ¹ Westminster . For Bertran de Sainte-Marie, esquire . ²

Same as entry in C 61/119 .

By p.s.

1.: The entry entry in C 61/119 has been copiedthere. The copy of the entry there is obviously an error, as the clerk should have read this act with the act copied there as no. 4.
2.: This entry is crossed out. It is written in the margin: 'Void because there is another one in the margin'.

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28 November 1432 . Westminster . For Johan de Lehet .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the Sanctus Emelio mayor and jurats of Saint-Émilion and the Lybourne mayor and jurats of the town of Libourne to deliver to Johan de Lehet, esquire , the prévôté of Saint-Émilion and the plassages of Libourne ¹ with their revenues up to the value of 10 l.st. each year. ²

1.: See Guinodie, R., Histoire de Libourne , I (Libourne, 1876), p. 100, item 31. In 1486, an annual right of plassage or plassaige of 12 d.bord. was levied for the king of France on the inhabitants of Libourne for each house or garden.
2.: See the related entry entry 9 .

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1 December 1432 . Westminster . For Bertran de Sainte-Marie .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the seneschal of the Landes to deliver to Sancta Maria Bertran de Sainte-Marie, esquire , the baylies of Garde, Bonegarde Bonnegarde , Sanctus Ginh Saint-Gein and Arrondebeu Rondeboeuf with their revenues up to 8 l.st. each year, which have been granted to him by the king. ¹

1.: See the related entry entry 8 .

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16 October 1432 . Westminster . For the Franciscans of the town of Lesparre .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , the lords of Lesparre, the receivers or officers of the lordship of Lesparre and all the king's officers and subjects of the duchy of Aquitaine not to molest or damage the Franciscans of Lesparre against the tenor of the king's letters. ¹

1.: For these letters, see entry 1 .

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21 February 1433 . Westminster . For Bernat Angevin .

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Angevyn Bernat Angevin , one of the king's councillors of the duchy of Aquitaine , because of the small wages he had received and of the great work he had done in the king's service, of 10 l. each year on 25 December by the hand of the constable of Bordeaux from the first revenues of the wine custom levied at the city of Bordeaux, notwithstanding the annual wages of 15 m.st. he receives as king's councillor from the first revenues of the wine custom of Bordeaux. The king does not wish that the his lieutenant of Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine or anyone discharges Angevin in receiving these 10 l. , except by the king's command, so that he be retained by no other than the king . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 41 .

7: 20 February 1433 . Westminster . For Bernat Angevin .

New appointment of Bernat Angevin, currently king's councillor of the duchy of Aquitaine, with the advice and assent of the king's council, as one of the king's councillors of the duchy of Aquitaine at the king's pleasure, receiving there the annual wages of 15 m.st. from the first revenues of the wine custom of Bordeaux each year on 25 December by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux. The king does not wish that his lieutenant of Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine or anyone discharge Angevin, except by the king's command.

By p.s.

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25 October 1432 . Westminster . For Bertran de Sainte-Marie . ¹

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Sancta Maria Bertran de Sainte-Marie, esquire , because of his good service to Henry V in the conquest of the Normann' duchy of Normandy where he was present for 10 years and to the current king in Aquitaine, of the baylies of Garde, Bonegarde Bonnegarde , Sanctus Ginh Saint-Gein and Arrondebeu Rondeboeuf to be held by himself or a sufficient deputy, with all the profits up to 8 l.st. each year, paying the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux. Bertran de Sainte-Marie has supplicated the king to do so as these baylies are situated at the borders of the lordships of king's enemies the counts of Ffoix Foix ² and Darmaignac Armagnac , ³ and as these baylies are destroyed because of the wars, and with few inhabitants without government, and as these baylies may have the annual value of 8 l.st. if they are well governed. ⁴

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Johan I de Foix , count of Foix and vicomte of Béarn and Marsan (1412-36).
3.: Johan IV d'Armagnac , count of Armagnac (1418-50).
4.: See the related entry entry 4 .

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6 November 1432 . Westminster . For Johan de Lehet, esquire . ¹

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Johan de Lehet, esquire , because of his good service to Henry V and the current king in the regions of the kingdom of France and the duchy of Aquitaine, of the prévôté of Saint-Émilion and the plassages of Libourne , ² , these plassages having been held by the late Johan de Léon , with their revenues up to the value of 10 l.st. each year, paying the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux. ³

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: In 1486, an annual right of plassage or plassaige of 12 d.bord. was levied for the king of France on the inhabitants of Libourne for each house or garden. See Guinodie, R., Histoire de Libourne , I (Libourne, 1876), p. 100, item 31.
3.: See the related entry entry 3 .

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26 November 1432 . Westminster . For John Aloff .

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Alouf John Aloff, esquire , of the place of Connac Conac with all its revenues. The king also grants to him at his pleasure the right to deliver safe-conducts by land and at sea in order to fortify the place better. Aloff has remained in the duchy of Aquitaine since the return [to England] of the duke of Clarence ¹ without wages for him or his men, and he was not able to conquer anything from the king's enemies. He has been staying for eight years ² at a place called Conac, previously owned by the Harepeden' lord of Harpedanne , ³ a king's rebel, and situated at seven leagues inside the Seintonge seneschalcy of Saintonge , a seneschalcy not yet under the king's obedience, and he has rebuilt and fortified Conac, snd held it with 90 men, besides yeomen and servants, at his own costs in order to defend it.

By p.s.

1.: Thomas of Lancaster , duke of Clarence, left the duchy in March 1413.
2.: Since c. 1424.
3.: Jean de Harpedanne (d. 1434), lord of Belleville .

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12 February 1433 . Westminster . For Humphrey, duke of Gloucester . ¹

Grant forever, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , and his male heirs, of the lands and lordships of Castilhon Castillon , la Marqua Lamarque , Moton Mouton , Saussage Sensac and Castesueff de Medok Castelnau-de-Médoc , and the towns, castles and lordships of Milham Meilhan , Budos and the Prinhag parish of Preignac with their high and low, full and shared justice, as following the death of Pons [VIII], lord of Castillon , who held them for life, they came into the king's hands. ²

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Gloucester had obtained the keepership of these lordships in 1430, see entry in C 61/124 .

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20 February 1433 . Westminster . For Humphrey, duke of Gloucester .

Grant at the king's pleasure, to Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , of the castle and castellany of Mauléon of Soulle Soule and the Bort baylie of Labourd with all their revenues, mills, pastures, woods and other profits, which were held by the late Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre . He can hold it through a sufficient deputy or sufficient deputies. ¹

By p.s.

1.: Carlos de Beaumont died in 1432. He had been castellan of Mauléon since c. 1390 and bayle of Labourd since 1404. For this later appointement, see entry in C 61/109 .

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12 February 1433 . Westminster . For Humphrey, duke of Gloucester . ¹

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of the castles, houses and lordships of Cussac , Listrac and Montynhag Montignac with their appurtenances to Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , and his male heirs, to have from the death of the lord of Labarde with their high and low, full and shared justice, homages, revenues, mills, tithes, tolls, woods, pastures and all their rights, to be held in the same way the late lord of Labarde held them. Cussac, Listrac and Montignac pertain to the lordship of Lesparre and they have been occupied since the death of Bernat de Lesparre, Barda lord of Labarde , ² by the Languaville count of Longueville, capitaneus captal de Buch ³ and the lord ⁴ and the Montferant lady of Montferrand . ⁵ A trial between the king's fiscal procurator of the duchy of Aquitaine on one hand, and the captal de Buch and the lord and lady of Montferrand on the other is pending. According to the report previously made in person before the king and his council by the bishop of Dax ⁶ and Angevyn Bernat Angevin , king's councillors of the city of Bordeaux, that this occupation is unlawful and the king has been evicted from the possession of these lordships by an iniquitous and surreptitious process during his minority.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: In his will of 1412, Bernat de Lesparre wanted that Cussac and Listrac returned to the holder of the lordship of Lesparre. See Archives Historiques de la Gironde (AHG), 34, p. 292. At his death (c. 1432), the holder of the lordship of Lesparre was the king of England Henry VI.
3.: Gaston de Foix .
4.: Bertran III de Montferrand .
5.: Isabe de Preissac .
6.: Bernat de Laplagne , often wrongly known as 'La Planche', bishop of Dax from 1427 to 1439. See Degert, A., Histoire des évêques de Dax (Dax, 1899), pp. 222-7.

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21 February 1433 . Westminster . For the bishop of Dax .

Appointment at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of the bishop of Dax ¹ , because of his service to Henry V at the Roman curia , at the former Council of Constance ² without payment and twice in embassy ³ before the kings of Arragon' Aragon ⁴ and Navarre , ⁵ as one of the king's councillors at the city of Bordeaux, receiving there an annuity of 100 m. at the castle of Bordeaux by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux, with the proviso that, if the bishop is absent, some money be deducted from his annual fee as councillor in proportion to his absence, apart from when he is away in the king's service. The king does not want that the king's lieutenant of Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine or anyone else removes him from this council excepting with his special order.

By p.s.

1.: Bernat de Laplagne , often wrongly known as 'La Planche', bishop of Dax from 1427 to 1439. See Degert, A., Histoire des évêques de Dax (Dax, 1899), pp. 222-7.
2.: The Council of Constance was held from 1414 to 1418.
3.: See entry in C 61/124 .
4.: Alfons (or in Castilian Alfonso) V, king of Aragon from 1416 to 1458.
5.: The future Joan (or in Castilian Juan) II, king of Aragon (1458-79). He had been king of Navarre since 1425.

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For Johan de Saint-Pée, kt.

20 November 1432 . Westminster .

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Seynt Pey Johan de Saint-Pée, 1 kt , from the land of Labourt Labourd , of the prévôté of the city of Dax and the Dastingues baylie of Hastingues with their revenues, to be held by himself or a sufficient deputy or sufficient deputies, whose expertise be verified by the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the mayor of Bordeaux , or one of them. Johan de Saint-Pée has shown to the king and his council that the king father Henry V had granted him these prévoté and bailie, with confirmation of the current king, ² and that he has to dwell in Labourd, which is situated at the borders with the Ispann' kingdom of Spain , for its maintenance [in the king's obedience]. ³

By p.s.

1.: Johan (or Juan) d'Amézqueta.
2.: In 1418 and 1423, see entry in C 61/119 .
3.: See the related entry entry in C 61/127 .

16: Same as above

Order to Radcliff John Radcliffe, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , to deliver the prévôté and baylie to Johan de Saint-Pée or his deputy or deputies.

By p.s.

For Hélias Eynaud, chaplain.

16 October 1432 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Brother Elia Hélias Eynaud, 1 chaplain of the Rodes order Saint John of Rhodes , of the keepership of the preceptory of Benon ² situated in the land of Médoc as well as the keepership of the Caynac preceptory of Queynac ³ in the land of Fronsades Fronsadais with their appurtenances, if it is not to the prejudice of another liege man of the king.

By p.s.

1.: The name Eynaud suggests an origin from Provence.
2.: The church of the preceptory of Benon still exists today. On this preceptory, see Bourg, M. A. du, Histoire du Grand Prieuré de Toulouse (Toulouse, 1883), pp. 458-9.
3.: Some ruins of the church of the preceptory of Queynac still exists today. On this preceptory, see Bourg, M. A. du, Histoire du Grand Prieuré de Toulouse (Toulouse, 1883), pp. 450-3.

18: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these preceptories to Hélias Eynaud .

For Gadifer Shorthose.

19: 20 February 1433 . Westminster .

Appointment at the king's pleasure of Gadifer Shorthose, kt , because of his good service to the current king and his ancestors kings of England in the kingdom of France as well as in the duchy of Aquitaine, with the advice and assent of the king's council, as mayor of Bordeaux with the same wages and fees used to be received by the previous mayors.

By p.s.

Same as above

Order to Holand John Holland , former mayor of Bordeaux , ¹ to not not to interfere anymore in this office etc.

1.: He had been appointed mayor of Bordeaux on 30 April 1428, see entry in C 61/123 .

21: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this office to Gadifer Shorthose .

22: Same as above

Order to the jurats, worthy men and all the community of the city of Bordeaux to attend to Gadifer Shorthose for so long as he is mayor of Bordeaux, and to pay him the fees and wages received in this office by Holand John Holland and the other previous mayors of Bordeaux.

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15 October 1432 . Westminster . For Raymond Driver .

Inspeximus and confirmation, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of some letters patent of Henry IV :

16 January 1413 . Bordeaux .

Grant for life to Raymond Driver , because of his good service to the king and Thomas [of Lancaster], duke of Clarence , king's lieutenant in Ireland and Guienne Guyenne , at the request of this latter, of all the baylies of the Dagenois seneschalcy of Agenais with all their profits, revenues and rents, and he has to pay liege homage for them to the king or Clarence. Granted under the seal of the chancery of Guyenne. ¹

Inspeximus of some letters of Radclyff John de Radcliffe, kt , seneschal of Guyenne :

24 July 1431 .

Inspeximus of some letters of Henry IV :

16 January 1413 . Bordeaux .

Grant for life to Raymond Driver , because of his good service to the king and Thomas [of Lancaster], duke of Clarence , king's lieutenant in Ireland and Guienne Guyenne , at the request of this latter, of the baylies and all the writing offices ( le scribanis ) of the Dagenois seneschalcy of Agenais with all their profits, revenues and rents, and he is to pay liege homage for them to the king or Clarence. ² Granted under the seal of the chancery of Guyenne. ³

Radcliffe confirms this grant as it has not been confirmed by Henry le Quynt Henry V .

By p.s. and for half a mark paid in the hanaper.

1.: There are letters issued in the name of King Henry IV by his chancery of Guyenne being situated at Bordeaux.
2.: It is the same act as the previous one.
3.: There are letters issued in the name of King Henry IV by his chancery of Guyenne being situated at Bordeaux.

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21 March 1433 . Westminster . For Bernat de Nerley . ¹

Grant at the king's pleasure, by the assent and advice of the king's council, to Bernat de Nerley , native of the prévôté of Dax , who has fought all his life against the king's enemies in the duchy of Aquitaine, ² has been prisoner of these latter and has lost his horses and equipment, of the Monffort baylie of Montfort with its profits, to be held himself or through a deputy, up to 20 s.st. , paying the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: The 'French'.

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21 March 1433 . Westminster . Concerning proclamation .

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes to proclaim publicly on behalf of the king, wherever they find it necessary, that none of the king's liege men and subjects, should take any fees nor wages from the counts of Foix ¹ and Darmaignac Armagnac ² nor swear oath of allegiance to them, as long as they choose such side ( quamdiu tenebunt... partem quam nunc tenent ), nor help them in the event of war but have to defend the king's land and damage and molest them, under pain of their bodies and goods. And order to punish offenders according to the case and the local laws and customs.

By p.s.

1.: Johan I de Foix .
2.: Johan IV d'Armagnac .

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For the jurats and community of the town of Saint-Sever.

24 February 1433 . Westminster .

Grant for three years, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the burgesses, citizens ( vicini ) and inhabitants of Saint-Sever , to be exempted from the payment of any toll, taxation and assizes ( assise ) pertaining to the king for whatever goods they sell or buy even if it is wine, any grant done by the king or his ancestors to the cities of Bayonne or Dax notwithstanding. On 30 May 1427, ¹ the king had granted to the Sanctus Severus, de jurats and community of the town of Saint-Sever to be exempted for two years from the payment on any tolls pertaining to the king and on any taxation or assizes ( assise ) on their goods in any town or city of the duchy of Aquitaine, but some king's officers in the cities of Bayonne and Dax did not permit the men of Saint-Sever to enjoy this privilege and they are requiring day by day payment of these tolls, taxations and assizes , to their great damage. Saint-Sever is situated at the borders with the king's enemies and rebels: at one league from the places of the count of Foix , ² at two leagues from those of the Darmaignak count of Armagnac , ³ and at one league and a half from several places of the la Bret lord of Albret , ⁴ so they have to perform watches day and night and to have cannons ( canones ), crossbows ( ballista ) and several other types of equipment, and they have to make several repairs to their walls at their own costs because a great portion of their foundations have been damaged by a flood more than one year ago, and the walls have collapsed because of their poverty. Thus, they have requested the king to provide them with a remedy. ⁵

By p.s.

1.: See entry in C 61/122 .
2.: Johan I de Foix .
3.: Johan IV d'Armagnac .
4.: Charles II d'Albret .
5.: The petition of the jurats and community of Saint-Sever that lies behind this entry is TNA, E 28/54/7.

27: 18 March 1433 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayors and jurats of Bordeaux , Bayonne and Dax and of the other cities and towns of the duchy of Aquitaine, as well as the other king's officers there, to permit the jurats, community and the burgesses, citizens and inhabitants of Saint-Sever to be exempted from these taxes [for three years].

For Bidau de Bayse.

14 February 1433 . Westminster .

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Bydau Bidau de Bayse , yeoman of the chamber of the duke of Gloucester , ¹ of the writing office of the prévôté of Dax with its profits and revenues, to be held by himself or through a sufficient deputy.

By p.s.

1.: Humphrey of Lancaster .

29: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the prévôt of Dax to deliver this office to Bidau de Bayse or his deputy.

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16 April 1433 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport .

Licence granted, at their supplication, to Thomas Frank and Ramon de Treulon , ¹ to buy themselves or through their deputies, 160 quarters of wheat in Norfolk , and export them from either the port of Lynne Lynn or Jernemuth [Great] Yarmouth to Bordeaux or other regions friendly with the king. Thomas Frank personally became mainpernor before the king in chancery under pain of 40 l. on his goods and chattels that this wheat will be brought by him to Bordeaux and not elsewhere. The king orders the customers, keepers of sea ports and other maritime places etc. to permit Frank or his deputies to buy and load this wheat and bring it to Bordeaux, paying due customs.

1.: Treulon is now the name of a 18th century château situated at Bruges near Bordeaux, but this site was previously occupied by a noble house.

31: 21 March 1433 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard .

Letters of protection granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to all the officers, servants, serfs ( questales ), subjects, castles, towns, houses, lands, revenues lordships with high and low [justice], movable and immovable goods pertaining to Humphrey [of Lancaster], Gloucestre duke of Gloucester , in the duchy of Aquitaine and governed by him in this duchy. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers of the duchy to maintain and protect them.

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20 February 1433 . Westminster . For Augerot de Saint-Pée .

Letters of legitimation granted to Seint Pere Augerot de Saint-Pée , illegitimate son of Johan [d'Amézqueta], Seint Pere lord of Saint-Pée in the march of Labourt Labourd , allowing him to succeed to his father's movable and immovable goods and lordships before any other person as if he was his father's legitimate son. Johan d'Amézqueta has supplicated the king, as he and his predecessors have always faithfully served the king and his ancestors kings of England, and highly desired to have an heir permitting the survival of his name and coat of arms, but was not able to have children from a legitimate union, and he fears that some people of the kingdom of Castile ¹ provoke unrest against his will because they claim to be his kinsmen. He has an illegitimate son named Augerot de Saint-Pée and wants him to succeed before any other to all his lands, lordships possessions, movable and immovable goods. ²

By p.s.

1.: Johan d'Amézqueta was the son of Pedro Lopez d'Amézqueta (d. c. 1392), lord of Amézqueta in Guipúzcoa who married c. 1370 Johana de Saint-Pée, the heiress of the lordship of Saint-Pée.
2.: The petition of Johan d'Amézqueta, lord of Saint-Pée, that lay behind this entry is TNA, E 28/54/58.

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For the inhabitants of Entre-deux-Mers and Créon.

33: 20 February 1433 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation, with the advice of spiritual and temporal lords in his parliament held the first year of his reign, by inspection of the chancery rolls of these letters patent of Edward III that are burnt:

6 April 1333 . Knaresburgh' Knaresborough .

Grant to the Inter duo Maria inhabitants of Entre-deux-Mers and Credonium Créon to not be put outside the king’s hands, excepting grant to his heir, and therefore the prévôté of Entre-deux-Mers has not to be put outside the king’s hands.

34: 16 March 1433 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the procurator fiscal and all the other king's officers of the king's council of Bordeaux to defend the crown's rights and the inhabitants in the prévôté of Entre-deux-Mers , removing any unlawful lord requesting from them homage or trying to exercise high or low justice.

For Bérart de Lamothe, kt.

20 March 1433 . Westminster .

Order to Fuxo, de Gaston de Foix, Longe Ville count of Longueville , executor of the will of the late Favars Menaut de Habas, kt , to deliver the castle , lordship and town of Lengon Langon ¹ to la Mote Bérart de Lamothe, kt , son and heir of the late Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe , ² as his father had it by hereditary right with its prévôté, house ( hospicium ), mills, tolls and revenues when the Armaniacum count of Armagnac ³ took it; ⁴ then it had been taken by Henry V's liege men and had remained within his obedience. And as Guilhem-Arnaut was impeded, Henry V granted him by his letters patent confirmed by Henry VI on 2 March 1423 to have Langon as he held it before the count of Armagnac. ⁵ And on 2 March 1423, the current king has ordered Menaut de Habas , ⁶ who was unlawfully occupying the lordship and town of Langon to the detriment of Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe, to return them to Lamothe and to permit him to enjoy them according to the king's letters, but Menaut and Guilhem-Arnaut died before the execution of this order. They should not fail to do this so that Bérart de Lamothe does not complain again to the king. ⁷

1.: The lordship was then occupied by Johan de Habas, the son of the captain Menaut de Habas.
2.: Both were lords of Roquetaillade .
3.: Bernat VII d'Armagnac .
4.: In 1405.
5.: See entry in C 61/119 .
6.: See entry in C 61/119 .
7.: See the related entries entry in C 61/119 , entry in C 61/119 , entry in C 61/119 , entry in C 61/120 , entry in C 61/121 , entry in C 61/124 .

36: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux and the king's procurator fiscal in Bordeaux to deliver Langon to Bérart de Lamothe and maintain and protect him in this possession. The king also orders the prévôt, the burgesses and inhabitants of Langon to obey and attend them and permit Lamothe to peacefully enjoy its possession. They must not fail to do this.

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21 March 1433 . Westminster . For Bernat Angevin .

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Angevyn Bernat Angevin in compensation of the losses of Noaillan and Salaunes, of the castellany , of the town and the lordship of Lesporrois Lesparre to be held by him or a sufficient deputy with all their revenues, as it was held by the late Galhardon de Marraben . The king does not want Angevin to be removed from this castellany and profits by the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal of Aquitaine or any other person without the king's order. On 13 July 1429 ¹ , the king has granted to Angevin the lands of Nailhan Noaillan and Salaunas Salaunes which went in the king's hands by the rebellion of Lamote Johan de Lamothe, lord of Noaillan and Chastetneff de Ma..nes Castelnau-de-Mesmes . But Lamothe has returned this year ² to the king's obedience in order to obtain the return of his lands, and the seneschal, the king's council in Bordeaux and the most part of the Burdeloys Three Estates of Bordelais have requested Angevin to return Noaillan and Salaunes to Lamothe, and Angevin has returned them into the seneschal and council's hands, and the latter have passed them to Lamothe who is currently fighting against the king's enemies and rebels.

By p.s.

1.: It is written in the original text the 30 July, but it is an error. See entry in C 61/123 .
2.: Before 21 March 1433, in 1433 or 1432. Then the year began in England and Gascony on 25 March.

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21 March 1433 . Westminster . For the burgesses of Dax . ¹

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the city of Dax of the movable and immovable goods seized in the king's hand king for rebellion in Dax, its prevôté, or in the land held by the Labrit lord of Albret , ² or on those who died intestate or without kinsmen, up to the value of 200 m. , in order to repair the city wall under the supervision of the constable of Bordeaux. The mayor, jurats, council and burgesses of the city of Dax have shown to the king that since 100 years and before, they have been impoverished by war against the king's enemies and rebels nearby, and the city wall is ruined and it is collapsing day by day, thus they supplicate the king to help them to repair their gates, towers and walls.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Charles II d'Albret .

39

Same as above For the seneschal of the Landes . ¹

Order, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the [king's] councillors of Bordeaux, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Gascony and the other judges and king's officers in the city of Bordeaux , to put without delay in the king's hands all the places, fortalices, lordships, rights and possessions of the late lord of Doazit occupied by the seneschal of the Landes and other king's subjects who have to render at the exchequer of Bordeaux an account of any issue since the death of the lord of Doazit, kt, under pain of forfeiture, and who have to obey and attend when requested on behalf of the king by the seneschal, councillors, constable, judges. The king has learned that the only son and heir of the late lord of Doazit, kt , ² has remained for a long time and still remains a king's rebel ³ , and all the lord of Doazit's possessions had to be owned by the king according to the laws and customs of the duchy of Aquitaine, but the lord of Lescun, seneschal of the Landes , ⁴ and certain king's subjects have occupied some of these places, fortalices, lordships and possessions and have often refused and still refuse to return them to the king.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Johan de Doazit .
3.: A French partisan.
4.: Fortaner VII de Pommiers (d. c. 1439), lord of Lescun.

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26 May 1433 . Westminster . For Bernat Angevin .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Angevyn Bernat Angevin , one of the king's councillors of the duchy of Aquitaine , the arrears of the annual 10 l. previously granted to him ¹ on 25 December 1433 and pay him this sum each year on 25 December.

By p.s.

1.: See entry 6 .

41

Same as above For Bernat Angevin .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Angevyn Bernat Angevin , one of the king's councillors of the duchy of Aquitaine , the arrears of the annual 15 m. previously granted to him ¹ on 25 December 1433 and pay him this sum each year on 25 December.

By p.s.

1.: See entry 7 .

42: 21 February 1433 . Westminster . For the bishop of Dax .

Same entry as entry 14 .

By p.s.

43: 28 May 1433 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Anguevin Bernat Angevin to buy 100 quarters of wheat in Kant' Kent in the places which are less convenient for the king's people and are not prejudicial to them, ( in locis populo nostro magis incomodis et innocuis ) and to bring them to Bordeaux , paying due customs. The king orders all the sheriffs, mayors, mayors, bailiffs, etc. to permit Angevin to buy this wheat and bring it to Bordeaux, any of their orders against this notwithstanding.

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44: 23 March 1433 . Westminster . For the councillors and the officers of the duchy of Aquitaine .

Order, by the assent and advice of the king's council, to the constable of Bordeaux to pay, before any other, from the revenues of the castle of Bordeaux first and foremost the arrears of the wages of the king's councillors and officers of the duchy of Aquitaine.

By p.s.

45

Same as above Concerning the appointment of the judges of the superior court of Aquitaine .

Appointment at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of Phanhea, de Bernat de Laplagne, Aquen' bishop of Dax , Biob Bernat d'Ibos, doctor of canon law , Besaten' bishop of Bazas , ¹ Elia, Faurea Hélias de Faurie, Burnetum abbot of the monastery of Bournet , bachelor of canon law , Theobaldus, Dageb Tétbaut d'Agès, dean of Saint-André of Bordeaux , doctor of canon law , ² Vicecomitatu, de Per-Arnaut de la Biscomtat, dean of Saint-Seurin of Bordeaux , doctor of canon law , ³ Rivo, de Binsens Durrieu, treasurer of Saint-André of Bordeaux , doctor of canon law ⁴ and Fuliorones Guilhem Fulheron, rector of Lauremont Lormont near Bordeaux, 5 bachelor of laws , as judges of civil cases at the superior court of Aquitaine , and Jales Johan de Jalles, kt , Junqueriis Galhart de Jonquière, damoiseau , Master Ramon de Sestairne , bachelor of canon law , and Master Karoly Ramon Carles, bachelor of canon law , as judges of criminal cases at the superior court of Aquitaine , receiving there the customary fees and wages.

By p.s.

1.: Bernat d'Ibos, bishop of Bazas (1421-33) the last letter of his name (an "s") has been mistaken for a "b", it is the same for Tétbaut d'Agès.
2.: On Tétbaut (or Tibaut) d'Agès (noted as Theobaldus d'Agesio ), canon of Bordeaux from 1424 to his death in 1445, see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.425, no. 77.
3.: Per-Arnaut de la Biscomtat (or de la Viscomtat or deu Vescontau, deu Bescontau), dean of Saint-Seurin (1430-44). See Cartulaire de l'église collégiale Saint-Seurin , ed. J.-A. Brutails (Bordeaux, 1897), p. XXVII. On him (under the name of Petrus Arnaldi de Vicecomitatu , see also Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.399-400, no.273.
4.: Canon of Bordeaux (1425-48) and treasurer of Saint-André of Bordeaux (1427-48). See Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.428-9, no.146 (noted as Vincentius de Rivo ).
5.: Future canon of Bordeaux (1434-51). See Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.314, no.138 (noted as Guillelmus Fulheronis ).

46

Same as above Concerning a grant of power . ¹

Power to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to mint gold, silver and bullion at the castle of Bordeaux of the same coin, alloy and weight as it was used during the reigns of Edward III , Richard II , Henry IV and Henry V . Whereas coins have not been minted there for a long time to the king's prejudice and his subjects' damage.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

47

Same as above Concerning a grant of power . ¹

Power to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to receive homage pertaining to the king from anybody ( a quibuscumque nostris ligeis, feudatoriis, affevatis, emphiteotis, censuariis etc. ) ² and enfeoff lands to anybody.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: The fiefs are here lands granted to noblemen as well as peasants.

48: Same as above Concerning safeguard .

Letters of protection granted to all the king's judges, officers and councillors of the duchy of Aquitaine and their men and servants, as well as their lands, tenements, revenues, possessions and goods.

By p.s.

49: 26 October 1432 . Westminster . For Richard Logan .

Appointment at the king's pleasure, of Richard Logan , as serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine with the customary wages and fees of this office. Logan has shown to the king and his council that Radclyf John de Radcliffe, seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine , had appointed him serjeant-at-arms with the customary wages by his letters patent.

By p.s.

50: 16 May 1433 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Walter Kelvyll , who is staying in the regions of the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

Concerning protections.

51: 1 July 1433 . Westminster .

Similar letters to Degaros Bernat de Garos who is staying in the king's service in the regions of Aquitaine for its safeguard.

By p.s.

52: Same as above

Similar letters to Master Fonte Quintino Arnaut de Saint-Quentin and Seint Avid Bernat de Saint-Avit .

By p.s.

53: 26 June 1433 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard .

Letters of protection granted to the castle , town and Sanctus Macarius castellany of Saint-Macaire and also the Sancta Crux de Monte, de parish of Sainte-Croix-du-Mont with all their jurisdictions, lands, tenements, revenues, and high and low justice, and being in the king's hands, and also all the captains, castellans, jurats, burgesses and inhabitants with all their movable and immovable goods, as well as all their servants. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, and all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them.

Concerning safeguards.

54: 3 July 1433 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted to John Tiptoft , his men, tenants and servants, and also his lands, revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them. And they have to proclaim publicly this protection each time they are requested to do so by Tiptoft or someone on his behalf, provided that his men, tenants and servants remain faithful to the king.

Same as above

Similar letters granted to Angevyn Bernat Angevin, burgess of Bordeaux , and his son Johan , ¹ their men etc., provided that Bernat, Johan and their men remain faithful to the king.

1.: The elder son of Bernat Angevin.

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56: 16 July 1433 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted to Sermentis Johan Sermet , his men, tenants and servants, and also his lands, revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them. And they have to proclaim publicly this protection each time they are requested to do so by Sermet or someone on his behalf, provided that his men, tenants and servants remain faithful to the king.

57: Same as above

Similar letters granted to Sermentis Guilhem Sermet .

57: 22 July 1433 . Westminster . Licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted, at his request, to John Tiptoft, kt , to export, himself or through his deputies, 200 quarters of wheat from the port of Lenn' Lynn to the city of Bordeaux for the victualling of some of the king's castles and of Tiptoft's castles in the regions of Gascony and Aquitaine. William Stevenes of Shepton Malet Shepton Mallet in Somerset and Richard Forster of Swasham Swaffham [Bulbeck] in Cambridgeshire , gentleman , became mainpernors personally before the king in chancery under pain of the double of the value of this wheat on their goods and chattels, that this wheat will be brought by them to Bordeaux and not elsewhere. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Tiptoft or his deputies to do so, paying due customs.

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15 July 1433 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard .

Letters of protection granted to Deusaranh Clariana d'Osserain, Mota, Polhon lady of Lamothe de Pouillon , ¹ her men, tenants and servants, and also her lands, revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them. And they have to proclaim publicly this protection each time they are requested to do so by Osserain or someone on his behalf, provided that Clariana, her men, tenants and servants remain faithful to the king.

1.: Daughter of Johan de Caupenne, lord of Méés and Osserain, himself third son of Archambaud de Caupenne (d. c. 1402), lord of Caupenne. Clariana was married with Arnaut de Navailles, an illegitimate son of Gassie-Arnaut VI de Navailles, lord of Navailles. She was widow c. 1434. The castle of Lamothe still exists today at Pouillon.

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26 July 1433 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard .

Letters of protection granted to the dean and chapter of the church of Saint-André of Bordeaux and to all canons and vicars serving this church day and night, and their servants, benefices, movable and immovable goods, tithes, agrières ( agrerie ) ¹ and their possessions, and their subjects, men, serfs ( questales ) and tenants. The king orders to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them as it has been customary for a long time. And they have to proclaim publicly this protection with prohibitions each time they are requested to do so by them. The king's pennons have to be affixed on all these benefices, lands, tenements, houses and possessions.

By p.s.

1.: Portion usually corresponding to one third to one fifth of the vintage paid by tenants.

60: 4 July 1433 . Westminster . Licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted, at their request, to Hugh Kene and Henry Foxediche to buy, themselves or through their deputies, 100 quarters of wheat in Somerset , and export them from whatever port to Bayonne or Bordeaux . Hugh Kene and Brygge William Brigg of Camell Regina Queen Camel became mainpernors personally before the king in chancery under pain of 40 l. on their goods and chattels, that this wheat will be brought by them to Bayonne or Bordeaux and not elsewhere. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Kene and Foxediche or their deputies to do so, paying due customs.

61: 4 August 1433 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Walter Jay, vintner of London , who is staying in the regions of the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

62: 11 July 1433 . Westminster . Concerning transport of gold .

Licence granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Luis de Beaumont, kt , alférez of Navarre , allowing him to bring soon into Aquitaine his gold and silver dishes, and jewels in gold and silver, up to 200 m. of silver and two m. of gold, and one gold necklace with gemstones of sapphire, ruby and pearls, and also armour and equipent, beds and all his luggage, any ordinance against this notwithstanding.

By p.s.

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For the community of Bordeaux.

7 August 1433 . Westminster .

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, and because a trial is pending between noteworthy parties, to the city of Bordeaux to be repaid for its expenses for the siege and guard of the castle and town of Rions by the person to whom this town has been delivered. Whereas about 15 years ago the governors of the city of Bordeaux had helped to besiege Rions by giving a large amount of money, without any other help, to John Radcliffe, then constable of Bordeaux , for the siege and safekeeping of this town, this town having been previously in the hands of the lord of Albret for about 40 years. ¹

By p.s.

1.: Since the death of Bérart III d'Albret, lord of Rions and Langoiran, in 1379. Rions had been taken by the community of Bordeaux in June 1420.

64: 12 August 1433 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the members of the king's council of Bordeaux to repay these expenses to the city of Bordeaux .

65: 12 August 1433 . Westminster . For William Prat .

Appointment at the king's pleasure, of Pratte William Prat , native of the city of Bordeaux, as serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine, with the customary wages and fees that his late father had in this office.

By p.s.

66: 12 August 1433 . Westminster . For Bertran d'Agès .

Grant for life with the advice and assent of the king's council, of the right to be a burgess of Bordeaux , to Dages Bertran d'Agès, esquire , coming from the city of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

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17 August 1433 . Westminster . For Raymond Driver .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the seneschal of Agenais , the Marmanda captain of Marmande and la Reula la Réole , the Basconia judge of Gascony and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver to Raymond Driver or his deputy all the baylies and writing offices of the Dagenois seneschalcy of Agenais with all their profits, revenues and rents, previously granted to him by the duke of Clarence and Henry IV , and confirmed by the current king on 15 October 1432. ¹ The king orders all the burgesses and inhabitants of these baylies to obey and attend Driver.

By p.s.

1.: See entry 23 .

For Bérart de Montferrand.

20 August 1433 . Westminster .

Order to the Duracio, de lord of Duras ¹ to deliver to Mountferant Bérart de Montferrand, kt or his deputies, all the lands, houses and revenues which were held by the late Amaniu Béguey, kt , or his children in the duchy of Guyenne, and were previously granted by the king to Montferrand by his letters patent. ²

1.: Galhart III de Durfort .
2.: See entry in C 61/124 , entry in C 61/124 .

69: Same as above

Similar order to Gaston de Foix, Langueville count of Longueville and capitando, Bugio, de captal de Buch .

70: Same as above

Similar order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the members of the king's coucil in Bordeaux and the king's judges of Bordeaux.

71: Same as above

Similar order to the mayor, jurats and inhabitants of Bordeaux .

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For the city of Bordeaux, concerning the restitution of customs.

7 August 1433 . Westminster .

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of the payment of the costs and expenses made by the city of Bordeaux to conquer the fortalice and Castrum Novum Desernes lordship of Castelnau-de-Cernès , ¹ then held by the lord of Albret, the king's enemy. The lieutenant, jurats, thirty and three hundred councillors and community of the city of Bordeaux have shown to the king their great expenses in this undertaking.

By p.s.

1.: Gaston de Foix, count of Longueville and captal de Buch had written a letter at Castelnau-de-Cernès to his brother Johan Ier, count of Foix on 24 February 1431. This meant that this castle was then in the hands of the 'English'. See Flourac, L., Jean Ier, comte de Foix, vicomte souverain de Béarn (Paris, 1884), p. 291, no. XXXVIII.

73: 12 August 1433 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the members of the king's council [of Bordeaux] to repay to the city of Bordeaux the expenses for the conquest of Castelnau-de-Cernès.

For the jurats, councillors and community of the city of Bordeaux.

74: 7 August 1433 . Westminster .

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the jurats, the thirty and the three hundred councillors of Bordeaux to be repaid by the person or persons who possess lawfully the lands of Amaniu Béguey of the 7,500 fr. of the money of Bordeaux lent by Bordeaux to Radclyf John Radcliffe , less the profits received, since the jurats and councillors have supported the duchy, pledging the issues of the city for a large amount of money, and, to help Radcliff serving the king, have granted him a loan pledged on the lands of Béguey given to Radcliffe by the king.

By p.s.

75: 12 August 1433 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and to the members of the king’s council in Bordeaux to make the person or persons who have lawfully the lands of Amaniu Beguey repay this loan to the jurats, thirty and three hundred councillors of Bordeaux , as above.

76: 7 August 1433 . Westminster . For the burgesses of the city of Bordeaux not to pay allegiance [to anyone other than the king] .

Prohibition, after deliberation by the king's council, to any burgess or inhabitant of Bordeaux to make allegiance with any spiritual or temporal lord, nor to make allegiances with each other, but only to the king, mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux as it was used previously, on pain of losing the franchise of the city and their dwelling in the city, and of punishment by the king’s council in Bordeaux, and those who have done so to renounce such allegiances within a month after being summoned by the king’s council in Bordeaux, since the jurats, the thirty and three hundred councillors of Bordeaux have complained that some barons have recently caused some burgesses to make allegiance to them.

By p.s.

Concerning safeguards.

19 August 1433 . Westminster . ¹

Letters of protection granted to Lopa Pey de Lopès , his men, tenants and servants, and also his lands, revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them. And they have to proclaim publicly this protection each time they are requested to do so by Lopès or someone on his behalf, provided that Loupès, his men, tenants and servants remain faithful to the king.

1.: Extractus usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of the membrane.

78: Same as above

Similar letters granted to Seint Avit Arnaut de Saint-Avit , his wife, his children, and also his tenants etc.

79: Same as above

Similar letters granted to Seint Avit Thomas de Saint-Avit , his wife, his children, and also his tenants etc.

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8 July 1433 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for the city of Bordeaux .

Inspeximus and confirmation of some letters patent of Henry V enrolled in the chancery rolls: ¹

29 November 1416 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV :

11 February 1401 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Edward III ² :

18 May 1335 . Westminster .

Grant in perpetuity to the mayor, jurats and city of Bordeaux to remain annexed to the crown of England and not to be granted to anybody else except to the king's eldest son and heir.

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Edward III :

1 July 1342 . Westminster .

Grant, and restoration, to the mayor, jurats and city of Bordeaux of the high and low, and the full and shared justice over the banlieue ( banleuca ), except the justice belonging to the heirs of Alicia, Blavia Alaïtz de Blaye, Ornun lady of Ornon , the seneschal of Gascony having to do justice to the city and to these heirs; the justice granted by the king to Bradston Thomas de Bradstone on a part of the banlieue situated in Entre-deux-Mers ³ has to be returned to the city after its appraisal by the seneschal of Gascony and after due agreement between Bradstone and the city, the mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux having petitioned the king about their rights in the banlieue , since most of it had been granted by the kings to various men, and to return to them their justice. And as the seneschal and constable have sent to the king information about the value and boundaries of the banlieue , these boundaries are as follows, in accordance with the boundary stones ⁴ : from the town and its suburbs to the mouth of the Jalle[-de-Blanquefort] on the Girunda Garonne and going up the Jalle to the Old Jalle ( Jala Vetus ) and from there to the mill of Begayressa , and from there to Jalapont Jallepont , and from Jallepont to the place of Magudans Magudas , and from Magudas to lo pas de las vaquas ⁵ , and from there to the cross of Beutras Beutre , and from there to the boundaries of the district ( justiciatus ) of Bogium Buch and to the boundaries of the district of Belinum Belin up to the place of Laguabat , and from Belin to the boundaries of the parish of Leunhanum Léognan , and from this parish following the river called Eau Blanche ( aqua [...] la Glauqua ) down to the mouth of the stream ( esterium ) of Correyanum Courréjean to Bordeaux to the mouth of the stream of Lormont, and from this latter stream to the small hill ( podium parvum ) near the church of Lormont and the high point ( podium magnum ) near Galhart de Lormont's house following the road going at the cross of the sauveté of Lormont and to a wood called la Ramada la Ramade , and afterwards, the road going to Artiguas Artigues to the pear tree ( pererius ) which is at the end of the road at the place called la Loubeyre and from this pear tree to the spring of Montz , and from this spring to the elms of Sancta Gema , and from there to the pear tree of la Palha de Podio which is above Artigues, and from there to the spring of Margarida , and from there to the bridge of Cayron Queyron , and from there to the hill deus Merlers , and from there to Audiard Torta , and from there to the forcada Fourcade of Gimilham ⁶ , and from there to the fourcade of Vilhalonga until this road reaches the high road situated between the marsh and the hillside down to the stream of Trena Latresne , and from this stream to the stream of Courréjean, as well as all the Garonne river situated within these boundaries and all this river between the latter two streams. ⁷

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Edward III :

14 November 1351 . Westminster .

Order, at the request of the merchants of Aquitaine , to the receiver of new and ancient customs in England not to disturb them or to tax their goods when they sail through an English port to Flanders or elsewhere, and to Aquitaine, even after trans-shipment. ⁸

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Edward III :

20 October 1354 . Westminster .

Order, at the petition of the Caudiranum men of Caudéran , to the dean and chapter of Saint-Seurin not to judge any civil lawsuit between themselves and the men of Caudéran , Buscat Le Bouscat and Villa Nova Villenave[-d'Ornon] , but to let the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , judge these cases and to release the men imprisoned if they have given due pledges, and not to arrest them or to put them in irons. ⁹

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Edward III :

1 November 1354 . Westminster .

Order to the lord of Ornon , at the petition of the men of the Comtau of Ornon and of the lordship of Camparian , not to force them to do any work, since they did not have to do any except for the maintenance of the walls, moats and bridges of Bordeaux when necessary, and nowhere else; to let them follow the court which sits in Camparian and nowhere else in the Comtau, ¹⁰ and to enjoy their pasture rights in the forest. And if anyone accuses one of the men of Ornon, he is to be fined, with 6.5 l. , half for the lord of Ornon and half for the other party. The lord of Ornon cannot retain anybody's corpse after murder or accident, but has to release it for Christian burial to friends and family without ransom. He has not to keep in jail nor put in irons anyone because of a civil lawsuit, if a pledge has been given, on pain of forfeiture of his justice and lordship. ¹¹

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Richard II :

28 September 1379 . Westminster .

Grant in perpetuity to the merchants of Bordeaux not to be disturbed or to have to pay tax for their goods when they sail through English ports, even in case of trans-shipment. ¹²

Inspeximus and confirmation, by inspection of the Chancery rolls, of the letters of Richard II :

16 June 1387 . Westminster .

The same for goods loaded in Seland' Zeeland , Holand' Holland , Cales Calais and other ports in allied countries.

Inspeximus , by inspection of the chancery rolls of Richard II , of this latter's letters patent:

12 June 1388 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters of Edward I:

13 August 1302 . Westminster

Privileges for merchant vintners of the duchy at their request:

Safe-conduct everywhere in England or anywhere in the king's lordship, along with licence for wholesale trade with Englishmen ( indigene seu incole ejusdem regni ) and foreigners ( alienigene extranei ), for goods brought in or out of the king's lordship, paying customs, except for wine brought from Aquitaine which they cannot carry out of England without special royal licence.
Licence to dwell where they wish with their goods.
Validation of contracts between these merchants and anybody else, as soon as God's penny has been paid, evidence being provided in case of dispute according to the customs of the fair or town where the contract was made
Release of the right of ancient prise ( prisa antiqua ) of each 2 tuns of wine unloaded in England or in the king's lordship for each ship, and of any other increase, without paying the market price.
For each tun of wine gauged, the seller has to pay for what is missing and the buyer for any surplus, at the price at which the wine was sold.
On the arrival of new vintage in each town of England and of the king's lorsdhip, a sworn commission of vintners from the duchy and of good men of this town has to test the stock of old wine and if it has deteriorated, they have to destroy it.
The seller and the buyer each have to pay one half penny for every gauged tun.
The officers of fairs in merchant towns have to do speedy justice to the vintners according to merchant law, the king punishing any default to do so.
Except for crimes punishable by death, inquiries for lawsuits involving vintners of the duchy will be made by a mixed commission of such vintners, if they are numerous enough, and of good men of town.
No other tax or exaction has to be requested for this wine.
Grant in perpetuity to vintners of the duchy alone not to be prejudiced by any further grant, the vintners of the duchy paying to the king 2 s. for each tun of wine paying freightage, within 40 days after the first unloading of this wine in the king's lordship, in addition to ancient customs.

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Witnesses: W[alter Langton], Coventr', Lich' bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ¹⁴ , John de Warenne, Surr' earl of Surrey , le Bygod Roger Bigod, Norff' earl of Norfolk , marshal of England , Britannia John de Brittany , Hugh le Despenser , Brewes William de Braose , Bello Campo Walter de Beauchamp, senescallus steward of the royal household , Roger le Brabazon , John de Merle and others. ¹⁵

Inspeximus , by inspection of the chancery rolls of Edward III, of this latter's letters patent:

4 June 1342 . Westminster .

Grant to the mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux never to be separated from the crown of England, saving the king's heir, even if the king takes possession of the kingdom of France.

Inspeximus , by inspection of the chancery rolls of Edward III, of this latter's letters patent:

4 June 1342 . Westminster .

Grant to the mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux never to be separated from the crown of England, saving the king's heir, even if the king takes possession of the kingdom of France.

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Inspeximus of some letters patent of Henry IV:

11 February 1411 . Westminster .

Grant to the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux to enjoy forever without impediment from the king's officers all the privileges and liberties which had been granted to them by the charters of the king's ancestors and predecessors.

Inspeximus of some letters patent of Henry IV enrolled in the chancery rolls:

21 April 1401 . Westminster .

Confirmation of the privilege that no harbour is allowed on either side of the river Gironde ¹⁷ between the stream ( ester ) ¹⁸ Crebat ¹⁹ and Castillon , as the letters of the king’s predecessors on this had been lost and as no wine had to be unloaded there, and grant in perpetuity to the mayor and jurats of the padouens in the city and in the banlieue with power to allow building and to grant these padouens in fee, with the proviso that men-at-arms and crossbowmen may still walk or ride between the padouens and the city walls, the town paying one mark sterling per annum. At the town's request, and as the king has already confirmed that any movable goods put in auction in Bordeaux by the king’s or any others’ executors, or by order of any ecclesiastical or lay judge, would be sold by the town auctioneer, and to grant that the town council have cognisance of prostitutes in the town. Witnessed by Thomas [Arundel], Cantuar' archbishop of Canterbury , primate of all England ²⁰ ; R[ichard le Scrope] Ebor’ archbishop of York , primate of England ²¹ ; R[obert Braybrooke], London bishop of London ²² ; W[illiam of Wykeham], Wynton’ bishop of Winchester ²³ ; H[enry Beaufort], bishop of Lincoln ²⁴ ; E[dmund Stafford], Exon’ bishop of Exeter 25 , chancellor ; Edmund [of Langley], Ebor’ duke of York , the king’s uncle; Henry de Percy, Northumbr earl of Northumberland , constable of England ; Nevyll Ralph de Neville, marshall of England ; John [Beaufort], Somers’ earl of Somerset , the king’s brother and chamberlain ; Thomas [Percy], Wygorn’ earl of Worcester , steward of the Household ; John Norbury, treasurer ; de Hamelak William de Roos of Helmsley ; Reginald Grey de Ruthyn ; Willughby William Willoughby ²⁶ ; Master Richard Clifford, keeper of the privy seal . ²⁷

Inspeximus of letters patent of Henry IV:

21 April 1401 . Westminster .

Grant, at their request, to the governor, jurats and council of the city of Bordeaux :

to appoint and remove any money-changers, except one or two appointed by the king or his heirs;
privilege for the citizens of Bordeaux alone to retail wine ( facere tabernam ) in the city, except between Michaelmas and Whitsuntide, when every baron or inhabitant is allowed to sell his own wine;
and privilege for the town council not to account with the king for any money taken or spent and for which they had to account previously;

without prejudice to any past or future privileges granted or to be granted by kings. ²⁸

By K. and the king's council in Parliament.

1.: For similar confirmations, see entry in C 61/108 , entry in C 61/117 .
2.: See the Livre des Bouillons , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux, (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 318-20.
3.: On the right bank of the Garonne.
4.: All these boundaries were specified - and probably invented - in the charter of King Philip IV of France (10 September 1294). See Livre des Bouillons , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 25-8.
5.: Literally " Cows Ford". Probably the Pas Bougès (meaning the "ford of the Pays de Buch", i.e. the ford at the borders with the lordship of Buch). in the commune of Saint-Jean-d'Illac .
6.: A "fourcade" meant in Gascon a wood or grove of oaks.
7.: See commentaries of this text in Bochaca, M., La banlieue de Bordeaux. Formation d'une juridiction municipale (vers 1250 - vers 1550) (Paris, 1997), p. 88-9. See this text in the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 321-37 and 407-10; and Livre des Coutumes , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1890), pp. 549-54.
8.: See the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 133-4 and 326-7.
9.: See the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 327-8.
10.: The men of the Comtau of Ornon (or prévôté of Camparian) complained there that the lord of Ornon (based at Gradignan) held the court of the Comtau in his castle of Ornon (in com. Gradignan) and not at Camparian, the seat of the Comtau d'Ornon (also known as 'prévôté of Camparian'). Alaïtz de Blaye, lady of Ornon , had obtained the prévôté de Camparian in 1319 in exchange for the lordship of Blaye. See entry in C 61/33 .
11.: See this act published in the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 328-30.
12.: See this act published in the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 207-8.
13.: See Unwin, T., Wine and the vine (London - New York, 1996), p. 192 and Gras, N. S. B., 'The Origin of the National Customs-Revenue of England', The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 27 (1912), pp. 134-137.
14.: From 1296 to 1321.
15.: See the Livre des Bouillons , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 160-4, 198-206, 332-6 and 338-42.
16.: This confirmation is in entry in C 61/108 until there.
17.: This means here the river Garonne.
18.: The Gascon word estey means stream.
19.: This stream was situated north of Bordeaux outside the walls in the current "rue Poyenne".
20.: Archbishop of Canterbury (1396-1414).
21.: Archbishop of York (1398-1405).
22.: Bishop of London (1381-1404).
23.: Bishop of Winchester (1366-1404).
24.: Bishop of Lincoln (1398-1404).
25.: Bishop of Exeter (1395-1414).
26.: 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (d. 1409).
27.: Keeper of the privy seal from 1397 to 1401. This act is published in the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 306-8. This act was confirmed by Henry IV in entry in C 61/108 .
28.: This act was confirmed by Henry IV in entry in C 61/108 .

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81: 14 August 1433 . Westminster . Concerning the creation of the county of Benauges .

Same entry as entry in C 61/121 (28 July 1426) with a different list of witnesses. Witnesses: Henry [Chichele], archbishop of Canterbury , primate of all England , and John [Kemp], archbishop of York , primate of England , John [Stafford], bishop of Bath and Wells , the king's chancellor , William [Grey], bishop of Lincoln , Philip [Morgan], bishop of Ely , John [of Lancaster], duke of Bedford , and Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , the king's uncles, being regents, Richard [Beauchamp], earl of Warwick , Humphrey [Stafford], earl of Stafford , William [de la Pole], earl of Suffolk , steward of the king's household , Crumwell Ralph Cromwell, kt , the king's treasurer , Walter Hungerford, kt , Lyndewode William Lyndwood, keeper of the king's privy seal .

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82: 19 February 1434 . Westminster . For the dean of the church of Bordeaux .

Licence granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Theobaldus, Dages Tétbaut d'Agès, dean of the cathedral church of Bordeaux , to bring with him without impediment to the regions situated overseas his goods, which are cloth ( panni ),books, silverwarer ( pecie argentee ), gold and silver jewels and other things pertaining to him or his servants up to the value of 120 l. of the English money, so that Agès can go to the general council [of Basel ].

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For Luis de Falces, kt.

20 February 1434 . Westminster . ¹

Grant to Luis de Falces, kt , and his male heirs, because of his good service in the wars in the kingdom of France and the duchies of Normania Normandy and Aquitaine as well as his service in royal diplomatic missions for Henry V and the current king, of the [noble] houses of Liuran Livran , Tartas , Puyana Poyanne and Delalivarde la Libarde , with all their rights, serfs ( questales ) and revenues, with the proviso that they do not pertain to the king's domain. ²

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: See the related entry entry in C 61/121 .

84: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to deliver these houses to Luis de Falces or his deputy.

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85

7 April 1434 . Westminster . Concerning pardon .

Pardon granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Achart Pey Eyquart otherwise known as Lassalle, Olyver Mathiu Olivey , Guilhem de Gayac otherwise known as the Bougès ¹ , Guilhem Bidau and their accomplices, stopping any prosecution, returning to them their good reputation and all their goods, the sentences given by the king and his officers notwithstanding. They have not to enter the city of Bordeaux before the king orders about it, except with licence of the mayor or the [town] council of Bordeaux . It has been shown by the king's council in Bordeaux, the lieutenant, jurats, thirty and three hundred councillors and the community of the city of Bordeaux represented by Brother Fonquentin Arnaut de Saint-Quentin, master in theology of the Augustinian Order , and Bernat de Garos , burgesses of Bordeaux , that Eyquart, Olivey, Gayac, Bidau and their accomplices have committed six years ago ² several great insurrections, riots, fights and conspiracies in the city of Bordeaux, and some of them have withdrawn to the kingdom of England, and the king has made these charges be examined. ³

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1.: This means an inhabitant of the Pays de Buch .
2.: In 1428.
3.: The exact nature of this turbulence is not known as the Gascon Rolls are almost the only known source mentioning them. It was probably an internal strife. See some mentions of these men in the Registres de la jurade : délibérations de 1414 à 1416 et de 1420 à 1422 , Archives municipales de Bordeaux, (Bordeaux, 1883). But sadly, the registers of the community of Bordeaux are lost for the period concerned by these riots and conspiracies. It is to be noticed than the men involved in this unrest were apparently not of a very high status. Mentions of these riots were found by Étienne Baluze (1630-1718) in an 'old manuscript of the Church of Bordeaux'. According to this text, three clerks of Bordeaux were jailed by the king of England's judges because of the 'tumults' that took place at Bordeaux, then they refused to deliver them to the archbishop of Bordeaux David de Montferrand who claimed to have jurisdiction over them because of their ecclesiastic status. Consequently, the archbishop had placed Bordeaux and its suburbs under interdict. Finaly the king's judges delivered the three clerks to him and lifted the interdict. Later, Montferrand received a letter from Henry VI summoning to appear before him about this matter (1429). David de Montferrand died during his stay at London on 31 May 1430. See Gallia Christiana , II (Paris, 1873), animadversiones, col. xxiv.

86: 12 May 1434 . Westminster . For Johan de Lavergne, esquire .

Grant for life to la Vernhie Johan de Lavergne, esquire , native of the duchy of Aquitaine, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of the office of captain of the place and Gensak fortalice of Gensac with all its revenues to be received by him or his deputies. Lavergne has served all his life the king and his ancestors in their wars in the duchy of Aquitaine against the king's enemies at his own cost, and he has kept and defended the duchy's borders, without having any reward or fee from the king.

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For Pey Durand

22 June 1434 . Westminster . ¹

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Durant Pey Durand, esquire , for the good service he did to the king in the kingdom of France of 20 l. of the English money to be annually received from the wine customs and the other revenues of the constabulary of Bordeaux at Christmas by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux, his lieutenant or another deputed to this task, until the king orders otherwise.

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

88: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux his lieutenant or another deputed to this task to regularly pay this sum to Pey Durand .

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89: 4 June 1434 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport tin .

Licence granted, with the assent and advice of the king's council, to Cessaco, de Pey de Cessac, citizen and vintner of the city of London , to transport 400 tin dishes ( pecie ) to Bordeaux, paying due customs.

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90: 10 July 1434 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport silver vessels .

Licence granted, with the assent and advice of the king's council, to Foitz Gaston de Foix, Longvyle count of Longueville and la Buche captal de Buch , permitting his deputies to transport without impediment from whatever port of England to the duchy of Aquitaine two golden silver basins ( pelves ), two golden silver bottles, four golden silver jars ( olle ), two golden silver spice plates ( spiceplate ) twelve golden silver cups ( ciphi ), one golden silver ewer ( ewera ), two silver bottles, two silver basins, two silver jars, thirty cups and three silver lids, three silver salt pots with coverlids ( salaria cooperta de argento ) and one silver ewer, bought in France.

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91: 12 May 1434 . Westminster .

Same entry as entry 86 .

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Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judges of the superior court of Aquitaine ¹ , the king's procurator [fiscal] and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver to Johan de Lavergne or his deputies the place and Gensak fortalice of Gensac .

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1.: It is written in the original the 'superior court of Gascony' but it is an error for 'superior court of Aquitaine'.

93: Same as above

Order to Gensak inhabitants of the place and fortalice of Gensac to obey and attend Johan de Lavergne as captain of Gensac.

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94: 11 May 1434 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Radclyf John de Radcliffe, seneschal of Aquitaine and captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying in Aquitaine for the safeguard of the duchy and this castle.

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95

19 July 1434 . Dogmersfeld Dogmersfield . Concerning licence to transport wheat . ¹

Licence granted, at his request, to Stephen Huchyns to buy, himself or through his deputies, 200 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , to export them from whatever port of England to Bordeaux or Bayonne . Rempston Robert Rempstone and Parfyt Robert Parfit, clerk , became personally mainpernors before the king in chancery for Huchyns under pain of 20 l. on their goods and chattels that this wheat will be brought by Huchyns to Bordeaux or Bayonne and not elsewhere. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Huchyns or his deputies to do so, paying due customs and providing by himself or his deputies letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux or the city of Bayonne before 24 June 1435.

1.: Extractus usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

96: 21 August 1434 . Dogmersfeld Dogmersfield . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted, at their request, to William Poleyn and John Wodecok to buy, themselves or through their deputies, 200 quarters of wheat in com' Sutht' Hampshire and Sussex , to export them from whatever port of England to Bayonne or Bordeaux . The same Poleyn and Wodecok became personally mainpernors before the king in chancery for themselves under pain of 40 l. on their goods and chattels that this wheat will be brought by them to Bayonne or Bordeaux and not elsewhere. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Poleyn and Wodecok or their deputies to do so, paying due customs and providing by themselves or their deputies letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bayonne or the city of Bordeaux before 24 June 1435.

For Galhart [III de] Durfort.

22 June 1434 . Westminster .

Appointment at the king's pleasure, by the advice and assent of the king's council, of Durefort Galhart [III de] Durfort, [lord of] Duras and Blanquefort , as seneschal of the Landes with the customary wages. At the death of the lord of Lescun, 1 seneschal of the Landes , the lieutenant of the seneschal of Aquitaine , the judge of Gascony and others of the king's council in Bordeaux had appointed Durfort as seneschal of the Landes in order to avoid problems occuring in these marches by reason of lack of a seneschal.

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1.: Fortaner VII de Pommiers.

98: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the lieutenant of the seneschal of Aquitaine , the judge of Gascony and others of the king's council in Bordeaux to deliver this office to Galhart [III de] Durfort .

99: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to permit Galhart [III de] Durfort to have the customary wages of this office and regularly pay them to him.

100: 16 July 1434 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Jacobus Giacomo de Podio of Luca Lucca , merchant , or Giacomo Poche of Lucca, broker , who is going to the regions of the kingdom of France in the king's service in the company of John [of Lancaster], regent of the kingdom of France and duke of Bedford .

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