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C 61/128 16 Henry VI (1437-1438)

Introduction.

In this roll several offices and goods of the duchy of Aquitaine are given to Englishmen: places and revenues in the Landes, for example, were granted in perpetuity to James Harsage, lieutenant of the castle of Dax, 1 John Strangways, already captain of the castle of La Réole, was appointed in 1437 captain of the castle of Fronsac, a position he was to keep for many years, 2 the esquire Robert Holme and the vintner of London John Staple jointly obtained the office of controller of the castle of Bordeaux, 3 while Peter Bowman received several lucrative offices at Bayonne and Bordeaux. 4 An 'Anglicized' Catalan, Joan Tregurà, doctor of the University of Oxford, received the Bordelais lands of the family of Poton de Xaintrailles, the famous Gascon of the French party. 5

Of course, loyal Gascons were not forgotten and the long-standing and faithful family of the Marsan de Cauna obtained the elevation of their Landais lordship of Cauna into a barony. 6 The influential Gascon Bernat Angevin received from the king-duke the important lordship of Rauzan on becoming chancellor of Aquitaine. 7 The loyal Gaston de Foix, count of Longueville and captal de Buch, was renewed in his keepership of the city of Bazas, which he had conquered, with payment of the wages he requested and 3,000 gold saluts to build a fortalice inside it. 8 Henry VI also granted to Gaston three places previously owned by 'king’s rebels' which he already occupied. 9

Several revenues were granted to Bordeaux and Bayonne in order to help them to resist the French and the Castilians. 10

A sign of the climate of distrust and anxiety existing in Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine, the Franciscans of Bordeaux requested Henry VI that no one should have an office in their convent or in any other convent of Bordelais if he was not born in the king’s obedience and was not currently within this obedience. 11

Worthy of interest is the request of the English government for the large sum of 12,750 gold crowns, 6,954 nobles of England and 7 crowns that Henry V had granted to the count of Foix, Johan de Foix, when efforts were being made after the treaty of Troyes to win him over to the Lancastrian cause. Henry VI claimed this sum back from Gaston IV de Foix since his father Johan de Foix had rallied to Charles VII of France. This request was probably being used as a means of putting pressure on the count of Foix, one of the most powerful lords of Aquitaine-Gascony. 12

Guilhem Pépin.

1.
See entry 6 , entry 23 .
2.
See entry 10 .
3.
See entry 53 .
4.
See entry 1 .
5.
See entry 50 .
6.
See entry 3 , entry 11 .
7.
See entry 13 , entry 19 .
8.
See entry 27 .
9.
See entry 28 .
10.
See entry 43 , entry 34 .
11.
See entry 30 .
12.
See entry 21 .

For Peter Bowman.

1

12 September 1437 . Westminster . 1

Appointment of Boweman Peter Bowman as controller of the assizes or customs in the port of Bayonne, and supervisor of woollen cloth and other goods brought from the kingdom of England and other places to the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne, with the office of controller of wines of rebels as John Bowet held this latter office, receiving there the customary fees and wages of this office, and also the supervision of all the repairs made in these two cities by him or his sufficient deputies. With the proviso that Bowman certifies once to the treasury of England , by the advice and supervision of the constable of Bordeaux, of all the cocketed and non-cocketed goods coming to the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne , and also the other things he has done in the king's name in this office.

By bill of the treasurer.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the governors and citizens of the city of Bayonne to permit Peter Bowman to have these offices and exercise them according to the king's letters.

3

19 September 1437 . castrum de Berkhampstede Berkhampstead Castle . For Loys de Cauna

Elevation, because of the good service to the king of Caunario, de Loys de Cauna, kt , and his son Bernat [de Cauna] in the seneschalcy of the Landes , of their lordship of Cauna to the rank of a barony. 1

By p.s.

1.
See the related entry entry 11 .

For Robert Horwode.

4

13 November 1437 . The house of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem situated near the city of London .

Appointment at the king's pleasure of Owod Robert Horwode as one of the serjeants-at-arms for the whole duchy of Aquitaine receiving in this office the customary wages.

By bill p.s.

5

15 November 1437 . Westminster .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay regularlythe wages of Robert Horwode in this office.

For James Harsage.

6

18 October 1437 . manorium de Sheen Sheen Manor .

Grant to James Harsage, Acres lieutenant of the castle of Dax , and his heirs, of the Dages manor of Agès situated in the Beata Maria Dulcis parish of Sainte-Marie d'Ousse in the lordship of Brassyng Brassenx , with all its profits, which was held by Guitart [de Bézaudun], Tartays captain of Tartas for the lord of Albret , 1 by hereditary right, but has been seized because of Guitart's rebellion. Furthermore, the king grants him the possessions of Guitart in the parish of Villenawe Villenave situated in the same lordship of Brassenx and all the vicomtal revenues and fiefs of Tartas in the lordship of Aurybaut Auribat which came into the king's hands by the conquest of this lordship of Auribat, a conquest in which James Harsage was involved with 500 men-at-arms at his own cost. Any statutes or ordinances made in Parliament notwithstanding.

By p.s.

1.
Charles II d'Albret .
7

Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver to James Harsage this manor, tenements, revenues and fiefs with all their profits according to the king's letters.

For Johan de Banhaduys .

8

18 October 1437 . manorium de Esthamstede Easthampstead Manor . 1

Grant for life to Johan de Banhaduys originating from the duchy of Aquitaine, because of his good service in the king's wars in the kingdom of France and the duchies of Normann' Normandy and Aquitaine and elsewhere, of all the possessions and revenues that one Puch, de Ivo Dupuch , king's rebel, owned in the town of Sauveterre[-de-Guyenne] and elsewhere in the seneschalcy of Bazades Bazadais and the Bourdeloys Bordelais province up to the yearly value of 10 m.st. , with the proviso that he pays the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
9

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judge of Gascony , the constable of Bordeaux and the others of the king's council [of Aquitaine] to deliver these possessions to Johan de Banhaduys .

10

11 December 1437 . manorium de Hanworth Hanworth Manor . For John Strangways .

Appointment of John Strangways, esquire , as captain and constable of the castle of Fronsac, with the keepership of this castle and the Frounsadeys Fronsadais region from 29 September 1437 for three years, to be held by him or a sufficient deputy, with all their revenues, without rendering any account to the king or his heirs, receiving from the king a yearly sum of 600 m. during the term of his office.

By p.s.

11

20 May 1438 . manerium de Kenyngton Kennington manor . For Loys de Cauna .

Elevation, because of the good service to the king of Caunario, de Loys de Cauna, kt , and his son Bernat [de Cauna] in the seneschalcy of the Landes , of their lordship of Cauna to the rank of barony with high and low justice. 1

By p.s.

1.
See the related entry entry 3 .
12

23 March 1438 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Stapyll John Stapill and William Beaufitz to buy, themselves or through deputies, 300 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England and export them to Bordeaux for its victualling. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Stapill and Beaufitz 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 Bordeaux before 24 June 1438.

For Bernat Angevin.

13

21 March 1438 . manorium de Maydeston Maidstone Manor . 1

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Bernat Angevin , issued from the Burdeloys Bordelais province, chancellor [of Aquitaine] and one of the king's councillors in the duchy of Aquitaine , and his heirs born or to be born by legitimate union, of the castle , 2 land and Rouzan lordship of Rauzan with their profits, revenues and rights, with the proviso that Angevin and his heirs do the customary services due to the king. Angevin has supplicated the king that there is a castle situated on the borders with the king's enemies in the duchy of Aquitaine in the Inter duo maria Entre-deux-Mers which is called Rauzan and which is not part of the king's domain; and the late Mandonnet, Taillecavet Naudonet de Taillecavat called Marmande asserted it should own it by hereditary right and took it by treason, so Rauzan was put in the king's hands and Taillecavat was expelled by force from this castle by Angevin and some other king's officers; this castle's annual value does not exceed 30 l. and the castle requires great repairs, so Angevin requests the king to grant him in perpetuity this castle because of the great services he did to Henry V and the current king in the kingdom of France and the duchies of Normandy and Aquitaine and the fidelity he has shown in the king's council [in Aquitaine], and that he waged war in person and otherwise against the king's enemies in several places, and he continues to do it to his own great expenses.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
This medieval castle still exists today.
14

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal [in Aquitaine] , the prévôt and royal executor of Bordeaux and the la Spare captain of Lesparre to deliver the castle , land and lordship of Rauzan to Bernat Angevin according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

For Yvon Corre.

15

21 March 1438 . manorium de Maydeston Maidstone Manor . 1

Grant to Ivo Yvon Corre 2 of the profits and rights of a fair or market which is in the city of Bordeaux and lasts for eight days before Michaelmas 3 and eight days after, and furthermore to grant for life the lands and revenues which were owned by Audwyn Bernat Audoin pertaining to the king which do not exceed a yearly revenue of 6 l.st. , with the proviso that he responds annually for any surplus to the castle of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
These forename and surname suggest a Breton origin.
3.
29 September.
16

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to permit Yvon Corre to have the profits of the fair and these lands and revenues according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

17

23 February 1438 . Wyndesore Windsor . Concerning the transfer of some money . 1

The king entrusts 1,000 l. , because of some royal needs in the duchy of Aquitaine, to the constable of Bordeaux and Bernat Angevin , one of the king's councillors [in Aquitaine] , or one of them, in order to take them to the duchy, the constable and Angevin having been sent by the advice of the king's councillors being at Bordeaux or the majority of them. The king wants the constable and Angevin, or one of them, to show letters under the seal of the seneschal of Aquitaine explaining how this money is going to be expended.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
18

27 March 1438 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Angevyn Bernat Angevin, esquire , to buy, himself or through deputies, 100 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of oat in the kingdom of England , and export them to Bordeaux without impediment. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Angevin or his deputies to do so, paying due customs etc. as above.

19

28 March 1438 . Westminster . For Bernat Angevin .

Appointment at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of Bernat Angevin , one of the king's councillors in the duchy of Aquitaine , as the king's chancellor [of Aquitaine] and holder of the king's great seal of the duchy to be held in the same way as previous holders of this office, with the customary profits pertaining to this office.

By p.s.

20

28 March 1438 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft . 1 .

Grant to Typtoft John, lord Tiptoft, kt , who is governing the king's town , castle and lordship of Lesparre with its appurtenances, allowing him to respond to the king through a deputy or deputies and to receive in the king's name through a deputy or deputies the homages and esporles 2 of the nobles and others [of this lordship] due to the king. And to receive homages and esporles and grant new fiefs and tenements.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
An esporle was a small tax paid to the lord at each change of lord or tenant.
21

27 March 1438 . paloys de Westm' Westminster Palace . Concerning a sum to be received for the king. . 1 .

[in French]

Appointment of the archbishop of Bordeaux , 2 Glaston Gaston de Foix, count of Longueville , captal de Buch , Master Walter Colles, constable of Bordeaux , Master Blaie Nolot de Blaye, bachelor of laws , judge of Gascony , Bernat Angevin, chancellor and Guienne king's councillor in the duchy of Guyenne and Master Estienne Estèbe de Brosses as commissaries and attorneys of the king, or at least three of them,to request in the king's name, from [Gaston [IV] de Foix, count of Foix], 3 elder son of the late Foitz Johan [I], count of Foix , 4 or someone else in his name to recover the sum of 12,750 gold crowns, and 6,954 nobles of England and 7 crowns that Johan de Foix had received from Henry V because of certain agreements made between them, 5 and the said sum received they should give acquittance.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin. Extractus usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.
Pey Berland , archbishop of Bordeaux (1430-56). See Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.203-14, no.239.
3.
Count of Foix and vicomte of Béarn (1436-72).The name of Gaston IV de Foix is missing from the roll, but this entry obviously concerns this person. The scribe seems to have copied this letter onto the roll badly.
4.
Johan I, count of Foix and vicomte of Béarn (1412-36).
5.
Sums granted by Henry V to Johan I de Foix during the negotiations (1420-22) made between them in order to rally the count of Foix to the treaty of Troyes (21 May 1420).

For James Harsage.

23

16 January 1438 . manorium de Esthampstede Easthampstead Manor . 1

Grant for life to James Harsage, esquire , of the lordship and fortalice of Gamarde in the seneschalcy of the Landes with its profits and appurtenances, any mention of the value of the profits of this lordship and fortalice and any previous grant of them to Harsage notwithstanding. Sampson, Montbrun Sansson de Monbrun who had obtained by the king's letters patent the lordship and fortalice of Gamarde has returned these letters to chancery for cancellation in order to grant them to Harsage. 2

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
See the related entries entry in C 61/127 , entry in C 61/127 , entry in C 61/127 .
24

Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the prévôts of Baion' Bayonne and Aquen' Dax and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver this lordship and fortalice of Gamarde according to the king's letters.

Concerning confirmation to [William] Langbrook.

25

1 May 1438 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry V :

1 July 1416 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV:

28 November 1404 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV :

12 November 1399 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Richard II :

25 July 1398 . Westminster.

Grant for life to Master Lambrok William Langbrook, king's clerk , of the custom called the custom of Royan ( la custume de Royans ) that is levied daily at the castle of Bordeaux , that is to say 2 d. and one ob. of black bordelais for each tun of wine and 200 l. of black bordelais per annum. Previously, the king had granted this custom on 15 December 1377 to Fylongley Richard Fillongley for his good service to Edward of Woodstock , the king's father. Fillongley had returned this grant into the chancery, in the presence of Richard II. 1

1.
See entry in C 61/107 .
26

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and citizens of Bordeaux and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to permit William Langbrook to have this custom for life from 1 May 1438 according to the king's letters.

27

16 July 1438 . Westminster . For the count of Longeville . 1

New grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the king's kinsman the Busch captal de Buch and count of Longueville , 2 of the custody of the city and town of Bazatz Bazas receiving there his wages, with full power and licence to build a castle or fortalice for the conservation of this city, receiving 3,000 gold saluts for that, by supervision of the king's council or other persons sent by this council. The captal de Buch has shown to the king and his council that he was granted in 1414 3 the custody of the city and town of Bazas, according to an indenture that he was to receive each month 150 fr. and has paid a one-off 500 fr. for this custody on order of the seneschal to Favars Menaut de Habas , previously captain and keeper of this town, who previously received for his monthly wages 200 fr. ; but thereafter the captal de Buch asked to be discharged of this custody because the town was on the enemy borders and was threatened by them, and the city walls were almost destroyed, and most of the city's inhabitants has fled elsewhere for their security. Asked by the king and his council to deal with this matter, the seneschal of Aquitaine and the king's council in Bordeaux summoned the three estates 4 and it was decided that the captal should be granted again the town of Bazas with 3,000 gold saluts to build a fortalice within the town under the supervision of the senechal, the council of Bordeaux and some experts in the matter ( scientifici ), rendering Bazas to the king after having been paid the expenses made for the building of this fortalice and his wages.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Gaston de Foix .
3.
It was in fact in 1424 according to entry in C 61/130 .
4.
This could be either the three estates of Bordelais or the three estates of the whole duchy.
28

20 July 1438 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . For the count of Longeville .

Grant to Goston, Foys Gaston de Foix, count of Longueville and Bonages Benauges , Busch captal de Buch , the king's kinsman, because of his constant good service to Henry V and the current king in the wars in the kingdom of France and in Aquitaine, and his taking of two places situated on the borders with the enemy called Chales Chalais and Lequairon , of these two places which were owned by the Grenhols lord of Grignols 1 and Jean de la Roche , 2 the king's enemies and rebels, as well as the places of Balhada Belhade and la Motte de Sounhac la Motte of Saugnacq , which were owned by Lana Amaniu de Lanne, kt , the king's enemy and rebel, and Gaston de Foix has made built a fortalice at his own cost for the safeguard of these places, of the four places with their revenues for him and heirs under the king's obedience.

By p.s.

1.
Francès de Talleyrand-Périgord .
2.
On him see Clément-Simon, G., 'Un capitaine de routiers sous Charles VII. Jean de la Roche.', Revue des Questions Historiques , 30 (1895), pp.41-65.
29

17 August 1438 . Westminster . Concerning Walter Colles .

Licence granted to Walter Colles, clerk , constable of Bordeaux , because of the expenses of the house ( hospicium ) he incurs due to his office, to buy himself or through his deputies, 200 quarters of wheat for the expenses of this house in the kingdom of England , where the wheat is the best and suitable, and export them to Bordeaux , paying due customs without impediment.

30

9 July 1438 . Westminster . Concerning a proclamation to be made .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal , the Umbraria prévôt of the Ombrière and all the king's officers of the duchy to proclaim publicly in each places of Bordeaux and Burdeloys Bordelais where they will find it suitable, that the king orders, at the request of the religious men, the guardian and convent of the friar minors of Bordeaux , that nobody can become guardian or have another office in this convent, nor in any other convent of Bordelais , if he has not been born in the king's obedience, if he is not now of the king's obedience and if he is not actually present at this convent to do his office. The religious men, the guardian and convent of the friar minors of Bordeaux have shown to the king that some offices of their convent have been often granted in the past and now to people who were not born in the king's obedience and have committed damage by revealing secrets of the city of Bordeaux and in many other ways, with the result that they have supplicated to bring them remedy on this.

By p.s.

31

11 July 1438 . Westminster . For the Franciscans of Bordeaux .

Grant to the religious men, the guardian and convent of the friar minors of Bordeaux , that they and their successors born in the king's obedience and continuing to be in this obedience, be allowed to keep forever all the possessions and revenues mentioned below as they owned them since their grant, with the proviso that they do not use this letter as a pretext to have the same rights over the other lands they have bought. The religious men, the guardian and convent of the friar minors of Bordeaux, a convent founded by Edward I , 1 have shown to the king as some noble persons of Bourdeloys Bordelais have granted to the Franciscans of Bordeaux, as their convent needed constant repairs and there was a great number of brothers, in fact 64 persons, they have received several hereditary goods and revenues of wheat and wine up to the annual value of 60 l. of the money of England for the divine service, the maintenance of the brothers and the repairs to their convent, the guardian and convent and their successors giving forever for each of these grants three daily masses made for the redemption of the donors buried in their convent, these donors having specified that their grants could not be put outstide the hands of the convent.

By p.s.

1.
This is not the case as this convent was already founded in 1228 and changed of location in Bordeaux in 1247 when Pey de Bordeaux, lord of Puy-Paulin (in Bordeaux), granted the plot where the new convent was build. See Lavaud, S., 'Couvent des Franciscains', in Atlas historique de Bordeaux . Sites et monuments, III, ed. S. Lavaud (Bordeaux, 2009), pp. 174-6.

Concerning the appointment of receivers.

32

16 July 1438 . Westminster . 1

Appointment at the king's pleasure of Boweman Peter Bowman and Molyner Johan Mouliney as receivers ( collectores ) of the revenues and other profits pertaining to the lands and lordships of Béguey 2 in the duchy of Aquitaine receiving from them a fee or reward as previoulsy received there by Angewine Bernat Angevin . With the proviso that Bowman and Mouliney respond for these revenues to the exchequer of Bordeaux.

By bill of the treasurer.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
It is either the possessions of the late Amaniu Béguey mentioned in several previous rolls, or the house ( ostau ) of Béguey situated at Bordeaux. See Drouyn, L., Bordeaux vers 1450 (Bordeaux, 1874), pp. 440-1.
33

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's liege men in the duchy of Aquitaine to obey and attend Peter Bowman and Johan Mouliney in the execution of this office.

34

11 July 1438 . Westminster . For the city of Bayonne .

Grant at the king's pleasure to the governor ( regens ) of the council of Bayonne and the community of Bayonne of the assize with all its profit in the same way the king's predecessors had granted to the commmunity of Bayonne , so that they keep the sums of money coming from this assize and be able to pay the expenses caused by the war in the future, any prosecution made before by any king's subjects of England in order to nullify this assize notwithstanding. The king has learned by a supplication of the governor ( regens ) of the council of Bayonne and the community of Bayonne that this city has incurred certain large expenses because of the wars, and the sieges and conquests of Guamarde Gamarde 1 and Darrion Rion , and the resistance of the king's enemy Rodigo Rodrigo[de Villandrando] , 2 and they have expended sums of silver money in which they are indebted to several merchants because of 600 men-at-arms and more being at sea for the city to fight the Hispannici Spanish . 3

By p.s.

1.
The Anglo-Gascons besieged Gamarde in July 1435. See TNA, E 101/191/7, no.26.
2.
On him, see Quicherat, J., Rodrigue de Villandrando (Paris, 1879).
3.
The Castilians.

For the same city [of Bayonne].

35

Same as above

Order forbiding the king's subjects of Bearritz Biarritz , Capbreton and Saint-Jean-de-Luz Sanctus Johannes de Luys to agree any truces or abstinence of war with the Ispannici Spanish 1 and other enemies without the agreement of Bayonne, as they used to do before, and whereas they have made separate truces ( treuge particulares) with the Spanish. Among several requests presented to the king by the governor ( regens ) of the council of Bayonne and the community of Bayonne , the king has learned that notwithstanding the truces and abstinences of war made between Bayonne and the Spanish they have made separate truces with the latter to the great prejudice of Bayonne.

By p.s.

1.
The Castilians.
36

Same as above

Similar letters to the king's subjects of Capbreton , Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz .

By p.s.

37

Same as above

Similar letters to the king's subjects of Saint-Jean-de-Luz , Biarritz and Capbreton .

By p.s.

For Guilhem de Lunes.

38

15 July 1438 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . 1

Grant for life to Guilhem de Lunes of the office of Leybourne prévôt of Libourne , the plassages of Libourne, 2 and the office of Sanctus Eligius controller of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux , to be held by himself or through sufficient deputies, with all the revenues which were held by Gerardus Guiraut Provost of the town of Libourne , together with the two other offices up to a value of a yearly 20 l.st. , with the proviso that Lunes annually responds to the exchequer of Bordeaux for the surplus, notwithstanding the previous grants of two of these offices to Johan de Lehet and Johan de Creyssac . Previously, the king had granted at his pleasure in different letters, the office of prévôt of Libourne to Guilhem de Lunes, 3 the plassages of Libourne to Johan de Lehet 4 and the office of controller of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi to Johan de Creyssac. 5

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
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.
3.
On 6 March 1423, see entry in C 61/119 .
4.
On 28 November 1432, see entry in C 61/125 .
5.
On 12 July 1431, see entry in C 61/124 .
39

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these three offices to Guilhem de Lunes according to the king's letters.

For Guilhotin de Lansac.

40

30 July 1438 . Kyngesclere Kingsclere . 1

Grant for life to Guillotinus Guilhotin de Lansac , issued from Bourdelois Bordelais , of the places and houses of Brull Breuil and Tastas Taste in the Bordelais region, with their appurtenances, revenues and rights up to the yearly value of 50 l.st. .

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
41

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the chancellor of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal and the other officers of the duchy to deliver these places to Guilhotin de Lansac .

42

16 July 1438 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of auditors . 1

Appointment at the king's pleasure of Molyner Johan Mouliney and Boweman Peter Bowman as the king's auditors and special commissaries in charge to audit and receive all the accounts of all the lands, tenements, revenues and profits of the land of Béguey 2 for the time these lands and revenues were in the hands of the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux , and this account heard and finished, it must be sent quickly to the exchequer of England .

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
It is either the possessions of the late Amaniu Béguey mentioned in several previous rolls, or the house ( ostau ) of Béguey situated at Bordeaux. See Drouyn, L., Bordeaux vers 1450 (Bordeaux, 1874), pp.440-1.
43

Same as above For the mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux . 1

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux , to be allowed to levy on all the goods of rebels and enemies brought to Bordeaux , except for wheat and meat, 12 nig.d. that are worth one d. of England for each pound, and also for the goods coming from those of Arrogonia Aragon and Navarrea Navarre , the king's friends, 6 nig.d. which are worthing one half penny of England. The king also grants the same to all the castles and fortalices which were held by the king's rebels and enemies in the duchy of Aquitaine, and which have been conquered by the captains of Bordeaux at the city's cost and not at the king's cost, and are not part of the king's domain, and they must pay liege homage for them according to the right of the land of Aquitaine.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
44

Same as above Concerning power to seize in the king's hands . 1

Full power granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Walter Colles, clerk , constable of Bordeaux , to seize all the lands, revenues and all other profits and revenues whatever they are in the duchy of Aquitaine, when they come in mortmain to the king, so long as it is not to the prejudice of the local rights and customs.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
45

Same as above For the councillors of Bordeaux .

Full power granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the king's councillors being at Bordeaux to create all the king's officers, in situations where officers die or want to give up their offices, until these councillors certify the king about that. And furthermore, the king grants to the constable of Bordeaux and the said king's councillors the power to choose a procurator for the king for all what the current king's general procurator cannot exercise in his office.

By p.s.

46

Same as above For the same councillors [of Bordeaux] .

Full power granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to the king's councillors being at Bordeaux to receive in the absence of the seneschal [of Aquitaine] the homage and fidelity from all the king's rebels and enemies [of Aquitaine] who are coming into the king's obedience.

By p.s.

47

12 March 1438 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Inspeximus of enrolled patent letters of King Richard II of 2 March 1390, 1 granting for lif, with the assent of the prelates, dukes, magnates and other important men and communities of the kingdom of England summoned in parliament at Westminster , the duchy of Aquitaine to John of Gaunt with all its cities, castles, towns, places, lands and provinces. Richard II granted him also the power to pardon criminals, return to them their goods and their good reputation, where, because of their crimes, they have been sentenced to death.

Inspeximus of the letters patent of John of Gaunt, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster about the appointment of William le Scrope as seneschal of Aquitaine:

4 July 1390 . London .

Grant, with the advice and assent of the duke's council, to Lescrop William le Scrope, kt , to whom John of Gaunt has granted by his other letters patent the office of seneschal of Aquitaine, of full power:

  1. to receive into the duke's peace all the duke's enemies and rebels if they come in his obedience, whether they are English, Irish, Welsh, Scots, French, Gascon, Aquitanian and of any other nationality, and of criminal perpetrations, lese majesty, robberies, fires, lootings, murders, rapes and all other kinds of criminal cases committed in the duchy;
  2. to demolish and destroy, by the advice of the duke's council there, all manner of fortalices which are not able to be held properly, and especially those that have been conquered by the king's rebels, excepting fortalices which belong to the duke's patrimony;
  3. to exercise high and low justice, and complete and shared jurisdiction in whatsoever place in the areas where the seneschal is, and to try, and punish all and singular traitors and rebels guilty of the crime of lèse majesté or high crimes of whatever kind according to the demands of the case;
  4. and to pardon all kind of criminals according to the case.

Inspeximus and confirmation of some letters patent of Lescrop William le Scrope, seneschal of Aquitaine for John of Gaunt, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster:

20 November 1391 . Bordeaux .

Pardon, with the advice and deliberation of the seneschal's council of Bordeaux, 2 to Castar, du Pey du Taste 3 for the murder of a man, if he has done this, as it is likely, whose body has been found in his garden and vineyard near his house situated in the Camblaries parish of Camblanes 4 in the land of Dentre deux Mars Entre-deux-Mers . And restoration to him of all his goods that may have been seized in John of Gaunt's hands and his good reputation, saving only the right of parties if they want to sue him in the future in a civil proceeding. The seneschal quashs all trials, inquiries, clamours and banishment made or to be made by the king's procurator fiscal or another ducal official. The seneschal imposes perpetual silence about this to the judge of Gascony , the Lombriere prévôt of the Ombrière , the mayor and the sub-mayor of Bordeaux , the Dentre deux Mars prévôt of Entre-deux-Mers , the procurator fiscal and all the other justices and officers of the duke, John of Gaunt, and they must respect this pardon without making impediments to Pey du Taste. After this body has been found in Taste's garden and vineyard, his body and movable and immovable goods were to be forfeited and seized in the duke's hands if he had committed this murder, but several relatives and friends of Pey du Taste have supplicated the seneschal to pardon him this murder if he was found guilty of it, and return him all his goods.

By 20 s. paid in the hanaper.

1.
It is written on this roll: 'de data secundi diei marcii anno domini millesimo quinquagesimo nono' (2 March 1359), but it is an error for 'de data secundi diei marcii anno domini millesimo octuagesimo nono' (2 March 1389; 1390 new style), as it is shown for instance in the copy of this grant in the Bordeaux cartulary called 'Livre des Bouillons'. See Livre des Bouillons , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1867), p. 227.
2.
The council appointed by the seneschal of Aquitaine which is usually called 'the king's council being at Bordeaux' or 'the king's council in the duchy of Aquitaine'.
3.
This could be the same person as the Pey du Taste who had his goods seized in 1400. See entry in C 61/107 .
4.
The English scribe has written there Camblaries , but has obviously incorrectly read Camblanes .

For Johan Maucamp.

48

21 March 1438 . manorium de Maydeston Maidstone Manor .

Appointment of Johan Maucamp the Younger , originating from the duchy of Aquitaine, as one of the minters of the money struck in the kingdom of France and the duchy of Aquitaine, enjoying the liberties and franchises of this office.

By p.s.

49

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the procurator fiscal and the prévôt of the minters and the minters of the duchy to permit Johan Maucamp the Younger , whom the king has appointed as one of the minters in the kingdom of France and the duchy of Aquitaine, permitting him to enjoy the liberties and franchises of this office.

For Joan Tregurà.

50

29 November 1437 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . 1

Grant for life to Tregurran Joan Tregurà, clerk , master in arts of the Oxon' university of Oxford , 2 of the house of la Motte de Mons called la Mote Verde la Motte Verte with all its appurtenances, revenues and rights, that are valued up to 15 l.st. , this house being situated in the Sanctus Martinus de Carinhan parish of Saint-Martin de Carignan in the Inter duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers and the Burdelois Bordelais province, that the late Cantalop Monot de Canteloup, esquire , held by grant of Henry IV , a house that went in the king's hands by the rebellion of the Seint Araille lord of Xaintrailles . 3 With the proviso that this house of la Motte Verte and its appurtenances, or a part of it, is not within the king's domain.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
According to his letters of English denization (8 June 1442), he was originating from the Roussillon province (then in the hands of the Crown of Aragon). See Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1441-1446 , p.101. In fact, he was a member of a noble family of this province, his family name coming from the village of Tregurà de Dalt (now part of Vilallonga de Ter, province of Girona, community of Catalonia, Spain). See the biographies of several members of this family of the 14th and 15th centuries in Capeille, J., Dictionnaire des biographies roussillonnaises (Perpignan, 1914), pp.628-30.
3.
It was then Fort-Sans de Xaintrailles (d. before 1426), father of the famous Johan said Pothon, Scaralh Poton de Xaintrailles . Fort-Sans had married Indiota de Rouqueys (often named as 'Edie de Rouqueys' by genealogists), issued from a family of the Entre-deux-Mers who produced an archbishop of Bordeaux (Ramon de Rouqueys, 1380-4, see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.177-81, no.682). Judit de Rouqueys brought the fortified house of la Motte Verte and the house of Rouqueys -both at Carignan- to his husband and to her son Poton.
51

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judge of Gascony , the constable of Bordeaux, the procurator fiscal and others of the king's council [being at Bordeaux] to deliver the house of la Motte de Mons called la Motte Verte to Joan Tregurà according to the king's letters. And if some people challenge this grant, they are to sumon before them those who have to be heard according to law and make full justice according to the local fors and customs.

By p.s.

52

5 July 1438 . Westminster . Concerning protection . 1

Letters of protection granted for one year, with clause volumus, to Rippa, de Galhart d'Arribe, gentleman , 2 who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Walter Colles, constable of Bordeaux , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
There was a Galhart d'Arribe ( de Rippa ), merchant of Bayonne, who gave all his good and chattels moveable and immovable to a certain 'Fulk Hugonis', bachelor of either law (29 September 1438). See Calendar of Close Rolls (CCR), 1435-1441 , p.234. It is hard to know if he was the same person.
53

16 July 1438 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . Concerning the grant of the office of controller .

Appointment for life of Robert Holme, esquire , and John Staple, of London , vintner , as controller of the castle of Bordeaux with its customary wages in the same way the late John Bowet , former controller, received them and was allocated in the accounts of Barnebe Thomas Barneby , former constable of Bordeaux, before the king's exchequer of Westminster . Formerly, Holme had received this office at the king's pleasure by the king's letters patent, 1 but he wants to return these letters to chancery for cancellation with the intent that the king appoints him for life along with Staple.

By p.s.

1.
A first time on 8 November 1436 entry in C 61/127 ,and a second time on 20 March 1437 entry in C 61/127 .
54

20 February 1438 . Westminster . For William Stone .

Grant for life to William Stone , the king's servant, because of his good service at sea as well as in the regions of Aquitaine and other places where he incurred several expenses, of the office of Baion' prévôt of Bayonne , to be held by himself or through a sufficient deputy with all its customary profits and revenues.

By p.s.

55

16 August 1438 . manorium de Wodestoke Woodstock Manor . For Johan de Creyssac .

Grant for life, as he had behave well in this office, to Johan de Creyssac, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , of the office of controller of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux , with the customary fees, wages and profits pertaining to it. Formerly, on 12 July 1431, the king had granted him this office at his pleasure by his letters patent, 1 but Creyssac has returned these letters in chancery for cancellation.

By p.s.

1.
See entry in C 61/124 .