C 61/132, 21 & 22 Henry VI (1442-1444)

Introduction.

This roll is mainly concerned by the consequences of the 'Journée de Tartas', the successful military expedition led by Charles VII of France in Gascony from June 1442. The majority of the lords of the Landes and many places submitted to the king of France. In October 1442, the king gave power to the archbishop of Bordeaux, the seneschal of Aquitaine, the mayor of Bayonne and the lord of Gramont to pardon persons of the duchy who had adhered to the king of France when he came there. 1

The lord of Saint-Pée Johan d'Amézqueta and his son Augerot de Saint-Pée who had participated to the English recovery of Dax and Hastingues which had been taken by Charles VII in July 1442 were granted for their lifetimes the prévôté of Dax and the baylie, toll and pasture of Hastingues. 2 The leading light in the recovery of Dax, Per-Arnaut de Saint-Cricq, already appointed captain of this city, was now appointed prévôt of Dax. 3 In 1444, he obtained a house situated near Dax which had been seized by the king from a Gascon who had rallied to the king of France, a house which had previously been granted in 1443 to Pey d’Anglade, ordinary clerk of the city of Bayonne. 4 Another Gascon (Johan de Maucamp the younger) who had been involved in the defence of Dax against the French received the office of clerk of the writing office of the royal prévôté of the city of Dax. 5 Pey de Montferrand, Soudic de la Trau, tried with success in July 1443 to get back the portion of the lordship of Breuil (in Médoc) allocated to his sister Margarida who had married the lord of Gramont, as this major lord had rallied to the king of France in April of the same year. 6

Others received the seized goods of Gascons who submitted to Charles VII. Some possessions situated in Ousse (Northern Landes) which had been granted to the Englishman James Harsage, who had committed an act of betrayal in favour of the king of France, were given to the Gascon Antoni Villate. The lord Francès de Montferrand received a house in the same place and some goods in the Pays de Born. 7 Johan de Foix, son of the captal de Buch Gaston de Foix, was given in 1443 all the possessions of Bérart de Lamothe, lord of Roquetaillade and co-lord of Langon, which had been previously given to another important Gascon lord of the English party Galhart III de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanquefort. 8 George Swillington, the former captain of the castle of La Réole who had defended it in vain against Charles VII in 1442, received the goods of a kinsman of Bérart situated in the same region. 9 Similarly, he was granted several possessions of the lord of Gramont. 10 The office of captain of Blaignac, occupied by the lord of Gramont, was entrusted to Grimon de Bordeaux. 11 The problem was now to take actual possession of them. It is likely that a good part of these grants were never implemented. At least one grant was actualised: the impressive castle of Biron (Southern Périgord) had been conquered by the mayor of Bordeaux Gadifer Shorthose from its two lords who had submitted to the French, and its possession was confirmed to him in June 1444. 12

The fidelity of Arnaut de Bordeaux and his son Grimon, burgesses of Bordeaux, was rewarded and reinforced by their being raised to the rank of noble in 1444. 13

In 1443, the community of Bordeaux received for 24 years the wine right of issac and the right of market of Bordeaux in order to repair the city wall against the French. 14 It also obtained in perpetuity the ownership of the town of Saint-Macaire and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont (1444), two places the men of the community already occupied, to defend them against the French at the request of the king’s council at Bordeaux. 15 But the grant of Saint-Croix-du-Mont was in contradiction to a previous grant to two esquires of the earl of Huntingdon’s retinue which had been confirmed the same year. 16 .

Some ecclesiastic matters are also copied in this roll. The appointment of an English monk to the head of the abbey of Saint-Croix of Bordeaux was cancelled as the pope had acknowledged that the bishop of Bazas held its administration by right of commendation. 17 A monk of Saint-Sever was appointed by the king as prior of Saint-Martin du Mont Judaïque (Bordeaux). 18 Apparently, he was the second successor of the ecclesiastic appointed there by the king in 1439. 19

Judicial matters are also to be found on this roll. Henry VI ordered justice to be done in the trial concerning Guilhotin Andron, lord of Lansac, and the king’s procurator fiscal (the king’s proctor) in the duchy of Aquitaine, about the inheritance of Amaniu Béguey which Andron claimed to be his as Beguey’s closest kinsman. 20 The suit concerning Gaston de Falces and Guilhem de Boisset concluded to the benefit of the former as Falces obtained a confirmation of the grant made to his father in 1434. 21 The influential lawyer Estèbe de Brosses was appointed again as king’s procurator fiscal in the duchy of Aquitaine in 1443. 22 The Italian canon of Bordeaux Giovanni Cerretani was appointed as one of the judges of the superior court of Aquitaine. 23 Particularly of interest is the pardon granted to several burgesses and inhabitants of Bayonne after one of the many fights with the Basque nobles of Labourd led by the Lehet family. On this occasion one man had been killed. 24 The roll also includes the appointment in December 1442 of Sir William Bonneville as seneschal, who mustered to cross in January 1443, and who remained in office until 1450. 25

Guilhem Pépin

1.
See entry 12 .
2.
See entry 9 .
3.
See entry 54 .
4.
See entry 113 , entry 61 .
5.
See entry 32 , entry 34 .
6.
See entry 65 .
7.
See entry 58 , entry 108 .
8.
See entry 50 , entry 55 .
9.
See entry 57 .
10.
See entry 90 .
11.
See entry 103 .
12.
See entry 80 .
13.
See entry 73 .
14.
See entry 63 .
15.
See entry 79 .
16.
See entry 122
17.
See entry 39 .
18.
See entry 105 .
19.
See entry in C 61/129 .
20.
See entry 48 .
21.
See entry 41 .
22.
See entry 44 .
23.
See entry 45 .
24.
See entry 121 .
25.
See entry 15 .
1

1 September 1442 . Dogmersfeld Dogmersfield . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Pykborn Thomas Pykborne to buy 200 quarters of wheat in England , and export them to Bordeaux or Bayonne . The king orders all the admirals, etc. to permit Pykborne to do so, paying due customs and providing to chancery letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux or the city of Bayonne before 24 June 1443.

2

5 September 1442 . Dogmersfeld Dogmersfield . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Massiot Lescure , king's liege man, to buy 200 pokes of Spanish wool in Devon , load them in the ports of Dertmouth Dartmouth , Plymmouth Plymouth , Falmouth and Fawy Fowey , and bring them to Rotomagus Rouen , paying due customs.

3

4 September 1442 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

20 December 1439 . Lesparre .

Grant in perpetuity to d'en Perarnaud Guilhem-Ramon d'en Perarnaud, clerk , public notary , and burgess of Bordeaux , and his heirs issued from him, to have a house with all its appurtenances, situated in the parish of Saint-Pierre of Bordeaux at the Umbreria Ombrière , between the house of Delansaco Johan de Lansac on one hand, and the house of Vidau Bertholomiu Bidau on the other, and this house extends between a public street at its front, to the bridge of Saint-Jean at its back, 1 which house came into the king's hands by the rebellion of Corneli Johan Corneille who died as a rebel, 2 with all the movable and immovable goods which were owned by the late Pey de Reynaud , reserving the right of this fief's lord or those who have rights about them. Huntingdon orders all the king's subjects to deliver this house to Guilhem-Ramon and permit to enjoy it without impediment, and Huntingdon imposes perpetual silence about it on all the king's officers and the procurator fiscal. As by his letters patent Huntingdon had granted Corneille's house in perpetuity to Huyssard Thomas Hussard, esquire , who retruned these letters in Huntingdon's chancery for cancellation in order that this house be granted to Guilhem-Ramon

For 40 s. paid in the hanaper.

1.
This bridge was built over the stream Peugue .
2.
The prince of Aquitaine Edward of Woodstock has seized this house c. 1370: entry in C 61/86 .
4

20 September 1442 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to John Judde to buy 400 quarters of wheat in England , and export them to Bordeaux or Bayonne . The king orders all the admirals, etc. to permit Judde to do so, paying due customs and providing to chancery letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux or the city of Bayonne before 21 April 1443.

5

20 September 1442 . Dogmersfeld Dogmersfield . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Richard Forster to buy 100 quarters of wheat in England , and export them to Bordeaux . The king orders all the admirals, etc. to permit Forster to do so, paying due customs and providing to chancery letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux or the city of Bayonne before 21 April 1443.

6

20 September 1442 . Westminster . For John Holland .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to John Holland the arrears of the wages of the office of serjeant-at-arms from 18 April 1442, and pay him these wages each year for his lifetime, as the king has appointed for life John Holland to this office in the duchy of Aquitaine from 18 April 1442, receiving from the constable of Bordeaux the same wages the late Jacobus, Vinhau Jacmot du Vignau received when he held this office. 1

1.
On 10 May 1410, Jacmot du Vignau had been appointed as king's serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine: entry in C 61/113 .
7

13 October 1442 . Eltham . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted to Gayrin, Daringossa Guarin d'Arengosse, merchant of Bordeaux , to buy, himself or through his deputies, 1,000 quarters of wheat in England , and export them to Bordeaux for its victualling. The king orders all the admirals, etc. to permit Arengosse or his deputies to do so, paying due customs and providing to chancery letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux before 21 April 1443.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
8

29 October 1442 . Westminster . Concerning protection to Johan [de] Montferrand and some others .

Letters of protection granted, at his supplication, to Monferant Johan [de] Montferrand, esquire , originating from the duchy of Aquitaine, and his servants John du Boys and William Flory , their men, lands, revenues, all their possessions, and their movable and immovable goods. The king does not want that any prosecution because of any debts, and any arrest or damage, or detention in prison, or arrest of their goods and chattels be done against them during the period of this protection. The king orders to all his officers to let them be free of any prosecutions or impediments during the period of this protection. Two years and half ago Johan de Montferrand went in England at the service of Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , 1 and he remained at this latter's service at his great expenses, and as he wanted to remain in this service and maintain his estate as well as that of his servants, he became indebted each year to various merchants of the city of London and is not able to repay them at present because Montferrand cannot enjoy his revenues, lands, tenements and possessions because of the war the king's adversary of France 2 does and because he has lost a large number of these revenues.

By K., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

1.
In 1440.
2.
Charles VII .

For Johan de Saint-Pée and his son Augerot [de Saint-Pée].

9

23 October 1442 . Westminster . 1

Grant for life to Seint Pierre Johan de Saint-Pée, kt , 2 and his son Augerot [de Saint-Pée], esquire , because of their good service, and because they took part in the submission to the king's obedience of the city of Dax and the town of Hastynges Hastingues which had previously submitted to the king's adversary of France 3 when he came with a large army in the duchy of Aquitaine. 4 of the prévôté of Dax with its toll, pasture and appurtenances, and the baylie, toll and pasture of Hastingues with its appurtenances, to be held as they previously held them for their lifetime by the king's grant 5 before the coming there of the king's adversary of France in the duchy of Aquitaine.

By K., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Johan d'Amézqueta, lord of Saint-Pée.
3.
Charles VII of France.
4.
The military expedition known as the 'Journée de Tartas' of King Charles VII of France (1442). Dax submitted to Charles VII on 2 August 1442, but was soon retaken at night by a commando-style raid led by Per-Arnaut de Saint-Cricq with the support of the local population (24 August 1442). The Gascon Arnaut-Guilhem de Vergoignan, 'French' captain of the castle of Dax, and the 30 men-at-arms of its garrison, were taken prisoners after the assault of the castle (27 August 1442). See Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton , ed. G. Williams, vol. II, Memorials of the Reign of King Henry VI (London, 1872), pp.246-7. See also Tucoo-Chala, P., 'La fin de la présence anglaise à Dax : les sièges de 1442 à 1451', Bulletin de la Société de Borda , 414 (1989), pp.177-213.
5.
Johan de Saint-Pée and his son Augerot received them for their lifetime on 21 March 1437. See entry in C 61/127 .
10

Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the mayor and prévôt of the city of Bayonne , the mayor of the city of Dax , the la Bort bayle of Labourd and all king's officers of the duchy to deliver these to Johan de Saint-Pée and his son Augerot [de Saint-Pée] according to the king's letters.

11

Same as above

Order to the mayor and jurats of the city of Dax to obey and attend Johan de Saint-Pée and his son Augerot [de Saint-Pée] in all what pertains to the office of prévôt of Dax.

12

20 October 1442 . Westminster . Concerning grant of power .

Power granted, with the advice of the king's council, to the archbishop of Bordeaux , 1 the seneschal of Aquitaine, the Egramont lord of Gramont 2 and Chetewynd Philip Chetwynd, kt , mayor of the city of Bayonne , or at least two of them, to pardon forever persons of the duchy and the regions of Gascony who have adhered to the king's adversary of France 3 when he invaded the duchy and who have committed several trespasses, if they want to return to the king's obedience.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

1.
Pey Berland , archbishop of Bordeaux (1430-56). See Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.203-14, no.239.
2.
Francès de Gramont .
3.
Charles VII .
13

16 February 1443 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Richard Drayton who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

14

12 July 1443 . Westminster . 1

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William Groos, former citizen and brewer of London , otherwise known as William Groos, soldier , who is staying in the king's service in the company of John Langton, treasurer of the town of Cales Calais in the parts of Picardia Picardy , for its safeguard.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
15

12 December 1442 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of William Bonville as seneschal of Aquitaine .

Appointment of Bonevyle William Bonville, kt , 1 as seneschal of Aquitaine with the customary powers, with an order to all the king's subjects of the duchy to obey him.

By p.s., etc.

1.
See a biography of William Bonville (or Bonneville) in Cherry, M., 'Bonville, William, first Baron Bonville (1392–1461)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), vol. 6, ed. H.C.G. Matthew and B. Harrison (Oxford, 2004), pp.574-5. And on the History of Parliament: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bonville-sir-william-ii-1392-1461

For William Bonville, kt.

16

Same as above

Power granted to William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , to appoint officers at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council in the duchy of Aquitaine, if any of them dies or wants to resign his office, except for the offices of constable of Bordeaux and controller of Bordeaux .

By p.s., etc.

17

Same as above

Power granted to William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , to pardon, with the advice and assent of the king's council in the duchy of Aquitaine, all kind of enemies and rebels of the duchy of Aquitaine who want to return to the king's obedience, with power to return them their seized lands.

By p.s., etc.

18

Same as above

Announcement that William Bonville , seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine , has been granted power to require any service ( laudaminia et alia servicia ) 1 from the king's subjects in the duchy, to compel them to pay esporles ( ad sporlandum ) 2 and to enfeoff tenures ( feuda ) 3 to the king's subjects.

By p.s., etc.

1.
In French 'lods et ventes', a transfer tax paid to the lord for sales or inheritances.
2.
Payment of esporles was a recognition of the holding of tenure from a lord. It was paid when the tenant or the lord changed.
3.
These feuda are to be understood as tenures because they have to pay sporla and laudaminia , but in Gascon Latin there is one single word for tenure and fief: feodum (in Gascon feu ).
19

Same as above

Power granted to William Bonville , kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , to make all kind of patis 1 in Aquitaine, with the advice of the king's council in Bordeaux , for the salvation and profit of the castles and fortalices being on the border [of the duchy], under the seal of the duchy. The king orders to all his liege men and subjects [of the duchy] to obey and attend him in this task.

By p.s., etc.

1.
The arrangements for truces made by a garrison with the local population. Here this concerns the truces between 'English' garrisons and 'French' held areas.
20

7 December 1442 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Bonevyle William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , who is going in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine to stay there for its safe keepership.

By p.s., etc.

21

21 December 1442 . Dogmersfield. Concerning licence to grant pardon .

Similar entry as entry 12 .

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

22

6 May 1443 . Westminster . Concerning protection . 1

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Walles William Wales who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
23

22 February 1443 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Haretrowe Richard Hartrow , otherwise known as Richard Haretre who is going in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , who is staying for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

24

24 February 1443 . Westminster . For Robert Rokley, esquire .

Grant for life to Robert Rokley, esquire , for the good service he did to the king in the duchy of Aquitaine, of the office of Inter duo Maria prévôt of the Entre-deux-Mers to be held by himself or through a deputy with all its fees and profits, in the same way the late John Tiptoft, kt , held it.

By p.s., etc.

For protection.

25

1 March 1443 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Gille of Haitche in Devon , gentleman , otherwise known as Thomas Gille formerly of Wodehouse in Devon who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

26

Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Loveney, otherwise known as Thomas Loveny, alias Thomas Lovenay of Nordon Norton who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

27

7 March 1443 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Gassell' Thomas Gasseler the younger who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

28

Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Gassell' Thomas Gasseler the elder who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

29

1 March 1443 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Baron of Exon' Exeter , merchant , alias John Baron, formerly of Kyngeswerd Kingswear who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

30

18 March 1443 . Westm' Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Walter Langlygh of Ilferdecombe Ilfracombe in Devon who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

31

Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Gubbe the elder of Ilferdecombe Ilfracombe who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

32

1 April 1443 . Westm' Westminster . For Johan de Maucamp . 1

Grant for life to Johan de Maucamp the younger of the city of Bordeaux , because of his good service in the keepership and defence of Dax , of the office of clerk of the writing office of the royal prévôté of the city of Dax with its rights, profits and emoluments.

By p.s., etc.

1.
'Void because there is another below' is written in the margin.
33

14 April 1443 . Westm' Westminster . For John Saintlowe and Peter Forster .

Order to the mayor, échevins, jurats, hundred peers and all the community of the city of Bayonne to deliver to John Saintlowe , one of the esquires who are bodyguards of the king, and Stephen Forster of London , or their deputies the office of Baion' prévôt of Bayonne which had been granted to them by the king on 21 March 1442, 1 and obey and attend them in this office.

For Johan de Maucamp.

34

5 April 1443 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant for life to Johan de Maucamp the younger originating of the city of Aquens' Dax , because of his good service before now, of the office of clerk of the writing office of the royal prévôté of the city of Dax with its rights, profits and emoluments, to be held by himself or through a deputy.

By p.s., etc.

35

Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the mayor and prévôt of Dax and all the other king's officers to deliver this office to Johan de Maucamp the younger .

36

7 April 1443 . Westm' Westminster . For John Pykborne .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the controller of Bordeaux or their lieutenant to deliver to John Pykborne, clerk , controller of the castle of Bordeaux , the wine custom called issac in the town of Bordeaux as well as the market of Bordeaux with all the profits, customs and issues pertaining to it, which have been granted to him for life by the king on 25 February 1443 1

1.
This act has not been copied in the Gascon Rolls, but this grant had been already made to Pykborne on 23 May 1442: entry in C 61/131 .
37

22 April 1443 . Dogemersfeld Dogmersfield . For Gadifer Shorthose, kt . 1

Appointment for life of Gadifer Shorthose, kt as mayor of Bordeaux with the customary wages and fees, any other previous grants to Shorthose or any statute or ordinance previously made notwithstanding. Previously, Shorthose has been granted this office at the king's pleasure as it appears in the king's letters patent, 2 but Shorthose wants to return these letters in chancery for cancellation in order that the king grants him this office for life.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
On 20 February 1433: entry in C 61/125 .
38

13 June 1443 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning protection . 1

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted until 7 January 1444 to John More of Bristol , merchant , who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin.
39

5 July 1443 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning protection for the bishop of Bazas .

Cancellation of the grant of the office of abbot of Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux to Pasquasia Guilhot, monk of the diocese of London , as Huntingdon has been informed that Henric [Cavier], bishop of Bazas , had been entrusted by the pope the perpetual administration of this abbey by right of commendation ( titulo commende ).

The king forbids to disturb Henric Cavier in this office and grants his protection to him, the abbey and its monks.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

40

6 June 1443 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted until 7 January 1444 to Elyer John Helier, parson of Briddeport Bridport in Dorset , who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

41

15 July 1443 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning confirmation for Gaston de Falces .

Inspeximus and confirmation, at the request of Gaston de Falces, son and heir of Luis de Falces, of the letters patent of the current king: 1

20 February 1434 . Westminster .

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.

1.
See this entry: entry in C 61/125 , and the related entry: entry in C 61/131 .
42

21 July 1443 . Westm' Westminster . For the duke of Somerset . 1

Power granted, with the advice of the king's council, to John [Beaufort], Somersetia duke of Somerset , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to mint any kind of coinage of whatever metal as was used in the duchy of Aquitaine before now, and also power to make any kind of iron implements and engraved figures and all the other things which will be necessary, any ordinance made against it notwithstanding.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
43

16 September 1443 . Castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . Concerning the liberties and privileges of the Church not to be infringed .

Order to all the king's officers and subjects not to infringe Church liberties and privileges.

By K.

44

16 September 1443 . Castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . For Estèbe de Brosses .

Appointment of Master Brossis Estèbe de Brosses , because of his good service as king's procurator [fiscal in the duchy of Aquitaine] , as judge of the criminal causes in the duchy of Aquitaine, because of the death of the last holder of this office, to be held as long as he behaves well in it, receiving the customary wages and profits due to it, with the proviso it is not granted to the prejudice of anyone else.

By K.

45

16 September 1443 . Westminster . For Master Giovanni Cerretani, doctor of laws .

Appointment, at the king's pleasure, of Master Cerretanis, de Giovanni Cerretani, doctor of laws , canon of Bordeaux and Saint-Seurin situated outside the walls of Bordeaux, 1 as one of the judges of the superior court of Aquitaine with the customary wages and fees. There are four judges in the superior court of Aquitaine, and the fourth position is said to be now vacant by the death or serious illness of its holder.

By K.

1.
Giovanni di Cerretani (d. 1492 at Rome), canon of Bordeaux since 1431, and canon of Saint-Seurin since 1442, see Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13 (Turnhout, 2012), p.345-6, no.63. See also his biography in Italian by Uginet, F.-C.: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-cerretani_%28Dizionario_Biografico%29/
46

12 February 1443 . Westminster . Concerning protection [for Thomas Nony] .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Nony of Axbrigge Axbridge in Somerset , merchant , who is going in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , to stay there for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc., and by the authority of the Parliament.

47

3 June 1443 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted until 7 January 1444 to Brygge Richard Bridge of Ludlowe Ludlow in Shropshire , otherwise known as Richard Brugge of Shropshire, merchant , who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

48

20 May 1443 . Westminster . Concerning justice to be done to [Guilhotin de] Lansac .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, that on the trial opposing the king's procurator fiscal on one hand and Guilhotin de Lansac on the other, to make justice without delay according to the law of the duchy of Aquitaine. As, after the death of Amaneu Amaniu Béguey and his sons, the procurator fiscal of the duchy have published [the list of] their houses, lands, tenements and inheritances and Guilhotin de Lansac, kt, or his attorneys during his absence in the kingdom of France or in the duchy of Aquitaine, asserted his right in these possessions as Beguey's closest kinman from his father's side.

By p.s., etc., and by the authority of Parliament.

49

13 July 1443 . Westminster . 1

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted until 7 January 1444 to Fychet Robert Fichet, formerly of Warlegh Warkleigh in Devon , gentleman , who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

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

For Johan de Foix, vicomte of Castillon.

50

28 February 1443 . manorium de Shene Sheen Manor .

Grant to Foys Johan de Foix, Castelon' vicomte of Castillon and his heirs, because of his good service to the current king and the good service of his father [Gaston de Foix], Longevile count of Longueville and Benauges , captal de Buch , to Henry V , of all the lands, towns, castles, fortalices, possessions and goods owned by la Mote Bérart de Lamothe, kt , Roquetaillado, de lord of Roquetaillade and Langon , before he joined the king's adversary of France, 1 owning them as his own possessions, paying to the king and his successors the customary homage and rendering the customary duties. After the coming of the king's adversary of France in the duchy of Aquitaine, Bérard de Lamothe rebelled against the king 2 and he rode through the lands of the faithful king's subjects with the king's enemies taking some prisoners and goods, committing there crime of lese majesty, so that his goods were seized by the king.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Charles VII .
2.
Bérart de Lamothe rallied to Charles VII on 2 November 1442 at Marmande. See Vale, M., English Gascony. 1399-1453 (Oxford, 1970), p.207, n.2 and 3.
51

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, and all the counts, barons, vicomtes, the judge of Gascony, the king's procurator fiscal and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine, to deliver the former possessions of Bérart de Lamothe to Johan de Foix and permit him to enjoy them according to the king's letters.

52

Same as above

Order to all the men and tenants of the lordships, lands, towns, castles, fortalices and possessions owned by Bérart de Lamothe in the duchy of Aquitaine before he joined the king's adversary of France, to deliver these former possessions of Bérart de Lamothe to Johan de Foix and permit him to enjoy them according to the king's letters.

53

3 May 1443 . Westminster . For Philip Chetwynd, kt, and William Carver of London, mercer 1

Order to the Cales victualer of Calais or his deputy, as well as all the king's officers to permit Philip Chetwynd, kt , mayor of the city of Bayonne , and Kerver William Carver of London , mercer , or their deputies, to bring outside Oxfordshire and Berkshire without impediment the 400 quarters of wheat they bought there for the victualling of the city of Bayonne , any king's commission sent to them notwithstanding. William Carver and Stephen Forster of London , fishmonger , became personally mainpernors under pain of 200 l. on their goods and chattels to bring this wheat to Bayonne and not elsewhere, certifying the king as soon as possible about it if the wheat is not lost or taken at sea.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
54

30 April 1443 . Westminster . For Per-Arnaut [de Saint-Cricq]

Grant for life to Petrus Arnawde, Saint Crike Per-Arnaut de Saint-Cricq, Ax, de captain of the city of Dax , because of the good service he did to the king in his wars, of the office of prévôt of the city of Dax , 1 to be held by him and a sufficient deputy with the customary fees, wages, rights and profits.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Dax had submitted to Charles VII on 2 August 1442, but was soon retaken at night by a commando led by Per-Arnaut de Saint-Cricq with the support of the local population (24 August 1442). See Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton , ed. G. Williams, vol. II, Memorials of the Reign of King Henry VI (London, 1872), pp.246-7. See also Tucoo-Chala, P., 'La fin de la présence anglaise à Dax : les sièges de 1442 à 1451', Bulletin de la Société de Borda , 414 (1989), pp.177-213.
55

8 May 1443 . Westminster . For Johan de Foix

Order to Dureford [Galhart III] de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanquefort , 1 to deliver to Johan de Foix, vicomte of Castillon , to whom the king has granted the possessions of Bérart de Lamothe , the king's rebel, of all the possessions of this latter which are in his power, and to permit Johan de Foix to peacefully enjoy them according to the king's letters.

1.
In the Gascon roll, it is written Johannes (Johan), lord of Duras and Blanquefort, but it is an obvious error of the English scribe for Galhardus (Galhart).
56

26 May 1443 . Westminster . Concerning protection

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted until 7 January 1444 to Richard Drayton of Oxfordshire , esquire , who is going in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc.

57

18 May 1443 . Westminster . For George Swillington . 1

Grant to Swyllyngton George Swillington and his heirs of all the lands, castles, manors, lands, tenements, revenues and possessions with all their appurtenances in the duchy of Aquitaine owned by la Mote, de Johan de Lamothe, kt , 2 and seized in the king's hands after Lamothe's rebellion, because Lamothe has been retained by the adversary of France 3 and pledged his faith to this latter, any statute or ordinance against it notwithstanding.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin. Usque hus is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.
Johan de Lamothe, lord of Noaillan and Castelnau-de-Mesmes .
3.
Charles VII .

For Antoni Villate.

58

27 March 1443 . Westminster . 1

Grant in perpetuity to Antonius, Vilate Antoni Villate and his heirs of the lordship and motte called of Agès in the duchy of Aquitaine with the mill called of le Sotz Ousse , and all the inheritances situated in the Sotz parish of Ousse , 2 and all these possessions are worth a yearly sum of 37 l.st. or around, and they went in the king's hands by the rebellion of James Harssage, otherwise know as James Harsage, alias James Arssage or James Arsage, Englishman , who formerly surrendered to the king's adversary of France and took the oath to the latter, 3 Villate and his heirs having to pay homage and render the customary rights and duties to the king.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
On 18 October 1437, James Harsage was granted the manor of Agès situated in the parish of Sainte-Marie d'Ousse: entry in C 61/128 .
3.
According to the journal of someone in the company of Thomas Beckington at Bordeaux, James Harsage rendered to Charles VII the keys of the castle of Dax as soon as this city had surrendered (2 August 1442), but worse still, he became Charles VII's liege man and took the white cross (the emblem of the French party). See 'Official Correspondence of Thomas Bekynton', ed. G. Williams, vol. II, Memorials of the Reign of King Henry VI (London, 1872), p.246.
59

28 March 1443 . Westminster . 1

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver these possessions to Antoni Villate according to the king's letters.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
60

3 June 1443 . Westminster . For Edward Hull . 1

Appointment of Edward Hull as constable of Bordeaux with the customary wages, to hold this office for as long as he behave well in it.

By K, etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.

For Pey d'Anglade.

61

28 February 1443 . Westminster . 1

Grant at the king's pleasure to Danglade Pey d'Anglade, ordinary clerk of the city of Bayonne , 2 for the good service he did to the king at Bayonne and in the duchy of Aquitaine, and because he has lost his lands and inheritances in the war without compensation, of the Talense house of Talence situated in the city of Aquen' Dax 3 with all its lands, mills and revenues in the duchy of Aquitaine up to the yearly value of 20 m.st. , which were owned by Favas Mathiu de Habas 4 and have been seized in the king's hands by the rebellion of Pey Dichac , heir of Mathiu de Habas, because he has rallied the party of the king's adversary of France. 5

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
The ordinary clerk of the city of Bayonne was the head of the administration of the community of Bayonne.
3.
The house of Talence was situated in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, not at Dax itself.
4.
Mathiu de Habas was mentioned as dead in 1437. See entry in C 61/127 , entry in C 61/127 , entry in C 61/127 .
5.
Charles VII .
62

Same as above

Order to John [Beaufort], duke of Somerset , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux, the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the mayors of Bayonne and Dax , and all the other king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver this house of Talence and its appurtenances to Pey d'Anglade .

For the city of Bordeaux.

63

24 July 1443 . Westminster . 1

Grant, at their supplication, to the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to receive through a sufficient man the issac wine custom ( Lessac vinorum ) of Bordeaux and the right of market of Bordeaux ( begueiriu de foro ), which were owned by the late Tiptot John Tiptoft , 2 former king's councillor, these rights having became vacant by his death, for a 24 year period in order to repair and fortify the [city wall] and resist to the king's enemies. The king wants the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux to choose the sufficient man who has to levy these rights, and this receiver will swear to the constable, the mayor and jurats that he will use these revenues for the repair [of the city wall], following the advice of the constable, the mayor and jurats, and not for another purpose.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
They were granted to John Tiptoft on 24 October 1408: entry in C 61/112 .
64

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judge of Gascony and all the other king's officers to deliver these rights to the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , and permit to enjoy them without impediment according to the king's letters.

For Pey de Montferrand.

65

23 July 1443 . Westminster . 1

Grant, at his supplication, to Monferrant Pey de Montferrand, Saudic Soudic de la Trau , of the quarter of the land, revenues and lordship of Brueill' Breuil in Medouc Médoc because of the rebellion of the lord of Gramont . 2 Pey de Montferrand, Soudic de la Trau, is the legitimate son of Bertran [III] de Montferrand, Monferrant lord of Montferrand and Guoryan Langoiran , and his wife Isabelle Isabe de la Trau , and by the marriage contract made between his sister Margareta Margarida[de Montferrand] and the lord of Gramont , 3 Isabe [ de la Trau] had granted a quarter of the land, revenues and lordship of Breuil in Médoc, so that if Margarida died without heirs, this part of the lordship of Breuil would return to Pey de Montferrand. And now the lord of Gramont is a rebel to the king and the crown, 4 and has submitted without reason to the king's adversary of France. 5

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Francès de Gramont .
3.
The marriage made between Francès de Gramont, lord of Gramont, and Margarida de Montferrand took place in a chapel of the archiepiscopal palace of Bordeaux on 4 June 1435. See Jaurgain, J. de, and Ritter, R., La Maison de Gramont, 1040-1967 , vol. 1 (Lourdes, 1968), p.71.
4.
Francès de Gramont submitted at Toulouse to Charles VII of France on 7 April 1443. See Jaurgain, J. de, and Ritter, R., La Maison de Gramont, 1040-1967 , vol. 1, p.73.
5.
Charles VII.
66

Same as above

For Bérart de Montferrand, kt.

67

20 May 1443 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver to Montferrant Bérart de Montferrand, kt , all the lands and revenues of Carquans Carcans in Medouc Médoc pertaining to the Lespare lordship of Lesparre with its tolls, salt customs, as well as the other revenues, rights, owned by the lordship of Lesparre within the sauveté ( crux et franchisia ) of Beata Maria de Soullac Notre-Dame de Soulac in the said Médoc region, according to the king's letters. These lands and revenues have been granted to Bérart de Montferrand on 7 January 1440. 1

68

Same as above

Order to the Lespare captain of Lesparre or his lieutenant and the other king's officers [of the duchy of Aquitaine] to permit Bérart de Montferrand to have these lands and revenues and peacefully enjoy them according to the king's letters.

For Bernat Angevin.

69

Grant in perpetuity to Bernat Angevin and his heirs being under the king's obedience of the houses, goods, lands, revenues and inheritances which were owned by Labret Johan d'Albret in the town, parish, power, jurisdiction and lordship of Sanctus Makarius Saint-Macaire , Sancta Crucis de Mont Sainte-Croix-du-Mont and Burdegal' Bordeaux , with all the lands, revenues and inheritances which have been seized or will be seized in the king's hands because of rebellion in the lordships of Rozan Rauzan , Puuols Pujols , Blasimont Blasimon , Sauveterre[-de-Guyenne] , Castrum Mauron Castelmoron up to the yearly value of 50 l.st. , except soveignty ( superioritas ) and old customs and duties pertaining to the crown of England, and with the proviso that these possessions are not of the ducal domain and Bernat and his heirs pay any surplus above the sum of 50 l.st. to the king.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
70

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judge of Gascony , the king's procurator fiscal , the other king's councillors [in the duchy of Aquitaine], the captains of Saint-Macaire and Sauveterre[-de-Guyenne] to permit Bernat Angevin and his heirs to have and enjoy these places, lands and revenues according to the king's letters.

For Robert Hert.

71

27 July 1443 . Westminster . 1

Grant at the king's pleasure, to Robert Hert , at his supplication, because of his good service in the king's wars in the duchy of Aquitaine and as the Ambylvylle lordship of Ambleville and other villages situated in the duchy of Aquitaine on which Hert's wife has rights and being at present in the king's enemies hands, of the village of Cadelake en Frounsades Cadillac-en-Fronsadais with all its appurtenances up to the yearly value of 15 fr. .

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
72

Same as above 1

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to deliver the village of Cadillac-en-Fronsadais to Robert Hert according to the king's letters.

1.
Mittatur in extracto and usque huc are written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
73

28 March 1444 . Westminster . For Arnaut de Bordeaux and his son Grimon de Bordeaux .

Grant of ennoblement with all due privileges and a coat of arms made as depicted there to Bordeu Arnaut de Bordeaux and his son Grimondus Grimon de Bordeaux , burgesses of the city of Bordeaux , and their heirs. 1

By p.s., etc.

1.
The arms are depicted in full colour in the middle of the bottom of this entry. Their description in the heraldic language are: 'Party per fess, I azur a lion passant guardant or, II natural wavy a crescent or' (in French: 'Coupé au 1 d'azur au léopard d'or et au 2 ondé au naturel au croissant d'or brochant'). Because of their family name, these arms used the crescent which symbolised the port of Bordeaux, nicknamed the port of the moon, and the leopard or lion used as well in the coat of arms of the community of Bordeaux and of the kings of England. We thank Laurent Hablot for his help about it.
74

21 June 1444 . Westminster . For John Chippenham . 1

Grant for life to John Chippenham, clerk of the constable of Bordeaux , at his supplication, of the office of door-keeper ( janitor ) of the castle of Bordeaux , to be held by him or his deputy, with all the profits pertaining to this office. So that he can use the revenues of this office to do the necessary repairs to the main tower of the castle of Bordeaux without rendering anything to the king and his heirs, the king's grant for life to Chippenham of the office of clerk of the constable of Bordeaux and the custom of Royan notwithstanding. Chippenham has shown to the king that the main tower of the castle of Bordeaux 2 is threatened with total collapse by lack of repair, to the great damage of the prisoners being in this tower, and as Chippenham has asserted he will repair this tower if he was granted for life the office of door-keeper of the castle of Bordeaux.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
The keep of the castle of Bordeaux called l'Arbalesteyre.
75

4 July 1444 . Westminster . Concerning treaty and negotiation ( De tractando and communicando ) .

Appointment by Henry VI as king of France and of England, of Humphrey Stafford, kt , Cales lieutenant of the town of Calais , Kente Thomas Kent, doctor of both laws , clerk , king’s councillor , Pyrton William Pirton, esquire , Gynes lieutenant of the castle of Guînes , and William Cotesbroke, merchant of the city of London , as ambassadors, granting power to them, or at least at three or two of them, one of whom has to be Kent or Cotesbroke, for an alliance with the subjects and vassals of the lordships of Hollandia Holland , Zelandia Zeeland and Frisia , and conservation of mutual trade exchange and communication by land and sea, and to reform excesses against the peace, and provide for remedies and grants of privileges.

By K. and C.

76

28 June 1444 . Westminster . For John Saintlowe and Stephen Forster . 1

Grant to John Saintlowe , one of the esquires who are bodyguards of the king, and Stephen Forster of London , of the offices of Baion' prévôt of Bayonne and keeper of the castle of Bayonne for a 60 year period, to be held by themselves or through deputies, with all their wages, profits and revenues without paying anything to any king's lieutenant in Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux or any other king's officers. And furthermore the king grants them or their children for the same 60 years period the right to appoint at the offices of door-keeper and clerk of the castle of Bayonne without impediment of the king, any other grants done by Henry V and the current king to Saintlowe or any statute or ordinance against it notwithstanding. On 21 March 1442, the king has granted for life by his letters patent to John Saintlowe and Stephen Forster the office of Baion' prévôt of Bayonne , to be held by themselves or through sufficient deputy or deputies, with all its customary profits and revenues, as it was held by Durafort Galhart [III] de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanquefort , or others who also held this office. And furthermore the king granted them for life the right to grant to whom they wanted the office of door-keeper and clerk of the castle of Bayonne without impediment of the king, any other grants done by Henry V and the current king to Saintlowe or any statute or ordinance against it notwithstanding. Yet, Saintlowe and Forster has returned these letters in chancery for cancellation in order that the king give them other letters patent about it.

By K., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
77

18 July 1444 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft . 1

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and prévôt of the city of Bayonne and their lieutenants, the king's procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] and all the king's officers in the duchy, as well as to Sancto Petro, de Augerot de Saint-Pée, esquire , Danglade Pey d'Anglade, clerk of the city of Bayonne , Menta Bernat de Mente , Prato, de Laurens Duprat and Degayone Johan de Gayon , burgesses of the city of Bayonne , Debrutailz Johan de Brutails the younger , Lubatus, Debassauato, de Lubat de Bessabat , Georgius Jeorge de Bessabat , Bernat de Bessabat and Adamarus, Debiaudos Aymar de Biaudos not to carry out the king's previous order to deliver to Ville, de Bidau de Bielle, esquire , originating from the city of Bayonne , the lordships of Marebne Maremne , Gosse and Senhanx Seignanx with their revenues and rights the king has granted him on 1 May 1444. 2 And if they have been delivered to him, they have to revoke it without delay. They have not to entrust any parts of them to Bidau de Bielle and his servants and proctors because of the king's letters, as the king has nullified these letters for some reasons. 3

1.
This title is an obvious error.
2.
See entry 95 .
3.
See entry .
78

18 July 1444 . Westminster . For Ramon Carles .

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

79

20 June 1444 . Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux . 1

Grant in perpetuity to the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux of the town and Sanctus Macarius castle of Saint-Macaire with the parish and Sancta Crux de Monte lordship of Sainte-Croix-du-Mont with all their appurtenances to be held from the king and his successors. Formerly, the keepership of the town and castle of Saint-Macaire has been entrusted by the king's councillors in the duchy of Aquitaine to the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux at the request of the inhabitants of Saint-Macaire as they were not able to keep it. But the revenues of Saint-Macaire are not sufficient for Bordeaux to keep it, and the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux have incurred a lot of expenses and made much effort to keep day and night these castle and town in the king's obedience against the power of the king's adversary of France. 2

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Charles VII .
80

20 June 1444 . Westminster . For Gadifer Shorthose . 1

Grant to Shartoize Gadifer Shorthose, kt , and his heirs, of the castle and lordship of Biron situated in the patria de Pierregort Périgord region 2 with their appurtenances, which were held by Gaston [V] de Biron 3 and his brother Arnaut de Biron 4 before their rebellion against the royal majesty, the castle of Biron having been submitted in the king's obedience by Shorthose. This latter has to hold it as long as Gaston de Biron and his brother are king's rebels, the grant for life of the office of mayor of Bordeaux to Shorthose notwithstanding.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
The impressive castle of Biron still exists nowadays.
3.
Gaston V de Gontaut-Biron (d. 1460), lord of Biron.
4.
Arnaut de Gontaut-Biron.
81

25 April 1444 . Westminster . For Pey du Bouscat . 1

Grant in perpetuity to Bosquato, de Pey du Bouscat and his heirs of the Cavanacum lordship of Cabanac and its appurtenances, with high and low, full and shared justice pertaining to this lordship, and all the the movable and immovable goods being in this lordship which were owned by Mathiu de Lescun and his brother Archambaud de Lescun before their rebellion. The king has learned that Matheus, Lescuno, de Mathiu de Lescun, kt , and his brother Archambaldus, Lescuno, de Archambaud de Lescun have rebelled against the king and put themselves under the obedience of the king's adversary of France, 2 and made war against the king and his subjects, so that their goods have been seized in the king's hands, and the Lescun brothers or one of them owned by grant of the kings of England, predecessors of the current king, the lordship of Cabanac in the diocese of Bordeaux which is now owned by the current king.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Charles VII .
82

20 June 1444 . Westminster . For Bernat Angevin . 1

Grant in perpetuity to Bernat Angevin, esquire , and his heirs, of all the lands, revenues and emoluments that Ramon-Bernat [II de Montpezat] and his ancestors Montpesat lords of Montpezat , 2 king's enemies and rebels for a long time, should own in Burdeloiz Bordelais , Vasadez Bazadais , Inter duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers and Blanhadesis Blagnadais , and Ramon-Bernat [II de Montpezat] should own if he was in the king's obedience, up to the yearly value of 15 l.st. , the king's grant of Roasan Rauzan and Puyols Pujols , of the office of clerk of the court of Gascony and of the office of clerk of the seneschalcy of the duchy of Aquitaine notwithstanding.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin. Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.
On Ramon-Bernat II de Montpezat (d. 1460), lord of Montpezat (1444-60), see Bellecombe, A. de, Histoire du château, de la ville et des seigneurs et barons de Montpezat (Auch, 1898), pp.84-92.
83

1444 . 1 Westminster . Concerning non interference, Bidau de Bielle .

Order to Ville Bidau de Bielle, esquire , originating from the city of Bayonne , not to interfere in the lordships of Maremne , Gosse and Seignanx , under pretext of the previous grant by letters patent. The king had granted him at his pleasure by his letters patent on 1 May 1444, 2 at his request, because of his good service to Henry V and the current king in the wars in the kingdom of France and the duchy of Aquitaine, particularly during the coming of the king's adversary of France in Gascony, 3 where he suffered many damages and losses without any reward, of the lordships of Maremne, Gosse and Seignanx with their revenues and rights, any letters patent of grant to John Tiptoft notwithstanding. With the proviso that these lordships have not been granted before to some others, as the king's predecessors have granted various lordships in the duchy of Aquitaine to Gourney Matthew Gournay and then to the late John Tiptoft for the defence of these regions and their fortification. Gournay has well governed these places, but at the end of Tiptoft's life, several lordships went in French hands by lack of good keepership and government, and the others staying in the king's obedience were devastated and became impoverished, so that the king has feared they would be lost to the king's enemies by lack of keepership. 4

By K.

1.
The date is missing, but it is obviously 1444.
2.
See entry 95 .
3.
The 'Journée de Tartas' (1442), when Charles VII of France went in Gascony and conquered there several places.
4.
See the related entry entry .
84

23 July 1444 . Westminster . Concerning protection [for Thomas] Nony .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Nony of Axbrigge Axbridge in Somerset , merchant , alias Thomas Noneie of Axbridge in Somerset, merchant, who is going in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , to stay there for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament

85

4 March 1444 . Westminster . For Johan de Foix .

Order to Dureford [Galhart III] de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanquefort , to deliver to Johan de Foix, vicomte of Castillon , to whom the king has granted the possessions of Bérart de Lamothe , the king's rebel, 1 of all the possessions of this latter that are in his power, and permit Johan de Foix to peacefully enjoy them according to the king's letters after he will have satisfied the creditors to whom Bérart d'Albret had mortgaged his lordships. Before his rebellion, Bérart d'Albret has borrowed large sums of money and he had mortgaged the main part of his lands, towns, castles, fortalices and possessions.

1.
They had been granted to Johan de Foix on 28 February 1443, see entry 50 .
86

Same as above For the same Johan [de Foix] .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, and each earls, barons and vicomtes [of the duchy of Aquitaine], the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine], and all the king's officers of the duchy to deliver to Johan de Foix, vicomte of Castillon , all the possessions of la Mote Bérart de Lamothe, kt , the king's rebel, after payment of Lamothe's creditors, and permit him to enjoy them according to the king's letters. 1

1.
They had been granted to Johan de Foix on 28 February 1443, see entry 50 .
87

Same as above For the same Johan [de Foix] .

Order to all the men and tenants of the lordships, lands, towns, castles, fortalices and possessions which were held in the duchy of Aquitaine by la Mote Bérart de Lamothe, lord of Roquetaillade and Langon before he joined the king's adversary of France, to obey and attend Johan de Foix, vicomte of Castillon , to whom the king has granted these possessions, 1 paying the revenues and rights from their tenures as they did to Bérart de Lamothe when he was under the king's obedience.

1.
They had been granted to Johan de Foix on 28 February 1443, see entry 50 .
88

28 February 1444 . Westminster . For the count of Longueville .

Order to Boneville William Bonville, kt , seneschal of Aquitaine , to exempt [Gaston de Foix], count of Longueville and Benauges , captal de Buch , at this latter request, to render the castle of Blaye [to the king] as it is specified in the first order of the king, and to deliver the [noble] Pipolin house of Puy-Paulin to Gaston de Foix, and exempt him, his son and their servants of the pains they could have incurred. Gaston de Foix has kept the castle of Blaye against the king's adversaries for some time, and thereafter some officers came by Bonville's order saying to Gaston de Foix to deliver the castle of Blaye under some pains, according to the king's first order, an order Foix refused to apply. And thereafter the same officers have seized without reason the house of Puy-Paulin in the king's hands.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

89

1 June 1444 . Westminster . For the count of Longueville .

Grant, with the advice of the king's council, rendering to [Gaston de Foix], count of Longueville and Benauges , captal de Buch , the lands, houses, castles, lordships and revenues he lost in the duchy of Aquitaine at the coming in this duchy of the king's adversary which have been returned to the king's obedience, allowing him to peacefully held them as he held them before, leaving him free of any suit of rebels or others on the houses and lands of Doaset Doazit and Bon Garde Bonnegarde because of a marriage or anything else, which have been seized in the king's hands because of their rebellion.

By p.s., etc.

For George Swillington, esquire.

90

15 February 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant to George Swillington, esquire , because of his good service in the king's wars in the kingdom of France and the duchy of Aquitaine, to be one of the king's councillors [in the duchy of Aquitaine], receiving there the annual fees and wages received by the other councillors. Furthermore the king grants him the castles, lands and castellanies of Daubetera Aubeterre , la Rocha Sca' Goly La Roche-Chalais , the houses and lands of Bernonas Bernones , Bussak Bussac and Tyran Tiran with all their appurtenances and revenues being in Burdeloys Bordelais which have been owned by the lord of Gramont 2 and have been seized into the king's hands because of this latter rebellion, to be held by Swillington and his heirs from the 4 September 1443 3 up to the yearly value of 40 l. , mention of any other king's grants to Swillington or any order against it notwithstanding. Swillington had already received such grants by the king's letters patent but he has returned these letters to chancery for cancellation because he wanted to obtain new ones with the specific mentions of the places mentioned above.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Francès de Gramont .
3.
Date of the first grant to George Swillington.
91

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] and all the king's officers in the duchy to admit George Swillington as king's councillor in the duchy of Aquitaine , deliver to him these places and permit him to peacefully enjoy them according to the king's letters.

92

8 October 1444 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Nicholas de Bicaria , merchant , who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

93

16 October 1444 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for the brothers of the hospital Saint Mary and Saint Leonard of Newport . 1

Inspeximus and confrimation of letters patent of Richard II :

By K. and C. in Parliament.

1.
On the history of this hospital, see A History of the County of Essex , vol. 2, ed. William Page and J. Horace Round (London, 1907), pp.190-1.
2.
The entry is mentioning the grandfather of Richard II (Edward III) which would give an act dated 4 May 1328. But it is an error as we know this confirmation had been made by Edward II on 4 May 1309. See the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1307-13 , p.156.
3.
St Leonard's day.
94

10 February 1444 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Martin, esquire , alias John Marten who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

For Bidau de Bielle.

95

1 May 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant, at the king's pleasure, to Ville, de Bidau de Bielle, esquire , originating from the city of Bayonne , at his supplication, because of his good service to Henry V and the current king in the wars in the kingdom of France and the duchy of Aquitaine, particularly during the coming of the king's adversary of France in Gascony, 2 where he suffered many damages and losses without any reward, of the lordships of Marebne Maremne , Gosse and Senhanx Seignanx with their revenues and rights, any letters patent of grant to John Tiptoft notwithstanding. With the proviso that these lordships have not been granted before to some others. 3

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
The 'Journée de Tartas' (1442), when Charles VII of France went in Gascony and conquered there several places.
3.
See the related entries entry 83 , entry 77 .
96

Same as above

1.
See the related entries entry 83 , entry 77 .
97

18 May 1444 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William Gogh, taylor, alias William Gogh, of London , tailor , who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Strangweys John Strangways, esquire , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac for its safeguard and victualling of this castle.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

98

23 June 1444 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Brawe Arnaut Brange, former of London , merchant , otherwise known as Arnaut Brawge, merchant of Bordeaux , who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Strangweys John Strangways, esquire , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac for its safeguard and victualling of this castle.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

For safeguard.

99

5 July 1444 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted for one year to the master, the merchants and mariners of a ship called la Marie of Bayonne which is now present in the kingdom of England , allowing them to transport without impediment goods outside England to whatever regions they want and return there as they wish, with the proviso they pay the due customs and they do not sell any of these goods to the king's enemies.

100

Same as above

Letters of protection granted for one year to the master, the merchants and mariners of a ship called la Katerine of Bayonne which is now present in the kingdom of England , allowing them to transport without impediment goods outside England to whatever regions they want and return there as they wish, with the proviso they pay the due customs and they do not sell any of these goods to the king's enemies.

101

Same as above

Letters of protection granted for one year to the master, the merchants and mariners of a ship called [le] Nicholas of Bayonne which is now present in the kingdom of England , allowing them to transport without impediment goods outside England to whatever regions they want and return there as they wish, with the proviso they pay the due customs and they do not sell any of these goods to the king's enemies.

102

11 July 1444 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Woder of Donyate Donyatt in Somerset , labourer , who is staying in the king's service in the duchy of Aquitaine in the company of Bonevile William Bonville, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s., etc., and by authority of the Parliament.

For Grimon de Bordeaux.

103

1 May 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant for five years to Gremondus, Bordeu Grimon de Bordeaux, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , because of the good service he did to the king in diplomatic missions and wars, of the office of Blanhacum, de captain governing the place and lordship of Blaignac in the Inter duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers with its appurtenances, to be held by himself or through a deputy as held it Franciscus, Degramont Francès de Gramont before his rebellion, up to the yearly value of 20 l.st. , with the proviso that he pays the surplus to the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
104

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the king's councillors [in Aquitaine], Monte Ferrando, de Francès de Montferrand , Shortehose Gadifer Shorthose , knights, and also Ormesby John Ormsby , Arestan Johan [d']Arissan , Bosco, de Ramon Dubosc and Cantelop Hélias de Canteloup to deliver this office to Grimon de Bordeaux and permit him to hold it according to the king's letters.

For Guilhem-Arnaut, monk.

105

10 August 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant for life to Arnold Guilhem-Arnaut, Sanctus Severus monk of Saint-Sever , bachelor of canon law , of the priory of Saint-Martin du Mont Judaïque situated outside the walls of the city of Bordeaux , 2 with its rights and appurtenances, which is vacant by the death of Guilhem Arganh , its last prior,

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
On this priory and its church, see Jean-Courret, É., 'Basilique Saint-Martin/Église Saint-Martin/Chapelle Saint-Martin/Prieuré Saint-Martin', in Atlas historique de Bordeaux . Sites et monuments, III, ed. S. Lavaud (Bordeaux, 2009), pp.186-8.
106

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to permit Arnold Guilhem-Arnaut to have this priory according to the king's letters.

107

Same as above

Order to the mayor of the city of Bordeaux 1 to deliver this priory to Guilhem-Arnaut and permit him to have this priory according to the king's letters.

For Francès de Montferrand, kt.

108

14 August 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant in perpetuity to Monte Ferrando, de Francès de Montferrand and his heirs, because of the great losses and damages suffered by him during the wars and others, of the house called Sou Ousse with its appurtenances, with all the revenues previously held by the late Besaudunum, de lord of Bézaudun in the king's lordship of Born in the patria Burdegal' Bordelais region , which were seized in the king's hands by the rebellion of the lord of Bézaudun's heirs. And futhermore, the king grants in perpetuity to Francès de Montferrand and his heirs a mill with its appurtenances being in the king's lordship of Memisanum, de Mimizan that Castro, de Arnaut du Castet , who is at present a king's rebel, held before his rebellion, up to the yearly value of 10 l.st. , with the proviso that he pays the surplus to the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
109

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judge of Gascony , and all the king's officers [of the duchy of Aquitaine] to deliver to Francès de Montferrand this house and mill, to be held according to the king's letters.

For William Beauchamp, kt.

110

25 August 1444 . Westminster .

Grant for life to William Beauchamp, kt , dapicidus one of the king's carvers of the offices of Bloy captain of the town and castle of Blaye , and of the king's castles of Fronsac and Blanyac Blaignac , with their fees, wages, profits and rights, to be held by himself or his deputies as the other captains held them before.

By p.s., etc.

111

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, and all the king's officers [in the duchy of Aquitaine] to deliver these offices to William Beauchamp or his deputies.

112

16 August 1444 . Westminster . For Richard Vere, kt . 1

Grant for life to Veer Richard Vere, kt , because of the good service he did in his young age in the king's wars as well as in the king's household without any fee or reward, of the Cama lordship of Came which are in the king's hands because of the lord of Gramont 2 rebellion, with all its revenues, profits and emoluments.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Francès de Gramont .

For [Per-]Arnaut de Saint-Cricq.

113

20 August 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant in perpetuity to Seint Cric, Aquen' [Per-]Arnaut de Saint-Cricq, captain of the city of Dax , of the house of Talense Talence situated in the city of Aquen' Dax 2 with all its lands, mills and revenues in the duchy of Aquitaine, which were owned by Favas Mathiu de Habas 3 and have been seized in the king's hands by the rebellion of Pey Dichat , heir of Mathiu de Habas, because he has rallied the party of the king's adversary of France. 4

By p.s., etc.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
The house of Talence was situated in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, not at Dax itself.
3.
Mathiu de Habas was mentioned as dead in 1437. See entry in C 61/127 , entry in C 61/127 , entry in C 61/127 .
4.
Charles VII .
114

Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the constable of Bordeaux, the Aquen' mayor, jurats and councillors of the city of Dax and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver this house and appurtenances to Per-Arnaut de Saint-Cricq .

115

8 August 1444 . Westminster . For John Say and Thomas Chamberlain . 1

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the mayor of the city of Bordeaux , the chancellor of Aquitaine , the judge of Aquitaine , the king's procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] and all the king's officers in the duchy to deliver to John Say and Thomas Chamberlain or to their proctor a part of the small custom of Bordeaux, they have been granted for life by the king on 28 April 1444, which part had been granted to the Mussheden lord of Mussidan 2 and his heirs by the king's predecessors and went by hereditary right to the lord of Gramont 3 and is now in the king's hands because Gramont's rebellion, which part is worth yearly according to estimation around 20 m. , to be held in the same way the lord of Gramont held it.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.
Ramon II de Montaut (d. 1406) .
3.
Francès de Gramont .

For Pey Durand.

116

12 August 1444 . Westminster . 1

Grant for life to Durant Pey Durand, esquire , 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 , answering for any surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux, the grant for life of the Pullyon baylie of Pouillon to Pey Durand up to the annual value of 10 l. notwithstanding. 3 Guilhem de Lunes was granted for life by the king's letters patent the office of Leybourne prévôt of Libourne , the plassages of Libourne, and the office of Sanctus Eligius controller of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux , 4 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. , answering for any surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux, but Lunes has returned these letters to the king's chancery for cancellation in order that these office and issues be granted to Durand.

By p.s., etc.

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.
The baylie of Pouillon was granted for life to Pey Durand on 19 October 1438: entry in C 61/129 .
4.
On 15 July 1438: entry in C 61/128 .
117

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Gascony , the mayor of the city of Bordeaux to deliver these offices and revenues to Pey Durand according to the king's letters.

For Guilhem de Lunes.

118

12 August 1444 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Guilhem de Lunes of 30 l. of the English money, that are 10 l. to be received each All Saints day 1 by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux from the issues of farms, revenues and emoluments coming from the duchy of Aquitaine, and 20 l. of the English money to be annually received from wine customs and other revenues of the constabulary of Bordeaux at All Saints day by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux. These revenues had been previously granted to Pey Durand by the king's letters patent, 2 but Durand has returned these letters in chancery for cancellation in order that these revenues be granted for life to Lunes.

By p.s., etc.

1.
1 November.
2.
On 20 October 1438: entry in C 61/129 .
119

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or the person holding this office to pay to Guilhem de Lunes for his lifetime these yearly 10 l. and 20 l. from the revenues of the duchy at the said terms.

120

20 July 1444 . Westminster . For Arnaut Brange . 1

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Guyenne , admiral of England, Ireland and Guyenne: 2

Grant for life to Arnaut Brange , of the pais de Bordalois Bordelais land , because of his good service to the crown of England in its wars, of a yearly sum of 20 l.st. to be taken on the first goods seized in the king's hands or conquered for him in the duchy of Guyenne, or on the first offices, writing offices, prévôtés, baylies and others being now vacant or which will be vacant from persons who have received them from the king, either by gift from someone to Brange or choice of this latter among the three options. Brange will take these revenues without control of the king's officers. Huntingdon orders the seneschals of Guyenne or the Landes , the judge of Gascony , the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor of Bordeaux , and all the king's officers of the duchy to deliver these revenues up to the yearly sum of 20 l.st. to Brange each time they will be required by him or his proctor, and permit him to enjoy them without impediment, any letters or orders made before or after these presents notwithstanding.

For 20 s. paid in the hanaper.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.
It is specified that these letters have been sealed under the seal of his office of king's lieutenant in Guyenne.
121

17 July 1444 . Westminster . Concerning pardon to Jacmes de Lesbay and others .

Pardon granted, at their supplication, to Jacobus Jacmes de Lesbay , Demengon, Varstegui Domenjon de Bérastéguy , Sabaros Menauton de Sabarots , Petrus, Lesquacho Pey de l'Escacho , 1 Guinarde Pey de Guinarthe , Domengon, Daynhoa Domenjon d'Ainhoa , Bilbau Pey de Bilbao 2 and Dortoboro Johan d'Urthaburu , burgesses and inhabitants of the city of Bayonne , because of the death of Martin de Haitze , 3 returning them their good reputation and their movable and hereditary goods if they have been seized. The king imposes perpetual silence to the king's procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] and orders the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the mayor, échevins and councillors of the city of Bayonne , and all the king's officers and subjects of the duchy of Aquitaine to permit them without impediment and delay, under pain of the king's anger, to enjoy this pardon. Because of the theft on Ispann' Per-Johan d'Espagne of 42 gold crowns on a royal road situated at one mile of Bayonne , in the 17th regnal year [of Henry VI] 4 made by Haitse Augerot de Haitze 5 and his accomplices, which money was never returned, many dissents and insults happened between Lesbay, Bérastéguy, Sabarots, l'Escacho, Guinarthe, Ainhoa, Bilbao and Urthaburu on one hand, and Augerot de Haitze and his accomplices on the other, so that Augerot de Haitze and his brother Pey de Haitze often came to Bayonne in order to kill Jacmes de Lesbay , and finally on 1 January 1440, Martin [de Haitze] , brother of Augerot de Haitze, secretly went in Bayonne around noon with a company of eleven men and besieged Jacmes de Lesbay's house, but this latter was away, and later on this day, Lesbay came back with his company made of Bérastéguy, Sabarots, l'Escacho, Guinarthe, Ainhoa, Bilbao and Urthaburu, and one Haitse Johan de Haitze , a member of Martin de Haitze's company, made an insolent gesture against Jacmes de Lesbay who pursued him carrying a sword up to the house of a goldsmith, and when Lesbay returned to his house he learned that some people of his company had killed Martin de Haitze. Because of this death, each one of Lesbay, Bérastéguy, Sabarots, l'Escacho, Guinarthe, Ainhoa, Bilbao and Urthaburu were quit with a fine of 36 crowns according to the laws and statute of the city of Bayonne, but as Martin de Haitze is from com' de Bort Labourd , they do not dare to travel in the king's lordships if they do not obtain the king's pardon.

By p.s., etc.

1.
Escacho is the Spanish name of a kind of sea robin fish. This nickname suggests he was originating from Castile and probably more precisely from Biscay or Guipuzcoa.
2.
This name suggests he originated from Biscay.
3.
It is Martin de Lehet of the noble family of the Lehet of Haitze (from Ustaritz).
4.
From 1 September 1438 to 31 August 1439.
5.
Augerot de Lehet (or Lahet), lord of Haitze (in com. Ustaritz).
122

26 January 1444 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for Thomas Wichard and John Bill . 1

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Guyenne , admiral of England, Ireland and Guyenne:

Grant in perpetuity to Wyschard Thomas Wichard and Vill' John Bill , esquires of Huntingdon's household, and their heirs, of the castle, house and inheritance of Sainte Croiz du Mont Sainte-Croix-du-Mont with the Taste house of Tastes 3 situated in the jurisdiction of Sainte Makaire Saint-Macaire with its appurtenances, which was held by the late Delebret Johan d'Albret , allowing them to levy and to receive without impediment all the rights, duties, rents and revenues coming from them. Huntingdon orders the seneschal of Guyenne, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Gascony , and all the other king's officers of the duchy of Guyenne to deliver without delay Sainte-Croix-du-Mont and this house to Wichard and Bill and their proctors, and to permit them to enjoy them, any other grant made before and after notwithstanding.

For one mark paid in the hanaper.

1.
Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.
New Style.
3.
This is the château de Tastes which is now the town hall ('Hôtel-de-ville') of Sainte-Croix-du-Mont.