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C 61/111, 7 and 8 Henry IV (1405-1407)

Introduction.

In contrast with the previous roll, this roll, stretching from 30 September 1405 to 29 September 1407, is much less concerned with licences to transport wheat and other goods from England to Gascony, or wine in the other direction, perhaps indicating that food supplies were less problematic. ¹

The roll includes several court cases involving Gascons. The king gave remission to the young Johan de Lansac, then aged less than seven years old, for a sum owed by his father for infringing a royal safeguard. ² Four entries concern succession. Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac claimed to be the heir general of a deceased burgess of Bordeaux (Pey Lambert). He had complained to the king that Johan Colom, an important burgess of Bordeaux later executed for treason (c.1376), had seized many goods from Lambert’s house. Fronsac also complained that the goods of Colom granted to him had been seized by the constable of Bordeaux and by the local lords of sub-provinces of the Médoc and Buch. ³ The Saintongeais noble, Pierre Gombaud, claimed the inheritance of a Médocais lordship: this was challenged by two brothers of the local noble family of the Potensac. Gombaud had requested the seneschal of Aquitaine in vain to have a judicial duel with one of the Potensac brothers in order to prove his claims. ⁴ The lord of Lesparre Guilhem-Amaniu de Madaillan requested the king persistently to have the lordship of Vertheuil (in Médoc), which had been occupied for a very long time by the captal de Buch, Archambaud de Grailly. He probably thought the relatively recent rallying of the latter as count of Foix (1401) to the king of France, Charles VI, would help his claim on this matter. ⁵ But, at the same moment, Menaut de Canteloup complained that Madaillan had occupied the noble seat of la Motte Verte in which he claimed to have rights. ⁶ Per-Arnaut de Béarn (from the family of the counts of Foix and vicomtes of Béarn), lord of Estang (Landes) through his wife, wanted to recover a source of revenue situated in the Médoc which had been owned by a former lord of Estang who had been a rebel against the king. ⁷ It is also interesting to learn about a conflict of jurisdiction between the king-duke and a local community. The prévôt of Saint-Émilion had informed the king that the mayor and burgesses of this town had tried to attract to their jurisdiction men of the king living in the banlieue of Saint-Émilion. ⁸ Despite the efforts of the two previous kings of England to limit significantly the number of Gascon cases presented to them, Henry IV had arbitrated in England in a case between Bertran de La Trau and Johan Estében, and had imposed an agreement on them. He subsequently ordered the judges of the king’s council of Bordeaux to do full justice to them, according to this agreement, within one month of their return to Aquitaine. ⁹ Henry IV had ordered his castellan of Mauléon Carlos de Beaumont to protect the Navarrese lady of Aguerre against another Navarrese, the important lord of Luxe, concerning her possession of the noble house of Alos situated in the Soule province, despite a previous judicial decision of John of Gaunt in favour of her predecessor. ¹⁰ The state of war existing with the king of France and his ally, the count of Foix-vicomte of Béarn, explains why the king granted letters of marque to some Gascons, even though he was normally reluctant to grant them, for obvious reasons. Arnaut de Poyanne, burgess of Bordeaux, had complained that some adversaries of the king had seized his goods up to the value of 250 m.st. , despite the truces and the king’s safe-conduct. He succeeded in obtaining a letter of marque. ¹¹ Mariota, wife of Johan Dupin, burgess of Bordeaux, complained to the king about the debt of 80 écus and 10 fr. owed to her by Ramon-Gassie de Luts, notary of Orthez (then capital of Béarn), and asked for a letter of marque from Henry IV. ¹² A special commission d’oyer was entrusted to Henry Bowet, bishop of Bath and Wells (who had been constable of Bordeaux 1399-1401), and Lord Grey, to hear the merchant of Bordeaux Ricart Macanan, proctor of Bernat de Lesparre, lord of Labarde, and the men of the Bordeaux fleet who had successfully fought against a French fleet on the Gironde estuary in December 1406. He asserted on behalf of all the men of the fleet that some men wanted the spoils of this fight even though they had not been present at the event. ¹³ The esquire Galhart Polet was pardoned by the king for having taken the law into his own hands in forcing, without the help of the royal serjeant-at-arms, some of his villeins to return to live in his lordship. ¹⁴ Jakob Bödeker, a German merchant of Stettin, had complained to the king about some Bayonnais ‘pirates’ who had stolen at sea 300 l. of his goods c.1402-3. Following Bödeker’s appeal to the delegates of the Hanseatic League gathered at Lübeck in December 1403, the king finally ordered the mayor and community of Bayonne to compensate him. ¹⁵ There is also an entry about the judicial duel which took place in England between Johan Boulomer and Bertran Ozanne, two citizens of Bordeaux, the former having accused the latter of speaking against the crown of England and the union of Bordeaux with England. ¹⁶

Other entries concern some Poitevins who had maintained their fidelity after the end of the Black Prince’s principality of Aquitaine (1372). Hugues Brouard, a Poitevin who was apparently a member of the ‘English’ garrison of Chalais (in Saintonge), was given in compensation, after the fall of this castle to the French (1405), the patis and ransom of the region situated around Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (also in Saintonge) as well as other grants. ¹⁷ Another Poitevin was Radegonde Béchet, former lady of Morthemer in Poitou and widow of the Welsh knight Gregory Says. She had lost Morthemer in 1375 and was confirmed the possession of the issac custom of Bordeaux (a wine custom) which had initially been granted to her by Richard II. ¹⁸

Several entries deal with grants given to Gascons in order to compensate them for losses they suffered because of the war with the French. Hence Johan Baudrin, an inhabitant of Puydauphin (in Agenais) and vassal of the lord of Lesparre, obtained, at the latter’s request, the office of king’s serjeant-at-arms. ¹⁹ The lord of Montlau (Bordelais), who had his castle destroyed by the French, obtained the patis and ransoms of some ‘French’ castellanies of the Bazadais region and of the ‘French’ castellany of Saint-Macaire. ²⁰ Gassie-Arnaut Duhart obtained the office of clerk and writer of the constabulary of Bordeaux because he had lost everything he possessed the previous year and had thenceforward been reduced to poverty. The esquire Bernat de Beaucourt and Gombaut-Arnaut de Tizac were in the same situation and received some goods in compensation. ²¹ An English squire, Richard Grosvenor, had lost goods in Aquitaine, but mainly his goods, houses and hereditary goods in Wales because of Owain Glyndŵr’s rebellion. He was consequently granted the office of constable of the castle of Fronsac, a castle with an exclusively English garrison. ²² The citizens of Libourne were so impoverished by the war with the French that the king agreed to annex to their town the lordship of Puynormand. ²³

The series of French offensives led against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine every year since 1404 prompted the king to take measures to support the military resistance of his subjects. ²⁴ Hence, at the start of 1406 he granted to the town of Bourg the right to levy 8 d. on each tun of wine coming from the town and its castellany in order to repair its walls and to pay the wages of the men-at-arms of its garrison. Similarly, he allowed this town to force those living within its castellany to contribute to its defence. ²⁵ The lord of Montlau was given a part of the issac custom of Bordeaux (a wine custom) and some measures on grains from the town of Saint-Émilion up to the yearly value of 140 gold ecus, provided that he entered Saint-Émilion to defend it every time it was besieged or threatened by the ‘French’. ²⁶ Finally, Henry IV ordered all of the inhabitants of the castellany of Mauléon (in Soule) to perform the customary watch at the castle of Mauléon, a task which was often reluctantly done. ²⁷

Henry IV tried to reinforce the principal military support he had in the duchy. He gave to Matthew Gournay (a former companion of the routier leader Hugh Calveley and seneschal of the Landes on several occasions after 1370) several revenues of the city of Dax. ²⁸ Aymeric de Durfort, married to a relative of Matthew Gournay, had received a rent from John of Gaunt who had dubbed him knight: Henry IV showed himself willing to confirm his father’s grant. ²⁹ The king also accepted the purchase of the baylie of Labourd by the important lord of the kingdom of Navarre, Carlos de Beaumont, granting him also the land of Noaillan (in Bazadais) and various revenues in and around Bordeaux. ³⁰

Other entries also provide interesting information. Because of the weakness of ‘English’ rule in Aquitaine, Henry IV was forced to acknowledge a de facto situation that would previously have been considered as an act of treason. He legitimised the fact that the lord of Lesparre had given patis , safeties and safe-conducts to some enemies of the king. ³¹ Henry IV had tried in vain to reconcile the faction occupying the Bayonnais government and the faction led by Pey de Contis. Consequently, he granted to Contis the office of the gauge of the wine of Bordeaux in order to provide for his maintenance. ³² The king permitted Henry Bowet, bishop of Bath and Wells since 1401, to sell the lordship of Ornon (near Bordeaux) which he had owned since 1400, putting an end to Bowet’s personal involvement in the life of the duchy. ³³ Finally, we learn about the stay in England of Pons VII, lord of Castillon, one of the principal lords of the English party in Gascony. ³⁴

Guilhem Pépin

1.: entry 8 , entry 91 , entry 76 , entry 117 , entry 112 , entry 85 .
2.: entry 9 .
3.: entry 12 .
4.: entry 86 .
5.: entry 37 .
6.: entry 56 .
7.: entry 3 .
8.: entry 17 .
9.: entry 45 .
10.: entry 70 .
11.: entry 19 .
12.: entry 97 .
13.: entry 96 .
14.: entry 73 .
15.: entry 57 .
16.: entry 27 .
17.: entry 15 , entry 50 , , entry .
18.: entry 59 .
19.: entry 25 .
20.: entry 38 .
21.: entry 58 , entry 62 , entry 100 .
22.: entry 52 .
23.: entry 82 .
24.: See Pépin, G., 'The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine', in Journal of Medieval Military History , IX, 2011, pp. 1-40.
25.: entry 20 , entry 22 .
26.: , entry .
27.: entry 87 .
28.: entry 1 .
29.: entry 48 .
30.: entry 60 , entry 106 .
31.: entry 64 .
32.: entry 71 .
33.: entry 75 .
34.: entry 111 .

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24 November 1405 . Westminster . For Matthew Gournay . ¹

Grant for life to Gourney Matthew Gournay, seneschal of the Landes , castellan of the castle of Dax , of what is owed to the king in the prévôté of Dax , the writing office of the city of Dax and the guidonage ( guidonagium ) 2 of this city , with their issues which are worth 300 fr. a year. ³

By K.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: This tax was called in Gascon guidoadge or guiit . See Lespy, V. et Raymond, P., Dictionnaire béarnais ancien et moderne (Montpellier, 1887), p. 349.
3.: See the related entry entry 4 .

2: 14 October 1405 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , for a quarter of one year, to Symon John Simon of Bodmyn Bodmin , merchant, who is going in the company of Swynburne Thomas Swinburn, kt , mayor of the city of Bordeaux , who is staying in this city for its safeguard.

By p.s.

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18 November 1405 . Westminster Palace . For Per-Arnaut [de Béarn] .

Order under the great seal to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the other [members] of his council to do full justice on this matter according to the local fors and customs, at the petition of Biarn Per-Arnaut de Béarn, Destanh lord of the house of Estang ¹ through his wife, Lady Desguarebaque Miramunda d'Esgoarrebaque to grant him a revenue formerly owned in the land of Domedonc Médoc , in the land of Bordelais and Aquitaine, by Galhart, lord of the house of Estang , later a king's rebel, which revenue is now held by the Landirax lady of Landiras , ² after Galhart's rebellion during this present war.

By p.s.

1.: A grandson of the count of Foix-vicomte of Béarn Gaston I de Foix through his bastard son Pey de Béarn , his father. He had been captain of the routiers of Lourdes in the early 1370s, was general lieutenant of Gaston III Fébus in Marsan c.1380-1382. He led the routier troops who attacked the region of Casteljaloux, a possession of the lord of Albret, between 1383 and 1385, and he became general lieutenant in the county of Foix in 1398. Johan de Béarn, captain of the routiers of Lourdes from the 1370s to 1407, was his brother.
2.: Margarida de Stratton .

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24 November 1405 . Westminster Palace . For Matthew Gournay .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the city of Dax to permit Gourney Matthew Gournay, seneschal of the Landes , castellan of the castle of Dax to have the prévôté of Dax , the writing office and guidonage ( guidonagium ) of Dax according to the king's letters, granting them for life to Gournay. ¹

1.: See the related entry entry 1 .

Concerning licence of transport.

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26 November 1405 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , until Christmas, to John Repton of Hedersete Hethersett who is going in the company of Swynburne Thomas Swinburn, kt , mayor of the city of Bordeaux , who is staying in this city for its safeguard.

By p.s.

The following has similar letters of protection, namely:

5.1: Same as above

Similar letters to Dyk William atte Dyke of Ellingham.

By p.s.

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4 December 1405 . Westminster . For Brother Galhart Montet .

Order to the Maulion castellan of Mauléon of Sole Soule or his lieutenant to deliver to Brother Mountet Galhart de Montet of the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem, preceptor of the hospitals of Bordeaux and Berraut Berraute , the possession of the hospital of Berraute ¹ situated in the castellany of Mauléon in Soule, as this hospital has been seized by the king, and to defend him in this possession, if it is according to justice, and to let cognisance of the dispute about it between Montet and Brother la Mark Guilhem de Lamarque , be given to the relevant authority in their Order, Montet having petitioned the king for to provide gracious remedy to him.

By p.s.

1.: The chapel (called Saint-Jean-de-Berraute) of this hospital still exists today in the commune of Mauléon-Licharre .

7: Same as above. Concerning safeguard .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine and all officers in the duchy to protect and defend Brother Mountet Galhart de Montet preceptor of the hospitals of Bordeaux and Berraut Berraute and all the other preceptors of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem in the duchy, the brothers, oblates ( donati ), men, serjeants and their tenants and also the preceptories, houses, mills, lands, tenements, revenues and their other possessions and their goods and chattels, if they remain in the king's obedience, according to the king's letters of protection.

By p.s.

8: 7 October 1405 . Westminster . Concerning the transport of wheat .

Order to all the admirals etc. to permit Walter Nelme, citizen and Wygorn' merchant of Worcester and Gilbert Joce of Bristoll' Bristol, merchant , to permit them , at their request, to buy 500 quarters of wheat and export them on some ships in the Bristoll' port of Bristol to the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne for the assistance of the king's liege men [in the duchy]. Mainpernors for Nelme and Joce in the king's chancery are Ludlowe John Ludlow and Cheverall John Cheverell , to secure that this wheat will be brought to Bordeaux and Bayonne, under pain of the loss of the value of this wheat.

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8 January 1406 . Westminster . For Johan de Lansac .

Remission of any penalty to Lanzanco, de Johan de Lansac , minor under 7 years of age, son and heir of the late Guiraut de Lansac , silencing for ever the king’s procurator fiscal in the duchy of Aquitaine who had summoned the heir before the judge of Gascony for 100 m. owed by the late Guiraut for infringing Sanctus Michelus Gassie de Saint-Miqueu ’s safeguard, as no action as been brought against the late Guiraut de Lansac, following the petition of Guiraut Provost, ¹ Johan’s tutor. ²

By p.s.

1.: Either the burgess of Libourne of this name or the esquire of this name .
2.: For the Chancery Warrant of Henry IV (8 January 1406), see TNA, E 28/23/5.

For Pey du Bourdieu.

10: 12 February 1406 . Westminster .

Appointment for life of Bourdyu Pey du Bourdieu of the city of Bordeaux to be one of the king's serjeants-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine, receiving from the constable of Bordeaux the usual wages of the other king's serjeants-at-arms [of Aquitaine].

By p.s.

11: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to permit Bourdyu Pey du Bourdieu to have this office.

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19 February 1406 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to examine the tenor of the following petition showed to the king by Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac, esquire, heir of Pey Lambert of Saint-André, kt, and make him prompt and full justice according to the local laws, fors and customs.

Supplication to the king of Guillam Ais Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac, esquire , ¹ heir general of Pey Lambert of Saint Andreu Saint-André , kt , ² as, after the death of the latter, Johan Colom, kt , when he was alive, ³ took from Lambert's house several goods to the value of 1368 gold fr ⁴ and kept them without any compensation; which Colom confessed when near death and ordered to be repaid on his goods, and by virtue of this confession, John, Lord Neville , then Enguiene king's lieutenant in Guyenne , ⁵ ordered Molton John Moulton, then mayor of Bordeaux , ⁶ to give Fronsac this sum from Colom's goods. Moulton had given to Fronsac eight men 'questaux' ⁷ owned by Colom at Brachs Brach to the value of 30 l. of the Bordeaux money a year, eight men 'questaux' in Le Porge in Buch Pourge en Buche to the value of 25 l. a year, of the men 'questaux' of Saint-Corbian and 100 s. of rent at Cartugueire Tartuguière ⁸ in the lordship of Lesparre ; Fronsac had to hold all that until he was repaid of the said sum. Then, Stretton John de Stratton, lord of Landiras , new constable of Bordeaux took violently without good reason a part of these grants, and the supplicant did not dare to contest it because he was a royal officer, and all the barons of the region, following the constable's example, took the other goods granted to Fronsac in their own lordships. So Fronsac supplicates the king that he should order letters patent to his seneschal [of Aquitaine] to return these goods to him or his first son Johan de Fronsac , bearer of this petition, until he recovers the said sum. ⁹

By K.

1.: Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac obviously issued from a cadet branch of the vicomtes of Fronsac as at least a namesake was vicomte of Fronsac c. 1209-12 and another namesake was a son of vicomte Ramon IV (d. 1280).
2.: Issuing from one of the great burgesses families of Bordeaux prominent in the 13th century, this Lambert was nicknamed 'of Saint-André' probably to distinguish him from a namesake, because he had his residence at Bordeaux on Sent Pau Street (now known as 'rue de Ruat') situated near Saint-André street ('rue Saint-André', now known as 'rue des Trois Conils') and the cathedral of this name. Lambert's house was inherited by Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac, see Drouyn, L., Bordeaux vers 1450 (Bordeaux, 1874), p. 449.
3.: Issuing from one of the main burgesses families of Bordeaux of the 13th century, Johan Colom was put to death for treason c. 1376-7.
4.: This is written XIII LXVIII in the original roll; a superscript 'c' may have been omitted after 'XIII'.
5.: King's lieutenant in Aquitaine (or Guyenne) from 1378 to 1381.
6.: Mayor of Bordeaux from 1375 to 1381.
7.: The questaux (in Gascon questaus ) were the local equivalent of the serfs.
8.: The vineyard domain (since the 18th century) of the 'Château Tartuguière' is now known as 'Château Tour Prignac' (commune of Prignac-en-Médoc ).
9.: See the related petitions: TNA, SC 8/170/8489 (petition of Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac) and SC 8/186/9284 (petition of his son Johan de Fronsac). See the related entry entry 109 .

For John Grosvenor.

28 February 1406 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Gravenor John Grosvenor , for his good service to John of Gaunt and to the current king, of 500 fr. a year on the tithe and custom of wines coming from the Alta Patria Haut-Pays through the river Dourdoigne Dordogne levied in the town of Libourne by the prévôt of Libourne or the collector of these tithes and customs in the port of Libourne . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/113 .

14: Same as above

Order to the prévôt of Libourne and the collector of these tithes and customs in the port of Libourne to deliver the 500 fr. a year to Gravenor John Grosvenor for his lifetime.

For Huguet Brouard.

21 February 1406 . Westminster .

Grant to Broart Huguet Brouard for his life and the duration of the war with the French, with assent of the king's council, of the patis and ransom of Daubeterre Aubeterre[-sur-Dronne] , already granted to him by the seneschal of Aquitaine and his council for his maintenance with his children and servants, in compensation for his hereditary goods and the revenues, destroyed when the French took the place of Chaleys Chalais . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The castle of Chalais was besieged from May 1405 and surrendered to the French in August 1405. See Pépin, G., 'The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine', The Journal of Medieval Military History , 9 (2011), p. 12.

16: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and all the captains, justices, officers and subjects [in the duchy] to permit Broart Huguet Brouard to have this pati and ransom.

By p.s.

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8 March 1406 . Westminster . Concerning redress of prejudice and damage against the King .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, the constable of Bordeaux and the juge-mage of the court of Gascony , ¹ that having heard the prévôt of Saint-Émilion and being informed by him or by other means whether the men of the banlieue of Saint-Émilion should be outside the jurisdiction of this mayor and burgesses of this town , and whether these men are unjustly attracted to their jurisdiction to the king's prejudice, as the king has learned, they must return them to their previous state.

1.: The title 'juge-mage' meant 'main judge'.

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5 March 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Guiraut Provost .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to summon Guiraut Provost, burgess of Libourne , the warden and captain of Libourne , and the major and jurats of this town, and to do full and speedy justice, after viewing royal letters patent granting to Provost his office and the privileges granted to Libourne by the king’s predecessors, as Provost has complained to the king that he had been appointed captain of Libourne, with power to collect patis and to keep half the keys of the town wall and of the fortalices of Libourne, and as he was impeded in his office by the major and jurats under the pretext of their privileges. ¹

By K.

1.: See the related entries entry in C 61/107 , entry 55 .

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10 February 1406 . Westminster . For Arnaut de Poyanne .

Marque granted to Poian Arnaut de Poyanne of the city of Bordeaux , up to a value of 250 m.st. on the enemies' goods, with the proviso that it would be without damage for the king's liege men, the persons being included in the truces and the persons having the king's safeguard, since during the truce, Poyanne having a safe-conduct of the adversary of France, ¹ some king’s enemies seized Poyanne’s goods up to this value.

By p.s.

1.: The king of France Charles VI .

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For the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Bourg.

28 February 1406 . Westminster . ¹

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to the Borg mayor, jurats and community of the town of Bourg , for the duration of the war and at the king's pleasure, of 8 d.st. on each tun of wine coming from the town and its castellany , to maintain the men-at-arms paid by the town, to help the repair [of the fortifications of this town], to rescue the king's liege men of this castellany who are accommodated in this town with their goods, and to defend this town against the mischiefs of the king's enemies, ² answering to the king for this custom and for the use of this money. The king has learned that the town of Bourg has no issues for its defence and receives no custom on the wine collected in its territory of this town and in its castellany and brought to the city of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: The French and their partisans.

21: 28 February 1406 . Westminster .

Order, under the great seal, to the Borg mayor, jurats and community of the town of Bourg to deploy these 8 d.st. on each tun of wine coming from the town and its castellany to maintain these men-at-arms and to help to maintain this town and nothing else, during the present war, according to the king's letters, and order to the castellan of the castellany of Bourg and all the owners of these wines to obey and attend the mayor of Bourg on this matter.

For the inhabitants of the town of Bourg.

22: 28 February 1406 . Westminster .

Licence, with the king's council assent, to the Borgum mayor of the town of Bourg to compel, at the king's pleasure and for the duration of the war, all the persons of its castellany who are in the town of Bourg, to contribute with their goods, despite their exemption, to the needs of the town, and to perform the watch, corvées and repairs [in Bourg] during the war, in the same way as they used to do in the castle of Bourg , before its destruction, at the petition of the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Bourg

By p.s.

23: 28 February 1406 . Westminster Palace .

Order, for the duration of the war and at the king's pleasure, to the castellan of the castellany of Bourg , to apply to the fortification and defence of Bourg, with supervision oand advice of the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Bourg all the money he has to levy on the inhabitants of the castellany as he did previously for the castle.

Concerning safeguard.

24: 18 March 1406 . Westminster Palace .

Letters of protection granted to Seintavit Bernat de Saint-Avit, burgess of Bordeaux , his wife Maria and his mother Briana , their men, lands, revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Saint-Avit and not permit that anyone injure their persons, possessions and goods.

The following have similar letters of protection of the king for the same duration, namely:

24.1: 24 March 1406 . Westminster Palace .

Quale Johan de Cale, burgess of the city of Bordeaux .

24.2: 18 March 1406 . Westminster Palace .

Johan de Lansac, burgess of the city of Bordeaux .

For Johan Baudrin.

28 April 1406 . Westminster .

Grant to Vaudrin Johan Baudrin , inhabitant of Madaillan's place of Puydaufyn Puydauphin , ¹ of the office of serjeant-at-arms in the regions [of the duchy of] Aquitaine, at the request of Guilhem-Amaniu [de Madaillan], lord of Lesparre and Reousan Rauzan and because of his losses during his service to the king on the borders against the king's enemies. ²

By p.s.

1.: Puydauphin was already owned by the Madaillan family in the 14th century (examples in 1338 and 1352). See Campagne, M. Histoire de la Maison de Madaillan (Bergerac, 1900), p. 56, n.3.
2.: The French partisans.

26: Same as above

Order, by the king's letters patent, to the constable of Bordeaux to pay the customary wages to Johan Baudrin for this office.

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8 May 1406 . Westminster . In order to have Johan Boulomer and Bertran Ozanne before the king .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to send Bolomer Johan Boulomer, burgess of Bordeaux , and Usana Bertran Ozanne, burgess and merchant of Bordeaux to appear in person before the king himself and to send the record of the proceedings ( impeditio et accusatio predicte cum omnibus ea tangentibus ) before next Michaelmas, as Boulomer has complained to the king that, in the king’s court in Bordeaux before Guilhem-Amaniu [de Madaillan], lord of Lesparre , then governor of Bordeaux , ¹ Faryngdon William Farringdon, then constable of Bordeaux , he had accused Ozanne of speaking bad words against the king and crown, against the country and especially Bordeaux, and the court had settled a combat between Boulomer and Ozanne, twelve months ago, but the seneschal had refused to assign a day and place for the battle, and Ozanne had molested and damaged Boulomer who had appealed to the king’s court. ²

By K.

1.: In 1404.
2.: See the related entry entry in C 61/112 .

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6 May 1406 . Westminster . For Guilhem des Camps .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay from time to time to Guilhem des Camps, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , the arrears owed to him of the 300 fr. he was to receive yearly from the custom levied on wine coming to Bordeaux from the Alta Patria Haut Pays ¹ and of the yearly 20 tuns of wine coming from the Alta Patria Haut Pays ² granted to him by the king for his lifetime, as appear in the chancery rolls. ³

1.: 11 January 1402. See the entry entry in C 61/109 .
2.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 .
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 .

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29: 26 May 1406 . Westminster . Concerning general attorneys .

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Swynburne Thomas Swinburn, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king’s service, nominating William Rokewode and Chaumberlayn Ralph Chamberlain , alternately.

John Roderham , received these attorneys until Swinburne's return to England.

For Arnaut d'Escurac.

30: 25 May 1406 . Westminster .

Appointment of Esquras Arnaut d'Escurac , because of his good service to the king in the regions of Aquitaine as well as in the kingdom of England , to have the office of the king's serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine, with the customary wages.

By p.s.

31: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay from time to time to Arnaut d'Escurac the customary wages of this office.

Concerning confirmations concerning the land of Labourd.

1 June 1406 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward III:

22 October 1341 . Westminster .

Grant to the men of la Bort Labourd for their constancy and loyalty, and to bind them to the king more closely, that the land of la Bort Labourd , and its justice and jurisdiction, will not be put out of the king's hands by gift, sale or exchange, but that it should be forever annexed, notwithstanding any gifts or grants of that land, and of its rents and emoluments to Duro Forti Arnaut [III] de Durfort or to his heirs or others, because that land is situated in the confines of the duchy of Aquitaine adjacent to the lands of the kingdoms of Ispann' Castile ¹ and Navarr' Navarre and others, and can easily be lost if it is put out of the king's hands, and for other legitimate reasons we wish those grants to be revoked. ²

1.: The kingdom of Castile was commonly named as 'kingdom of Spain' during the late Middle Ages though it did not encompass the whole geographical area called Spain.
2.: See this entry in entry in C 61/53 .

1 June 1406 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward III:

8 July 1342 . Tower of London .

Order to the nobles and commons ( plebei ) of the land of Labort Labourd to be obedient only to the king or his officers sine medio and not to Arnaut [III] de Durfort 's family, notwithstanding any previous oath, as Durfort and his followers have invaded Labourd after the previous grant. ¹

1.: See the entries in entry in C 61/53 , entry 32 .

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14 June 1406 . Westminster Palace . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection granted for life to Pey de Laye and his brother Iter [de Laye] , Lybourne burgesses of the town of Libourne , their wives, free men ¹ and servants, as well as their revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders, under the great seal, to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend them and not to permit that anyone injure their persons, possessions and goods.

1.: Liberos homines . This may be a mistake for liberos , 'their children.'

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26 June 1406 . Westminster . For Pernauton [de Belay] . ¹

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the seneschal of the Landes , the Labort bayle of Labourd , their lieutenants as well as the other officers of the king in Aquitaine, to permit Pernauton de Belay , ² master of the [ship] called la Sapatre , retained for life by the king on 1 December 1399 ³ and granted the same day 20 marks a year on the right of shipwreck ( de fortuniis costere maris ) on the coast between the mouth ( bocall' ) of Cabriton' Capbreton ⁴ and Fonte Rabis Hondarribia , ⁵ to receive yearly the 20 m. on the right of shipwreck, answering for the surplus to the king.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Probably a citizen of Bayonne .
3.: See this entry in entry in C 61/107 .
4.: In this period, the mouth of the Adour , called bocau (nowadays 'Boucau') in Gascon, was at Capbreton.
5.: Hondarribia is the current official Basque name of this town most often known as Fuenterrabía in Spanish or Fontarrabie in French.

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2 July 1406 . Westminster . For Guilhem-Pey [de Cazaux] .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, as on 8 September 1401 ¹ to pay the arrears of his wages to Casaux Guilhem-Pey de Cazaux of the city of Bayonne , because of his appointment for life as one of the king's serjeant-at-arms of the castle of Bordeaux , receiving at the exchequer of Bordeaux the daily fees of the other king's serjeants-at-arms [of Aquitaine].

By K.

1.: See this entry in entry in C 61/108 .

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5 July 1406 . Westminster . Concerning a request .

Order to the procurator fiscal in Aquitaine to request Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch and now count of Foix , to return to the king's hands the castle and Vertulh castellany of Vertheuil , following the complaint of Guilhem-Amaniu [de Madaillan], lord of Lesparre , about it. ¹

By K.

1.: See the related entries entry in C 61/108 , entry in C 61/108 , entry in C 61/110 , entry in C 61/110 .

For Johan, lord of Montlau.

14 July 1406 . Westminster .

Grant to Johan [de Montlau], Monlaur lord of Montlau , kt , ¹ of the patis and ransoms of the castellanies of Jensac Gensac , Castellum Mauron Castelmoron , Sauveterre , la Reule La Réole and Sanctus Macarius Saint-Macaire , ² if they do not pertain to other liege men of the king, so long as they are obedient to the king of France, in compensation for the damages and losses Montlau suffered because of the king's enemies in Aquitaine and the destruction of his castle [of Montlau] . ³

By K.

1.: For his petition that probably resulted in this response, see TNA, SC 8/192/9552, item 3.
2.: These castellanies were under French rule from their conquest by the duke of Anjou, king's lieutenant of the king of France, in 1378.
3.: Two towers of the medieval castle of Montlau still exist in the commune of Moulon .

39: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] and also all the other king's officers [in Aquitaine] to permit Johan, Monlaur lord of Montlau , to receive the patis and ransoms of these castellanies.

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For Bertran de La Trau.

12 June 1406 . Westminster .

Confirmation of the grant of the house of Tartas , from 1 November [1406] onwards, to la Trave Bertran de La Trau, kt , for his good service and for his losses in the Mauritagna castle of Mortagne which has been surrendered to the French, until the lord of Castillon pays to him 1,500 fr. . If Castillon does not pay, La Trau will keep this house for his lifetime, but if Castillon pays, all that La Trau would have received will be deducted. As La Trau fears being deprived by Margarida [de Stratton] , wife of the lord of Castillon , ¹ of the house of Tartas previously granted to him by the king ² this latter gives him in compensation for the pati Margarida and his husband have taken [in Mortagne], and as La Trau has already remitted to Castillon half of the amount of his debt of 3,000 fr. . ³

By K.

1.: Pons VII de Castillon .
2.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 .
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/112 .

Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] and all the other king's officers in Aquitaine to make an extent ¹ of the house of Tartas to know his annual value to deliver possession of it to Bertran de La Trau , so that he will enjoy his issues from 1 November [1406].

1.: Or survey.

For Johan, lord of Montlau. ²

14 July 1406 . Westminster .

Grant for life, under the great seal, to Johan [de Montlau], Monlaur lord of Montlau , kt , of some wine measures called issac on the wine sold in taverns, ¹ and some measures on the grain owed to the king in the town of Seinte Melion Saint-Émilion to the value of 140 gold ecus, to be received each year, answering for the surplus to the king. With the proviso that he enters into the town of Saint-Émilion to maintain and defend it whenever this town is besieged or threatened by the king's enemies. ²

By K.

1.: In Bordeaux .
2.: The French and their partisans.

44: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the constable of Bordeaux and also the mayor and jurats of Saint-Émilion to permit Johan de Montlau to receive these measures according to the king's letters.

By K.

45: 1 June 1406 . Westminster . For Bertran de La Trau et some others .

Order, under the great seal, to the judges of the king's great council of Bordeaux , that within one month of the arrival in the duchy of Aquitaine of Bertran de La Trau and Estevene Johan Esteben, esquire , they do full justice to them because of the trial against them, according to the agreement made between the parties made before the king.

By K.

For Arnaut de Fargues.

28 June 1406 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Arnaut de Fargues of a house in the town of Bourg with all its appurtenances which has been seized in the king's hands because of the rebellion of Magistri Pey Meste , chaplain of Harpedayne [Jean de] Harpedanne , ¹ and also of a yearly sum of 20 fr. from the revenues of rebels seized for the king.

By K.

1.: Jean II de Harpedanne or Herpedenne (d. c. 1434), son of John of Harpsden (or Harpedanne, Harpedenne) and of Jeanne de Clisson, was seneschal of Saintonge for the king of France in 1391 and seneschal of Périgord in 1399.

47: 28 June 1406 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the constable [of Bordeaux] and the king's juges of Gascony and their lieutenants to permit Arnaut de Fargues to have this house and the yearly 20 fr. .

For Aymeric de Durfort, kt.

Same as above

Grant for life, with the king's council assent, to Duraffort Aymeric de Durfort , who had lost all his hereditary goods during the previous wars and had returned to the chancery to be cancelled the king's letters he had received, of 100 m. to be received yearly from the revenues seized in Aquitaine for rebellion, since Durfort had been knighted by the late John of Gaunt who granted him 100 nobles to be received yearly for his lifetime from the constable of Bordeaux, as appears in the king's letters patent. ¹

By K.

1.: See the entries entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/108 .

49: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to pay each year 100 m. to Aymeric de Durfort for his lifetime.

By K.

For Hugues Brouard.

30 June 1406 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Broart Hugues Brouard , originating from Poitou in the duchy of Aquitaine, of 20 l. to be received each year from the revenues, tithes and customs levied on the wine coming from the rebel Haut-Pays on the Dordoigne Dordogne to the port of the town of Libourne , to be received from the prévôt of Libourne and from the collectors and receivers of these tithes and customs . ¹

By K.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/112 .

51: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers in Aquitaine to permit Broart Hugues Brouard to have the 20 l. each year according to the king's letters.

For John Grosvenor.

6 July 1406 . Westminster .

Appointment of John Grosvenor, esquire , to the office of constable of the castle of Fronsac with the fees and wages pertaining to this office for so long he behaves well in this office, for his good service to the king and the crown of England, as he he has lost his goods in Aquitaine and his goods, houses and hereditary poessions in Wall' Wales in the king's wars. ¹

By p.s.

1.: Because of Owain Glyndŵr’s rebellion.

53: 6 July 1406 . Westminster .

Order under the great seal to the captain of the castle of Fronsac or his lieutenant to deliver this office to John Grosvenor .

54: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] and the constable of Bordeaux to permit John Grosvenor to have this office according to the tenor of the king's letters.

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5 July 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Guiraut Provost .

Order to the seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the constable of Bordeaux , the procurator fiscal [in Aquitaine] and all the king's officers in the duchy, to permit Guiraut Provost, to have and enjoy without impediment the office of Leybourne prévôt of Libourne , after view of the letters of confirmation about this office and some other offices. ¹

1.: See the related entries entry in C 61/107 , entry 18 .

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11 July 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Menaut de Canteloup .

Order under the great seal to the seneschal of Aquitaine to hear the complaint of Cantalop Menaut de Canteloup, esquire , and summon before himself the parties, and do full justice on the complaint according to the local law and fors, as the lord of Lesparre ¹ holds by force without right the house of le Mota Berde la Motte Verte which should pertain by right to Canteloup who is prepared to prove this.

By K.

1.: Guilhem-Amaniu de Madaillan .

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12 July 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Jakob Bödeker . ¹

Order to the mayor, échevins and community of the city of Bayonne to pay the 300 l. st. owed to Jakob Bödeker according to the agreement made with him, on the [revenues of the] assizes formerly granted by the king to Bayonne. As Luxagul Bertran de Laxague , ² proctor of Bayonne sent to the king with sufficient power to reply to Bodicar Jakob Bödeker of Stetin Stettin ³ who had been captured at sea, and to satisfy him for his losses, it has been agreed by the king and Laxague that Bödeker would receive 300 l.st. , that is, the 100 l. already received by Bödeker, and 100 l. to be paid in next Easter ⁴ and the remaining 100 l. at the next All Saint ⁵

By K.

1.: Extractus est usque huc is written at the bottom of the membrane.
2.: The Basque name Laxague is to be pronounced as 'Lachague'.
3.: The former German town of Stettin is now the Polish town of Szczecin.
4.: On 27 March 1407.
5.: On 1 November 1407. Jakob Bödeker had complained to the king of England c.1402-3 that some Bayonnais stole at sea his ship and its shipment. Then the king had ordered the mayor of Bayonne to return the ship to Bödeker as well as its freight, but the mayor had refused under the pretext that Bödeker was Frisian and not English. Thereafter Bödeker appealed to the delegates of the Hanseatic League gathered at Lübeck in December 1403. They had been assured that Bödeker was a burgess of Stettin and originated from the duchy of Pomerania. They required the king of England to order again the mayor of Bayonne to return this ship and freight. See Die Recesse und andere Akten der Hansetage von 1256-1430 , ed. K. Koppmann, vol. 5 (Leipzig, 1875), no.159 and Leroux, A., 'Bordeaux et la Hanse teutonique au XVe siècle', Revue historique de Bordeaux , 3 (1910), p. 391. Download in: https://archive.org/details/revuehistoriqued03sociuoft

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6 July 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Gassie-Arnaut Duhart . ¹

Appointment of Gassie-Arnaut Duhart , ² because he has lost everything he owned last year and is since in poverty, as clerk and writer of the constabulary ³ of the castle of Bordeaux for life as long as he behaves well in this office.

By p.s.

1.: 'Void because it has been returned [for cancellation]' is written in the margin. This entry is crossed out.
2.: His Basque name (Duhart) suggests he originated from Bayonne or Labourd.
3.: In French connétablie . The financial institution headed by the constable of Bordeaux.

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16 July 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Radegonde Béchet .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to permit Radegonde Béchet, Mortymer lady of Morthemer , to have and receive without impediment during her lifetime the wine custom of Bordeaux called issac which was formerly granted by the king, and to maintain and protect her in this possession, according to the king's letters, without disturbing her. And if some issues and revenues coming from this custom granted to Béchet have been seized, they miust to be returned to her without delay. Formerly, as she had been disinherited of her hereditary goods in the lordship of Aquitaine, [ Richard II ] had granted her for life the issac custom, to maintain her status, with the proviso that she would duly satisfy other grantees, ¹ a grant confirmed by the current king, ² and now she has been in peaceful possession of this custom since the king's grant and its confirmation, she is unlawfully impeded by several persons, and has requested the king to provide remedy to her. ³

1.: On 26 March 1384.
2.: See the entry entry in C 61/107
3.: See the related entry entry 115 .

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17 July 1406 . Westminster . For Carlos de Beaumont .

Order to all the nobles, good men, community and inhabitants of the land of Labourd to permit Carlos de Beaumont , alférez of Navarre , ¹ and his son Carlos [de Beaumont] to have the baylie of Labourd with its revenues, and to obey and attend them or their proctors or officers, according to the king's letters. These letters of grant cannot be the pretext for putting out of the king's hands the land of Labourd after the death of the two Carlos de Beaumont and cannot set any precedent. Formerly, Edward III and Richard II had granted this baylie by their letters patent, confirmed by the current king, to Sancta Juliana Lop de Saint-Julien of the kingdom of Navarre , Saut lord of Sault in the vicomté of Labourd , and his son Johan [de Saint-Julien] for their lifetime; and Villave Miguel Sanz de Villava , proctor of the alférez Carlos de Beaumont and warden of his son Carlos, bought the rights of Lop and Johan de Saint-Julien on this baylie, as appears by public instrument. And thereafter the king has confirmed ² Carlos de Beaumont and his son Carlos would have this baylie with its revenues for their lifetime, as appears by inspection of the chancery rolls. ³

1.: The alférez of Navarre was at the head of the king of Navarre's army.
2.: On 18 July 1404, see entry in C 61/109 .
3.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/90 , entry in C 61/90 , entry in C 61/91 , entry in C 61/94 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/116 .

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6 July 1406 . Westminster . For Gassie-Arnaut Duhart . ¹

Order to the king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the constable of Bordeaux , the procurator fiscal , the judges and all the king's officers [in Aquitaine] to permit Gassie-Arnaut Duhart to have and to exercise the office of clerk of the connétablie of Bordeaux according to the king's letters.

1.: 'Void because it has been returned [for cancellation]' is written in the margin. This entry is crossed out.

For Bernat de Beaucourt.

23 July 1406 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Beaucort Bernat de Beaucourt, esquire , to his supplication, as he has lost the main part of his goods because of the enemies, ¹ the house and all the goods, tithes and the other profits pertaining to it which were owned by Guilhem Brun of Fronssadois Fronsadais to the yearly value of 20 l.st. of the money of England.

By K.

1.: The French.

63: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to permit Beaucort Bernat de Beaucourt to have this house and its appurtenances and deliver it to him.

64: 22 July 1406 . Westminster . For the lord of Lesparre .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers [in the duchy], because of the lord of Lesparre's good service, not to damage or let damage, but to protect anyone enjoying the patis , safeties, safe-conducts or cessations of hostilities () granted to the king's enemies by Guilhem-Amaniu [de Madaillan], lord of Lesparre and Roasan Rauzan or his captains in his name, as the king has granted his safeguard to them, on land or at sea, in the regions of Aquitaine conquered or to be conquered.

By K.

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22 July 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Bertran de La Trau, kt .

Order under the great seal to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux , the judge of Gascony to have the arrears of the revenues of the house of Tartas since the first day Bertran de La Trau, kt , obtained it, be paid to him, at the petition of La Trau. ¹

By K.

1.: On 1 November 1403, see: entry in C 61/109 .

66: 20 August 1406 . Westminster Palace . For the mayor of the king's town of Libourne .

Licence, with the assent of the king's council, to the mayor of the town of Libourne to grant patis, safe conducts and cessations of hostilities ( tolerancie ), until the arrival of the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , and to order to all the king's liege men, officers, subjects and allies to observe them.

By K. and C.

For Guilhem-Pey de Cazaux.

67: 3 September 1406 . Leycestre Leicester .

Grant for life, with the assent of the king's council, of 20 l.st. a year to Guilhem-Pey de Cazaux, serjeant-at-arms , on the goods of the king's rebels of Aquitaine.

By K.

Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] and his councillors ¹ of the duchy, the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers in Aquitaine to permit Guilhem-Pey de Cazaux to receive and have these 20 l.st. a year.

1.: This is written consulibus(consules) , it is obviously a mistake for conciliariis (conciliarii).

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20 July 1406 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to [John] Withwales .

Inspeximus and confirmation under the great seal of the letters of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster and king's lieutenant in Aquitaine :

1 August 1389 . Burdeg' Bordeaux .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Harpedenne John Harpsden, seneschal of Aquitaine , under the red wax seal of the court of Gascony :

20 July 1386 . Bordeu Bordeaux .

Grant for life to John Withwales , Englishman esquire , for his good service during the past wars and the present war in Aquitaine, of the lands, rents, revenues, rights, profits and emoluments which were owned by Mote Johan Lamothe of Milan Meilhan[-sur-Garonne] , king's enemy and rebel, before his rebellion in the land of Bourdaloys Bordelais , which land is worth between 25 and 30 l. a year of the current money of Bordelais in yearly rent. And order to the constable of Bordeaux to permit Wihtwales to enjoy this grant. Furthermore, order to all the tenants and others to pay what they had to pay before Lamothe's rebellion to Withwales or his deputies during Withwales ' lifetime. Finally, order to the Lombrere prévôt of the Ombrière of Bordeaux or his lieutenant and to all the king's serjeants who will be requested, to deliver this land and rights to Withwales and let him enjoy it for his lifetime.

[Gaillard de ]Frodesham . ¹

Gaunt confirms again this grant up to 30 l. of guyennais of the current money each year, Withwales returning the surplus to the constable of Bordeaux, and order to the constable of Bordeaux, the prévôt of the Ombrière, the other king's officers [in Aquitaine] and also to all who held these goods to permit Withwales to enjoy without impediment this grant.

By K.

1.: Name of the clerk who wrote this text.

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5 August 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Graciane, lady of Aguerre .

Order to the Maulion castellan of Mauléon ¹ to maintain and defend Garciana Graciane[d'Aguerre], Danguerre lady of Aguerre ² in the possession of the Dalos noble house of Alos ³ in the land of Soule and castellany of Mauléon , according to the local laws and fors and forbid on the king's behalf to Tardetz Arnaut-Sans de Tardets, lord of Luxe , ⁴ Graciane to be troubled or damaged about this possession. He has not to omit this order. As Graciane and her predecessors had possessed this noble house for approximately 40 years, since the period when John of Gaunt became king's lieutenant in the duchy ⁵ and as Arnaut-Sans de Tardets had disturbed Graciane's predecessor in this possession, Gaunt had summoned the parties into his court, and after Tardets' default of appearance Gaunt had ordered to the former castellan of Mauléon to maintain and defend the former lord of Aguerre ⁶ in possession of this house, and he had sentenced Tardets to pay some fines; and Tardets, unlawfully and against the form of Gaunt's ordinance, is seriously disturbing Graciane in this possession.

By K.

1.: Carlos de Beaumont was then the castellan of Mauléon since 1385 and was appointed for life in 1393.
2.: On her and the Navarrese family of Aguerre, see Jaurgain, J. de, 'Profils basques. Menaud et Gracian d'Aguerre', Revue de Béarn, Navarre et Lannes , 4 (1886) p. 3, n.3. Download it in: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k34694c.image.langFR
3.: Called in French and Gascon 'la Salle d'Alos'.
4.: The lords of Luxe were one of the main noble families of the kingdom of Navarre. Arnaut-Sans de Tardets (d. 1413), lord of Tardets (in Soule, just nearby Alos) had married c.1365 Saura de Luxe, the heiress of the lordship of Luxe, and consequently became lord of Luxe.
5.: Probably when John of Gaunt was lieutenant in Aquitaine in 1371 or 1373-4.
6.: Probably Gassie-Arnaut de Ganaverro , lord of Aguerre .

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13 August 1406 . Westminster Palace . For Pey de Contis .

Grant for life under the great seal, with the king's council assent, to Conties Pey de Contis, esquire , ¹ for the good service he did to John of Gaunt and the current king, of the office of the gauge [of the wine] of Bordeaux , held by the late lord of Mussidan , ² with all its profits and emoluments in the same way as held it the lord of Mussidan.

By p.s.

1.: From Bayonne .
2.: Ramon II de Montaut , lord of Mussidan and Blaye, had died at Blaye on 6 July 1406. See Registres de la jurade. Délibérations de 1406 à 1409 , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1873), p. 90.

Concerning protection.

9 July 1406 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted for life to Guilhem [de Lartigue], Seint Genes lord of Saint-Genès[-de-Meyre] , ¹ his wife, men and servants, as well as their revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders, under the great seal, to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend him and not to permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods.

By K.

The following have similar letters of protection of the king for the same duration namely:

72.1: Same as above

Similar letters of protection to Lanssac Bertran de Lansac , his wife, his men and servants.

By K.

1.: Guilhem de Lartigue, lord of Saint-Genès-de-Meyre, is mentioned in 1411 ( Archives Historiques de la Gironde (AHG), vol. 6 (1864) p. 275 (Vayres, 30 juin 1411)) and in 1422 and 1424 (Baurein, A., Variétés Bordeloises , II (Bordeaux, 1876), p. 39)

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26 July 1406 . Westminster . Concerning pardon to Galhart Polet .

Pardon under the great seal to Galhart Polet , esquire , to have arrested and driven back to his estate in the king's lordship of Fronsadeis Fronsadais some of his villeins ( aliqui homines nativi ) ¹ who had escaped to the Cubsadeis castellany of Cubzadais to the prejudice of Polet , as Polet had done it with the consent of the castellan of Cubzadais , but without any royal serjeant with him in his company, and so had been put to trial by the king’s procurator fiscal of the city of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

1.: The original word in the petition sent to the king was probably questaus (serfs in Gascon).

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13 August 1406 . Westminster . For Arnaut de Caumont .

Grant to Arnaut de Caumont, esquire , of the office of keeper of the gate of the Burdegal' castle of Bordeaux with the profits pertaining to it, in the same manner the Mussiden' lord of Mussidan ¹ held it.

By p.s.

1.: Ramon II de Montaut .

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11 March 1406 . Westminster . For Henry [Bowet], bishop of Bath .

Grant and licence granted to Henry [Bowet], Bathon' bishop of Bath , lord of the Dornon lordship of Ornon , to alienate and sell this lordship, its fortalice ¹ and its appurtenances.

By p.s.

1.: Some ruins of the castle of Ornon are still existing in the commune of Gradignan and are known as 'le Castéra'.

76: 19 August 1406 . Westminster . Concerning licence of transport .

Licence granted to Andrewe John Andrew , master of the whaleboat called la Katerine of London, at the supplication of Johan Lewis John , main deputy of the king's butler in the port of London, and Walsyngham Thomas Walsingham , clerk of this butler, owners of this whaleboat, allowing Andrew and sixteen of his mariners to go to Gascony in order to bring back wine into the kingdom of England, during the next sailing [of the annual wine fleet]. And order to the all the admirals etc. to permit to Lewis John and his mariners to go without impediment [to Gascony], notwithstanding any king's order made against this, paying due customs to the king.

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For Robert Holme, esquire.

4 September 1406 . Leycestre Leicester .

Grant to Robert Holme, esquire , of the office of clerk of the constable of Bordeaux, in charge of the levy the customs on the wine, ships and other goods, loaded and unloaded by ships before the city of Bordeaux , for so long as he behaves well in this office, receiving there his robes and daily food allowance ( bouche de courte ) with his room ( camera sua ) inside the castle of Bordeaux, with the fees, profits and other things pertaining to this office. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/127 .

78: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] and the king's councillors of the duchy , the constable and controller of Bordeaux , the procurator fiscal , the judges and all the other king's officers [in Aquitaine] to deliver this office to Robert Holme and permit him to have it and to exercise it.

79: Same as above

Order to Faryngdon William de Farringdon, constable of the castle of Bordeaux , to admit Robert Holme at this office and permit him to have it and to exercise it.

80: 24 July 1406 . Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Libourne .

Letters of protection granted under the great seal to the Lyburn' mayor, jurats and the community of the town of Libourne their wives, men and servants, as well as their lands, tenements, goods, revenues and possessions. The king orders to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux , the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend them, and not to permit that anyone injure their persons, possessions and goods.

By K. and C.

81

28 September 1406 . Westminster . Concerning protection . ¹

Letters of protection granted for three years to Galshemy Guiraut Gaucem of the duchy of Aquitaine, his men and servants, as well as his revenues, possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend him, and not to permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods.

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

For the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Libourne .

24 July 1406 . Westminster .

Annexation and perpetual union, under the great seal with the king's council assent, to the town of Lyburn' Libourne of the Puynormant lordship of Puynormand with its jurisdiction and all the rights, services, watches and corvées traditionally owed to this town, in order to help its repairs, maintenance, keepership and safekeeping. So that the burgesses and inhabitants of Libourne and their heirs will be able to work and to cultivate [the land of the lordship of Puynormand] and to receive its fruits to maintain them without impediment of the king, his heirs or their officers. As the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Libourne have lost their hereditary goods, lands, vineyards and other possessions which are now in the hands of the king's enemies and rebels, and the territory of this town is until now barren and damaged, and as a quarter of the king's liege men or their families living in this town barely survive, and as the lordship or power of Puynormand, situated nearby Libourne, is now in the hands of the king's enemies because of the king's predecessors grant to Labrit Bérart [III] of Albret and his heirs male; ¹ and as thereafter, Bérart III granted this lordship to the lord of Albret , king's enemy and rebel, after his death without heirs, despite the fact this lordship was to return to the king and his heirs according to the tenor of the king's grant. ²

By p.s.

1.: In fact the lordship of Puynormand was granted to Bérart I of Albret by Edward III . See the keepership granted for life to Bérart I on 1 May 1330: entry in C 61/42 . He was granted for life the lordship of Puynormand in 1334: entry in C 61/46 . On 15 May 1341, Edward III granted in perpetuity this lordship to Bérart I: entry in C 61/53 (see also Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, E 202).
2.: This entry is closely related to entry in C 61/112 .

83: Same as above

Grant to the Lyburn' mayor, jurats and community of Libourne of the licence and power to cultivate and to plough, and to take and to levy the fruits coming from their lands, vineyards and their other hereditary lands in whatever jurisdictions and powers situated within the duchy [of Aquitaine] and to bring them [to Libourne], paying the rights due for the fiefs of these powers and lordships and the tolls traditionally due. Because some of the lands, vineyards and other hereditary goods which are the hands and power of the king's enemies and rebels because of the war between the king and his enemies of France, the mayor, jurats and community of Libourne do not dare at present to cultivate and plough them. But they have kept several lands, vineyards and other hereditary goods in several places, powers and lordships in the king's obedience. However, the lords [of these places, powers and lordships] and their officers unjustly impede and trouble the mayor, jurats and community of Libourne in receiving and collecting the fruits coming from these lands, vineyards and hereditary goods.

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84: 5 November 1406 . Westminster . For John Bowet .

Grant of a licence to John Bowet, controller of the castle of Bordeaux , esquire , because he has several suits and prosecutions in the king's courts of the kingdom of England according to the laws of this kingdom, to have a sufficient deputy to exercise his office of controller during one year.

By p.s.

85: 23 November 1406 . Westminster . For John Kinsale .

Licence granted to Kensale John Kinsale , master of the ship called le Thomas of London being now in the port of Sandewicus Sandwich , to go from there to the port of Villa Magna Jernemuth Great Yarmouth and to load there some fish and other goods, and to go from there to Bayonne with some merchants and other mariners. Order to all the admirals, etc. to permit this without impediment, any king's order against it notwithstanding, providing that he pays due customs to the king.

86

26 November 1406 . Westminster . For Pierre Gombaud .

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal of Aquitaine , and all the other king's officers in the duchy to summon the parties without delay or excuse and do full justice to them about it as the case requires, and according to the local fors and customs, or to compel the parties to come and summon them on the king's behalf to appear before the king on a scheduled day. As Gombaut, Puch Vigey Pierre Gombaud de Puyvigier , is the right heir of Marquesa de la Mote Sabete , his grand-mother, through his father Gombaut Guillaume Gombaud, Puch Vigey lord of Puyvigier , ¹ son of Marquesa, and as he is also the right heir of the mother of Marquesa by right succession of lineage, and as Marquesa was the right heiress, trough her mother, of half of the house of Cantenac and of the motte of Ludon[-Médoc] with their appurtenances, Pierre Gombaud should own these places by right of succession. And Podensac Pons de Potensac, kt, Beleyron lord of Baleyron and his brother Florimont de Potensac ² unjustly occupy some parts of these lands, particularly the place of Cantenac , and they have levied half of the goods and fruits of this place and still continue to do this to Pierre Gombaud's prejudice. Pierre Gombaud appealed several times about it before the seneschal of Aquitaine and offered to prove it by battle against either Pons or Florimont de Potensac, as is the use in such a case for any noble man, but Pons de Potensac is always in default for non-appearance, whilst Florimont is arguing he is a clerk, notwithstanding he is wearing arms every day. Pierre Gombaud cannot obtain justice from Pons and Florimont de Potensac nor get back these hereditary goods without the king's help. ³

By p.s.

1.: The noble family of the Gombaud was originating from Saintonge . Puyvigier (com. of Chenaud), now in the département of Dordogne, was situated in the seneschalcy of Saintonge and not in the neighbouring seneschalcy of Périgord. For the rallying of a kinsman of the Gombaud's family (Héliot Gombaud) to the French in November 1406 during the siege of Bourg by the duke of Orléans, see Piraud, C.-H., 'Lieutenance du duc d'Orléans en Guyenne (16 septembre 1406)', Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord , CXXXV (2008), pp. 595-604, the letters of remission of the duke of Orléans are printed pp. 600-604. Héliot Gombaud was before a member of the 'English' garrison of Blaye.
2.: This noble family originated from Potensac situated near Lesparre .
3.: For the petition of Pierre Gombaud de Puyvigier that resulted in this response, see TNA, SC 8/250/12452. Pierre Gombaud explained there that he had lost all his heritages, rents and other revenues to keep his loyalty towards the king.

87

28 December 1406 . Westminster . Concerning the fulfilment of the watches .

Order to the Sole inhabitants of the castellany of Mauléon and Soule to be, without opposition, regularly and when there is a danger, on the watches at the castle of Mauléon as their ancestors and predecessors used to do in such cases. And order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the castellan of Mauléon ¹ and all the other king's officers of Aquitaine to compel these inhabitants to do so. The king has learned from a reliable source that the inhabitants of this castellany have had to perform these watches from time immemorial, but that this castle was in danger by lack of such watches. ²

By K.

1.: Carlos de Beaumont was then the castellan of Mauléon since 1385 and was appointed for life in 1393.
2.: For the petition of Carlos de Beaumont that resulted in this response, see TNA, SC 8/186/9252 where Beaumont explained to the king that the inhabitants of the castellany of Mauléon had refused to do the watches at the castle of Mauléon, when they were requested to do it by Beaumont's lieutenant. Beaumont requested the king to send a direct order to these inhabitants and to his lieutenant in Aquitaine, his seneschal of Aquitaine, himself and his other officers in the duchy.

88

12 January 1407 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct .

Letters of protection for one year to Lescarouz Robert Lescaroux , who is now in the kingdom of England and is going towards the regions situated overseas ¹ with six men of his retinue, seven horses and his goods, with the proviso that him or his men do not commit any prejudice during their stay in England.

By K.

1.: The continent.

89: 15 February 1407 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection for one year with the clause volumus granted to Monlawe Johan [de] Montlau , kt, who is in the king's service in Aquitaine.

By p.s.

90

15 April 1407 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct .

Letters of protection until 24 June 1407 granted to Fourne, de Arnaut Dufour , ¹ of Gascony, serjeant of the king's procurator in Aquitaine who had come before the king with the letters of some lords concerning status, and who has to return as soon as possible with the king's replies, notwithstanding the debts he owes and his imprisonment at the prosecution of some king's liege men or others. Order to all the admirals etc. not to permit any injuries, damage, violence or impediment to be committed against Dufour and, if this has been the case, they have to correct them. ²

By K. and C.

1.: His family name suggests he was a citizen of Bayonne .
2.: See the related entry entry 103 .

Concerning licence to transport.

91: 22 April 1407 . Westminster .

Licence granted, at his request, to la Font Gassie-Arnaut de Lafont , master of the barque called la Trinité of the city of Bayonne , who went to the Suthampton port of Southampton with a shipment of wine and other goods, to load there on it some grains and other victuals in order to help Bayonne which is in great need of victuals, and to return there, notwithstanding any arrest of this barge. Order to the mayor and bailiffs of the town of Southampton and all the other king's officers to permit Lafont to load these grains and goods and bring them to Bayonne, paying due customs to the king.

By p.s.

92: Same as above

Similar licence granted, at his request, to Guilhem-Pey , master of the ship called la Seynt Marie of Bayonne , with a similar order to the mayor and sheriffs of Bristoll' Bristol .

By p.s.

For the burgesses [and the other inhabitants] of Blaye.

2 May 1407 . Westminster .

Grant to the Blaya men of religion and of the church, the nobles, burgesses and other inhabitants of the town, castle and castellany of Blaye that their wine be sold in taverns or anywhere else in the city of Bordeaux without being put in the market, as was common in the time of the king's ancestors, before the Januenses Genoese occupied the town and castellany of Blaye. ¹

By p.s.

1.: Blaye had been stormed from the river side on 20 April 1339 by some Genoese and French led by the Genoese Aitone (or Antonio) Doria - appointed the same year as admiral of France by King Philip VI of France (see his biography in Italian: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/aitone-doria_%28Dizionario_Biografico%29/) - and the seneschal of Saintonge Itier de Magnac (seneschal of Saintonge from 1334 to 1340). See Sumption, J., Trial by Battle. The Hundred Years War I (London, 1990), p. 258. Aitone Doria was at the head of 40 Genoese galleys. Several Gascon nobles of the English party had been taken prisoner during this attack (among them Bérart I d'Albret and Guilhem-Ramon de Caumont ) and were kept on some galleys (see TNA, E 101/166/11, m. 32 and 33).

94: 30 June 1407 . Westminster .

Order to the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to permit the Blaya men of religion and of the church, the nobles, burgesses and other inhabitants of the town, castle and castellany of Blaye to sell their wine in tavern or anywhere else in the city of Bordeaux without putting them in the market.

95: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to permit the Blaya men of religion and of the church, the nobles, burgesses and other inhabitants of the town, castle and castellany of Blaye to sell their wine in tavern or anywhere else in the city of Bordeaux without putting them in the market.

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3 May 1407 . Westminster . Concerning a commission d'oyer .

Commission d'oyer to the bishop of Bath and Wells ¹ and to Lord Grey , ² the king's chamberlain , as Makanan Ricart Macanan, burgess and merchant of Bordeaux , proctor of Bernat [de Lesparre], lord of Labarde , and of those who fought the admiral of France ³ on the river Gironde , ⁴ complained that some people are claiming their part of the spoils without having taken part in the fight.

By p.s.

1.: Henry Bowet .
2.: Richard Grey (d. 1418), 4th Lord Grey of Codnor.
3.: Pierre de Brébant, called Clignet , admiral of France for Charles VI since 1 April 1405.
4.: On 23 December 1406, the Bordelais fleet led by Bernat de Lesparre met the French fleet on the Gironde estuary at Saint-Julien-Beychevelle and the French fleet was defeated the following day in front of Bourg on the Dordogne . The men of Bordeaux took prisoner there 367 French. See Pépin, G., 'The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine', The Journal of Medieval Military History , 9 (2011), p. 27, n. 143.

97

5 May 1407 . Westminster . For Johan Dupin

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] and the seneschal of Aquitaine , if they find what is asserted below is true, to pay the sum owed to Mariota on the goods and chattels of Ramon-Gassie de Lunts situated within the duchy [of Aquitaine], by way of marques or reprisals, as well as other ways, according to the local fors and customs, so that Mariota and her husband do not complain again to the king about it. Pyn, de Johan Dupin, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , and his wife Mariota have supplicated the king that Luntz Ramon-Gassie de Lunts, notary of Ortes Orthez , ¹ has not yet paid 80 écus and 10 fr. for which he was bound in writing to Dupin and Mariota at some term already elapsed. Lunts has became French and rebel, has refused and is still unjustly refusing to pay this sum to Dupin and Mariota to their great damage. Dupin and Mariota have requested the king to obtain this sum from the goods and chattels owned by Lunts in the duchy.

1.: Very likely a son of Bernat de Lunts (more known as 'Bernard de Luntz'), notary of Orthez, who regularly worked for Gaston III Fébus, count of Foix and vicomte of Béarn between 1364 and 1384. Orthez was then capital of Béarn. On some of his works, see Tucoo-Chala, P. et Staes, J., Notaire de prince. Le registre de Bernard de Luntz, notaire de Béarn sous Gaston Fébus (1371-1376) (Pau, 1996).

For Hugues Brouard. ²

30 May 1407 . Westminster Palace . ¹

Grant for life to Broart Hugues Brouard, esquire of the duchy of Aquitaine, of the office of castellan of the castellany of Cubzac , receiving the fees, wages and profits pertaining to it, in the same way as the late Greylly Johan de Grailly, kt , ² when he had this office by the king's grant. ³

By p.s.

1.: This entry is crossed out.
2.: The funeral of Johan (or Johanot) de Grailly, bastard son of the famous captal de Buch Johan III de Grailly, recently deceased, took place in Bordeaux on 6 April 1407. See Registres de la jurade. Délibérations de 1406 à 1409 , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1873), p. 173.
3.: See the related entries entry 99 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 .

99: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers [in the duchy of Aquitaine] to deliver this office to Hugues Brouard and permit him to have and exercice it.

For Gombaut-Arnaut de Tizac.

100

18 August 1407 . Westminster Palace . ¹

Grant to Gombaut-Arnaut de Tizac , originating from the castellany of Bourgeais , who has been fully disinherited by the French, of all the revenues and hereditary goods which were owned by the late Ayquelinus Ayquem de Tabariez , Blaya burgess of Blaye in the town and castellany of Blaye, notwithstanding the return at the time of the truces by the Mussiden lord of Mussidan ² of these revenues and goods to Tabarriez Pey de Tabariez , brother and heir of Ayquem, who is a king's rebel; this return being cancelled because nobody, according to the tenor of these truces, was allowed to change allegiance during the truces. And furthermore, the king grants to Tizac for his lifetime the crossing ( passagium et repassagium ) of the Cuczac port of Cubzac with all the profits, revenues in money, grains and wine of the Cuczac castellany of Cubzac ,paying yearly 20 s. to the castle of Bordeaux for the revenues and hereditary goods of Ayquem de Tabariez and 20 s. for the crossing, at Michaelmas and Easter by equal portions.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Ramon II de Montaut , lord of Mussidan and Blaye , who died at Blaye on 6 July 1406.

101: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these revenues and goods, the crossing and other profits to Gombaut-Arnaut de Tizac and to permit him to have it according to the king's letters.

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2 May 1407 . Westminster . For the burgesses of Blaye .

Inspeximus and confirmation, at the supplication of the churchmen, nobles, burgesses and other inhabitants of the town and castellany of Blaye, of the transcript of some letters patent of the king's uncle Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , under the seal of the office of Galhart [II][de] Durfort, Duracium lord of Duras and Blanquafforta Blanquefort , seneschal of Aquitaine :

26 February 1368 . Englom' Angoulême .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the previous letters he delivered as prince of Wales and king's lieutenant in Aquitaine to the churchmen, nobles, burgesses and other inhabitants of the town and castellany of Blaye

5 April 1356 . Bordeaux .

Grant, at their request, to the Blavia churchmen, nobles, burgesses and other inhabitants of the town and castellany of Blaye not to remove their privileges to be united with the crown of England, despite the grant of their town to the lord of Mussidan. He promises them that when he gives another place to the lord of Mussidan, the latter will return Blaye to the king. The prince confirms their liberties, franchises and privileges. Furthermore, the king grants to them the right to sell and bring wherever they want in the king's domains their wine, grains and other goods, paying due tolls, customs, rights, notwithstanding any new taxation levied before the lord of Mussidan became lord of their town. The prince Edward had granted the castle, town and castellany of Blaye to Monte Alto, de Auger de Montaut, lord of Mussidan with all its rights and appurtenances in compensation of the castle and castellany of Blanquefort which had been previously granted to him by Edward III. ¹

3 July 1376 . Westminster .

Grant to the burgesses of Blaye , at their supplication before the king and his council in the present parliament, as their town was annexed to the crown of England and the king's chamber for a long time until the prince of Wales Edward granted their town and castle to Auger de Montaut, lord of Mussidan , kt , in compensation for the castle and castellany of Blanquefort the king ² previously granted to him, until he found a sufficient place to give to him. The burgesses will be annexed forever to the crown of England. When their town and castle returns into the king's hands, they will not be put outside his hands by any grant or sale.

And the current king ³ grants furthermore, that, if Blaye returns to the crown, the town, its mayor, deputy mayor, men of religion etc. will be governed in the same way as the towns of Bourc Bourg , Leybourne Libourne and Seint Milion Saint-Émilion which are part of the king's chamber.

By payment of one mark to the hanaper.

1.: The castle and castellany of Blanquefort had been returned to Galhart I de Durfort in April 1356 when he rallied to Edward III. See Peña, N. de, Documents sur la Maison de Durfort , vol. 2, pp. 649-50, no. 1093 (4 April 1356; C 61/69, m. 2) and pp. 650-2, no. 1094 (6 April 1356; C 61/71, m. 7).
2.: Edward III.
3.: Henry IV.

For Pey de Prieret.

103: 13 June 1407 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Pey de Prieret, procurator fiscal in the duchy of Aquitaine , of the writing office of the court of Gascony with its profits in the same way Johan Cantiran held it by the king's grant when he was alive.

By p.s.

104: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux , the judge of Gascony to deliver this office to Pey de Prieret and permit him to have and exercise it.

By p.s.

105

16 June 1407 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct .

Letters of protection until 29 September 1407 granted to Fourne, de Arnaut Dufour ¹ , of Gascony, serjeant of the king's procurator in Aquitaine. ²

By K. and C.

1.: His family name suggests he was a citizen of Bayonne .
2.: Similar to entry 90 . except the term of the safe-conduct.

For Carlos de Beaumont.

106

10 June 1407 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for 20 years, with the king's council assent, to Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre , of the land of Noaillan with all the lands, tenements, revenues pertaining to it and with all the lands and revenues which were owned for life by Johan Cantiran in the city of Bordeaux and in the towns and parishes of Marinach' Mérignac , Becla Bègles , Villa de Navus Villenave[-d'Ornon] and Cadaynach' Cadaujac and others in the duchy, in the same way that Johan de Cantiran held them during his lifetime. The king furthermore grants to Beaumont for his lifetime the custom on the wine called issac of Bordeaux after the death of Radegonde Béchet, Mortemer lady of Morthemer who holds this custom for life according to a grant of Richard II . The king also grants to Beaumont the licence to bring and carry, him or his attorneys, 120 tuns of wine coming from the rebel places of the duchy ² without paying any tithe or custom at the castle of Bordeaux or elsewhere and without bringing any wheat with this wine, and with priority before any others who had such licence, in the same way as Tolleo Guilhem de Thouil , former clerk of the city of Bordeaux , had for life by the king's grant. Beaumont will render each year for 20 years 100 fr. at Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions. ³

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: The places under French authority.
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/116 .

107: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the mayor [of Bordeaux] , the constable of Bordeaux and also all the other king's officers in Aquitaine to deliver these things to Carlos de Beaumont and permit him to have them according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

108

18 June 1407 . Westminster . For Carlos de Navarre .

Order to the Baion' mayor and jurats of the city of Bayonne to permit Carlos de Navarre ¹ to have the 182 l. , 18 s. , 9 d. and one penny from the assizes the king has in the city of Bayonne according to the king's letters, since, on 21 May 1405, the king had granted him under his great seal an annuity of 250 m. to be received for his lifetime at the king's exchequer at Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions. On this annuity, 182 l. , 18 s. , 9 d. and one penny are in arrears by warrant of the exchequer of the receipt and were not paid to Carlos before his return towards the regions situated overseas. ²

By p.s.

1.: This is the same person as Carlos de Beaumont who was a direct descendant of the kings of Navarre through the male line.
2.: Here Aquitaine and Navarre. It means that Carlos de Beaumont was then in England.

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13 June 1407 . Westminster . For Guilhem-Ays [de Fronsac] .

Grant to Frounsak Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac , at his request, of the privileges and franchises of the city of Bordeaux as the other burgesses of Bordeaux enjoy them. As the house of Guilhem-Ays de Fronsac called the house of Lambert , situated in Bordeaux, has been a burgage house for 50 years and more and pertains to Fronsac by rightful burgess succession, and as Fronsac has contributed to the city of Bordeaux as the other burgesses of this city and because he wants to stay in this house until the end of his life. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 12 .

110

23 June 1407 . Westminster . For Peter Clifford .

Grant, at the king's pleasure, to Peter Clifford, esquire , of the office of Seint Milion prévôt of Saint-Émilion with the fees and profits pertaining to it, to be held in the same way as Sifrewas William Sifrewast held it when he was alive. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/112 . For the grant to Sifrewast, see entry in C 61/98 .

111

24 June 1407 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct .

Letters of protection granted for one year to Pons [VII de Castillon], Castelhon lord of Castillon , who came to the kingdom of England and stayed there for some business and has to return from there to [Aquitaine], his men, goods and harnesses. The king does not want Castillon or his goods to be accused or arrested because of some debts. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For the petition of Pons VII de Castillon that resulted in this response, see TNA, C 81/636/5324. For the Chancery warrant of Henry IV (24 June 1407), see TNA, C 81/636/5323.

112

28 June 1407 . Westminster . Concerning purchase of wine for the king's household .

Order to Sterlyng John Sterling of Guppewicus Ipswich to attend to the buying and bringing into England for the king’s housesold, of 500 tuns of wine of the alte partes Haut-Pays of the king’s lordship in Aquitaine, within or outside the liberties ( tam infra quam extra libertates ) [of England] ¹ as he was commissioned to do, and order to the seneschal and others officers to be intendant to him.

1.: This sentence is used very often for England, not for Aquitaine

113: 29 June 1407 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Confirmation to Arnaut de Cambes, chaplain , of the status and possession he has in the chaplaincy of the castle of Bordeaux which were formerly granted to him by the late John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster . The king does not want Cambes to be challenged in this possession by another person making request to the king or his heirs, nor to be impeded and worried in the future by the king, his heirs or their officers.

By p.s.

114: 11 July 1407 . Westminster . Concerning general attorneys .

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Swynburne Thomas Swinburn, kt , who is staying in Aquitaine in the king’s service, nominating William Rokewode and Chaumberlayn Ralph Chamberlain , alternately.

John Roderham , received these attorneys until Swinburne's return to England.

For Radegonde Béchet.

115

12 July 1407 . Westminster . ¹

Commission to Guilhem Amaniu [de Madaillan], lord of Lesparre and Rosan Rauzan , to Bernat de Lesparre, lord of Labarde , Swyneburne Thomas Swinburn, mayor of Bordeaux , knights, and masters Dasta Bertran d’Aste, judge of Gascony and Rybere Pey de Ribere, official of Bordeaux , four, three or two of them, to inquire about the complaint of Radegonde Béchet, Mortymer lady of Morthemer and to make her full justice, as she had been granted par letters patent of late king Richard [II] , confirmed by the current king on 16 November 1399 for his lifetime:

the custom on wine perceived in Bordeaux called issac , with the proviso that she should duly satisfy other grantees.
one quarter of the issues of the market of Bordeaux , the remaining three quarters at the end of the term which by Richard II granted them to the good men ( probi homines ) of Bordeaux . As she was in peaceful possession of these grants, Farryndon William de Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux and his lieutenant had taken a part of these issues, and Master Prioret Pey Prieret, king’s procurator fiscal in Bordeaux , fraudulenty took 200 l. of the black coin of Bordeaux after the death or Johan Cantiran , a sum Radegonde had to pay on the issac to the late Cantiran.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: See the related entry entry 59 .

116: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux and the other king's officers in the duchy to permit Radegonde Béchet to receive and enjoy for her lifetime the custom of issac and the market of Bordeaux with its profits and revenues and to deliver its arrears to her without impediment.

117

29 July 1407 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct . ¹

Letters of protection granted to Guarn Arnaut de Garn and Pey de Sient , merchant of the city of Bordeaux , in compensation of the damages they suffered from the Bretons , and to two barges of Brittany of 100 tons, with their masters and 15 mariners in both barges as well as the boys and servants, which are bringing grains and other victuals from Brittany to Bordeaux and nowhere else, and will go from there to the kingdom of England with wine and other goods, before returning to [Gascony]. Order to all the admirals etc. in the kingdom of England and in the duchy of Aquitaine not to permit any injuries, damages, violence impediment to be done against them and, if such have been the case, they have to correct them.

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