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C 61/112, 9 and 10 Henry IV (1407-1409)

Introduction.

This roll, spanning two regnal years of Henry IV (9 and 10 Henry IV, 30 September 1407 – 29 September 1409), shows the rise to prominente of Johan du Bourdieu, a Gascon doctor of laws of the University of Oxford, in Anglo-Gascon government. In July 1408, Bourdieu, already king’s procurator fiscal in the duchy, obtained the keepership of the seal of the superior court of Aquitaine. He became chancellor of the duchy of Aquitaine in August 1409. ¹ The king also relied on him to control the finances of the duchy which were particularly strained by the French offensives of the previous years (1404-06). Consequently, local royal officials were not paid regularly and they made efforts to be paid first when money entered at the exchequer of Bordeaux. Hence, Bourdieu was ordered to check the accounts of the constable of Bordeaux, William Farringdon (August 1408,) and was put in charge of surveying and overseeing all the levies arriving at the exchequer of Bordeaux one year later. ² This decision marked an innovation since the constable and controller of Bordeaux had never before been controlled locally by a third party. It demonstrates the disarray of Anglo-Gascon finances at this point. The pre-eminent role given by the king to Bourdieu obviously embarrassed several English local officers who opposed his appointment as lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux and Bourdieu complained to the king about their attitude. ³ John Mitford, the lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux, was amongst the indignant officers who opposed Bourdieu. ⁴ Mitford had been ordered by the seneschal of Aquitaine, Galhart II de Durfort, to bind himself towards some creditors in order to pay the wages of the seneschal. This was against the basic rules of Anglo-Gascon financial administration and as a result, the king cancelled this order of the seneschal of Aquitaine and of the king’s council of Bordeaux. ⁵ Of course, this grave breach within the governance of the duchy had to be sorted out: the king commanded the constable of Bordeaux, William de Farringdon, to compel his lieutenant, Mitford, to come into the king’s presence in June 1410 to provide answers about the situation. ⁶

Similar financial problems explain the refusal of the English leaders of the garrison of the castle of Fronsac (near Libourne) to deliver the castle to Thomas Swinburn, mayor of Bordeaux since 1405, who had recently been appointed its captain and constable (March 1409). They rightly feared losing the relatively lucrative revenues and patis pertaining to this castle. ⁷ Similarly, Bertran II, lord of Montferrand, unlawfully kept the castellany of Cubzac and the crossing of the port of Cubzac to the detriment of the Poitevin, Hugues Brouard, to whom the king had previously granted them. ⁸ The king had already taken drastic measures to stop these financial abuses by forbidding any grant on the revenues of the duchy of Aquitaine between 1 March 1406 and 2 December 1407. ⁹ The king subsequently ordered in September 1408 to all his officers of the duchy not to interfere in the collection of royal revenues which were customarily levied by the constable of Bordeaux, and the latter was ordered to pay the king’s officers first before any persons who had obtained a royal grant. ¹⁰ The king also ordered the community of Bayonne not to interfere in the levying of customs on the wine sold in the town. ¹¹ Several offices were to be reserved for a few faithful servants of the Crown. Hence, Master Pey de Prieret, new procurator fiscal of the duchy and holder of the writing office of the court of Gascony, obtained from the king the right to transfer this office after his death to his sons Laurens and Pey. ¹² Some people, including the queen of England Joan of Navarre, surrendered offices or revenues in order to give them to another person of the king's choosing. ¹³

One of the most vivid entries on the roll deals with an unusual topic. Two low-status burgesses of Bordeaux, named Johan Boulomer and Bertran Ozanne, were in dispute because the former accused the latter of expressing seditious opinions against the Crown of England. The petition of Boulomer to Henry IV, copied in full onto the roll, provides us with the dialogue between the two men according to the plaintiff's point of view. It gives us a better understanding of the psychological links between the Gascons and the Crown of England. Ozanne was alleged to have accused some Englishmen of cutting down fruit trees in Médoc and of unlawfully taking them into their ships, and of encouraging Boulomer to leave the English ‘lordship’. The latter reacted violently against Ozanne’s remarks by reasserting his fidelity towards the Crown of England. He also explained that the Anglo-Gascon union was essential in order to sell wine to England and to receive goods from that country. The conflict was so bitter that it was only to be resolved through a judicial duel before the king at Nottingham, on 12 August 1407. The text provides interesting insights into how the duel was staged. We hear that the constsble started it with the order 'lessez les aller! (let them go!), uttered three times. After a courageous but presumably inconclusive fight between the two men, the king ordered the duel to stop by crying 'Ho! ho! ho!' which meant 'stop'. The royal proclamation also ordered that neither party should suffer infamy as a result of the duel, but be praised for their valiance. ¹⁴ Boulomer was subsequently well rewarded by the king because of his fidelity, and obtained two houses in Bordeaux next to the castle of the Ombrière situated in the street called ‘rue Poitevine’. ¹⁵ Significantly, Ozanne was not rewarded – evidence that he was actually suspected of having spoken against the English - but he obtained letters of protection for four years; he and his son had been imprisoned when they returned to Bordeaux because they had been hugely indebted following their travel to England. ¹⁶

Another exceptional entry in the roll is the first mention of a lighthouse at Cordouan, then a tiny island situated at the entry of the Gironde estuary. A hermit lived in this precursor of the famous modern lighthouse built at the end of the 16th century and rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, and maintained a fire at its summit. Customs levied on the wine passing through Bordeaux were intended for the maintenance of both the lighthouse and the hermit. ¹⁷

The king and the Anglo-Gascon government had many difficulties in enforcing compliance with the truces made with the king of France, open hostilities having ended in 1407 with the failure of the efforts of Louis, duke of Orleans to take Blaye and Bourg. ¹⁸ The captains of ‘English’ garrisons needed the money coming from the patis and souffertes paid by the region surrounding their castles, but the last truce had suppressed their right to levy them. Hence, Guilhem Bruère, captain of the castle of La Trave (in Bazadais) received financial compensation for himself and the men of his garrison. ¹⁹ At the same point, the king sent the lord of Montferrand and Thomas Swinburn as ambassadors to the king of Castile, the king’s nephew, to negotiate another truce with the Castilians who were allied with the French. ²⁰ The king was also concerned about the strategic needs of the community of Bordeaux. He allowed it to levy for four years a new tax on the goods of ‘foreigners’ (non-citizens of Bordeaux) for the city’s fortifications and to pay off the debt of 40,000 francs the community had incurred in resisting the recent French offensive of the duke of Orléans. Similarly, Henry IV forbade Monot de Canteloup from repairing and fortifying the damaged castle of Camarsac situated close to Bordeaux which had been previously occupied by French troops. ²¹

Several merchants were ordered to buy ‘Gascon’ wine for the king’s household: the Bordelais Johan Macanan along with the Englishman, John Melbourne, were to buy 300 tuns of wine, while the Piedmontese Riccardo Garneri, recently appointed master of the Royal Mint, had to buy 200 tuns. ²²

Ecclesiastical matters are extremely rare in the Gascon Rolls, particularly provisions to a prebend but this roll concerns such a nomination to the abbey of Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux. The roll contains the first mention of Pey Berland, the future archbishop of Bordeaux, then a simple vicar, who obtained letters of protection for one year. ²³

Various entries concern Saint-Émilion and its jurisdiction. Its community obtained confirmation of Edward III’s lucrative grant to be exempted from paying any toll and custom on their goods within the duchy of Aquitaine. On the same day the community was accorded a tax on the wines and grains in order to repair its partly derelict fortifications. ²⁴ Peter Clifford, an English esquire who had been appointed prévôt of Saint-Émilion in 1407, had encountered opposition, coming probably from the previous holder of this office, and had still to be installed in this post. In order to compensate him for this, the king gave him 100 s.st. to be taken yearly on the goods and revenues of the king’s rebels in the jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion. ²⁵ It appears that the nobles and inhabitants living in the jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion were often opposed to the citizens of the town. They obtained the privilege not to be separated from the Crown of England in exchange for a contribution to fortify Saint-Émilion. It is likely that they had previously refused to do this. They received protection from the king in order to avoid trouble from the inhabitants of the town. They were also permitted to sell their wines, grains and other goods in Saint-Émilion, paying the usual customs, even though the inhabitants of this town would have opposed such authorisation. ²⁶

The inhabitants of the town and jurisdiction of Bergerac, a town which had been in French hands since 1377, requested and obtained letters of protection in order to protect themselves against local ‘English’ routiers and to permit them to trade freely in the Anglo-Gascon part of the duchy of Aquitaine and in the kingdom of England. ²⁷

This roll also show us the relationship between the king and the duke of Brittany. Following a truce lasting one year, the duke of Brittany was allowed to re-instate, as was customary, a delegate selling brefs de mer (safe conducts) at Bordeaux to English merchants. This truce stated that Breton goods seized by men of Bordeaux and Bayonne during the truce had to be returned to their lawful owners.

Guilhem Pépin

1.: entry 29 , entry 121 .
2.: entry 24 , entry 123 .
3.: entry 128 .
4.: entry 66
5.: entry 127 .
6.: entry 142 .
7.: entry 103 , entry 88 , entry 92 .
8.: entry 97 , , entry .
9.: entry 44 .
10.: entry 44 .
11.: entry .
12.: entry 99 .
13.: entry 3 , entry 54 , entry 130 .
14.: entry 25 .
15.: entry 23 .
16.: entry 22 .
17.: entry 106 .
18.: See Pépin, G., 'The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine', in Journal of Medieval Military History , IX, 2011, pp. 24-30, 39.
19.: entry 94 , , entry .
20.: entry 120 .
21.: entry 89 , entry .
22.: entry 98 , entry 143 , entry 115 .
23.: entry 32 , entry 63 .
24.: entry 46 , entry 47 .
25.: entry 12 , entry 111 .
26.: entry 137 , entry 139 .
27.: entry 56 , entry .

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17 November 1407 . Gloucestre Gloucester . For the duke of Brittany .

Order under the great seal to the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine , the mayor, jurats and échevins of the town of Bordeaux and all the king's officers of the duchy to permit without impediment the duke of Brittany's deputy or attorney, being at Bordeaux or in the other ports of their district, to sell the documents called brefs [de mer] ¹ to the king's merchants as is customary, during the truce made between this duke and the king. The king has learned that, according to the truce made between the king and the duke of Brittany , ² the latter has sold brefs [de mer] to merchants of the kingdom of England , the truce being due to last for one year from 11 July 1407.

By K.

1.: On these, see Moal, L. and Gallicé, A. 'Les brefs de Bretagne : un exemple de réglementation publique en réponse aux risques maritimes dans le duché de Bretagne (XIIe-XVe siècles)', Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l'Ouest , 119 (2012), pp. 81-108.
2.: Jean V , duke of Brittany (1399-1442).

2: 15 November 1407 . Gloucestre Gloucester . For the merchants of Brittany .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers in the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne to inform themselves about the seizure of certain goods of some merchants and other men of Brittany , at their request, by some liege men of the king of the regions of Aquitaine and of the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne against the form of the truces passed between the king and those of Brittany. These goods have been kept until now and they are to inform themselves about their true value. If they have been seized against the form of the truces, they must return them without delay to their attorneys.

By C.

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19 January 1408 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of the late John of Gaunt, Guyene duke of Guyenne and of Lancaster :

12 September 1396 . Caleys Calais .

Grant for life to Bardi, de Antonio di Bardi of Florence dwelling at the city of Bordeaux, as Per-Arnaut de Salabartan, 1 contreroullerie, Saint Elege controller of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux ² is ready to give up this office, of the same office, to be held by himself or an attorney in the same way as Salabartan had held it, with 80 gold royals of annual fee given by the hands of the prévôt of Saint-Éloi. John of Gaunt orders to the seneschal [of Aquitaine] and the judge of Gascony to deliver this office to Bardi as soon as they are certified that Salabartan has given up it and to have him receive it from the jurés mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and the prévôt of Saint-Éloi . They are to compel them, if needed, to pay him his fee at the agreed terms. Bardi has to swear to the seneschal or his lieutenant that he, or his attorney if he is absent, will exercise this office well.

By C.

1.: There is a place called Salabartan in com. Coimères (province of Bazadais).
2.: Saint-Éloi (in Gascon Sent Elege or Sent Elegi ) was the town hall of Bordeaux.

For Pey de Bielle, former admiral at sea for the city of Bayonne.

22 January 1408 . Westminster .

Grant to Ville, de Pey de Bielle , former admiral at sea for the city of Bayonne , Mon Jenyn, la Garrat Menjonin de Lagarette , master of the great ship called [la] Marie of Bayonne , ¹ Johan de Loga , ² master of the ship called [la] Seinte Katerine of Bayonne , ³ la Ffount Gassarnaut de Lafont , master of the barque called la Trinité ⁴ of Bayonne , la Sale Johan de Lassalle , master of the ship called [la] Seinte Croice of Bayonne ⁵ and Dolyron Guilhem-Pey d'Oloron , master of another ship called [la] Seinte Croice of Bayonne , of 200 l. to be received on the assize of the mayor, échevins and community of the city of Bayonne formerly granted by the king during his pleasure, as five years ago, at the order of all the council of the city of Bayonne, they went out to keep the sea against the king's enemies, and they seized there some goods of the Lombard ⁶ Garner Riccardo Garneri , up to the value of 200 l. believing they were goods of some merchants of Janua Genoa , and later Bielle and the others were compelled to repay this entire sum to Garneri because of royal letters patent granted to Garneri, to their complete impoverishment and because they have spent close to this amount of money in victualling the ships. ⁷

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1.: Its real name was in the Gascon of Bayonne 'le Marie'. 'Le' was the feminine singular definite article in the Gascon spoken in Bayonne.
2.: Possibly Johan de Lafargue ( la Foga ), master of the ship called la Katerine of Bayonne in 1405. See the entry entry in C 61/110 .
3.: Its real name was in the Gascon of Bayonne 'le Sente Catharine (or Cathaline)'. 'Le' was the feminine singular definite article in the Gascon spoken in Bayonne.
4.: Its real name was in the Gascon of Bayonne 'le Trinitat'. 'Le' was the feminine singular definite article in the Gascon spoken in Bayonne.
5.: Its real name was in the Gascon of Bayonne 'le Sente Crotz'. 'Le' was the feminine singular definite article in the Gascon spoken in Bayonne.
6.: All the inhabitants of Northern Italy, excepted the Venetians, were then called 'Lombards'. Garneri originated from Piedmont.
7.: See the related entry entry in C 61/110 .

5: Same as above

For Johan Taujan.

24 January 1408 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Johan Taujan of the office of prévôt of the Ombrière of Bordeaux , to exercise it himself or by a sufficient deputy, with its fees and emoluments, as Micoll' Johan Micol , to whom the king had previously granted by his letters patent this office, ¹ who has returned these letters to the king's chancery to be cancelled.

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/109

7: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this office with its fees to Johan Taujan .

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28 January 1408 . Westminster Palace . Concerning the legitimation of [Leunart de] Bardis.

Letters of legitimation granted under the great seal to Leonardus, Barde Leunart de Bardis , son of Antoni de Bardis, ¹ esquire dwelling at Bordeaux, so that Leunart is allowed to acquire and have lands, tenements, hereditary possessions and offices as the persons born from a legitimate union, notwithstanding any local laws and customs.

By K.

1.: Bardis is a place in the commune of Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne (in Médoc).

For Hugues Brouard.

29 January 1408 . Westminster .

Grant to Broart Hugues Brouard, esquire , ¹ of the castellany of Cubzac and the office of castellan of this castellany with the crossing ( passagium et repassagium ) of the port of this castellany with also all the revenues, grains, wines and money as well as all the woods, pastures, questaux ( homines questales ) ² pertaining to this castellany to be held by Brouard from 30 May 1407 to the end of his life, in the same way that Johan de Grailly and the other previous castellans had held it, notwithstanding the grant of the crossing of the port of Cubzac to Gombaut-Arnaut de Tizac made on 18 August 1407 ³ which has been cancelled because of an ordinance of the king decided at the last Parliament held at Westminster ⁴ forbidding the grant of any issues of the land of Aquitaine from the beginning of this Parliament ⁵ until the end of the following Parliament. ⁶ As on 30 May 1407, the king had granted to Brouard for life, by letters patent, the office of castellan of the castellany of Cubzac with the fees, wages and profits pertaining to it, to be held in the same way the late Johan de Grailly held it, Brouard having returned these letters to the king's chancery for cancellation, asserting they were not valid since some revenues of the castellany were not included. ⁷

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/111 .
2.: The questaux were in Gascony the equivalent of the serfs.
3.: See the related entry entry in C 61/111 .
4.: Parliament of Westminster (the 'Long Parliament'), 1 March 1406 - 22 December 1406.
5.: 1 March 1406
6.: On 2 December 1407. Parliament of Gloucester, 20 October 1407 - 2 December 1407.
7.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/111 , entry 10 , entry 96 , entry 97 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 .

16 February 1408 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy to deliver to Hugues Brouard the office of castellan of the castellany of Cubzac with the crossing of the port of Cubzac as well as the the revenues, grains, wines and money as well as all the woods, pastures, questaux pertaining to this castellany and permitting him to have it according to the king's letters, removing there all unlawful holders according to the local fors and customs. ¹

1.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/111 , entry 9 , entry 96 , entry 97 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 .

11: 18 February 1408 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of the judge of appeal of the court of Gascony.

Appointment of Dasta Bertran d'Aste, bachelor of both laws , as judge appellate of the court of Gascony with its customary wages and 200 gold fr. to be received each year in addition by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux for as long as he held this office.

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16 February 1408 . Westminster . For Peter Clifford.

Order under the great seal king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy to deliver to Peter Clifford, esquire , the office of Sanctus Milionus prévôt of Saint-Émilion with the fees and profits pertaining to it since the 23 June 1407, removing any unlawful holder according to the local fors and customs. The king had granted this office, at his pleasure, to Clifford on 23 June 1407, ¹ with all the profits pertaining to this office in its baylie and jurisdiction.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/111 .

For Johan Taujan.

13: 24 January 1408 . Westminster .

Same entry as entry 6 .

By p.s.

14: 24 February 1408 . Westminster .

Same entry as entry 7 .

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15: 24 February 1408 . Westminster . Concerning protection to [Bernat] Montet.

Letters of protection granted to Mountet Bernat Montet, knight of Aquitaine , as well as his men, servants, lands, tenements, mills, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures and of his other possessions and those of his tenants. The king orders to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine, 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 Montet and not permit that anyone injure their persons, possessions and goods.

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8 February 1408 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft.

Appointment for life of Typtoft John Tiptoft, kt , as seneschal of the Landes with the keepership of the Ax castle of Dax , to be held by himself or by sufficient deputies, in the same way as Matthew Gournay ¹ held it, receiving there the same fees, wages and profits.

By p.s.

1.: Matthew Gournay died on 26 September 1406 in England.

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7 March 1408 . Westminster . Concerning some sums to be paid in full.

Grant to John Arnald of the city of London , merchant , to receive the 257 l. owed to certain persons of London on half of the subsidy ( subsidium ) reserved to the king on the wool loaded at the port of Sanctus Botulphus Boston from the next Michaelmas, ¹ after the earl of Westmorland ² and Rustyn, Villenove Rustin[de] Villeneuve, kt , are paid the sums assigned to them. As John Arnald, merchant of London, has delivered by order of the king some victuals to Henry Skirowe , Grosvenour John Grosvenor and Merkham Walter Markham , officers of the Fronsak castle of Fronsac up to the value of 257 l. , for the payment of which Edward [of Langley], duke of York , and Spenser John Spencer, esquire , are bound to certain persons of the city of London, and as the castle of Fronsac was on the verge of being lost if these victuals were not delivered.

By p.s.

1.: 29 September 1408.
2.: Ralph Neville (d. 1425), first earl of Westmorland.

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

18: 22 February 1408 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine and the seneschal of Aquitaine and the other king's officers of the duchy to let the mayor, jurats and community of Libourne enjoy their liberties confirmed by the current king and not to permit anyone to disturb them in their use of these liberties.

By K. and C.

19: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine and the seneschal of Aquitaine and the other king's officers of the duchy not to let the city of Bordeaux demand the tax called billettes on the goods brought in Bordeaux by the men of Libourne .

By K. and C.

28 February 1408 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine and the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver the lordship of Puynormand to the mayor, jurats and community of Libourne . ¹

1.: This entry is closely related to entry in C 61/111 .

21: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine and the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to let the men of Libourne grow their vineyards and other possessions in the duchy and bring their produce to all places in the duchy, paying due customs to the king.

By K. and C.

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22: 6 March 1408 . Westminster . For Bertran Ozanne and Pey Ozanne.

Letters of protection granted for four years to Usanne Bertran Ozanne and his son Usanne Pey Ozanne , burgesses of Bordeaux . The king orders to all his officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and defend them and not to permit that anyone injure their persons, possessions and goods, since Bertran Ozanne and Pey Ozanne when coming to England at the king's mandate, became hugely indebted in Aquitaine and, on their return in Aquitaine, they have been imprisoned.

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5 June 1408 . Westminster . For Johan Boulomer. ¹

Grant for life to Bolmer Johan Boulomer , because of his good service, of two houses in the street called la rue Poitevine ² in the city of Bordeaux , situated between the wall of the castle of Bordeaux on one side and this street on the other, and on another side the house of Franx Bertran de Francs and on the opposite side the house of Ses Galhart de Cès , these two houses pertaining to the king, to the value of 10 m.st. , if this is not to the prejudice of anyone else and with Boulomer paying annually the surplus to the castle of Bordeaux. ³

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: It was called in Gascon la rua Peyteb(v)ina .
3.: For earlier grants of the same property, see entry in C 61/93 and entry in C 61/97 .

24: 14 August 1408 . Westminster . Concerning the hearing of an account.

Order to Bordelli Master Johan du Bourdieu, lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux and king's procurator fiscal to hear and receive the account of Farendon' William Farringdon, constable of Bordeaux , or John Mitford, formerly his lieutenant in this office for all the time Farringdon has held this office, and to send this account to the exchequer [of England] at Westminster with this brief, the king giving order to the constable [of Bordeaux] or his lieutenant to obey and attend him on this.

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20 June 1408 . Westminster . Commendation for Boulomer ¹ .

Henry IV proclaims that, by his crying 'Ho! Ho! Ho!', which meant 'Stop! Stop! Stop!' ( 'Cessate! Cessate! Cessate!' ), in a duel between Johan Boulomer and Bertran Ozanne in his military court which had been ordered by the constable of England and the marshal of England and assigned at Nottingham on 12 August 1407, the king had ordered an end to this duel at the request of the king of Scots , ² and of his own sons as well as of the other princes present at the duel, and because, after long and fierce duelling, both men had defended themselves valiantly, and neither of them will suffer infamy because of the action but, rather, honour and praise in the eyes of all men. Johan Boulomer had previously petitioned the king as follows:

Petition of Bolemere Johan Boulomer , ³ tailor and humble burgess of Bordeaux , to the king of England and France, ⁴ his constable and marshal of England or their lieutenants and commissaries. He is a poor man of lowly status, but would preserve the king's honour if he learned someone wanted to damage the king, otherwise he would be considered as a traitor. In the first year of the king's reign, ⁵ between the Christmas day ⁶ and the first day of Lent, ⁷ Boulomer met in Bordeaux in the street called 'Poitevine' ⁸ Usana Bertran Ozanne, merchant and burgess of Bordeaux . ⁹ There the latter told him: 'Master Johan Boulomer, I want to talk to you about a great and marvellous thing, forsooth'. Boulomer replied: 'I agree with that, so talk to me about what you want to talk about'. Ozanne carried on saying 'Indeed the English are bad people causing great offence, and lately they were in Margaus Margaux and Mathau Macau where they have cut down the trees laden with fruit, taking them into their ships; and know you Boulomer that we have to leave their lordship'. Boulomer reacted by saying: 'Saint Mary! Sir, this thing cannot be done as the town [of Bordeaux] has always been in the past so loyal to the crown of England and will remain so by the grace of God from now on; and how might the poor ploughmen live, and the subjects of the king [of England], our lord, when they would not be able to sell their wines nor have goods from England as it is customary?'. Ozanne retorted: 'Leave that, Boulomer, we will live well without them because we will prune half of our vineyards and yield there the double'. ‘Sir, said Boulomer, do not tell me anything more on this matter as I would prefer to keep quiet than agree to your opinion' and Ozanne 'You will accept it, whether you like it or not, or otherwise you will leave the town, you and all the others who will not accept it'. Boulomer came to a conclusion with these words 'I do not want to hear or talk anymore on this matter: I have to make my poor buttons'. And if Ozanne denies it, Boulomer will prove it with God and Saint George's help before the king in a duel. ¹⁰

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1.: The title does not fully correspond to the content of this entry.
2.: James I Stuart king of Scots (1406-1437), made prisoner as prince by Henry IV in 1406, he remained a prisoner in England 18 years.
3.: The family name 'Boulomer' suggests he had a Breton ancestor.
4.: Henry IV .
5.: 30 September 1399 - 29 September 1400.
6.: 25 December 1399.
7.: 3 March 1400.
8.: In French la rue Poitevine and in Gascon la rua Peyteb(v)ina .
9.: The name 'Ozanne' suggests he had a Norman or Breton ancestor.
10.: This act has been published in Rymer, Foedera ..., vol. 8 (London, 1709), pp. 538-40. See the related entry entry in C 61/111 .

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Concerning confirmation.

13 June 1408 . 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 constant 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 either by gift, sale or exchange, but should be forever annexed to the crown, notwithstanding any grant of this land with its rents and emoluments to Duro Forti Arnaut [III] de Durfort or to his heirs or others, because this land is situated in the confines of the duchy of Aquitaine adjacent to the kingdoms of Ispann' Castile ¹ and Navarr' Navarre and others, and could be easily lost if it was put out of the king's hands. ²

By payment of 20 s. to the hanaper.

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 . And an entry with the same content entry in C 61/111 .

27: 26 June 1408 . Westminster .

Order to all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to observe and maintain these letters and confirmation and not permit that the men of Labourd be molested or damaged.

28

19 July 1408 . Westminster . Concerning the grant of the keepership of the seal of the superior court of Aquitaine .

Grant at the king's pleasure of the keepership of the seal of the superior court of Aquitaine to Master Bordili Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/115 .

29

Same as above. For Master Johan Nogueys .

Appointment at the king's pleasure of Master Nogueriis, de Johan Nogueys, bachelor of laws , as judge in criminal cases at the court of Gascony . ¹

By p.s.

1.: Johan Nogueys was a burgess of Bordeaux.

30

Same as above. Concerning the appointment of the judges in civil and criminal cases at the superior court of Aquitaine .

Appointment of Bertran [II de Montferrand], Monteferando, de lord of Montferrand , Pons [VII de Castillon], lord of Castillon , Bordili, de Johan du Bourdieu , Riparia Pey de Ribère, doctor of laws , Embaudi Pey Embaud, graduate of canon law , Mairalli, Serpilli Guilhem Mayral, otherwise known as Sarpout, bachelor of canon law , and Meyani Arnaut Meyan, bachelor of laws , as judges of civil and criminal cases at the superior court of Aquitaine , the king wanting to permit his subjects of his kingdom of France, his lordship of the duchy of Aquitaine and the neighbouring regions to appeal to it. At least three of them should be present to pass sentence and two of these three should be either Johan du Bourdieu, Pey de Ribère or Arnaut Meyan. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 34 .

Concerning the grant of a prebend.

31: 13 July 1408 . Westminster .

Provision of a prebend in the Sancta Crux abbey of Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux to Sans de Saureya , chaplain .

By p.s.

32: 13 July 1408 . Westminster .

Order to the abbey and monks of the abbey of Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux to deliver this prebend to Sans de Saureya .

By p.s.

For Bertran de Montferrand and some others.

29 July 1408 . Westminster .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Embaudi Pey Embaud the customary fees owed to the judges in civil and criminal cases in the superior court of Aquitaine as the king has appointed Bertran [II de Montferrand], Monteferando, de lord of Montferrand , Pons [VII de Castillon], Castellianum lord of Castillon , Bordili, de Johan du Bourdieu , Riparia Pey de Ribère, doctor of laws , Embaudi Pey Embaud, graduate of canon law , Mairalli, Serpilli Guilhem Mayral, otherwise known as Sarpout, bachelor of canon law , and Meyani Arnaut Meyan, bachelor of laws , as judges of civil and criminal cases at the superior court of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 31 .

Same as above ¹

Same order for Bertran [II de Montferrand] .

By p.s.

1.: This entry is crossed out. 'Void because it has been returned in chancery' is written in the margin.

35: Same as above.

Same order for Johan [du Bourdieu] .

By p.s.

36: Same as above.

Same order for Pey de Ribère .

By p.s.

Same as above ¹

Same order for Pons [VII de Castillon] .

By p.s.

1.: This entry is crossed out. 'Void because it has been returned in chancery' is written in the margin.

38: Same as above.

Same order for Guilhem [Mayral] .

By p.s.

39: Same as above.

Same order for Arnaut [Meyan] .

By p.s.

40: Same as above.

Same order for Master Nogueriis, de Johan Nogueys, bachelor of laws , whom the king has appointed as judge in criminal cases at the court of Gascony .

By p.s.

For John Carnell, esquire.

28 August 1408 . Westminster .

Grant for life to John Carnell, esquire , of the customs and the tithes of 60 tuns of wine descending from the rebel land through the rivers of Gerounde Gironde and Dordoyne Dordogne to be received by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux. Carnell has shown to the king that he has served at his own costs the king's predecessors and the current king without receiving any wages from them for 30 years in the duchy of Aquitaine against the rebels, and recently during the siege of Bourg by the Aurialen' duke of Orléans ¹ and the French enemies.

By p.s.

1.: Louis de France , duke of Orléans (d. 1407) who besieged in vain Bourg between 1 November 1406 and 14 January 1407. See See Pépin, G., 'The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine', The Journal of Medieval Military History , 9 (2011), pp. 25-7.

42: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay yearly these customs and tithes to John Carnell .

43: 1 September 1408 . Westminster . Order not to interfere in the levy of the king's rights and revenues in the duchy of Aquitaine.

Order to all the officers in the duchy of Aquitaine not to interfere in the levy of any royal revenue, as this levy is the prerogative of the constable of Bordeaux .

By K.

44: Same as above. Concerning the payments to be done according to the dates of the letters.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay from the revenues of the castle of Bordeaux first and foremost the king's officers and thereafter pay the others who had obtained grants from the king, according to the date of their grants.

By K.

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45: 1 September 1408 . Westminster . In order not to impede the levy of all the custom and tithe on the wine .

Order to the mayor, prévôt, échevins, burgesses and inhabitants of the city of Bayonne not to impede in the future the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant to levy the custom and tithe on their wine sold [at Bayonne] as well as on the wine of the rebel land which is coming to the city of Bayonne. As the constable and his lieutenant are impeded in levying the custom on the wine sold by merchants at Bayonne , Bordeaux and Liburne Libourne and in the other sea ports of the duchy of Aquitaine, and brought there by these latter, as well as the custom paid on the wine coming from the rebel lands brought by the king's rebels, which taxes the king's predecessors kings of England used to levy as appears in the books of record kept in the castle of Bordeaux.

By K.

For the mayor, jurats and burgesses of the town of Saint-Émilion.

26 August 1408 . Westminster .

Exemption, at the king's pleasure, to the Sanctus Emilianus mayor, jurats and burgesses of Saint-Émilion to pay any toll and custom over their goods within the duchy of Aquitaine, as Edward III, king of England , had granted them at pleasure such exemption in Aquitaine and in the kingdom of England . ¹

By K.

1.: The original king's letters are kept at the Archives Municipales of Saint-Émilion kept at the Saint-Émilion town hall, CC8, no. 8.

26 August 1408 . Westminster .

Grant to the Sanctus Emilianus mayor, jurats and burgesses of Saint-Émilion to levy each year for a period of twelve years 20 pitchers of wine on each tun of wine sold in the taverns of this town and for each measure of grain sold one d. in this town, for the repair of its fortifications and for no other purpose, as this town has been greatly damaged because of the war. ¹

By K.

1.: The original king's letters are kept at the Archives Municipales of Saint-Émilion kept at the Saint-Émilion town hall, CC8, no. 9.

For Guilhem des Camps.

16 August 1408 . Westminster .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux that, having viewed the king's letters of grant to Camps, de Guilhem des Camps, burgess of Bordeaux , he pay to him or his proctor the arrears of the 300 fr. on the tithe or custom of the wines and of the yearly 20 tuns of wine coming from the Alta Patria Haut Pays , and pay him these for life. The king had granted to Guilhem des Camps 300 fr. each year, to be received at Easter and Michaelmas, from the wine custom on the wine coming to Bordeaux from the Alta Patria Haut-Pays and, by other letters patent, the custom of 20 tuns of wine coming from the Haut-Pays . ¹

By p.s.

1.: 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 61/111 , entry 49 .

23 August 1408 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted for three years to Guilhem des Camps , his men, revenues and all his possessions. ¹

1.: 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 61/111 , entry 48 .

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13 August 1408 . Westminster Palace . For Bertran de La Trau .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the constable [of Bordeaux] , the procurator [fiscal] and all the other king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine that, having viewed the evidences of both parties and heard them, they are to enforce the agreement and the king's ordinance according to the law and the local fors, so that Bertran de La Trau does not complain again to the king on account of their negligence. Formerly, an agreement had been made before the king between Bertran de La Trau and the men of the Castelhon lord of Castillon ¹ having received sufficient power from this latter about the house of Tartas of Bordeaux the king had previously granted to La Trau, ² and the king had made an ordinance about it. But up to now, the lord of Castillon has refused this agreement and ordinance, and has impeded its application and forbidden the persons holding this house to pay its rent to La Trau, to the great damage of the latter. ³

By p.s.

1.: Pons VII de Castillon . He had received for life from the king the house of Tartas on 7 May 1400. See entry in C 61/107 .
2.: On 1 November 1403, confirmed on 12 June 1406. See entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/111 .
3.: For the petition of Bertran de La Trau that resulted in this response, see TNA, C 81/641/5866. La Trau asserted there that he had to keep the house of Tartas until he was paid 1,500 fr. according to the agreement made before the king between him and the men of the lord of Castillon. But the latter did not want to respect this agreement and has forbidden the men holding this house to pay anything to La Trau. For the Chancery warrant of Henry IV (Westminster, 13 August 1408), see TNA, C 81/641/5865.

For Bérart de Montferrand.

51: 22 September 1408 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Mountferant Bérart de Montferrand, esquire , of the prévôté of the Ombrière of the castle of Bordeaux which is said to be now vacant, with the profits pertaining to it.

By p.s.

52: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux and the king's procurator [fiscal] and their lieutenants to deliver this prévôté to Bérart de Montferrand if it is vacant.

53

8 September 1408 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft .

Grant for life, at the request of the [queen] consort [of England] , ¹ of the Inter duo Maria prévôté of Entre-deux-Mers with all its revenues to Typtoft John Tiptoft, kt . Henry IV's queen consort has returned into the king's hands what she had in the prévôté of Entre-deux-Mers by the king's grant, in order to give this prévôté to Tiptoft.

By p.s.

1.: Juana (Joan) de Navarre who married King Henry IV in 1403.

54: 5 September 1408 . Wynton' Winchester . Concerning licence to transport .

Licence granted to Robert Archer of Wynton' Winchester to load in a ship 200 quarters of wheat in the Sutht' port of Southampton , and bring them to the regions of Bayonne and Bordeaux in order to sell them. The king orders to the customers, keepers of sea ports and other maritime places to permit Archer to do this, paying the customs due.

By p.s.

55

18 September 1408 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct . ¹

[in French]

Letters of protection under the great seal, at the supplication of the Bragerac governor, consuls, commons ( comuns ) and inhabitants of Bergerac , granted to the town, castle and castellany of Bergerac , the Maurenx power of Maurens and the governor, consuls, commons ( comuns ), inhabitants of Bergerac and the people dwelling at Bergerac, nobles, churchmen or others, their women, children, valets, servants and all their families, their houses, manors, lands, vineyards and all their animals, big and small, and all their other goods, to come and go, stay, and return at day and night, on foot or on horse or by other means, in order to cultivate their lands, vineyards and to do all their business and trade on land and at sea and in all the jurisdictions of the kingdom [of England ] and the duchy of Guyenne ² or elsewhere, paying the customary duties and tolls. The king orders to the constable , marshal , admiral of England and all the king's officers of the kingdom [of England] and the duchy of Guyenne not to do any damage or to impede in any way the town, castle and castellany of Bergerac, the power of Maurens and the governor, consuls, people ( comuns ), inhabitants of Bergerac and the people dwelling at Bergerac during the period of this protection. The king has learned that the people of Bergerac have suffered great damage and oppression during the past and present wars because of the king's subjects and liege men as well as because of the subjects of the king of France, notwithstanding Bergerac is in the king's adversary's ³ hands. ⁴

By p.s.

1.: Extractus usque ad huc is written in the margin at the end of this entry.
2.: The duchy of Aquitaine.
3.: The king of France Charles VI .
4.: See the related entry entry .

56: 7 March 1408 . Westminster . Concerning the duke of York and John Spencer .

Same entry as entry 17 .

By p.s.

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57: 10 August 1408 . Westminster . For Carlos de Beaumont .

Order, at the supplication of Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre , Maulion castellan of Mauléon , that the la Bort baylie of Labourd with its appurtenances be farmed annually by the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant, or the receiver of the Landes , to two burgesses of Bordeaux , one chosen by the king's council of Bordeaux, the other by Carlos de Beaumont, who will pay the annual farm to Beaumont or his proctors for Beaumont's lifetime, as Beaumont has had several troubles and dissent with certain inhabitants of the land of Labourd.

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6 October 1408 . Westminster Palace . For James Hogate .

Grant for life to James Hogate, esquire , of the la Vene baylie of Capbreton and Labenne with all its profits and issues, in the same way Gassie-Arnaut de Salies held it when he was alive, ¹ notwithstanding the 10 l. a year he receives for life in Lokerle Lockerley and Tyderle Tytherley in the com' Sutht' county of Southampton ² and the 40 s. which he receives for life in Norht' Northamptonshire .

By p.s.

1.: Salies had held this baylie since 1386. See, entry in C 61/107 .
2.: This means the county of Hampshire .

59: 6 October 1408 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Sturmestre John Sturminster who is going, by the king's order, to the regions of Aquitaine on the king's business.

By p.s.

60: 6 October 1408 . Westminster Palace . For James Hogate .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the seneschal of the Landes or their lieutenants, as well as the other king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver the la Vene baylie of Capbreton and Labenne with all its profits and revenues to James Hogate, esquire .

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24 October 1408 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft . ¹

Grant for life to Typtoft John Tiptoft of the wine custom called issac in the town of Bordeaux as well as the market of Bordeaux with all the profits, customs and issues pertaining to it.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

Concerning safe-conduct.

21 November 1408 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted for one year to Pey Berland, persona ecclesie, Sanctus Simo, Voliacum vicar of the parish of Saint-Siméon of Bouliac , in the diocese of Bordeaux , in decretis bachelor of canon law , ¹ his men, servants as well as his lands, tenements and all his possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable [of Bordeaux] and the judges of Bordeaux as well as all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Berland and not permit anyone to injure his person, possessions and goods.

1.: The future archbishop of Bordeaux (1430-1456). Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, (Turnhout, 2012), p.203 and p.373, no.239.

Same as above

Similar letters of protection granted for two years to Fauquetus Fauquet , ¹ Camelhas prior of Saint-Pierre de Camillac .

1.: Probably Fauquet de Laroque called de Cazaux , who was prior of Saint-Étienne of Mortagne in 1400.

64

7 March 1408 . Westminster . ¹

Same entry as entry 17 .

By p.s.

1.: Void because there is another one in the ninth year [of the reign of Henry IV].

65: 26 January 1408 . Westminster .

Order to John Mitford, former lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux , Elisworth John Ellsworth , Brounyng Hugh Browning and Simon Sprotley not to interfere in any way in the exercise of the offices of constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant nor to cause any trouble. The king has previously appointed for life by his letters patent Farrendon' William de Farringdon, kt , at the office of constable of Bordeaux with its customary wages, and the king appointed afterwards, with the constable's consent, Master Bordili, de Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws , as lieutenant of the constable , as appears in the king's letters patent held by Bourdieu.

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the other members of the king's council [in Bordeaux] as well as the judex superioritas juge-mage 1 of Aquitaine , that, having viewed the king's letters patent granting the office of [lieutenant of the] constable [of Bordeaux] ² to Bordili Johan du Bourdieu , to invest the latter with this office and permit him to hold and exercise it according to these letters and certain indentures made between the constable and Bourdieu, notwithstanding any ordinance to the contrary made by the seneschal or the king's council [in Bordeaux].

1.: juge-mage meant 'main judge'.
2.: The original entry writes that the office of constable has been granted to Johan du Bourdieu, but it is obviously an error.

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1 September 1408 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of a receiver . ¹

Appointment of Ursewyk Adam Urswick as receiver of the revenues pertaining to the Fronsak castle of Fronsac for five years or for such time as will please the king, with the proviso that he gives good account of these revenues to the king's officers charged to receive them.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

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68

27 November 1408 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward of York, earl of Rutland , former king's lieutenant in Guyenne :

14 April 1402 . Bordeaux .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John of Gaunt , then king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , showed by la Rua Guilhem de Larue , orphan, son and heir of Master Pey de Larue, former Bourdeloys procurator fiscal in Bordelais , at the former supplication:

7 octobre 1389 . Bordeaux .

Grant, at his supplication, to la Rua Pey de Larue, bachelor of laws , son of the city of Bordeaux and procurator fiscal in Bordeaux and Bordelais , and his heirs in fief according to the fors of Bourdeloys Bordelais of the small island situated on the river Gironde situated around two leagues outside Bordeaux between the port called Port Nef Port-Neuf on one hand and the land of Corrdian situated in the parish of Ville Neve Villeneuve and the island of the two heirs of the late Monedey Arnaut Monadey, kt , on the other, which island is owned and should be owned by the king, paying to the king or the constable of Bordeaux 2 d. of the current money of Bordelais of esporle ¹ and 2 s. of the same money as rent to be paid each year at the day of Candlemas. ² Order on behalf of the king to all the king's officers [in the duchy of Aquitaine] to let Pey de Larue and his heirs enjoy peacefully forever this grant without impediment against the tenor of these presents. Marino, de G. de Marin . ³

Edward of York orders to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant to let Guilhem de Larue be enfeoffed of this island.

By payment of half a mark to the hanaper.

1.: An esporle was a small tax paid to the lord at each change of lord or tenant.
2.: 2 February.
3.: Name of the clerk who wrote this act. Possibly a relative of Arnaut-Guilhem de Marin ( de Marino ), canon of Bordeaux (1402-13), originating from the diocese of Lescar (Béarn). See Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13 (Turnhout, 2012), p.267, no.263.

69: 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 Aquitaine to permit Guilhem de Larue to have this island according to the tenor of the king's letters.

70

22 September 1408 . Westminster . For John Hull and John Esmond .

Grant for life to John Hull and John Esmond , esquires, of the Leyborne prévôté of the town of Libourne with the profits pertaining to it in the same way that the late Guiraut Provost held it. Furthermore, the king appoints them to be, in the same town, collectors and receivers of the tithe on the wine descending from the rebel land by the river Dourdoigne Dordogne or another region, receiving there the same wages, fees and profits Provost received there. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 75 .

For Bernardon Dufau.

26 November 1408 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Fau, de Bernardon Dufau , ¹ servant of the cardinal of Bordeaux, ² which is king's serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine for his lifetime, of 12 d.st. [each day] from the revenues of the duchy of Aquitaine by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

1.: He could be the same person as Bernat Dufau who obtained in 1405 the prévôté of Saint-Sever and the baylies of Sanctus Mauricius Saint-Maurice[-sur-Adour] and Tolset' Toulouzette . See entry in C 61/110 .
2.: Francesco Uguccione , archbishop of Bordeaux since 1384, was appointed cardinal in 1405.

72: Same as above

Similar letters granted to Castanh Arnaut Castaing .

73: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Bernardon Dufau and Castanh Arnaut Castaing 12 d.st. per day for their lifetime.

74

7 December 1408 . Westminster . For Pons [VII], lord of Castillon .

Grant for life to Pons [VII de Castillon], Castelhon lord of Castillon , because of the great losses he suffered and the costs he had during the present wars, of the baylie and Hastynges toll of Hastingues with all its profits, to be held in the same way as the late Johan de Béarn held it by grant of John of Gaunt . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 84 , entry 85 , entry 86 .

75

22 November 1408 . Westminster . For John Hull, esquire .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the town of Libourne and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver to John Hull and John Esmond of the Leyborne prévôté of the town of Libourne and the office of collectors and receivers of the tithe on the wine descending from the rebel land by the river Dourdoigne Dordogne . ¹

1.: See the related entry entry 70 .

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24 December 1408 . Westminster . Concerning the observance of the ordinance .

Order to Cardinal Francesco Uguccione, archbishop of Bordeaux and all the prelates and clerks of the duchy of Aquitaine and to all the king's officers of the duchy to observe the king's ordinance about bishops, doctors and regulars to be sent to the council of Pisa. ¹

By K.

1.: For the full text see Rymer, Foedera... vol. 8, 1397-1413 (Londres, 1729), pp. 567-9.

77

7 January 1409 . Westminster . For Contor de Caupenne .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine ¹ to return witout delay to Caupena Contor of Caupenne of Parrampuyra her houses of Parempuyre and Ramafort Ramefort with their revenues which he had kept for two years, if they had been seized because of the conflict between Durfort and Contor 's husband, la Mote Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe, Roquetaillada lord of Roquetaillade , concerning Master la Roque Johan de Laroque , an enemy and rebel of the king, despite the fact Lamothe was ready to answer if there was any case brought against him. ²

By p.s.

1.: Galhart II de Durfort .
2.: For the petition of Contor de Caupenne that resulted in this response, see TNA, C 81/643/603. For the Chancery warrant of Henry IV (7 January 1409), see TNA, C 81/643/6037.

78: 9 January 1409 . Westminster . Concerning a licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted, at his request, to Typtoft John Tiptoft, kt , treasurer of England and constable of the castle of Dax , to buy in any parts of the kingdom of England 400 quarters of wheat and broad beans and load them in any ports of England to bring them to the city of Dax in order to resupply its castle and town as well as its neighbouring regions. The king orders to all the admirals etc. to permit Tiptoft to do this without impediment.

By K.

79

15 January 1409 . Westminster . For Amaniu d'Arsac .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to make a deliberation about this matter for the king's right as well as the right of Arsaco, de Amaniu d'Arsac , according to the local fors and customs. Amaniu d'Arsac has supplicated the king by his petition presented before him that his aunt Assalhita Assalhida d'Arsac , the sister of his father, get married with the late Bearnio, de Johan de Béarn, kt , and she brought as a dowry all the lands, revenues and fruits she had and ought to have because of the house or lordship of Arsac in the parish of Blanquafortis Saint-Martin of Blanquefort and in the city of Bordeaux as well as its banlieue , provided that if they did not have any descendants, these goods would return fully to the house or lordship of Arsac . Assalhida and Johan de Béarn has had a son called Bearnio, de Simon de Béarn, kt , who is a king's rebel and enemy, and because of his political obedience Amaniu has requested the king to return to him and his heirs the goods of Assalhida after her death. ¹

1.: For the petition of Amaniu d'Arsac that resulted in this response, see TNA, SC 8/232/11586. Amaniu asserted there he issued from the elder branch of the Arsac family and that Simon de Béarn took the party of the king of France and fought with the French. His aunt brought as a dowry to Johan de Béarn the house of Arsac situated at Bordeaux.

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23 August 1408 . Westminster . For Guiraut Mathefelon .

Order, as it has been done before, to the king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable [of Bordeaux] , the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and also the judges and prévôts of Gascony and the master and prévôt of the minters ( operarii ac monetarii ) in the city of Bordeaux and the duchy of Aquitaine to admit Guiraut Mathefelon , merchant and burgess of Bordeaux , as minter of the king's money in the city of Bordeaux and the duchy of Aquitaine and permit him to enjoy it according to the king's letters or otherwise to explain the reason why they did not obey the previous order of the king. The king had appointed Mathefelon as one of the minters of the castle of Bordeaux as long as he behaves well, enjoying in this office the franchises, wages and profits pertaining to it. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entries entry in C 61/108 , entry in C 61/109 .

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3 December 1408 . Westminster Palace . For Amaniu [d'Arsac], lord of Arsac .

Order under the great seal to the seneschal of Aquitaine that, having called before him the parties and heard them, and checked the registers, papers and other evidences of the king's right on this matter being at the castle of Bordeaux , he has to act according to the law and the local fors and customs for the preservation of the rights of the king and of Amaniu d'Arsac, so that this latter does not complaint again about it to the king. Amaniu [d'Arsac], Darsak lord of Arsac has complained to the king that, although he and his ancestors have held from the king and his ancestors in liege homage some places in the region of Médoc and from the lord of the paderie of Médoc , that are the places of Castera Castéra ¹ and Lilhan Lillan , and Guilhem[Amaniu de Madaillan], Lesparra lord of Lesparre holds this paderie by the king's grant while the homages of this paderie are reserved to the king, but Lesparre has very often requested to Arsac the homage for these places of Castera Castéra and Lilhan Lillan , and he has troubled and still troubles Arsac to obtain it, to Arsac's great prejudice and spoliation, so that Arsac requests the king to provide him a remedy.

By K.

1.: There are too many places named Castéra in Médoc, thus it is not possible to precisely identify this one.

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15 December 1408 . Westminster . For Pey de Contis .

Order to the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine that if Conties Pey de Contis, esquire of the city of Bayonne , has been dispossessed by the lady of Mussidan ¹ of the office of the gaugeator gauger within the city of Bordeaux by virtue of royal letters patent, ² he has to return to him this office according to the form and tenor of the king's grant with the profits from the time when the seneschal seized the office into the king's hands. Contis has shown that he had been granted this office by royal letters, and by virtue of these letters he had been installed in the office and had held it quietly until the proctors of the archbishop of York ³ required from him some exactions ( impetiotiones et debite ), so that Contis was no more able to enjoy this office, which was put in the king's hands until the king decided who would have this office. Thereafter the lady of Mussidan received possession of this office and occupied it without any lawful title. The archbishop of York and Contis have made an agreement about this before the king so that the office has to return to Contis according to the form of the king's grant.

By p.s.

1.: Either Margarida d'Albret , widow of Ramon II de Montaut, lord of Mussidan (d.1406), or their daughter Maria (or Mariota) de Montaut . According to entry in C 61/107 , the lord of Mussidan Ramon II de Montaut had held this office by hereditary right until he lost it when he rallied briefly to the French in 1377 following his capture by the French at the battle of Eymet.
2.: He received it on 13 August 1406, see entry in C 61/111 .
3.: Henry Bowet . He received this office from Henry IV on 18 February 1400, see entry in C 61/107 .

For Pons [VII de Castillon], lord of Castillon.

8 February 1409 . Westminster .

Order to the Hastynges jurats and inhabitants of Hastingues , to permit Pons [VII de Castillon], Castelhon lord of Castillon , to have the baylie and toll of Hastingues , in the same way the late Johan de Béarn had it by grant of John of Gaunt , as the king has granted them to Castillon for his lifetime because of the great losses and costs he has suffered in the present wars. ¹

1.: See the related entries entry 75 , entry 85 , entry 86 .

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver the baylie and toll of Hastingues to Pons [VII de Castillon], lord of Castillon or his proctor and permit him to have it according to the king's letters. ¹

1.: See the related entries entry 74 , entry 83 , entry 85 .

Same as above

Similar order to the seneschal of the Landes or his lieutenant. ¹

1.: See the related entries entry 74 , entry 83 , entry 84 .

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5 March 1409 . Westminster . Concerning an appeal heard .

Order to Bernat de Lesparre, la Barde lord of Labarde , Bearni, de Per-Arnaut de Béarn, Puyos lord of Pujo , Master Sarpot Guilhem Sarpout ¹ and Master Bernat Burcegaude , licentiate of laws , clerks,four, three or two of them, to hear the appeal of Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe and Contor de Caupenne and to make them full justice in order to finish this case. They have to summon before them those who should be heard. The king orders to all his officers and subjects to obey and attend them on this matter. As la Mote Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe, lord of Roquetaillade , and his wife Contor, Caupena Contor de Caupenne have appealed to the king's audience and ask for remedy, as appears in a public instrument shown in the king's chancery, complaining that the seneschal of Aquitaine ² has unjustly seized into the king's hands all the lands, tenements and revenues owned by them in patria Burdegalensis Bordelais at the occasion of the capture and ransoming of Master la Roque Johan de Laroque, proctor of the Sanctum Basilla lord of Sainte-Bazeille , ³ rebel and allied of the la Brit lord of Albret , ⁴ as well as because of damages committe by Lamothe in the land of the lord of Albret against the form of the souffrances and truces made between the seneschal [of Aquitaine] and the lord of Albret.

By K.

1.: Guilhem Mayral alias Sarpout was a canon of Bordeaux, 1410-20, Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13 (Turnhout, 2012), p.316-7, no.237.
2.: Galhart II de Durfort .
3.: Francès d'Albret (d.1435), lord of Sainte-Bazeille from c.1399. On him see Alis, R.L., Histoire de la ville et de la baronnie de Sainte-Bazeille , (Agen-Agmé, 1892), pp. 107-112.
4.: Charles I d'Albret , first cousin of King Charles VI of France.

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1 March 1409 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of the captain and constable of the castle of Fronsac .

Appointment for five years of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , as captain and Frounsak constable of the castle of Fronsac with the keepership of this castle and the region of Frounsadeys Fronsadais , according to indentures made between the king and Swinburne. ¹

By K.

1.: See the entry entry 92 .

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

Same as above

Grant for four years to the mayor and jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux , to help with the payment of their debt, to levy 12 d. per pound on the goods of enemies and rebels brought to Bordeaux and 6 d. per pound on goods of other foreigners under the king's allegiance and obedience, with the proviso that the victuals brought to Bordeaux should not be taxed and that the money obtained through this tax should be used for the fortification and defence of Bordeaux as well as for the payment of the city's debts. As the the city has expended large amounts of money on the occasion of the wars between the king and his adversary of France ¹ for the fortification and defence of their city and the region around it as well as to retain several men-at-arms at the city's wages and several machines of war at the city's cost, and the expenses Bordeaux incurred for the defence and guard of the town of Bourg at the time when the Aurialensis duke of Orléans ² besieged it, so that the city is indebted up to the sum of 40,000 fr. .

By p.s.

1.: The king of France .
2.: Louis de France , duke of Orléans (d. 1407) who besieged in vain Bourg between 1 November 1406 and 14 January 1407. See See Pépin, G., 'The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine', The Journal of Medieval Military History , 9 (2011), pp. 25-7.

Same as above

Order, with the king's council assent, to the seneschal of Aquitaine ¹ and the mayor of the city of Bordeaux ² to forbid, on the king's behalf, on pain of forfeiture, Cantelope Monot de Canteloup, esquire , from continuing to repair and fortify the castle of Camarsac. They must demolish this castle and return it to the state it was when Canteloup bought it, since its rebuilding would be to the prejudice of Bordeaux and of its region. The mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux have shown to the king that, at the time of the late Nevylle Lord Neville, king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , ³ several fortalices and places had been taken by the Francigene French , ⁴ among them the Camarssac castle of Camarsac ⁵ which caused grave damages to the subjects and inhabitants of Bordeaux and above all to those of the province of Inter Duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers , so that the inhabitants had besieged this castle at their own cost and had taken it, ⁶ and thereafter, by deliberation and advice of the king's lieutenant's council ⁷ and those of Bordeaux, this castle had been destroyed, and remained completely abandoned until Monot de Canteloup bought it recently from Daillan Brunet d'Aillan who claimed to be the hereditary lord of the place. Canteloup has begun to fortify it, notwithstanding the ban of the seneschal of Aquitaine on the king's behalf. ⁸

By p.s.

1.: Galhart II de Durfort .
2.: Thomas Swinburn .
3.: In 1378-81.
4.: It was specified in the complaints of the community of Bordeaux to the seneschal of Aquitaine that Camarsac had been taken by some Bretons of the French party.
5.: The medieval castle of Camarsac, highly restored in the 19th century, still exists nowadays. See Drouyn, L., La Guyenne Militaire , vol.2 (Bordeaux-Paris, 1865), pp. 306-10 and plate no.125.
6.: This siege took place around 1379.
7.: The council at Bordeaux under Lord Neville.
8.: See the complaints (written in Gascon) of the community of Bordeaux to the seneschal of Aquitaine against the restoration of the castle of Camarsac by Monot (or Ramon, Monot being a nickname) de Canteloup and his brothers in Registres de la Jurade. Délibérations de 1406 à 1409. Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1873), pp. 308-9 (18 April 1408), pp. 417-9 (21 February 1409) and pp. 427-9 (March 1409). See also the memorandum (written in Gascon) of Monot (or Ramon) de Canteloup presented on the matter to the seneschal of Aquitaine, Ibid., pp. 311-2 (23 April 1408). See the related entry entry in C 61/113 .

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Concerning general attorneys.

2 May 1409 . Westminster .

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , who went to Aquitaine in the king’s service, nominating William Rokewode and Hanyfeld William Hanningfield alternately.

Waker' John Wakering clerk , received these attorneys until Swinburne's return to England.

90.1: Same as above

Similar letters of attorney for Thomas [Swinburn] nominating Erpyngham Thomas Erpingham, kt , and Mortymer Hugh Mortimer, esquire .

Waker' John Wakering clerk , received these attorneys until Swinburne's return to England.

90.2: Same as above

Similar letters of attorney for Thomas [Swinburn] nominating Richard [Clifford], bishop of London and Nicholas [Bubwith], bishop of Bath and Wells .

Waker' John Wakering clerk , received these attorneys until Swinburne's return to England.

90.3: Same as above

Similar letters of attorney for Thomas [Swinburn] nominating John Doreward and Chaumberlayn Ralph Chamberlain .

Waker' John Wakering clerk , received these attorneys until Swinburne's return to England.

91

1 March 1409 . Westminster . For Thomas Swinburne .

Order to Faryngdon William de Farringdon, kt , former Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , that, having seen these present letters, he delivers to Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn who has been appointed captain of the castle of Fronsac for five years, ¹ this castle with the arms, artillery and other things pertaining to the keepership of the castle which are in his keepership by indentures made between Farringdon and Swinburne.

By K. and C.

1.: See the entry entry 88 .

92: 3 May 1409 . Westminster . For Master Ramon Bernatet, clerk .

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to Master Ramon Bernatet , clerk of the city of Bordeaux , to descend [on the rivers] 100 tuns of wine of the Alta Patria Haut-Pays each year of his lifetime, by himself or his deputies, without paying to the king any tithes and customs.

By p.s.

93

23 May 1409 . Westminster . Concerning remedy to attempts [made against truces] .

Order to the lord of Duras , ¹ seneschal of Aquitaine and Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, mayor of the city of Bordeaux , keepers of the truces made previously etween the king and the adversary of France ² for the regions of Aquitaine to redress swiftly and to reform every attempt made against these truces by the king's liege men, and order to all his liege men and subjects [of Aquitaine] to obey and attend Duras and Swinburne about this.

By p.s.

1.: Galhart II de Durfort .
2.: The king of France Charles VI .

For Hugues Brouard, esquire.

19 May 1409 . Westminster .

Order under the great seal to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the constable of Bordeaux , the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and the captain and constable of the castle of Fronsac ¹ and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver without delay to Broart Hugues Brouard, esquire , the castellany of Cubzac with the crossing of the port of Cubzac as well as the the revenues, grains, wines and money together with all the woods, pastures, questaux ² pertaining to this castellany. ³

By p.s.

1.: Both functions (captain and constable) were officially held by Thomas Swinburn .
2.: The serfs.
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/111 , entry 9 , entry 10 , entry 95 , entry 96 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/115 , entry in C 61/115 , entry in C 61/115 .

Same as above

Order to Prioret Pey de Prieret, king's procurator fiscal in the city of Bordeaux to maintain and defend Hugues Brouard in the possession of these offices, according to the king's letters and the local fors and customs, against any other persons claiming to have them, and defending the king's rights against any damage. ¹

1.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/111 , entry 9 , entry 10 , entry 94 , entry 96 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 .

Same as above

Order to Monferant Bertran [II] de Montferrand, kt , who is occupying now the castellany [of Cubzac] and these offices to permit Hugues Brouard to have this castellany of Cubzac with the crossing of the port of Cubzac as well as the the revenues, grains, wines and money together with all the woods, pastures, questaux ¹ pertaining to this castellany according to the king's letters. ²

1.: The serfs.
2.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/111 , entry 9 , entry 10 , entry 94 , entry 95 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 .

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14 June 1409 . Westminster . Concerning purchase of wine for the king .

Order to Mackenam Johan Macanan, burgess of Bordeaux , and Melburne John Melbourne, merchant of England , to buy each year with the king's money 300 tuns of wine in the duchy of Aquitaine for the king’s housesold for a five-year period from the next Michaelmas. ¹ The king orders all his liege men to attend and obey them on this matter. ²

By bill of treasury.

1.: 29 September 1409.
2.: See the related entry entry 142 .

For Laurens Prieret and his son Pey.

98: 8 June 1409 . Westminster .

Grant to Laurens [de Prieret] and Pey de Prieret , at the supplication of their father Master Pey de Prieret, procurator fiscal in the duchy of Aquitaine to whom the king had granted for life the writing office of the court of Gascony with its rights and profits, of the same office to have for their lifetime after the death of Master Pey.

By p.s.

9 June 1409 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and his council of Bordeaux ¹ to permit Laurens [de Prieret] and Pey de Prieret to have this office at the death of their father Master Pey de Prieret .

1.: The king's council in Bordeaux.

Concerning the homages etc. received.

100

23 May 1409 . Westminster . ¹

Notification that Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , has been granted power:

to receive homages and other rights pertaining to the king for the castle and Fronsak lordship of Fronsac and Frounsadeys Fronsadais for a term specified in an indenture made between him, as captain of the castle of Fronsac , and the king,
to farm the king's rights for a 30 year period, applying the annual income to the castle's defence,
to grant patis and souffrances ( tolerencie ) answering to the king for their issues, and without any prejudice to other patis granted by the king's himself.
to grant safeties and safe-conducts for one year on land as well as on the rivers Dordoigne Dordogne , Gironde and the other rivers and ports to everybody bringing victuals to the castle of Fronsac and its region,
and if nobody within this term of one year complains about damage done by Swinburne, the latter will have the same power for the whole term ² ,

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: He had appointed been captain and constable of the castle of Fronsac for 5 years. See entry 88 .

101: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to permit Thomas Swinburn to receive homages, etc. as above.

By p.s.

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102

23 May 1409 . Westminster . Concerning pardon .

Pardon, with the assent of the king's council, to Skyrowe Henry Skirowe, Founsak lieutenant of the castle of Fronsac , Grosvenour John Grosvenor, constable of this castle , Robert Walton, esquire , Henry Almond, Frounsadeys prévôt of the lordship and province of Fronsadais and all the officers and soldiers of this castle and their servants for their breaking of the king's peace and for any rebellion and trespasses they made against the king and his predecessors kings of England up to the day of the delivery of this castle. ¹ The king gives his protection and safeguard to them for a year and a day from the day of the delivery of the castle, so that they are not to be compelled to respond before any royal judge in Aquitaine for felony, trespasses, etc., save in person before the king.

By p.s.

1.: Probably when they agreed to deliver this castle to Thomas Swinburn who had been appointed captain and constable of this castle on 1 March 1409.

103: 23 May 1409 . Westminster . Concerning remedy for attempts made against truces .

Same as entry 94 .

By p.s.

104

8 August 1409 . Westminster . For the hermit of the lightouse and chapel of Notre-Dame de Cordouan .

Grant at the king's pleasure to Galfridus, Lesparra Jaufré de Lesparre , ¹ hermit living in the turris, Cordani lighthouse and chapel of Notre-Dame de Cordouan , ² situated at the mouth of the Gerond' Gironde , of 2 groats st. , or their value in the money of Aquitaine, on each ship loaded with wine sailing from Bordeaux to the ocean, over the 2 groats st. , or their value in the money of Aquitaine, received previously by him and his predecessors on each ship loaded with wine arriving in Bordeaux. ³ Edward [of Woodstock], former prince of Wales , had built and stabilised this lighthouse and chapel, ⁴ with other houses and other outhouses built in stone, as well as beacons and other things which allow the ships coming from Bordeaux to cross without damage from rocks and sand but which have been destroyed by some great storms. The 2 groats st. initially received are not sufficient enough for the hermit. He was to receive these 4 groats sterling by the hands of the constable or controller of Bordeaux at the castle of Bordeaux. ⁵

By p.s.

1.: According to the accounts of the community of Bordeaux of 1410 which were destroyed in the fire of the town hall of Bordeaux in 1862, two fr. had been paid to Jaufrion de Lesparra , hermit of Notre-Dame de Cordouan, to reinforce the tower (lighthouse) of Cordouan. See Tamizey de Laroque, P., 'Louis de Foix et la tour de Cordouan. Supplément', Revue de Gascogne , IX (1868), p. 483, n.1. Jaufrion was a nickname of the Gascon forename Jaufré (in French Geoffroy, in English Geoffrey or Jeffrey).
2.: The first mentions of religious men on the island of Cordouan date of 1088 and 1092. The later document gives us the first mention of an hermit residing at Cordouan.
3.: The ships loaded at Bordeaux with wine from the Haut-Pays .
4.: It must have been built during the lieutenancy of Prince Edward ('the Black Prince') in Aquitaine between 1355 and 1357, as the Prince during that time then only bore the title of 'prince of Wales'. However, the decision might concern his reign as 'prince of Aquitaine' (1362-1372), as he ordered other public works during this period. For instance, he ordered the destruction of some rocks on the river Lot in order to facilitate the movement on it of small boats towards Bordeaux. See Archives Départementales du Lot, Cahors, EDT 042 DD 34 (Angoulême, 12 May 1368). On 8 July 1368, Thomas de Walkefare, the Prince's seneschal of Périgord and Quercy, informed the Prince he had begun this work (EDT 042 DD 35).
5.: This is the first known mention of an actual lighthouse at Cordouan which was then a tiny island. This lighthouse - now destroyed - was nicknamed in the 16th century 'la tour aux Anglais' (the tower of the English). It is now known as 'la tour du Prince Noir' (the tower of the Black Prince). It was an octogonal tower of an approximate height of 16 metres on the top of which a fire was lighted, maintained by the hermit living on the island. A new lightouse has been built near the old one between 1584 and 1611. The upper part of this lightouse was destroyed in 1714 and rebuilt in 1724, providing the current lighthouse of Cordouan ('phare de Cordouan'). For this act and its French translation, see Labat, G., Documents sur la ville de Royan et la tour de Cordouan, 1200-1800 (Bordeaux, 1888), pp. 1-3. Original publication in Rymer, Foedera ..., vol. 8 (London, 1709), pp. 592-3. The lightouse or tower of the 14th century is shown on a drawing of Claude Chastillon (c.1590). For a modern 3D illustration showing the medieval lighthouse or tower see: http://www.cordouan.culture.fr

105

5 August 1409 . Westminster . For Guilhem de Vauvert .

Order to the mayor, sub-mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux that, having checked swiftly the petition of Guilhem de Vauvert, burgess of Bordeaux , ¹ the king having sent them the attached with the matter explained in it, they should called before them the parties, hear them and do what should be done for the return of his hereditary goods to Vauvert, according to law and the local fors and customs, so that Vauvert does not complain again to the king about it.

By p.s.

1.: He may be the Valle Viridi Guilhem de Vauvert, citizen of Bordeaux who obtained a licence to transport grain in 1374. See entry in C 61/87 .

106

20 August 1409 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection granted for one year to Pons [VII de Castillon], lord of Castillon , who is coming in England to meet the king about the defence of the realm [of England] and the duchy of Aquitaine, as Castillon owes some money to various liege men of the king for the Deyne count of Denia . ¹

By K.

1.: This is about the money owed to persons having rights on the ransom of Alfons, count of Denia ( kingdom of Valencia , crown of Aragon ) who had been taken prisoner by the English at the battle of Najéra (1367).

For Carlos de Beaumont.

107

8 December 1409 . Westminster .

Grant to Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre , of an annuity of 100 fr. for 20 years, to be received by his own hands as part of an annuity of 22 m. 6 s. 8 d. granted for the same 20 years as part of an annuity of 250 m. that Beaumont has for life by royal grant, to be received at the king's exchequer. Beaumont has shown to the king that on 10 June 1407, the king had granted him for 20 years the land of Noaillan with all the lands, tenements, revenues pertaining to it in the city of Bordeaux and other towns within the duchy of Aquitaine, and also for life the custom on the wine called issac of Bordeaux after the death of Radegonde Béchet, Mortemer lady of Morthemer . The king also granted for 20 years to Beaumont licence to bring and carry annually 120 tuns of wine coming from rebel places of the duchy, ¹ paying each year to the king 100 gold fr. . ²

By p.s.

1.: The places under French authority.
2.: See the related entry entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/116 .

108: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine and all the other king's officers in Aquitaine to permit Carlos de Beaumont to receive the 100 fr. for 20 years as part of the annuity 22 m. 6 s. 8 d. which was part of an annuity of 250 m. .

By p.s.

109: Same as above

Similar order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant.

By p.s.

110: 20 August 1409 . Westminster . For the archbishop of York .

Grant and licence granted to Henry [Bowet], Bathon' bishop of Bath , lord of the lordship and Dornon comtau of Ornon and of the prévôté of Camparian , to alienate and sell this lordship and prévôté with all their rights and profits and all other appurtenances in the duchy of Aquitaine.

By K.

For Peter Clifford, esquire.

111

9 July 1409 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life to Peter Clifford, esquire , of all the lands, houses, tenements and revenues that were owned by the king's rebels within the jurisdiction of the town of Saint-Émilion up to the value of 100 s.st. a year, with the proviso that he answers annually to the king for the surplus.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

112: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of the castle of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver these lands, houses, tenements and revenues to Peter Clifford and permit him to have them according to the king's letters, removing all unlawful owners there according to the local fors and customs.

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For Riccardo Garneri.

113

22 August 1409 . Westminster .

Order to Garner Riccardo Garneri, 1 master of the Royal Mint 2 , to buy in the duchy of Aquitainefor the king, with the king's money, until Michaelmas ³ or soon after it, by him or his deputy, 200 tuns of wine of the Haut-Pays ( Alta Patria ) wherever he wishes, and to load them on one or more in the city of Bordeaux and bring them to England , without impediment by the king's officers.

By p.s.

1.: Riccardo Garneri (d. c.1415), a merchant originating from Piedmont who was naturalised English. Often known under his anglicized name of 'Richard Garner'.
2.: The Royal Mint was then situated in the Tower of London. Garneri had been appointed as master of the Royal Mint in February 1409 (see the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1408-13 , p.102). On him, see Bradley, H. L., ‘Garner, Richard (d. in or after 1415)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), vol.24, ed. H.C.G. Matthew and B. Harrison (Oxford, 2004), pp.481-2.
3.: 29 September 1409.

114: Same as above

Order to 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 permit Riccardo Garneri to buy and transport, by him or a deputy, this wine according to the king's letters, and not to damage him in any respect.

By p.s.

115

21 August 1409 . Westminster . For William Brewer, esquire .

Notification that the king has granted, with the assent of the king's council, 240 gold écus of regard for the previous year to Bruere William Brewer, esquire , captain of the la Trawe castle of La Trave ¹ and to his soldiers and an annuity of 240 gold écus from the revenues of the duchy of Aquitaine by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux, as long as the truces are kept between the king and his adversary of France, these annuities being paid before any other need full expenses, in reward for Brewer's good service to the king and his ancestors for many years, and as he cannot maintain his keepership on this castle situated near the borders of the enemies and rebels ² since he cannot levy the patis of this castle because the king and his adversary of France ³ have made truces suppressing the patis and ransoms.

By p.s.

1.: It was then called the castle of 'La Trau'. The king probably took the castle into his hands at the death of the last Soudan de La Trau (1399) and installed there a captain.
2.: The French and their partisans.
3.: King Charles VI de France .

For Hugues Brouard.

116

14 August 1409 . Westminster .

Order to the Leybourne prévôt of the town of Libourne and collectors and receivers of the 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 pay to Broart Hugues Brouard , originating from Peitou Poitou in the duchy of Aquitaine, to whom the king had granted for Brouard's lifetime an annuity of 20 l. from the revenues, tithes and customs on 30 June 1406 ¹ , of the arrears of this annuity since this date.

1.: See the entry entry in C 61/111 .

117: Same as above

Order 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 permit Hugues Brouard to have these arrears .

118

14 August 1409 . Westminster Palace . Negotiations [for a truce with the king of Castile] .

Order under the great seal to the Monteferrando lord of Montferrand , ¹ baron of the duchy of Aquitaine, and Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , mayor of the city of Bordeaux , to head towards the city of Bordeaux before the next Michaelmas ² and at Michaelmas:

to gather with the commissaries of the king of Castile and León, the king's nephew ³ to negotiate and agree with them, on the king's behalf, truces or adjournments of war, for one or two years from Michaelmas next; ⁴
to come to agreement about the gathering of solemn ambassadors of high rank( notabilis status ) of both parties within the first year of this truce to negotiate alliance, friendship and peace and or long truces between the king ⁵ and these kingdoms [of Castile and León.];
to make full justice about the complaints of the subjects of these kingdoms [of Castile and León.],
where goods of one party or the other have been seized by the subjects of the kingdoms [of Castile and León.] in advance of the gathering of these ambassadors, to put these goods in the secure keeping of faithful men of one party or the other, so that their owner may get full satisfication more easily .

1.: Bertran II de Montferrand .
2.: 29 September 1409.
3.: Juan II , king of Castile and León (1406-1454), son of Enrique III , king of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster , daughter of John of Gaunt and sister of Henry IV.
4.: 29 September 1409
5.: Henry IV.

Appointment of the chancellor of the duchy of Aquitaine.

119

21 August 1409 . Westminster .

Appointment, with the advice of the king's council and at the king's pleasure, of Master Bordili, de Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws , ¹ as chancellor of the duchy of Aquitaine with the customary fees of the previous chancellors. The king orders to all his subjects to obey and attend Bourdieu in all that concerns this office.

1.: The Gascon Johan du Bourdieu was graduate of the University of Oxford. He was doctor of canon laws of this university in 1388. See his biography (under the name Bordili, John) in Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500 , vol. I, A to E (Oxford, 1957), p. 222. Canon of Bordeaux, 1406-13, later archdeacon of Médoc, see Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, (Turnhout, 2012), p.343, no.241.

120: Same as above

Order to the constable of the castle of Bordeaux to pay regularly each year the fees [of chancellor of Aquitaine] to Johan du Bourdieu .

Concerning the appointment to survey and oversee the levies etc.

121

Same as above ¹

Appointment,at the king's pleasure, of Master Bordili, de Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws on the king's behalf ( in loco nostri ) in charge to survey and oversee, with the constable of Bordeaux and the controller of Bordeaux , all the levies and revenues going to the king's exchequer of Bordeaux . So that Bourdieu certifies accurately from year to year to the king's exchequer at Westminster of the true amount of these levies and revenues by a report under his seal, receiving for this 300 gold fr. by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux. The king firmly orders to the constable and controller to obey and attend Bourdieu in this task.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

122

Same as above ¹

Order to the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to deliver this office to Johan du Bourdieu and to obey and attend him in this office.

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123: Same as above

Order to the constable of the castle of Bordeaux to pay to Johan du Bourdieu 300 gold fr. for his payment according to the tenor of the king's letters.

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124

28 August 1409 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection granted to Amaniu [d'Arsac], Arssaco, de lord of Arsac , Casterario, de Castéra , Loyrac Loirac , Goleya, de Goulée , Fontana Hontane , Sestinhanum, de Sestignan and Lilhanum, de Lillan , and his men, servants, tenants, questaux ( questales ) ¹ and also all the lands of these lordships, tenements, mills, vineyards, woods, meadows, pastures, swamps, rivers and all his possessions. The king orders to his king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux , the judges of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Arsac, his men and possessions. They cannot pretend ignorance or negligence about this protection as Arsac would have requested them to proclaim it publicly with the customary bans.

1.: The local equivalent of serfs.

125: 28 August 1409 . Westminster Palace . Concerning cancellation .

Cancellation, as it is prejudicial to the king, of the order given by Durffort Galhart [II] de Durfort, lord of Duras , seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine and the king's council [in Bordeaux] and certain people of Bordeaux to John Mitford , lieutenant of Farryngdon William de Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux , to bind himself, as a private person as well as for his office, towards some creditors and to pay fees, wages, allowances and their arrears, and especially the wages of the seneschal and other officers, out of the first issues of the constabulary of Bordeaux before the constable could receive anything. And the king orders to the seneschal and the king's council and Mitford not to carry out this ordinance.

By C.

126

28 August 1409 . Westminster Palace . For Master Johan du Bourdieu .

Order to Riparia Pey [de] Ribère, doctor of laws , ¹ and Mayralli, Serpilli Guilhem Mayral, called Sarpout, bachelor of canon law , ² that having called before them Master Bordilli, de Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws , plaintiff, and William Farringdon, John Mitford , Markam Walter Markham , Elisorthe John Ellsworth and Bourneby John Barneby , and plainly heard the parties by way of summary procedure ( summarie et de plano et sine strepitu et figura judicii ), they come to final sentence and apply it according to the local fors and customs. The king firmly orders to Bourdieu and Farringdon as well as the others to obey and attend Ribère and Mayral or one of them about this matter. Bourdieu has complained to the king, that the king had appointed him lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux, with the assent of Faryngdon William Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux , by his letters patent sent to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the members of the king's council [in Bordeaux] and the judges of the superior court of Aquitaine, ordering them to deliver to him this office and to permit him to exercise it, but Farringdon, Mitford, Markham, Estmardus, Fronsaco, de Aymar de Fronsac , Ellsworth and Barneby, in their names and in the name of Farringdon's proctors, have impeded the delivery and exercise of this office, and have shown several conclusions and excuses before the seneschal and the members of the king's council [in Bordeaux] in order to bring this case into court to the contempt of the king and Bourdieu's damage.

By C.

1.: Official of Bordeaux, 1395, canon of Bordeaux 1408-19, vicar of the archbishop 1410-2, Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, (Turnhout, 2012), p.394, no.268.
2.: Canon of Bordeaux, 1410-20, Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13 (Turnhout, 2012), p.316-7, no. 237.

127: 22 August 1409 . Westminster . For Isabe de Saint-Symphorien .

Grant to Sancto Simphorino, de Isabe de Saint-Symphorien, lady of Landiras , of the licence to compel, by the king's authority, the inhabitants and prévôt of the lordship of Landiras and the prévôt of the Barssac prévôté of Barsac to perform the watches and corvées in Landiras when needed. Isabe de Saint-Symphorien has shown to the king that the inhabitants of Landiras are not sufficient in number to keep it, because of war and mortality, unless the people of the jurisdiction of Landiras and the prévôté of Barsac give assistance to Isabe and unless she orders them to perform watches day and night on the walls of Landiras and perform the corvées necessary to Landiras.

By p.s.

For Thomas Pigeon.

128

21 August 1409 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Thomas Pigeon , ¹ of two of the king's houses situated near the gate of the castle of Bordeaux in the parish Saint-Pierre to the yearly value of 8 m. , Pigeon answering to the king for the surplus, since la Barda Bos de Labarde, esquire , has returned to the king's chancery the letters patent giving him these two houses, ² in order to give them to Pigeon. ³

By p.s.

1.: An Englishman who was burgess of Bordeaux, see entry in C 61/108 .
2.: On 13 November 1399. See the entry entry in C 61/107 .
3.: See also the related entry entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/114 .

129: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux , the judges [of Bordeaux] and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to permit Thomas Pigeon to have these two houses according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

130

28 August 1409 . Westminster . For Estèbe d'Estibeaux .

Grant to Stephanus, Styvaux Estèbe d'Estibeaux, esquire , of an annuity of 20 l.st. on some goods pertaining to the Senac motte of Cénac which has been forfeited to the king, because Guilhem de Pellegrue, Aymet lord of Eymet , Brother Guyraut Guiraut de Pellegrue, brother of the order of Friar Minors , 1 and Comitissa Condessa[de Pellegrue] , Guilhem's daughter, left the king's obedience, to be held for Estibeaux's lifetime, so long as the Pellegrues are rebels, their goods returning to them if they return to the king's obedience. ²

By p.s.

1.: The Franciscan Order.
2.: See the related entry entry 143 .

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For Isabe de Saint-Symphorien.

131: 28 August 1409 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Sancto Simphorino, de Isabe de Saint-Symphorien, lady of Landiras , because of the good service of herself and her ancestors to the crown of England and as she has been dwelling in Bordeaux for a long time, to enjoy the franchises, liberties and privileges granted to the burgesses of Bordeaux by the king's predecessors.

By p.s.

132: Same as above

Order to the constable of the castle of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux and also all the king's officers [in the duchy of Aquitaine] to permit Isabe de Saint-Symphorien to enjoy the franchises, liberties and privileges of the burgesses of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

For Carlos de Beaumont.

133

22 August 1409 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre , Maulion castellan of Mauléon , at his special request, to receive in person or through his proctors a toll levied on the goods passing through the river Adour and the fishery of Guiche : 5 hardis guyennais for each load ( sumagium ) of cloth or other good, 2 hardis guyennais and half for each pipe of wine, 7 hardis guyennais for each barrel of woad, ¹ 2 hardis guyennais for each cartload ( carectata ) of iron, half of a hardi guyennais for each head of cattle, 2 hardis guyennais and half for each quintal of iron, 5 hardis guyennais for each bundle ( tractus ) of leather, each hardi is worthing half penny ( obolus ), if it is not at the prejudice of anyone who has franchises or tolls in these regions. The king wants Beaumont to have these franchises and liberties in order better to maintain and defend the honor and castle of Guiche against the invasion of the king's enemies, as Carlos de Beaumont has recently married the lady and heir of Curton and Guyssen Guiche ² being under the king's obedience, and in the land and lordship of the castle of Guiche ³ Beaumont has a fishery called la nasse of Guiche, on the river le Dou Adour on which often passes through various goods, cloths, wines, woad ( pastell de gaydes ) and wheat. ⁴

By p.s.

1.: Woad (called in French guède or pastel des tinturiers ) was produced in the region of Toulouse and was brought by road and via the river Adour to the port of Bayonne in order to be exported.
2.: Anna de Curton , daughter of Arnaut de Curton, lord of Curton , married Carlos de Beaumont in 1407. See Jaurgain, J. de, 'Les Beaumont-Navarre. Notes historiques et généalogiques', Revue internationale des études basques , 3 (1909), p. 52, n.9. Download in: http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/riev/03/03046062.pdf
3.: Some important remains of the medieval castle of Guiche are still extant.
4.: See the related entries entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/116 .

134

Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to let Carlos de Beaumont have this toll.

By p.s.

The following have similar orders [under the same date], namely:

134.1: The mayor, jurats and worthy men of the city of Bayonne and all their officers.

134.2: The Dacx mayor, jurats and worthy men of the city of Dax and all their officers.

For the commons and inhabitants of the prévôté and baylie of the town of Saint-Émilion.

135: 21 August 1409 . Westminster .

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to the nobles, commons and inhabitants of the prévôté of Saint-Émilion to be permitted to sell their wine in taverns or in wholesale, and also their grains and other goods, paying due customs within the town and baylie of Saint-Émilion , saving the liberties and franchises granted to Saint-Émilion by the king and his predecessors.

By p.s.

136

Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of the castle of Bordeaux ¹ and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to permit the nobles, commons and inhabitants of the prévôté of Saint-Émilion to sell their wines in taverns or in wholesale, and also their grains and other goods, paying due customs within the town and baylie of Saint-Émilion .

By p.s.

1.: In the actual roll is written capitaneus castri regis Burdegale which is obviously an error for constabularius castri regis Burdegale

137

21 August 1409 . Westminster . For the nobles, commons and inhabitants of the prévôté and baylie of the town of Saint-Émilion.

Grant, with the assent of the king's council, to the nobles, commons and inhabitants of the prévôté of Saint-Émilion not to be put outside the hands of the king or of his first son the prince [of Wales] ¹ nor of the king's prévôt, provided they give help in time of war and help to fortify Saint-Émilion when they are requested to do soby the king's council in the duchy of Aquitaine. ² The king takes them into his safeguard and protection and does not wish that the mayor, jurats and burgesses of the town of Saint-Émilion molest, damage, disturb or trouble them when they enter or leave their town at the due time for their works ( laboragia ), with the proviso that they will be under the jurisdiction of the judge of the town of Saint-Émilion for any trespasses in the town.

By p.s.

1.: The future King Henry V .
2.: The king's council in Bordeaux.

138

1 September 1409 . Westminster . For the lord of Lescun.

Grant for life to the lord of Lescun ¹ of the Polhon baylie of the town of Pouillon in the seneschalcy of the Landes with all its rights and appurtenances, to be held in the same way as the late vicomte of Orthe ² had held it by the king's grant, which baylie is not worth more than 12 l.st. a year of the English money, Lescun answering for any surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

1.: Fortaner VII de Lescun , son of Johan de Pommiers and Margarida de Lescun , heiress of the lordship of Lescun. He gave up his family name of Pommiers for the Lescun name.
2.: Johan d'Aspremont, vicomte of Orthe who recently died this year 1409 in Sardinia at the battle of Sanluri (30 June 1409) in the army of the king of Aragon Martin the Humane (1396-1410). He was among the few Catalan-Aragonese casualties of this battle. See Zurita, G., Anales de la corona de Aragon , vol. II (Saragossa, 1668), p. 452v, col. 1. He was married from 1395 with Joana d'Abella, a woman from the high nobility of Catalonia.

139

10 September 1409 . Westminster . Concerning protection.

Letters of protection granted for four years to the town, castle and castellany of Bergerac , the Maurenx power of Maurens the Bragerac governor, consuls and people of the Bergerac and the inhabitants of Bergerac and the people dwelling at Bergerac, nobles, churchmen or others, their women, children, valets, servants and all their families, their houses, manors, lands, vineyards and all their animals, large and small, and all their other goods, to come and go, stay, and return both day and night, on foot or on horse or any other way, in order to cultivate their lands, vineyards and to do all their business and trade on land and at sea and on all the jurisdictions of the duchy of Aquitaine or elsewhere, paying customary duties and tolls. The king orders to the constable , marshal , admiral of England and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine not to permit that the governor, consuls, inhabitants and persons dwelling in the town, castle and castellany of Bergerac and power of Maurens be damaged during the period of this protection with respect to their bodies or their goods by any seizure, marques of war, counter-marques or reprisals. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 55 .

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28 August 1409 . Westminster . Concerning the arrest of John Mitford.

Order to Farendon' William de Farringdon ¹ to bring with him [to Westminster] John Mitford , his lieutenant, ² in his company ( comitiva ) and to arrest him, if necessary, and force him to come into the king's presence to answer on certain matters. The king also orders to all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine and the city of Bordeaux and also to all his liege men and subjects of this duchy and city to attend and help him in the execution of this order. The king had ordered Farringdon, putting aside all excuses, to present himself before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer at Westminster on 25 June 1410 with the books, evidences and warrants pertaining to the office [of constable of Bordeaux] to render his account.

By p.s.

1.: Constable of Bordeaux .
2.: Lieutenant of the constable of Bordeaux .

141

14 June 1409 . Westminster .

Order to the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to attend and help Mackenam Johan Macanan, burgess of Bordeaux , and Melburne John Melbourne, merchant of England in their yearly purchase of 300 tuns of wine for the king's household, and not to molest or impede them in any respect. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 98 .

142: Same as above

Similar order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of the castle of Bordeaux .

By p.s.

143

28 August 1409 . Westminster . For Estèbe d'Estibeaux.

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and all the other officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver to Stivaux Estèbe d'Estibeaux an annuity of 20 l.st. on certain goods pertaining to the Senac motte of Cénac which has been forfeited to the king and to permit him to hold it according to the king's letters. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See entry .

144

26 January 1409 . Westminster . For Henry [Bowet], archbishop of York.

Grant in perpetuity to Henry [Bowet], archbishop of York , of half of the messuage ( mesnagium ) ¹ situated before the small door of the Sancta Columba church Sainte-Colombe ² of the city of Bordeaux, which was owned by Roustanh Trenqua de Roustaing , sister of Neudyn, Roustanh Naudin de Roustaing , and which has been forfeited into the king's hands because of rebellion, to be held by Bowet from the king and his heirs for an annuity of 40 s. of the money of England, as Bowet has already received the other half.

By p.s.

1.: A messuage was a dwelling house together with its outbuildings, curtilage, garden and orchard.
2.: Sainte-Colombe (in Gascon Senta Coloma ) was a parochial church of Bordeaux which was situated in the current 'rue Sainte-Colombe'. The medieval church of Sainte-Colombe was destroyed in the 17th century. See Drouyn, L., Bordeaux, vers 1450 (Bordeaux, 1874), pp. 149-50 and Lavaud, S., 'Église Sainte-Colombe 1', in Atlas historique de Bordeaux . Sites et monuments, III, ed. S. Lavaud (Bordeaux, 2009), p. 134.