The Gascon Rolls Project

C 61/113

Gascon Roll for the 11th to 14th years of the reign of Henry IV

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Physical condition of the roll

The roll consists of twenty membranes. There are entries on all of the face sides, but on none of the dorses. The roll is generally in good condition, but the last membrane is partly erased.

C 61/113 11, 12, 13 and 14 Henry IV (1409-1413) .

Introduction.

The last roll of the reign of Henry IV covers a period of three years and four months. As in previous rolls, the king granted rents to be paid on the wine coming from the Haut-Pays (the regions outside the diocese of Bordeaux) under French rule, and granted permission to export wine coming from the same regions without paying any custom to him. ¹ The duke of Brittany Jean V, son of Henry IV’s second wife Joan of Navarre, was particularly favoured, obtaining the right to buy and transport 100 tuns of wine coming from the Haut-Pays without paying any custom to the king. ² Other kinds of grants were given to faithful Gascon liegemen. Take, for instance, the grant of 50 s. a year based on two shops situated below the castle of Bordeaux to the esquire Ysarn de Rouffignac. ³ Or the grant to the esquire Bos de Labarde forbidding the community of Saint-Émilion to have any authority over his goods and those of his sister or wife. ⁴ Grants on goods of ‘rebels’ (persons in French obedience) were the most common: for example, a grant of all the goods of ‘rebels’ in the castellany of Blaye and their other possessions to Maria de Montaut, lady of Blaye and her husband Johan de Gramont; ⁵ the Poitevin Hugues de Brouard obtaining the Bordeaux house of the late Bernat Audouin, seized because Audouin’s heirs who lived in Saint-Macaire, under French obedience since 1377, were ‘French’. ⁶

Inevitably, several entries concern commercial business. The king’s butler (John Mersh) was sent by Henry IV to Gascony in order to make purveyance of tuns of wine for the king's household. Similarly, the butlers of the Prince of Wales (Robert Ruddington) and of his younger brother Thomas of Lancaster obtained licence to buy tuns of wine and to bring them to England without paying any custom. The fact the Prince’s butler was allowed to buy and transport 600 tuns while Lancaster’s butler was allowed only 80 tuns may be an indication of the size of their respective households. ⁷ We also find in this roll letters of protection for merchants of Toulouse, Condom and Auvillar who brought wine and corn towards Bordeaux on the river Garonne on flat-bottomed river boats. This kind of licence is extremely rare in the Gascon Rolls despite the Anglo-French war and the fact Toulouse was the main rival of Bordeaux on the river Garonne as the de facto capital of the southern part of the kingdom of France. But it is likely this form of licence was customarily granted by the Bordeaux government rather than the Westminster one. ⁸ An entry informs us of the existence of a trading company set up by two merchants of Bordeaux selling wine. ⁹ This roll also informs us about two Gascon merchants (Guilhem Calmettes of Bordeaux and Jacmot de Contis of Bayonne) who were buying tin dishes in England and transporting them to the duchy. ¹⁰ The king also regulated the levy of taxes in the duchy: he forbade the imposition of a tax on the goods brought at Bayonne by ‘foreigners’ (people who were not citizens of the city) and also on any iron entering or leaving the city. ¹¹

International affairs are also present in this roll. The Great Schism still caused trouble in the duchy. Henry IV ordered his officers in Aquitaine to protect Cardinal Francesco Uguccione, administrator of the archbishopric of Bordeaux since 1405 (he was archbishop between 1384 and 1405), against any sentence made against him by Pope Gregory XII. The king also ordered, following the decision of the council of Pisa, to acknowledge the new pope Alexander V. The Cardinal's long absence from Bordeaux allowed some of the king’s officers in Bordeaux to request payment of customs on the archbishop’s wine against the latter's customary rights. ¹² There is also some information on the endless affair of the ransom of the count of Denia who had been taken prisoner at the battle of Nájera on 3 April 1367. The lord of Castillon, Pons VII, had obtained in 1409 confirmation of letters of marque granted by John of Gaunt in 1393 against the men of the crown of Aragon in order to get money owed to him by the count of Denia, Alfons the younger, and his father Alfons the elder. Complex details on English judicial matters concerning this ransom are also to be found on the roll. ¹³

Not surprisingly, several entries concern war with France. In 1410, Henry IV appointed three commissaries – the lord of Montferrand, the mayor of Bordeaux and the chancellor of Aquitaine – to maintain the truces with France despite local breaches made against them. ¹⁴ Of particular interest is the treaty of ‘Bourges’ signed at London on 18 May 1412. Because of the civil war between the Burgundian and Armagnac parties, the latter party had been forced to make an alliance with Henry IV in order to resist the duke of Burgundy who had then the control of King Charles VI of France. In return for military help, the French ‘Armagnac’ princes (the dukes of Berry, of Orléans, of Bourbon and the count of Alençon) were ready to pay homage to Henry IV as duke of Aquitaine without any mention of the king of France, and return to him the extended Aquitaine of the treaty of Brétigny-Calais. This treaty demonstrates that French nationalism was not as developed at this period as historians often believe, since French princes of high profile were ready to return a large sovereign Aquitaine to the king of England if it served their interests. It shows too that the real purpose of Henry IV, unlike his son Henry V, was not to obtain the crown of France, but to recover the large sovereign Aquitaine of the Brétigny-Calais settlement of 1360. ¹⁵ Thomas of Lancaster, recently created duke of Clarence and earl of Aumale, the second son of Henry IV, was appointed the leader of the English army composed of 1,000 men-at-arms and 3,000 archers which had to join the princes' forces at Blois. He was also appointed the king’s lieutenant in Aquitaine at royal pleasure. ¹⁶

A special characteristic of this roll compared to all previous ones is the copying in full of three petitions written in French. One of them still exists in its original form in the TNA. This is the petition of Johana de Preissac complaining that her inheritance was occupied by the lord of Montferrand, the husband of her niece. ¹⁷ The petition of the lord of Roquetaillade gives interesting information on the capture of men and cattle during actions against enemy places. ¹⁸ But the most interesting petition is that of the ‘king’s lieges of Guyenne’. They complained to the king at the English parliament that the men of Guyenne (Aquitaine) who lived in England were insulted by native Englishmen and called aliens despite they were true liege men of the king of England. Apart from mere xenophobia, this underlines the English difficulty to understand the exact situation in Aquitaine-Gascony as, for instance, Western Gascons were generally pro-English and Eastern Gascons were pro-French. ¹⁹

Guilhem Pépin.

1.: See entry 5 , entry 7 , entry 11 , entry 14 , entry 16 , entry 23 , entry 40 , entry 111 .
2.: See entry 5 , entry 40 .
3.: See entry 1 .
4.: See entry 21 .
5.: See entry 54 .
6.: See entry 100 .
7.: See entry 78 , entry 74 , entry 82 .
8.: See entry 67 .
9.: See entry 68 .
10.: See entry 70 , entry 84 .
11.: See entry 58 , entry 77 .
12.: See entry 6 , entry 92 .
13.: See entry 12 , entry 57 .
14.: See entry 51 .
15.: See entry 126 , entry 127 .
16.: See entry 129 , entry 130 .
17.: See entry 73 .
18.: See entry 28 .
19.: See entry 99 .

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For Ysarn de Rouffignac, esquire.

22 October 1409 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life to Rofinhac Ysarn de Rouffignac, esquire , of two shops with their appurtenances situated below the castle of Bordeaux , exactly between the wall of this castle on one hand and the path coming from the strata Peitavina rue Poitevine to the said castle on the other, receiving from these up to the sum of 50 s. a year, to be held the same way Eliona, Franc' Héliona de France had held them by grant of Richard II . ²

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Héliona de France held these two shops in 1400, see entry in C 61/107 .

2: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these two shops to Ysarn de Rouffignac and permit him to have them according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

For Bos de Labarde.

18 October 1409 . Westminster . ¹

Grant to la Barde Bos de Labarde, esquire , of all the goods owned by the Montclar lady of Monclar , the Corbinx lady of Corbin and the other rebels who are in the power and Sanctus Milonus baylie of Saint-Émilion to have from 1 June 1409 up to the value of 3 m.st. a year. On 1 June 1409, the king in his chamber of Wyndesore Windsor had granted these to Labarde but he has learned that this grant has not been implemented.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

4: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these goods to la Barde Bos de Labarde and permit him to have them according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

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12 November 1409 . Westminster . For the duke of Brittany .

Licence granted to Jean [V], Britannia duke of Brittany , to transport 100 tuns of wine coming from the rebel Alta Patria Haut-Pays to Bordeaux down the Gironde Garonne ¹ and from there to [Brittany] without paying any custom to the king.

By p.s.

1.: The river Garonne was then often called 'Gironde' up to the town of La Réole, because of the sea tide.

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28 October 1409 . Westminster . For the cardinal of Bordeaux .

[in French]

Order to the seneschal of Guyenne , the king's officers and subjects [of Guyenne] that, if some suits and sentences were made against the cardinal of Bordeaux ¹ to the prejudice of his status of archbishop of Bordeaux by Angelo Correr under the name of Pope Gregory XII since 3 May 1408, they should neither carry out these trials and sentences against the cardinal nor do any damage and injury to him or his deputies, officers or domestics, but must obey and attend this prelate and his deputies and officers. Recently the general council of Pyse Pisa had proclaimed schismatic Lune, de Pedro de Luna called [Pope] Benedict XIII and Coraire Angelo Correr called [Pope] Gregory XII , and had elected as pope the cardinal Candi Pietro di Candia under the name of Alexander V . The king has proclaimed and ordered to all his liege men and subjects to accept Alexander V as pope. All the sentences made against the cardinals by Pedro Luna or Angelo Correr have been quashed.

By p.s.

1.: Francesco Uguccione , archbishop of Bordeaux, (1384-1405) and administrator of the archbishopric of Bordeaux (1405-12). Appointed cardinal by Pope Innocent VII on 12 June 1405. See Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13 (Turnhout, 2012), pp.186-97, no.576..

For Reynaut de Roquefort.

7: 11 November 1409 . Westminster .

Licence for one year to Reginaldus Reynaut de Roquefort , from the duchy of Aquitaine, to transport to Bordeaux 100 tuns of wine from the rebel Alta Patria Haut-Pays without paying any tithe or custom.

By p.s.

8: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to permit Reynaut de Roquefort to transport these 100 tuns of wine according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

For Reynaut de Roquefort.

Same as above ¹

Grant to Reynaut de Roquefort of all the goods of the Chastel in Dorta lady of Castets-en-Dorthe in the Floyrac parish of Floirac situated near Bordeaux and other places, seized by the king because of the rebellion of this lady, up to the value of 20 crowns a year during her rebellion.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

10: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to permit Reynaut de Roquefort to have these goods to the value of 20 crowns as long as the lady of Castets-en-Dorthe is a rebel of the king

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12 November 1409 . Westminster . For Bernat de Lesparre .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant and the Lybourne mayor and jurats of Libourne to permit Bernat de Lesparre, la Barde lord of Labarde , to enjoy the grant for life formerly given to him by Edward [of Langley], Ebor' duke of York , former king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , by his letters patent ¹ and by assent of the king's council in Bordeaux, of 120 gold crowns to be received each year from the tithe of the first wines of the Alta Patria Haut-Pays brought via Lybourne Libourne down the river Dordonha Dordogne . The lord of Labarde has complained to the king that he had not enjoyed this grant.

By p.s.

1.: On 28 August 1402, see entry in C 61/109 .

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15 November 1409 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Traylly John Trailly, regent and governor of the seneschalcy of Aquitaine and mayor of Bordeaux for John of Gaunt, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster :

24 April 1393 . Bourdeux Bordeaux .

Grant of letters of marque to Pons [VII de Castillon], Casteillon lord of Castillon permitting him, or others on his behalf, to take from the men and inhabitants of the cities, places, towns and lands of the Darragon kingdom of Aragon and of the Deyne count of Denia , and on their goods, up to the sums owed to Castillon, in full respect of the truces made between the king and the king of Aragon. The seneschal Trailly orders to all the officers and subjects of the Guienne duke of Guyenne ¹ to permit Castillon to levy these marques and to attend him in this purpose. ² All the seizures they carry out must be kept for the lord of Castillon in accordance with the truces. Alfonsso Alfons, Deyne count of Denia , ³ son of the Villaine marquis of Villena ⁴ is bound to Pons VII de Castillon by [letters of] obligations and other means to return to, and pay, him the following sums owed by Castillon:

1,500 gold fr. to Doguet John Doget, merchant of London ;
1,000 gold fr. to John Doget's representative and attorney for the expenses he incurret and because of the suits and executions he made against the lord of Castillon;
45 l.st. of England to Veneour William Venour ; ⁵
1175 florins of Aragon Castillon is still bound to pay to Schaquel John Shakell ; ⁶
25 l.st. of England to Bainbre Nicholas Brembre ⁷ or his heirs;
80 gold fr. to Huguot Hugot , deputy( facteur ) of Guiraut Provost of Libourne ;
80 gold fr. to Arnaut Maurin, goldsmith of Bordeaux .

all these sums amounting to 3863 gold fr. as appears by several obligations, instruments and other writings. Count Alfons has bound his person and all his goods to pay these sums as appears in charters and public instruments to which he put his seal. But this count has surreptitiously left the land of Guienne Guyenne without taking his leave ⁸ , notwithstanding the pains he might incur because of perjury, and he has fled to his land which is in the Daragon kingdom of Aragon without having paid or satisfied any part of these sums against his faith and oath and the said charters and obligations. The lord of Castillon and the other creditors have sent messengers with letters of request to the count in Aragon requesting him to keep his oath in coming to Bordeaux as a hostage or to pay these sums. Thus, Lescrop William le Scrope, seneschal of Aquitaine and Durffort Galhart [II] de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanqueffort Blanquefort , then governor of the seneschalcy of Aquitaine , Trailly's predecessor, have requested by their letters, two or three times for Lescrop and once in the case of Durfort, the king of Aragon ⁹ to compel the count Alfons, his subject, to keep his oath and to come to Bordeaux to be a hostage until he paid owed sums which he owned to his creditors. The king of Aragon and his council have seen the copies of Alfons' obligations sent by the seneschal and the governor, but this king did not want to compel Count Alfons to pay Castillon. The king asserted that the creditors could have full justice by writing to him or to his vice-chancellor whom he had made responsible for this matter. The marquis of Villena and the count of Denia have threatened the creditors both verbally and in writing, with the result that they did not dare come [to the kingdom of Aragon or to send deputies]. So that the lord of Castillon and the other creditors have supplicated Trailly to give them [letters of] marque . By deliberation and opinion of several barons, knights, wise men in canon and civil law, esquires, nobles, burgesses and others, Trailly has declared that the king of Aragon has neglected to do justice and has allowed the lord of Castillon to take marques on the men of the kingdom of Aragon.

By K. and payment of 10 s. to the hanaper.

1.: John of Gaunt , appointed duke of Aquitaine or Guyenne by Richard II in 1390.
2.: In a document copied in two registers kept at the Archives of the kingdom of Valencia (Archivo del Reino de Valencia / Arxiu del Regne de València), Valencia (Spain), Mestre Racional 9610, fol. 17 and 17v and Real 632, fol. 98, the king of Aragon Martin the Humane complained that the lord of Castillon threatened without right to take marques about the count of Denia's ransom according to the king of England's grant.
3.: Alfons d'Aragon the younger , count of Denia since 1392.
4.: Alfons d'Aragon the elder (d. 1412), count of Dénia from 1355 to 1392 and marquis of Villena since 1366 (a title granted by Enrique de Trastamara, king of Castile).
5.: Mayor of London (1389-90).
6.: One of the two English owners of the ransom of the count of Dénia Alfons d'Aragon the elder.
7.: Mayor of London (1377-8/1383-5). A favourite of Richard II, he was executed in 1388.
8.: It is probably wrong because Alfons the younger was released following an agreement with Florimont, lord of Lesparre, the owner of his father's ransom. He was released on 27 January 1392 at Mallén (Aragon) which was situated at the borders with the kingdom of Navarre. See Castillo Sainz, J., Alfons El Vell. Duc Reial de Gandia (Gandia, 1999), p. 103. To download this book (written in Catalan), click on: http://anterior.alfonselvell.com/alfonselvell/alfonselvell.pdf
9.: Martin the Humane , king of Aragon (1396-1410).

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23 November 1409 . Westminster . Concerning postponement .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine ¹ and the mayor of the city of Bordeaux ² to postpone the execution of the previous king's order forbidding, on pain of forfeiture, Cantelope, de Monot de Canteloup, esquire , to continue the repair and fortification of the Camarssac castle of Camarsac , until the king orders otherwise. ³

By p.s.

1.: Galhart II de Durfort .
2.: Thomas Swinburn .
3.: See the related entry (1 March 1409) entry in C 61/112 .

For Gassion de Meyrac.

26 November 1409 . Westminster .

Licence to Mayrac Gassion de Meyrac, esquire , Teubon lord of Théobon , to transport 100 tuns of wine from the rebel Alta Patria Haut-Pays without paying any tithe or custom to the king and without any impediment by the king officers, in order better to defend, repair and resupply his place and fortress of Théobon ¹ which had previously been taken and kept by the French enemies, but later Meyrac had seized this place from them and has kept it.

By p.s.

1.: The late medieval castle of Théobon (in com. Lounès-Bernac) still exists though highly transformed in the 17th century.

15: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to permit Gassion de Meyrac to transport these 100 tuns of wine without paying any customs to the king.

By p.s.

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8 November 1409 . Westminster . For the lord of Labarde .

Grant to Bernat de Lesparre, le Barde lord of Labarde , because of his losses during the wars in Aquitaine, to levy at Bordeaux the customs he should levy on the wine coming from the rebel Haut-Pays passing at Aiguillon, until Marmande or Aiguillon return to the king's obedience. Formerly, the king had granted to him for life to levy such toll at Dagulhon Aiguillon similar to that levied at Mermanda Marmande when this place was in the king's obedience. ¹

By p.s.

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

For Bernat de Brossacauda.

17: 24 November 1409 . Westminster .

Appointment of Bruissia Calida Bernat de Brossacauda, licentiatus graduate of law , as one of the members of the king's council in Bordeaux , at the pleasure of the king and the seneschal of Aquitaine, receiving each year 100 l. of Bordeaux as wages by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux four times a year by equal portions. Durffort Galhart [II de] Durfort, Duracium lord of Duras , seneschal of Aquitaine , had appointed Brossacauda as one of the king's councillors in Bordeaux with the same wages.

By K.

18: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay the yearly wages of 100 l. of Bordeaux to Bernat de Brossacauda as long as he is a king's councillor.

By K.

For Hélias de Dalhayre.

19: Same as above

Appointment of Hélias de Dalhayre, bachelor of law , as one of the king's councillors in Bordeaux, etc. as [above in the previous entry].

By K.

20: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay Hélias de Dalhayre the yearly wages of 100 l. of Bordeaux as long as he is a king's councillor.

By K.

For Bos de Labarde.

21: Same as above

Grant for life to la Barde Bos de Labarde, esquire , because he has lost to the French his house and all his goods in the king's service, that the mayors, jurats and community of Saint-Émilion should not have inspection nor cognizance on his goods, nor on those of his sister or his wife, and they should permit them to enjoy them without damage.

By K.

22: Same as above

Order to the mayor, jurats and community of Saint-Émilion not to molest Bos de Labarde, his sister and wife.

By K.

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11 December 1409 . Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and community of Libourne .

Grant to the Leybourne mayor, jurats and community of the town of Libourne , at the request of Creissac Bernat de Creyssac who has shown their petitions on their behalf, of the sum of 500 m.st. to be received by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux on all the tithes on the wines arriving at Libourne down the river Dordoigne Dordogne or from other regions of the rebel land that the burgesses and inhabitants of Libourne have brought to their own cost and peril, as well as all the other king's revenues and profits issuing from this town, before any payment is made to anybody else, excepting to the la Barde lord of Labarde , to John Esmond , to John Hull and to Broart Hugues Brouard . The king grants this sum to support the repairs to the town of Libourne and because its mayor, jurats and community have supplied the Fransac castle of Fronsac with victuals and other things up to the sum of 1,000 fr. in order to rescue it. ¹

By p.s.

1.: It was during the French expedition of the duke of Orléans to Blaye and Bourg (1406). For the petition of Bernat de Creyssac that resulted in this response, see TNA, SC 8/187/9342, second item.

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9 January 1410 . Westminster . For Bérart de Montferrand .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver to Mountferant Bérart [de] Montferrand all the lands and revenues granted to the late Audwyn Bernat Audouin by Richard II ¹ up to the yearly value of 10 m.st. which the current king has granted him.

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

For Menaut de Habas.

21 January 1410 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life to Favars Menaut de Habas of the half of the baylie of the town of Sorde pertaining to the king, up to the yearly value of 6 m. .

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of the Landes and all the king's liege men in the town [of Sorde ] ¹ to permit Menaut de Habas to enjoy this half according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

1.: There is an error in the original entry, as it is written: 'to the seneschal of his town of Landes and all his liege men of this town'.

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24 February 1410 . Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and community of the town of Libourne .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay at once the 500 m.st. the king had granted to the Leybourne mayor, jurats and community of Libourne . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the entry entry 23 .

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21 January 1410 . Westminster . For Guilhem-Arnaut [de Lamothe], esquire .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the constable of Bordeaux , the mayor of Bordeaux ¹ and the other king's officers that, having inspected the tenor of the attached petition of la Mota Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe, Darroquetalhada lord of Roquetaillade , they must do full justice to him according to the law and the local fors and customs. (The text of the petition is following:) ²

la Mota Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe, Darroquetalhada lord of Roquetaillade supplicates the king that:

in these present wars, the place of Seint Machary Saint-Macaire and all its inhabitants owed a pati to him and did not pay it at the due term, so that Lamothe took as a marque an inhabitant of Saint-Macaire called Aymeron as it is usual to do in such cases in the land of Guyenne, and afterwards Lamothe's wife went from Bordeaux on water ³ with 24 pipes of wine to resupply Lengoun Langon which was then in the king's obedience, ⁴ Greilly when Johan de Grailly , tried to arrest Lamothe's wife and his son who was then with her, by the count of Foix 's order, ⁵ but he failed to do so and seized the 24 pipes of wine and put them in Cadilhac Cadillac , a place of the count of Foix, and Lamothe made a request about it but did not receive any answer.
During these present wars, Lamothe with his men raided Armanhac Armagnac and he seized, among other things, a rich man, and when he went before the place of Gavarret Gabarret , a place of the count of Foix, a man called Burdeux Johan de Bordeaux with all the men of Gabarret took the said rich man with all they had seized up to an estimated value of 1,200 crowns ( escutz ). ⁶
Subsequently, as Lamothe's men have raided through the land of Darmanhac Armagnac and have seized there 80 head of oxen and cows, the men of Mont-de-Marsan , which is a possession of the count of Foix, seized these oxen and cows by the order of the latter, up to an estimated value of 800 crowns.
Lamothe requests that the king order his seneschal of Guyenne , his constable of Bordeaux , his mayor of Bordeaux and all his officers [of the duchy] to seize to the equivalent value in the city of Bordeaux goods of the count of Foix and his men of Gabarret and Mont-de-Marsan, until Lamothe recovers his losses.

By p.s.

1.: Thomas Swinburn .
2.: The original petition has survived: TNA, SC 8/231/11506.
3.: The river Garonne .
4.: Before September 1405, when Langon was taken by the 'French' of the count of Armagnac's army.
5.: Archambaud de Grailly , captal de Buch (1376-1412) and count of Foix (1398-1412).
6.: Or 1,200 écus .

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9 May 1410 . Westminster . Concerning revocation .

Revocation, with the assent of the king's council in Parliament, ¹ of the king's letters formerly granted at his pleasure to the governor, échevins, jurats, hundred peers and community of the city of Bayonne allowing them to levy from now on 2 d. per pound on all the goods passing through Bayonne brought by Englishmen and the king's liege men, and 4 d. per pound for those brought by other foreigners being neither English nor the king's liege men. ² and of other subsequent letters granting at the king's pleasure his liege men of the city of Bayonne the tax ( assisa ) of 4 d. per pound which they were accustomed to take on all the foreign merchants coming to the city with their goods. ³

By K. and C. in Parliament.

1.: The parliament of Westminster (27 January-9 May 1410).
2.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 .
3.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 .

For Pascalot de Vignau.

8 May 1410 . Westminster .

Appointment for life of Vinhau Pascalot de Vignau , servant of the Montferrant lord of Montferrand , ¹ to the office of serjeant-at-arms for the whole duchy of Aquitaine with the customary wages to be received from the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

1.: Bertran III de Montferrand .

31: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Pascalot de Vignau the customary wages attached to the office of serjeant-at-arms for the whole duchy of Aquitaine.

By p.s.

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For Arnaut de Madéran.

18 May 1410 . Westminster .

Grant for life under the great seal to Arnaut de Madéran of the office of the execution of the seals ( executoria ) ¹ of the city of Bordeaux with the profits and emoluments pertaining to it. Formerly, the king had granted for life by his letters patent this office to Usane Bertran Ozanne, esquire , burgess of Bordeaux , and the latter has returned these letters to the king's chancery to cancel them in order to give this office to Madéran.

By p.s.

1.: Seals for contract.

33: 20 May 1410 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor, judges and jurats of Bordeaux to deliver this office with its profits and emoluments to Arnaut de Madéran .

By p.s.

For Jacmot du Vignau.

34: 10 May 1410 . Westminster .

Appointment for life of Vinhau Jacmot du Vignau as king's serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine , receiving from the constable of Bordeaux the usual wages of the other king's serjeants-at-arms [of Aquitaine].

By p.s.

35: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to regularly pay the wages of this office to Jacmot du Vignau .

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18 June 1410 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection granted to Master Vitalis, Campis, de Bidau des Camps, parson ( persona ecclesie ) of the church of Saint-Michel of Bordeaux , ¹ his men and servants, his church, his lands, tenements, revenues and possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Camps and not permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods.

1.: According to the list of Bordelais vicars written by Auguste Brutails, he found mention of him as vicar (a 'perpetual vicar', the equivalent of French curé for a church appropriated to an abbey or collegiate church) of the church of Saint-Michel between 8 August 1410 and 18 January 1414 (in the list under the name of Vital , the gallicized form of his forename). See Brutails, J.-A., 'Contribution à la chronologie bordelaise. Maires et curés de Bordeaux', Actes de l'Académie Nationale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bordeaux , 3e série, 62e année (1900), p. 234.

37: 19 June 1410 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection granted to Gausem Séguin Gaucem and his son Guiraut [Gaucem] their wives, children, men and servants, their lands, tenements, revenues and possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Séguin and Guiraut and not permit that anyone injure their persons, possessions and goods.

For Bénedeyt Espine.

11 June 1410 . Westminster . ¹

The king remits to Espyne Bénedeyt Espine, burgess of Bordeaux , the lods et ventes ( vendiciones et revendiciones ) ² up to the sum of 20 l.st. , on the house and cellar which he had bought from the heirs of Helena Helen Eland , ³ and permits Espine, at his request, to hold it forever from him, paying each year to him or his officers of Bordeaux 1 d.st. of England and 1 d. of esporle ⁴ for him and his heirs. The king does not want the fiscal procurator [in the duchy of Aquitaine] to request anything from Espine about this sale. As Espine had bought around 12 years ago ⁵ this house and cellar ( solarium ), situated in the parish of Saint-Michel of Bordeaux in the la Rocelle street of La Rousselle , between [the house] of the heirs of Lanzac Guilhem de Lansac and a path ( venella ), this house and cellar extend from the street of La Rousselle to the wall of the city of Bordeaux , but the fiscal procurator is asking to Espine to pay 6 d.bord. as esporle and the lods et ventes Helen had never paid.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: A transfer tax.
3.: The will of Helen Eland dated 30 November 1397 is kept at the Archives Départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux, G 2714 (wrongly named as 'Hélène de Élaud' in these archives inventory). In the same file there is a document of Bénedeyt Espine on the succession of Helen Eland.
4.: An esporle was a small tax paid to the lord at each change of lord or tenant.
5.: In 1398.

39: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the procurator fiscal to permit Bénedeyt Espine to have this house and cellar according to the king's letters.

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10 June 1410 . Westminster . For Jean [V], duke of Brittany .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to permit Jean [V], duke of Brittany , to transport 100 tuns of wine from the rebel Haut-Pays down the river Gironde Garonne ¹ to Bordeaux without paying any customs to the king, as appears in the king's letters giving him this grant.

1.: The river Garonne was often called Gironde up to La Réole (according to the sea tide).

Concerning safeguard.

11 June 1410 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted for five years to Molyner Pey Mouliney , ¹ his wife, children, men and servants, his lands, tenements, revenues and possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Pey Mouliney and not permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods.

1.: A citizen and burgess of Bordeaux. Several mentions of him in Registres de la Jurade. Délibérations de 1406 à 1409 , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1873).

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

41.1: Molyner Monot Mouliney , his wife, children, men and servants.

41.2: Crussihan Arnaut de Crossenhan , his wife, children, men and servants.

For Johanot, elder son and heir of the vicomte of Orthe.

5 June 1410 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life to Johanot [d'Aspremont] , elder son and heir of the late vicomte of Orthe , in compensation of his losses and damages he suffered in the king's service as did his predecessors for the crown of England, of the descensus ² and toll of Peyreforade Peyrehorade without requiring any new tax or anything other novelty to the prejudice of the king and the people of these regions, as it was used by law from ancient times.

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1.: Extractus est usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of the membrane.
2.: The nature of this tax is unclear, it may be either a 'droit de gîte' or feudal right to entertainment, see Du Cange, C., Glossarium , éd. augm., Niort, L. Favre, 1883‑1887, t. 3, col. 077a. http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DESCENSUS1, or a toll on goods or ships descending the river.

43: Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the constable of Bordeaux, the king's procurator in the seneschalcy of the Landes and all the other king's officers [in the duchy] to deliver these descensus and toll to Johanot [d'Aspremont] according to the king's letters.

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For Johanot, elder son and heir of the vicomte of Orthe.

5 June 1410 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Johanot [d'Aspremont] , elder son and heir of the late vicomte of Orthe , in compensation of his losses and damages he suffered in the king's service as did his predecessors for the crown of England, of the baylies of Poilhon' Pouillon and Hoiregrave Oeyregave and twelve men pertaining to the king which were from ancient time owned by the vicomte of Orthe and in the vicomté of Orthe , these baylies and men not exceeding 12 l.st. a year. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 137 .

45: Same as above

Order to the seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landes , the constable of Bordeaux, the king's procurator in the seneschalcy of the Landes and all the other king's officers [in the duchy] to deliver these baylies and men to Johanot [d'Aspremont] according to the king's letters.

For Menaut d'Anglade.

46: 22 July 1410 . Westminster Palace .

Grant, at the king's pleasure with the king's council assent, to Manaud, Danglade Menaut d'Anglade, esquire , because of the great works he has done as king's procurator in the seneschalcy of the Landes in the last ten years, of 20 l.st. to be received each year on the forfeitures and seizures made on the king's rebels in the seneschalcy of the Landes .

By p.s.

22 July 1410 . Westminster Palace .

Order to the king's lieutenant in the duchy , the seneschal of Aquitaine and his councillors of the duchy , ¹ the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy to permit Manaud Menaut d'Anglade to have these yearly 20 l.st. on the forfeitures and seizures made on the king's rebels in the seneschalcy of the Landes .

1.: The members of the king's council of Bordeaux appointed and leaded by the seneschal of Aquitaine.

Concerning the arrest of John Mitford and his son John.

24 July 1410 . Westminster .

Commission to William Hunt , serjeant-at-arms of the king, to arrest and keep John Mitford , former lieutenant of Farendon' William Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux , and his son John wherever they may be found, and to bring them before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer in England at the fortnight following next Martinmas ¹ to render a faithful account before them and answer about charges against him and do thereafter whatever the king and his council will order, with all the rolls and evidences pertaining to the account of this constable of Bordeaux which are in Mitford's keepership. The seneschal [of Aquitaine] , the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux and other officers of this city are ordered to obey and attend him in the execution of this commission.

By C.

1.: 11 November 1410.

49: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine , the king's council in Bordeaux and all the king's liege men in the duchy of Aquitaine to obey and attend William Hunt in the execution of the previous order.

50: Same as above

Same order to the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux .

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2 August 1410 . Westminster . Concerning attempts to restore [the truces].

Full power granted to Bertrandre Bertran[III], Monteferrande lord of Montferrand , Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , mayor of Bordeaux and Bordiu Master Johan [du] Bourdieu, doctor of laws , chancellor of Aquitaine to investigate and make resolution concerning all attempts made against the truces made between the king and his adversary of France ¹ by their subjects and to amend what was done against these truces. They have to act as if the king was present even if this might need a more specific order. The king swears to send his letters under his great seal to confirm their decisions whenever he is required by them.

By K. and C.

1.: King Charles VI of France .

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23 July 1410 . Westminster . ¹ For Bertran [III], lord of Montferrand .

Grant for three years to Bertran [III], Montferant lord of Montferrand of the custom of the wine and the other revenues that should pertain to the king in the lands and lordship of Bertran to the yearly sum of 500 crowns ( scuti ), ² in payment of an annuity of 500 gold crowns to be received from the castle of Bordeaux formerly granted to Montferrand, who claims he has not been paid. And, if it is not sufficient, the constable of Bordeaux and the other king's officers in Aquitaine must make it up, with the proviso that Bertran stops receiving during this three-year period his annuity from the revenues of the castle of Bordeaux. And if Montferrand dies during these three years, the king and his heirs are thenceforward exempted from paying anything more or any arrears to Bertran, his heirs or executors out of the first grant.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: Or 500 écus .

53: 20 September 1410 . Westminster . Concerning general attorney .

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Faryngton' William Farrindon, kt , who is in Aquitaine in the king’s service, nominating Derlyngton' John d'Arlington and Robert Welton alternately.

Kyngton' John Kingston, clerk , received the attorneys until Farringdon's return in England.

For Johan, lord of Gramont and his wife Maria.

12 January 1410 . Manor of Eltham .

Grant to Johan de Gramont and Maria de Montaut of all the goods and lands owned by rebels in their lands and castellany of Blaye or in their other lands in whatever jurisdiction and obedience. Maria de Montaut, Mussiden' lady of Mussidan and Blaye , wife of Johan [de Gramont], lord of Gramont and Cama Came , has been disinherited of the towns, castles and castellanies of Mussidan and Pelgrue Pellegrue since the death of her father. ¹

By K.

1.: Ramon II de Montaut (d. 1406).

55: Same as above

Grant to Maria de Montaut and Johan de Gramont, at their request, to be paid, themselves or their attorneys, at the castle of Bordeaux 600 crowns each year from the wine coming from the town and castellany of Blaye , and if the wine is not sufficient, then the constable of Bordeaux has to pay what is owed of this sum from the first wine customed at the castle of Bordeaux according to the form of the first allowance granted to them. The ancestors of the king had granted to the predecessors of Maria de Montaut, Mussyden' lady of Mussidan and Blaye , wife of Johan [de Gramont], lord of Gramont and Cama Came , the great custom on 600 tons of wine from the first wine customed each year at the castle of Bordeaux from the great custom [of Bordeaux], which annuity is worth 600 ancient golden crowns ( sexcentos scutos veteres attingentes ).

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22 January 1411 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard . ¹

Letters of protection granted for five years to Calmetas Guilhem Calmettes , ² his wife, children, men and servants, his lands, tenements, revenues and possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Guilhem Calmettes and not to permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods.

1.: A[nnus] XII ([of the reign of Henry IV]) is written at the top of the membrane.
2.: A citizen and burgess of Bordeaux. See Registres de la Jurade. Délibérations de 1406 à 1409 , Archives Municipales de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1873), pp. 93, 197 and 243.

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13 December 1410 . Westminster . Concerning the execution of a sentence .

Order to Pons Sete' , 1 lord of Castillon and to the mayor of Bordeaux ² to bring to due execution in Gascony the sentence given by the late Henry [Percy], earl of Northumberland , constable and marshal of England condemning Thomas Stokes , defendant, executor of the late John Shakell , allegedly companion in arms of Robert Hauley ³ , to return to Thomas Malton, priest , Thomas Cottyngwith , John Tropynell and Richard Colet , lessees by probated testament of John Hoton , ⁴ complainant, as assignee of Maud Hauley , sister and sole heir of Robert Hauley, on intestacy, the sums received for the ransom of the count of Denia ⁵ of the kingdom of Aragon , their prisoner taken in the battle of Nazera Nájera under the command and banner of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Wales , and for his hostage, Alfons [d'Aragon the younger] , ⁶ and especially 4,700 m. and 16,000 fr. , and to return to them the charters and others documents about the prisoner and the hostage, and to give them full account, in the lawsuit in Court of Chivalry ( curia militaris ) between Hauley and Shakell or their assignees, heirs or executors; as Stokes had appealed to the king, who gave by his letters patent a commission of oyer et terminer for this case to the late Walter [de Skirlaw], bishop of Durham , ⁷ John [Trefnant], bishop of Hereford ⁸ and Richard [Young], bishop of Bangor , ⁹ and to Cheyne John Cheyney ¹⁰ and Cradok Richard Craddock, kt , who quashed the appeal, ordering Stokes to pay the costs; and therefore Stokes appealed against this last sentence, and the king issued a new commission of oyer et terminer for this appeal and the whole matter to Richard [Young], bishop of Rochester , ¹¹ to Kyngton John Kingston , William Rocombe and Wytton Robert Witton , clerks, and others, and also after associated to them Master Huntindon Ivo Zouche, archdeacon of Huntingdon ¹² and to Richard Braunche, canon of the chapel St Martin le Grand 13 in London , and others, who confirmed the sentence given by the bishop of Hereford , Cheyne John Cheyney and Cokkyng John Cocking , and the annulment of the appeal.

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1.: This is probably seten , a Gascon nickname meaning the seventh (Pons VII). It would be an exceptional case of a numbering for members of a baronial family bearing the same name. This numbering corresponds exactly to what we know of the succession of persons named Pons at the head of the lordship of Castillon-de-Médoc.
2.: Thomas Swinburn .
3.: Killed in 1378 in the abbey of Westminster.
4.: A citizen and fishmonger of London, see Rogers, A., 'Hoton versus Shakell: A Ransom Case in the Court of Chivalry, 1390-5', Nottingham Medieval Studies , 6 (1962), p. 75.
5.: Alfons d'Aragon the elder , count of Denia and also thereafter marquis of Villena.
6.: Son of Alfons d'Aragon the elder .
7.: Walter de Skirlaw, doctor of canon law, bishop of Durham from 1388 to 1406. See 'Bishops of Durham', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541 , volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham, 1963), p.107-109.
8.: John Trefnant, doctor of canon law, bishop of Hereford from 1389 to 1404, see 'Bishops', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541 volume 2: Hereford diocese (1962), p.1-3.
9.: Richard Young Lic.Cn. and C.L., bishop of Bangor from 1398 to 1404 and bishop of Rochester from 1404 to 1418, 'Bishops of Bangor', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541 volume 11: The Welsh dioceses (Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph, St Davids, 1965), p.3-5.
10.: Lieutenant of the constable of England in the Court of Chivalry, see Rogers, A., 'Hoton versus Shakell: A Ransom Case in the Court of Chivalry, 1390-5', Nottingham Medieval Studies , 6 (1962), p. 74.
11.: Richard Young, bishop of Bangor from 1398 to 1404 and bishop of Rochester from 1404 to 1418
12.: There is apparently a mistake about his christian name, as the archdeacon of Huntingdon at this time was called 'Eudo' and not 'Ivo'. Eudo la Zouche, doctor of canon law, archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1394 to 1414, 'Archdeacons: Huntingdon', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541 volume 1: Lincoln diocese (1962), p.8-10.
13.: For this collegiate chapel, see 'Colleges: St Martin le Grand', A History of the County of London. Volume 1: London within the Bars , (Westminster and Southwark, 1909), pp. 555-66.

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5 December 1410 . Lenne Lynn . In order to not levy some taxes .

The king forbids, under pain of 1,000 l. , the governor, échevins, jurats, hundred peers and community of the city of Bayonne , to levy the 2 d. per pound on all the goods passing through Bayonne brought by Englishmen and the king's liege men, and the 4 d. per pound for those brought by other foreigners who are neither English nor the king's liege men, and also to levy the tax( assisa ) of 4 d. per pound they were accustomed to take on the foreign merchants coming to the city with their goods, the king had granted to them by his letters patent. ¹ For some causes presented before the king and his council in the last parliament, ² the king has cancelled the grant of these taxes.

1.: See the entries entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/109 .
2.: This parliament took place at Westminster between 27 January and 9 May 1410.

59: 16 December 1410 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Monauton' Menauton de Lartigue who is going in the king's service in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , in order to stay in this castle for its safeguard.

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60: 3 December 1410 . Manerium de Lambehithe Manor of Lambeth. Concerning protection for Guilhem Calmettes .

Letters of protection granted for three years to Calmetas Guilhem Calmettes, merchant of Bordeaux , his wife, children, men and servants, his lands, tenements, revenues and possessions and goods. The king orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain, protect and defend Guilhem Calmettes and not to permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods. Calmettes is bound in various sums and obligations towards several liege men of the king and is pledge for other persons on some other sums of money to be paid at certain terms. As these sums have not been paid to creditors, Calmettes is now worried. The king does not want Calmettes nor his goods be arrested, imprisoned, or disturbed by any king's liege men of the duchy of Aquitaine.

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61: 25 March 1411 . Westminster . For Edmund Arnald .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the mayor of Bordeaux, the constable of Bordeaux, the prévôt of Bordeaux, the judges of the city of Bordeaux to release the ships of Edmund Arnald which have been arrested at Bordeaux , John Hauley the younger of Dertemuth Dartmouth , son and heir of John Hauley the elder against Arnald. They have to send to the king without delay under their seals the tenor of this complaint, and the king will examine it according to law and customs of the kingdom of England. As Edmund Arnald of Dartmouth has supplicated the king that he was bound in 160 l. to the late John Hauley the elder of Dartmouth, by a contract made within the kingdom of England and not elsewhere, and Arnald asserts he has respected his commitments, but Hauley the Younger complained falsely before the court of the city of Bordeaux as if the the contract had been made in Bordeaux.

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28 April 1411 . Westminster . For Thomas Boysson .

Letters of legitimation granted to Busshon' Thomas Boysson , illegitimate son of Busshon' Johan Boysson of the duchy of Aquitaine who made to him several grants in his will, allowing Thomas to have these goods and inheritance according to his father's will. Thomas and his heirs will be considered and treated as legitimate. ¹

By K.

1.: See the related entry entry 94 .

For Thomas Swinburne.

1 April 1411 . Westminster . ¹

Grant to Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , at his supplication, of the lands of Condat and Barbane Barbanne situated in the seneschalcy of Bourdeloys Bordelais and Perigort Périgord for 20 years from next Easter ² to be held in the same way as Aymeric de Duras , kt , ³ held them for life, rendering yearly 12 m.st. to the king at the king's exchequer of Westminster during these twenty years. The king wants to allocate regularly these 12 m.st. to Swinburne in part of payment of what is due to him for his keepership of the castle of Fronsac , as long as he is captain there. Previously, Faringdon' William Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux , had granted and given at farm for a certain term these lands to Swinburne, this latter having yearly to render 12 m.st. to the exchequer of Bordeaux . ⁴

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: 12 April 1411.
3.: Aymeric de Durfort, brother of the lord of Duras Galhart II de Durfort.
4.: See the related entry entry in C 61/115 .

64: 1 April 1411 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, and the mayor and jurats of the towns of Leybourn' Libourne and Sanctus Milionus Saint-Émilion and all the king's officers of the duchy to deliver these lands with their appurtenances to Thomas Swinburn according to the king's letters.

For Johan Lenègre.

65: 1 May 1411 . Westminster .

Appointment for life of le Negre Johan Lenègre to the office of serjeant-at-arms for the whole duchy of Aquitaine with the customary wages to be received from the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

66: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Johan Lenègre the customary wages attached to the office of serjeant-at-arms for the whole duchy of Aquitaine.

Concerning safeguard.

28 May 1411 . Westminster .

Letters of protection granted for one year to Andrew Ramon Andrieu , ¹ Gerveys Johan Gervazy and Jamet, Laureira Jacmet Laurière , merchants of the town of Tholosa Toulouse , permitting them to transport, by foot or on horses, by land and on water with three boats ( vasi ) called couraux ( coralli ) ² of 100 tuns or less, loaded with grain, wines and other goods towards the city of Bordeaux, to unload there these goods in order to sell them and to return [to Toulouse] without suffering marques, counter-marques nor retaliations, paying due customs and taxes for their goods and bringing no other goods of the enemy with their own.

By K.

1.: A merchant of Toulouse also mentioned in 1413, see Wolff, P., Commerces et marchands de Toulouse (vers 1350 - vers 1450) (Paris, 1954), p. 254, n. 143.
2.: The couraux (singular: courau ) were flat-bottomed river boats with a capacity between 20 and 100 tuns. They were used on the river Garonne down to Bordeaux to transport mainly wine and grain.

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

67.1: Géron de Puy , merchant of the town of Condum Condom and two merchants of this town.

By K.

67.2

Darnhulh Peire d'Arnouille and Darnhulh Bernat d'Arnouille , ¹ merchant of the town of Autivilla Auvillar .

By K.

1.: There is the local place called 'Arnouille' in the commune of Mansonville (situated near Auvillar).

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Concerning pardon.

20 July 1411 . Westminster .

Pardon to Ayquart Pey Eyquard of the city of Bordeaux , for any crime, as he has been wrongly accused by Stephanus Estèbe Faure , his former partner in a trading company ( comitiva ad mercandizandum ) ¹ to have exported some wine from Bordeaux without paying customs thirty two years ago ² at the time of the king's lieutenant Lord Neville , while in reality Eyquart was absent in Medok Médoc to buy some wine, but Eyquart has been imprisoned for long periods twice and has been threatened with losing his goods by seizure, by the king's procurator fiscal , and by the seneschal of Aquitaine ³ and certain newly appointed royal officers , since he is a man of humble status ( homo simplex et modici status ).

By K.

1.: Faure has accused his partner when their company was dissolved.
2.: c.1379.
3.: Eyquart has been jailed twice: the first time by the king's procurator fiscal in Bordeaux and Bordelais, the second time by the seneschal of Aquitaine.

69: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge [of Gascony] , the king's fiscal procurator and all the king's officers in the duchy not to molest or damage Pey Eyquard against the tenor of the king's letters.

By K.

70: 10 August 1411 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport tin .

Licence granted to Calametas Guilhem Calmettes of Burdegala Bordeaux , at his request, permitting him to buy 40,000 thousandweight of tin in the kingdom of England , load them in whatever ports of England he wants and bring them to the regions of Aquitaine. The king orders to all the sheriffss etc. to permit him to do it in paying the customs due to the king.

For Hugues Brouard.

14 July 1411 . Westminster .

Order to clerks, nobles and community of the castellany of Cubzac to let Brouart Hugues Brouard, esquire , enjoy the land and castellany of Cubzac with its appurtenances, according to the king's grant. Formerly, the king had granted this land and castellany to Brouard, but the Montferant lord of Montferrand has impeded him to have this grant, ¹ notwithstanding the king's order sent to this lord. ²

By p.s.

1.: See the entry entry in C 61/112 .
2.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/112 .

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac and all the other king's officers in the duchy to permit Broart Huguet Brouard to peacefully enjoy the pati and ransom of the town of Aubeterre[-sur-Dronne] , as the king had granted these for life to Brouard by his letters patent dated 21 February 1406. ¹ .

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

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1 September 1411 . Westminster . For Johana de Preissac otherwise known as La Trau .

The king sends to the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine and all his other officers of the duchy the tenor of the petition of Johana de Preissac shown before him by this latter:

Johanne, Preyssac, delatrau Johana de Preissac alias of La Trau , widow, ¹ had informed the king several times about the great damages and spoliations she had suffered from the powerful Montferant lord of Montferrand . ² , as trustee of his wife Ysabel, Preyssac Isabe de Preissac alias of La Trau since the death of the Saudan, Latrau Soudan de La Trau, kt , ³ He forcibly detains all the inheritance, sums of money, rights and appurtenances that ought to be owned by Johana according to the will of her father the Soudan de La Trau , ⁴ as well as the other inheritance and appurtenances belonging to Johana by the death of her mother Lady Rege Regina[de Pommiers] . The king had ordered to his Guienne seneschal of Guyenne and his other officers [of the duchy] to do her full justice, but they did nothing, notwithstanding the arbitration of certain wise men during a long trial when she expended a large amount of money, where the lord of Montferrand has been sentenced to the benefit of Johana, as appears by the final sentence given by these arbitrators. Johana has expended all she owned during this trial, so that she has nothing left to make a living and feed her little child. She requests the king to order to his seneschal of Guyenne and his other officers of the duchy to compel the lord of Montferrand, as keeper of Isabe de Preissac, to pay and return to Johana all her inheritance, money and possessions she should have from the inheritance of her father and mother, with all the arrears, expenses and damages she had had as a result of that. She requests the king to keep, maintain and defend her in her possession of these inheritances according to the local right and law. ⁵

The king orders the seneschal and the other officers that, having examined the tenor of this petition and all its articles, after summonning before them the parties and hearing them, they do full justice to Johana according to the local laws and customs, so that they provide a suitable remedy to her.

By p.s.

1.: Widow of Pey de Grailly, grandson of Pey II de Grailly, vicomte of Benauges through the latter's third son Roger de Grailly called 'of Castillon'. She married him in 1403.
2.: Bertran III de Montferrand .
3.: The Soudic de la Trau (d.1400), then (from 1394) Soudan de la Trau when he succeeded his father bearing this name.
4.: The Soudan de La Trau (d.1394).
5.: The original petition has survived, see TNA, C 81/652/6980. The Chancery Warrant C 81/652/6979 is dated Westminster, 1 September 1411.

For Thomas [of Lancaster], the king's son.

8 September 1411 . Westminster .

Licence granted to Thomas [of Lancaster] , the king's son, permitting his butler ( pincerna ) to buy 80 tuns of wine from the rebel Alta Patria Haut-Pays and bring them on the rivers Garonne ( Geronde ) ¹ and Dordon' Dordogne for the needs of Thomas' household, without paying any tithe or custom to the king, notwithstanding any ordinance or custom made against it.

By p.s.

1.: The river Garonne was then called Gironde up to La Réole.

75: 12 September 1411 . Westminster .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux and the other king's officers [in the duchy] to permit Thomas of Lancaster 's butler to do it without impediment according to the king's letters and not to damage him in anything.

Concerning safeguard.

76: 29 September 1411 . Beauregard Manor .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year for Elmyngus Helming Leget, esquire , who is going in the regions of Aquitaine in the king's service.

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

76.1: John Holmore , valet of the king's chamber.

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76.2: Merssh' John Mersh , butler of the king's household.

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77: 22 September 1411 . Westminster . Concerning the custom or new tax not to be levied on iron .

Order to the mayor, échevins, jurats, consuls and hundred peers and all the community of the city of Bayonne not to levy any new tax ( imposicio ) on all the king's English liege men, on any iron entering or leaving their city until they show they have been granted power to do so by the king or his predecessors. As the king has exempted his English liege men coming to Bayonne which they used to levy before this time.

By K.

78

29 September 1411 . Westminster . Concerning the purveyance of wine for the king's household .

[in French]

Announcement to the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers, liege men of the city of Bordeaux as well as the other cities and towns of the duchy of Guyenne ¹ that the king has ordered to his serjeant Merssh' John Mersh , butler of the king's household, to go towards the duchy of Guyenne in the Haute Paus Haut-Pays to make purveyance of tuns of wine for the king's household and to bring this wine as swiftly as possible to the kingdom of England . The king orders them to obey and attend John Mersh about it.

By K.

1.: The duchy of Aquitaine.

Concerning protection.

79: 29 September 1411 . Beauregard Manor .

Letters of protection granted for half a year to Edmond Robert Edmund , his lands, tenements, goods and chattels. The king orders to 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 and protect him and his goods and not permit that any injury, damage, violence and impediment be done against him.

By K.

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

79.1: Henry Clerc .

By K.

For Pey [de] Prieret.

20 July 1411 . Westminster .

Announcement that the king does not want Prioret Pey [de] Prieret be removed from his offices of king's procurator fiscal [in Bordeaux and Bordelais] and of king's councillor in the duchy of Aquitaine , except by virtue of letters patent under his great seal of England. Previously, the king had appointed, by his letters patent, Pey de Prieret to be his procurator fiscal [in Bordeaux and Bordelais] ¹ and one of his councillors in the duchy of Aquitaine, ² receiving in these offices some wages and fees as appears in these letters patent.

By p.s.

1.: On 18 December 1400, see entry in C 61/108 .
2.: On 7 August 1400, see entry in C 61/107 .

Same as above ¹

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay the arrears owed to Pey de Prieret for these two offices and to pay him regularly his wages and fees for these offices for so long he exercises them.

By p.s.

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

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For the prince [of Wales].

6 October 1411 . Westminster . ¹

Licence granted to Rudyngton' Robert Ruddington, butler of the king's son the Prince [of Wales] , ² permitting him to buy 600 tuns of wine for the Prince's use in the rebel part of Aquitaine as well as elsewhere in Aquitaine and to bring this wine to Bordeaux by land or on the rivers Dordon' Dordogne and Geround' Garonne , ³ after the king's butler ⁴ has bought and brought wine for the king's household.

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1.: A[nnus] XIII ([of the reign of Henry IV]) is written at the top of the membrane.
2.: The future King Henry V .
3.: The river Garonne was then called Gironde up to La Réole.
4.: John Mersh . See entry 78 .

83: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to permit Robert Ruddington to buy and bring these 600 tuns of wine without paying any tithe or custom.

By p.s.

84: 28 November 1411 . Westminster . For Jacmot de Contis .

Licence granted to Counties Jacmot de Contis, son of Pey de Contis of the city of Bayonne , at the former's supplication, to buy 28 pieces of tin ( pecie stanni ) within the kingdom of England and load them in any English port to bring them to Aquitaine. The king orders to all admirals etc. to permit Jacmot de Contis to do this, paying the customs due to the king.

By K.

85

26 December 1411 . Westminster . For John Hull and Pey de Contis .

Commission to the king’s councillors [in Aquitaine] and the former mayor of Bordeaux , the procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] and the judge of the high Council ( altum consilium ) ¹ to hear in February, March and April [1411] the witnesses presented by the city of Bayonne concerning articles sent to the king by this city against John Hull and Contiez Pey de Contis , and to send their report to the king before 2 July next, ² since the deputies of Bayonne could not go back safely into Gascony and as, in a first commission to the councillors, the king had ordered the hearing of the witnesses in December, ³ January and February, ⁴ but without prejudice to the possibility of hearing the witnesses presented by Hull and Conties on articles concerning their rights and the rights of the Crown which were annexed to the first commission sent by letters patent, with the articles of the city, and and granting to Hull and Conties the benefit of the same prorogation for hearing the other party’s witnesses.

By K.

1.: Probably the judge of the superior court of Aquitaine .
2.: 2 July 1412.
3.: December 1411.
4.: January and February 1412.

86: 28 December 1411 . Westminster . For Saubat d'Ibos .

Licence granted under the great seal to Salvatus, Dyvos Saubat d'Ibos, citizen of the city of Bayonne , to build one or two ovens in his house situated in Bayonne , without impediment of the king and his officers, saving always the rights of the king and others.

By K.

For Pey [de] Prieret.

25 September 1412 . Westminster . ¹

Announcement under the great seal of England that the king does not want Prioret Pey [de] Prieret be removed from his offices of king's procurator fiscal [in Bordeaux and Bordelais] and king's councillor in the duchy of Aquitaine , except by virtue of letters patent under his great seal of England. Previously, the king had appointed by his letters patent, Pey de Prieret to be his procurator fiscal [in Bordeaux and Bordelais], ² and one of his councillors in the duchy of Aquitaine ³ receiving in these offices some wages and fees as appear in these letters patent.

By p.s.

1.: This entry is crossed out. It is written in the margin that this entry is 'void because there is another one in the 12th [year of the reign of Henry IV].
2.: On 18 December 1400, see entry in C 61/108 .
3.: On 7 August 1400, see entry in C 61/107 .

88: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay the arrears owed to Pey de Prieret for these two offices and to pay him regularly his wages and fees for these offices for so long as he exercises them.

By p.s.

For Guilhem de Salies.

18 January 1412 . Westminster . ¹

Grant, at the king's pleasure, to Salias Guilhem de Salies alias 'l'Anglès de Salies', ² because of his good service, of the office of inspector ( scrutator ) of all the goods arriving and leaving Bayonne with all its fees and profits, on condition that this office pertains at present to the king and this grant is not to the prejudice of any officer or subject of the duchy of Aquitaine.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: This means in Gascon 'the English of Salies'.

90: Same as above

Order to the mayor, échevins, jurats, hundred peers and community of the city of Bayonne to permit Guilhem de Salies to have this office according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

91

12 January 1412 . Westminster . For Guilhem Artaut . ¹

Grant for life to Guilhem Artaut, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , of all the lands and revenues which were formerly owned by the late Audwyn Bernat Audouin who obtained it by grant of Richard II , ² up to the yearly value of 10 m.st. paying each year the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux and these lands and revenues returning to the king after Artaut's death. Previously the king had granted for life these lands and revenues to Mountferant Bérart [de] Montferrand to be held in the same way as Audouin held them, ³ and Montferrand has supplicated the king to give them to Artaut and has returned to the king's chancery to be cancelledthe letters patent granting them to him.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: On 29 November 1384 (confirmed on 15 June 1401), see entry in C 61/108 .
3.: This grant to Bérart de Montferrand has not been copied in the Gascon Rolls.

92

19 January 1412 . Westminster . In order not to molest [the cardinal of Bordeaux] .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the other king's officers in the duchy [of Aquitaine] not to molest or impede the cardinal of Bordeaux, administrator of the church of Bordeaux, ¹ and his officers against the privileges granted to him and his predecessors as archbishops of Bordeaux. As the cardinal and his predecessors as archbishops of Bordeaux used to sell their wine without paying any custom, by virtue of written law as well as by certain privileges granted by the king's predecessors, and also by [ John of Gaunt ], the king's father. However, some king's officers of the duchy have demanded and demand the cardinal's officers to pay the custom on his wine and unlawfully molest them, so that the cardinal supplicates the king to provide him a remedy.

By p.s.

1.: Francesco Uguccione , archbishop of Bordeaux (1384-1405) and administrator of the archbishopric of Bordeaux.(1405-12). Appointed cardinal by Pope Innocent VII on 12 June 1405. See Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13 (Turnhout, 2012), p.186-97, no.576.

93: 12 February 1412 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frunsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , staying in this castle in the king's service.

By p.s.

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For Thomas Boysson.

20 January 1412 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to permit Boyssonis Thomas Boysson, burgess and merchant of the city of Bordeaux , illegitimate son of Johan Boysson , to enjoy his letters of legitimation as if they mentioned the current trial existing between him and the procurator fiscal. As Thomas Boysson is impeded to inherit from his father by Master Prioreto, de Pey de Prieret, the king's procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] , as the latter claims these letters are not valid because they do not mention a trial pending in the king's court [of Gascony] between the procurator and Thomas about the goods of the latter's father, a trial which had started before Thomas' request for letters of legitimation. ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the related entry entry 62 .

95: Same as above

Order to Master Prioreto, de Pey de Prieret, the king's procurator fiscal [in the duchy of Aquitaine] to stop proceeding against the tenor of the king's letters of legitimation granted to Thomas Boysson .

By p.s.

Concerning licence to transport wheat.

5 February 1412 . Westminster . ¹

Licence granted to John Tutbury of Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull to buy, himself or his servants, 500 quarters of wheat in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , and export them on some ships in whatever ports of these two counties, to the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne to resupply them. The king orders to all the admirals etc. to permit Tutbury to do this without impediment, paying due customs and sending this wheat only to these cities. Tutbury has to return to chancery a warrant under the seal of the mayor of Bordeaux or Bayonne.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

Same as above ¹

Licence granted to John Tutbury of Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull and Thomas Redmer to buy, themselves or their servants, 500 quarters of wheat in the parts of Holdernesse Holderness and elsewhere in Yorkshire etc., mutatis mutandis as above.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

98

4 February 1412 . Westminster . For Bertran de [La] Trau .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judge of Aquitaine, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux and the proctors of Bordeaux to permit Bertran de La Trau and his wife, at La Trau's supplication, to receive all the fruits of the inheritance of the brother of La Trau's wife and remove all impediment as La Trau's wife has offered sufficient guarantee. Trabe Bertran de La Trau, kt , has shown before the king that his wife has previously been brought to court by her two sisters ¹ about the inheritance of his wife's brother who died going against the non-believers, ² the issues of which had been sequestrated according to the custom of the country and the rules ( stillus ) of the king's courts there, and as the guarantee she had offered was denied as being contrary to custom. ³

By p.s.

1.: They were perhaps the stepsisters of La Trau's wife, as La Trau specified in his petition (TNA, C 81/654/7130) that his wife was the full sister of her brother. He also asserted there that his wife's brother had named his wife as his sole legatee.
2.: According to a petition of Bertran de La Trau of (1411 or January 1412) on the same topic, his wife's brother died in Hungary against 'the enemies of the Christian Faith' (the Muslim Turcs). This means that he probably died at the battle of Nicopolis (25 September 1396), or following this battle. See TNA, C 81/654/7130 and its Chancery warrant TNA, C 81/654/7129 (4 February 1412).
3.: See the related entry entry in C 61/109 .

99

7 February 1412 . Westminster . Concerning a copy .

Inspeximus at the request the king's liege men of Aquitaine, of the tenor of a petition presented by them at the last parliament of Westminster , which petition has been enrolled in the rolls of this parliament. ¹

The faithful liege men of the land of Guyenne make a supplication to the king and the lords of this present parliament that, because of the great oppressions, demolition of houses and destruction of goods, and disinheritances of their rightful inheritances and other rights and appurtenances, many of them have been expelled by the wars and forces of the king's enemies ² which have lasted for a long time in Guyenne, and those desiring to keep their loyalty towards the crown [of England] have left their inheritance and goods and many of them have withdrawn to the kingdom of England , and several others have come to live there willingly, and have married there in several towns and are living and dwelling as the king's true liege men, and have acquired there various houses, lands, rents, possessions and revenues there by their hard labour and work. However, many people who were born in England do and say many injuries and evils to them day by day, such as calling them aliens ( alliantz ), and many other undesirable names. Such wrongs are committed to the great slander of the land of Guyenne and the great loyalty which it has always shown towards the crown [of England], and could lead to their permanent and final destruction, since they do not know where else to go in order to protect their lives and preserve their honour, if the king does not provide them with a remedy on this matter. The king's liege men of Guyenne request the king that all manner of people of Guyenne, whomsoever and of whatever estate or condition they may be, who at present are dwelling in your said realm, or have dwelt there, or will dwell there in future, and their heirs and successors forever, should be declared in this present parliament to be the king's faithful liege men, and that they should be able to live, sell, buy, possess and acquire lands, rents, possessions, tenements and other goods whatsoever, for themselves and their heirs and successors, within the kingdom [of England]. They should enjoy these goods as fully as the other king's liege men born within the kingdom [in England]. And they request the king to order all his justices, officers and subjects that none of his liege men of Guyenne dwelling in England will suffer any damage or impediment against their persons and goods. And if anything is done against them, the king's English officers and subjects should make amends and redress at once and without delay. The king is also requested to make proclamation in all the towns of England forbidding all the king's liege men to call the king's liege men of Guyenne aliens, or to speak any evil, injuries, or blame against them, under threat of penalty. All this should be recorded on the roll of parliament and be proclaimed throughout all the cities, boroughs and good towns of England. ³

Inspeximus of the king's reply to this petition. A reply is also enrolled in the rolls of this parliament:

The king, by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal in full parliament, has granted this petition, and that these king's liege men from Guyenne should have letters patent concerning it and writs from time to time, as many as will be necessary in this matter.

1.: The parliament of Westminster which took place between 3 November and 19 December 1411.
2.: The French and their partisans.
3.: For the full text see Rymer, Foedera... vol. 8, 1397-1413 (Londres, 1729), pp. 719-20. It was also published with an English translation in The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (PROME), general editor Given-Wilson, C., viii, pp. 536-7 (publication of TNA, C 65/72, m.9). No letters of English denization were granted to Gascons after this petition (1411). See Lambert, B., and Ormrod, M., 'Friendly Foreigners: International Warfare, Resident Aliens and the Early History of Denization in England, c. 1250-1400', English Historical Review , CXXX (2015), p. 21.

100

23 January 1412 . Westminster . For Hugues Brouard . ¹

Grant for life to Brouart Hugues Brouard, esquire , of the house formerly owned by the late Bernat Audouin which is situated in Bordeaux in the great street of Petit Judas . Formerly, Audoyn Bernat Audouin owned a house in the great street of Petit Judas ² situated in the parish of Saint-Pierre of the city of Bordeaux between the house of Molaryn Arnaut de Monlarin and Johan Casse , burgesses of Bordeaux on the one hand, and the house of the heirs of the late Master Podio Ramon-Guilhem de Puy and Begueyr Amaniu Béguey, kt , on the other. This house had been seized by the king because the heirs of the late Bernat Audouin are French and king's enemies and rebels dwelling in the town of Sanctus Macarius Saint-Macaire . ³

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: The Gascon name of this street ( Putz deus Judius ) meant 'well of the Jews' and was already badly gallicized in French as Petit Judas ('little Judas') as proven by this entry. This street was then called from the beginning of the 18th century rue des Bahutiers , a name still in use today. See Drouyn, L., Bordeaux vers 1450 (Bordeaux, 1874), pp. 285-6.
3.: Saint-Macaire was in French obedience since its capture by the duke of Anjou in 1377.

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12 February 1412 . Westminster Concerning protection to [John] Holme .

Letters patent of protection granted until next Michaelmas ¹ to John Holme, esquire , who is currently before the king sent by the seneschal of Aquitaine and others of the king's council [in Bordeaux] on some difficult business concerning the state and governance of Aquitaine. The king orders his officers to maintain, protect and defend Holme and not permit that anyone injure his person, possessions and goods. The king wants Holme be deemed quit concerning all trials and complaints, excepting trials of De dote , Unde nichil habet , Quare impedit , Assisis de nova dissesine , Ultime presentationis and of Attinctis et except summons for utterances by justices in eyre, until Michaelmas. ²

By p.s.

1.: 29 September 1412.
2.: See the related entry entry 151 .

102: 1 February 1412 . Westminster For John Bowet .

Grant for two years to John Bowet, esquire , controller of the castle of Bordeaux , who is currently occupied [in England ] by various trials in the king's courts and some other business, to appoint Simon Sprotley as his deputy to exercise his office during his absence.

By p.s.

For Ricart Macanan.

103

14 May 1412 . Westminster .

Grant to Maknam Ricart Macanan, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , because of the great losses he had recently suffered at sea on the king's carrack ( carraka ), ¹ of the office of controtularia, Sanctus Elegius [controller] of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux to be held in the same way the late Bard' Antonio di Bardi, esquire , held. ²

By p.s.

1.: A carrack was a large merchant ship.
2.: See Bardi's appointment as controller of Bordeaux on 12 September 1396: entry in C 61/112 .

104: 14 May 1412 . Westminster Palace .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the king's chancellor [of Aquitaine] , the mayor, échevins and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to deliver to Ricart Macanan the office of controtularia, Sanctus Elegius [controller] of the counter-roll of Saint-Éloi of Bordeaux and permit him to exercise it according to the king's letters.

Concerning protection.

105: 24 May 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Walter Jay who is staying in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

106: 19 May 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Thomas Barton alias Thomas Hamme who is staying in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

107: 12 July 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to John Foxcote who is going in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , in the regions of Aquitaine in order to stay there for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

For Henry [de] Windsor.

108

23 May 1412 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life to Wydesore Henry de Windsor, esquire , of the two houses in Bordeaux the king had previously granted to the late Thomas Pigeon , ² to be held in the same way as la Barde Bos de Labarde had held it, up to the yearly value of 10 m.st. , paying yearly the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux. ³

By p.s.

1.: This entry is crossed out. It is written in the margin that these letters are void because they has been returned [to the king's chancery], and on 23 July 1412, with the assent of Henry de Windsor, these two houses have been granted to Dwely John Dwelly, esquire , to be held in the same way as Windsor held it. Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: See the entry entry in C 61/112 .
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/112 , entry 131 .

109: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these two houses to Henry de Windsor and permit him to held it to the yearly value of 10 m.st. according to the king's letters patent.

By p.s.

110: 12 June 1412 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Thomas Malyns of Gaywood in Norfolk , esquire , who is going in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , in the regions of Aquitaine, to stay there for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

For John Grosvenor.

111

20 May 1412 . Westminster .

Order to the prévôt of the town of Libourne or the collector of the tithes and customs of the wine descending the river Durdoigne Dordogne from the Haut-Pays in the port of Libourne to pay to Gravenor John Grosvenor the arrears his annuity of 500 fr. granted to him for life on 28 February 1406, from this last date, and to pay him annually these 500 fr. according to the king's letters. ¹

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

112: 16 June 1412 . Westminster .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to allocate this annuity of 500 fr. in the account of prévôt of the town of Libourne or of the collector of the tithes and customs of the wine descending the river Durdoigne Dordogne from the Haut-Pays in the port of Libourne .

Concerning protection.

113: 20 June 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to William Bernard, esquire , who is going in the regions of Aquitaine in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

114: 18 June 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Richard Broughton Fuller who is staying in the company of Thomas of Lancaster, seneschal of England, king's lieutenant in Ireland and Guysnes captain of the castle of Guînes in the regions of Picardie Picardy , for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

115: 20 June 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to William Boys, esquire , who is going in the company of Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , in the regions of Aquitaine in order to stay there for this castle's safeguard.

By p.s.

116: 7 July 1412 . Westminster .

Similar letters granted to Bartholomew Neve .

By p.s.

117

8 February 1412 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . ¹

Licence granted to Robert Holme and Robert Preston of the town of Hedon in Holdernesse Holderness in Yorkshire to buy, themselves or their servants, 600 quarters of wheat in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and export them on ships from whatsoever ports of these counties to the cities of Bayonne and Bordeaux in order to resupply them. The king orders to all the admirals etc. to permit Holme and Preston to do this without impediment, paying due customs and sending this wheat only to these cities. Holme and Preston have to return into chancery a warrant under the seals of the mayor of Bayonne and Bordeaux.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

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118: 19 May 1412 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to Richard de Fillongley .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward III . The king permits Fillongley to have this office for life:

16 February 1370 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward of Woodstock, prince of Aquitaine and Wales :

12 October 1367 . Sanctus Emilianus Saint-Émilion .

Appointment of Richard de Fillongley , member of the household ( familiaris ) of Spryndlyngton William de Spridlington, clerk , auditor of the prince's accounts in the principality of Aquitaine , as Burdegalesium general serjeant in Bordeaux and Bordelais . Furthermore, Prince Edward grants for life to Fillongley all the general serjeantries in the towns, baylies, prévôtés as well as the castellanies and assizes of the town of Bordeaux and the whole Bordelais, to have and to exercise, with their customary emoluments and the profits, to be levied by himself or his deputies, on the local ecclesiastics, nobles and commoners.The prince orders to the seneschal of Aquitaine or his lieutenant to deliver these offices to Fillongley or his attorney, removing from these offices any other holder, nothwistanding any previous prince's grants to them. The seneschal has to permit Fillongley to have and exercise this office and to have the local king's subjects obey and attend him. The seneschal has to take the customary oath for this office from Fillongley or his deputies.

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward of Woodstock, prince of Aquitaine and Wales :

12 January 1367 . Bordeaux .

Grant for life to Richard de Fillongley , member of the household ( familiaris ) of Spryndlyngton William de Spridlington, clerk , auditor of the prince's accounts in the principality of Aquitaine , of all the offices of the serjeantries in the city of Agen , etc. as above for Bordeaux.

By p.s. and payment of half a mark to the hanaper.

For Robert Holme, esquire.

119

23 June 1412 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Robert Holme, esquire , of the office of remembrancer of the castle of Bordeaux with its wages to be received by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux as long as he held this office. Previously Maderano, de Arnaut de Madéran , notary of the duchy of Aquitaine , was granted for life by Richard II the keepership of the papers of the deceased notaries and of the other notaries of the duchy created by the king's authority, and the office of remembrancer of the castle of Bordeaux as long as he behaved well in this office. ¹ Madéran wants to resign this office to Holme, and has returned into the king's chancery the king's letters of confirmation of Richard II's letters. ²

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1.: On 6 May 1399, see the entry entry in C 61/107 .
2.: On 9 February 1400, see the entry entry in C 61/107 .

120: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this office of remembrancer of the castle of Bordeaux to Robert Holme .

By p.s.

121: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine and the king's councillors in the duchy , the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers of the duchy to permit Robert Holme to have this office and exercise it peacefully.

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Concerning general attorneys.

122: 13 July 1412 . Westminster .

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

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

123: Same as above

Similar letters of attorney for Thomas [Swinburn] nominating Richard [Clifford], bishop of London and Erpyngham Thomas Erpingham, kt alternatively.

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

124: Same as above

Similar letters of attorney for Thomas [Swinburn] nominating Richard Hamme, esquire , and Robert Palgrave alternatively.

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

125

14 July 1412 . Westminster . For Thomas Swinburne . ¹

Grant to Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , to be paid on the first money received just after payment of previous grants by the collectors of the subsidy [in the kingdom of England] and if some collectors are removed from office before paying the assignment, new tallies will be issued on their successors, and if the Commons of the kingdom of England put an end to this subsidy before full payment to Swinburne, he will be granted a further assignment for the remainder; as the the king had assigned 2,300 l. to Swinburne for his wages and rewards and those of his men, to be received at the exchequer out of the king's fourth part of the subsidy on wool, leather and wool-fells exported from the ports of Lenum Lynn and Gipppewicus Ipswich .

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1.: This entry is crossed out. 'Void because there is another one below' is written in the margin.

126

15 July 1412 . Westminster . Concerning a copy [about] Aquitaine .

Inspeximus of certain letters patent made between the king and the nobles and powerful Jean [de France], duke of Berry, Charles [de France], duke of Orléans, Jean [de Bourbon], duke of Bourbon and Jean [d'Alençon], duke of Alençon about certain articles and agreements: ¹

18 May 1412 . Bituris Bourges . ²

Agreement made between the king of England and France Henry IV on one hand and Jean [de France], Bituria duke of Berry Alvernia and Auvergne, Pictavia count of Poitou Stamparum, Bolonia , Étampes, Boulogne and Auvergne , Charles [d'Orléans], Aurelianen' duke of Orléans , Valois, count of Blois, Beaumont[-sur-Oise], lord of Conchy, Jean [de Bourbon], duke of Bourbon , count of Clermont[-en-Beauvaisis] and Forez and lord of and Jean [d'Alençon], Alenconium count of Alençon on the other, concerning the restitution of the duchy of Aquitaine to Henry IV:

The proctors of the French princes acknowledge on their behalf that they will hold their castles, walled towns and other lordships of the duchy in homage from Henry IV as duke of Aquitaine with the customary services due, the princes and their subjects holding approximately 1,500 fortresses in Aquitaine.
Henry IV will respect and maintain all the liberties and privileges granted to their predecessors by the dukes of Aquitaine, Henry IV's predecessors.
The French princes will give without delay to Henry IV, king of England and duke of Aquitaine, 20 royal fortresses, and the king will keep these place until the final conquest of the whole duchy of Aquitaine. They are:
the city of Bazar Bazas ,
the castle and town of St' Macayre Saint-Macaire ,
the castle and town of La Rieule La Réole ,
the town of Poylegrue Pellegrue ,
the town of Salvetat La Sauvetat[-du-Dropt] ,
the town of Port-Sainte-Marie ,
the castle of Castelculier ,
the town of Sainte Foye Sainte-Foy[-la-Grande] ,
the castle and town of Penadagenoys Penne-d'Agenais ,
the town of Saint-Pastour ,
Montclare Monclar d'Agenais,
the town of Ville Royal Villeréal ,
the town of Montpasier Monpazier ,
the town of Beaumont[-du-Périgord] ,
the town of Moulieres Molières ,
the town of Ville Franque Villefranche[-du-Périgord] ,
the town and castle of Dache ,
the castle and town of Caylus de Bonnette, ³
the town of Figeac ,
the castle and town of Naugeac Najac ,
The duke of Berry will hold the Pictavis county of Poitou by grant and investiture of [Henry IV], king of England and duke of Aquitaine, and will do homage to the latter and his heirs, and this county will return to the king of England and duke of Aquitaine at the death of the duke of Berry who will keep it forever.
The duke of Berry will put into Henry IV's hands three forteresses ( fortalicia ): Lisignacum Lusignan , Pictavens' Poitiers and Nyord' Niort . If the revenues of these fortresses are not sufficient, the duke of Berry will place there some captains and keepers acceptable to Henry IV, and these captains and keepers will swear on the Gospels to deliver these fortresses into the hands of the king of England, his heirs or his deputies at the death of the duke of Berry.
The duke of Orléans will hold for life the Angolismen' county of Angoulême by grant and investiture of [Henry IV], king of England and duke of Aquitaine, and will do homage to the latter and his heirs, and this county will return to the king of England and duke of Aquitaine at the death of the duke of Orléans.
The duke of Orléans will put into Henry IV's hands the castle of Castrum Novum super Charent' Châteauneuf-sur-Charente . And if this castle's revenues are not sufficient, the duke of Orléans will place there some captains and keepers acceptable to Henry IV, and these captains and keepers will swear on the Gospels to deliver this fortress to the hands of the king of England, his heirs or his deputies at the death of the duke of Orléans.
The duke of Orléans will hold for life the Petragoricen' county of Périgord by grant and investiture of [Henry IV], king of England and duke of Aquitaine, and will do homage to this latter and his heirs, and this county will return to the king of England and duke of Aquitaine at the death of the duke of Orléans.
The count of Armagnac ⁴ and his perpetual heir ⁵ will hold by homage from Henry IV the four castellanies of Gleolle Laguiole , Sanctus Genisius Saint-Geniez[-d'Olt] , Rupis Valsergue La Roque Valzergues , Carsanignes de Begongnes Cassagnes-Bégonhès . ⁶
The princes [of France] swear to Henry IV to conquer at their cost the duchy of Aquitaine.
Henry IV promises to not have any agreement with Jean, duke of Burgundy. The princes swear to Henry IV to assist him against any person of the duchy of Aquitaine rebelling against him in helping the duke of Burgundy.
It is agreed that [Henry IV], king of England and duke of Aquitaine, will rescue these princes, their subjects and vassals, against all affronts and damages made by the duke of Burgundy and his followers, and he will restore to them all damages and affronts made by any Englishmen.
It is agreed that [Henry IV] will help the princes, at their request, with 1,000 men-at-arms and 3,000 archers which will come to Blesium Blois and the latter will receive there their wages for three months from the princes, each knight receiving 30 gold écus, each esquire 15 gold écus, and each archer 7.5 gold écus.

1.: For the full text see Rymer, Foedera... vol. 8, 1397-1413 (Londres, 1729), pp. 738-42.
2.: This is the treaty of Bourges (8 May 1412), but the four French princes has signed and sealed it in blank at Bourges before their representatives left France. It was in fact sealed at London on 18 May.
3.: Caylus is nicknamed 'de Bonnette' because the stream 'la Bonnette' is passing through Caylus.
4.: Bernat (or Bernard) VII , count of Armagnac and Rodez (1391-1418).
5.: The future Johan IV, count of Armagnac and Rodez (1418-50).
6.: These were called the four castellanies of Rouergue and had been granted to Johan II d'Armagnac, count of Armagnac and Rodez, by King Charles V of France in 1374 in exchange for his renunciations to his claims to the county of Bigorre. See Samaran, C., La Maison d'Armagnac au XVe siècle (Paris, 1908), p. 17, n. 6. See these castellanies on the book's map of the count of Armagnac's possessions.

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127

Same as above

Inspeximus of certain letters patent of the [French princes] ambassadors about this treaty:

18 May 1412 . London .

Magni Jacques Legrand, professor of theology ( sacra pagina ) , ¹ Pontbriant Hector de Pontbriand , ² Versalliis Pierre de Versailles , bachelor trained in theology, ³ Galesius, Acheyo, de Le Galois d'Apcher, kt , ⁴ Louveti Jean Louvet, damoiseau , ⁵ proctors and ambassadors of Jean de France, duke of Berry , Charles [d' Orléans], duke of Orléans , Jean [de Bourbon], duke of Bourbon and Jean [d'Alençon], count of Alençon , as well as Lopiac Johan de Loupiac, kt , ⁶ proctor and ambassador of Bernat VII, Armeginacum, Fesen' count of Armagnac and Fézensac and Ruth', Pardiacum Rodez and Pardiac , having sufficient power on behalf of their lords to negotiate a treaty with Henry [IV], king of England and duke of Aquitaine . These proctors swear on behalf of their lords the previous agreement ⁷ on the Gospels ⁸ .

1.: According to the Monk of Saint-Denis Michel Pintoin, Brother Jacques Legrand was an Augustinian monk. See Chronique du Religieux de Saint-Denys , ed. M.L. Bellaguet, vol. 4 (Paris, 1842), p. 658.
2.: Hector de Pontbriant, from the Breton family of the lords of Pontbriand , was a member of the household of Charles, duke of Orléans. He was given as a hostage by this latter to Thomas of Lancaster in January 1413. See Chamption, P., La vie de Charles d'Orléans (1394-1465) (Paris, second publication, 1969), p. 107. Previously, he had attacked Jersey with the Castilan corsair Pero Niño in 1406.
3.: According to the Monk of Saint-Denis (Michel Pintoin), Pierre de Versailles was monk of this abbey. See Chronique du Religieux de Saint-Denys , ed. M.L. Bellaguet, vol. 4 (Paris, 1842), p. 658.
4.: Johan d'Apcher, kt, nicknamed Le Galois d'Apcher, from the family of the lords and barons of Apcher (province of Gévaudan). He is mentioned with this nickname in Archives de la ville de Montpellier. Inventaires et documents. Tome I, troisième fascicule. Inventaire du "Grand Chartrier" rédigé par Pierre Louvet en 1662-1663 , éd. J. Berthelé (Montpellier, 1899), p. 225, no. 2745 (1396/1401), p. 228, no. 2761 (1384), p. 229, no. 275 (1385), p. 230, no. 2778 (1386), p. 231, no. 2787 (1401)
5.: Possibly the future councillor of Dauphin, then King Charles VII originating from Provence.
6.: Johan I de Lapanouse (or La Panouse) nicknamed 'de Loupiac' (d. 1419), lord of Loupiac (in com. Lapanouse, province of Rouergue).
7.: See entry 126 .
8.: For the full text see Rymer, Foedera... vol. 8, 1397-1413 (Londres, 1729), pp. 742.

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128: 14 July 1412 . Westminster . For Thomas Swinburne .

Same entry as entry 125 .

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129: 11 July 1412 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

Appointment at pleasure of Thomas [of Lancaster], Clarencia duke of Clarence , Alba Marlia count of Aumale , seneschal of England and Hibernia king's lieutenant in Ireland as king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine . The king orders to all his officers and subjects of the duchy to obey and attend him as long he is king's lieutenant there.

By K.

130

12 July 1412 . Westminster Palace . Concerning the power granted to [the king's lieutenant in Guyenne] .

[in French]

Power granted to Thomas [of Lancaster], Clarencia duke of Clarence , Almarle count of Aumale , Dengleterre seneschal of England and Dirlande king's lieutenant in Ireland , the king has appointed his Guyene lieutenant in the duchy of Guyenne by his other letters patent, to:

receive allegiance and subjection of all the cities, towns, castles, fortresses and places of the regions [of Guyenne] and others, with their inhabitants;
receive allegiance of enemies and rebels of whatever nationality: Englois English , Irrois Irish , Galois Welsh , Escoitz Scottish , Franceois French , Gascoigns Gascons , Guyeneys Guyennais ¹ or others;
pardon them all cases of crime and lese majesty, robberies, homicids, murders, rapes, excesses and all criminal cases committed in the past or to be committed in the future in the duchy;
cancel all banishments which had been published or which are now published against them;
take and receive on behalf of the king any homage, oath and other service from all the king's liege men of these regions [of Guyenne]: prelates, nobles as well as communities;
summon men-at-arms and other soldiers for chevauchées and sieges and to keep towns and castles;
summon prelates, nobles and communities for assemblies and take their advice to govern this land;
create tallages and taxes on the men and goods of this land, by consent of the lords and communities of this land, for the safety and defence of the land, and also cancel taxes which are against the king's honour and profit;
mint gold, silver or black coins in the king's name;
remove from office, if with good reason, all the king's officers who are insufficient, except for the seneschal of Gascony, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor of Bordeaux and all officers having king's letters patent under his great seal granting them their office for life, and to appoint sufficient officers instead of them;
appoint councillors for the good government of the land and change them when he wants;
make truces in the regions of Aquitaine with the king's enemies and rebels;
grant safe-conducts and safeguards within the lordship of Aquitaine
order as he wishes concerning the revenues and profits of the land of Aquitaine, permitting from time to time the usual expenses and the grants given to the king's liege men in these regions;
revoke any grant of the king's revenues in the duchy where anybody does not having a royal confirmation;
grant and to accept that the wines of the la haut paiis Haut Pays of this duchy can be brought to Bordeaux, paying, by advice of the king's council there, some taxes for the support of the war and salvation of the land, if they are not against the reasonable privileges of the land;
present able persons to vacant ecclesiastical offices and benefices;
destroy, by advice of the king's council there, any fortress that cannot be held properly, especially those to be conquered from the king's rebels;
exercise, in whatever place the king's lieutenant is in these regions, high and low, full and shared justice, judging the king's rebels and all kinds of criminals;

The king orders, under pain of forfeiture, to all the prelates, nobles, communities, king's officers and king's liege men of the regions [of Aquitaine] to obey and attend the king's lieutenant whenever they will be required by him or his deputies.

By K.

1.: Specific entions of 'Guyennais' or 'Aquitains' (inhabitants of Guyenne or Aquitaine) are extremely rare at this period. They mean here the inhabitants of the duchy of Guyenne (or Aquitaine) as defined at the treaty of Brétigny-Calais (1360) who were not Gascons, that is, those who were inhabitants of Périgord, the Agenais situated north of the river Garonne, Quercy, Rouergue, Limousin, Saintonge, Aunis, Angoumois and Poitou.

For John Dwelly.

131

23 July 1412 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Dwely John Dwelly, esquire , of the two houses in Bordeaux the king had previously granted by his letters patent to Wyndessore Henry de Windsor . ¹ But this latter has returned for cancellation these letters patent to the king's chancery. ²

By p.s.

1.: See entry 108 .
2.: See the related entries entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/112 , entry 108 .

132: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver these two houses to John Dwelly and permit him to have them according to the king's letters.

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For Peter Bukton, kt.

133: 19 August 1412 . Westminster .

Appointment at pleasure of Peter Bukton, kt , as mayor of Bordeaux with the fees and wages received in this office by the late Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , and the other previous mayors of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

134: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this office of mayor of Bordeaux to Peter Bukton according to the king's letters.

135: Same as above

Order to the jurats, good men and all the community of the city of Bordeaux to Peter Bukton attend and respond to as long as he is mayor of Bordeaux, and to pay him the fees and wages received by the late Thomas Swinburn and the other previous mayors of Bordeaux.

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136: 27 August 1412 . Westminster . Concerning licence to grant safe conduct [granted to Peter] Bukton .

Licence to Peter Bukton, kt , mayor of Bordeaux to grant letters of safe conduct for all the merchants and other persons going to the city of Bordeaux with victuals and goods in order to sell them, as the late Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , former mayor of Bordeaux used to do, if it is not prejudicial to the power granted to Thomas [of Lancaster], Clarencia duke of Clarence , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

By p.s.

137

5 September 1412 . Westminster . For Bertran de France .[ Extractus is written in the margin.]

Grant for life to Bertran de France, esquire , of the office of Polhihon bayle of Pouillon with all its fees and profits, to be held in the same way the late son of Dorte vicomte of Orthe ¹ when he was alive up to the yearly value of 10 l. , paying the surplus to the exchequer of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

1.: Johanot d'Aspremont who was granted this office on 5 June 1410, see entry 44 .

138

14 August 1412 . Westminster . For Richard, Lord Grey .

Appointment for life of Richard, Lord Grey , ¹ as captain and Frounsak constable of the castle of Fronsac with the keepership of this castle and the region of Frounsadeys Fronsadais with all its revenues and rights, without rendering anything to the king.

By p.s.

1.: Richard Grey (d. 1418), 4th Lord Grey of Codnor.

139

5 September 1412 . Westminster . For Bertran de France . ¹

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the judges and other members of the king's council [in Aquitaine], the fiscal procurator and the commoners, worthy men, men and communities of the place and Poilhon baylie of Pouillon in the duchy to deliver the office of Poilhon bayle of Pouillon with all its fees and profits to Bertran de France, esquire and permit him to exercise it according to the king's letters and the local fors and customs, and not to molest nor damage him against the tenor of these letters.

By p.s.

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

Concerning general attorneys.

140: 25 August 1412 . Westminster .

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Faryngton' William Farringdon, kt , who is going to the regions of Burdeg Bordelais in the king’s service, nominating Ralph Grenehurst, clerk , and Richard Merlowe, citizen of London , alternately.

John Mapilton, clerk , received these attorneys until Farringdon's return to England, by the licence of John Wakering, clerk .

141: Same as above

Similar letters of attorney for Faryngton' William Farringdon nominating John Urban and Thomas Bank alternatively.

John Mapilton, clerk , received these attorneys until Farringdon's return to England, by the licence of John Wakering, clerk .

142

12 January 1410 . Manor of Eltham . ¹

Same entry as entry .

1.: This entry is crossed out.'Void because there is another one in the 11th year [of the reign of Henry IV.]

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Concerning the protection of Thomas Barton.

143

2 October 1412 . Westminster . ¹

Letters of protection granted to Thomas Barton called Hamme , one of the executors of the will of the late Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , his servants, goods and chattels as well as those of Swinburne. The king orders to all his officers to maintain and defend Barton and all these goods and chattels, as Barton is going, by the king's order, towards the regions of Aquitaine for the delivery of the Frounsak castle of Fronsac where Swinburne was captain. Barton should deal before his return to England, in his own name and the name of William Rokewode , Swinburne's other co-executor, with several debts, goods and chattels Swinburne had in Aquitaine, and satisfy the king of what is owed to him by Swinburne from the period he had the keepership of the castle of Fronsac. ²

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1.: A[nnus] XIIII ([of the reign of Henry IV]) is written at the top of the membrane.
2.: See similar letters of protection at the beginning of the reign of Henry V: entry in C 61/114 . See the related entry: entry in C 61/116 .

144: Same as above

Order to the mayor and jurats of the town of Saint-Émilion not to molest nor damage Thomas Barton against the tenor of the king's letters.

145: Same as above

Similar order to the Laybourne prévôt of Libourne for Thomas Barton .

146: Same as above

Similar order to the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux for Thomas Barton .

147: Same as above

Similar order the prévôt of Saint-Émilion for Thomas Barton .

148: Same as above

Similar order to the seneschal of Aquitaine or his lieutenant for Thomas Barton .

149: Same as above

Similar order the Laybourne mayor and jurats of the town of Libourne for Thomas Barton .

150: Same as above

Similar order to the prévôt of the Ombrière of Bordeaux for Thomas Barton .

151

13 October 1412 . Westminster . Concerning protection [granted to Robert] Holme .

Letters patent of protection granted until next Easter ¹ to Robert Holme, esquire , etc. Same as entry 101 .

By p.s.

1.: 23 April 1413.

152

25 August 1412 . Westminster . ¹

Same entry as entry 141 .

1.: 'Void because there is another one in the 13th [year of the reign of Henry IV].

For Johan Ayral.

153

16 October 1412 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux to deliver to Johan Ayral, esquire the office of controller of the tithes on rebel wine levied in the town and jurisdiction of Libourne and permit him to have its annual 10 l. of the money of England since this office was granted to him by the king on 26 September 1404 ¹ by the hands of the receivers or collectors of these tithes according to the king's letters.

By p.s.

1.: See entry in C 61/109 .

154: Same as above

Order to Guiraut Provost of Libourne, receiver or collector of the tithes on rebel wine levied in the town and jurisdiction of Libourne to permit Johan Ayral to have this office and pay him the arrears owed to him of the yearly 10 l. from 20 April 1405 and pay him each year this sum of money.

155: 8 November 1412 . Westminster . For Bertran de La Trau .

Grant, at the king's pleasure, to la Trav Bertran de La Trau, kt , of the keepership of the town of Bourg and the office of mayor of Bourg with its profits, money and appurtenances to be held in the same way the previous mayors held it.

By p.s.

156: 27 November 1412 . Westminster . For Johan de Homville .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor of Bordeaux and the procurator [fiscal] of Aquitaine to make a judicial inquiry. If Johan de Homville's assertions are true, and if the goods seized pertain by right to Homville, they are to return them fully without delay to him, as well as the issues of them from the time he should have had them. Moreover, if by this inquiry it appears that these goods should pertain to the king, Homville will have these goods for life by the king's grant. The king has learned that Willelmus Arramon, Montausey Guilhem-Ramon de Montauser of the city of Bordeaux passed down by his last will all his goods, moveables and non-moveables to his daughter, his universal heiress, and later this daugther made in her will Bernat de Pinardyn her true heir as her closest heir according to law and custom of patria [...] Burdegalensis Bordelais as it is well known by legal inquiry, and that Pinardyn made, of his free will, Johan de Homville , of the region ( patria ) of Aquitaine, heir of all these goods. But the fiscal procurator [in the duchy of Aquitaine] has seized these good into the king's hands at the prompting of certain people wishing to damage Homville.

By p.s.

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For John Sparkley.

157: 28 December 1412 . Westminster .

Appointment for life of John Sparkeley of Pyllesdon Pilsdon to the office of serjeant-at-arms for the whole duchy of Aquitaine with daily wages of 12 d. to be received from the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

158: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay these daily wages to John Sparkley .

159

6 February 1413 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Nicholas Bromford ¹ who is going in the king's service in the company of Thomas [of Lancaster], duke of Clarence and earl of Aumale, seneschal of England and king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

By p.s.

1.: Originating from the county of Cornwall. See the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1408-13 , p.249 (Westminster, 14 November 1410).

160: 29 January 1413 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Faryngton William Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux , who is going in the king's service in the company of Thomas [of Lancaster], duke of Clarence and earl of Aumale, seneschal of England and king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

By p.s.

161: 25 February 1413 . Westminster . Licence to transport .

Order to the admirals etc. to permit John Bellowe of Hedon to export from Kyngston super Hull Kingston upon Hull , paying due customs, 300 quarters of wheat, 100 quarters of oat and 100 of broad beans and peas to the city of Bordeaux or Bayonne for their maintenance, as he has been given by the king a licence to transport; his mainpernors in chancery: Standyssh Hugh Standish and William Hedon . John Bellowe has to return in chancery a warrant under the seal of the mayor of Bordeaux or Bayonne .

By p.s.

162

22 February 1413 ¹ . Westminster . Licence to transport .

Order to the admirals etc. to permit Robert Holme to export from Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull , paying due customs, 400 quarters of wheat, 200 quarters of broad beans, peas and oat to the city of Bordeaux or Bayonne for their maintenance, as he has been given by the king a licence to transport; his mainpernors in chancery: William Hedon , William Bedale and William Alkebarowe from Yorkshire . Holme has to return in chancery a warrant under the seal of the mayor of Bordeaux or Bayonne .

By p.s.

1.: Date difficult to read.