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C 61/115, 2 Henry V (1414-1415) .

Introduction.

The roll of the second year of Henry V contains many confirmations, not surprisingly as this was common practice at and close to the beginning of a new reign. Henry V confirmed several grants of his father, such as the grant of Cubzac to the Poitevin Hugues Brouard. ¹ This grant was still being challenged by the lord of Montferrand and Brouard was in reality not able to have it. ² Henry V re-appointed Johan du Bourdieu as chancellor of Aquitaine and granted him the office of the keepership of the seal of the superior court of Aquitaine. Henry IV had granted him the same office during royal pleasure in 1408. ³ The king also confirmed again, ⁴ as in the previous regnal year, ⁵ the long list of grants given to the predecessors and ancestors of Gaston de Foix, captal de Buch, a leading supporter of the English ducal regime. Henry also confirmed the inspeximus of his father to the abbey Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux of the confirmation by the Black Prince (4 April 1357) of exemption from payment of the great custom of Bordeaux. ⁶ The king also confirmed grants given to the men of the Comtau d’Ornon and the prévôté of Camparian by Edward III and the Black Prince which protected them against certain excesses of the lords of Ornon. ⁷ Henry also confirmed the grant of an office by his father in 1412 to the burgess of Bordeaux, Ricart Macanan, ⁸ as well as a yearly revenue granted in 1406 to the serjeant-at-arms, Guilhem-Pey de Cazaux. ⁹

It is surprising to find several other confirmations of acts of Henry V which had been made as recently as the previous regnal year and enrolled on the roll for that year: the king was keen to ensure they were secure and publicised, evidence of his interest in the area whilst he was involved in negotiations with the French and, in time, preparations for war. ¹⁰

Several entries are confirmations of acts of the two most recent king’s lieutenants in Aquitaine: the king’s brother Thomas of Lancaster, duke of Clarence, and the king’s uncle Thomas Beaufort, earl of Dorset. On 21 July 1414 was confirmed Clarence's exemption of the payment of the great custom on the wine which had been confirmed by the Black Prince to the chapter of Saint-André of Bordeaux in 1357. ¹¹ Also confirmed on the same day was confirmation of the same exemption to the dean and chapter of Saint-Seurin of Bordeaux by Edward I in 1289. ¹² Beaufort, present in the duchy at this point, granted on 21 September 1413 the keepership of all the papers and registers of all the notaries of the duchy to Philip Caxton, and the writing office of the seal and counter-seal for contracts of Bordeaux to the clerk Johan Mouliney. ¹³ On 24 November 1413, Beaufort created the prior of Bardanac (now in the commune of Pessac) as a burgess of Bordeaux enjoying all the privileges – particularly the exemptions on wine – of the burgesses of Bordeaux. ¹⁴ The keepership of the seal and counter-seal of Bordeaux was granted on 15 January 1414 to the English esquire William Oldhalle. ¹⁵

Some new acts of Henry V’s administration were also copied into this roll. We find there the first known official elevation of a Gascon lordship (Doazit in the Landes) into a barony. ¹⁶ The Poitevin Hugues Brouard obtained on 19 August 1414 the lands of Condat and Barbanne (now in the commune of Libourne), probably to compensate him for Cubzac which he had not been able to get from the lord of Montferrand. ¹⁷ A grant soon nullified in January 1415 by the grant of the lands and its revenues to the executors of Thomas Swinburne. ¹⁸ We learn about a conflict between the lord of Castillon-Médoc and the lord of Montferrand over the castle of Lamarque (in Médoc). ¹⁹ The French lord of La Laigne (in Saintonge), previously made prisoner by John Radcliffe, obtained letters of protection to come to England to sell wines of the region of La Rochelle in order to pay his ransom. ²⁰ A rent was given to the English esquire Henry Wilmot because he had fallen into great poverty when he became old. ²¹ The burgess of Bordeaux, Arnaut Brunet, aimed at recovering his wife’s goods being in the king’s obedience which had been seized because she was living at La Réole, then under French obedience. ²²

Guilhem Pépin.

1.: See entry entry 1 .
2.: See entry entry 3 .
3.: See entry entry 8 , entry 9 .
4.: See entry entry 13 (23 June 1414).
5.: See entry entry in C 61/114 (10 June 1413).
6.: See entry entry .
7.: See entry entry 21 .
8.: See entry entry 20 .
9.: See entry entry 22 .
10.: See entry entry 6 , entry 11 , entry 16 , entry 35 .
11.: See entry entry 14 .
12.: See entry entry .
13.: See entry entry 5 , entry 10 .
14.: See entry entry 23 .
15.: See entry entry 30 .
16.: See entry entry 17 .
17.: See entry entry 18 .
18.: See entry entry 32 .
19.: See entry entry 26 .
20.: See entry entry 27 .
21.: See entry entry 28 .
22.: See entry entry 36 .

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For Hugues Brouard, esquire.

18 April 1414 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux , the captain and constable of the castle of Fronsac , the judges, the procurators fiscal and all the other officers and king's subjects in the duchy of Aquitaine, to deliver without delay to Broart Hugues Brouard, esquire , the castellany of Cubzac with the crossing ( passagium et repassagium ) of the port of this castellany as well as the the revenues, grains, wines and money, together with all the woods, pastures, questaux ¹ pertaining to this castellany and to maintain him in possession of it. On 20 November 1413, ² at Brouard's supplication, the current king confirmed Henry IV's letters granting him this castellany and this crossing, to have and to hold the same for life from 30 May 1407 ³ as the late Greily Johan de Grailly, kt held them. ⁴

By K.

1.: The serfs.
2.: See entry entry in C 61/114 .
3.: See entry entry in C 61/111 .
4.: 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 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/114 .

Same as above

Order to Prioret Pey de Prieret, king's procurator fiscal in the city of Bordeaux to maintain and defend Hugues Brouard in possession of these offices, according to the king's letters and the local fors and customs, against anyone claiming to have them, so that Brouard does not complain about this as a result of lack of justice. ¹

By K.

1.: There is a similar entry in entry in C 61/112 (19 May 1409).

Same as above

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

By K.

1.: The serfs.
2.: There is a similar entry in entry in C 61/112 (19 May 1409).

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21 May 1414 . Leycestre Leicester . For Hugh Spencer . ¹

Grant for life to Spenser Hugh Spencer of the office of bordenage ( bourdenagium ) of the city of Bordeaux ² which has been returned to the king's hands by the death of Bertran de La Trau, kt , ³ to be held with its appurtenances in the same way as La Trau held it.

By K.

1.: This entry is crossed out. It is written in the margin that this has been returned [into the chancery] to be cancelled, and that this office has been granted for life by Henry VI , with the assent of Hugh Spencer, to Bydon, Dagulha Bidon d'Aiguille on 24 October 1431. See entry in C 61/124 .
2.: The keepership of the crossing ( custodia passagiorum et repassagiorum ) of pilgrims at Bordeaux across the river Gerunda Garonne otherwise called le bordenage .
3.: For the grants of this office to Bertran de La Trau, see entry in C 61/108 , entry in C 61/109 .

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12 June 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to [Philip] Caxton . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Thomas [Beaufort], earl of Dorset, formerly king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine:

21 September 1413 . Burdeaux Bordeaux .

Grant for life by Thomas [Beaufort], Guienne lieutenant of Guyenne , admiral of England Guienne, Dirlande , Guyenne and Ireland and Subise lord of Soubise , to Philip Caxton, clerk , because of his good service to him and the king, of the keepership of all the papers, protocols and registers of all the past and present notaries in all the duchy of Guyenne, royal or imperial-, with all its profits and emoluments. Thomas Beaufort orders on behalf of the king to all the king's officers in the duchy to let Caxton and his attorneys peacefully enjoy this office.

By K. and payment of half a mark to the hanaper.

1.: This entry has been crossed out. It is written in the margin that this grant is void because it has been returned [into the king's chancery] to be cancelled and Henry VI granted by his letters patent this office to Robert Holme, esquire , on 24 June 1423.

For Guiraut de Lestrade.

16 June 1414 . Westminster . ¹

Grant for life from 22 April 1413 to la Strade Guiraut de Lestrade , the king's servant, of the office of Polyon bayle of Pouillon with its fees, wages and profits up to the yearly value of 10 m. in the same form as Fraunce Bertran de France held it by grant of Henry IV . On 22 April 1413, the present king had granted that by his letters patent to Lestrade, but this latter has returned them into the king's chancery to be cancelled. ²

By K.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: See the related entries entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/114 .

7: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to deliver this office with this yearly sum to Guiraut de Lestrade

For Master Johan du Bourdieu.

5 July 1414 . Westminster .

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

By K.

1.: Henry IV had already granted this office at royal pleasure to Bourdieu on 19 July 1408, see entry in C 61/112 .

5 July 1414 . Westminster .

Appointment, with the advice of the king's council and during the king's pleasure, of Master Bordili Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws , ¹ as chancellor of the duchy of Aquitaine with the customary fees of previous chancellors. The king orders to all his subjects to obey and attend Bourdieu in all that concerns this office. ²

1.: The Gascon Johan du Bourdieu was graduate of the University of Oxford. He was doctor of canon laws of this university in 1388. See his biography (under the name Bordili, John) in Emden, A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500 , vol. I, A to E (Oxford, 1957), p. 222. Canon of Bordeaux, 1406-13, later archdeacon of Médoc, see Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, (Turnhout, 2012), p.343, no.241.
2.: Johan du Bourdieu had been already appointed as chancellor of Aquitaine on 21 August 1409 by Henry IV: entry in C 61/112 .

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1 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Thomas [Beaufort], earl of Dorset, [formerly king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine]:

21 September 1413 . Burdeaux Bordeaux .

Grant for life by Thomas [Beaufort], Guienne lieutenant of Guyenne Dirlande and Ireland and Subise lord of Soubise , to Moleney Johan Mouliney, clerk , for the good service he did to Bordiu Johan du Bourdieu, doctor of laws , Guienne chancellor of Guyenne and Beaufort's lieutenant, of the writing office of the executory of Burdeloys Bordelais ¹ with all the rights and profits pertaining to it, to be held by him or a sufficient deputy, as this office went in the king's hands by the death of Naudot de Madéran , ² notary. Beaufort orders on behalf of the king to the seneschal of Guyenne, the constable of Bordeaux, the chancellor of Guyenne, the judge of Gascony , the prévôt of the Ombrière , the procurator fiscal and all the other king's officers in the duchy to deliver this office to Mouliney and to permit him to enjoy it, and orders to the other subjects, burgesses, inhabitants of the city of Bordeaux to pay to Mouliney or his attorney what is due for this office.

By K. and payment of half a mark to the hanaper.

1.: The writing office of the seal and counter-seal for contracts of Bordeaux .
2.: Arnaut Madéran. Naudot was a diminutive of the forename Arnaut. Arnaut de Madéran received this office on 16 March 1400. See entry in C 61/107 .

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10 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning an appeal heard .

Commission of oyer and terminer to judge in appeal to Seint Johan John St John, kt , mayor of the city of Bordeaux , Master Bordiu Johan du Bourdieu , judge of the king's high council, ¹ Thomas Felde, Hereforden' dean of Hereford , doctor of laws , ² Master Bertran d'Aste, doctor of canon law , 3 judge of the court of appeal of Gascony , Cerpot Guilhem de Sarpout , ⁴ judge of the king's high council of the city of Bordeaux. ⁵ Furthermore, the king orders them - five, four, three or two of them - to call before them the parties, and if they do not reach an unanimous agreement on a final sentence, they must certify the king before 1 May 1415 about their inquiries concerning the articles mentioned below, so that the king may put an end to this appeal:

first, if the new toll of Guiche is prejudicial to the franchises, liberties and privileges of the cities of Bordeaux, ⁶ Bayonne, Dax, the town of Saint-Sever and of their districts, and to the prejudice of the merchants coming with their goods and leaving these cities, and who might stop coming there because of this new toll;
for what reasons;
if this toll is levied within the limits of the toll of the castle of Bayonne and the jurisdiction of the city of Bayonne;
if this new toll is situated in the jurisdiction and territory of the Guissen castle of Guiche ;
how distant the river [Adour] is from the castle of Guiche;
if this new toll has been created against the franchises and liberties of these cities, and especially Bayonne, and to the prejudice of the tolls of the king's castle of Bayonne , of the places of Sordua Sorde , Peyreforard' Peyrehorade , Fastingues Hastingues and the Aquen' castle of the city of Dax ;
if the castle of Guiche has jurisdiction and lordship on the river Adour and if the merchants coming with their goods on this river to Bayonne and returning from there are compelled to pay this new toll;
if Carlos de Beaumont abuses his right in this levy beyond Henry IV's grant.

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the king's council of this duchy and all the king's officers to obey and attend them in this matter.

On 22 August 1409, Henry IV had granted by his letters patent to Beimont Carlos de Beaumont, castellan of Mauléon , ⁷ at his supplication, for his lifetime, to receive in person or through his proctors a toll levied on the goods passing through the river Ladou' Adour and the Guissen fishery of Guiche : 5 hardis guyennais for each load ( sumagium ) of cloth or other good, 2 hardis guyennais and half for each pipe of wine, 7 hardis guyennais for each barrel of woad, ⁸ 2 hardis guyennais for each cartload ( carectata ) of iron, half of a hardi guyennais for each head of cattle, 2 hardis guyennais and half for each quintal of iron ( quintallum ferri ), 5 hardis guyennais for each piece ( tractus ) of leather, each hardi is worthing half penny ( obolus ), if it not at the prejudice of anyone who has franchises or tolls in these regions. And thereafter, the mayor, échevins, jurats, consuls and hundred peers of the city of Bayonne appealed to Henry, complaining that this new power was to their prejudice, and the jurats and community of Saint-Sever and the jurats and community of the city of Dax have joined this appeal. Bayonne, Saint-Sever and Dax have pursued this appeal before Henry IV, and have now supplicated the king to appoint commissaries to issue a final decision. ⁹

1.: It probably means judge of the superior court of Aquitaine .
2.: He vas dean of Hereford from 1404 to his death in 1419.See Horn, J.M., Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 2 - Hereford diocese , (London, 1962).
3.: he was a canon of Bordeaux (1398-1422) and had been the official of the archbishop, Lainé, F., Diocèse de Bordeaux. Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, (Turnhout, 2012), p.280, no.97.
4.: Guilhem Mayral alias Sarpout. Canon of Bordeaux (1410-20, vicar of the archbishop (1410), ibidem , pp. 316-7, no. 237
5.: It probably means judge of the superior court of Aquitaine .
6.: The mention of Bordeaux is perhaps a mistake.
7.: See the related entry entry in C 61/112 .
8.: Woad (called in French guède or pastel des teinturiers ) was produced in the region of Toulouse and was brought by road and via the river Adour to the port of Bayonne in order to be exported.
9.: An almost similar entry, excepting for the names of the commissaries and the deadline of the inquiry, is in entry in C 61/114 . See also the related entries entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/116 .

12: 3 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for a year to William Clifford, kt , constable of the castle of Bordeaux , who is staying in the regions of Gascony for the exercise and government of this office.

By p.s.

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23 June 1414 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Inspeximus and confirmation, at his request, for Fuxo Gaston de Foix, Bogio, de captal de Buch , son of Archambaud de Grailly, count of Foix and captal de Buch:

28 March 1400 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to [Archambaud de] Grailly .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the following grants for Archambaud de Grailly, count of Foix , uncle and heir of the late Johan [III] de Grailly, captal de Buch , and as further grace, Archambaud is allowed to do whatever he wishes with these possessions, if they remain in the king's allegiance:

2 March 1378 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the following grants for Archambaud de Grailly, captal de Buch , uncle and heir, etc.:

18 June 1358 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the following grants for Greilly Johan [III] de Grailly, Bogio captal de Buch :

4 October 1262 . Saint-Germain-des-Prés .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the following grant:

24 March 1262 . London .

Grant to Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , and his heirs of the fief of Byere Biars , Secorbian Saint-Corbian ; Artige Affremere Artigues Estremeyre , held previously by Lady Alicia , the prince's nurse, during her lifetime, paying homage and, each year at Easter, a pair of golden spurs. Witnesses: Langeley Walter de Langley ; Castello Guy [III] de Châtillon ; ¹ Robert de Ufford ; Stephen de Buys , knights; John le Breton ; Donyon Ralph de Donion ; Robert Burnel , William de Salm' , clerks and others.

Witnesses: Maunsell John Mansel, treasurer of the chapter of York ; Walerand Robert Waleran ; Ebulo, Montibus Eble de Monts ; ² Matthew Cecil; Mountferant Imbert de Montferrant ; Nevill Peter de Neville ; Greyvill Adam de Grenville ; Master Gandavo Henry de Gaunt ; Geoffrey Percy and others. ³

1 October 1277 . Rotheland' Rhuddlan .

Grant and confirmation for Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , of the Castilun' castle of Castillon near Saint-Émilion , of Gourzonn Gurson , held by Pey, at one time vicomte of Castillon , ⁴ and his ancestors, except the town of Libourne and the parishes of Pomerot Pomerol , Fonzere Fozera and Varvan Barbanne , and also of whatever Bernat de Beauville ⁵ and his ancestors held at Langon by water or land; to hold in fee simple paying a sore goshawk at any removal of the lord of that fee. ⁶

7 October 1277 . Rotheland' Rhuddlan .

Grant in fee tail, to Alexandre de la Pebrée, Braegarici lord of Bergerac and Gensiaci Gensac , in consideration of his homage, of the homage and service which Jean [I] de Grailly was accustomed to make to the king for the castle of Castillon held from the king, excepting the town of Libourne, etc.; paying a sore goshawk as above. ⁷

1 October 1277 . Rotheland' Rhuddlan .

Order to Jean [I] de Grailly to perform his homage and service for the said castle to Alexandre de la Pebrée for the future.

1 October 1277 . ⁸ Rotheland' Rhuddlan .

Inspeximus and confirmation:

2 January 1266 . Notyngh' Nottingham .

Grant by Prince Edward , elder son of Henry III , in fee simple to Jean [I] de Grailly , for the service of one knight's fee, of Benauges , the town of Ilaz Illats , of the salin ( salinum ) ⁹ of Bordeaux , with power to the prince or his heirs to withdraw this grant, first providing Grailly with land elsewhere in Gascony in exchange. ¹⁰

1 October 1277 . Rotheland' Rhuddlan .

Inspeximus by Edward I of the letters when he was prince:

3 July 1267 . London .

Grant to Jean [I] de Grailly , in consideration of his expenses in the building of the castle of Benauges and other improvements, that if the prince or his heirs wished this castle or any of its tenements to be returned to them, an equivalent should be assigned in Gascony to Grailly before deseising him. ¹¹

1 October 1277 . Rotheland' Rhuddlan .

Inspeximus and confirmation by Edward I of his letters when he was prince:

25 May 1268 . Westminster .

Grant to Jean [I] de Grailly, seneschal of Gascony , of all the issues of the bastide built at Fonzere Fozera ¹² as long as he holds the honor of Castillon , and Castillon returns to the prince, the issues of this bastide should return to the crown.

25 March 1274 . Eilesbury Aylesbury .

Order to Luke de Tany, seneschal of Gascony , to pay to Queen Eleanor [of Provence] , the king's mother, the due rent for her lifetime, as she has granted that Benauges and Langton' Langon should be given to Jean [I] de Grailly , in exchange for an equivalent sum on the customs of Bordeaux.

27 September 1278 . Macclesfeld' Macclesfield .

Confirmation of the grant by Ferrer John Ferrers, kt , made to Jean [I] de Grailly and his son Pierre [I de Grailly] about Clarmonda Clarmont, daughter and heiress of the late Mota Galhart de Lamothe , Landirans lord of Landiras and her inheritance, as well as of the confirmation already made by Queen Eleanor [of Castile] . ¹³

12 June 1279 . Cressy in Pontiv' Crécy-en-Ponthieu .

Confirmation of the licence granted to Jean [I] de Grailly to assign an annual rent of 20 l.t. on his fiefs held from the king in order to create a chapel in Notre-Dame of Uzeste , in the diocese of Bazas . ¹⁴

12 June 1279 . Cressy Crécy-en-Ponthieu .

Licence to Jean [I] de Grailly, lord of Benauges , to create a market in his lordship in a suitable place and day, if it is not to the prejudice of the king or of any other person. ¹⁵

19 August 1280 . York .

Ratification of the purchase by Jean [I] de Grailly, seneschal of Gascony and Agenais from Master Goferii Johan Golfier of the manor of Rochefer Roquefère , and the land of the late Castro Mauron', de Huc de Castelmoron , notwithstanding that he was then seneschal of Agenais . The king may buy for the same price the land of Huc de Castelmoron.

2 June 1289 . Condat near Libourne.

Order to Haver' John de Havering, seneschal of Gascony , to release to Pierre [I] de Grailly , son and proctor of Jean [I] de Grailly , all their lands seized into the king's hands, as he has paid to the king of France ¹⁶ the 3,000 parv. nig. t. lent by King Louis [IX] to Prince Edward ¹⁷ for the crusade. ¹⁸

14 May 1296 . Rokesburgh Roxburgh .

Remission of the arrears owed to the king by Jean [I] de Grailly when he was seneschal of Gascony, at the request of the king's friend, the cardinal bishop of Albano ¹⁹

15 June 1285 . Westminster .

Confirmation of the judgment by Beck Anthony de Bek, bishop of Durham ²⁰ commissioned by the king to hear and judge the lawsuit between Jean [I] de Grailly, kt , and Mota Amaniu de Lamothe, damoiseau , as Grailly claimed homage from Lamothe for his possessions in Langon and its district, and Lamothe asserted that he held most of them directly from the king, and as this case was sent to the king's cognizance:

Lamothe delivered to Grailly his share of the toll of Langon, half of it being held from the king, the other half from Grailly;
Item, Lamothe delivered to Grailly 18 d. bord. on the issues of the petty justice ( parva justicia ) of Langon;
Item, his rights on another 18 d. on the same justice paid to Russeli Jean Roussel, kt , on behalf of his wife Clarmunda Clarmont[de Lamothe] ;
Item, he delivered the fief of Bailhey Baillet ;
Item, Lamothe had to assign to Grailly, within two years from next Michaelmas, a rent of 60 l.bord. in full property ( in allodio ), or to pay him 1,200 l.bord. , paying in the meantime 60 l. , any difference between them about this assignation being settled by Mirallo Ramon du Mirail, constable of Bordeaux , ²¹ and Ferrariis Ramon de Laferrère, clerk , etc.;
Item, Lamothe delivered to Grailly the oath which the judge ( justiciarus ) of Langon made to him to pay his fourth part of the issues of the petty justice ( parva justicia ), that is 18 ds. , and he swore to obtain from Scossam Bernat d'Escoussans, damoiseau , to deliver to Grailly the oath of the same judge for other 18 l. , etc.;
In return, Grailly discharged Lamothe of any claim about his homage. And Grailly acknowledges that he held from the king half of the toll on the raw iron( ferrum crudum ) that Lamothe held in Langon

14 June 1358 . Westminster .

Confirmation to Johan [III] de Grailly, captal de Buch , of the king's rights granted on Benauges , Illats , the salin of Bordeaux, the castle of Castillon, Gurson, etc., and in further grant for his good service of the full and shared justice on these possessions as they were held by Pey [II] de Grailly , his grandfather, vicomte of Benauges and Castillon , without any impediment from the king's officers.

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By K. and payment of 6 m. to the hanaper.

1.: Count of Saint-Pol.
2.: A Savoyard. His name is written 'Ebal de Mont' by Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 36.
3.: On this entry, see the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1266-72 , p.733.
4.: He had been dispossessed by King Henry III in 1254.
5.: Vicomte of Benauges dispossessed by King Henry III in 1254
6.: Buathier, H., Jean Ier de Grailly, un chevalier européen du XIIIe siècle , (Mex, 1995), p. 91, downloadable at: http://doc.rero.ch/record/8965/files/Jean_1er_de_grailly.pdf Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1272-81 ,p.230.
7.: Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 91. Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1272-81 , p.230.
8.: 1273 was noted in the roll, but it is an error of the scribe.
9.: In the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1272-81 , p.230 salinum is translated by salt-pit, but we prefer to keep 'salin', since here as well as in Agen, it might be referring to taxes on salt stored in the city, not salt-pits.
10.: See Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 37.
11.: See also the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1272-81 , pp.230-1.
12.: It is Libourne
13.: Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 73 and Rôles gascons , II, 1273-1290, éd. C. Bémont (Paris, 1900), p. 50-51, no. 189.
14.: This is probably the chapel in which his son Pierre [I] de Grailly was buried later. His effigy is still there.
15.: Buathier, Jean Ier de Grailly , p. 47.
16.: Philip IV .
17.: The future Edward I.
18.: See Trabut-Cussac, L'administration anglaise en Gascogne... , p. 37.
19.: Béraut de Got , elder brother of the future pope Clement V.
20.: 1284-1311.
21.: Constable of Bordeaux from 1281 to 1283 and in 1285-6.
22.: For the earlier confirmation of Edward III in 1358, see C 61/71, mm. 15-13. For other confirmations of the same documents, see entry in C 61/91 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/114 , entry in C 61/119 .

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21 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for the dean and chapter of the church of Bordeaux .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Thomas [of Lancaster], duke of Clarence , count of Aumale , seneschal of England , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine :

8 February 1413 . Bordeaux .

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

27 March 1357 . Bordeaux .

Confirmation for the dean, chapter and canons of Saint-André of Bordeaux of their exemption from the great custom for the wine of their lands, tithes and rents ( agrerie ) ¹ sold to merchants or others, even when these issues are held by lay farmers, if it is for one year term.

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Edward III :

11 September 1357 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Wales: ²

27 March 1357 . Bordeaux .

Same as above.

By K.

Inspeximus and confirmation a letter of John [of Gaunt], king of Castile and León , duke of Lancaster , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine :

12 April 1374 . Bordeaux .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to respect the privilege of the chapter of Saint-André de Bordeaux granted by the prince of Wales (see above) by his letters patent which the dean and chapter have shown to John of Gaunt.

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters of Richard II :

16 September 1380 . Westminster .

Inspeximus by view of the chancery rolls and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward III:

11 September 1357 . Westminster .

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

27 mars 1357 . Bordeaux .

Same as above.

By K.

1.: This is an equivalent of champart . It was often one fifth of the vintage or less.
2.: This letter containing the confirmation of the Black Prince has been published in Archives Historiques de la Gironde (AHG), IV, pp. 116-118.

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21 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for the dean and the canons of the church Saint-Seurin .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Thomas [of Lancaster], duke of Clarence , count of Aumale , seneschal of England , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine :

8 February 1413 . Bordeaux .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward I :

12 juin 1289 . Condat near Libourne .

Confirmation of a franchise on the great custom of Bordeaux and issac for the dean, canons , chaplains and lay usher of Saint-Seurin and their servants dwelling in Bordeaux or in the borough of Saint-Seurin for the wine grown on the vineyards of Saint-Seurin and personal inheritances and acquisitions in the diocese of Bordeaux , with the proviso that the servants swear to the constable of Bordeaux, under pain of an arbitrary fine, that they dwell in Saint-Seurin with their masters without paying a rent, and that after the death of each canon, chaplain or servant, their heirs pay the custom if they were not people enjoying such status, as the dean Ramon [de Laferrère] complained to Edward I that they have been molested and impeded. ¹

16 September 1380 . Westminster.

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward I:

12 juin 1289 . Condat near Libourne .

Same confirmation as above.

Payment of 30 s. to the hanaper. Farringdon. ² Exemplification by Faryngton Robert de Farringdon and Richard de Holm , clerks, who were asking for an authentic copy.

By K. and payment of 20 s. to the hanaper.

1.: A note of warrant is written: H. Marescallus. This is probably the name of the clerk who wrote this act (Henry Marshall).
2.: Name of the scribe.

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16 January 1415 . Westminster . For John Dupont .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux, as the king has granted by his letters patent on 1 December 1413 the office of royal executor of Bordeaux with the keepership of the papers of the deceased notaries to John Dupont , ¹ to deliver these offices to him or his sufficient attorneys according to the king's letters, removing there all unlawful helders.

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12 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Henry IV : ²

18 July 1401 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Richard II by view of the chancery rolls:

18 January 1384 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Wales , Richard II's father:

4 April 1357 . Bordeaux .

Confirmation to the Sancta Crux abbot and convent of Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux of the exemption from the great custom, previously granted by the kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine, on the wine grown in their vineyards, or coming from agrières ³ or from tithes, even if sold at farm to laymen annually, which the abbey sells to merchants, and order to the constable to give back any money unlawfully taken, and to return to the abbot these letters of privilege, keeping a copy under this seal of Gascony, as the abbot has complained against the excesses of the constable, and as the current constable has again infringed the exemption. Order to the king’s lieutenant in Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to let the abbey enjoy this exemption, ⁴ and order to the constable to give back, etc. ⁵

By K. and payment of 4 m. to the hanaper.

1.: See entry in C 61/114 .
2.: A similar confirmation was granted by Henry IV on 18 July 1401: entry in C 61/108 .
3.: Portion usually corresponding to one third to one fifth of the vintage paid by tenants.
4.: The main ecclesiastical lords of Bordeaux (the archbishop of Bordeaux, the chapters of Saint-André and Saint-Seurin, and the abbey of Sainte-Croix) were granted the same privilege as the burgesses of Bordeaux for the wine of their properties, rents and tithes.
5.: See the related entry entry in C 61/108 .

17: 17 July 1414 . Westminster . For Johan de Doazit, kt .

Elevation, because of the good service of Donazit Johan de Doazit, kt , to the king and his predecessors, particularly in the retinue of Thomas [Beaufort], earl of Dorset , of him as baron of Doazit, to be held forever by him and his successors with the jurisdiction of the Donazit barony of Doazit situated within his hereditary land.

By K.

For Hugues Brouard.

18: 19 August 1414 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Borart Hugues Brouard, esquire , of the lands of Condac Condat and Barbane Barbanne situated in the seneschalcy of Bourdeloys Bordelais and Perigort Périgord up to the yearly value of 10 l.st. , to be held in the same way as Aymeric de Duras , kt held it when he was alive.

By K.

19: Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant of Aquitaine , the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the procurator fiscal and all the king's officers in the duchy to deliver these lands to Hugues Brouard without delay.

By K.

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18 October 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to [Ricart] Macanan .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Henry IV: ¹

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 ), ² 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. ³

By K. and payment of half a mark to the hanaper.

1.: See entry in C 61/113 .
2.: A carrack was a large merchant ship.
3.: See Bardi's appointment as controller of Bordeaux on 12 September 1396. entry in C 61/112 .

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17 December 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation .

Inspeximus of the letters written and sealed by William Oldhalle, keeper of the seal and counter-seal for contracts of Bordeaux :

25 October 1415 . ¹ Bordeaux .

Inspeximus of three letters patent sealed of white wax on parchment tags. The first are letters patent of Edward III :

1 November 1354 . Westminster .

Order to the lord of Ornon , at the petition of the men of the Comtau of Ornon and of the lordship of Camparian , not to force them to do any work, since they were not due to do any save for the maintenance of the walls, moats and bridges of Bordeaux when necessary, and nowhere else; to let them follow the court which sits in Camparian and nowhere else in the Comtau, and to enjoy their pasture rights in the forest. And if anyone accuses one of the men of Ornon, he has to be fined with 6.5 l. , half for the lord of Ornon and half for the other party. The lord of Ornon cannot retain anybody's corpse after murder or accident, but has to release it for Christian burial to his friends and family without ransom. He must not to keep in jail or put in irons anyone because of a civil lawsuit, if a pledge has been given, on pain of forfeiture of his justice and lordship. ²

Inspeximus of letters patent of Edward III :

1 November 1354 . Westminster .

Order to the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine not to let anybody molest the men of the Comtau of Ornon and of the lordship of Camparian in their persons or goods, as they are in the king's safeguard.

Inspeximus of letters patent of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales :

19 February 1365 . Dengl'e Angoulême .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine to do justice to the men of the Comtau of Ornon and of the lordship of Camparrian Camparian , the king's proctor and the parties being summoned, as these men have complained that they have been compelled unduly by the lady of Ornon ³ and her bayles, to do aubergades ⁴ and to give hens, as they had none to do before the lady was given the toll and forest of Derbe Faviere Labouheyre , the toll of the bridge Saint-Jean of Bordeaux , the tolls of Royan and Mortaigne Mortagne and the meadows on the river bank situated downstream of Blaye ( les rivere de prez qui sont outre Blaye ) in exchange for the lordship of Blaye .

By payment of one mark to the hanaper.

1.: There is apparently an error here of the year. Probably this date should be read as 25 October 1414.
2.: See the Livre des Bouillons (Bordeaux, 1867), pp. 328-30. This act was already confirmed in entry in C 61/108 .
3.: Aliénor de Montferrand, lady of Ornon , widow of Guilhem-Bernat d'Ornon, lord of Ornon .
4.: Right of lodging. Right of a lord or his officer to be lodged by his tenant.

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20 October 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to [Guilhem-] Pey [de Cazaux] .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Henry IV: ¹

3 September 1406 . Leycestre Leicester .

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

with the proviso that Cazaux will not be retained by anyone other than the King.

By K. and payment of 20 s. to the hanaper.

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

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16 July 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation [for the prior of] Bardanac .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Thomas [Beaufort], earl of Dorset , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , admiral of England and Ireland:

24 November 1413 . Bordeaux .

Creation of the Berdunac prior of Bardanac and his successors priors, because some reliable ecclesiastical men has informed Beaufort about his good government of the priory hospital of Bardanac , ¹ as burgess and citizen of the city of Bordeaux, permitting him to enjoy the franchises, liberties and customs owned by the burgesses and citizens of this city.

By K. and payment of half a mark to the hanaper.

1.: The hospital of Bardanac was situated on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela and accommodated pilgrims coming from Bordeaux. Some buildings of the 16th century still remain on the site which is occupied now by a restaurant called 'Le Compostelle' (759 route de Bayonne, Pessac).

For Johan [d'Amézqueta], lord of Saint-Pée.

23 August 1414 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Johan [d'Amézqueta], SeintPer lord of Saint-Pée , kt , of 20 m. each year out of the right of shipwreck ( de fortuniis costere maris ) on the coast stretching from Cabriton' Capbreton ¹ to Fons Arabia Hondarribia , ² to be received from the constable of Bordeaux by equal portions at Easter and Michaelmas. ³

By p.s.

1.: Before 1400, the mouth of the river Adour , called bocau (nowadays 'Boucau') in Gascon, was at Capbreton. This mouth moved c.1400 to Vieux-Boucau , but the traditional jurisdictional border remained at Capbreton.
2.: Hondarribia is the current official Basque name of this town most often known as Fuenterrabía in Spanish or Fontarrabie in French.
3.: 29 September.

25: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Johan [d'Amézqueta] these yearly 20 m. from this right of shipwreck

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10 August 1414 . Westminster . For Pons [VII], lord of Castillon .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the other king's officers of the king's council [in Bordeaux] to return without delay his rightful possessions to Pons VII, Castelhon lord of Castillon , and to summon before them Pons VII and Bertran [III], Moumferraunt lord of Montferrand , and do full justice according to law and the local fors. As Pons VII and his predecessors owned a castle called the le castell' de la Marque castle of Lamarque ¹ which is situated on the border of the king's adversaries and rebels, and as the inhabitants of this castle and lordship of Lamarque were accustomed to perform watches and other duties to this castle, until Bertran III de Montferrand deprived Pons of his lordship over some of them and inflicted on him other damages while Pons was prisoner of the French. Pons VII has requested the king to provide him with a suitable remedy.

By K.

1.: This medieval castle still exists today.

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7 November 1414 . Westminster . Concerning safe-conduct .

Letters of protection granted to la Leigne Jean de La Laigne, kt , lord of La Laigne in the Seyntange diocese of Saintes in the duchy of Aquitaine, prisoner of Radclyf John Radcliffe 1 , esquire , to le Counte Pierre Lecomte and Ruell Nicolas Ruelle , servants of Jean de La Leigne, for their coming from the kingdom of England , their staying, and their return to their land, with a ship loaded of 100 tuns of wine of La Rochelle , in order to pay La Laigne's ransom to Radcliffe, and as well to the master and mariners of this ship, for themselves and their goods and harnesses. Order to all the admirals etc. not to permit any injury, damage, violence or impediment to be committed against La Laigne, Lecomte and Ruelle and, if this has been the case, they have to correct them.

By K.

1.: John Radcliffe who became later constable of Bordeaux (from 1419 to 1423) and captain of the castle of Fronsac (from 1419), and later seneschal of Aquitaine (from 1423). On his career, with some important missing points for his career in Aquitaine, see Compton Reeves, A., 'Sir John Radcliffe, K. G. (d. 1441): Miles Famossissimus', Journal of Medieval Military History , 11 (2013), pp. 183-213.

For Henry Wilmot.

28: 16 November 1414 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Henry Wilmot, esquire , for the numerous services he did to the king and his ancestors kings of England and because he fell into great poverty in his old age, of a daily sum of 3 d. from the revenues of the duchy of Aquitaine, to be received from the hands of the constable of Bordeaux.

By K.

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, as the king has granted for life to Henry Wilmot the daily sum of 3 d. from the revenues of the duchy of Aquitaine, to pay this sum for Wilmot's lifetime, notwithstanding the preferential grant of 10,000 l. to the king by the Parliament held at Westminster [for the royal household]. ¹

By K.

1.: The Parliament held at Westminster between 15 May and 9 June 1413 (see TNA, C 65/73). On 3 June parliament agreed to give the king preference on up to 10,000 l. of revenues for the costs of his household, chamber and wardrobe, after which crown annuitants would be paid. See PROME, IX, p. 9.

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1 December 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation [of William] Oldhalle . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Thomas [Beaufort], earl of Dorset, formerly king's lieutenant in Aquitaine:

15 January 1414 . Burdeaux Bordeaux .

Grant for life by Thomas [Beaufort], Guienne lieutenant of Guyenne , admiral of England Guienne , Guyenne to William Oldhalle, esquire , of the office of the keepership of the seal and counter-seal of Bordeaux , with all the rights pertaining to the office, to be held by himself or another sufficient person, that went in the king's hands by the death of William Carbonell, esquire . Order to the seneschal of Guyenne and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this office to Oldhalle or his attorney.

By K. and payment of one mark to the hanaper. ²

1.: It is written on the margin that this entry is void because Henry V had granted for life, with the assent of William Oldhalle, this office to Espyne Bénedeyt Espine on 8 July 1415. See entry in C 61/116 .
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22 January 1415 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard .

Letters of protection granted to Guiraut Gaucem, ¹ his wife, their children, men and servants as well as their lands, goods, tenements, revenues and possessions. Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine,the constable of Bordeaux and the judges of Bordeaux to maintain and protect them and not permit that anyone injure theirs persons, possessions and goods. They must proclaim this publicly with the customary bans.

1.: It is either Galshemy Guiraut Gaucem who obtained letters of protection for three years on 28 September 1406 ( entry in C 61/111 ) or Guiraut Gaucem who obtained letters of protection with his father Séguin Gaucem on 19 June 1410 ( entry in C 61/113 ). These two individuals are probably the same person.

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20 January 1415 . Westminster . For the executors of the will of [Thomas] Swinburne .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayors and jurats of the towns of Leyburn' Libourne and Saint-Émilion to deliver to William Rokewode and Thomas Barton alias Thomas Hamme, executors of the will of the late Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , former captain of the castle of Fronsac , or their attorneys the possession of the lands of Condat and Barbane Barbanne situated in the seneschalcy of Bourdeloys Bordelais and Perigort Périgord , with their issues from the time of the death of Swinburne and permit them to hold it according to Henry IV's letters and the local fors and customs. The king orders them to obey and attend them these executors or their attorneys on this payment of these farms. Previously, Faringdon' William Farringdon, kt , constable of Bordeaux , had granted and given at farm for a certain term these lands that came into Henry IV 's hands by the death of Aymeric de Duras , kt , ¹ to Swinburne, this latter having yearly to render 12 m.st. to the exchequer of Bordeaux . And on 1 April 1411, ² Henry IV had granted these lands to Swinburne for 20 years from next Easter ³ to be held in the same way as Aymeric de Duras , kt , had held them for life, rendering yearly 12 m.st. to the king at the king's exchequer of Westminster during these twenty years. ⁴

1.: Aymeric de Durfort, brother of the lord of Duras Galhart II de Durfort.
2.: See entry in C 61/113 .
3.: 12 April 1411.
4.: This contradicts the life grant of these lands to Hugues Brouard on 19 August 1414: entry 18 .

Concerning protection.

33: 22 January 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to Thomas Mercer, Burgham parson of the church of Burham who is staying in the company of William Clifford, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

34: Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus , granted for one year to John Melton, kt , who is staying in the company of William Clifford, kt , Frounsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

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1 February 1415 . Westminster .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the community of Bordeaux and also the judges and prévôts of Gascony, and the master and prévôt of the minters ( operarii et monetarii ) of Bordeaux and elsewhere in the duchy of Aquitaine and also the minters ( operarii et monetarii ) to deliver to Gueryn, Daringuesse Guarin d'Arengosse of Bordeaux, merchant, the office of one of the king's minters of the city [of Bordeaux] and the duchy of Aquitaine previously granted to him at pleasure by the king. ¹

1.: Granted on 27 September 1413, see entry in C 61/114 .

36: 18 February 1415 . Westminster . For Arnaut Brunet .

Order to the king's lieutenant of Aquitaine, the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to do full justice to Arnaut Brunet, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , according to law and the local fors and customs. Brunet has supplicated the king that, during the time of the truces, a marriage contract was made between him and Barroilh Galharda Barrouil , daughter and heiress of Lady Pys Galharda de Piis of Reule La Réole and the marriage was performed in a church. Galharda de Piis and her daugther should have some lands and hereditary goods in Bordeaux and elsewhere in the duchy in the king's obedience and receive from them a sum of money, these lands and goods having been granted to Brunet by letters concerning them and by Galharda de Piis' will. These houses, the sum of money and hereditary goods of Galharda de Piis and Galharda Barrouil, wife of Arnaut Brunet, being in the king's obedience, should therefore pertain to Brunet according to the Bordelais law. But their profits have been granted to several liege men of the king by the king's predecessors, kings of England, because of the rebellion of Galharda Barrouil. However, these houses, lands and hereditary goods should be returned to Brunet because of his wife's reconciliation [with the king], and they must be returned in their original status, and it will be to Brunet's damage if the king is not providing him remedy.

By K.

37: 23 June 1414 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation to John Sparkeley .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Henry IV with the proviso that John Sparkeley of Pyllesdon Pilsdon will not be retained for life by other han the king :

28 December 1412 . Westminster .

Appointment for life of Sparkeley 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 payment of 40 s. to the hanaper.