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C 61/116, 3 Henry V (1415-1416) .

Introduction.

This short roll of five membranes deals largely with confirmations of acts issued by the king's father, in common with the first two rolls of the reign of Henry V. Hence the powerful Navarrese lord Carlos de Beaumont, who was to serve on the Agincourt campaign, gained confirmation of several lucrative grants, ¹ particularly the toll levied on the river Adour at Guiche, despite earlier opposition in 1413 of the community of Bayonne in alliance with other communities situated on the course of this river. ² Similarly Bernat de Lesparre, lord of Labarde in Médoc, one of the principal lords of the Bordelais, was confirmed in several grants made by Henry IV, Richard II and John of Gaunt. ³ The confirmations of Henry IV’s grant of a yearly rent to Bérart de Montferrand (1405) and the grant of the Basque hospital of Ordiarp to the chaplain Bernat de Sault (1407) are example of acts relating to Gascony which had not been copied into the Gascon rolls corresponding to these years. This demonstrates that not all of the acts concerning the duchy of Aquitaine were routinely copied into the Gascon Rolls. ⁴ The influential Master Pey de Prieret, procurator fiscal of the duchy, after payment of 40 s. to the hanaper, gained confirmation that his two sons would have the writing office of the court of Gascony after Prieret’s death. ⁵

During a period where he was present at London in May-June 1415, the merchant of Bordeaux Bénedeyt Espine obtained a wine tax as recompense for the gold and wine he had given to two servants of Henry V when the latter was prince of Wales. He was also granted the office of the keepership of the seal and counter-seal of Bordeaux. ⁶

The king also rewarded the seneschal of Aquitaine Galhart II de Durfort, one of his die-hard supporters. Durfort obtained the house of Livran which had been seized from the daughters of Fauquet de La Trau who appear to have married men of the French party, ⁷ He also seized the large and strategic lordship of Lesparre (in Médoc) from its rightful heiress and from her mother and tutor Johana d’Armagnac, first cousin of count Bernat VII d’Armagnac, who became constable of France after the battle of Agincourt. ⁸

On 8 May 1415 the English knight John Tiptoft was appointed seneschal of Aquitaine, replacing the lord of Duras who had been appointed in 1399. A position he was to hold for the whole of the reign of Henry V (and indeed to 1423), even though he was also involved in the king's second campaign to Normandy between 1417 and 1420, and was to hold office in that duchy too. He crossed to Bordeaux with 480 troops in mid August 1415 but returned to England in the following December. ⁹ Several Englishmen and Gascon accompanied the new seneschal to Aquitaine, obtaining letters of protection. ¹⁰ The sending of a small army around the same time as Henry's large army set out for northern France in the summer of 1415 in often overlooked, but it stands as evidence that the king did not ignore the duchy in his French plans. That said, there is nothing to suggest that Henry intended to visit Gascony in person as part of his 1415 campaign.

Worthy of note are the letters of marque obtained by two merchants of Bordeaux and two Englishmen against all the goods of merchants of Brittany who were in the duchy. ¹¹

Guilhem Pépin.

1.: entry 36 , entry 37 , entry 38 .
2.: See entry in C 61/114 .
3.: See entry 16 .
4.: See , entry , entry 14 .
5.: See entry 19 .
6.: See entry 23 , entry 34 .
7.: See entry 17 .
8.: See entry 24 .
9.: See entry 2 .
10.: See for example: entry 3 , entry 5 .
11.: See entry 26 .

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10 May 1415 . Westminster . For confirmation .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV:

5 August 1412 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Montferrant Bérart [de] Montferrand, esquire , of the custom of 60 tuns of wine to be paid at the castle of Bordeaux , up to the yearly value of 8 l. , with the proviso that he pays the surplus to the king. ¹

By K., and payment of 2 m. to the hanaper.

1.: This act has not been copied in C 61/113.

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8 May 1415 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft, kt .

Appointment, at the king’s pleasure, of Tiptot John Tiptoft, kt , as seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine, receiving the wages agreed in the indenture made between him and the king, with power to receive the allegiance of the king's subjects and to judge civil and criminal cases as did former seneschals, and with power to grant remission except in cases of rebellion, to remove and to appoint officers except the mayor of Bordeaux, the constable of Bordeaux and persons having office for life; with cognoisance of trials by battle, power to appoint notaries in the duchy and two or three general serjeants. ¹

By K.

1.: For Tiptoft’s account for the wages of the soldiers serving under him in Aquitaine, for the years 3-5 Henry V, and a muster roll of the same soldiers (80 men-at-arms and 400 archers), made at the time of their embarkation at Plymouth in mid-August, pursuant to a commission appointed to draw up such a roll on 19 June 3 Henry V see TNA, E 101/48/4.

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13 May 1415 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Felbrigge , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1118/21.

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12 May 1415 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year for John Tiptoft, kt , alias John Tiptot of Somerset , kt, alias John Tiptoft of Cambridgeshire , kt, alias John Tiptot of Cambridgeshire, kt, seneschal of the duchy , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine to exercise his said office. ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1118/16. Another such bill, dated 6 or 7 May, is now TNA, C 81/1118/10.

For protection.

11 May 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Graunt Pey Gran , Gascon, staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1118/14.

23 May 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Ramon Briney , Gascon, staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent (in the name of Raimund Driney), is now TNA, C 81/1119/14.

Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Bernys alias Thomas Bernes , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1119/15.

16 May 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year for William Grave , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1118/44.

Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Seintgeorge John St George , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1118/43.

7 June 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Nicholas Shelle , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1120/53.

16 June 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Giles Harleston , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent is now TNA, C 81/1122/24.

14 June 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Wydeford John Widford of Weymouth , staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1121/48.

4 June 1415 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Hawkwode Thomas Hawkwood, kt , ¹ staying in the duchy of Aquitaine in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, seneschal of Aquitaine . ²

By p.s.

1.: A bastard son of the famous mercenary leader John Hawkwood (d. 1394).
2.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, is now TNA, C 81/1120/18. A bill of privy seal, dated 5 June 3 Henry V, ordering the chancellor to issue similar letters of protection for John Page, remaining in Aquitaine in the retinue of Sir John Tiptoft, to last for one year, apparently did not result in letters of protection enrolled on this roll.

For confirmation.

21 May 1415 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV:

30 July 1407 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Saut Bernat de Sault, chaplain , at the request of his queen consort, ¹ of the Urdiarp hospital of Ordiarp , in the land of Soule which is now vacant and in the king’s gift, receiving there all its profits, rights and emoluments. ²

By p.s.

1.: Joan of Navarre .
2.: This act has not been copied in C 61/111. The king’s privy seal writ to the chancellor for letters patent under the great seal confirming this grant is now TNA, C 81/662/440.

15: Same as above

Order to the castellan of the king’s castle of Mauléon or his lieutenant there to put the said Bernat de Sault or his deputies, attorneys or proctors in possession of the said hospital, according to the form of Henry IV's letters patent.

By p.s.

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13 May 1415 . Westminster . For confirmation [to the lord of] Labarde .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV:

14 December 1403 . Westminster

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Henry IV:

9 May 1401 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Richard II, excepting the clause "in the case that he can conquer it from the king's enemies who hold it at present":

3 August 1383 . Notyngham Nottingham .

Grant for life to Bernat de Lesparre, la Bardes lord of Labarde , who has lost his hereditary lands in the duchy of Aquitaine during the king's wars, of the keepership of the castle of Marmande with its toll, in the case that he can conquer it from the king's enemies. ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters of confirmation of John of Gaunt, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster :

20 October 1395 . On the Gironde near Castillon .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Richard II:

3 August 1383 . Notyngham Nottingham .

Inspeximus and confirmation of other letters patent of Henry IV:

23 April 1401 . Westminster .

Appointment for life, with the consent of the king's council and because of his good service, of Bernat de Lesparre, lord of Labarde , kt, , as Dagenoys seneschal of Agenais with the customary wages and fees of this office. ³

Inspeximus and confirmation of other letters patent of Henry IV:

14 December 1403 . Westminster .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Deverwyk Edward of York, Rutteland earl of Rutland , former king's lieutenant in Aquitaine : ⁴

28 August 1402 . Bordeaux .

Grant for life to Bernat de Lesparre, la Barde lord of Labarde , because of his service to the king and the crown of England, and by deliberation of the king's council at Bordeaux, of 120 gold crowns each year to be received from the tithe of the first wines that he brings, in his own name or in the name of others, down the river Dordonha Dordogne from the Alta Patria Haut Pays , entering into the town of Leybourne Libourne or passing by it. This grant is given in compensation for the office of Lombrere prévôt of the Ombrière of Bordeaux Lesparre had obtained from Hugh le Despenser and Master Henry Bowet when they were commissaries of the king ⁵ in the duchy of Guyenne; an office that has since been given by the king to Dartasso Juanico de Artaso . Lesparre or his proctors may receive this payment from the receiver of this tithe, but neither the latter or others are to impede Lesparre or his proctor in the matter of this tithe. ⁶

Inspeximus and confirmation of other letters patent of Henry IV: ⁷

14 December 1403 . Westminster .

Allocation to Bernat de Lesparre, kt , la Barde lord of Labarde , Dagenes seneschal of the seneschalcy of Agenais of 100 l.st. of England for his fees as seneschal, to be received by him at Agulhon' Aiguillon from the customs and tithe of the wines of the Alta Patria Haut Pays passing through Aiguillon, coming upstream and going to Bordeaux, notwithstanding that the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant are accustomed to receive this custom and tithe at Bordeaux . The constable of Bordeaux and his lieutenant must leave in peace the merchants and other persons having letters of acquittance from Lesparre or his proctor. The king had learned that the Bathon', Wellen' bishop of Bath and Wells ⁸ and the late Hugh le Despenser, kt , ordered, when they were ambassadors and commissaries( ambassatores et commissarii ) of the king in Aquitaine, to pay 100 l.st. of English money to Bernat de Lesparre for his fees as seneschal of Agenais, but Lesparre was not able to obtain them to pay his significant expenses. ⁹

¹⁰

By payment of 40 s. to the hanaper.

1.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 . For the petition of Bernat de Lesparre that resulted in this response, see E 28/31.
2.: See the related entry entry in C 61/108 .
3.: On 6 November 1399 ( entry in C 61/107 ), Henry IV had confirmed the life appointment of Nonpar I, lord of Caumont to this office (Caumont had first been appointed by John of Gaunt as duke of Aquitaine on 7 April 1395). But the latter had died at the end of 1400 or at the beginning of 1401. See the entry entry in C 61/108 .
4.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 .
5.: Henry IV .
6.: See the related entry entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/113 .
7.: See the entry entry in C 61/109 .
8.: Henry Bowet .
9.: See the related entry entry in C 61/109 .
10.: The king’s privy seal writ to the chancellor for letters patent under the great seal confirming these grants is now PRO, C 81/662/434.

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For Galhart de Durfort, lord of Duras.

2 June 1415 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Durford Galhart [II de] Durfort, lord of Duras and Blanquafort Blanquefort , seneschal of Gascony , for good service to the king and his predecessors against their French adversaries, of the house of Livran , with all its appurtenances, which is situated within the power of Lesparre , and which came into the king’s hands because of the rebellion of the daughters and heirs of Fauquet de La Trau, kt , deceased, to hold for his life. ¹

By K.

1.: In response to the petition which is now TNA, SC 8/181/9015.

18: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and constable of the castle of Bordeaux or their lieutenants that they put Galhart [II de Durfort] in corporal possession of the said house according to the tenor of these letters.

By K.

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28 May 1415 . Westminster . For confirmation [to Master Pey de] Prieret .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry IV:

8 June 1409 . Westminster .

Grant to Laurens [de Prieret] and Pey de Prieret , at the supplication of their father Master Pey de Prieret, procurator fiscal in the duchy of Aquitaine to whom the king had granted for life the writing office of the court of Gascony with its rights and profits, of the same office to have for their lifetime after the death of Master Pey. ¹

By K., and payment of 40 s. to the hanaper.

1.: See this entry entry in C 61/112 .

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6 June 1415 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Vicary of London , staying in Aquitaine in the retinue of John Tiptoft, kt , seneschal of the duchy . ¹

By bill etc.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent is now TNA, C 81/1120/39.

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10 June 1415 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection,with clause volumus, granted for one year to Roger Reymond of London , staying in Aquitaine in the retinue of John Tiptoft, kt , seneschal of the duchy . ¹

By bill etc.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent, and like letters for William Blyton (not enrolled on this roll), is now TNA, C 81/1121/17.

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14 January 1416 . Westminster . For Edmund de la Pole .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor of Bordeaux, the [fiscal] procurator and consuls of the city of Bordeaux, to deliver to Edmund de la Pole, esquire , the monies mentioned there. The late Edward [of Langley], duke of York and Henry IV’s lieutenant in Aquitaine had granted for life to Master Langbroke William Langbrook all right to the monies which the king had and customarily received at the castle of Bordeaux by reason of the fronds of cypress which ships or their masters or merchants carrying wines in those ships along the river banks of the Garone Garonne or Gironde and especially in the port and castle of Bordeaux were licensed and assigned to have by custom, to attest payment for these wines, ¹ and these monies having been restored to the king, the said letters having been cancelled in chancery, so that Edmund de la Pole, esquire, can have the king’s right to the monies, the king has granted them to Edmund to have and hold for his life, exactly as specified in the said letters to William.

1.: It was a local tax levied on the wines loaded on the banks of the river Garonne. The fronds of cypress probably came from the cypress wood of the Cypressat (in commune of Cenon).

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29 May 1415 . Westminster . For Bénedeyt Espine .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux, to pay to Spin Bénedeyt Espine, merchant of Bordeaux , the sums of money owed to him from the tithes and customs of the first wine coming to Bordeaux from the rebel country, because by reason of the king’s letters to him, when he was prince [of Wales] , ¹ Espine had delivered gold and wine to the sum of 260 l.st. to the king’s servants Edmund Ferys and Robert Rodington , to the king’s use, and had never been paid for them. ²

1.: Before 1413.
2.: In response to Espine’s petition of 29 May 1415, addressed to the king (whose assent is noted), now TNA, E 28/31/48. For the king’s writ of privy seal to the constable of the same date, issuing this order, see TNA, C 81/662/443. Bénedeyt Espine was in London on 8 June 1415 according to the Registres de la jurade : délibérations de 1414 à 1416 et de 1420 à 1422 , Archives municipales de Bordeaux, (Bordeaux, 1883), pp 193-4. The letters he sent back to Bordeaux speak of preparations for Henry V's invasion of France.

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10 July 1415 . Westminster . For non-molestation .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and the king's council in Bordeaux to do justice to Darmaignac Johana d'Armagnac, lady of Lesparre and Rauzan , who has supplicated to the king that whereas her husband, the late lord of Lesparre and Rauzan, ¹ demised in his final wish that their daughter, ² his sole and true heir, be in her custody, tutelage and governance, as is fully apparent in the testamentary will of the same lord of Lesparre, and after his death the same Johana offered several times before the king’s council at Bordeaux to do homage and fealty to them, in the king’s name, in the name of her daughter, as her custodian and tutor, owed as lord of Lesparre and Rauzan according to ancient custom, and the former seneschal of Aquitaine ³ and the king's council in Aquitaine , by virtue of the king’s letters and mandates to them took the land of Lesparre and put it into the king’s hands, without knowledge of the case and against right, law and custom. ⁴

By K.

1.: Guilhem-Amaniu de Madaillan .
2.: Agnès de Madaillan .
3.: Galhart II de Durfort (d. 1422).
4.: For the petition of Johana d'Armagnac that resulted in this response, see TNA, SC 8/269/13403. A related petition, relating to the investigations that were to take place in Gascony to substantiate or disprove her claim, is now TNA, SC 8/302/15052.

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29 August 1415 . Westminster . For the executors of Thomas Swinburne .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and constable of the city of Bordeaux, and the mayors and jurats of the towns of Libourne and Saint-Émilion, and all king's officers of the duchy, to put in corporeal possession of the lands mentioned there William Rokewode and Thomas Barton alias Thomas Hamme, executors of the will of Thomas Swinburne, or their attorneys, advocates or procurators, be put in corporeal possession of the said lands and their appurtenances, together with all issues received from them, from the time of the death of Thomas Swinburne, and also all rents, services, rights, franchises, privileges and duties, and that they permit them to have the same according to the form of the king's letters, and that they give firm mandates to the tenants of those lands concerning the payment of their farms and be obedient and attendant upon the same executors and their attorneys, advocates or procurators. Faryngdon William Farringdon, lately constable of Bordeaux had granted at farm for a certain term and demised to the late Swynbourne Thomas Swinburn, kt , lately captain of the castle of Fronsac in the duchy of Aquitaine, the lands of Condac Condat and Barbane Barbanne in the seneschalcy of Burdeloys Bordelais and Perigort Périgord , with all appurtenances, rents, services, rights, franchises, privileges and duties whatever, which came into the hands of Henry IV by the death of Aymeric de Duras, kt , ¹ who had held them, rendering annually for them at the exchequer of Bordeaux 12 m.st. , and on 1 April 1411, at the supplication of the same Thomas, Henry IV, by his letters patent, granted him the same lands with the said appurtenances to have from the following Easter for a term of 20 years in the same way that Aymeric de Duras had held them for his life, rendering for them annually at the exchequer of Westminster 12 m.st. , in equal portions at the usual terms, as specified in the said letters patent. ²

By John, duke of Bedford , seneschal of England.

1.: Its real name was Aymeric de Durfort.
2.: See the related entries: entry in C 61/113 , entry in C 61/114

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16 August 1415 . Farnham Castle . For Pierre de Chasse and others .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine and the mayor of the city of Bordeaux to arrest and capture all goods and merchandise of merchants of Brittany wherever they be found within Aquitaine, and to sell them, putting into safe custody the residue of the goods and merchandise not sold. They are then to pay the money received from the sale to the merchants named above until they are fully satisfied of both the true value of the cargo taken from them and all reasonable damages, costs and expenses sustained. They are also given the authority to order any of the king’s lieges and subjects required to assist them in the execution of this matter. Chace Pierre de Chasse, 1 merchant of Bordeaux , Bryant Jacques Briand, 2 merchant of Bordeaux , Philip Don of Honynton Honiton , and Cryse Richard Crise of Exon' Exeter have supplicated to the king that whereas they loaded certain merchandise in divers ships, both in England and in Bordeaux , and sailing the ships on the sea with the same merchandise, they were taken and abducted by certain subjects of the duke of Brittany , ³ against the form and effect of the truce had between the king and this duke, and they have often sued the duke of Brittany for restitution of their ships and merchandise, but have not been able to obtain it.

By John, duke of Bedford , seneschal of England.

1.: His family name suggests he was Breton.
2.: His family name suggests he was Breton.
3.: Jean V de Montfort , duke of Brittany from 1399 to 1442.

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1 September 1415 . Westminster . Licence to export [granted to Thomas] Fauconer . ¹

Licence to Thomas Fauconer, citizen of London , to ship 1,000 quarters of wheat from whatever port in England he wishes to Bayonne or Bordeaux , and having paid first all the customs owed to the king for them, he can trade them without any interference from the king’s officials or ministers wherever.

By John , duke of Bedford , seneschal of England.

1.: A note in the margin reads 'Void because elsewhere below'. See entry 32 .

28: 16 October 1415 . Westminster . Licence to export [granted to John] Burgh .

Licence to the king’s esquire John Burgh to ship six casks ( pipis ) of wheat from the port of London to Bordeaux , and having paid first all the customs owed to the king for them, he can trade them.

By John, duke of Bedford , seneschal of England.

29: 16 October 1415 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Chamberlayn John Chamberlain , staying in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, kt , seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine .

By John, duke of Bedford , seneschal of England. By p.s.

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14 June 1415 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Sparkelay , staying in the retinue of Typtoft John Tiptoft, kt , seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s bill of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue these letters patent is now TNA, C 81/1121/50.

31: 20 October 1415 . Westminster . For John Tiptoft, kt .

Order to William Clifford, constable of the castle of Bordeaux , as he appointed on 8 May 1415 Tiptot John Tiptoft, kt , to the office of seneschal of Aquitaine, together with the wages specified in the indentures drawn up between them, to pay him the arrears of his wages from that date and the wages due annually to him under the terms of the said letters and indentures.

By John, duke of Bedford , seneschal of England.

32: 1 September 1415 . Westminster . Licence to export .

Licence to Thomas Fauconer, citizen of London , to ship 1,000 quarters of wheat from whatever port in England he wishes to Bayonne or Bordeaux , and having paid first all customs, subsidies and other monies owed to the king for them, he can trade them without any interference from the king’s officials or ministers wherever.

By John, duke of Bedford , seneschal of England.

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13 January 1416 . Westminster . For Edmund de la Pole, esquire .

Announcement that the king has granted for life to Edmund de la Pole, esquire , to have the same rents that were granted to Langbroke Master William Langbrook by the letters patent of the late Edward [of Langley], duke of York and then Henry IV's lieutenant in Aquitaine . ¹

By p.s.

1.: See the entry entry 22 . For the king’s writ of privy seal, of the same date, ordering the chancellor to issue letters patent under the great seal, upon receipt of the cancelled letters patent from William, granting the right to these monies to Edmund de la Pole, see TNA, C 81/663/577. For a similar writ of privy seal to the chancellor, dated 10 July 1415, ordering him, upon receipt of the cancelled letters patent from William, to issue letters patent under the great seal for the same grant, giving the additional information that the monies yielded six marks annually, and stipulating that the latter would have to account for any surplus, see TNA, C 81/662/488.

For Bénedeyt Espine.

8 July 1415 . Westminster .

Grant for life to Espyne Bénedeyt Espine of the city of Bordeaux of the office of the keepership of the seal and counter-seal of Bordeaux , together with all rights pertaining to the office. Thomas [Beaufort], earl of Dorset , lately the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , had granted, by his letters patent, this office to William Oldhalle, esquire , which office was vacant and had come into the king’s hands by the death of William Carbonell , to have, rule, exercise and govern the said office by himself or by another sufficient person in his place, and to receive all profits and emoluments belonging to the office for term of his life, as fully contained in the letters patent, but the king now confirms letters patent, which have been surrendered to chancery, to the intention and effect that Espine may have the said office, and grants the office to the same Espine to hold under same terms for life, express mention of the true value of the said office not having been made notwithstanding. ¹

By p.s.

1.: The king’s writ of privy seal to the chancellor, of the same date, ordering him to issue letters patent confirming the grant, is now TNA, C 81/662/486. Bénedeyt Espine was in London on 8 June 1415 according to the Registres de la jurade : délibérations de 1414 à 1416 et de 1420 à 1422 , Archives municipales de Bordeaux, (Bordeaux, 1883), pp. 193-4.

35: 5 February 1416 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine and the constable of the castle of Bordeaux, to put Espyne Bénedeyt Espine or his attorney or proctor in full possession and seisin of the said office, and permit him to have peaceably and enjoy all rights, profits, duties and emoluments belonging to it according to the tenor of the king'sletters patent.

5 February 1416 . Westminster .

1.: On 18 July 1404, see entry in C 61/109 .
2.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/90 , entry in C 61/90 , entry in C 61/91 , entry in C 61/94 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/107 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/109 , entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/114 .

8 February 1416 . Westminster .

Order to the king’s lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of the duchy and the king's councillors of the duchy , and also his fiscal procurator and all the king's officers in the duchy to allow Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre , to whom Henry IV has granted for life by his letters patent, ¹ at the supplication of Beaumont, castellan [of Mauléon] , to receive in person or through his proctors a toll levied on the goods passing through the river le Dou Adour at the fishery of Guiche situated near the castle 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, ² 2 hardis guyennais for each cartload ( carectata ) of iron, half of a hardi guyennais for each head of cattle, 2 hardis guyennais and half for each quintal of iron, 5 hardis guyennais for each bundle ( tractus ) of leather, each hardi is worthing half penny ( obolus ), as it is contained in Henry IV's letters and the current king's confirmation, to permit him and his proctors to levy this toll without impediment. ³

1.: See the entry entry in C 61/112 .
2.: Woad (called in French guède or pastel des tinturiers ) was produced in the region of Toulouse and was brought by road and via the river Adour to the port of Bayonne in order to be exported.
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/114 .

8 February 1416 . Westminster .

Order to the king’s lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of the duchy and the king's councillors of the duchy , and also his fiscal procurator and all the king's officers in the duchy to allow Carlos de Beaumont, alférez of Navarre , to whom Henry IV has granted for life by his letters patent on 10 June 1407, ¹ letters the current king confirms, the land of Noaillan with all the lands, tenements, revenues pertaining to it and with all the lands and revenues which were owned for life by Johan de Cantiran in the city of Bordeaux and in the towns and parishes of Marinach' Mérignac , Becla Bègles , Villa de Navus Villenave[-d'Ornon] and Cadaynach' Cadaujac and others in the duchy, in the same way that Johan de Cantiran held them during his lifetime. Henry IV furthermore granted to Beaumont for his lifetime the custom on the wine called issac of Bordeaux after the death of Radegonde Béchet, Mortemer lady of Morthemer who held this custom for life according to a grant of Richard II . Henry IV also granted to Beaumont the licence to bring and carry, himself or his attorneys, 120 tuns of wine coming from the rebel places of the duchy ² without paying any tithe or custom at the castle of Bordeaux or elsewhere and without bringing any wheat with this wine, and with priority before any others who had such licence, in the same way as Tolleo Guilhem de Thouil , former clerk of the city of Bordeaux , had for life by the king's grant. Beaumont had to render each year for 20 years 100 fr. at Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions; to have and enjoy these grants. ³

1.: See the entry entry in C 61/111 .
2.: The places under French authority.
3.: See the related entries entry in C 61/111 , entry in C 61/112 , entry in C 61/114 .