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C 61/121

Gascon Roll for the 4th year of the reign of Henry VI

Physical condition of the roll

The roll consists of seven membranes. There are entries on all of the face sides, but on none of the dorses. The roll is generally in good condition.

C 61/121, 4 Henry VI (1425-1426) .

Introduction.

Most of the entries of this short roll deal with licences granted to English merchants permitting them to buy wheat in England and to bring it to Bordeaux and Bayonne to sell there in order to supply these cities. Worthy of note is mention of Paolo Miliani, a merchant of Lucca dwelling at London. 1

A commission of oyer et terminer , an ad hoc judicial committee made up of three Gascon prelates and three Englishmen, was appointed by the king’s council in order to make judgment about the succession of Pons VII de Castillon (14 September 1425). Despite his political and military importance, Pons VIII, the grandson of Pons VII, still had difficulties in taking possession of his inheritance as his first cousin Johan de Lescun continued to occupy it. 2 A similar commission was appointed in 1426, and was made up of two Gascon abbots, the lord of Labarde, Pey Berland, the future archbishop of Bordeaux, and the English mayor of Bordeaux, Laurence Merbury. They were to come to a decision about the possession of the town of Langon, which was claimed by Bérart de Lamothe, lord of Roquetaillade, the legitimate heir of this lordship. The lordship was then occupied by Johan de Habas, the son of the captain Menaut de Habas who had recovered the town from the French. 3

The king’s council also confirmed (28 July 1426) the possession of several places by Gaston de Foix, count of Longueville and captal de Buch, who had previously conquered them from French partisans and the Albret family. This council also elevated the vicomté of Benauges, one of the main hereditary lordships of Gaston de Foix, as a county. 4 Certain possessions at Bordeaux and in its vicinity were granted to the Navarrese knight Luis de Falces who had fought and carried out diplomatic missions for Henry V. The properties had been owned by the recently deceased Thomas Beauchamp who had been an active English captain in Périgord. 5

Two entries deal with the claims, accepted by the king’s council, of Nicholas Bowet, great-nephew of the late Henry Bowet, former constable of Bordeaux in the early part of the reign of Henry IV, later bishop of Bath and Wells and finally archbishop of York, about the properties and revenues which his great-uncle had owned in the duchy. 6

Guilhem Pépin

1.
See entry 10 .
2.
See entry 1 .
3.
See entry 28 .
4.
See entry 44 .
5.
See entry 47 .
6.
See entry 13 , entry 29 .
1

14 September 1425 . Westminster . For Pons [VIII] de Castillon, lord of Castillon .

Commission of oyer et terminer , with faculty to use a summary procedure ( summarie de plano ), to the abbot of Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux ; 1 the Insula, Medok abbot of l'Isle-en-Médoc 2 doctor of boths laws; the prior of Saint-Jacques of Bordeaux ; 3 Croweford William Crawford, kt ; Master John Norton, doctor of canon law ; and Master John Gentill, doctor of laws , or at least to the two abbots and the prior, about the case of Pons [VIII], kt , lord of Castillon , 4 as he complained to the king that he was the heir of the baronny of Castillon with la Marque Lamarque , Moton Mouton , Sanssacum Sensac and a part of Castrum Novum in Medulco Castelnau-de-Médoc which belong to him by hereditary right, through the will of his grandfather Pons [VII] by replacement and by hereditary institution by his kinsman Pons de Castillon 5 who were lords of Castillon, and by the gracious grant of the late Henry V when Pons [VIII] came back to the king's allegiance, whereas Henry V was the true heir of the lordship when Pons [VIII] had not yet returned in his allegiance, so Henry V had given to Pons [VIII] some goods forfeited by rebels and ordered his grant be enforced by summary procedure by his letters patent, and it was ordered to deliver to Pons VIII the barony of Castillon and the other lands by subsequent letters of Henry V which have not yet been implemented. 6

1.
Pey Andrieu ('Andriu' en gascon), abbot of Sainte-Croix from 1412 to his death in 1435. See Chauliac, A., Histoire de l'abbaye Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux , Archives de la France Monastique, vol. IX,abbaye de Ligugé - Paris, 1910, pp. 150-4.
2.
In 1423, it was Pey Artus , see entry in C 61/119 . He was already mentioned as abbot of l'Isle in a act of 7 May 1422. See Baurein, A., Variétés Bordeloises , vol. I (Bordeaux, 1876), p. 291.
3.
Bérart Johan , prior of Saint-Jacques from 1422 to 1431, bachelor of laws . See Archives Départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux, H dépôt 1 16 (20), 1 22 (1).
4.
Pons VIII de Castillon was appointed seneschal of Agenais and Gascony at the Parlement of Paris (24 October 1425). See Journal de Clément de Fauquemberque, greffier du parlement de Paris, 1417-1435 , ed. A. Tuetey, vol. II (Paris, 1909), p. 186.
5.
Probably Pons VI de Castillon (d. 1390), lord of Castillon. We do not know the genealogical link between Pons VI and his successor Pons VII.
6.
Johan de Lescun and his mother Johana de Castillon , Pons VIII's aunt, still occupied these lordships. Pons VIII had followed the French party as is recorded in the accounts of the town of Montréal-du-Gers published in the Archives Historiques de la Gironde (AHG), vol. 29 (Bordeaux, 1894). He was the lieutenant of the French seneschal of Agenais and Gascony in 1412 (AHG 29, pp. 313, 320, 321). According to a petition of Pons VIII of 1423 (TNA, E 28/39), his grandfather Pons VII had written a will naming as his heir Henry V until he (Pons VIII) returned to the the English king's obedience. But Pons VII's codicil, written in London on 22 December 1417, did not mention his grandson Pons VIII but instead named his nephew Johan de Lescun as his universal heir (TNA, Prob/11/2B). According to Pons VIII, Pons VII's codicil was a forgery and Johan de Lescun and his mother Johana de Castillon occupied without right the lordship of Castillon-Médoc (TNA, E 28/39).
2

16 November 1425 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his request, to John Pavy of Teukesbury Tewkesbury to buy, by himself or his servants, 200 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of peas in the Wygorn' Worcestershire , and to bring them to the city of Bayonne for its supply and maintenance. Philip Delywe of Hereford in Herefordshire , gentleman , Thomas Delywe of Barbron Barbourne in Worcestershire , yeoman , Hulle John Hull of Bampton in Oxfordshire , gentleman , and Richard Grove of Haggeley Hagley in Worcestershire , gentleman , became mainpernors before the king for Pavy under pain of the loss of the true value of this wheat and broad beans that these goods be brought by Pavy to Bayonne and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the seal of the mayor or the governor of Bayonne within a term of one year. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Pavy or his servants to buy and to export this wheat and these peas to Bayonne, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
3

1 December 1425 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Robert Holme of Bordeaux , esquire , who is staying in the king's service into the regions of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

4

28 December 1425 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his request, to William Herman of Ely , merchant , to buy,by himself or his servants, 200 quarters of wheat in com' Cantebr' Kent and Norfolk ,and to export them from whatever port of England to the city of Bordeaux for its maintenance. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit Herman to do this, with the proviso that the wheat be brought to Bordeaux and not elsewhere, and that Herman will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat at Bordeaux under authentic seal before 24 June 1426.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
5

14 January 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his request, to Thomas Persons of Ely , merchant , to buy, by himself or his servants, 200 quarters of wheat in com' Cantebr' Kent and Norfolk , to export them from whatever port of England to the city of Bordeaux for its maintenance. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit Persons to do this, with the proviso that the wheat be brought to Bordeaux and not elsewhere, and that Persons will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat at Bordeaux under authentic seal before 24 June 1426.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.

Concerning protection.

6

17 November 1425 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Warner, gentleman of Seweston Sawston in Suffolk 1 who is going in the king's service into the regions of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

1.
Sawston is in Cambridgeshire, but it may be the place with a similar name in Suffolk.
7

10 November 1425 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Richard Lytton, citizen and vintner of the city of London , otherwise known as Richard Litton of London, vintner , victualer and provider of the wheat and other necessary victuals for the Fronsak castle of Fronsac who is staying in the parts of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s.

8

1 December 1425 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Huntyngdon Thomas Huntingdon of the Soka Wynton' soke of Winchester , merchant of com' Suthampton' Hampshire 1 who is going into the regions of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

1.
A soke was an English jurisdiction within there was a the right to hold a court.
9

28 November 1425 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Wodeward Richard Woodward, 1 clerk , who is staying in the parts of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard.

By p.s.

1.
Abbot of Saint-Émilion.
10

8 février 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at the request of John [of Lancaster], regent of the kingdom of France , duke of Bedford , to Bokelond Richard Buckland and Milian Paolo Miliani of Luca Lucca , 2 merchants, to buy without impediment 50 tuns ( dolia ) of wheat in the kingdom of England , and to export them to the regions of Gascony or other regions in the king's obedience. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit them to do this, with the proviso that it will be brought by them to the regions of Gascony or other regions in the king's obedience, and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat at Bordeaux under authentic seal before 24 June 1426.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Paolo Miliani was a merchant of Lucca living at London. See Galoppini, L., Mercanti Toscani e Bruges nel tardo medioevo (Pisa, 2009), pp. 170-171.

Concerning general attorneys.

11

6 February 1426 . Westminster .

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Bernard Dudo who is going overseas with the king's licence, nominating Francis Dudo and John Market of London alternately.

John Frank, clerk , received these attorneys until Bernard Dudo's return to England.

12

Same as above

Letters of attorney in England for one year for Jean Mouchy of France who is going overseas with the king's licence, nominating Thomas Haseley and Fferentinis Alexander de Ferentin alternately.

John Stokes, clerk , received these attorneys until Mouchy's return to England.

13

6 February 1426 . Westminster . For Nicholas Bowet, kt

Order to the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine and constable of the castle of Bordeaux to permit Nicholas Bowet to have, receive and enjoy without impediment the gauge and the money coming from the exchange mentioned below which were owned by Henry Bowet, former archbishop of York , at the time of his death, according to the hereditary right of Nicholas. Previously, Henry IV had granted to Henry Bowet for him and his heirs the gauge that is received for the king at the castle of Bordeaux , that is one sterling of Aquitaine corresponding to 5 d. for each tun customed in the castle of Bordeaux. 1 And subsequently Henry IV learned that Edward III had granted by his letters patent to Bertran II, Montferant lord of Montferrand 200 m. of English sterling to receive annually from the revenues of the duchy of Aquitaine, and later this lord exchanged with Master Henry Bowet, then lord of Ornon, 100 m. by year on this annual sum of 200 m. granted by Edward III, with the parishes of Marinnhac Mérignac , Pessac , Illac and Bolac Boulac with any right pertaining to the castle of Ornon , an agreement confirmed by Henry IV. 2 It has been shown to the king by Nicholas Bowet, kt, that all these things should have been owned by him by hereditary right, as he is the closest relative of Henry Bowet. This has not been acknowledged until now, to his great damage. In an inquiry made by John Tailboys , former escheator in Lincolnshire , by the king's order following the death of Henry Bowet 3 and then returned to chancery, it is shown that Nicholas Bowet is the closest kinsman of archbishop Henry Bowet, as he is the son of Elizabeth , daughter of Adam [Bowet] , brother of Henry.

1.
On 18 February 1400: entry in C 61/107 .
2.
See Henry IV's confirmation (30 March 1400): entry in C 61/107 .
3.
On 20 October 1423.

For Simon Sprotley.

14

26 January 1426 . St Albans . 1

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Simon Sprotley of the office of controller of the castle of Bordeaux with the counter-roll of the tithes of the wine of the rebels coming down to Bordeaux [from the Haut-Pays ], together with the wages and fees of this office, to be hold in the same way the late Lumbard Thomas Lombard or John Bowet when they held this office.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
15

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to deliver this office and permit him to hold it according to the king's letters.

16

26 February 1426 . Leycestre Leicester . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thoyresby Richard Thoresby of Beverlacum Beverley , mercer , who is going in the king's service into the regions of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

Concerning licence to transport wheat.

17

18 March 1426 . Leycestre Leicester . 1

Licence granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Chirche John Cherche, citizen and mercer of London , to buy without impediment 1,000 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , to export 500 quarters of them in several ships from the ports of Suthampton Southampton and Portesmouth Portsmouth to Portugal or Bordeaux , paying due customs. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do it.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
18

Same as above

Licence granted, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Chirche John Cherche, citizen and mercer of London , to buy without impediment 1,000 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , and to export 500 quarters of them on several ships from the port of London to Portugal or Bordeaux , paying due customs. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this.

By p.s.

19

22 March 1426 . Leycestre Leicester . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 1,200 quarters of wheat in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , and to export them from whatever ports of these counties to Bordeaux or Bayonne . Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this, paying previously due customs.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
20

24 January 1426 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Lytton Richard Litton, citizen and vintner of the city of London , provider of wheat and other necessary victuals for the Fronsak castle of Fronsac who is staying in the parts of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac for its safeguard and victualling.

By p.s.

21

15 February 1426 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Wodeward Richard Woodward, clerk , who is staying in the parts of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, seneschal of Aquitaine , for its safeguard.

By p.s.

22

24 April 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to John Strangways, citizen and merchant of London , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 600 quarters of wheat in the city of London , the counties of Kant' Kent and Suth' Southampton , to export them in ships of the ports of London , Sandewicus Sandwich , Portesmouth Portsmouth or Suthampton Southampton , to Bordeaux or Bayonne . Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this, paying previously the due customs.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
23

10 May 1426 . Leycestre Leicester . Concerning licence to transport wheat and broad beans . 1

Licence granted, at their supplication, to Robert Vobe and Frigge Thomas to buy, by themselves or their deputies, 50 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of broad beans in Gloucestershire, to export them on ships from the port of Bristol to Bordeaux or Bayonne . Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this, paying previously the due customs.

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.

Concerning licence to transport wheat.

24

20 May 1426 . Leycestre Leicester . 1

Licence granted, at their supplication, to Codryngton John Codrington and Richard Chapman of Clyve Cliffe to buy, by themselves or their deputies without impediment, 500 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of broad beans in Gloucestershire , to export them on several ships from the port of Bristoll' Bristol to Bordeaux or Bayonne , paying due customs. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do it.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
25

28 May 1426 . Leycestre Leicester . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to John Strangways, citoyen and mercer of London , to buy, by himself or his deputy, 200 tuns of wheat in Kent , Surrey , Sussex and Sutht' Hampshire , to export them on several ships from the ports of London , Sandewicum Sandwich , Dovorrum Dover , Wynchelsa Winchelsea or Southampton to Bordeaux or Bayonne, paying due customs. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this without impediment.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
26

13 June 1426 . Westminster . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to John Pavy of Teukesbury Tewkesbury to buy, by himself or his deputies, 400 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of broad beans in Gloucestershire and to export them to Bayonne for its maintenance and supplying, paying due customs. Philip Delywe of Gloucester in Gloucestershire , gentleman , Hulle John Hull of Brampton Bampton in Oxfordshire , gentleman , became mainpernors before the king for Pavy under pain of the loss of the true value of this wheat and broad beans that these goods will be brought by Pavy to Bayonne and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the seal of the mayor or the governor of Bayonne within a one year term. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Pavy or his servants to buy and to export this wheat and these peas to Bayonne, paying due customs. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
27

12 July 1426 . Westminster . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to John Alberton of Bristoll' Bristol , merchant , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 200 quarters of wheat and 400 quarters of broad beans in Gloucestershire and Somerset , andto export them on several ships from the ports of Bristoll' Bristol and Briggewater Bridgwater to Bordeaux and Bayonne , paying due customs. Pedewell Richard Pedwell of Welles Wells and Henri Burton of Bristoll' Bristol , merchant , became mainpernors before the king under pain of 100 l. for each of them that these goods will be brought by Alberton to Bordeaux and Bayonne and not elsewhere. Order to all the admirals etc. to permit him to do this, with the proviso that Pedwell and Burton give in chancery authentic letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the seals of the mayors of Bordeaux and Bayonne before 10 July 1427.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
28

28 July 1426 . Westminster . For Bérart de Lamothe . 1

Commission of oyer et terminer , with faculty to use a summary procedure ( summarie de plano ), to the Lysle en Medok abbot of l'Isle-en-Médoc , 2 the Bornet abbot of Bournet , 3 Bernat [de Lesparre], le Bard' lord of Labarde , Laurence Merbury, kt , mayor of the city of Bordeaux and Berlani Pey Berland , 4 or at least four, three or two of them, about the complaint of Bérart de Lamothe . 5 They have to act so that Lamothe's complaint does not reach the king again. The king has ordered to the captain of the castle of Langon , the prévôt , the burgesses and the inhabitants of Langon to deliver the castle, lordship and town of Langon to Bérart, obey and attend him and permit him to enjoy them. Formerly the late Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe owned the castle , lordship and town of Langon by hereditary right until the Armaniacum count of Armagnac 6 took them, and later they were retaken by some liege men of the king. Henry V had granted Langon by his letters patent, confirmed by the current king on 2 March 1423, to Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe . 7 Although the king ordered to the then seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux on 1 July 1425 to deliver Langon to Bérart de Lamothe, son and heir of Guilhem-Arnaut de Lamothe, 8 Bérart has complained he did not obtain Langon.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Pey Artus .
3.
Hélias de Faurie .
4.
For the career of the future archbishop of Bordeaux, see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.203-17, no. 239.
5.
Bérart de Lamothe, lord of Roquetaillade .
6.
Bernat VII d'Armagnac , count of Armagnac took Langon in August 1405. See Pépin, G., 'The French offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine ', Journal of Medieval Military History , 9 (2011), p. 13-4.
7.
See entry in C 61/119 .
8.
See entry in C 61/120 , entry in C 61/120 , entry in C 61/120 .
29

20 July 1426 . Westminster . For Nicholas Bowet, kt .

Order to the seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine and constable of the castle of Bordeaux to permit Nicholas Bowet to have, receive and enjoy without impediment the things mentioned below which were owned by Henry Bowet, former archbishop of York , at the time of his death according to the hereditary right of Nicholas. Henry IV had granted on 18 February 1400 to Henry Bowet, 1 clerk, because of the great sums of money he expended for his service, of the lands, tenements, revenues, possessions granted by Prince Edward of Woodstock and Richard II to the late Stretton John de Stratton, lord of Landiras , to wit:

  1. all the goods, lands and revenues, houses of Bordeaux ( hospicia burdegalia ), vineyards, mills, woods, fisheries, pasture and commons ( paduagia ) that were owned by Champerryon Arnaut de Camparian, former burgess of Bordeaux ; 2 ;
  2. the gauge of the wine in the city of Bordeaux that the Moucedane, de lord of Mussidan 3 held by hereditary right and which was seized by the king because of his rebellion; 4
  3. the three parts of the market of Bordeaux formerly held by Collom Johan Colom, kt , and seized by the king because of his rebellion; 5
  4. the office of door-keeper ( janitor ) of the castle of Bordeaux formerly held by Goot Galhart de Got, Roiallac lord of Rouillac ;
  5. the lands of the late Johan Colom, kt , at Vessan Bessan and within the Marque jurisdiction of Lamarque ;
  6. all the lands formerly owned by Galhart de Preissac 6 in Burdeg' Bordelais ; the Barsak prévôté of Barsac formerly owned by the lord of Budos ; 7 the castle and town of Lengon Langon with 4 d. for each pound of the current money of the duchy to be received on all the goods coming through this town;
  7. the gauge that is received for the king at the castle of Bordeaux , that is 5 d.st. of Aquitaine; the land of the Destanx lord of Estang 8 and the Condak land of Condat , of Barbane Barbanne which were owned by the daughter of the son of Fussac Galhart du Foussat ;
  8. and also the house where the heirs of Fumell' Johan de Fumel live in Bordeaux together with le Trave [the house of] La Trau .
It has been shown to the king by Nicholas Bowet, kt, that all these things should have been owned by him by hereditary right, as he is the closest relative of Henry Bowet, which has not been acknowledged until now to his great damage. In an inquiry made by John Tailboys , former escheator in Lincolnshire , by the king's order following the death of Henry Bowet 9 and then returned it to chancery, it is shown that Nicholas Bowet is the closest kinsman of archbishop Henry Bowet, as he is the son of Elizabeth , daughter of Adam [Bowet] , brother of Henry.

1.
See entry in C 61/107 .
2.
This grant of the Prince (Angoulême, 3 January 1370) was confirmed on 18 August 1373 (C 61/86, m.2) and on 25 February 1376 (Archives Départementales de la Gironde (ADG), G 1716, fol. 11). Published in 'Cartulaire d’Henry V et d’Henry VI', Archives Historiques de la Gironde (AHG), vol. 16, pp. 157-8, no. CI.
3.
Ramon II de Montaut , lord of Mussidan from 1359 to 1406.
4.
Ramon II de Montaut was taken prisoner by the French at the battle of Eymet (1 September 1377) and rallied to the French until he returned to English obedience in 1379.
5.
Johan Colom was a prominent member of the Bordeaux bourgeoisie, but was accused of treason and put to death by the Anglo-Gascon authorities at Bordeaux c. 1376.
6.
Lord of Estang .
7.
Tetbaut , lord of Budos and Portes-Bertrand (d. 1421).
8.
Galhart de Preissac .
9.
On 20 October 1423.
30

11 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for Bérart [de Montferrand] .

Inspeximus and confirmation, with the advice of the king's great council, of the letters patent of Henry IV : 1

22 September 1408 . Westminster .

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

1.
See entry in C 61/112 .
31

13 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at their supplication, to John Laurence and Henry Chaucy to buy, by themselves or their deputies, 80 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , and to export them from the port of Pole Poole to Bordeaux . William Dorset of Wiltes' Wiltshire , gentleman , and Roger Poynant of London , merchant , became mainpernors before the king for Laurence and Chaucy under pain of 20 l. for each of them that this wheat be brought by Laurence and Chaucy to Bordeaux and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux before 12 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Laurence and Chaucy or their servants to buy and export this wheat to Bordeaux, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
32

21 July 1426 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Short of London , gentleman , who is going into the parts of Aquitaine in the company of Radclyf John Radcliffe, kt , Fronsak captain of the castle of Fronsac , who is staying there for the safeguard of this castle.

By p.s.

33

20 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at their supplication, to Bristowe John Bristol to buy, by himself or his deputies, 400 quarters of wheat in Lincolnshire ,to export them from the port of Sancto Botho', de Boston to Bordeaux . The same John Bristol and John Somerton of Coventre Coventry in Warr' Warwickshire became mainpernors before the king under pain of 100 m. for each of them that thsi wheat be brought by John Bristol to Bordeaux and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux before 1 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit John Bristol or his servants to buy and export this wheat to Bordeaux, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
34

25 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning confirmation for Bertran, lord of Montferrand .

Inspeximus and confirmation of some letters patent enrolled in the chancery rolls of Edward III :

7 September 1352 . Westminster .

Grant to Arnaut [III de Durfort], son of the late Duro Forti Arnaut [II] de Durfort the toll of Sancti Macharii Saint-Macaire to have, hold and receive, for himself and his heirs, on land as well as on water, to the value of 400 m.st. per annum until the lands and places with their appurtenances, granted to his father according to the tenor of the king's letters, be fully returned, any grant made by the king or by Henry, duke of Lancaster, former king's lieutenant in the duchy to Loryng Nigel de Loring or anybody else notwithstanding. The king wishes the allowance Loring received in the toll of Saint-Macaire to be satisfied in another location. Previously, the king granted by his letters patent to the late Arnaut de Durfort, for his good service, for himself and his successors if they deserve it, the land called la Borne Born with the places of Herba Faveria Labouheyre and Memysan Mimizan , and the land of Guosa Gosse and Seynas Seignanx , as well as the land and baylie of la Bourd Labourd with the place and parish of Monte Strugo Montastruc , and the parishes of Guyssen Guiche , Bardos , Durt Urt and Bruscos Briscous being in the duchy of Aquitaine, to have and hold, with jurisdiction of high and low justice with both complete and shared authority, and all reliefs, fees, homages, rights, customary payments, baylies, castellanies, prévôtés and customs and their appurtenances which the king has, for liege homage and fealty to be made to the king and his heirs by Durfort, and by his heirs, in part of satisfaction of 500 m.st. of lands and revenues per annum which the king granted to the late Durfort and his heirs in the duchy of Aquitaine, as more fully appears in the king's letters. As these lands and places are now occupied by others by the king's grant, the king wants to grant compensation to Arnaut de Durfort the son. 1

Inspeximus and confirmation of some enrolled letters patent of Henry IV :

11 August 1401 . Westminster .

Grant in perpetuity to Bertran [II], Montferant lord of Montferrand and to his heirs, of the all the goods owned by the late Labrit Bérart [III] d'Albret, Legoyran lord of Langoiran at the time of his death, if it is not to the prejudice of others who had received previous grants from the king. Bertran II de Monferrand holds the main part of these goods because his wife is the full sister of Bérart III, 2 and as he and the children he had with his wife should succeed to Bérart III's goods, but the Labrit lord of Albret 3 unlawfully holds a part of these goods, and John of Gaunt had granted in perpetuity to Montferrant and his heirs the goods of Bérart III. 4

By p.s.

1.
See the original entry entry in C 61/64 .
2.
Rosa d'Albret . See Communay, A., Essai généalogique sur les Montferrand de Guyenne (Bordeaux, 1889), pp. XIX-XX.
3.
Arnaut-Amaniu d'Albret , lord of Albret from 1359 to 1401.
4.
See the original entry entry in C 61/108 and the related entry entry in C 61/110 .
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27 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Forster Stephen Forester of London , merchant , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 600 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England and to export them from the ports of London , Sandewicum Sandwich or Orewell Orwell to Bayonne . Melburne John Melbourne of London , merchant , and John Somerton of London , grocer , became mainpernors before the king under pain of 100 m. for each of them that this wheat be brought by Forester to Bayonne and not elsewhere. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Stephen Forester or his servants to buy and export this wheat to Bayonne, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
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29 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Adam West , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 100 quarters of wheat in Kant' Kent and to export them on ships from the port of London to Bayonne or Bordeaux . Dyk Hugh Dyke of London , vestiment maker , and Dene Hugh Dean of London , vintner , became mainpernors before the king under pain of 40 l. for each of them that this wheat be brought by West to Bayonne or Bordeaux and not elsewhere, and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seals of the cities of Bayonne or Bordeaux before 1 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Adam West or his servants to buy and export this wheat to Bayonne or Bordeaux, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
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20 July 1426 . Westminster . For John Radcliffe, kt . 1

Grant, by advice and assent of the council, and for the fine of 200 m. to be paid at the exchequer by Elizabeth , widow of Clyfford John Clifford, kt , permitting to marry herself to whomsoever she will within the kingdom of England, of this latter sum to Radclyf' John Radcliffe, kt , for his wages and those of his company of 200 archers being in his company and staying in the duchy of Aquitaine for its safeguard. 2

1.
It is written in the margin: 'Void because it is copied in the Patent Rolls of this year'. This entry has been crossed out.
2.
This entry is in the Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1422-1429 , p.350.

Concerning licence to transport wheat.

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18 July 1426 . Westminster . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Lyster John Lister to buy, by himself or his servants, 600 quarters of wheat in Kant' Kent , and to export them on several ships from the port of London and Gravesende Gravesend to Bayonne or Bordeaux . Bryan Richard Brian of London , gentleman , and Roger Crome of Yorkshire , gentleman , became mainpernors before the king in chancery for Lister under pain of 100 m. for each of them that this wheat be brought by Lister to Bayonne or Bordeaux and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seals of these cities before 1 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Lister or his deputies to buy and export this wheat to Bayonne or Bordeaux, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
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Same as above

Licence granted, at their supplication, to Walter Jay of London , merchant , and Kyngeston Thomas Kingston of London , vintner , to buy by themselves or their servants, 250 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , to export them on several ships from the ports of London or Sandewicum Sandwich , 100 quarters of them to the city of Bayonne and the remaining 150 quarters to the city of Bordeaux . Radclyff John Radcliffe of Lancashire , kt , and John Bacon of London , vintner , became mainpernors before the king in chancery for Jay and Kingston under pain of 40 l. for each of them that this wheat will be brought by Jay and Kingston to Bayonne and Bordeaux and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seals of these cities before 1 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Jay and Kingston or their deputies to buy and to export this wheat to Bayonne and Bordeaux, paying due customs.

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25 July 1426 . Westminster . For Domenjon [de Lanne] . 1

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the assent of the king's council, to Domen Jon Domenjon[de Lanne] , royal notary born in Bayonne , of the writing office of the court of the prévôté of Bayonne with its appurtenances to the annual value of 5 l.st. , paying the surplus to the king's exchequer of Bordeaux . The writing office of the court of the prévôté of the city of Bayonne has been occupied for a long time, and has been outside the hands of the king's ancestors, and the profits of this writing office have been kept by certain people of Bayonne without the king's authority, and they still keep it to the king's great damage. 2

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
See the related entry entry in C 61/122 .
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29 July 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to John Blode , to buy, by himself or his servants, 600 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , to export them on several ships from the ports of Chepestowe Chepstow , Bristoll' Bristol or Suthampton Southampton to the city of Bayonne . Robert Holme of Bordeaux , esquire , and Garne Arnaut de Garn of Bordeaux , merchants, became mainpernors before the king in chancery for Blode under pain of 100 l. for each of them that this wheat be brought by Blode to Bayonne and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seal of the city of Bayonne before 20 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Blode or his deputies to buy and to export this wheat to Bayonne, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.

Concerning licence to transport wheat.

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5 August 1426 . Westminster . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Broun Thomas Brown of Bristoll' Bristol , merchant , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 300 quarters of wheat in Somerset and Dorset , to export them on several ships from the port of Bristoll' Bristol to the city of Bayonne . Thomas Brown became personally mainpernor before the king in chancery under pain of 100 m. that this wheat be brought by him to Bayonne and not elsewhere ; and he will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seal of the city of Bayonne before 1 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Brown or his deputies to buy and to export this wheat to Bayonne, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
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30 July 1426 . Westminster . 1

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Richard Thornes and George Usk , to buy, by themselves or their deputies, 200 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , to export on several ships from the ports of Suthampton Southampton or Portsmouth to the cities of Bayonne or Bordeaux . Richard Thornes became mainpernor before the king in chancery under pain of 40 l. that this wheat be brought by Thornes to Bayonne and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seals of the cities of Bayonne or Bordeaux before 1 July 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Thornes and Usk or their deputies to buy and export this wheat to Bayonne or Bordeaux, paying due customs.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
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28 July 1426 . Westminster . For Gaston de Foix, count of Longueville.

Creation, following the initial deliberation and advice of the king's great council of France as well as the account of John [of Lancaster], duke of Bedford , regent of the kingdom of France , and with the advice and deliberation of the English council , of Gaston de Foix, Longavilla count of Longueville and captal de Buch Buche , as count of Benauges for himself and his male heirs, granting the rank of county to the place of Benauges . Grant and confirmation for this count and his male heirs of the following places:

  1. the half of Sanctus Basilius Sainte-Bazeille which had pertained to the rebel la Bret Francès d'Albret, kt , uncle of the former lord of Albret , 1 the other half pertaining to Gaston de Foix;
  2. the half of Landerron which had pertained to the rebel Francès d'Albret, the other half being owned by Gaston de Foix;
  3. the place of Auros which is now owned by Gaston de Foix and was owned formerly by Ffavas Menaut de Habas, kt , who bought it from the late la Sare Johan de Lasserre, captain of la Réole ;
  4. the place of Baires Vayres which Gaston de Foix holds because of a loss amounting to 10,000 gold crowns concerning this place which should pertain to the lord of Albret 2 if he were in the king's obedience, as this place, or at least the rights the king had there because of the lord of Albret's rebellion, had been granted by Henry V to Gaston de Foix ;
  5. the place of Berteullum Vertheuil which was owned by the lord of Albret 3 and which was conquered 4 by Neufville John Neville, kt , then seneschal of Aquitaine , 5 and the captal de Buch , father of Gaston de Foix, 6 as the king's predecessors have entrusted this place to the captal, but he was obliged to return to it to the lord of Albret if the latter returned to the king's obedience, as appears in the letters of the seneschal and the captal sealed by their seals;
  6. and also the places of Sore and Castelnave de Sernes Castelnau-de-Cernès which were owned by the lord of Albret and the value of which does not exceed 100 l.st. ;
  7. all places of Gaston de Foix submitted to the king's obedience
The king furthermore grants him 300 l.st. of revenue to be received each year on the conquests he makes or he will make against the king's rebels and adversaries. The king confirms all these grants, with the proviso that these places are not from the king's domain, that Gaston de Foix will render them to the king at his request, and that he made these conquests at his own costs and not at the king's costs, and that this grant does not set a precedent for others. The king announces these grants to all his subjects. Witnesses: Henry [Chichele], archbishop of Canterbury , primate of all England , and John [Kemp], archbishop of York , primate of England , the king's chancellor, John [of Lancaster], duke of Bedford , and Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , the king's uncles, and Thomas [Beaufort], duke of Exeter , the king's kinsman, being regents, John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , Humphrey [Stafford], earl of Stafford , Crumwell Ralph Cromwell, kt , Walter Hungerford, kt , the king's treasurer , John Tiptoft, steward of the king's household , Master William Alnewyk, keeper of the king's privy seal , and some others.

By p.s.

1.
Charles I d'Albret , constable of France, killed at the battle of Agincourt (1415).
2.
Charles II d'Albret .
3.
Arnaut-Amaniu d'Albret (d. 1401).
4.
In 1379.
5.
John Neville was in fact king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .
6.
Archambaud de Grailly (d. 1412).
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6 August 1426 . Gloucestre Gloucester . Concerning licence to transport wheat.

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Thomas Hewes of Gloucestre Gloucester , merchant , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 400 quarters of wheat in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to export on several ships from the port of Bristoll' Bristol 200 quarters to the city of Bayonne and 200 quarters to the city of Bordeaux . Thomas Hewes and Luk' Thomas Luke of Gloucester became mainpernors before the king in chancery under pain of 50 m. that this wheat be brought to Bayonne and Bordeaux and not elsewhere; and they will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seals of the cities of Bayonne and Bordeaux before 1 August 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Hewes or his deputies to buy and to export this wheat to Bayonne and Bordeaux, paying due customs.

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27 August 1426 . Scroby Scrooby . Concerning licence to transport wheat.

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Barbour William Barber of Doncastre Doncaster , merchant , to buy, by himself or his deputies, 600 quarters of wheat in Yorkshire , Lincolnshire and Norfolk , to export them on several ships from the ports of Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull and Sancto Botho, de Boston to the cities of Bordeaux and Bayonne . William Barber became mainpernor before the king in chancery under pain of 100 m. that this wheat will be brought by him to Bordeaux and Bayonne and not elsewhere under pain of his goods and chattels; and he will give in chancery letters testifying the unloading of this wheat under the authentic seals of the cities of Bayonne and Bordeaux before 1 August 1427. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Barber or his deputies to buy and to export thsi wheat to Bordeaux and Bayonne, paying due customs.

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24 July 1426 . Westminster . For Luis de Falces, kt . 1

Grant for life, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Ffalces Luis de Falces, kt , 2 because of his service in the king's wars in England and elsewhere in royal diplomatic missions for Henry V and the current king, the lands and lordships of Lieuran Livran , Tartas 3 and la Libarde with their appurtenances, to be held in the same way the late John Beauchamp 4 held them. 5

By p.s.

1.
Extractus is written in the margin.
2.
Falces was a place situated in Navarre (now Spain) in the merindad of Olite.
3.
The house of Tartas (Bordeaux).
4.
John Beauchamp was a English captain particularly active in Périgord and was captain of Domme in 1424. Henry VI had granted to Beauchamp these lands with the lands of la Libarde and Poyanne on 14 May 1423 and ordered the seneschal of Aquitaine and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver them to him. See Archives Historiques de la Gironde (AHG), 16 (Bordeaux, 1878), pp. 58-60, no. XXXIX and XL. These two acts have not been copied in the Gascon Roll corresponding to this period (C 61/119).
5.
See the related entry entry in C 61/125 .
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21 August 1426 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Richard Scaley and John Lawent to buy, by themselves or their deputies, 80 quarters of wheat in the kingdom of England , to export them on several ships from the port of Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull , to the city of Bordeaux . Robert Lowe of Newerk Newark in Nottinghamshire , draper , and Roger More of Newark in the same county, draper , became mainpernors before the king in chancery under pain of 40 m. that this wheat be brought by him to Bordeaux and not elsewhere, etc. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit or his deputies to buy and to export this wheat to Bordeaux, paying due customs.