The Gascon Rolls Project

C 61/129

Gascon Roll for the 17th to 18th years of the reign of Henry VI

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

C 61/129 17 & 18 Henry VI (1438-1440)

Introduction.

In this roll, we can see that the string of rewards continues for Bernat Angevin, one of the main officers of the king in the duchy and local man. Henry VI ordered the men of Pujols to submit to Angevin since he had been given the lordship of Pujols. ¹ But the possession of this lordship and that of Rauzan, also granted to Angevin, was challenged in court by Amaniu de Madaillan, called 'the Baron', a cousin of their last hereditary lord and one of the leaders of the English party in Agenais. ² The castellany of Lesparre had also been granted to Angevin in compensation for another grant which had been returned to a former 'rebel' who left the French party and returned to English allegiance. ³ The grant in perpetuity of Gensac to the knight Loys Despoy and his heirs made on 29 May 1439 ⁴ was never implemented since the town's inhabitants opposed it, requesting a renewing of the annexation of their town to the crown of England. ⁵ They finally obtained the office of captain of their town for Isarn de Lavergne, the son of the last captain. ⁶ Loys Despoy also experienced many difficulties in order to receive the Landais lordship of Doazit granted to him in 1437, because the heir of this lordship, a Gascon lord of 'French' Gascony, still occupied it. ⁷

Worthy of interest is the ennoblement granted by the king of the Bouscat brothers who came from places around Fronsac, which included a painted coat of arms. ⁸ The esquire Guilhem de Boisset was rewarded for his resistance against the French by his creation as a burgess of Bordeaux. ⁹

Two letters of protection of interest were granted: one to a master of a ship of Danzig, the other to two masters of a Breton ship. ¹⁰

Several entries concerning ecclesiastical matters are copied into this roll. The prior and men of the convent of the Augustinians of Bordeaux had requested the king in 1439 to allow them to buy lands up to 60 librates of English money and to sell without paying customs 12 tuns of wine coming from their possessions: this was on the grounds that they had to repair their convent and they had not received recently the customary revenues of their vineyards because of bad weather and destruction caused by the French expedition of 1438 led by Rodrigo de Villandrando and Poton de Xaintrailles, the first really significant military incursion for many years. ¹¹ The king tried, in vain as the monks later refused, to give a revenue of the abbey of Saint-Croix of Bordeaux to the Englishman Richard Logan. ¹² The king was more successful in granting the priory of Saint-Martin du Mont Judaïque of Bordeaux to a Gascon who was a brother of the Franciscan order based at Rouen: the king was presumably patron of this priory and therefore able to appoint its prior. ¹³ An order was also sent to remove the bishop of Dax Bernat de Laplagne, who was in conflict with Pope Eugenius IV, and enforce his replacement by the Basque Guissarnaut de Laxague. ¹⁴ The abbot of La Sauve-Majeure obtained from the king confirmation of two old charters granted to his abbey by Richard the Lionheart (1190) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1199). ¹⁵

Several entries concern the war. We learn that Robert Strangways, captain of Fronsac, the main English royal-garrisoned fortress in Aquitaine, was allowed to buy in England 100 quarters of wheat through his brother for its victualling. ¹⁶ The Gascon lord Francès de Montferrand was allowed to keep the office of captain of the castle of Castelnau-de-Cernès without rendering anything to the king as he participated in its siege against the lord of Albret and held it thereafter, repairing its wall at his own costs. ¹⁷ The esquire Johan Amanieu was charged with testing the king’s money struck at Bordeaux in compensation for his several captures by the French and his participation in an expedition to save Calais led by the duke of Gloucester in 1436. ¹⁸

The duke of Gloucester, who had already started building up his landholdings in the duchy from 1430, acquired additional lordships by obtaining several lordships in Médoc as well as the lordship of Budos and Meilhan which had been seized in the king’s hands by the death of Pons VIII de Castillon (d.1430). ¹⁹ For his part, the earl of Huntingdon John Holland, king’s lieutenant in Aquitaine, who had been appointed on 27 March 1439. He mustered with 300 men-at-arms and 2,000 archers on 29 June 1439 to cross to the duchy. The size of force indicates how important the English saw the active defence of the duchy at this time, as well as hopes of action on the frontiers which triggered French counter operations. obtained for life the great lordship of Lesparre. ²⁰

We learn of the end of a long trial about the possession of the lordships of Rions and Gironde which had been owned by Bérart III d’Albret who had defected to the French two years before his death (d.1379). The king and his councillors decided to give the lordships to Bertran III de Montferrand, a great Bordelais lord and one of the main supporters of the Anglo-Gascon regime, despite the opposition of the king’s procurator fiscal (royal proctor) in Aquitaine. ²¹

Guilhem Pépin.

1.: See entry 4 .
2.: See entry 132 .
3.: See entry 141 .
4.: See entry 75 .
5.: See entry 140 .
6.: See entry 147 .
7.: See entry 53 .
8.: See entry 45 .
9.: See entry 41 .
10.: See entry 19 , entry 85 .
11.: See entry 24 .
12.: See entry 32 .
13.: See entry 93 .
14.: See entry 139 .
15.: See entry 146 .
16.: See entry 110 .
17.: See entry 148 .
18.: See entry 108 .
19.: See entry 138 .
20.: See entry 119 .
21.: See entry 96 .

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11 October 1438 . Oxon' Oxford . ¹

Grant, because of his good service in England as well as in Aquitaine, to Peter Bowman , one of the clerk of the exchequer of England, of the office of clerk of the constable of Bordeaux , in charge of the levy of the customs on wine, ships and other goods, loaded and unloaded by ships in front of the city of Bordeaux , receiving there from the constable of Bordeaux his robes and daily food allowance ( bouche de court ) as did Robert Holme , previous holder of this office, with this office's room ( camera sua ) situated inside the castle of Bordeaux , as well as the fees and profits pertaining to this office, any previous grant of this office notwithstanding, the constable having due allowance of these payments in his accounts with the exchequer of England .

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

2: 28 January 1439 . Westminster . For William Gauty .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Gavty William Gauty , merchant, alias William Gaute, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of Walter Colles, clerk , constable of Bordeaux , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

3: 20 January 1439 . Westminster . Concerning general attorneys .

Letters of general attorney in England, for a year, for Louis [de Luxembourg], Rothomagen' archbishop of Rouen and administrator of the diocese of Ely , who is staying overseas in the king's service, nominating Broun Thomas Brown and William Norwich alternately.

The chancellor of England received these attorneys until the archbishop return to England.

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11 February 1439 . Castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . For Bernat Angevin .

Order to the men ( gentes ) of Puyus Pujols to obey Bernat Angevin, chancellor of the duchy of Aquitaine , to whom the king has granted on 21 March 1438 the castle and Roazan lordship of Rauzan and their appurtenances, ¹ and pay him the due rights, duties and customs they used to pay to the lord of Rauzan when the latter was alive. ² These castle and Puyous lordship of Pujols , situated in the Inter duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers , are adjacent to the castle and lordship of Rauzan and pertained to the lord of Rauzan ³ when he was alive. And the king has ordered the occupants of the castle and lordship of Pujols to deliver them to Angevin in the same way that the lord of Rauzan held them when he was alive.

By p.s.

1.: See entry in C 61/128 .
2.: Guilhem-Amaniu de Madaillan , lord of Rauzan and Lesparre (d.1415), was the last lord of Rauzan by hereditary right.
3.: Guilhem-Amaniu de Madaillan

5: Same as above For the same Bernat [Angevin] .

Order to the occupants of the castle and Puyous lordship of Pujols to deliver them to Angevin in the same way as the lord of Rauzan held them when he was alive.

By p.s.

Concerning the appointment of the constable of Bordeaux [Robert] Clifton.

6: 24 March 1439 . Sanctus Jacobus Saint James .

Appointment, for as long as he behaves well in this office, of Robert Clifton as constable of Bordeaux with the customary wages.

By p.s.

7: Same as above

And it is ordered to all the king's subjects of the duchy of Aquitaine to obey and attend Robert Clifton as constable of Bordeaux.

8: Same as above

And it is ordered to John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , and all the king's subjects of the duchy of Aquitaine to help Robert Clifton as constable of Bordeaux.

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20 April 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection . ¹

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Rempston William Rempstone , parson of the parish of Byngham Bingham in Notyngh' Nottinghamshire , clerk, otherwise known as William Rempston formerly of Bingham in Nottinghamshire, clerk, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there in the king's service and for its victualling.

By p.s.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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10: 20 April 1439 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of [John, earl of] Huntingdon as king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

Appointment for six years of John [Holland] John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon and admiral of England, as king's lieutenant in Aquitaine . Order to all the king's subjects in the duchy of Aquitaine to obey and attend him as long as he is king's lieutenant.

By p.s.

Concerning protections.

11: 16 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Robert Russell of London , tailor , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

12: 19 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Raymond Count otherwise known as Robert Earl, citizen and woodmonger of London , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

20 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William May of Wynchelsey Winchelsea in Kant Kent , goldsmith , otherwise known as William Mai of Plymmouth Plymouth in Cornub' Cornwall , ¹ goldsmith, otherwise known as William Mayngh, goldsmith, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

1.: This is an error as Plymouth, though bordering Cornwall, was and is in Devon.

14: 14 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Cuyla Guilhem Cuilhe , Gascon , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

15: 14 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Bertran de Castéra, Gascon , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

16: Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Janicot, Gaus, de Johanicot d'Aguerre, Gascon , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

17: 19 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Rempston Thomas Rempstone, formerly of London , kt , otherwise known as Thomas Rempston of Notyngham' Nottinghamshire , kt, otherwise known as Thomas Rempston, formerly of Nottinghamshire, otherwise known as Thomas Rempston, formerly of Byngham Bingham of Nottinghamshire, kt, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

18: 20 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Byll John Bill, otherwise known as John Byllis, gentleman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

18 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Cogge Nicolaus Kogge , ¹ master of the ship called Mawdeleyin of Dansk Danzig , ² who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

1.: The same person is mentioned as a master of another ship of Danzig in 1434. See Calendar of the Close Rolls (CPR), 1429-36 , p.470 (Westminster, 18 November 1434).
2.: Now the town of Gdańsk (Poland). It was before 1945 a German town named Danzig.

20: 26 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Davy , son of William Davy of Swaynesey Swansea in Wallia Wales , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

21: 26 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Richard Gerneys of Brede in Sussex , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

22: 27 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Roys of London , corvesour corveiser , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

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27 April 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection . ¹

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Burgh, cook , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By bill of the treasurer.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of the entry.

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7 May 1439 . manerium de Kenyngton Kennington manor . For the prior and convent of the Augustinians of Bordeaux .

Licence granted to the convent of the Augustinians of Bordeaux , at the supplication of Master Petrus Pey, professor of theology , prior of the Augustinians of Bordeaux , to hold the possessions already given to them and to purchase other possessions up to 60 librates of English money in rent, and to sell without paying customs 12 tuns of wine coming from their possessions and given as alms. Whereas the convent is in a poor, remote and inconvenient place situated near the city wall, and as nobles had given them about 8 librates of yearly rent and money to purchase other rents for the maintenance of numerous brothers, for the repair of the convent's buildings and for the celebration of their anniversaries as they have chosen to be buried there. And as for two years, ¹ they have received no fruit from their vineyards because of the bad weather and the king's enemies, and as they are hugely indebted, they request the king to provide a remedy to their poverty. ²

By p.s.

1.: Since the invasion of the Bordelais by Rodrigo de Villandrando and his troops working for the French (1438).
2.: On the convent of the Augustinians of Bordeaux, see Lavaud, S., 'Couvent des Augustins', in Atlas historique de Bordeaux . Sites et monuments, III, ed. S. Lavaud (Bordeaux, 2009), pp. 166-7.

25: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to allow the prior and convent of the Augustinians of Bordeaux to hold possessions and rents already given to them and purchase other possessions and rents up to 60 librates of the English money, and sell 12 tuns of wine coming from their possessions and given as alms.

By p.s.

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12 May 1439 . Westminster . For William Stone .

Order to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to deliver to William Stone , to whom the king has previously granted on 20 February 1438 the office of Baion' prévôt of Bayonne , ¹ or his deputy the same office.

1.: See entry in C 61/128 .

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12 May 1439 . Westminster . For the same . ¹

Order to Durefort Galhart [III] de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blankenfort Blanquefort , former prévôt of the city of Bayonne , to deliver this office to William Stone or his deputy, by indenture made between him and Stone, together with the rolls and memoranda pertaining to this office.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

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26 March 1439 . Saint James Hospital near Westminster. For John, earl of Huntingdon . ¹

Grant to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon with the advice and assent of the king's council, because of an agreement made between him and the king about his service for a period of time in the duchy of Aquitaine, of 1,000 l. to be received before his travel outside England, and permission to receive all the king's revenues which the dukes of Ebor' York and Exon' Exeter used to receive.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

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26 March 1439 . Saint James Hospital near Westminster. For John, earl of Huntingdon . ¹

Grant to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , with the advice and assent of the king's council, if he cannot perform the agreed service in the duchy of Aquitaine because of an infirmity or another reason being against his will during the period of time he has been retained by the king, that neither he nor his heirs nor executors be forced to repay the money he has received for him and his retinue, nor to render any account about it, his executors having to deliver to the king the obligations by which they are bound to Holland's soldiers for this travel [to Aquitaine].

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin. Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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Concerning protection.

30: 29 March 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Dryver Raymond Driver, esquire , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

31: 1 April 1439 . Westminster .

Similar letters to Spede Thomas Speed, citizen and fishmonger of London .

By p.s.

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3 February 1439 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . Concerning the grant of a benefice to [Richard] Logan .

Grant for life to Richard Logan , one of the king's servants in the duchy of Aquitaine, for the good service he did to Henry V and the current king, of one corrody ( corrodium )or maintenance ( sustentacio ) within the monastery of Sancta Crucis Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux which is now vacant, with all its rights. ¹

By p.s.

1.: On 3 November 1439, the monks of Sainte-Croix refused to receive Richard Logan when he came to receive the vacant corrody or maintenance. See Archives Départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux, Registre H 946, Inventaire de Sainte-Croix 1784, fol. 145. Mentioned in See Chauliac, A., Histoire de l'abbaye Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux , Archives de la France Monastique, vol. IX (abbaye de Ligugé - Paris), 1910, p.187, n.1.

33: 8 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Edward, glover , otherwise known as John Edward, citizen and glover ( cirothecarius ) of London, alias John Edward, citizen and glover of the city of London, alias John Edward, pointmaker , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

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7 May 1439 . Westminster . For Bérart de Montferrand .

Order to Bernat Angevin, chancellor of Aquitaine , the judges of the superior court of Gascony , the king's procurator fiscal and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver to Montferant Bérart de Montferrand all the the lands, houses and revenues of the late Amaniu Béguey, kt that had been granted to him by the king's letters patent, ¹ any other letters or orders to postpone the delivery of these possessions notwithstanding, and if the right of Montferrand is challenged, they have to summon before them the parties and to make full justice according to the local law, fors and customs.

1.: On 1 June 1432, see entry in C 61/124 .

Concerning protections.

35: 8 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Patteshull Thomas Pattishal , parson of Depeden Debden in Essex , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

36: 12 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Donyngton Nicholas Donington of London , gentleman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

37: 11 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Lillebourne Walter Rodham, otherwise known as Walter Lilbourne of Thetford in Norfolk , yeoman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

38: 12 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Robynson John Robinson of Cant' Cambridge , yeoman , otherwise known as John Robinson, chapman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

39: 13 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Smyth John Smith, soldier ( sowdeour ) of Abyngdon Abingdon in Berkshire , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

40: 18 May 1439 . Westminster .

Grant at the king's pleasure, with the advice and assent of the king's council and because of his good service to Henry V and the current king, to Durefort Galhart [III] de Durfort, lord of Duras and Blankenfort Blanquefort , of the office of prévôt of the city of Bayonne with the wages and profits pertaining to it.

By p.s.

For Guilhem de Boisset, esquire.

41: 10 February 1439 . Windsor Castle .

Creation of Guilhem de Boisset, esquire , because of his resistance against the king's enemies, as burgess of the city of Bordeaux , permitting his heirs born from a legitimate union to be burgesses of Bordeaux, and enjoy the franchises, liberties and customs owned by the burgesses and citizens of this city.

By p.s.

42: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to admit Guilhem de Boisset , and his heirs born from a legitimate mariage, as burgesses of Bordeaux and permit them to enjoy such privileges and franchises as the other burgesses of this city.

43: 26 March 1439 . Saint James Hospital near Westminster. For John, earl of Huntingdon .

Announcement of a previous agreement between the king and John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , giving the latter power to receive in the king's obedience, after first taking advice from a part of the king's council of the duchy, any prince or lord of the adverse party giving him back his lands if they have not been granted by the king or Henry V, or if the lands have been granted by them, to deal with the grantees in order to give them a suitable compensation in the duchy.

By p.s.

44: 26 March 1439 . Saint James Hospital near Westminster. For John, earl of Huntingdon .

Full power granted to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to grant lands, tenements, lordships, castles and towns within the duchy of Aquitaine below the annual sum of 1,000 saluts, that are now in the hands of the king's enemies and will be returned by Huntingdon to the king's obedience, to the persons he will find the most suitable and their male heirs issued from a legitimate union.

By p.s.

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10 February 1439 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . For Pey du Bouscat and his brother Hélias .

Grant of ennoblement with all due privileges and a coat of arms made as depicted there, at their supplications, to Bosquato, de Pey du Bouscat and his brother Hélias [du Bouscat] and their heirs. ¹ The two brothers have requested to be ennobled, as they held two houses in the Fronciaco, de vicomté of Fronsac and in the Cadilhacum, de lordship of Cadillac[-en-Fronsadais] called des Bosquatz with their appurtenances rendering 10 s. of esporle ² or investiture at each change of lord or tenant, in order to better serve the king.

By p.s.

1.: The arms are depicted in full colour in the middle of the entry. Their description in the heraldic language are: 'Azur two palets or a lion rampant or dressed hermine, armed and langued gules' (in French: 'D'azur à deux pals d'or au lion du même brochant, vêtu d'hermine, armé et lampassé de gueules'). We thank Laurent Hablot for his help about it.
2.: An esporle was a small tax paid to the lord at each change of lord or tenant.

For Pey de Lehet.

18 May 1439 . manerium de Kenyngton Kennington manor . For Pey de Lehet . ¹

Grant for life to la Het Pey de Lehet called de Haitze, esquire , son of Auger de Lehet, lord of Haitze , of the baylies of Capbreton and Labene Labenne with their profits and emoluments to be held by himself or a sufficient deputy in the same way his father Auger held them. Formerly, Auger de Lehet had obtained for life these baylies from the king, ² but he has returned the king's letters to chancery for cancellation in order to give them to his son Pey.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: First grant on 4 September 1413 by Henry V: entry in C 61/114 . Confirmation by Henry VI on 12 April 1423: entry in C 61/119 .

47: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, to deliver these baylies to Pey de Lehet according to the king's letters patent.

48: 24 May 1439 . Westminster . For Guiraut de Madéran .

Letters of protection granted to Maderano, de Guiraut de Madéran, citizen and burgess of the city of Bordeaux , with his wife, children, servants, serfs, tenants, movable and immovable goods. The king orders to all his officers in the duchy of Aquitaine to maintain and protect them as it has been customary for a long time. And they have to proclaim publicly this protection with prohibitions each time they are requested to do so by them. The king's pennons have to be affixed on all these houses, buildings and properties.

49: 26 March 1439 . Saint James Hospital near Westminster. For John, earl of Huntingdon .

Grant, with the advice and assent of the king's council, of a licence allowing John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , to buy without impediment wheat and other victuals by his servants or his deputies for him and his retinue with free shipping and sea passage ( cum libero eskippamento et passagio ), for the time Huntingdon is serving the king in Aquitaine.

By p.s.

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26 May 1439 . Westminster . For Guilhotin de Lansac .

Order to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to deliver to Guillotinus Guilhotin de Lansac , to whom the king has granted for life on 30 July 1438 the places and houses of Brull Breuil and Tastas Taste in the Bordelais region, with their appurtenances, revenues and rights up to the yearly value of 50 l.st. , ¹ the same places according to the king's letters. ²

1.: See entry in C 61/128 .
2.: See also the related entry, entry .

51: 24 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Kirkeby William Kirkby of Essex , otherwise known as William Sadillere of Thaxtede Thaxted in Essex , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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52

3 July 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection . ¹

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Baron of Exon' Exeter , merchant , otherwise known as John Baron of Kyngeswere Kingswear , merchant, alias John Baron, former of Kingswear, merchant, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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4 May 1439 . Westminster . For Loys Despoy, kt .

Order to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to expel and remove the Villa lord of Viella , the king's rebel, or others unlawful helders from the lands and Doasit lordship of Doazit , and deliver them to Loys Despoy or his deputy, receiving on behalf of the king Despoy's homage and other duties in the same way the lords of Doazit held them from the king's ancestors, dukes of Aquitaine, according to the duchy's fors and customs, and have them according to the tenor of the king's letters granting him Doazit. On 21 March 1437, the king had granted Doazit to Despoy and his heirs, ¹ a lordship which had been seized by the king because of the rebellion of its legitimate heir the lord of Viella, former captain of Montargis . But Loys Despoy has informed the king that when he was at the king's service in the regions of France, Doazit has not been delivered to him, and in the meantime the lord of Viella fraudulently entered in Doazit because of the negligence in its keepership, and he still unlawfully occupies it, so Despoy requests the king to bring remedy about it.

1.: See entry in C 61/127 .

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8 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William Boys of com' Buk' Buckinghamshire , gentleman , otherwise known as Lancaster King of Arms ( Lancastre rex armorum ), ¹ who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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1.: He was Lancaster King of Arms since 1436.

55

20 March 1439 . Westminster . For Richard Logan .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to deliver the office of serjeant-at-arms in the duchy of Aquitaine with the customary wages and fees of this office to Richard Logan , as the king has granted him this office on 26 October 1432. ¹

1.: See entry in C 61/125 .

56: 16 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Govant of Salisbury Nova Sarum , otherwise known as John Gowate, alias John Goayte, alias John Jovant of Salisbury in Wiltshire , merchant , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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57: 16 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Mannyng Thomas Manning of Oxonia Oxford , yeoman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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58: 14 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Longford of Ludlowe Ludlow in com' Salop' Shropshire , fuller , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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59: 18 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William Barte, citizen and hostiller hostler of London , otherwise known as William Berd, brewer , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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60: 14 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Henry Boys of London , esquire , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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61: 12 May 1439 . Westminster . For William Stone .

Order to the mayor, échevins, jurats, hundred peers and all the community of the city of Bayonne , as the king has appointed William Stone as prévôt of Bayonne on 20 February 1438, that having received the oath from this latter or his deputy according to the local fors and customs, admit him in this office without being under the authority of the constabulary of Bordeaux, they have to obey and attend him

Concerning protection.

62: 14 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Pottevyn Edmund Potevin of London , Hosyere hosier , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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63: 8 April 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Wavton Robert Waltham, citizen and grocer of London , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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20 March 1439 . Saint James Hospital near Westminster. Concerning power granted to the earl of Huntingdon .

Power granted to John [Holland], Huntingdon earl of Huntingdon , admiral of England , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , whom the king has appointed his king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine for six years by his other letters patent, to:

receive allegiance and subjection of all the cities, towns, castles, fortresses and places of the regions [of Guyenne] and others, with their inhabitants;
receive allegiance of enemies and rebels of whatever nation: English , Irish , Welsh , Scottish , French , Gascons , Aquitanians or others;
pardon them any criminal case (lese majesty, robberies, homicides, murders, rapes, excesses and all others) committed in the past or to be committed in the future in the duchy;
cancel all banishments which had been published or which are now published against them;
take and receive on behalf of the king any homage, oath and other service from all the king's liege men of these regions [of Guyenne]: ecclesiastics, nobles as well as communities;
summon men-at-arms and other soldiers for chevauchées and sieges, and to keep towns and castles;
summon ecclesiastics, nobles and communities for assemblies and take their advice to govern this land;
create tallages and taxes on the men and goods of this land, by consent of the lords and communities of this land, for the safety and defence of the land, and also cancel taxes which are against the king's honour and profit;
mint gold, silver or black coins in the king's name;
remove from office, if with good reason, all the king's officers who are insufficient, except for the seneschal of Gascony, the constable of Bordeaux, the mayor of Bordeaux and all officers having king's letters patent under his great seal granting them their office for life, and to appoint sufficient officers instead of them;
appoint councillors for the good government of the land and change them when he wants;
make truces in the regions of Aquitaine with the king's enemies and rebels;
grant safe-conducts and safeguards within the lordship of Aquitaine
order as he wishes concerning the revenues and profits of the land of Aquitaine, permitting from time to time payment of the usual expenses and grants given to the king's liege men in these regions;
revoke any grant of the king's revenues in the duchy when anyone has no royal confirmation;
grant that wine of the alta patria Haut Pays of this duchy be brought to Bordeaux , paying, by advice of the king's council there, certain taxes for the support of the war and salvation of the land, if they are not against the reasonable privileges of the land;
present suitable persons to vacant ecclesiastical offices and benefices;
destroy, by advice of the king's council there, any fortress which cannot be held correctly, especially those to be conquered from the king's rebels;
exercise, in whatever place the king's lieutenant will be in these regions, high and low, full and shared justice, judging the king's rebels and all kinds of criminals;
compel, by the advice of the king's council there, the constable of Bordeaux to pay for the necessary victuals for garrisoning and to keep the towns and castles which are conquered;
grant for life the lands and hereditary goods of the rebels of the king, by the advice of the constable of Bordeaux and the king's council there, to deserving persons, to the annual value of 20 l.st. , excepting anything in Burdeux Bordeaux or which was formerly in the royal patrimony, saving the king's right to pardon the rebels and return to them their goods;
grant and allocate the movable goods of the king's rebels to anyone according to the service they have done in the king's war [in Aquitaine];
check and to examine all the king's revenues there and to appoint controllers of the local officers answering to the king, and if necessary, to compel the officers to do this.

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

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65: 28 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Robert Dunne, soldier ( soudiour ) , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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Concerning licence to transport wheat to Bordeaux.

66: 24 February 1439 . Westminster .

Licence granted for one year to Johan Derak , merchant of the city of Bordeaux , to buy himself or through a deputy, 300 quarters of wheat in Somerset , Devon and Cornwall , and export them from a port or several ports of these counties to Bordeaux . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Derak or his deputy to do so, paying due customs. The king has learned the dearness of wheat and of other damages suffered by the citizens of the city of Bordeaux, so he wants to help them on this matter.

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67: Same as above

Similar letters as above allowing Johan Derak , Lampete Ralph Lampet, customer of Jernemuth Yarmouth , Spereman John Sperman , John Parker and deus Planteys Bernicot du Plantey , to buy 300 quarters of wheat in Suffolk and Norfolk , ect. as above.

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68: Same as above

Similar letters as above allowing Johan Derak and Gayfey Bertran Gayfer , merchants of the city of Bordeaux , to buy 300 quarters of wheat in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , ect. as above.

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69: Same as above

Similar letters as above allowing Johan Derak and John Mogan to buy 500 quarters of wheat in Kent , ect. as above.

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70: Same as above

Similar letters as above allowing Johan Derak and Caldewell John Caldwell to buy 300 quarters of wheat in Suffolk and Norfolk , ect. as above.

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71: Same as above

Similar letters as above allowing Guilhem de Lunes and Rodby John Rudby to buy 400 quarters of wheat in Essex , Sussex , Kent , Hampshire and Norfolk , ect. as above.

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Concerning protection.

72: 29 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Hunt of Gyppewych Ipswich , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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73: 23 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Dayvile Thomas Davill, otherwise known as Thomas Davyle of Southkyme South Kyme in Lincolnshire , gentleman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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74: Same as above

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Delffelde , otherwise known as John Otheffelde of Southkyme South Kyme in Lincolnshire , husbandman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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29 May 1439 . Windsor Castle . For Loys Despoy . ¹

Grant forever to Loys Despoy , knight originating from the duchy of Aquitaine, and to his male heirs issued from a legitimate union, of the place, fortalice, lordship and revenues of Gensak Gensac with all their appurtenances, this fortalice and its revenues having been held previously by la Verne Johan de Lavergne , captain and keeper for life of this fortalice by the king's grant. ² With the proviso that Despoy succeed to make an agreement with Lavergne about it. And if it happens that the fortalice of Gensac is conquered by the king's enemies by a lack of keepership or good resistance and returns later to the king's obedience, this must not turn to Despoy's or his heirs' prejudice.

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: See entry in C 61/125 .

For Pey Durand.

19 October 1438 . Windsor Castle . ¹

Grant for life to Durant Pey Durand, esquire , of the office of Poullion bayle of Pouillon to be held by himself or through a sufficient deputy, with all the wages, fees, profits and emoluments pertaining to this baylie up to the yearly value of 10 l. , with the proviso that he responds yearly of the possible surplus to the king. Formerly, the king has granted him this office at his pleasure by his letters patent, ² to be held by him or through a deputy as Durand was in the king's service in the wars of the kingdom of France, ³ , but Durand has returned these letters in chancery for cancellation in order to obtain it from the king for life.

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: On 24 July 1430, see entry in C 61/123 .
3.: This means he was fighting in the regions situated north of the Loire.

77: Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux, the chancellor of Aquitaine , the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal and all the king's officers concerned with this matter, to deliver this office to Pey Durand , removing without delay any unlawfull holders.

78

20 October 1438 . Windsor Castle . For Pey Durand . ¹

Grant for life to Durant Pey Durand, esquire , of 30 l. of the English money, that are 10 l. to be received each All Saints day ² by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux from the issues of farms, revenues and emoluments coming from the duchy of Aquitaine, and 20 l. of the English money to be annually received from wine customs and other revenues of the constabulary of Bordeaux at All Saints day ³ by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux, any other grant or the grant for life of the office of Pullyon bayle of Pouillon to the yearly value of 10 l. notwithstanding. Durand had obtained from the king by his letters patent 10 l. of the English money to be received each All Saints day ⁴ by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux from issues of farms, revenues and emoluments coming from the duchy of Aquitaine, ⁵ and he received other royal letters patent granting him 20 l. of the English money to be annually received from wine customs and other revenues of the constabulary of Bordeaux at All Saints ⁶ by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux. But Durand has returned these letters to chancery for cancellation in order to have the 30 l. for life.

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: 1 November.
3.: The grant copied in the roll 125 is mentioning Christmas. See entry in C 61/125 .
4.: 1 November.
5.: This act has not been copied in the Gascon Rolls.
6.: The grant copied in the roll 125 is mentioning Christmas. See entry in C 61/125 .

79: 18 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Meleman Thomas Melman of Royston in Cambridgeshire , husbandman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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For Bernat de Garos.

10 February 1439 . Windsor Castle . ¹

Appointment at the king's pleasure of Guaros Bernat de Garos, burgess of the city of Bordeaux , as one of the king's councillors at Bordeaux with the customary wages and fees.

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

81: Same as above

Order to the members of the king's council being at Bordeaux to admit Bernat de Garos , as one of the king's councillors at Bordeaux.

82: 10 June 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William Caux , otherwise known as William Cauce, fishmonger , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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83

10 June 1439 . Windsor Castle . For Pey Durand .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to pay to Pey Durand the arrears of his annuities of 10 l. and 20 l. from 20 October 1438, when the king has granted him for life these revenues, ¹ and regularly pay him these sums during his life according to the terms specified in the king's letters.

1.: See entry 78 .

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27 March 1439 . Seint James Saint James near Westmonstier Westminster . For John, earl of Huntingdon, king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

[in French]

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

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85: 11 June 1439 . Windsor Castle . Concerning safeguard [granted to Jean] Cornou .

Letters of protection granted for one year to one ship of Saint Poul de Lyon Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Brittany loaded with 70 tuns, as well as to Cornowe Jean Cornou and Ivo, Cathelok Yvon Coatellec and the other masters and owners of this ship, and twelve mariners and one page, coming to the kingdom of England with allowed goods, and unloading these goods without impediment, with the proviso that they pay the customs and rights due to these goods. They have to come without attempting to do anything to the king's prejudice, and they cannot enter any fortified towns or fortresses without presenting first these present letters to their captains, mayors, bailiffs or governors.

86: 30 July 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Robert Sturmy, otherwise known as Sturmyn of Brystowe Bristol , merchant , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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87

20 August 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection . ¹

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Walter Judde of London , merchant , otherwise known as Walter Judde, merchant, alias Walter Jud, merchant, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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88: 26 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Attelbourgh Reginald Attleborough of Attleborough in Warwickshire , gentleman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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89: Same as above

Similar letters granted to Hochons John Hochon of Coton Coughton in Warwickshire , husbandman .

22 June 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Knyvett John Knyvet of Wynwyke Winwick in Northamptonshire , esquire ¹ , otherwise known as John Knyvet , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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1.: Probably John Knyvet, son and heir of Sir John Knyvet (1394/5-1445), MP. See The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 , ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993, vol. 1386-1421, Dec. 1421, Northamptonshire.

91: 20 June 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Voisshard Thomas Buchard of Somerset , esquire , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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92: 28 May 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Thomas Cayle of Shirbourn Sherborne in Dorset , bocher butcher , otherwise known as Thomas Kayle of Sherborne in Dorset, butcher, alias Thomas Caille of Sherborne in Dorset, butcher, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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93

29 May 1439 . Windsor Castle . For Brother Bernat de Cruc .

Grant for life to Brother Bernat de Cruc , of the order of the friar minors , originating from Gascony, bachelor in theology in the convent of the friars minors of the city of Rothomagus Rouen , of the Sanctus Martinus priory and benefice of Saint-Martin [du Mont Judaïque] ¹ situated outside the walls of the city of Bordeaux near the franchise of Sanctus Severinus Saint-Seurin , a priory and benefice held by the late William Baynard of the order of the friar minors of the province of England , to be held with all its revenues and rights in the same way Baynard had it.

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1.: On this priory and its church, see Jean-Courret, É., 'Basilique Saint-Martin/Église Saint-Martin/Chapelle Saint-Martin/Prieuré Saint-Martin', in Atlas historique de Bordeaux . Sites et monuments, III, ed. S. Lavaud (Bordeaux, 2009), pp.186-8.

94

24 June 1439 . Westminster . For the same Bernat [de Cruc ] .

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine ¹ , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers of the duchy of Aquitaine to deliver this priory and benefice to Bernat de Cruc according to the king's letters.

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1.: John Holland, earl of Huntingdon.

95: Same as above For the same Bernat [de Cruc ] .

Order to Petrus Pey[Berland], archbishop of Bordeaux , to permit Bernat [de Cruc ] or his attorney to hold this priory and benefice according to the king's letters.

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96

7 July 1439 . Westminster . For Bertran de Montferrand .

Order to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to really deliver the towns, castles and places of Riuoncium Rions and Gironda Gironde with their appurtenances, after removing any unlawful holder, to Monteferrando, de Bertran [III] de Montferrand, kt , and impose perpetual silence to the procurator fiscal and the other king's officers of the duchy. And the king orders his subjects and lieges to obey and attend him on this matter. Montferrand claims Rions and Gironde as nephew and heir of the late Labreto, de Bérart [III] d'Albret , and there has been a trial before the archbishop of Bordeaux and his other colleagues, ¹ the report of which was entrusted to commissaries appointed by the king in the kingdom of England, and they found that the evidences shown by Montferrand against the statements of the king's procurator fiscal and others were convincing, and the Rions and Gironde belonged to Montferrand by inheritance and the king's grant. The king wants to grant Montferrand his special grace because of the great expenses he made for this trial and for the defence of the duchy at his own cost.

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1.: See the order of 9 July 1435: entry in C 61/126 .

97: 2 May 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Cessaco, de Pey de Cessac, Gascon , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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For Nicholas Bolthorp.

13 July 1439 . manorium de Shene Sheen Manor . ¹

Appointment of Nicholas Bolthorp , deputy of Botiller Ralph Boteler kt , in the city of Bordeaux , to receive the wine due to the king in this city and buy enough wine for the need of the king's household, and load them in ships under the supervision of the constable of Bordeaux in order to bring them to England .

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

99: Same as above

Order to the mayor and jurats of the city of Bordeaux to obey and attend Nicholas Bolthorp on this matter.

100: Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to obey and attend Nicholas Bolthorp on this matter.

101: 1 June 1439 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to William Fox of the Tower of London , armourer , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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102

13 July 1439 . manorium de Shene Sheen Manor . ¹

Licence granted for one year, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to Johan Cressac, merchant of the city of Bordeaux , to buy himself or through a deputy, 500 quarters of wheat in Kent, and export them from Sandwicum Sandwich to Bordeaux. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Cressac or his deputy to do so, paying due customs. The king has learned the dearness of wheat and the other damages suffered by the citizens of the city of Bordeaux, so he wants to help them on this matter.

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1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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103: 22 July 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Spaygne Ralph Spaigne , also known as Spayne, citizen and tapicer of London , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

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104: 2 August 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Carmynowe Thomas Carminou, esquire , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

105: 24 July 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Peres, citizen and vintner of London , otherwise known as John Piers, citizen and cuteler cutler of London , alias John Piers of London, who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

106: 2 August 1439 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to John Luky of Cornwall , gentleman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

By p.s.

107

20 July 1439 . Westminster . Concerning safeguard . ¹

Letters of protection granted for one year granted to the ship called le Gabriel of London , her master, mariners and equipment for sailing to Aquitaine, staying there and returning to England, as this ship was arrested to serve for the travel of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , to Aquitaine and as her owners, Dene Hugh Dean and John Ryffawe , feared that their ship might be seized in Aquitaine by people wishing them evil

By p.s.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of the entry.

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2 March 1439 . manorium de Fulham Fulham Manor . For Johan Amanieu, esquire .

Grant for life, at his supplication, to Amanyu Johan Amanieu, esquire , from the Bourdeloys Bordelais region , of the office of master in charge of testing the quality ( la Touche monete ) of the king's coins of the city of Bordeaux which the late Soporet Stephen Sporet had, ¹ to be held with the fees, wages and profits pertaining to this office, in the same way Sporet held it, because of Amanieu's service in the king's wars in the duchy of Aquitaine and in the kingdom of France, as well as in the expedition to Flanders in the company of the Gloucestria duke of Gloucester , ² at his own cost, without any reward, and as Amanieu, several times prisoner of the king's enemies, had to pay heavy ransoms with his parents and friends' help.

By p.s.

1.: Office granted on 10 May 1401: entry in C 61/108 .
2.: In 1436.

109

Same as above For the same Johan [Amanieu] . ¹

Order to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and all the king's officers in the duchy to deliver this office to Johan Amanieu .

By p.s.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

110: 24 August 1439 . Westminster .

Licence granted, at the request of John Strangways, Fronsake captain of the castle of Fronsac , who has informed the king that this castle will be soon lacking of victuals because of the dearness of wheat caused by the war, to his brother Robert Strangways, or his deputies, to buy 100 quarters of wheat in England and export them to Bordeaux for the victualling of this castle. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Robert Strangways or his deputies to do so, paying due customs and providing in chancery by himself or his deputies letters testifying this unloading to Bordeaux before 27 March 1440.

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111: 22 November 1439 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport broad beans .

Licence granted to Neuton, Swelle Newton de Swell , or his deputies, to buy 400 quarters of broad beans in England and export them to Bayonne or Bordeaux . Swell has given sufficient security to the king in chancery. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Newton de Swell or his deputies to do so, paying due customs, the king's restrictive order of 18 October 1439 or any other order previously sent to them notwithstanding.

112

1 June 1439 . Westminster . ¹

Letters of general attorney in England for John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , nominating Nicholas Radford and Paule Peter Paull alternately.

1.: This entry is crossed out. It is written in the margin: 'Void because it should be in the 17[th year of the reign of Henry VI].

For Bérart de Montferrand.

113

9 December 1439 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the judge of Gascony and the members of the king's council of Bordeaux to deliver to Bérart de Montferrand, kt , the lands, houses and revenues owned by the late Vigarii Amaniu Béguey, kt , and his children, removing all other holders of them. Formerly the king had granted at his pleasure these possessions to Montferrand and his legitimate male heirs. ¹

1.: On 1 June 1432, see entry in C 61/124 , entry in C 61/124 .

114: Same as above

Similar order to John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

115

7 January 1440 . castrum de Wyndesore Windsor Castle . For Bérart de Montferrand . ¹

Grant to Montferrant Bérart de Montferrand and his legitimate male heirs of all the lands and revenues of Carquans Carcans in Medouc Médoc pertaining to the Lespare lordship of Lesparre with its tolls, salt customs, as well as the other revenues, rights, owned by the lordship of Lesparre within the sauveté ( crux et franchisia ) of Beata Maria de Soullac Notre-Dame de Soulac in the said Médoc region, these places having been formerly granted to the lord of Tiptoft ² for a certain sum of money owed to him. Montferrand has supplicated the king that because of the great number of king's enemies and rebels who have been in Burdeloys Bordelais for two years, ³ nothing remains which is not burnt, lost or fully devastated, and his men and tenants are killed and prisoners, and his houses are burnt and destroyed, so that he is unable to obtain any profits from his lands.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: John Tiptoft .
3.: Since the invasion of the Bordelais by Rodrigo de Villandrando and his troops working for the French (1438).

116: 8 February 1440 . Redyng Reading . Concerning licence to transport broad beans and wheat .

Licence granted, at his request, to Spryngwell Edmund Springwell of Lenne Lynn , merchant , to buy 300 quarters of broad beans and 60 quarters of wheat in England , load them in a ship or ships at the Lynne port of Lynn , and bring them to Bordeaux for its victualling. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Springwell to do so, paying due customs.

117: 10 May 1440 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport broad beans [granted to John] Wyche .

Licence granted, at his request, to John Wyche to buy 400 quarters of broad beans in Somerset and Dorset , and export them to Bordeaux and Bayonne . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Wyche to do so, paying due customs.

118

5 June 1440 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat [granted to Thomas] York . ¹

Licence granted, at his request, to Thomas York of Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull to buy 100 quarters of broad beans, load them in any ship of the port of Kingston upon Hull, and bring them to Bordeaux . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Wyche to do so, paying due customs. John Williamson and Mathewe Edmund Matthew , merchants of Kingston upon Hull, became personally mainpernors before the king in chancery for York under pain of 40 m. on their goods and chattels that this wheat will be brought by York to Bordeaux and not elsewhere. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit York to do so, paying due customs and providing by himself or his deputies letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux before 4 June 1441.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin. Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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4 February 1440 . Abbey of abbatia de Redyng Reading . For John, earl of Huntingdon . ¹

Grant for life, with the advice and assent of the king's council, to John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , for the good service he did in the kingdom of France and the duchy and still does in the duchy, of the la Sparre lordship of Lesparre together with all its castles, manors, towns, houses, lands, tenements, revenues and rights, with the proviso that those granted rents or fiefs in this lordship by the king or his ancestors continue to enjoy them. And if these rents or fiefs have to return to the king, they have to be granted for life to Huntingdon. And furthermore, the king grants to Huntingdon and his male legitimate heirs the Pounce lordship of Pons with all its possessions and revenues, together with the Tastas house of Tastes with its appurtenances, notwithstanding that there is no mention of the true annual value of all these possessions and revenues, or other grants made by the current king or his father.

By p.s.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

120

28 January 1440 . abbey of abbatia de Redyng Reading . Concerning confirmation to Francès [de] Montferrand . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , earl of Pembroke, great chamberlain and keeper of the Cinque Ports of England:

22 January 1440 . Caversham Manor near Reading .

Order to his general governors and proctors of his lands and lordships of Guyenne, Shurtoise Gadifer Shorthose, kt , mayor of Bordeaux , and Bernat Angevin, king's councillor , that, having received the due oath of Francoys Francès de Montferrand, Duza lord of Uza and Belin , they have to deliver to him or his deputy the offices of captain and keeper of Gloucester's castle and lordship of Budos , and the office of governor and keeper of Gloucester's Pringnac lordship of Preignac , with their rents and revenues. Furthermore, Gloucester orders to all the justices, officers, men and subjects of his lordship of Preignac to obey and attend Francès de Montferrand or his deputies and pay without impediment during this latter lifetime the rents and revenues they had to pay to Gloucester. The duke of Gloucester had granted by his letters patent given at his manor of Grenwich Greenwich on 10 August 1437 the office of captain and keeper of his castle of Budos to Montferrand to be held by him or his deputy with its profits and revenues. But Gloucester has been informed by the supplication of Montferrand that these profits and revenues were very small and greatly insufficient for the expenses necessary for the keepership of the castle and lordship of Budos which are at the borders near the king's adversaries. ² As Gloucester's lordship of Preignac is adjacent to the lordship of Budos, and because of the good services his brother Bérart de Montferrand , kt and his councillor, has made to him and the king, this latter having supplicated Gloucester on behalf of his brother Francès, the duke of Gloucester now grants for life to Francès the office of governor and keeper of the lordship of Preignac, with all its profits, rents and revenues.

And furthermore, the king grants to Francès de Montferrand and his male legitimate heirs the castle and lordship of Budos and [the lordship of] Preignac with all their revenues and rights if the duke of Gloucester dies without male legitimate heirs.

By p.s. and for one mark paid in the hanaper.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: The 'French'.

121

28 March 1440 . Windsor Castle . Concerning licence to transport wheat [granted to John] Melbourne . ¹

Licence granted to John Melbourne allowing him to bring to England all the wheat he bought in the regions of Holland and Seland Zeeland , unload this wheat in England, load it there in another ship, and bring it to the duchy of Aquitaine The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Melbourne to do so without impediment, paying due customs, any ordinance against it notwithstanding.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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23 March 1440 . Windsor Castle . For Joan Tregurà .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon, king's lieutenant in Guyenne:

15 December 1439 . chasteau de Lesparre castle of Lesparre .

Grant for life to Truguran Joan Tregurà, clerk , master in arts of the Oxon' university of Oxford , ¹ because of his good service to the king and the duke of Gloucester, of the writing-office ( lescrivaignas ) of the high council and the seneschalcy of Guyenne with the office of clerk ( le clergie of the king's council [in the duchy], with their wages, profits and emoluments, to be held by himself or through sufficient deputies, offices which have previously been held by Avgevin Bernat Angevin . Huntingdon orders to all the king's officers and his officers to permit Tregurà or his deputies to have and exercise these offices with its profits, and to be obediant and attendant to him without creating impediments.

The king also grants for life to Joan Tregurà the office of scribe of the court of Gascony that Bernat Angevin held at the king's pleasure with its rights and fees, the previous king's grant for life of la Mote Verde la Motte Verte to Trégurà notwithstanding. ²

By p.s. and for 20 s. paid in the hanaper.

1.: According to his letters of English denization (8 June 1442), he was originating from the Roussillon province (then in the hands of the Crown of Aragon). See Calendar of the Patent Rolls (CPR), 1441-1446 p.101. In fact, he was a member of a noble family of this province, his family name coming from the village of Tregurà de Dalt (now part of Vilallonga de Ter, province of Girona, community of Catalonia, Spain). See the biographies of several members of this family of the 14th and 15th centuries in Capeille, J., Dictionnaire des biographies roussillonnaises (Perpignan, 1914), pp.628-30.
2.: See this grant (10 November 1424): entry in C 61/120 .

123: 18 April 1440 . Westminster . For the same Joan [Tregurà] .

Order to John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Guyenne , the seneschal of Aquitaine, the constable of Bordeaux and other members of the king's council [in Aquitaine] to deliver these offices to Tregura Joan Tregurà ,removing all unlawful holders of these offices.

124: Same as above For the same Joan [Tregurà] .

Order to Bernat Angevin , former holder of the offices of the writing-office of the high council and the seneschalcy of Aquitaine, of clerk of the king's council [in Aquitaine] and of scribe of court of Gascony, to deliver these offices with their customary fees and profits to Joan Tregurà , and permit to exercise them according to Huntingdon's letters and the king's confirmation and letters, without interfering in this office.

125: 24 April 1440 . Westminster .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Smyth John Smith of Exon' Exeter in Devon , mercer , otherwise John Smyth of Alfyngton Alphington in Devon, mercer, alias John Smyth of Alphington, yeoman , alias John Smyth of Alphington, husbandman , who is going in the king's service in Aquitaine in the company of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , who is staying there for its safeguard.

126

1 June 1440 . Westminster . For Pey Macanan .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Guyenne : ¹

11 November 1439 . Burdegalia Bordeaux .

Appointment of Pey Macanan, citizen of Bordeaux , as one of the minters of Bordeaux and of the duchy of Aquitaine, enjoying in this office the liberties and franchises of the other minters. Order to the prévôt of the minters in the city of Bordeaux and the other minters of Bordeaux to deliver this office to Macanan without impediment, and permit him to exercise it.

For 20 s. paid in the hanaper.

1.: See the related entry entry in C 61/130 .

127: 1 June 1440 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat .

Licence granted to Thomas Beverley and Portyngton John de Portington of Skelton the Younger, to buy 100 quarters of wheat in England , load them in the port of Kyngeston super Hull Kingston upon Hull , and bring them to Bordeaux . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit them paying due customs.

Concerning protections

128

28 June 1440 . Kennington Manor .

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Robessart Jean Robersart, 1 kt , captain of the castle of Valoignes Valognes in the Normann' duchy of Normandy , who is going there in the king's service for the safe custody of this castle.

By p.s.

1.: A noble from Hainaut, nephew of Louis de Robersart (often anglicized as 'Lewis Robessart')(d.1430), knight of the Garter.

129

12 June 1440 . Westminster . ¹

Letters of protection, with clause volumus, granted for one year to Dacosta Luís da Costa , ² otherwise known as Luís Decost , who is going in the king's service in Normandy in the company of Robessart Jean Robersart , kt, captain of the castle of Valoignes Valognes , for the safe custody of this castle.

By p.s.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.: This surname suggests a Portuguese origin.

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11 June 1440 . Kennington Manor . For Guilhem Bec .

Appointment and confirmation of the appointment, at his request, of Bek Guilhem Bec, doctor of canon law and cantor of Bordeaux , ¹ as judge appellate of the court of Gascony and auditor of all the causes with the customary wages as long as he behave well in these offices. John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine had previously appointed Bec at these offices by his letters patent. ²

By p.s.

1.: On Guilhem Bec (noted as Guillelmus Bec ), canon of Bordeaux (1432-72), see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.309, no.31.
2.: See the related entry entry in C 61/130 .

131: 11 June 1440 . Westminster . Concerning protection for Nicholas Bolthorp .

Letters of protection granted to Nicholas Bolthorp , his men, lands, revenues and all its possessions. The king orders [his officers] to maintain and protect him. The king orders his officers to maintain, protect and defend Holme, not permitting anyone to injure his person, possessions and goods. The king wants Bolthorp to be deemed quit concerning all trials and complaints, save for trials of De dote , Unde nichil habet , Quare impedit , Assisis de nova dissesine , Ultime presentationis and of Attinctis et except summons by justices in eyre, until he returns to England for the king's service or after a period of five years. As Boteler Ralph Boteler, kt , pincerna main butler , was too occupied in the king's service to go to Bordeaux , so the king has appointed Nicholas Bolthorp by his letters patent on 29 July 1438, with the advice and assent of Boteler, to receive the wine that is due by right at Bordeaux to the king. But while Bolthorp stays at Bordeaux for the king's service, he is unlawfully sued by several king's liege men before several courts of the kingdom of England , so Bolthorp has supplicated the king to be put under the king's protection during his service [at Bordeaux].

By p.s.

132

20 May 1440 . Windsor Castle . Concerning inquiry about [Bernat] Angevin. .

Order to the archbishop of Bordeaux , ¹ the bishop of Bazas , ² and the seneschal of Aquitaine, or at least two of them, that having called before them Bernat Angevin and Amaniu de Madaillan, to make full justice about the rights Madaillan claims to have on the lordships of Rauzan and Pujols according to the local fors and customs, with the proviso that no execution takes place before a final sentence. The king also orders to all the persons concerned by this case, to help them. Previously, the king has granted to Bernat Angevin the castles, lands and lordships of Rauzan and Pujols with their appurtenances, ³ and the king has learned that Amanew, Madelhan, le baron Amaniu de Madaillan called the Baron claims to have rights on them.

By p.s.

1.: Pey Berland , archbishop of Bordeaux (1430-56). See Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Paris, 2012), p.203-14, no.239.
2.: Henric Cavier , bishop of Bazas (1433-46).
3.: On 21 March 1438, see entry in C 61/128 .

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29 June 1440 . Windsor Castle . For Bernat Angevin . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Guyenne :

8 December 1439 . Burdegalia Bordeaux .

Confirmation and ratification of the king's grant to Bernat Angevin , at this latter's supplication, of the lordships of Roasan Rauzan and Puyols Pujols , ² to be held by Angevin and his legitimate heirs as they were peacefully held by the late Guilhem-Ramon de Gensac, ³ former lord of Rauzan and Pujols as it appears in some old charters and public instruments, saving the customary homage due to the king. Order to all the seneschals, prévôts, bayles and other officers [of the duchy] maintain and defend Angevin in his right and possession.

By p.s. and for 13 s. , 4 d. paid in the hanaper.

1.: Extractus is written in the margin. Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.: On 21 March 1438, entry in C 61/128 .
3.: In fact Guilhem-Ramon de Madaillan , lord of Rauzan and Pujols, mentioned as such from c.1363 to c.1391. He married first the heiress of the lordship of Gensac. He was the father with his second wife of Guilhem-Amaniu de Madaillan (d.1415), lord of Lesparre, Rauzan and Pujols, the last lord of these places by hereditary right.

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134: 12 July 1440 . manorium de Esthamstede Easthampstead Manor . Concerning confirmation to Ramon Carles .

Inspeximus and confirmation of the letters patent of John [Holland], Huntyngdon earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Guyenne :

11 August 1439 . Burdegalia Bordeaux .

Appointment, at the king's and Huntingdon's pleasure, of Karoli Ramon Carles, bachelor of laws , as king's procurator fiscal in all the duchy of Aquitaine with all its rights, appurtenances and customary wages, with power to have deputies.

By p.s. and for 20 s. paid in the hanaper.

135

6 July 1440 . Windsor Castle . For the priory Saint-Romain of Toulouse . ¹

Licence granted to the convent of the Dominicans of Bordeaux to hold the possessions already given to them as alms and to purchase others up to the value 100 librates a year, wheareas Pope Honorius [III] had granted licence to Saint Dominic , ² then prior of Saint-Romain in Toulouse , to hold in perpetuity possessions given to him by princes, prelates and other Christians. And licence to sell without paying customs by wholesale or by detail 12 tuns of the wine grown from their possessions, or purchased, or given to them. ³

By p.s.

1.: The marginal title is inaccurate.
2.: It is the bull 'Religiosam vitam' of Honorius III (22 December 1216). See Vicaire, M.H., 'La bulle de confirmation des Prêcheurs', Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique , vol. 47 (1952), pp.176-92.
3.: On the medieval Dominican convent of Bordeaux, see Lavaud, S., 'Couvent des Jacobins/Couvent des prédicateurs/Couvent des Dominicains 1', in Atlas historique de Bordeaux . Sites et monuments, III, ed. S. Lavaud (Bordeaux, 2009), pp. 177-8.

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28 July 1440 . Dogmersfeld Dogmersfield . Concerning licence to transport wheat . ¹

Licence granted to John Whynyho to buy 100 quarters of broad beans in England , load them in a ship or ships in Bristoll' Bristol , and bring them to Bayonne and Bordeaux . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Whynyho to do so, paying due customs and providing to chancery by himself or his deputies letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bayonne or the city of Bordeaux before 2 February 1441.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

137

1 May 1440 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . ¹

Licence granted to Connore John Connor to buy, himself or through his deputies, 400 quarters of wheat in England , and export them to Bordeaux or Bayonne . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Connor to do so, paying due customs and providing to chancery by himself or his deputies letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bayonne or the city of Bordeaux before 16 April 1441.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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13 July 1440 . manorium de Esthamstede Easthampstead Manor . For Humphrey, duke of Gloucester .

Grant forever to Humphrey [of Lancaster], duke of Gloucester , his wife Eleanor [Cobham] and their heirs and beneficiaries, of the lands and lordships of Castilhon Castillon , la Marqua Lamarque , Moton Mouton , Saussage Sensac and Castesneff de Medok Castelnau-de-Médoc , and the towns, castles and lordships of Milham Meilhan , Budos and the Prinhag parish of Preignac with their high and low, full and shared justice, that the king had already granted to Gloucester and his male heirs on 12 February 1433 by his letters patent, ¹ as they came into the king's hands by the death of Pons [VIII], lord of Castillon , ² who held them for life. Similar grant to Gloucester, his wife and their heirs of the castles, houses and lordships of Cussac , Listrac and Montynhag Montignac with their appurtenances to be held as the late Bernat de Lesparre, Barda lord of Labarde held them, that the king had already granted to Gloucester and his male heirs on 12 February 1433 by his letters patent. ³ These letters patent have been returned to chancery for cancellation as appears in an indenture of which one part is kept by the king sealed by the seal of the duke of Gloucester.

By p.s.

1.: See entry in C 61/125 .
2.: In 1430.
3.: See entry in C 61/125 .

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13 July 1440 . manorium de Esthamstede Easthampstead Manor . Concerning the maintenance of the bishop of Dax . ¹

Order to John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , the seneschal of Aquitaine and the other king's officers in the duchy, to maintain in the bishopric of Dax the person appointed by Pope Eugene [IV] ² according to canon law, and the canons and beneficiaries in the diocese of Dax who are in the pope's obedience. As the city and diocese of Dax were disturbed by the challenge between la Planhe Bernat de Laplagne, formerly bishop of Dax , and Guissiar', Lexegue Guissarnaut de Laxague appointed by Pope Eugene [IV]. ³

By p.s.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.
2.: Pope (1431-47).
3.: About the conflict between Bernat de Laplagne (wrongly named as 'La Planche'), bishop of Dax (1427-39) and Pope Eugene IV, as well as the appointment of Guissarnaut de Laxague (wrongly named as 'La Sègue'), bishop of Dax (1439-44), see Degert, A., Histoire des évêques de Dax (Dax, 1899), pp.226-9.

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21 March 1440 . Windsor Castle . For the bayle, council and people of Gensac . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of one of the two parts of the indenture made between Radclyf John de Radcliffe, seneschal of Aquitaine , and the Genssak bayle, council and people of Gensac :

1 July 1424 . Genssak Gensac .

The Genssak bayle, council and people of Gensac put their town in the king's obedience and in the hands of the seneschal of Guyenne Radclyf John de Radcliffe and they made the fidelity oath to this latter. And Radcliffe has sworn on behalf of the king to the bayle, council and people of Gensac that if Francoys, Lebret Francès d'Albret, Senta Vazelhe lord of Sainte-Bazeille , wants to return to the king's obedience, Gensac and its baylie will be returned to him, but if he does not want to return to this obedience, Gensac and its rule will be not put outside the king's hands and crown by a grant or any other way, but they will be continually in the hands of the king and his crown because the seneschal has granted to the bayle, council and people of Gensac when they surrendered to him that they will remain forever to the crown [of England], as it was formerly the case. The seneschal swore to them to maintain their franchises and liberties and to protect them against the use of force from himself or any other person.

This indenture have been sealed by the seal of the office of the seneschal [of Guyenne] and by the seal of the town [of Gensac].

The king revokes anything made against the tenor of this indenture, and he orders that this town and lordship [of Gensac] with its appurtenances remain forever in the king's hands and the ones of his successors kings of England and dukes of Aquitaine, as other places of the king's domain, from the date of this indenture, without being granted, separated or alienated.

By p.s.

1.: Usque huc is written in the margin at the bottom of this entry.

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31 August 1440 . The king's manor situated in the king's park of Windsor . For Bernat Angevin .

Order to John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , to return to Bernat Angevin , to whom the king had granted the castellany of Lesparre and Lespares Lesparrois , ¹ the same castellany and permit him to enjoy it for his lifetime with all its revenues, as it was held by the late Galhardon de Marraben . The king had granted to Angevin the lands of Nailhan Noaillan and Salaunes with their revenues, because of the rebellion of Johan de Lamothe, ² [lord of Noaillan]. ³ But as this latter has later returned to the king's obedience, the king has granted to Angevin in compensation the castellany of Lesparre on 21 March 1433, ⁴ with the proviso that he could not be removed of this office by a king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , a seneschal of Aquitaine or any other person without the special king's order. However, the king has learned that Huntingdon has granted this castellany to one of his servants to Angevin's great prejudice and against the tenor of the king's letters.

By p.s.

1.: On 21 March 1433: entry in C 61/125 .
2.: It is written in the roll: 'Johan, lord of Lamothe', but this is an error for 'Johan de Lamothe'.
3.: On 13 July 1429: entry in C 61/123 .
4.: See entry in C 61/125 .

142: 20 August 1440 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat and broad beans .

Licence granted, at his supplication, to Seintlowe John Saintlowe, esquire , to buy, himself or through deputies, 40 quarters of wheat and broad beans in England , and export them to Bayonne or Bordeaux , or to whatever regions being friend to the king. The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit Saintlowe or his deputies to do so, paying due customs.

143

20 August 1440 . Westminster . Concerning licence to transport wheat . ¹

Licence granted to Robert Parsice , clerk , and John Tybaut to buy 200 quarters of wheat in England , and export them to Bordeaux or Bayonne . The king orders all the admirals etc. to permit to do so, paying due customs, providing letters testifying this unloading under the authentic seal of the city of Bordeaux or the city of Bayonne before 4 June 1441.

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

144: 29 June 1440 . Windsor Castle . Concerning confirmation to Bernat Angevin .

Same entry as entry 133 .

By p.s. and for 13 s. , 4 d. paid in the hanaper.

145

1 February 1440 . Abbatia de Redyng Abbey of Reading . For Guilhotin de Lansac .

Grant, for their life and the life of the one who will survive the other, to Guilhotin de Lansac, kt , ¹ and his brother Mondoc Mondot[Andron], esquire , of the places and houses of Brull Breuil and Tastas Taste in the Bordelais region. Formerly, the king had granted them for life to Guilhotin de Lansac by his letters patent, ² but the latter has returned these letters to chancery to be cancelled in order to obtain them again for him and his brother Mondot for their lifetime. ³

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1.: Guilhotin Andron, lord of Lansac .
2.: On 30 July 1438: entry in C 61/128 .
3.: See also the related entry, entry in C 61/128 .

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146

28 June 1440 . Westminster .

Inspeximus of letters presented on behalf of G[uiraut de Poudenx], Silva Major abbot of La Sauve-Majeure , ¹ to Thomas Rampston, seneschal of Aquitaine under the authority of John [Holland], earl of Huntingdon , king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , by the same seneschal:

9 April 1440 . Bordeaux

Inspeximus of letters patent sealed with green wax, firstly of Eleanor, queen of England , duchess of Normandy and Aquitaine and countess of Anjou: ²

1 July 1199 . Bordeaux

Confirmation of immunity and protection granted to the abbey of La Sauve-Majeure by the former kings Henry [II] and Richard [I] :

immunity of any lay justice, either count, vicomte or prévôt, vicar or knight, and of any lordship ( advocatio vel dominatio ) without the abbot's consent;
immunity to fugitives coming into the abbey's franchise ( salvitas );
all the rights and justice of the duke of Aquitaine as count are granted to the abbey, and any fief of the duke given to them being an alleu ( allodialiter ) ³ under pain of 900 s.
safeconduct for pilgrims, merchants and others coming and going to the franchise of La Sauve-Majeure for market or devotion or at the abbot's request;
a weekly market, a fair of eight or fifteen days on 20th June;
to sail every year on the river Garonne a boat loaded with 10 muids of salt for buying corn, free of right;
franchise of any custom when they buy fish, wine, corn, cloth, metals at the Boie [Pays de] Buch or Bordeaux ;
confirmation of the agreement made between Descoraz Bernat d'Escoussans and his brothers Galhart and Robert , on one hand, and the abbey of la Sauve-Majeure , on the other, in the presence of King Henry [II]
possessions of the house of Bellefond given to the abbey by canons with the places of Arcolea and Mons Lauri ;
confirmation of any possession of the abbey in the duchy of Aquitaine;
prohibition to the men and burgesses of the abbey to appeal to any other jurisdiction, and prohibition to receive them as burgesses of Bordeaux without the abbot's consent;
prohibition to summon them for military service or judgment, ordering to the seneschals, prévôts or bayles to respect the privileges of the abbey and ordering them to let the abbey and his men load goods on the rivers Dordonia Dordogne and Garania Garonne , paying ancient customs and not new ones;
Witnesses: Hélias [de Malemort], archbishop of Bordeaux , Henri, bishop of Saintes , Bernat, bishop of Lectoure , Stephanus Estèbe, dean of Bordeaux , Gaston [VI de Montcada], 4 count of Bigorre and vicomte of Béarn , Rovinan Bernat de Révignan, seneschal [of Gascony] ⁵ , Guisardus, Didonia Guichard de Didonne , Blancafort Amaubin de Blanquefort , Ayquelmus Willelmus, Lesparra Ayquem-Guilhem[II] de Lesparre , ⁶ la Mota Pey de Lamothe , Humbertus de Foiz , Arnaut-Ramon de Tartas , ⁷ Radulphus, Faia Raoul de Faye , Blavia Jaufré[-Rudel III] de Blaye , ⁸ Guillelmus Segryni, Rionco, de Guilhem-Séguin [II] de Rions . ⁹

Inspeximus of letters patent sealed with green wax of Richard [I] , king of England, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, count of Anjou:

3 February 1190 . Regula La Réole .

Grant of similar content. ¹⁰

Witnesses: Guiraut [de Labarthe], archbishop of Auch ; Aymar [de Latour], bishop of Périgueux ; Bertran [de Beceyras], bishop of Agen ; ¹¹ , Galhart [de Lamothe], bishop of Bazas , Stephanus Étienne[de Bresson], Case Dei... abbot of la Chaise-Dieu , Guilhem, Brantomensis abbot of Brantôme , Arnaut, Clariacensis abbot of Clairac , Aymeric, Caduinensis abbot of Cadouin , Cela Hélie de Celles, seneschal of Gascony , Henry, son of the duke of Saxony ¹² , Bernat [IV], count of Armagnac , Bernat, neralmen vicomte of Bezaumes , Gaston [VI] de Béarn , ¹³ Petrus Pey, Castellionensis vicomte of Castillon , Fronsacio, de Guilhem-Amaniu de Fronsac , ¹⁴ Marciano, de Arnaut-Guilhem de Marsan , Labret, de Amaniu [V] d'Albret , ¹⁵ Blanquafort Amaubin de Blanquefort , la Mota Pey de Lamothe , la Esparra Ayquem-Guilhem [II] de Lesparre , ¹⁶ Pont Geoffroy de Pons and his brother Renaud , Burgo, de Guiraut de Bourg , Roil Hélias-Rudel , Gordono Guilhem de Gourdon , Stephanus Estèbe de Caumont and his brother Annus Sancii Anessans , Pernis Guilhem-Ramon de Piis , Sumel Bertran de Fumel , Guiraut, prévôt of Montcuc Montcuq , Nicolas, the king's chaplain , Milo Milon, helemosinarius almoner , Robert of Osavilla and Roger Marescalci . Written by Jean [d'Alençon], Lexoviensis archdeacon of Lisieux , vice-chancellor .

Yvo Yvon Corre . ¹⁷

1.: Guiraut de Poudenx, abbot of La Sauve-Majeure (1435-63), issued from an important noble family of the Landes. See Le nécrologe de l’abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure , éd. J.-L. Lemaitre (Paris, 2009), pp.149-50, no.37 (under the Latin name Gerardus de Podenciis ). On him and the destructions and economic problems suffered by the possessions of the abbey of la Sauve-Majeure when he was abbot, see and Dulaura, É., Histoire de l’abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure , vol. II (Camiac-et-Saint-Denis, 2003), p.344 (under the name of 'Gérard de Podenxs').
2.: A partial French translation of these letters is in Dulaura, É., Histoire de l'abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure. Entre-deux-Mers, 1683 , vol. I (Camiac et Saint-Denis, 2003), pp.120-1.
3.: An alleu was a land free of hommage.
4.: D. 1216.
5.: Boutoulle, F., Le duc et la société... ,(Bordeaux, 2007), p.250, n.66.
6.: Lord of Lesparre.
7.: Vicomte of Tartas .
8.: Lord of Blaye .
9.: Lord of Rions .
10.: Text published in Grand cartulaire de La Sauve Majeure , ed. C. Higounet et A. Higounet-Nadal (Bordeaux, 1996), pp.609-11, no.1106. A partial French translation of these letters is in Dulaura, É., Histoire de l'abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure. Entre-deux-Mers, 1683 , vol. I (Camiac et Saint-Denis, 2003), p.120.
11.: On him, see Ryckebusch, F., Fasti ecclesiae Gallicanae , 5 Diocèse d'Agen (Turnhout, 2001), p.73-4, no.380.
12.: Henry the Lion.
13.: Vicomte of Béarn. .
14.: Vicomte of Fronsac .
15.: Lord of Albret .
16.: Lord of Lesparre .
17.: The writer of the inspeximus of 9 April 1440. His forename and surname suggest a Breton origin.

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147

20 May 1440 . Windsor Castle . For Johan de Lavergne . ¹

Grant for life to Ysard, la Vernhe Isarn de Lavergne , in case he survives his father Johan de Lavergne , of the office of Genssak captain of Gensac with all its profits, revenues and emoluments to be held in the same way his father Johan holds at present this office. In May 1434, the king had granted for life by his letters patent to Johan de Lavergne, esquire, the office of captain of the town of Genssak Gensac . ² Johan de Lavergne has several sons, particularly one called Isarn de Lavergne. This latter is 18 years old and greatly wants to serve the king as did his father Johan and their predecessors.

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: On 12 May 1434, see entry in C 61/125 .

148

24 June 1440 . Windsor Castle . For Francès de Montferrand . ¹

Grant for 30 years to Francès de Montferrand, kt , and his male heirs issued from him, of the office of captain of Chastelneuf en Sarnaiz Castelnau-de-Cernès with yearly wages of 300 fr. with the profits and emoluments pertaining to this place in compensation of the expenses he did there, without rendering any account to the king, this place of Castelnau-de-Cernès having went into the king's hands by the rebellion of the la Bret lord of Albret , a place that was held by Albret's predecessors for a long time. After the siege and took of Castelnau-de-Cernès, the keepership and office of captain of this place had been entrusted to Francès de Montferrand with yearly wages of 300 fr. , and on 22 March 1437 the king granted by his letters patent this office of captain to Montferrand until he obtained full payment of his wages and of the costs of the repairs from the person or persons who will have this place by the king's grant or some other way. ²

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.
2.: See entry in C 61/127 .

149

24 June 1440 . Windsor Castle . For Johan Amanieu . ¹

Grant for life to Amanon' Johan Amanieu, esquire , of all the revenues that were owned by Lady Manceta and were owned by Jamet, Ferant Jacmet Ferrand , the king's rebel and enemy, these revenues being in the jurisdiction of Ryons Rions and are not exceeding a yearly sum of 40 s. .

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1.: Extractus is written in the margin.

150

12 July 1440 . Westminster . For the same Johan [Amanieu] . ¹

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, the mayor of the city of Bordeaux or their lieutenants, the chancellor of Aquitaine , the judge of Gascony , the procurator fiscal and all the king's officers to deliver these revenues to Johan Amanieu or his proctor, removing all any other helder, according to the king's letters, any previous king's letters against it notwithstanding.

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