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C 61/80 41 Edward III (1367-68)

Introduction.

The roll is much like the earlier rolls for the period of the principality of Aquitaine, with a marked lack of variety in the types of entries that it contains. In fact the entries form only three distict categories. The largest, consisting of well over half the entries on the roll, is that of letters of protection and general attorney for those either going to the principality, or staying there. The next largest group is that for legal cases, almost all concerning appeals that had been made to the king out of the prince's jurisdiction. The final group concerns a small handful of licences to take goods, predominantly victuals, from England to Aquitaine.

The first of these groups, the letters of protection and attorney, in part mark a continuation of the service of English soldiers and administrators, with many continuing their service, and many more going out. However, these entries probably mark the only recognition of major events that were to have the greatest of impacts on the principality, and that is Edward of Woodstock's intervention in the Castilian dynastic struggle and civil war between King Pedro and Enrique de Trastámara, his illegitimate half brother. The kings of England as dukes of Aquitaine had always taken a deep interest in the affairs of Castile, an interest strengthened by the marriage of Edward I to Eleanor of Castile, daughter of Fernando III (a marriage then made to stop Castilian claims over Gascony). Despite this dynastic link, the Castilians tended to favour the French side in any disputes between the English and French, and because of their powerful navy, particularly their gallies, were able to threaten the vital maritime link between England and Gascony, and in particular led to conflict between the naval strength of Bayonne and the Castilians. The dynastic power struggle threatened English links with Aquitaine, because Enrique was strongly supported by the French, and a mercenary army sponsored by the French and led by Bertrand du Guesclin had succeeded in forcing King Pedro to flee his kingdom, eventually seeking refuge with Edward of Woodstock in 1366. The prince was able to negotiate an extremely advantageous treaty with Pedro (the treaty of Libourne, 23 September 1366). In return for English assistance and finance in recovering his kingdom, Pedro was to pay the prince's costs, and make territorial concessions like the important lordship of Biscay. Although English involvement was to result in a successful conclusion with the victory of Anglo-Gascon forces over Trastámara's forces at the battle of Nájera on 3 April 1367, and the restoration of Pedro to his throne, the achievements were short lived and catastrophic for both Pedro and the prince. Pedro was unable to re-establish himself, and was quickly overthrown by Trastámara in the following year, bringing a Castile firmly back into alliance with the French. For the English and Aquitaine, the ultimate failure in Castile was to have two profound effects: firstly, the prince contracted an illness which, through a long decline, was to lead to his death in 1376; and secondly, coupled with the failing health of the prince, came a collapse of English power in Aquitaine. Although the collapse cannot be simply attributed to the failure in Castile, the financial burdens that the war placed on the principality was a significant factor - thought it has to be qualified - in the defection of the count of Armagnac and the lord of Albret, and encouraged French intervention. ¹

The legal cases were all appeals. Estève de Monteruc and Marguerite de Meauce his wife complained of the actions of their kinsman Loys de Malval, kt, who had allegedly seized some of their lands, and then had thwarted their attempts to bring legal action against him before the prince and then the king himself. In this case the king committed the case to local figures to deal with. ² The sequence of documents relating to the Chabot family reveal much greater compexity. One entry relates to Jeanne Pouvreau, widow of Guillaume Chabot, kt, who sought to recover the land of Loge-Fougereuse, the subject of a legal case with Thibaud Chabot. ³ Further entries reveal that other members of the family were involved, and the case had lately been before the court of France after the French conquest. ⁴

Most of the remaining entries relate to cases that have already been encountered in earlier rolls. One pair of entries relate to an appeal of the Bordelais Pey and Arnaut de Monlarin, and marked a continuation of a case that had been going on for several years, where, as with the appeal of the Monterucs, the appeal had been committed to commissioners. ⁵ Of even longer duration was the complaint of Miqueu de Poyanne, citizen of Bayonne. In the 1340s, during the course of the war, the king had caused the mayoralty of the city to be committed to Poyanne's father, Pey de Poyanne. Unfortunately this novelty was poorly received by many of the leading citizens of Bayonne, which led to unrest, and ultimately to the exile of Poyanne's father. Pey de Poyanne's property and goods were despoiled, and two decades later the son sought justice. ⁶ The final case relates to Joan de Folksworth, who descended from English having possessions in the Île d'Oleron. Folksworth was the daughter and heir of John de Brackenborough, kt, he himself being the son of Jeanne de Brackenborough, the sister of Peter de Rabain. The Rabains held land on the Île d'Oleron, which ought to have descended to the Brackboroughs, but which had been lost when the French overran northern Saintonge in the 1320s. Joan de Folksworth was still seeking recovery in the 1360s. ⁷

Two further entries relate to legal matters. The first concerns an order to the seneschal of Poitou and Saintonge to inquire into the vicomté of Aulnay. It was alleged that previous vicomtes of Aulnay had alienated baronies and lands in mortmain without the king's licence, and which, as a consequence ought to have forfeited to the king. ⁸ The second relates to money owed to a deceased London merchant by the late king of France which the king wished that the prince pay to the late merchant's executors. ⁹

The final group relates to licences to take victuals to Aquitaine. It is perhaps odd that with impending action in Castile, that there are not more such licences at this time, especially as in the early years of the principality they were much more numerous, but a normal economic activity had been restored in the principality of Aquitaine because of the peace with France and the wheat trade had been re-established between the formerly held French regions and the traditional 'English' duchy. ¹⁰

Jonathan Mackman & Simon J. Harris.

1.: Barber, Edward, prince of Wales and Aquitaine , pp. 182-91; Green, The Black Prince , pp. 153-70; Ormrod, Edward III , pp. 437-445; Pépin, 'Towards a new assessment of the Black Prince's principality of Aquitaine', Nottingham Medieval Studies , L (2006), pp. 1-41; Sumption, Trial by Fire , pp. 525-85; Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince , pp.106-14.
2.: entry 10 , entry 11 , entry 12 & entry 28 .
3.: entry 14 & entry 20 .
4.: entry 13 , entry 17 , entry 20 & entry 23 .
5.: entry 42 & entry 46 .
6.: entry 62 .
7.: entry 54 .
8.: entry 25 .
9.: entry 50 .
10.: entry 1 , entry 1.1 , entry 1.2 , entry 1.3 , entry 2 , entry 27 & entry 36 .

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1 February 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the transport of grain .

To all and singular admirals and their lieutenants, sheriffs, keepers of sea ports, mayors, bailiffs and other faithful people.

Licence to Aldebury Walter de Aldbury, king's clerk , who has petitioned the king, that he, by his servants, may load 1,000 quarters of beans and peas and 600 quarters of oats into ships in the waters of the Severn in the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire , and take them to Gascony. Denebaude Thomas Denebaud and William Somerton of Gloucestershire have stood surety for the aforesaid Walter that his servants will take this wheat to Gascony and nowhere else, and he will bring letters from the Budegal' constable of Bordeaux or the mayor and jurats of Baion Bayonne into Chancery before Christmas next testifying to the unloading of this grain. Order that Walter, by his servants, be permitted do this without hindrance, any previous orders to the contrary notwithstanding, these orders to last until Christmas aforesaid.

By C.

The following have similar licences to take the under-written goods to the specified places, by the surety of the following:

1.1: 3 February 1367 . Westminster .

Canynges William Cannings of Bristoll Bristol , for loading 150 quarters of beans and peas and 50 quarters of oats in the port of Brugewauter Bridgwater and taking them to Gascony, by the surety of Robert Rake and Troubrugge Henry Trowbridge of Gloucestershire , to last until Christmas.

1.2: 10 February 1367 . Westminster .

Col John Cole and Plymton Robert Plympton of Briggewater Bridgwater , for loading 80 quarters of wheat and 400 quarters of beans in the port of Bridgwater and taking them to Gascony, by sufficient surety.

1.3: 15 February 1367 . Westminster .

Thebaud Robert Theobald of Sudbury , for loading 300 quarters of wheat in the port of Gippewyco Ipswich and taking them to Gascony, by the surety of John de Sudbury and John Burbache of Suffolk , to last until Christmas next.

2: 16 February 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the transport of grain .

To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people.

Licence to Crych William Criche of Briggewater Bridgwater that he and his servants may take 200 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of beans from the port of Bridgwater to Gascony, in order to purchase wine and other victuals there and bring them back to England, provided that he find sufficient security before the said sheriff that he will take this grain to that place and nowhere else, and that he bring letters from the Burdegal' mayor of Bordeaux into Chancery before Pentecost next testifying to the unloading of this grain there. Order that, once the sheriff has taken the necessary surety, William and his servants be permitted do this in this manner, and the sheriff is to certify in Chancery that he has taken this surety.

By C.

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13 February 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Arden Thomas de Ardern, kt , who is going overseas in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales . ¹

By bill of p.s.

1.: For a full printed edition, but noted erroneously to be on membrane 5, see Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.821.

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28 January 1367 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Thomas de Ardern, kt , who is going to Aquitaine by the king's licence, to stay there in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Henry de Tymmor, clerk , and Stanydelf Henry de Stonydelph alternately. ¹

Richard de Stafford received the attorneys by writ.

1.: Although possibly for the same man, he has been identified as two different people in this and the previous entry, as the names are clearly different, that in entry 3 having been corrected by the scribe, and there were certainly two different men with these names active in this period (see entry in C 61/83 where both appear).

For general attorney.

5: 30 January 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Thomas Peverel , who is going to Gascony in the king's service, nominating John Peverel and John Giffard alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

6: 30 January 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Richard Sergeaux, the younger , who is going to the same place, nominating Tremaen John Tremaine and Penros John Penrose alternately.

The same David received the attorneys.

7: 6 February 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Sellyng Theobald de Selling , who is going to Gascony in the king's service, nominating William de Horne and Thomas de Hope alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

8: 4 February 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Thomas de Felton, kt , who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Thomas Cat, clerk , and William Berard alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys before Thomas departed.

9: 8 February 1367 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for William Page of Kyngesbury Kingsbury , who is going to Gascony in the king's service, nominating John de Swanbourne and William Penne alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

For Estève de Monteruc, and his Marguerite, his wife, concerning the appointment of commissioners.

6 February 1367 . Westminster .

Commission to the dean of Engoliniens' Angoulême , ¹ Master Loyng William de Loring and Arnaut Rous, doctor of canon law, and law, to hear and determine the case of Monte Ruco Estève de Monteruc and Marguerite [de Meauce] his wife, concerning the Junylhaco castle of Genouillac , and the king wishes that their judgment be strong and firm, and have the force of the king's parliament, and that their judgment be final, permitting no appeals by the parties.

Monteruc and his wife have exhibited their complaint before the king, that he, in his own name, and for his wife, had regretfully laid out before Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , and his great council, that Mala Valle Loys de Malval, kt , without title or other reasonable cause occupied the castle of Genouillac with its appurtenances in the Limousin , ² which ought to pertain to Marguerite by right of inheritance, and to her husband by marriage. And they, for fear of Malval, have not dared to pursue their case in the Limousin, or before the seneschal there, the veracity of which Monteruc has sworn before the prince and his great council. The prince, considering the matter with his great council, ordered his seneschal of Limousin, by his letters patent, to cite the parties to appear at a certain time and place before the prince and his council.

At the time and place specified Monteruc appeared by his legitimate proctor with sufficient instruments, and Malval appeared in person, and the case was put to the council by Monteruc's advocate. In response, Malval requested that the case be returned to the jurisdiction of the seneschal of Limousin, whose legal responsibility it was, and who had first cognizance of it, and Monteruc and his wife requested the contrary for the reasons they had already cited. When the parties had been fully heard, and their various arguments had been put and understood before the men of the council, they decided that cognizance of the case ought to remain with the prince and his council. However, Malval, to avoid this judgment, made an appeal to the king or his court, but afterwards Monteruc and his wife procured from the king that the hearing and determination of this appeal be carried out by certain commissaries, not without great labour and expense. Pursuant to this commission, the parties were cited by order of the legitimate commissaries to appear at a certain time and place before them, and Malval immediately requested the removal of Master Rivaldi Jean Rivaud , the advocate of Monteruc and his wife, and on behalf of them they requested that this not be done because Malval, at the time of the first hearing of the case before the prince's council had not appealled against the council's acceptance of this advocate for Monteruc and his wife. As a result of this, and for other reasons, the commissaries ordained that Monteruc and his wife could continue with their advocate, but Malval, to delay matters further, appealed to the king.

Monteruc and his wife request that the king give notice to this subterfuge on the part of Malval, and his frivolous appeals to the king, and that he commit the appeal to the commissaries, and provide a remedy, and the king wishes justice to be done, and to act against this subterfuge and the frivolous appeals, which postpone and damage justice, as is well known. ³

By C.

1.: Arnaud Tison , dean of Angoulême from 1351 to 1372. He was brother of Pierre Tison , bishop of Périgueux (d. 1372), future chancellor of Aquitaine for Prince Edward in 1371-2.
2.: About it, see Thomas, A., 'Le comté de la Marche et le traité de Brétigny', Revue Historique , t. 76 (1901), p. 82.
3.: For an almost identical but later commission, see entry 28 . This later entry is the commission that is noted as being produced in entry 12 .

11: Memorandum that it was ordained by the prince's council in Gascony that a note of this letter be sent, by the testimony of Harewelle John de Harewell, chancellor of the prince , by his letters, to Wykeham William Wickham, keeper of the king's privy seal , and it remains in the chancery file for this year.

12: And afterwards these letters were changed and certain words removed, and were newly issued under the date of 20 April next, as appears below.

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10 February 1367 . The palais de Westm' palace of Westminster . For Louis Chabot, kt .

[in French]

Order to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , or his lieutenants, that he cause Chabbok Louis Chabot, kt , lord of Chantermerle , to be put in possession of the Chantermerle castle of Chantemerle with its appurtenances, in the same state as he had it at the time of the making of his first appeal, and that he duly constrain all those who have taken anything from the knight, to restore it to him without any contradiction, in as far as they have taken or occupy anything of his, and to repair and make redress to him of whatever he has claimed to have been damaged or harmed at the instance of Chabboc Thibaud Chabot because of the land of Loggefogerouse Loge-Fougereuse , by the prince and his court, and the Peyto seneschal of Poitou , ¹ or his lieutenant, whereof he has appealed to the king and his sovereign court. Louis Chabbot is to be kept safely, so that this latter receives justice from the prince and does not appeal to the king, nor any other person of his [principality]. And the king grants that Louis Chabbot should not be impeded from an adjournment to the king's parliament at the day of the Poyto seneschalcy of Poitou , especially the seneschal of Poitou, his lieutenant or Thibaud Chabot ( que tant ne courre point encountre lui, par quoi il ne puisse faire ses ajournementz a nostre parlement au jour de la seneschalcie de Poyto, et especialement le seneschal de Poyto ou son lieutenant et le dit Thebaud Chabbok ).

The men of the king's lordship of Aquitaine increasingly exhaust all the time of the king and his council by their assiduous complaints, some appealing from the grievances and damages caused by the prince's seneschals or their lieutenants, and some other lords, which are, they assert, done against the local law and custom, and the others appealing to the king and his sovereign court of the prince and his court of Aquitaine, and complained to be damaged and to have suffered novelties from the prince, his court and his officers, and nothing should be done during the appeals to the king, and nothing new is to be done or tried during these appeals, and the appellants are to put under the prince's protection and safeguard, to be exempted of the prince's jurisdiction and return things into the state that existed before these appeals.

1.: William de Felton .

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12 February 1367 . The palais de Westm' palace of Westminster . For Jeanne Pouvreau .

[in French]

Order, under the king's great seal, to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , his lieutenant or lieutenants, to make redress to Peverelle Jeanne Pouvreau , of the king's lordship of Aquitaine, widow of Chabbok' Guillaume Chabot, kt , of whatever has been done or attempted wrongfully against her because of her legal case with Chabbok Thibaud Chabot , or for other reasons, and to put her in possession of the land of Loggefogerouse Loge-Fougereuse , and its appurtenances, with all the rents and profits levied from this since the time of her appeal to the king and his sovereign court, which, with all of its circumstance and dependencies, the king wishes to be kept safely. The king further grants to Pouvreau and her party to not to not suffer any deadline impeding her from an adjournment to the king's parliament at the day of the Poyto seneschalcy of Poitou , especially from Thibaud Chabot. Pouvreau, in her own name, as well as guardian and administrator of her children, has shown to the king by her complaint that she has been greatly damaged and harmed by the prosecution of Thibaud Chabot because of a sentence given against her in the court of Poytiers Poitiers concerning the land of Loge-Fougereuse, which was her late husband's, against the law, reason and custom there, by which she has appealed to the king's sovereign court. ¹

1.: For related entries, see entry 17 entry 20 .

For general attorney.

15: 16 February 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for fitz Garyn Fulk FitzWarin of Whitynton Whittington , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, and staying there in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Audeley James d'Audley of Helay Heighley , kt , and Chelreye Edmund Childrey alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

16: Same as above

The same Fulk has other letters of general attorney, nominating Fulk Corbet of Morton Moreton Corbet and Hanemere David de Hanmer alternately.

The same David received the attorneys.

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20 February 1367 . Westminster . For Louis Chabot and Jeanne Pouvreau .

[in French]

Order to Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , or his lieutenant or lieutenants, to examine the legal case and complaints ( applegementz ) and the agreement made between Chabboc Louis Chabot, son and next heir of Chabbok' Guillaume Chabot , and Chabbok Thibaud Chabot , his brother, lately made in the court of France concerning a legal case concerning the lands, castle and castellany of Chantmerle Chantermerle , Fountenay Fontenay[-le-Comte] , Granges , Voluyree Velluire and of Loggefogerouse Loge-Fougereuse , and summon the parties before him, and also Peverelle Jeanne Pouvreau , widow of Guillaume Chabot, and all others that the business concerns, and listen to their arguments, and do speedy justice to Louis according to the laws and customs there. The prince or his lieutenants are to give a day to the losing party for the king's next parliament held in Aquitaine to receive whatever the law and custom there require.

The agreement was made between Louis Chabot and his brother concerning the legal case, just as is more fully contained in the letters made for the agreement under the seal used for the castellany of Poitiers, which agreement, Thibaud does not wish to hold to in great prejudice of and damage to Louis. ¹

1.: For related entries, see entry 14 & entry 20 .

18: 13 February 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Kendale Thomas de Kendal , who is going overseas in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

19: 13 February 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Colneye John Colney of Kyngeston Kingston upon Thames , the elder , who is going overseas in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

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12 February 1367 . Westminster . For Jeanne Pouvreau . ¹

[in French]

Order, under the king's great seal, to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , his lieutenant or lieutenants, to make redress to Peverelle Jeanne Pouvreau , of the king's lordship of Aquitaine, widow of Chabbok' Guillaume Chabot, kt , of whatever has been done or attempted wrongfully against her because of her legal case with Chabbok Thibaud Chabot , or for other reasons, and to put her in possession of the land of the castle, castellany and jurisdiction of Chantmerle Chantemerle , and of the lands of Loggefogerouse Loge-Fougereuse , Fountenay Fontenay[-le-Comte] , Granges and of Voluyre Velluire , and their appurtenances, with all the rents and profits levied from this since the time of her disseisin from them in prejudice of her appeal to the king and his sovereign court, which, with all of its circumstances and dependencies, the king wishes to be kept safely. The king further grants to Pouvreau and her party that they should not suffer any deadline impeding her from an adjournment to the king's parliament at the day of the Poyto seneschalcy of Poitou , especially from Thibaud Chabot. Pouvreau, in her own name, as well as guardian and administrator of her children, has shown to the king by her complaint that she has been greatly damaged and harmed by the prosecution of Thibaud Chabot concerning the castle, castellany and jurisdiction, and the lands, which were her late husband's, and that Thibaud Chabot made an agreement with Pouvreau concerning this before the keeper of the seal for contracts in Poytiers Poitiers , but Thibaud has not held to the agreement, but has disseised her from the castle, castellany, jurisdiction and lands, and done other things contrary to the law and reason, and the custom of those parts, upon which she has appealed to the king and his court of sovereignty. ²

1.: A note in the margin states 'Vacated because it is otherwise above'.
2.: The entry has been crossed out. The note in the margin indicates that this entry was crossed out in favour of an earlier entry on the roll. However, this entry is no mere duplicate of any previous entry, and it would seem that it was vacated in favour of two separate entries - entry 17 & entry 14 .

21: 16 February 1367 . Westminster . Concerning safe-keeping .

To all and singular seneschals, constables, castellans, prévôts, ministers and all bayles and others appointed in the lordship of Aquitaine.

Letters of protection and safe-keeping during the king's pleasure for Chabbok Louis Chabot, kt , his men, household, goods and possessions, wherever they may be. Louis, his men, household and possessions are to be maintained, protected and defended, and should not be interfered with, or others be allowed to interfere with them, but should be protected from injury, molestation, damage, violence, impediment or any other harm, and amends should be made without delay for any forfeitures or injury suffered.

22: 18 February 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Styuecle Geoffrey de Stukeley , who is going to Gascony in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Risseby William de Risby and Whitewell John Whitwell alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

23: 20 February 1367 . Westminster .

[in French]

Licence for one year to Louis Chabot, kt , lord of Chauntemerle Chantemerle , that he may appear by a proctor in all law suits and matters relating to him in all secular courts and before all judges, both as plaintiff and defendant. The king also grants to the same Chabot that all his law suits should be placed in the same state as they were at the time when he left his lands.

24: 27 March 1367 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for John Dengayne , kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, and staying there in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Castelacre William Castle Acre and John Dunton alternately.

The chancellor received the attorneys.

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20 February 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the seizing of lands into the king's hands . ¹

[in French]

Order to the seneschal of Poitou and of Saintonge , or his lieutenants, that he, in the presence of the current vicomte of Daunay Aulnay , ² and of others whom this matter concerns, by sufficient trustworthy and worthy men, and in the best ways that he is able, he obtain full information on the sale, gifts and alienations of parts of the vicomté, and other baronies and lands in mortmain ³ or otherwise made by previous vicomtes and barons without the king's licence or that of his predecessors, and especially in the previous 70 years, and seize them into the king's hands in form of the law, usage and customs there, and combining it with the king's property, together with all the fruits, rents and revenues levied from them since that time. He is to send information to the king and his council on what he has done in this matter together with the tenor of these letters.

The king has been informed that Geoffroy [de Mortagne] and Mortaigne Pons de Mortagne , late brothers, and late successive vicomtes of Aulnay, the which vicomté and other baronies and lands are held from the king in fee by fealty and homage, have sold so great a part of the same, without the king's licence and authority, in mortmain to men of the church and others, that what remains is of such little value that the vicomte is not able to do the service that he owes, or maintain his status. ⁴

1.: A note in the margin states ' extractus '.
2.: Jean de la Personne , married since at least 1359 with Marguerite de Mortagne , daughter of Pons de Mortagne , the heiress of the vicomté of Aulnay and the lordship of Mortagne .
3.: Mainmorte in French.
4.: For a full printed edition, see Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.821.

26: 28 March 1367 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Richard Merk , who is going to Gascony, nominating John de Dunton and Millere Nicholas Miller alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

27: 6 April 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the transport of grain .

To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers, customers, keepers of sea ports and other maritime places, and all faithful people.

Grant of a licence to Fordelee Geoffrey de Fordley of Jernemuth Great Yarmouth that he, by his servants and deputies, may load 200 quarters of wheat and 200 quarters of malt into ships in the ports of Great Yarmouth and Crowemere Cromer , and take them to Aquitaine at his own expense, provided that he finds sufficient security before the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth that he will not take or unload the grain anywhere other than the aforesaid parts of Aquitaine, and that he brings letters under the seal of the seneschal of Aquitaine or the mayor of Burdeg' Bordeaux into Chancery before Michaelmas next, testifying to the unloading of this grain. Order that Geoffrey, by his servants and deputies, be permitted to do this without hindrance, having first paid the customs and subsidies due, for the aforesaid security, any previous orders to the contrary notwithstanding.

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20 April 1367 . Westminster . For Estève de Monteruc, and Marguerite, his wife, concerning the appointment of commissioners. .

Commission to the dean of Engoliniens' Angoulême , ¹ Master Loing William de Loring and Ruphi Arnaut Roux, doctor of canon law , and law, to hear and determine the case of Monteruco Estève de Monteruc and Marguerite [de Meauce] his wife, concerning the place of Junylhaco Genouillac , and the king wishes that their judgment be strong and firm, and have the force of the king's parliament, and that their judgment be final, permitting no appeals by the parties.

Monteruc and his wife have exhibited their complaint before the king, that he, in his own name, and for his wife, had regretfully laid out before Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , and his great council, that Mala Valle Loys de Malval, kt , without title or other reasonable cause occupied the place of Junylhaco, de Genouillac with its appurtenances in the Limousin, which ought to pertain to Marguerite by right of inheritance, and to her husband by marriage. And they, for fear of Malval, have not dared to pursue their case in the Limousin, or before the seneschal there, the veracity of which Monteruc has sworn before the prince and his great council. The prince, considering the matter with his great council, ordered his seneschal of Limousin , by his letters patent, to cite the parties to appear at a certain time and place before the prince and his council.

1.: Arnaud Tison , dean of Angoulême from 1351 to 1372. He was brother of Pierre Tison , bishop of Périgueux (d. 1372), future chancellor of Aquitaine for Prince Edward in 1371-2.
2.: For an almost identical but earlier commission, see entry 10 . A memorandum and notice following that entry record that a note on this was sent by the prince and his council to the chancellor, and that this was kept in the chancery file for that year, and that new letters were reissued with minor alterations, this entry being the re-issue.

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29: 2 December 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Bret' John Bretton, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of John [of Gaunt], duke of Lancaster .

By bill of p.s.

30: 16 April 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for John Stoke, kt , who is going overseas in the king's service.

By bill of p.s.

31: 27 February 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Brancestre John de Brancaster, kt , who is staying in the king's service in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

For protections.

32: Same as above

Letters of protection with clause volumus for the same time for John, son of Brancestre John de Brancaster, kt , esquire , who is staying in the aforesaid company .

By bill of p.s.

33: 8 May 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , who is staying overseas in the king's service, by the king's order.

By K.

For protection.

34: 14 May 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for William de Norton , who is staying overseas in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

35: 13 February 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Robert de Grendon, clerk , who is going to Aquitaine, and staying there in the king's service.

By bill of p.s.

36: 18 May 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the transport of grain .

To all admirals and their lieutenants, sheriffs, mayors, keepers of ports and other maritime places, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people.

Licence to William Criche of Briggewater Bridgwater that he or his servants may load 200 quarters of wheat and 100 quarters of beans and peas in the port of Briggewater Bridgwater , and take them to Gascony at his own expense. Order that William and his servants be permitted do this without hindrance, having paid the customs due to the king, any previous orders to the contrary notwithstanding, provided always that he or his servants find sufficient security in the said port beforehand that they will not take the grain anywhere other than to those parts of Gascony.

For general attorney.

37: 25 March 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Robert de Grendon, clerk , who is going to Aquitaine, to stay there in the king's service, nominating Master William de Walton, clerk , and Broune Matthew Brown of London alternately.

38: Same as above

The same Robert has other letters of general attorney for the same time, nominating Herdewyk John Hardwick and Richard Mercer of Oxford alternately.

Suthwell John de Southwell, clerk , received the attorneys.

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20 May 1367 . Castrum in Insula de Scapeya Queenborough ¹ . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Peter de Veel, kt , who is staying overseas in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

1.: Given as 'the castle on the Isle of Sheppey', an alternative name for the castle at Queenborough, being built by Edward III at this time.

40: 20 May 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the transport of grain .

To all admirals and their lieutenants, sheriffs, mayors, keepers of ports and other maritime places, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people.

Licence to Cokefeld John de Cockfield of London that he or his servants may load 200 quarters of wheat in the port of Neuport Newport on the Insula Vecta Isle of Wight and take them to Gascony or Calais at his own expense. Order that John or his servants be permitted do this without hindrance, having first paid the customs due to the king, any previous orders to the contrary notwithstanding, provided always that John or his servants find sufficient security in the said port beforehand that they will not take the grain anywhere other than to the parts of Gascony or Calais.

By C.

41: 1 June 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Bourghch' John Bourchier , who is staying overseas in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

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7 July 1367 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of a proctor .

To the king's faithful subjects the abbot of La Sewa La Sauve in the Bordalesio Bordelais , ¹ the abbot of St Maxentius Saint-Maixent ² in Pictavia Poitou , and to Sericz Guillaume de Séris , and the Burdeg' official of Bordeaux ³ and other commissaries or judges appointed and assigned in the cause or causes of appeal brought by Montlerino Pey de Monlarin and Arnaut his brother, to the king as sovereign lord of the principality of Aquitaine, concerning certain inheritances which were lately of Campariano Anna de Camparian , late granddaughter of the Monlarins, and which ought to pertain to them as kinsmen and heirs of the same Anne.

Order that they are to permit the proctors that the Monlarin brothers appoint to prosecute and defend all their causes and related matters, without any difficulty, according to the form of the king's grants, any customs notwithstanding, because the king, wishing to show the brother's his favour, has granted to them that they should be able to do this, because they come to England and various other parts to sell their merchandise. ⁴

By K. and C.

1.: Huc de Marcenac, abbot of La Sauve from 1362 to 1371. See Le nécrologe de l’abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure , éd. J.-L. Lemaître (Paris, 2009), pp.147-8, no.29 (under the Latin name of Hugo de Marcenhac ) and Dulaura, É., Histoire de l’abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure , II (Camiac-et-Saint-Denis, 2003), pp.334-6. He came from a noble family of the Haute-Auvergne (now département of Cantal), from Marcenac (in com. Leynhac, arr. Aurillac, dép. Cantal) which gave lords of Marmiesse (com. Sansac-de-Marmiesse, arr. Aurillac, dép. Cantal). A kinsman and proctor of this abbot was named Avit de Marcenac and this rare forename was used in the Marcenac family of Marmiesse. See Dulaura, Ibid ., p.335.
2.: Guillaume de Vezançais , abbot of Saint-Maixent (1363-81). On him, see Richard, A., 'Chartes et documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Maixent - 1', Archives Historiques du Poitou , XVI (Poitiers,1886), p. LXXXVII-LXXXVIII, no. XLVII.
3.: Arnaud André , canon of Bordeaux, official of Bordeaux in 1367-8, see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.254-5, no.4.
4.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/79 , entry 46 , entry in C 61/83 , entry in C 61/83 , entry in C 61/86 & entry in C 61/86 .

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6 July 1367 . Westminster . For John Mouton .

[in French]

Order to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester , to receive before him, or those that he deputes in the legal case of Moutoun John Mouton , Arnold Savage, kt , late mayor of Bordeaux , and all other parties that this case touches, and the appeals in the case, and when party wishes to proceed against the other, he is to listen to their arguments, and give a judgment and final sentence on the matter according to the laws, usages and customs there, so that the complaint does not come to the king again. The king has received Mouton, and his goods and chattels into his protection for the duration of the suit, and orders all of his faithful subjects that they are not to harm, injure, damage, prosecute or oppress him in his person or goods.

Mouton has shown the king by his complaint that through the maintenance and false accusations of Savage he was subject to examination and torture four times, and was detained in prison in Bordeaux for four years and seven weeks, by which he was almost destroyed in his body, and has lost his goods and chattels to the value of 2,000 écu. He has appealed to the king and to the prince, hoping that they will be better able to help him, which appeal he has pursued before the king as far as he is able, and which he has done in the king's court by his own sworn testimony. ¹

1.: In an entry from 1365 Savage requested that the sentence against one Jenkin Mouton be put in execution. This individual is the same as John Mouton as Jenkin was a nickname meaning 'Little John' (John the younger), see entry in C 61/78 .

44: 1 June 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Cusyngton Stephen de Cossington, kt , who is staying overseas in the king's service, in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

45: 8 July 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for William Penreth , who is staying overseas in the king's service, in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

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7 July 1367 . Westminster . For Pey and Arnaut de Monlarin .

[in French]

Commission to the king's faithful subjects the abbot of La Sewa La Sauve in the Bordalesium Bordelais , ¹ the abbot of St Maxentius Saint-Maixent in Pictavia Poitou , ² and to Peire de Caseton, lord of Gordon Gourdon , Sericz Guillaume de Séris , and the Burdeg' official of Bordeaux , ³ that they together, the four, three or two of them, inquire about the validity of the appeal to the king and his court of sovereignty by the officers of the prince of Aquitaine against Pey and Montlarin Arnaut de Monlarin in a lawsuit about the inheritance of Arnaut de Camparian and his daughter Anne, to summon and hear the parties, to inquire with a summary procedure about the inheritance and to send their report to the king's council.

And it is ordered to all the king's loyal subjects, and to all the serjeants and officers of the king's son, the prince, that they obey and be intendant at all times to the abbots, Séris and the official, when they will be required to do so.

Lately, the Monlarin brothers as next heirs of the Camparian had been aggrieved by the seizure of the inheritance by the officers of the prince have appealed to the king and his court of sovereignty, and the king had committed to Caseton, Séris and the official, the cognizance of their grievances, but regardless of this appeal officers of the prince had inflicted novelties on the Monlarin and made a frivolous appeal to the king to delay the case so that Caseton, Séris and the official did not interfere any further in it, and the Monlarins had petioned the king for remedy. ⁴

1.: Huc de Marcenac, abbot of La Sauve from 1362 to 1371. See Le nécrologe de l’abbaye de La Sauve-Majeure , éd. J.-L. Lemaître (Paris, 2009), pp.147-8, no.29 (under the Latin name of Hugo de Marcenhac ) and Dulaura, É., Histoire de l’abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure , II (Camiac-et-Saint-Denis, 2003), pp.334-6. He came from a noble family of the Haute-Auvergne (now département of Cantal), from Marcenac (in com. Leynhac, arr. Aurillac, dép. Cantal) which gave lords of Marmiesse (com. Sansac-de-Marmiesse, arr. Aurillac, dép. Cantal). A kinsman and proctor of this abbot was named Avit de Marcenac and this rare forename was used in the Marcenac family of Marmiesse. See Dulaura, Ibid ., p. 335.
2.: Guillaume de Vezançais or Vezançay, abbot of Saint-Maixent (1363-81). On him, see Richard, A., 'Chartes et documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Maixent - 1', Archives Historiques du Poitou , XVI (Poitiers,1886), p. LXXXVII-LXXXVIII, no. XLVII.
3.: Arnaud André , canon of Bordeaux, official of Bordeaux in 1367-8, see Lainé, F., Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae , 13, Diocese of Bordeaux (Turnhout, 2012), p.254-5, no.4.
4.: For later related entries, see entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/78 , entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/79 , entry 42 , entry in C 61/83 , entry in C 61/83 , entry in C 61/86 entry in C 61/86 .

47: 20 September 1367 . Retherhith Rotherhithe . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next for Robert Hull, one of the king's mariners , who is going to Gascony, to stay there in the king's service.

By p.s.

48: 15 October 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Latymer Thomas Latimer, kt , who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By K.

49: 18 October 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for William Moigne, kt , who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By testimony of K.

50: 20 October 1367 . Westminster . For the executors of the testament of Henry Picard .

[in French]

Order to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , that he will put the first letters of the king which the king sent to him under his great seal together with the request and petition of Per-Arnaut, merchant of Baione Bayonne , into execution, without any delay, according to the laws and usages there, and without offending the peace, so that no complaint comes to the king on this again. Per-Arnaut, proctor of the executors of the testament and final will of Pycard Henry Picard, merchant of Londres London , deceased, has made certain requests and petitions concerning certain sums of florins mouton d'or which the last king of France owed, and promised to make satisfaction for at a time now passed on the receipt of Tholouse Toulouse , and upon which the king has previously sent various letters to the prince directing him to make payment.

51: 26 October 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Ralph Gerberge , esquire , who is staying overseas in the king's service, in the company of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

52: 12 November 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Standissh Ralph de Standish, esquire , who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine, in the company of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.

53: 13 November 1367 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Morle Robert de Morley, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, and staying there in the company of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Bergh William de Burgh, clerk , and Philip Deneys alternately.

Walter Power, clerk , received the attorneys.

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20 November 1367 . Westminster . For hearing the plea of Joan de Folksworth .

Order to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales to hear the complaint of Folkesworth Joan de Folksworth , or her attorneys or proctors, and do speedy and full justice to her just as by right and according to the form of the peace made between the king and John [II], late king of France , and the fors and customs there ought to be done. It was contained in the peace treaty made between the kings that all the land of those who were banished and the adherents of either side, and all those who have been disinherited on account of the war between the kingdoms of England and France before the making of the peace, ought to be wholly restored to those lands in the same way that they held them before the beginning of the war; and that they should be pardoned all forfeitures, trespasses and misprisions that they have committed, the vicomte of Fronsak Fronsac ¹ and Galart Johan [de] Galard ² only excepted. ³ Now Folksworth, who originates in England, and who has proved that she is the daughter and nearest heir of Brakenbergh' John de Brackenborough, kt by process before the king in chancery, has requested that she be restored to the places of Cherroye Chéray and Chaceron' Chassiron in the Île d'Oleron which were Rabayn Peter de Rabain 's, the uncle of John de Brackenborough before the war, and ought to have descended to her, Rabain being the brother of Brakenbergh' Jeanne de Brackenborough , John's mother, he being her heir, and of which lands they were disinherited by the late king of France and his ministers. ⁴

1.: Ramon VI de Fronsac who rallied the king of France John II on 23 January 1353. See Archives Nationales, Paris, J 637, no. 12. He died c. 1363 in exile outside the duchy of Aquitaine. His goods had been granted by Edward III to his daughter Johana de Fronsac and her husband Guilhem-Sans III de Pommiers .
2.: On Johan de Galard (d. c. 1363-1365), Lord of Limeuil , see Documents historiques sur la maison de Galard , éd. J. Noulens (Paris, 1871-2), pp. 472-583..
3.: This is the clause no. 25 of the treaty of Brétigny. See Les grands traités de la guerre de Cent Ans , éd. E. Cosneau (Paris, 1889), p. 57.
4.: For entries, one of which traces this dispute back as far as the reign of Edward II, see entry 228 in C 61/35 , entry in C 61/79 & entry in C 61/79 .

For general attorney.

55: 23 November 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for John de la Haye, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating John [Barnet], bishop of Ely , and fitz Jahan Edmund FitzJohn alternately.

Thamworth John de Tamworth, clerk , received the attorneys.

56: Same as above

The same John [de la Haye] has other letters of general attorney as above, nominating Roger de Puttenham, kt , and William de Wotton alternately.

The same John [de Tamworth] received the attorneys.

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22 November 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Veer Aubrey de Vere, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales . ¹

By p.s.

1.: For a full printed edition, see Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.837.

For general attorney.

58: 22 November 1367 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Veer Aubrey de Vere, kt , who is going to Gascony in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating Thomas Tuwe and Edmund Montpillers , clerks, alternately.

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorneys.

59: Same as above

The same Aubrey has other letters of general attorney, nominating Veer Thomas de Vere, earl of Oxford , and Naylynghurst Robert de Naylinghurst, clerk , alternately.

The same David received the attorneys.

60: 1 December 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Kendale Thomas de Kendal, messenger , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By K.

61: 2 December 1367 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Kendale Thomas de Kendal, messenger , who is going to Gascony in the king's service, to stay there in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , nominating John, son of Olyver Robert Oliver of Croydon and Haselmere Richard Haslemere alternately.

John de Tamworth, clerk , received the attorneys.

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26 November 1367 . Westminster . For Miqueu de Poyanne .

Order sicut alias to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester to summon before him all those who ought to be called, according to Puyana Miqueu de Poyanne, citizen of Baionen' Bayonne 's petition to the king, which the king has sent to the prince enclosed under his seal, and diligently to obtain information on the circumstances of the complaint; and he is to do speedy and full justice to Miqueu on what he finds to be the truth, according to the fors and customs there, so that he has no cause to complain to the king again through default of justice. If the prince is unable or unwilling to do this for reasonable causes, he is to explain this to the king in chancery, sending these letters with his responses.

The king has accepted the complaint of Miqueu de Poyanne, son and heir of the late Puyana Pey de Poyanne which contains that although Pey de Poyanne during his life was always obedient and faithful to the crown, however, he was falsely and maliciously accused of the crime of lèse-majesté by his enemies, before Henry, late duke of Lancaster , when he was the king's lieutenant in the duchy, in the king's court at Burdegal' Bordeaux , and by a trial which followed this accusation, his moveable and immoveable goods were forfeit into the king's treasury. Since by the customs of Baionensium Bayonne , wives and sons cannot be deprived of goods that are theirs by the crimes of the father, nor should their goods be confiscated, and nor should sons be harassed as a consequence of hatred of the father, and Miqueu de Poyanne requests remedy. The king knowing nothing of this, wishes justice to be done to him. ¹

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/57 , entry in C 61/57 , entry in C 61/75 , entry in C 61/85 & entry in C 61/85 . Pey de Poyanne had been an influential figure in Bayonne. In the 1330s and 40s he had served as an admiral for Edward III, winning an important naval victory, and had been elected mayor. Because of the turbulent times in the duchy as relations with the French deteriorated, the king had requested that the normal annual selection of the mayor be suspended, and that Poyanne be kept in office for the duration of the war. The jurats and community reluctantly agreed, but it would seem that considerable opposition arose in the city, whether because of Poyanne's actions, or simply because there was some measure of anger against the king's suspension of an element of their normal privileges. Poyanne was eventually forced into exile to reside with the bishop of Lescar, and he died there. Poyanne's wife and his son Miqueu subsequently complained of the forfeiture of their property, and were still seeking its recovery in the 1360s and 70s.

63: 20 December 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, on the king's orders.

By K.

64: 20 January 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Thomas Florak , kt , who is staying in Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of Peter de Lacy, receiver of the prince in England .

65: 3 January 1367 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Vyel Henry Viel of Bristoll Bristol , who is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine, in the company of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

By bill of p.s.