The Gascon Rolls Project

C 61/85

Gascon Roll for the 46th year of the reign of Edward III

Physical condition of the roll

The roll consists of 11 membranes, with entries appearing on the face of the membranes only. There is no cover, with the end of m 1 acting as an outer wrapper. As a result, the end of that membrane is hardened and worn, and is slightly torn, but there is no loss of information or damage to any of the text, and the body of the roll is in excellent condition and legible throughout. In many of the entries recorded in this roll, the dating clauses give the year not only in terms of Edward III's regnal years of France and England, but also with the year of grace. However, unusually, for dates before 25 March 1372, the year of grace is nevertheless given as 1372, when, according to the Julian calendar, it ought to be 1371. This is presumably either a scribal error or a quirk of this particular clerk.

C 61/85 46 Edward III (1372-73)

The 46th regnal year of Edward III was to be amongst the blackest of his reign. Celebrating his 60th birthday in November of the year, he had long since ceased to be a presence with his armies, and the leadership had passed to his sons. The natural leadership of the English cause should have passed to Edward of Woodstock, duke of Aquitaine and Wales, the king's eldest son and victor of Poitiers and Najera. However, the prince had been in failing health ever since the ill-fated campaign in Castile in 1367, and he was increasingly unable to fulfil the leadership role that the English needed with a resurgent kingdom of France under Charles V (1364-80). His last major campaign had been that which led to the sack of the 'City' of Limoges (one of the two towns of Limoges) on 19 September 1370, and he had returned to England in January 1371, never to return in his principality. In recognition of this situation the prince was ultimately forced to relinquish his principality and other continental possessions to his father on 5 October 1372.

The roll itself, although not very explicitly referring to the fighting within the principality, and the erosion of English rule, does provide a lot of evidence of the state of the war. Like the rolls that precede and follow it there are numerous letters of protection and attorney, though increasingly for the king's rather than the prince's service as the transfer of authority took effect. Many of these are simply for those already in the principality who wished to continue their service, while others are for fresh soldiers and administrators going to augment their numbers or replace them. The major commitment of manpower, however, came with the expedition being sent out under the command of John Hastings, earl of Pembroke. In addition to his own letters of protection and attorney, ¹ and the letters appointing him as the king's lieutenant, ² there are numbers of protections and attorneys for those going with him. ³ Unfortunately no mention is made of the destruction of this army onboard the English fleet at the battle of La Rochelle on 22 and 23 June 1372.

Receiving particular attention in the defence of the principality were the castles held by two of the king's younger sons, Edmund of Langley and Thomas of Woodstock. Woodstock's castle of Civray was entrusted to Bertran de Cazalis, kt, while Langley's castle of Aulnay was entrusted to Robert Darcy, kt. ⁴ Perhaps the most important of the English partisans at this time was Johan de Grailly, the Captal de Buch, and he benefited from a grant of the custody of Thomas of Woodstock's castles of Melle, Chizé and Villeneuve-la-Comtesse, all lying in an arc south of Niort and Civray as well, should Bertran de Cazalis surrender it to him, further east. He was to keep the profits, and all the castles, like Aulnay, were vital for the defence of the principality from French incursions from the north. Unfortunately for the English, Grailly was captured in the attempt to defend Soubise just south of Rochefort (in Saintonge) on 23 August 1372 only a month after the defeat at La Rochelle. ⁵

In addition to the English troops being retained in the principality or sent there, they were also utilizing the manpower of their Gascon supporters. As we have seen Grailly was entrusted with the keeping of castles in the more exposed parts of the principalities. In particular Roger-Bernat IV de Foix, vicomte of Castellbò and lord of Navailles, was granted that he may retain 40 men-at-arms at the king's wages 'for making war against the king's rebels and enemies overseas, and for resisting them in the land of the Landes', with an assignment to pay the wages. ⁶

With the worsening state of affairs for the English and their Gascon loyalists, the English administration was making particular efforts to retain the continued support of leading Gascons who had not already deffected to the French. Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garro, an esquire of the Basque country, who had been granted the office of bayle of Labourd by the prince of Aquitaine, paying 200 l. , but who was being charged an additional 170 l. by the receiver of the Landes, had the original grant confirmed. ⁷ Roger Bernat IV of Foix whom we have already seen retaining troops for the king, was also compensated for 700 l. of Toulouse rent that he had lost, with a grant of the land of Marensin, that had been confiscated by the rebellion of the lord of Launac. ⁸ In addition the vicomte was granted the vicarage of Mauvezin in the bishopric of Tarbes. ⁹

As with the surrounding rolls a number of entries related to the the hearing of appeals. Up until the surrender of the principality by the prince to his father, appellate jurisdiction was retained by the king from his son's lordship. Therefore this year was significant for the execution of justice since on the surrender of the principality, the intervening jurisdiction of the prince was removed. Several of the cases seem to have revolved around the misuse of appeals to thwart legal action. Such cases include those brought by Jean Girard and Marie Louvelle, his wife, against Marie de Pouillé and Jean [Bouchet] and Aymar Bouchet, brothers, ¹⁰ Isabeau d'Avaugour, vicomtess of Thouars, lady of Talmont, late the wife of Louis [de Thouars], vicomte of Thouars, against Amaury [IV de Craon], lord of Craon, and Péronnelle de Thouars, his wife, ¹¹ Ytherot de Vaux, damoiseau, and Isabeau Cornet, his wife, against Jean Ancelon, lord of La Mothe Frelon, ¹² Aimery Sudre, burgess of La Rochelle, and Hippolyte de Baussay, his wife, against Walter Spridlington ¹³ , and the abbot and convent of Nouaillé against the mayor and community of Poitiers. ¹⁴ While many of the cases cited above were to be settled by various individuals assigned to hear and determine the matters, the king also appointed a more fixed group to hear appeals consisting of the archbishop of Bordeaux, the bishop of Poitiers, the abbot of Saint-Seurin in Bordeaux and the abbot of Saint-Maixent in the diocese of Poitiers, chancellor of Aquitaine, Florimont, lord of Lesparre, Bérart d'Albret, Guillaume [VII] l'Archevêque, lord of Parthenay, and Louis d'Harcourt, vicomte of Châtellerault, barons. ¹⁵ These entries show the large support of the men of Poitou, Saintonge and Angoumois to the 'English' party until the surrender of the main 'Poitevin' lords at Thouars in December 1372. Other cases were more straight forward requests for remedy. Pey de Navailles, kt, who had married Miramunda de Salles, a niece and heiress of Pey de Cazalis, complained that their moiety of the Cazalis inheritance in the Landes had been siezed because Navailles' sister-in-law, Johana de Sengresse, was an adherent of lord Albret, an enemy and rebel of the king. ¹⁶ Another long running case relating to the inheritance of Pey de Poyanne, a citizen of Bayonne, extended back to the 1330s and 40s. Poyanne had been appointed vicar of Bayonne by the king during the early stages of the war, but had been forced from office by a faction in Bayonne. His goods and property had been siezed, and his sons had been seeking recovery since that time. Only on 16 October 1372 did Miqueu, one of the sons and heirs, obtain a grant for their recovery. ¹⁷ Another case concerned a complicated inheritance brought by Jean Chaudrier, burgess of La Rochelle and Jeanne de Parthenay, his wife. The inheritance was disputed with the vicomte of Thouars, but his death during the hearing of the case, and the passing of the inheritance to Amaury IV, lord of Craon and his wife Péronnelle de Thouars, eldest daughter of the vicomte, had delayed the case. ¹⁸ Another inheritance case brought by Hélie Chevalier, burgess of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, and his wife, again complicated, had been further complicated by the war, but not the then escalation of it, but rooted in the time of John II, king of France. ¹⁹

A small number of entries relate to trade issues. A particularly interesting inspeximus of the king confirmed another inspeximus of his son the prince. The original document that the prince had confirmed was a quitclaim by Richard I the Lionheart, king of England, which relinquished his rights concerning wrecks, their surviving crew and cargo. ²⁰ Another of these interesting confirmations of confirmations again were letters of the king confirming those of the prince, confirming those of Edward I of a notarial instrument of named consuls and jurats of Bayonne granting customs on wine in 1288. Letters of general attorney for John Gravesend, citizen and merchant of London, were presumably for him to trade in Aquitaine. ²¹ John Cole of Bridgwater, received a licence to load ships in Bristol with 300 quarters of beans and peas and take them to Bordeaux. ²² An order of 2 February 1372 was issued on behalf of the citizens and merchants of Bayonne so that they could come into England free of toll, reinforcing an earlier grant of 1351. ²³ Finally a grant of 17 February 1372 to Adam Fraunceys and William Walworth, influential citizens and merchants of London, granted them permission to take two ships to Aquitaine to bring back wine, provided they were back in south coast ports by the following 1 May in time to take the king and his men to Aquitaine. ²⁴ In this case at least the king recognized the costs to English merchants in having their ships laid up awaiting use as transport for English soldiers to Aquitaine and elsewhere.

Jonathan Mackman & Simon J. Harris.

1.: entry 34 & entry 35 .
2.: entry 41 .
3.: entry 28 , entry 33 , entry 33.1 - entry 33.14 , entry 36 , entry 38 , entry 43 , entry 43.1 - entry 43.7 .
4.: Civray: entry 19 , entry 23 & entry 40 . Darcy's protection apparently suggests that he was being sent to oversee the fortifying of the castle, and another protection for one Henry Lyngeyn might well be for an engineer to assist him ( entry 31 & entry 52 ).
5.: He was to die in captivity in Paris in 1376, he refusing to do homage to Charles V, and the French believing him too dangerous to ransom and release.
6.: entry 63 , entry 64 & entry 63 .
7.: entry 58 .
8.: entry 61 .
9.: entry 68 & entry 69 .
10.: entry 13 .
11.: entry 16 .
12.: entry 20 .
13.: entry 21 .
14.: entry 29 .
15.: entry 22 .
16.: entry 66 .
17.: entry 56 & entry 57 .
18.: entry 11 .
19.: entry 12 .
20.: entry 17 .
21.: entry 51 .
22.: entry 72 .
23.: entry 6 .
24.: entry 9 .

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1: 26 January 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

To all bailiffs and faithful people.

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year granted to Brancestre Thomas de Brancaster , his men, lands, property, rents and all possessions, as he is staying in the king's service in Aquitaine. They are to be maintained, protected and defended from injury, molestation, damage and harm, and amends should be made for any forfeitures they have suffered without delay. The king wishes that Brancaster in the meantime be quit from all pleas and complaints, except pleas of dower, unde nichil habet and quare impedit and the assizes of novel disseisin and darein presentment and attaint, and except pleas which are summoned before justices in eyre.

By bill and testimony of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales .

2: 28 January 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for Brauncestre Thomas de Brancaster , who is staying in the king’s service in Aquitaine, nominating Geydon William de Gaydon .

John de Tamworth, clerk received the attorney before the departure of Thomas.

3: 4 February 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

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

By bill of p.s.

Licences to plead by proctors.

14 February 1372 . The notre palays de Westm' palace of Westminster .

[in French]

Grant of licence to Sudur Aimery Sudre burgess of La Rochelle , and Apolice de Baussay , his wife, that they may appear and plead by proctor and attorney before the abbot of Maille Nouaillé , the seneschals of Gascony ¹ and Dangolmoys Angoumois , ² the vicomte of Chastellayrraut Châtellerault ³ and Jean de Louvers , lawyer , or at least two of them, whom the king has appointed to judge the plea between them, as plaintiffs, and Sperlington Walter de Spridlington , defendant, to its conclusion. He further grants that all process made before the commissioners in the presence of the proctor should be just as valid as if they themselves were there in person.

By K. and C.

1.: Thomas de Felton .
2.: Henry de la Haye .
3.: Louis d'Harcourt .

14 February 1372 . Westminster . ¹

[in French]

Grant of a licence to Davaugour Isabeau d'Avaugour, vicomtesse of Thouarcz Thouars , lady of Talemont Talmont , lately wife of Louis [de Thouars], vicomte of Thouars , that she may appear and plead by proctor and attorney before the seneschals of Gascony ² and Danolesme Angoumois , ³ the official of Bordeaux , the dean of Angolesme Angoulême , ⁴ Jean de Louvers and Perceschauges Pierre Percechausse , ⁵ lawyers, or at least three of them, who the king has appointed to judge the plea between her, as plaintiff, and Amaury [IV de Craon], lord of Craon , and Péronnelle de Thouars , his wife, principal heirs of the said vicomte, defendants, granting that all process made before the commissioners, etc. as above.

1.: The abbreviation ' scr' ' appears in the margin towards the end of this entry.
2.: Thomas de Felton .
3.: Henry de la Haye .
4.: 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.
5.: Pierre Percechausse was a burgess of Niort and mayor there in 1347, 1356 and 1369.

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2 February 1372 . Westminster . For the men of the city of Bayonne, concerning their release from the 3 d. in the pound .

To all admirals and their lieutenants, sheriffs, mayors, the collectors and controllers of both customs and subsidies in each of the ports of England, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people.

Order to allow the citizens and merchants of Baion Bayonne to transport their goods into and out of England, through any port in the realm, without paying the charge of 3 d. in the pound. As shown by an inspection of the rolls of chancery, on 4 February 1351, on account of their service to the king and his predecessors, and the many labours and burdensome expenses they have suffered for their fealty, the king had granted to the mayor, jurats, hundred peers and community of the city of Baion Bayonne that they should have perpetual exemption from this payment upon all their goods and merchandise. It is also ordered that they should release any distraints taken from them for this reason without delay, and restore any payments levied. ¹

1.: Printed in Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.932. One additional set of entry marks can be found in the margin against this entry.

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3 March 1372 . Westminster . For exemplification . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of certain letters patent of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales in these words:

1 March 1372 . London .

Grant by Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester , given under his privy seal at his wardrobe in London , to the mayor and hundred peers of the city of Baion' Bayonne , that they should continue to appoint good and sufficient money-changers as necessary within their city, but that they should take sureties in the presence of the prévôt of Baion Bayonne or his lieutenant that the people appointed will act properly and loyally in this post, that they will take the bullion ( la bilon ) to the mints ( monoies ), and that they should obey the prince's other ordinances. Saubat de Mente and Gassie de Surlane , ² their envoys and messengers, have made many supplications to the prince on their behalf, including a request that the mayor and hundred peers may continue, as they have anciently been accustomed, to appoint the money-changers which were required in the city, ensuring that they are good and sufficient people, and taking security from them that they will act properly and loyally. ³

By K.

1.: The abbreviation ' scr' ' appears in the margin next to this entry.
2.: Surlane was the name of a house at Saint-Pandelon (dép. Landes). See Degert, A., 'Le budget d'un évêque de Dax au Moyen Âge', Bulletin de la Société de Borda , 32 (1907), p. 36.
3.: One additional set of entry marks can be found in the margin against this entry.

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26 April 1372 . The notre palais de Westmoustier palace of Westminster . For Guichard d'Angle, for confirmation .

[in French]

Confirmation of letters patent of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales, granting certain lands to Guichard d'Angle, as follows:

20 April 1372 . Kenyngton Kennington .

[in French]

Grant by Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester , for his good service both past and future, to his dear and faithful knight, Dangle Guichard d'Angle, his marshal of Aquitaine , of the town of Andile Andilly with high, middle and low jurisdiction, and all rents, profits and emoluments, the couses and vinée ¹ of Villedouxe Villedoux , Andilly and Seint Oweyn Saint-Ouen[-d'Aunis] , the vinée of Damperre Dompierre and the mangiers ² of Brandes les Brandes in the parish of Dompierre, and the king's small fee called the fee of Lardillere Ardillières , both in full ( Complans ) and in demesne, with all the jurisdiction, profits, rents, revenues and emoluments, to him and the legitimate heirs of his body in perpetuity, to hold of the prince for the term of his life, and then from his father, the king and his heirs, in fealty and liege homage and for one decorated sword or 20 l. of current money for all dues. Sealed with his privy seal used in Aquitaine, in the absence of his great seal.

The king confirms everything contained in these letters, saving and reserving to the king and his heirs the sovereign lordship and final jurisdiction of the town, rents, vinée and other things aforesaid.

By p.s.

1.: The 'vinée' was an annual tax on vineyards, payable according to the surface area.
2.: An annual tax payable to a lord together with the census.

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9: 17 February 1372 . Westm' Westminster . For Adam Fraunceys and William Walworth .

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

Grant of a licence by the king's special grace to Franceys Adam Fraunceys and Waleworth William Walworth, citizens and merchants of London that they may send ships called la George and la Eleyne of London to Aquitaine to bring back wine and other merchandise into England, since Adam and William, by their sureties, John Grantham and John Glevehand , who have mainperned in chancery by a penalty of 20 s. for each tun carried in the said ships, have confirmed that these ships and their sailors, unless they are delayed by contrary winds, enemy action or the perils of the sea, would be within the insulam vectam Isle of Wight at the port of Sutht Southampton , Portesmouth Portsmouth , Hamelhok Hamble Hook or Hamel in the Rys Hamble-le-Rice on 1 May next, prepared and ready for the passage of the king and his people to parts overseas for an expedition of war. The king has therefore taken the ships and their crew into his special protection and defence while on this journey to and from Aquitaine for this purpose. Order that the officials should maintain, protect and defend these ships on this journey, prevent any injury or damage, and restore any forfeitures, as the king does not wish these ships to be arrested by any of his ministers during this journey or for any other reason.

By p.s.

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17 February 1372 . The notre Palays de Westmoustier palace of Westminster . For Bérart d'Albret .

[in French]

Confirmation of letters patent of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales, given in silk lace and green wax, as follows:

6 September 1369 . Xainctes Saintes .

[in French]

Grant by Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , to de Lebret Bérart [II] d'Albret, lord of Rions , of the Puynormant castle of Puynormand and the Villefranque bastide of Villefranche[-de-Lonchat] , with their appurtenances, the Cubsac castle of Cubzac with the parishes of Marquanz Marcamps , Prinhac Prignac , Cazels Cazelles , Seint Laurens darses Saint-Laurent-d'Arce , the Magrinhe hospital of Magrigne , Seint Gervase Saint-Gervais , Saint Andres de Cubsac Saint-André-de-Cubzac , Aubie , Espessas , Puysara Peujard , Gauriaguet , Marsas , Saint Antony Saint-Antoine , Sepzac Cézac , Cavynhac Cavignac , La Ruscade Laruscade and Cunhases Cubnezais in the bourses Bourgeais with their appurtenances, which were of the honour of Bourc sur mer Bourg , and of Blesimont Blasimon with its appurtenances. Albret has petitioned the prince, stating that these lands had been given by the prince's father, the king, to his father, de le Bret Bérart [I] d'Albret and his heirs, as appears in the king's letters patent. However, the king has since annulled this grant, as others have complained that these privileges should not be alienated from the English crown, to which they had been annexed. The prince, in consideration of his good service, and that of him and his heirs in the future, restores d'Albret and his heirs to these lands, according to the tenor of the original letters patent, ordering all the people of those places to be obedient and intendant upon him and his heirs, and to accord him all the rights as their lord, reserving to the king, himself and his heirs all sovereignty, final jurisdiction, homage and rights to which the supplicant's father and the supplicant himself were bound by the terms of the gift.

Order to the seneschal of Aquitaine, and all the other seneschals, justices, officers and ministers of the principality, or their lieutenants, that they should allow the supplicant and his heirs to use and enjoy the said grant in peace, and that all the subjects of those places should obey him and his heirs as their lord, and be intendant upon him according to the tenor of these letters patent, without contradiction. ¹

The king accepts, agrees and confirms these letters, on account of Albret's good and pleasing service, both in the past and in the future, reserving to him and his heirs, kings of England, the homage, sovereignty and final jurisdiction which pertain to him, reserved and retained by the terms of the earlier letters.

By K.

1.: For the earlier grant to Albret's father, see entry in C 61/53 . The original letters of Edward III are in the Archives départementales des Pyrénées Atlantiques in file E 203. For a later order for the taking of much of the granted places back into the king's hands, see entry in C 61/100 .

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18 February 1372 . Westminster . For Jean Chaudrier, burgess of the town of La Rochelle, and Jeanne [de] Parthenay, his wife .

Order to Thomas de Felton, kt , seneschal of Gascony , Henry Haye, kt , seneschal of Engolismen' Angoumois , Andree Arnaud André, official of Burdigalen' Bordeaux , Tyson Arnaud Tison, Engolismen' dean of Angoulême , ¹ and Perceschausces Pierre Percechausse, lawyer , that they, or at least three of them, should call before them the parties in the appeal brought by Chauderier Jean Chaudrier, burgess of Rupella La Rochelle and Jeanne [de] Parthenay , his wife, regarding their inheritance from Archiepi Guy l'Archevêque, lord of Talleboure Taillebourg , the father of Jeanne de Parthenay, along with any others who ought to be called, at a convenient place where they may have good counsel, and that they should hear and understand the laws and reasons, and do justice swiftly to the parties, their dependants and associates according to the laws, fors and customs of those parts, lest the complaint reach the king again. The king grants that whatever decision is reached shall have the same force as a decree made in Parliament, from which there is no further appeal, and due execution should be made by them or their deputies accordingly, any complaint or appeal notwithstanding. The petitioners claim that l'Archevêque was the legitimate heir to a certain part of the inheritance of Thoarcio, de Guy de Thouars, lord of Maloleone Mauléon , and that l'Archevêque gave and granted this inheritance to them on their marriage. However, this inheritance was disputed with Louis [de Thouars], vicomte of Thoarcio, de Thouars , kinsman of Guy de Thouars and Guy l'Archevêque, and the vicomte occupied the whole of the inheritance, for which the supplicants brought a plea against him before the grands jours of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales . However, while the case was pending, the vicomte died, and the succession to all his goods and property passed to Amaury [IV], lord of Credonio, de Craon and his wife Péronnelle de Thouars , eldest daughter of the said vicomte, as his principal heirs. The supplicants summoned Amaury and Péronnelle to the said grands jours , to resume or repudiate the process begun with the late vicomte, and Amaury and Péronnelle, both on account of the war in those parts and disagreements over the law, have appealed the case to the king in parliament, for which the complainants have requested remedy. ²

1.: He was brother of Pierre Tison , bishop of Périgueux (d. 1372), chancellor of Aquitaine for Prince Edward in 1371-2.
2.: For related documents, see entry 14 and entry 16 .

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16 February 1372 . Westminster . To proceed notwithstanding the appeal .

[in French]

Order to the Saint Maxent en Poitou abbot of Saint-Maixent , ¹ Baulard Guillaume Boulard and le Mercier Jean Lemercier, lawyers , to call before them or their deputies the parties in the appeal brought by Chivaler Hélie Chevalier, burgess of Seint Johan Dangely Saint-Jean-d'Angély , and his wife, at a safe and notable place where the parties may have wise and good counsel, and diligently inform themselves of the details of the appeal. If they find that the appeal is insufficient, they should throw it out in order to reduce the pressure of business, or they should move forward on the matter and, having judged and determined it, they should bring good and swift justice to the parties, ending the appeal and any challenge, as the king wishes that, his own authority, knowledge and grace notwithstanding, his parliament should not again be ordered to be held, on account of the problems of the war. Chevalier and his wife have claimed that a certain Pierre Morca , burgess of Saint-Jean-d'Angély , was married to Jeanne Flory , the sister of Guillaume Flory , and they had a daughter, Marie Morelle . Marie was married to Chivaler Jean Chevalier , and this Marie and Jean were the parents of Hélie, the petitioner, and his brothers, who have all died without heirs of their bodies. After the death of Jeanne Flory, Pierre Morca then married Hennore la Vergne , ² and had two daughters, Alaïs and Jeanne . Alaïs married Loupsant Hélie de Lussaud , and Jeanne married Arnaud Charuntane , ³ , and both couples had many children. When Pierre Morca died, the petitioner and the descendants of Alaïs and Jeanne were his next heirs, and they were to receive the goods of which Pierre Morca died vested and seised, according to the usage and custom of the land and of the town of Saint-Jean-d'Angély . However, the heirs were greatly hindered in securing these goods by the wars in Guyenne, and during this delay, Hennore , as the second wife of Pierre Morca , held and possessed all the buildings, rents and other things within the town of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, and three vineyards, meadows, lands, woods and other things outside the town, of which Pierre died vested and seised, and enjoyed them peacefully for the term of her life. Afterwards, John [II], king of France recovered the town, and ordered that the people of that town should return to their possessions, inheritances and rights, that their grants should be quit, and anyone ousted by any such gift or alienation should be restored, as agreed in the general peace made between the king and King John concerning the whole of Aquitaine. However, this notwithstanding, Robert Franceys has held, occupied and possessed, and still holds, occupies and possesses, the said buildings, rents, vineyards, lands, woods and possessions, taking and levying for himself and others at his command the profits, emoluments and revenues from them, by virtue of a gift made to him by King John, which gift the said king has revoked as stated, and which he ought not retain on account of the peace. The petitioner and the proctor of his co-heirs obtained an order from John Chandos, formerly the king's lieutenant in France , addressed to the seneschal of Xanctone Saintonge , by authority of which he was to proceed against Franceys . However, the seneschal allegedly found a malicious and fraudulent way to appeal to the king and to his parliament in Aquitaine, which has not been held and will not be held on account of the war. Franceys has therefore held, occupied, possessed and exploited these things for ten years or thereabouts, by himself or others to his profit, and has wrongfully and illegally levied and received the profits and revenues, to the great prejudice, damage and disinheritance of the petitioners and their co-heirs, and contrary to their rights, for which the petitioners have requested a hasty remedy.

1.: 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.
2.: Hennore is probably a local form of the forename Eléonore (or Aliénor). The family name came from la Vergne, near Saint-Jean-d’Angély.
3.: Charuntane is possibly a distortion of the placename Charcogné in the commune of Surgères , which was sometimes used as a family name.

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16 February 1372 . Westminster . For hearing the causes of the appeal .

[in French]

Order to the St Maxent en Poitou abbot of Saint-Maixent , ¹ Ryvaut Jean Rivaud , Marchant Jean Marchand , Buffeteu Jean Buffeteau , Boulart Guillaume Boulard the elder and Jean Lemercier, lawyers , to call before them or their deputies the parties in the dispute between Gyrard Jean Girard and Luvelle Marie Louvelle , his wife, and Poylle Marie de Pouillé and Jean [Bouchet] and Bouschez Aymar Bouchet , brothers, at a safe and notable place where the parties may receive good and wise counsel, diligently ascertain the facts of the dispute, hear the claims of the parties, and make judgment, so that the mattter cannot be challenged or appealed, as the king wishes that, his own authority, knowledge and grace notwithstanding, his parliament should not again be ordered to be held on account of the problems of the war. Girard and his wife have complained to the king that Pouillé, and the Bouchet brothers have unduly and illegally detained and occupied certain inheritances which pertain to Louvelle and her brother Geoffroi . The petitioners have obtained certain orders from the court of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales , by which the property should have been taken into the hands of the court and held and governed in such a way that neither one party nor the other should enjoy possession. However, in order to delay the right of the petitioners and Geoffroi, the detainers have appealed the matter to the king's sovereign court, and continue to exploit the property, to the great harm of themselves and Geoffroi, for which the petitioners request remedy. ²

1.: 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.
2.: Printed in Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.934. For a related document, see entry .

Licences for appearing by proctors.

20 February 1372 . Westminster .

[in French]

Grant of a licence to Jean Chaudrier, burgess of La Rochele La Rochelle , and Jeanne [de] Parthenay , his wife, allowing them to appear and plead by proctor and attorney, both as plaintiff and defendant, before Thomas de Felton, kt , seneschal of Gascony , Henry [de la] Haye, kt , seneschal of Dangolesme Angoumois , Andreu Arnaud André, Burdeaux official of Bordeaux , Tyson Arnaud Tison, Dangolesme dean of Angoulême , ¹ and Perceschauces Pierre Percechausse, lawyer , or at least three of them, appointed by the king as judges and commissioners in the plea, debate and contention between themselves as plaintiffs, and Aymery Amaury, lord of Craon and Thoarcz Péronnelle de Thouars , his wife, defendants, granting that all process made before the commissioners in the presence of the proctor should be as valid as if they themselves were there. ²

1.: He was brother of Pierre Tison , bishop of Périgueux (d. 1372), chancellor of Aquitaine for Prince Edward in 1371-2.
2.: For related documents, see entry 11 and entry 16 .

Same as above

[in French]

Similar licence to Jean Girard and Luvelle Marie Louvelle , his wife, in their case before the St Maxent en Poitou abbot of Saint-Maixent , Ryvaut Jean Rivaud , Marchant Jean Marchand , Buffetou Jean Buffeteau , Boulart Guillaume Boulard the elder and Jean Lemercier , lawyers, or at least two of them, appointed by the king as judges and commissioners in the plea, debate and contention between themselves as plaintiffs and Poylle Marie Pouillé , and Jean [Bouchet] and Bouscher Aymar Bouchet , brothers, defendants. ¹

1.: For a related document, see entry 13 .

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18 February 1372 . Westminster . For the vicomtess of Thouars .

[in French]

Order to the seneschals of Gascony ¹ and Angoumois , ² the official of Bordeaux , the dean of Angoulême , ³ Jean de Louvers and Perceschauces Pierre Percechausse, lawyers , that, having heard the appeal of Davaugour Isabeau d'Avaugour, vicomtess of Thouarcz Thouars , lady of Talemont Talmont , lately wife of Louis [de Thouars], vicomte of Touarcz Thouars , ⁴ they or at least three of them should take over all business before the court relating to this matter, summon the parties and all others to a safe and notable place where the parties may receive good and wise counsel, hear their arguments, receive and examine their testimonies, muniments and information, discuss the matters and deliver swift justice, ceasing all contention, challenge and appeal. And when everything has been determined, the king wishes that this should be duly executed by them or their deputies, and that it should have the same validity as if it had been made by final judgment of parliament, from which there is no appeal. Isabeau has complained that, by the terms of her husband's will, she ought to hold and possess the towns, castles, castellanies and places of Talamont Talmont-Saint-Hilaire , Olonne Olonne[-sur-Mer] , Curson Curzon , Brandeys Brandois , ⁵ Marant Marans and the Lisle de Re Île de Ré , with all things acquired during their marriage and all their moveable goods, according to certain agreements made with Amaury [IV de Craon], lord of Craon , and Thouarcz Péronnelle de Thouars , his wife, principal heirs of her husband by right of Péronnelle. For the performance of this agreement, certain pledges were found, namely Lercevesqe Guillaume [VII] l'Archevêque, lord of Parthenay and Thouarcz Miles de Thouars, lord of Pousauges Pouzauges , Vigvone Renaud de Vivonne , Guichard d'Angle, marshal of Aquitaine , Aimery d'Argenton , Foreste Guy de la Forêt , Malemont Gérard de Malémont and Perceval de Culoigne , ⁶ who promised by their oaths to remain as hostages in the town and banlieue of La Rochelle, and not to leave until the agreements had been fulfilled, or that they would restore to Isabeau the castle and town of Marans . However, various disagreements have arisen, preventing her from enjoying her rights, and thus she has made requests and given sureties against the lord and lady of Craon and many others, both in the courts of the seneschals of Poitou and of Xanntonge Saintonge and at the court of the Grands Jours of the prince of Aquitaine , by which the things contained in the said requests and sureties ought to have been taken into the hands of the court, so that neither party should enjoy them until right is done between them. However, in order that nothing should be held in the hands of the court, that Isabeau should not be able to have enjoyment of her rights, and that the said hostages should not be bound to fulfill their promises, the said lord and lady of Craon and their proctors and officers have appealed to the king and to his parliament in Aquitaine, knowing full well that no such body has been summoned, and that it was not possible to summon or hold such a parliament on account of the troubles of the present war. As a result, Isabeau is in danger of being disinherited, unless she receives remedy by the king's royal authority, as she has no hope of securing her right before the seneschal or any other lesser judge, on account of the power and dread of the lord and lady of Craon, their adherents and accomplices. Order that all the king's subjects in Aquitaine should be intendant upon them in this matter. ⁷

1.: Thomas de Felton .
2.: Henry de la Haye .
3.: 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.
4.: Louis I, vicomte of Thouars, died in 1370, the petitioner being his second wife.
5.: La Mothe-Achard was also known as 'Brandois'.
6.: Culoigne is a place in Amailloux .
7.: For related documents, see entry 11 and entry 14 .

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3 March 1372 . Westminster . Confirmation for Bayonne . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales, in these words:

29 February 1372 . London .

Inspeximus and confirmation by Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester , of letters patent of Richard [I], king of England, in these words:

16 October 1190 .

To all archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs and all bailiffs and faithful people.

Quitclaim by Richard, king of England , duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and count of Anjou , of rights to wreck from all broken ships, both this side and beyond the sea, in this manner, namely that if any ship should wreck, and any person aboard should survive, then any items coming ashore which belong to them should be restored to them, if they can prove their ownership. Similarly, if anyone should die in the wreck, their heirs, namely their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, should similarly inherit, if they can show that they are the legitimate heirs. However, if the deceased has no son or daughter, brother or sister, then the possessions are to come to the king, as confirmed by this grant.

Witnesses: Walter de Coutances, archbishop of Roth' Rouen , Warn' de Naples Brother Garnier de Nablus, Master of the Hospital in England , Waufr' Brother Geoffrey[Fitz Stephen], Master of the Temple in England , by the hand of Master Roger Mali Catuli , vice-chancellor . ²

The prince confirms these letters and everything contained within them, under his privy seal.

The king has confirmed these letters and everything contained within them, of his especial grace and at the request of the mayor, jurats and hundred peers of the city of Bayonne . ³

By K.

1.: The abbreviation ' scr' ' appears in the margin next to this entry.
2.: The content of this charter is recited in Stubbs, W. (ed.), The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II and Richard I, A.D.1169-1192 , Rolls Series, 49, vol. ii, pp.139-40. The chronicler records that the grant was made at Messina, Sicily , during Richard I's voyage on crusade, although the witnesses listed there are the archbishop of Rouen, the bishops of Evreux and Bayonne , and 'many others' of the king's household.
3.: Printed in Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.937. For a later confirmation of this confirmation, see entry in C 61/92 . For a related entry, see entry in C 61/95 .

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26 March 1372 . Westminster . Concerning ships arrested for the passage of the earl of Pembroke and others .

Order to Courtenaye Philip de Courtenay, admiral of the Western Fleet , de Haule Walter Hauley, serjeant-at-arms , Fysshacre Thomas Fishacre, the admiral's lieutenant , and Percival Symeon , to arrest three ships de turri and as many other ships of 50 tuns capacity or less as shall be necessary in the port of Plymuth Plymouth and elsewhere within the admiralty, and take them to Plymouth, so that they should be ready and prepared within one month at the latest, to set out at the king's wages and in his service. John [de Hastings], earl of Pembroke , with 60 men-at-arms and 60 archers, and Calvele Hugh de Calveley and Deveros John Devereux with 20 men-at-arms, are about to set out for Gascony in the king's service, with their men, horses, arms and other equipment, and the king wishes to speed up their passage has assigned Courtenay and the others to arrest the ships. Order to all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers, lords, masters and mariners of ships and all others, both within liberties and without, to be intendant upon them in this matter. ¹

By K. and C.

1.: For earlier orders which these superseded, see below, entry 26 .

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22 April 1372 . Windsor . For delivering possession of the castle of Civray .

[in French]

Order to John, earl of Pembroke , lieutenant of Aquitaine , and the Poytou seneschal of Poitou , to deliver the Cyvray castle and castellany of Civray in Aquitaine to Caseliz Bertran de Cazalis, kt , whom the king has appointed as castellan for life. They are to deliver possession and seisin to him without delay, removing Walter Rous , Phelippot Philip Bluet and all other former castellans and keepers, their lieutenants and any other occupiers and holders, who the king has discharged from their keeping, notwithstanding any other orders to the contrary from the king, the prince of Aquitaine and Wales , the king's son Thomas [of Woodstock] or any other person, in whatever form. They are also discharged from the keeping and governance of the castle and castellany, provided that Cazalis appears before them and makes sufficient pledges and obligations of surety to the king and his son Thomas that the castle and castellany and all things pertaining to it should be returned to the king or his son if requested, and that on Cazalis' death, or should he no longer wish to hold the castle, it should be returned to the king, his son or their heirs in its entirety. ¹

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/82 , entry 23 , entry 40 , entry 54 and entry 55 .

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16 February 1372 . Westminster . For Ytherot de Vaux, damoiseau, and Isabeau Cornet, his wife .

Order to Ryvaut Jean Rivaud , Mercerii Jean Lemercier the father , Chivalers Jean Chevalier , Nicolas Mercier and Stefan Etienne Vergea, lawyers , that, having heard the appeal of Vallibus Ytherot de Vaux, damoiseau , and Cornette Isabeau Cornet , his wife, they or at least two of them, of which Jean Mercier is to be one, should summon the parties and all others before them, at a suitable place, hear their cases and deliver swift justice according to the laws, fors and customs of those parts, so that the king is not troubled by it again, their decision having the same force and effect as if it had been made in parliament, from which there is no appeal, and they or their deputies are to execute that judgment, any complaint or appeal notwithstanding. The petitioners claim that formerly they summoned certain judges and executors to the court of Fountenay le Counte Fontenay-le-Comte against Jean Ancelon, lord of le Mote Freslon La Mothe Frelon , chiefly concerning the house or property of Maignarde with its appurtenances, as a result of which the court ordered the Pictaven' seneschal of Poitou to place and hold all the things contained in the said request into the hands of the court. However, to prevent this detention, against reason and the custom of those parts, Ancelon has fraudulently appealed the case both from the same seneschal to the Grands Jours of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales , and from the same Grands Jours to the king and his next parliament to be held in the lordship of Aquitaine. This has impeded and delayed right and justice for the petitioners, as there is no expectation that the parliament will be held in the near future on account of the war, to their damage, prejudice and harm. ¹

1.: For a related entry, see entry 32 .

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16 February 1372 . Westminster . For Aimery Sudre and Hippolyte de Baussay, his wife .

[in French]

Order to the Noualle abbot of Nouaillé , the seneschals of Gascony ¹ and Dangolmoys Angoumois , ² the vicomte of Chastellayrraut Châtellerault , ³ and Master Jean de Louvers , lawyer , or at least two of them of whom one of the seneschals is to be one, to call before them the parties and all other people who ought to be summoned in the dispute between Sudur Aimery Sudre, burgess of La Rochelle , and Hippolyte de Baussay , his wife, and Sperlyngton Walter Spridlington , at a secure and public place where the parties may have good counsel, to hear all reasons and claims from the parties against the other, receive and examine their testimonies, muniments and information, and to do swift justice, ceasing all contradiction, challenge and appeal, and, having come to judgment, to execute that decision themselves or through their deputies, their decision having the force of judgments given by final decree of parliament, from which there is no appeal. Sudre and his wife have complained that they have brought pleas in both the court of the Xanctonge seneschal of Saintonge and in the court of the Grands Jours of the prince of Aquitaine and Wales , against Spridlington concerning certain matters between them, but in order to deny them justice and reason, and to postpone and delay their rights, Spridlington has fraudulently appealed this to the king at the next parliament in the lordship of Aquitaine, to their great and grave prejudice and damage. The king wishes to provide remedy, since this parliament has not been held, and is not likely to be held on account of the war. Order that all the king's subjects in the lordship of Aquitaine be intendant upon them in this matter.

1.: Thomas de Felton .
2.: Henry de la Haye .
3.: Louis d'Harcourt .

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17 April 1372 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of justices of last resort in the parts of Aquitaine .

Commitment, under the great seal, to archbishop of Burdegalen' Bordeaux , the bishop of Pictaven' Poitiers , the abbot of Saint-Seurin in Bordeaux and the abbot of Maxencii Saint-Maixent in the Pictaven' diocese of Poitiers , chancellor of Aquitaine , ¹ as well as Florimont, lord of Lesparre , de Lebret Bérart d'Albret , Larcevesque Guillaume [VII] l'Archevêque, lord of Parthenay , and Harecourt Louis d'Harcourt, vicomte of Chastelayraud Châtellerault , barons , and the four of them, of whom the king wishes that the archbishop or bishop, the abbot the chancellor, and the two barons at the least being always present, of full and free power, authority and special mandate in all and each appellate cause and matter, both criminal and civil, which issue or which shall issue from the court of the prince of Aquitaine , who holds the land from the king, examining and proceeding with the merits of those appeals and whatever other matters and causes, real, personal or mixed, or of whatever other nature touching this superior and resort jurisdiction as shall arise, determining them according to the laws, fors and customs of those parts, and making due execution; giving and granting safe keeping and protectors for all those appealing, as is accustomed to be given, and doing, exercising and executing all other things which shall be useful or necessary in these matters or concerning them, and which the king himself would do if he were there personally.

This has been done because it is the responsibility of rulers to establish suitable and appropriate tribunals, where wise and just judges shall sit, and hear the legal cases of their subjects, and punish the guilty, and free the innocent; and since it cannot be denied that the realm of France ought to devolve to the king, both by right heritage and according to the peace previously entered into by the king and his adversary of France, which has totally dissolved through his adversary's detestable false oath, guilt and notorious failure, as is well known, just as other peaces have done, the whole of the land of Aquitaine has been restored to the king, with the immediate, lordship, sovereignty and resort; the king wishing deeply that his people of those parts should live well in peace, and to protect them from troubles and criminals as far as possible, and wishing that sovereign and resort jurisdiction in his land of Aquitaine be exercised as pertains to him by right, has, by his favour, provides that there shall be set up [a court] for the exercise of sovereign and resort jurisdiction in this manner at his royal city of Xanctonensem Saintes , where there abounds plenty of skilled people and victuals, so that he may spare his subjects of those parts from their labours, costs and expenses; the king wishing and ordaining that each of his subjects may come to this city, concerning any soveriegn or resort cases, safely and peacefully, without any impediment, as often as they wish, where, speedy justice will be reached concerning the troubles of all.

The prince, as well as his seneschals, judges, officials, servants, ministers and all other faithful people of those parts, are ordered to be obedient and intendant to them and their deputies, commissioners, servants and ministers in the execution and implementation of all these matters. However, the king does not intend or wish that these letters should revoke any earlier orders issued to other judges on these matters, by him or under his authority, unless they are expressly revoked by other letters sent to them. ²

1.: For the abbot's appointment as chancellor the previous day, see entry 37 .
2.: For two entries, near identical to this, but in both of which the names of those appointed were not inserted, see entry in C 61/82 & entry in C 61/83 . Partially printed in Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.940.

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22 April 1372 . Windsor . For Bertran de Cazalis, kt .

[in French]

Order to Wautequi Walter Rous, castellan of the castle of Civray in the land of Aquitaine , and to Phelippot Philip Bluet , or their lieutenants, to deliver to Cazelis Bertran de Cazalis, kt , without delay the keeping and possession of the said castle, with all manner of artillery and armour, and all other things appurtenant to the castle and castellany, by indentures to be drawn up between them, notwithstanding any previous orders made by the king, the prince of Aquitaine , the king's son Thomas or any other person, by letters under the great or privy seals, by word of mouth or sent in any other manner. By the advice of his council, the king has appointed Cazalis as castellan and keeper of the said castle and castellany, which belongs to the king's son, Wodestoke Thomas of Woodstock , for the term of his life, as contained in his previous letters patent. The king discharges them from the keeping of that castle and castellany, and all other things aforesaid, provided that Cazalis gives sufficient pledges and surety to the king and his son Thomas before the lieutenant and seneschal of Poitou that he will return the castle to the king or his son if ordered to do so, and that after his death, or should he no longer wish to hold its governance, he should restore the castle and castellany to the king, his son or their heirs, entirely and without difficulty. ¹

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/82 , entry 19 , entry 40 , entry 54 and entry 55 .

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3 March 1372 . Westminster . For confirmation . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester :

29 February 1372 . London .

Inspeximus and confirmation by Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales, of letters of Edward I, his great-grandfather:

5 April 1288 . Burgum Regine in Burdegales Burgum Regine . ²

Confirmation by Edward I, king of England and duke of Aquitaine , of letters of the mayor, jurats, consuls and community of the city of Bayonne :

2 April 1288 . Baion Bayonne .

Notarial instrument from Hugh de Brok, kt , mayor of Bayonne , and Villa, de Pey-Arnaut de Bielle , Saubanihaco Amat de Saubagnac , Villa, de Pey de Bielle, son of Ramon-Duran [de Bielle], deceased , Domenges de Tetto , Manibus Miqueu de Manx , Pey-Arnaut de Woniot , Darans Gassie-Arnaut d'Arans , Bernat Volorn , Monte Acuto Pey de Montagut , Johan de Bidones , Poillion Arnaut de Pouillon , Johan Doroc , Amat de Morario , Guilhem-Pey de Lesbay and Puteo, de Johan Duputs , then Baion' consuls and jurats of Bayonne , on behalf of themselves and the whole community of the city, their heirs and successors in perpetuity, made in the presence of Vallibus Johan de Bats, public notary of Bayonne , and certain witnesses.

They grant that for each tun or cask of wine taken by the people of Bayonne and its appurtenances to Burdeg' Bordeaux , by land or by water, and exported from there, Edward, king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , his heirs and successors, and his ministers in his name, shall henceforward receive 5 s. 4 d.t.parv. towards the great custom of wines which the people of Bordeaux are accustomed to pay, or the same value in the money of Bordeaux, namely 6 s. 5½ d.bord. , such that 1 l.t.parv. in payment of the said custom is valued at more than 1 l.bord. by 50 d.bord. and no more. The constable of Bordeaux , or whoever the king-duke and his successors should choose as receiver, may receive the custom in whichever currency they wish, and, having paid this custom, nothing further should be exacted from them. And if the value of the money of Bordeaux should change, then the king-duke and his successors should continue to receive the same 5 s. 4 d.t.parv. for each tun or cask of wine, or its equivalent value in the money of Bordeaux as at the receiver's appointment.

Also, for the custom called issac , ³ they will pay half the amount assessed for the great custom for each tun or cask of wine taken to Bordeaux and there sold and bought, exchanged or transferred in whole or in part, or exported from there, payable in money of Tours or Bordeaux as the elected receiver shall choose, and no more.

For the custom called of Royan, ⁴ they will pay 2 d.ob.t.parv. for each tun or cask of wine and no more, without any further opposition from them.

For each pipe of wine, whether the charge for carriage has been paid or not, they will pay half the sum due for one tun or cask. However, for each 20 tuns of wine exported from Bordeaux, they shall have one pipe free from all customs if the charge for carriage has not been paid.

The same mayor, consuls and jurats have granted for themselves and the people of their city in perpetuity that they will be bound to pay these customs to the king-duke and his heirs and successors, and his ministers of Bordeaux in his name, on condition that in return for this grant, they and the whole community of Bayonne shall be remitted all previous customs which may be outstanding, and they have solemnly stipulated, promised and accepted all these things before the notary, to the use of the said king-duke and his successors, and his ministers in his name, agreeing to abide by them and do nothing to the contrary for any reason, and have granted that this instrument, sealed with their authentic seal, shall have full legality in perpetuity, whether the seal be appended or not, applied or not, pendant or not.

Those called and requested to witness this were: Villa, de Johan de Bielle ; Belus Domenges de Bélus ; deu Faugar Bidau du Lauga ; Senihans Pey de Seignanx ; Guilhem-Arnaut de Marca ; Lest Miqueu de Listo ; Sancto Johanne, de Martin de Saint-Jean ; Pey de Podus ; Piru, de Ramon de Peré ; Franc' Andriu de France ; Banihere Bertholomiu de Bagnères ; Franc' Guilhem de France ; Baion' Pascau de Bayonne ; Villa, de Domenges de Bielle ; Bertholomiu de Manos ; Forcade Ramon-Arnaut de Fourcade ; Sancto Johanne, de Bernat de Saint-Jean, son of Sancto Johanne, de B[ernat] de Saint-Jean, deceased ; Cassos Arnaut-Ramon des Cassous ; Pey de Gonessa ; Morlanis, de Ramon de Morlanne, cobbler ( sutor ) ; Johan de Maglag ; Gavereto, de Bernat-Ramon de Gabarret ; Pey de Briveria ; Seres Per-Arnaut de Serres ; la Lane Per-Arnaut de Lalanne ; deroc Pey-Andriu de Roc ; Forner Aymeric Fournier ; Podio, de Arnaut-Ramon Dupuch ; Villar, de Arnaut Duviella ; Johan de Sanceres ; Ripperia Johan d'Arribère ; Miqueu de Merclyn , of the true consent of Villa, de Pey-Arnaut de Bielle .

Witnessed by the said Villa, de Johan de Bielle ; Guilhem-Arnaut de Marca ; Senihans Pey de Seignanx ; Seres Pey-Arnaut de Serres ; Denfaug' Bidau du Lauga , and sealed by the aforesaid Vallibus, de Johan de Bats, public notary of the city of Bayonne , who drew up this instrument at the request of the mayor, consuls and jurats, the first Friday of April, ⁵ 1288, during the rules of Philip [IV], king of the French , Edward, king of England and duke of Aquitaine , Manibus, de D[omenges] de Manx, bishop [of Bayonne] , and the aforesaid Hugh de Brok, mayor. Sealed by the mayor, consuls and jurats abovenamed, on behalf of themselves and the entire community of the city of Bayonne, with the common seal of the city, in good faith and in witness of all the promises made, and wishing that the probity or legality of the instrument should not be diminished in any way by the breaking or removal of the said seal.

Confirmation by Edward I of everything contained in these letters, promising that he, his heirs and successors will observe and protect them in perpetuity, and remitting to all those men of Bayonne and their predecessors who accept these all previous unpaid customs.

Confirmation and approval by Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales, at his wardrobe in London, of everything contained in these letters and grants, notwithstanding that they have not always been able to enjoy them peacefully.

The king accepts, ratifies, approves and confirms these letters and everything contained within them. ⁶

By K. and C.

1.: The word videatur is noted in the margin below this heading.
2.: Identified as the place called La Bastide (com. Labarde, arr. Bordeaux, dép. Gironde) in J.P. Trabut-Cussac, 'Itinéraire d’Edouard Ier en France, 1286-1289', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (BIHR), 25 (1952), p.187.
3.: On this custom, see Trabut-Cussac, J.-P., ‘Les coutumes ou droits de douane perçus à Bordeaux sur les vins et les marchandises par l’administration anglaise de 1252 à 1307’, Annales du Midi , LXII, 1950, pp.136-7, 141-2.
4.: The 'petite coutume de Royan', a custom on wine originally levied in Royan , but later levied in Bordeaux.
5.: Literally 'the first Friday entering the month of April'.
6.: For later related entries, see entry in C 61/88 , entry in C 61/92 . For a later confirmation of this confirmation, see entry in C 61/92 .

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19 March 1372 . Westminster . For Guiraut de Tartas, lord of Poyanne . ¹

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Edward, prince of Aquitaine and Wales :

1 January 1372 . Berkhampstede Berkhamsted .

Grant to Guiraut de Tartas, kt , lord of Poianne Poyanne , and the legitimate heirs of his body, for his good service and loyalty both past and future, of the Guyssen fishery ( naasse ) of Guiche in the country of the Landes , with all profits and emoluments, in liege homage and rendering to the prince and his heirs one falcon annually in the Burdeux castle of Bordeaux at the feast of All Saints. Order to the seneschal, receiver and all other officers and ministers to allow him to enjoy this. Sealed with the prince's privy seal, in the absence of his great seal.

The king accepts, approves, ratifies and confirms these letters and everything contained within them to Tartas and his heirs in perpetuity. ²

By p.s.

1.: Scr' is written in the margin.
2.: The original letters of the Prince and the inspeximus of Edward III are kept in the Archives Départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, E 170. For a later confirmation of the inspeximus by Richard II, see entry in C 61/95 . For a subsequent order to that confirmations, see entry in C 61/95 . For Richard II's confirmation of the conflicting grant to Ramon-Bernat, lord of Castelnau-Tursan, see entry in C 61/94 . For subsequent disputes concerning the fishery, see entry in C 61/96 . For a related entry, see entry in C 61/98 .

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26 March 1372 . Westminster . Concerning ships arrested for the passage of the earl of Pembroke . ¹

Order to Walter Hauley , Fysshacre Thomas Fishacre and Percival Symeon to arrest ships in the port of Plymuth Plymouth and other nearby ports, sufficient to allow John [Hastings], earl of Pembroke , to set out to Gascony in the king's service with 60 men-at-arms and 60 archers in his company, together with their horses and equipment, and to deliver them to the earl or his attorney in those parts, so that they are ready to depart within one month of this date, at the king's wages, to be paid by the earl. Order to all admirals and their lieutenants, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers, lords, masters and mariners of ships and all others, both within liberties and without, to assist them in this.

By K. and C.

1.: A note in the margin states 'Vacated because otherwise above'. The title and the first three lines have been crossed through. For the replacement orders, see above, entry 18 .

27: 23 April 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Spridlyngton Walter de Spridlington , who is going to Aquitaine in the king’s service, nominating Spridlyngton William de Spridlington, clerk , and Spridlyngton Richard de Spridlington, clerk , alternately.

William de Burstall received the attorneys.

28: 22 April 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Lauton John de Lawton, kt , who is going overseas in the king’s service, in the company of Hastynges John de Hastings, earl of Pembroke , nominating Roger Berde of Swayneston Swanstone and Philip Holgot alternately.

The same William [de Burstall] received the attorneys.

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16 February 1372 . The Palacium nostrum Westm' palace of Westminster . For the abbot and convent of Nouaillé in the seneschalcy of Poitou, concerning the hearing of appeals .

Order to the abbot of St Maxencii Saint-Maixent , Tyson Arnaud Tison, dean of Angoulême , ¹ Marchant Jean Marchand , Jean Lemercier , Perceschausses Pierre Percechausse , Boffeteau Jean Buffeteau , Fradyn André Fradin and Vincent Bérard, lawyers , or at least two of them, of which the abbot of Saint-Maixent shall be one, the king, wishing to remove all fraudulent and frivolous appeals, and to keep the religious places in his domains safe, and to conserve the laws so that no-one should be denied justice, that in the matter of the complaint of the abbot and convent of Noyally Nouaillé in the seneschalcy of Pictaven' Poitou they should call before them all relevant matters currently in the hands of the court, together with all the parties, at a safe and secure place where they may have good counsel, hear their claims and counter-claims, examine the deeds of the abbot and convent, both their condition and whether they would be denied justice if they were not examined, as well as all other circumstances touching this matter, and do speedy justice to the parties according to right and the use, fors and customs of those parts. Having come to judgment, they are also granted full power of arrest and sentence, and they should execute their judgment, notwithstanding any appeal, or that no parliament has been held in the land of Aquitaine. Order to all the king's subjects to be intendant upon them in this matter.

The abbot and convent have complained to the king, stating that they brought certain appeals, in accordance with the law and customs of the land, before the court of the seneschal of Poitou , against the mayor and community of the city of Pictaven' Poitiers and Guillaume Orillus , in accordance with which the court ought to have taken all the things related to the appeal into its hands, to hold, maintain and govern during the dispute, and this was done according to reason and custom. The abbot and convent claimed to have various deeds, which, according to reason and custom, ought to have been examined as part of the appeal; however, this was not done, and instead it was impeded and delayed by the mayor and community and Guillaume, who appealed it without reasonable cause to the king's next parliament to be held in Aquitaine. Nor will they allow the cause to proceed in any way in the courts of the prince or the seneschal of Poitou, claiming that they were and are exempt from the jurisdiction of those courts. The abbot and convent are thus unable to proceed, as their appeals have been blocked, and, fearing that they may lose what is owed to them by good law and that they may be perpetually disinherited from their church, they have asked the king to provide for them of his royal benevolence.

1.: He was brother of Pierre Tison , bishop of Périgueux (d. 1372), chancellor of Aquitaine for Prince Edward in 1371-2.

30: 7 April 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Cyfrewast William Sifrewast , who is staying in Aquitaine in the king's service.

By the testimony of the prince of Aquitaine .

31: 12 April 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Robert Darcy, kt , who is going to Aquitaine, to stay there in the king's service in the garrison of Edmund [of Langley], earl of Cambridge 's Dauney castle of Aulnay .

By bill of p.s.

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13 April 1372 . The notre palas de Westm' palace of Westminster . For Ytherot de Vaux, damoiseau, and Isabeau Cornet, his wife .

[in French]

Grant under the great seal to Ytherot de Vaux and Cornete Isabeau Cornet , his wife, that they may appear and plead by proctor and attorney, both as plaintiff or as defendant, before Ryvaut Jean Rivaud , Mercerii Jean Lemercier the father , Chivalers Jean Chevalier , Mercer Nicolas Mercier and Estevene Étienne Vergea , lawyers , or at least two of them, who the king has appointed as judges and commissioners in the plea, debate and contention continuing between them as plaintiffs and Jean Ancelon, lord of le Mote Freslon La Mothe Frelon as defendant on the other part, until it be finally determined, and granting that all process made in the presence of the proctor should have the same validity as if they themselves had been present. ¹

1.: For a related entry, see entry 20 .

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15 April 1372 . Westminster . For protections in the company of the earl of Pembroke .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Robert de Pert , kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of John [de Hastings], earl of Pembroke .

By bill of p.s.

The following, who are setting out to the same place in the same service, in the company of the aforesaid John , have similar letters of protection for the same time, namely:

33.1: 20 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Handesacr' Simon Handsacre, kt , Maurice Wyth, kt .

By bill of p.s.

33.2: 27 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Barowe Henry Barrow , Arthur Rolston .

By p.s.

33.3: 20 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Tochet John Tuchet .

By p.s.

33.4: 27 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Rolleston Richard Rolston .

By p.s.

33.5: 20 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Wodlok Thomas Woodlock , William Rolf , Daudele Thomas d'Audley, kt .

By p.s.

33.6: 27 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Bradewell Richard de Bradwell , Hordelaye Matthew de Hordley , Audelaye Roland d'Audley .

By p.s.

33.7: 30 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

William Wycombe , William Steventon , Herthil Adam Harthill , William Tap , Fissher Thomas Fisher of Newebery Newbury .

33.8: 27 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

John Sugwas .

33.9: 30 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Bakepus John Bakepuiz of Barton Barton Blount , Rolleston Richard de Rolston of Hulton Hilton .

33.10: 20 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Mosard Malcolm Musard, kt .

33.11: 7 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Robert de York .

33.12: 20 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

John Trailly, kt .

33.13: 7 May 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

John de Clifton , Wodeburgh Walter de Woodborough , John de Durcote .

By witness of the treasurer .

33.14: 20 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Lauton John de Lawton .

34: Same as above For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Hastynges John de Hastings, earl of Pembroke , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, by the king's order.

By K.

35: 3 April 1372 . Westm' Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for the same earl , going to the aforesaid place in the aforesaid service, nominating Barowe John de Barrow and Ralph de Walsham alternately.

Peter de Barton, clerk , received the attorney.

36: 30 April 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Crikelad Thomas de Cricklade , who is setting out to Gascony in the king's service, in the company of John [Hastings], earl of Pembroke , nominating Peter de Barton, clerk , and Olneye John de Olney alternately.

Walter Power, clerk , received the attorney.

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16 April 1372 . London . Concerning the assignment of a king's chancellor in Aquitaine .

Appointment during pleasure of the abbot of the St Maxencii monastery of Saint-Maixent in the Pictaven' diocese of Poitiers to be the king's chancellor in Aquitaine in all issues relating to the sovereignty and resort of parliament, with authority to represent the king in all matters, issue letters, both judicial and extra-judicial, of safe-keeping, grace, request, prohibition, execution and others as necessary or suitable under the king's seal assigned for this, appointing masters of requests, advocates of parliamentary causes, or defenders, proctors, notaries, serjeants and other ministers as required on the king's behalf, and removing and replacing those that are found inadequate as necessary, and doing anything necessary for the performance of this office, as if the king himself was present. ¹

1.: Printed in Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.940.

38: 28 April 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Perte Robert de Pert, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of John [Hastings], earl of Pembroke , nominating William Cruer and Hugh de Ardern, clerks , alternately.

Tyssyngton Richard de Tissington, clerk , received the attorneys.

39: 25 April 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Thomas de Felton, kt , who is staying in Aquitaine in the king's service, nominating Thomas Cat, clerk , and William Berard alternately.

The prince of Aquitaine and Wales received the attorneys, as shown by his bill.

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22 April 1372 . The notre chastel de Wyndesores castle of Windsor . [Letters of] intendancy for Bertran de Cazalis .

[in French]

Letters of intendancy in favour of Caseles Bertran de Cazalis, kt , who the king has appointed as castellan and warden of the castle and castellany of Civray , on behalf of his son Thomas of Woodstock . Cazalis is to hold this office for life, receiving 200 l. of the local currency each year as his wages and fees from the hands of the king's son's receiver, for as long as he keeps the castle safe, to the use and profit of the king and his son, in the same condition as presently or better. Order to the receiver and his successors to pay the aforesaid 200 l. to Cazalis each year, for the term of his life, the which sum is to be allowed in the receiver's account. Order to all the vassals and tenants of the castle and castellanry to be intendant and obedient to Cazalis as they ought to any castellan, and to give him due counsel, aid, favour and comfort. ¹

41: 20 April 1372 . The notre palays de Westm' palace of Westminster . Appointment of the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine .

[in French]

Appointment during pleasure of John [Hastings], earl of Pembroke , as the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine and all neighbouring lands, for the just governance of the people of Aquitaine, who have long shown loyalty to the king and his royal house. Order to the king's subjects to obey him in this office, that he may enforce the king's royal power, giving and granting to him the power to receive prelates, counts, barons, vicomtes, seneschals, lords and all other persons to the king's peace, love, obedience and grace, as well as any cities, towns, castles and fortresses, and their inhabitants, both within the principality and elsewhere within the realm of France , who may wish to come to the king's peace, and to grant charters of pardon and remission in his name and with his authority to anyone for all manner of trespasses, murders, homicides, burnings and all other manner of treasons and crimes, and pardons of forfeiture of goods and moveables for the aforesaid reasons, to provide safety to all the king's subjects, and to grant surety to them as seems right to him and to the king's profit, and to ensure good government in those lands for the good of the people, saving in all things the estate and rights of the king's eldest son, the prince , according to the terms of the transfer of the principality made to the prince by the king. Given under the great seal. ²

42: 20 April 1372 . The notre paleiys de Westmonstier palace of Westminster .

[in French]

To the prelates, archbishops, bishops, abbots, deans, priors, chapters, colleges and other people of the church, counts, barons, vicomtes, knights, seneschals, the lords of the land, to the captains, mayors, consuls, jurats, castellans of castles, fortresses and towns, and all the people, of whatever estate, subjects and inhabitants of the principality of Aquitaine and the neighbouring lands.

Order that, on account of the faith and loyalty which they have for the king, they should obey, be intendant upon, counsel and aid John [Hastings], earl of Pembroke , whom the king has appointed as the king's lieutenant in the principality and all the neighbouring lands, on his arrival, and to be obedient to him and his deputies, officers and ministers in all things pertaining to the good governance of the principality and the aforesaid lands as they should, and be prepared to ride to war with him as the king requests, so that he may exercise the power granted to him by the king's letters patent [in the same terms as above, entry 41 ].

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/82 , entry 19 , entry 23 , entry 54 and entry 55 .
2.: Printed in Rymer, Foedera , vol. 3, part 2, p.941.

For general attorney.

27 April 1372 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Rolleston Richard Rolston , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service in the company of John [Hastings], earl of Pembroke , nominating Berd John Berde of Derby and John Warner of Melbourne alternately.

Richard de Tissington, clerk , received the attorneys.

The following, who are setting out to the same place in the same service, in the company of the aforesaid John , have similar letters of general attorney for the same time, namely:

43.1: Same as above

Tochet John Tuchet , nominating Foliaumbe Godfrey Foljambe, the younger , and Henry Delves .

The same Richard received the attorneys.

43.2: Same as above

Rolston Arthur Rolleston , nominating Berd John Berde of Derby and Brewode William de Brewood .

The same Richard received the attorneys.

43.3: Same as above

Tochet John Tuchet , nominating Foliaumbe Godfrey Foljambe, kt , and Fraunceys Thomas Frances, clerk .

The same Richard received the attorneys.

43.4: 5 May 1372 . Westminster .

Traylly John Trailly, kt , nominating Malynz John Malins of Blounham Blunham and Richard Houghton .

Nicholas Spaigne received the attorneys.

43.5: 14 May 1372 . Westminster .

Robert de York , nominating John Bryddeshale , chaplain , and John Rote , citizen of London .

Th[omas] Newenham received the attorneys.

43.6: 26 May 1372 . Westminster .

John Caune of the county of Essex , nominating John atte Vyne, clerk , and Marschall Robert Marshal of Northweld North Weald , senior .

Mirf' W[illiam] Mirfield received the attorneys.

43.7: 8 June 1372 . Westminster .

Curson John Curzon, kt , nominating Barowe John Barrow, clerk .

Th[omas] de Newenham received the attorney. ¹

1.: This entry is followed by a large space, which includes a single item mark, presumably for further entries which were not inserted.

For general attorneys.

44: 14 May 1372 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Stodeye John de Stody, kt , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, nominating Stodeye John de Stody, citizen of London , and Nicholas Brembre alternately.

Nicholas de Spaigne, clerk , received the attorneys.

45: 13 May 1372 . Westminster .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Robert de Knolles, kt , who is staying in Aquitaine, nominating Adam Fraunceys, citizen of London , and Stodeye John de Stody, citizen of London alternately.

Fog' Th[omas] Fogge, kt , received the attorneys by writ.

46: 16 May 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Richard de Vernon of Lostok Lostock , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service.

By bill of p.s.

47: 16 May 1372 . Westminster . For attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for John de Ludham, clerk , who is going to Aquitaine with the king's licence, nominating Stodeye John de Stody, citizen and vintner of London , and Midelton John de Middleton alternately.

Burst' W[illiam] Burstall, clerk , received the attorneys.

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48: 31 May 1372 . The palacium nostrum Westmonasterii palace of Westminster . For Pierre Cassene , burgess of the town of La Rochelle .

To the Burdegalen' archbishop of Bordeaux , the Pictaven' bishop of Poitiers , the abbots of the monasteries of Saint-Seurin in Bordeaux and St Maxencii Saint-Maixent in the Pictaven diocese of Poitiers , chancellor of Aquitaine , as well as Florimont, lord of Lasparre Lesparre , Lercevesq' Guillaume [VII] l'Archevêque, lord of Parthenay , de Lebreto Bérard d'Albret, kt , and Louis d'Harcourt, vicomte of Chastellayraud Châtellerault , barons, justices of appeal in Aquitaine .

Committment of the hearing and determining of the appeal of Pierre Cassesene , burgess of La Rochelle , concerning complaints brought against him before de la Haye Henry Haye, kt , seneschal of Angoumois , commissary of Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine , by George de Biesure and Margaret Auffraye , the widow of Master Hélie Baugis , former burgess of the same town of La Rochelle . They, or at least four of them, which should include the archbishop or bishop, the chancellor and two of the barons, are to call the parties before them, along with any others who should be called, hear the allegations and anything else the parties wish to say, and speedily come to judgment impartially, according to the fors, laws and customs of the land, this judgment having the same force and power as a decree made in parliament, from which there is no appeal. Order to all judges, seneschals, serjeants and officers of the king's son, and all other faithful people, to obey and be intendant upon them, or four of them, in executing this matter.

49: 31 May 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Gravesende John de Gravesend, esquire , who is going to Aquitaine, to stay there in the service of both the king and Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine and Wales , in the company of Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Aquitaine .

By the testimony of the same prince

50: 4 June 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Roger Bernard of London , who is staying in Aquitaine in the king's service.

By bill of p.s.

51: 8 June 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Gravesende John Gravesend, citizen and merchant of London , who is setting out to Aquitaine with the king's licence, nominating John Solas and Richard Forster alternately.

Mirf' W[illiam] de Mirfield received the attorneys.

52: 10 June 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Henry Lyngeyn of Hampshire , who is going to Aquitaine in the king's service, and staying there in the defence of the Auneye castle of Aulnay .

By bill of p.s.

53: 29 June 1372 . Westminster . For general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year for Richard de Drayton, clerk , who is staying in Aquitaine, nominating Neuport John Newport, the younger , and Gedeneye John Gedney alternately.

Arnold Savage received the attorneys by writ.

For Johan de Grailly, captal de Buch.

6 July 1372 . Westm' Westminster .

Grant to Greylly Johan [III] de Grailly, Buche captal de Buch , the king's kinsman, on account of the good service he has performed and the great costs and labours he has sustained, of the keeping of the castles and places of Melle , Chisek Chizé and Ville Nove Villeneuve-la-Comtesse , and all other lands, castles and lordships in Aquitaine of the king's son, Thomas of Woodstock , except the castle of Civray , the keeping of which has previously been granted by letters patent to Caseliz Bertran de Cazalis, kt , for term of his life. Grailly is to receive all the profits and emoluments, both of the castle of Civray and all other places, castles, lands and lordships, for a period of five years after he takes possession, without paying anything to the king or his son beyond a fee of 200 l. per year of the local currency, which Grailly is to pay to Cazalis at the customary terms as his fee for whatever period of that five years that Cazalis remains keeper of that castle. And if Cazalis should wish of his own will to hand over the keeping of that castle to Grailly, then Grailly shall have custody of that castle, and of the other places, lands, castles and lordships, during that term of five years, without paying anything to the king, although the king does not wish this to injure Cazalis in any way, or to compel him to hand over custody of the castle unless he wishes to do so willingly. For as long as he retains the keeping of these places, castle, lands and lordships, Grailly is to keep and sustain all the buildings, forests, woods, beasts, fisheries and all other things pertaining to them without waste or destruction, and at the end of the term is to render the places and castles of Melle, Chizé and Villeneuve-la-Comtesse, and the lands and lordships aforesaid, to the king's son or his heirs in the same condition as he received them, and the keeping of the castle of Civray, if he should have it, to Cazalis if he is still alive. However, if Grailly has the keeping of the castle, and Cazalis is dead, then Grailly should deliver it to the king, his son or his heirs in the same condition as he received it from Cazalis, or better. Order that sufficient security be taken by the king's lieutenant , or by the king's kinsman Thomas de Percy, seneschal of Poitou , from de Grailly that he will keep and sustain the castles of Melle, Chizé and Villeneuve-la-Comtesse, and the lands and lordships aforesaid, and the castle of Civray if he should receive it from Cazalis, without waste or destruction during this term, and at the end of the term shall deliver them to the king, his son or his heirs, and once this is taken, they are to deliver these lands to Grailly by indenture, so that he has custody of them, together with all the profits and emoluments, and the obedience of the people of those places, until the end of five years in the manner and form aforesaid, without rendering anything beyond the 200 l. to Cazalis as said, according to the king's grant and his son's letters on this matter. ¹

By writ of p.s.

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/82 , entry 19 , entry 23 , entry 40 and entry 55 .

Same as above

Order to the king's lieutenant in Aquitaine , both present and future, and to Thomas de Percy, seneschal of Poitou , that, having taken security form the aforesaid Johan [de Grailly] in the form specified, both for the keeping of the castle of Civray , if Bertran [de Cazalis] should hand it over, and for the places and castles of Melle , Chizé and Ville Nove Villeneuve-la-Comtesse and the other lands and lordshps of the king's son , by indenture as ought to be done, they should make livery of these to him, so that he should have them, along with all the profits and emoluments aforesaid and the obedience of the people of the same places, for a term of five years, rendering nothing to the king or his son beyond the said 200 l. payable annually to the said Bertran according to the tenor, force and effect of the king's previous letters. ¹

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/79 , entry in C 61/82 , entry 19 , entry 23 , entry 40 and entry 54 .

For Miqueu de Poyanne.

15 October 1372 . Westminster .

Grant to Poyane Miqueu de Poyanne, son and heir of Poyane Pey de Poyanne, citizen of Bayonne , at the request of Miqueu and on account of the previous good service of his father and his own past and future good service, that the king's hand shall be removed from all the houses, inheritances, tenants ( homines censuales ), vineyards and other possessions and goods formerly of Pey de Poyanne, which had come into the king's hands, as well as certain tenancies of the same Pey which were occupied by Arnaut-Amaniu, lord of Lebret Albret , at the time when he held the land of Marempne Maremne , and which are now in the king's hands on account of Albret's rebellion. Grant that Miqueu and his heirs and successors may hold them of the king and his heirs in perpetuity, at the same service as his father previously held them. ¹

By p.s.

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/57 , entry in C 61/57 , entry in C 61/75 , entry in C 61/80 & entry 57 . 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.

Same as above

Order to the king's seneschals of Aquitaine and the Landaru' Landes , both present and future, the Baion prévôts of Bayonne and Aquis Dax , and the mayor of Bayonne and the bayles of Capite Briton Capbreton and other officers, ministers, serjeants and justices in Aquitaine, to deliver peaceful possession of the aforesaid property to the said Miqueu, to defend that possession and to permit Miqueu and his heirs and successors to use and enjoy it. ¹

By the same writ.

1.: For related entries, see entry in C 61/57 , entry in C 61/57 , entry in C 61/75 , entry in C 61/80 & entry 56 .

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16 October 1372 . Westminster . For Gassie-Arnaut . ¹

Grant to Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Garre Garro , esquire of the Basco Basque Country , ² on account of his good service both past and future, that he may hold the La Bourc baylie of Labourd with the profits of the same for the term of his life, according to the gift made to him by Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Aquitaine , rendering 200 l. anually at the terms of Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, by the hand of the Burdeg' constable of Bordeaux , and no more. Gassie-Arnaut has petitioned that whereas the prince had previously given and granted this baylie to him for the term of his life, on condition that he pay the prince 200 l. of the money of the lordship of Aquitaine for the farm, the receiver of the Landes has nevertheless forced him to pay a further 170 l. for this same baylie, contrary to the form of the gift, and he has requested the king's grace that he be granted that he can hold it according to the grant of the prince. ³

By p.s.

1.: A note in the margin states ' extractus '. The handwriting of this and the following entry becomes progressively larger and less neat, although subsequent entries revert to the usual form.
2.: Basco is an abbreviated version of the Gascon terra de Bascos or the Spanish tierra de Bascos , corresponding to the modern "French" Basque Country.
3.: For a related entry, see entry in C 61/91 .

59: Same as above

And it is ordered to the constable of Bordeaux that Gassie-Arnaut should have and hold the said baylie with all the profits aforesaid, rendering 200 l. for the said farm annually by the constable's hand, and should permit him to use and enjoy these profits, rents and emoluments freely and peacefully. The constable should be exonerated and quit in his account of the remaining 170 l. imposed beyond the said 200 l. .

By the same writ.

60: 3 November 1372 . Westminster . For protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year for Edmund de Munden , who is staying in Aquitaine in the king's service, in the company of Dabrischecourt Eustache d'Auberchicourt, kt .

By bill of p.s.

For Roger-Bernat [IV], vicomte of Castellbò.

20 November 1372 . Westminster .

Grant to the king's kinsman Roger-Bernat [IV] de Foix, vicomte of Castellbò and lord of Navailles , for his good service to the king's son Edward [of Woodstock] and his future service to the king, and on account of rents worth 700 l. of Toulouse, obtained through the noble house of Navailles from the treasury of Toulouse ( per hospitium de Navailles in thesauraria de Toulouze ), ¹ which he claims to have lost on account of the present war and because he did not wish to remain on the side of the king's adversary of France, of the land of Marensyn Marensin , with the rents, reversions and other profits to the sum of 700 l. of Toulouse, confiscated on account of the rebellion of the lord of Launak Launac . Roger-Bernat is to keep this until he should recover the said 700 l. rents in the said treasury, and if the said lands and reversions are worth more than 700 l. , then he should have and receive the surplus for retaining the 40 men-at-arms which the king has granted that he may retain for the king's service. And afterwards, when Roger-Bernat no longer supports these men-at-arms, the king wishes that he should pay the surplus annually to the king's receiver of the Landes .

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In Histoire Générale de Languedoc , ed. Dom Devic and Dom Vaissete, vol. X (Toulouse, 1885), column 1485, item no. V, there is the publication of the treaty made in Toulouse in July 1374 between Roger-Bernat de Foix, vicomte of Castellbò and Louis, duke of Anjou, brother of King Charles V of France, and his lieutenant in Languedoc, by which Roger-Bernat rallied to the French, and it is specified on item no. V that his wife Guirauda de Navailles, lady of Navailles, and her predecessors lords of Navailles (com. Navailles-Angos, Béarn), received by inheritance 600 l. of rents each year on the receipt ( recette ) of Toulouse (the revenues of the seneschalcy of Toulouse). The receivers of Toulouse had stopped paying the rent when the war had restarted between France and England (in 1369).

It is clear from this that before 1369 Roger-Bernat de Foix received 600 livres of rent from the treasury or receipt of Toulouse (the treasury of the seneschalcy of Toulouse) in right of his wife Guirauda de Navailles, heir and lady of the lordship of Navailles (in Béarn) who owned some rents located in the seneschalcy of Toulouse, and these rents had been given to one of her ancestors probably by a king of France.

Afterwards, as noted above, this rent ceased to be paid at the restart of the war, and this present entry is the response of the king of England to Roger-Bernat's complaints about this. Curiously Roger-Bernat seems to have inflated the size of the rent that he had lost, declaring to Edward III that he had lost 700 l. , rather than the 600 l. that is refered to in the French treaty. The “ per hospicium de Navailles ” mentioned in the this Gascon Rolls entry means only that Roger-Bernat was possessed of this rent of 700 l. 'through the noble house of Navailles' - that he held it in right of his wife through her noble family.

62: Same as aboveAs above.

And it is ordered to the Aquen prévôts of Dax and of Saint-Sever in the seneschalcy of the Landarum Landes , and their lieutenants, that they should allow Roger [-Bernat] to take possession of the land of Marensyn Marensin and the rents, reversions and other profits according to the tenor of the king's letters, and that they should order the people of that place to answer for the said rents, reversions and profits and to be obedient and intendant to him and his bailiifs in the same way as they were to the lord of Lannak Launac before his rebellion.

For the same Roger[-Bernat].

63: Same as above

Grant to the king's kinsman, the vicomte of Castellbò , that he may retain 40 men-at-arms at the king's wages for making war against the king's rebels and enemies overseas, and for resisting them in the land of the Landes , for the safe keeping and defence of that land, granting this until the king provides or ordains otherwise.

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64: Same as above

Assignment to the king's same kinsman, the vicomte of Castellbò , on account of the previous grant, of the customary wages and fees for the said men-at-arms, to be received from the hand of the Burdeg' constable of Bordeaux , out of the issues and profits of the land of the Landes , for as long as he maintains the said men-at-arms in the abovesaid manner.

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Same as above

And it is ordered to the Burdeg' treasurer of Bordeaux to pay and deliver the said wages to the king's same kinsman for the said 40 men-at-arms from time to time from the issues and profits of the said land by indenture, for as long as he maintains the said men-at-arms in the abovesaid manner.

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66: 20 November 1372 . Westminster . For Pey de Navailles .

Grant to Pey de Navailles, kt , on account of his past and future good service, a moiety of the inheritance of Casalis Pey de Cazalis in the land of the Landes , which inheritance has been confiscated by the king, having and holding it to him and his heirs by liege homage and all other customary services in perpetuity, saving the rights of others in all things. The inheritance of Cazalis ought by right to have descended to Sales Miramunda de Salles , wife of Navailles, and her sister, Johana de Sengresse , as nieces and heirs to Pey de Cazalis, but Sengresse's moiety has been confiscated on account of her adherence to the la Brit lord of Albret , the king's enemy and rebel.

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67: Same as above

And it is ordered to the seneschal of the Landes and the prévôt of Sanctus Severus Saint-Sever or their lieutenants and the procurator of the Landes in the lordship of Aquitaine, to place the said Pey de Navailles in peaceful possession of the moiety of the said inheritance and defend him, having removed anyone else who may be retaining possession unlawfully.

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For Roger-Bernat [IV], vicomte of Castellbò.

68: Same as above

Grant to the king's kinsman Roger-Bernat [IV] de Foix, vicomte of Castellbò and lord of Navailles , for his good service to the king's son Edward and his future service to the king, of the vicarage of Malveisyn Mauvezin in the Tarbe bishopric of Tarbes , to have and to hold to him and the heirs of his body, together with the rights, profits and appurtenances of the same in perpetuity, just as the same Roger-Bernat has asserted that he occupied the same up to this time, rendering liege homage and the other payments pertaining to it.

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69: Same as above

And it is ordered to the king's procurator of the Landes , and to Master Fabro Johan de Faure, notary of Sanctco Severo Saint-Sever , to place Roger[-Bernat] in physical and peaceful possession of the said vicarage, rights, profits and appurtenances, just as he has been accustomed to hold them, according to the tenor of the aforesaid letters.

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For John Dufau, clerk.

Same as above

Grant to Fau, de Johan Dufau, clerk , of Sanctus Severus Saint-Sever in the land of the Landes in Gascony , as compensation for damage he has suffered to his business and livestock during the present war at the hands of the king's enemies, of a certain piece of land called the le Casterar de Monlane castle of Morlanne , ¹ which the king has next to the town of Saint-Sever, of which the profits, if it is possible to take them, are five loads of corn per year beyond expenses. He is to hold this with all rights and appurtenances for the term of his life of the king and his heirs, by the accustomed and due service, saving the rights of others in all things.

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1.: This refers to the castle of Morlanne , near the town of Saint-Sever, the original name of which, in Gascon, was Monlane and in Latin Montlanna (i.e. "Mount of the moor", 'moor' being lane in Gascon and lande in French). 'Morlanne' is a modern distortion.

71: Same as above

And it is ordered to the seneschal or governor of the Landes and the Sanctus Severus prévôt of Saint-Sever , and their lieutenants, to place Johan Dufau in peaceful possession of the said piece of land, and to maintain and defend him there, removing anyone who should be removed by the tenor of the king's letters.

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72: 24 January 1373 . Westminster . Licence to transport beans and peas .

To all admirals and their lieutenants, customers, keepers of sea ports and other maritime places, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people, both within liberties and without.

Grant of licence to John Cole of Bruggewater Bridgwater , who has petitioned the king, that he or his servants may load ships in Bristol with 300 quarters of beans and peas and take them to Burdegal' Bordeaux , as William de Cliston, clerk , and Roger Peres of Somerset have personally stood mainprise in chancery under penalty of 20 l. . Order that Cole may transport this cargo freely and without impediment, having paid the due custom, notwithstanding any proclamations, ordinances or orders to the contrary.

73

4 November 1372 . Westminster . For Oliver Martyn .

Grant for life to Martyn Oliver Martin of the house formerly of de Pree Gaucem Duprat, deceased , in the quarraria ¹ or street called des Ayres ( des Aires ) in the Eulalie parish of Sainte-Eulalie in Burdeg' Bordeaux . This house escheated into the hands of the king's son when he was prince of Aquitaine , who granted it to Martin by his letter patent for his good service as keeper of his wardrobe, but it was taken into the king's hands when the land of Aquitaine returned to the king's possession. He is to hold it of the king and his heirs as previously granted to him by the prince, at the customary service, with reversion to the king and his heirs after Martin's death. ²

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1.: From the Gascon word for "street" ( carreyra ).
2.: For a related entry, see entry in C 61/87 .

For John de Pembridge.

24 November 1372 . Westminster . ¹

Grant to Pembrugge John de Pembridge, keeper of the wardrobe to the prince of Aquitaine , of the custom of clay pots in the city of Bordeaux , to a value of 10 l.st. per year, to be levied by his deputies, of various lands, rents, reversions and other possessions in the villages and parishes of Bruges , Hantelan le Taillan[-Médoc] and elsewhere in the land of Burdelois Bordelais , formerly held by Mote Amaniu Lamothe , king's rebel, at the time of his rebellion, worth between 40 l. and 50 l. per year in the local money, and of a small island newly created above Makou Macau in the fishery ( vivarius ) of the Gerone Garonne , together with the profits of the island. These had been granted to Pembridge by the prince, the customs and the lands for life and the island to him and the legitimate male heirs of his body, but were seized when the land of Aquitaine was taken into the king's hands. The king therefore gives and grants these to Pembridge, on account of his good service, the customs and lands in the same terms as they were granted by the prince, but the island for the life of Pembridge only, at the service anciently due, so that on the death of Pembridge everything should revert to the king and his heirs.

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1.: A marginal note states ' extractus '. Cancelled duplicates of both these entries appear on the roll for the following year, entry in C 61/86 and entry in C 61/86 .

75: Same as above

And it is ordered to Thomas de Felton, seneschal of Gascony , and Master Wikeford Robert de Wickford, constable of the castle of Bordeaux , or their lieutenants, to deliver to the same John or his proctors seisin of the aforesaid custom, to be levied by him or his deputies, and the lands, rents, reversions, inheritances, rights and possessions formerly held by the said Amaniu , and the aforesaid island with the profits without delay, according to the tenor of the aforesaid letters.