54

The count de Richemont, constable of France,

gains the town of Meaux, in Brie, from the

English

240. Sir John de Luxembourg sends letters to excul-

pate himself to the great council of the duke

of Burgundy. Their contents

219. Charles king of France makes his first entry

into Paris after its reduction; the prepara-

tions for it

79

83

84

243. Many noble ambassadors from the kings of

France and England meet between Grave-

lines and Calais, to hold a conference on the

subject of peace

ib.

244. The English make an excursion into the

country of Santois, where they gain the

castle of Folleville, and commit many ravages

and cruelties

61 245. The dauphin, the duke of Bourbon, and many

of the great lords, quit in disgust the court

of king Charles

62

90

65

94

226. War recommences between the duchy of Bar
and the county of Vaudemont

118

119

263. Remonstrances are sent to king Charles of

France by the nobles assembled at Nevers. ib.

264. The answers of the king of France and of his

great council to the remonstrances of the

nobles of France assembled at Nevers

265. King Charles assembles a large body of men-

at-arms, and marches them to Tartas, where,

however, the English do not appear.

266. The king of France, after gaining Tartas,

comes before Saint Severe, and conquers

that town and castle, with some others in

Gascony

124

126

€ 146

7. The king of France sends ambassadors to pope

Nicholas V. The town of Final is besieged

by the Genoese. It is revictualled by sea.

The duke of Orleans makes preparations to

raise this siege by land

8. Sir Francis de Surienne, called the Arragonian,

takes the town and castle of Fougeres, belong-

ing to the duke of Brittany, notwithstanding

the truce between the kings of France and

of England. The great mischiefs he does

there

9. The populace of London rise against the king's

officers. They inhumanly murder the bishop

of Glocester, and imprison the marquis of

Suffolk, but the king sets him at liberty

10. Three malefactors, two men and one woman,

are condemned to death by the court of parlia-

ment at Paris

11. In consequence of the capture of Fougeres, the

allies of the duke of Brittany gain the town

and castle of Pont de l'Arche from the En-

glish.-Gerberoy is afterwards taken

ib.

131

273. The duke of Burgundy reduces the duchy of
Luxembourg to his obedience

133

13. The count de St. Pol appears before Nogent,

which surrenders to him. The capture of

Point-audemer

154

15. The king of France summons Mantes to sur-

render, which it does, and is taken possession

of in the name of the king, by the count de

Dunois, his lieutenant-general

€ 156

16. The king of France makes his entry into Ver-

neuil. The reception he receives. The

seneschal of Poitou undertakes an expedition

against the castle of Loigny. It surrenders

to the king, and several English are taken in

it. Vernon surrenders to the king. . 157

17. The king of France comes to the town of

Evreux, where he is handsomely received,

and goes thence to Louviers. The castle of

Anjou submits to the king, Gournay surren-

ders also. John Howel yields up the castle

of La Roche-Guyon to its lord, and turns to

the French

159

28. The count de Foix raises a large army to besiege

the castle of Guischen. The English as-

semble to raise the siege, but are defeated by

the lord de Lautrec and the bastard de Foix. 177

29. After the capture of Valognes by sir Thomas

Kiriel, he takes the field with a large army

of Englishmen. He is met by the count de

Clermont, who attacks and defeats him

. 178

30. The duke of Brittany besieges Avranches with

his whole force. It surrenders to him. He

takes Tombelaine. Bayeux is won. The

constable gains Bricquebec, Valognes, St.

Sauveur le Vicomte. Other incidents . 181

31. The siege of Caen. The king of France, at-

tended by the king of Sicily, and his son the

duke of Calabria, appear before it with a

large army. The English, after sustaining

much damage from the batteries, surrender

the town and castle of Caen

32. The king of France makes his entry into Caen,

and is nobly received there. The English

surrender Falaise. Poton de Saintrailles is

appointed governor of it. Domfront is re-
duced to the king's obedience

33. The decease of the duke of Brittany, and of the

lord Giles his brother, whom he had cruelly

put to death before his decease. Cherbourg

is besieged by sea and land, and is taken by

the French

34. The author particularises the valour of several

of the nobles in the conquest of Normandy.

The king of France sends the count de Pen.

thievre, as his lieutenant, into Guienne

35. The lord d'Orval defeats the men of Bordeaux.

Duke Peter of Brittany does homage to the

king of France. The duke of Burgundy

attempts to lay a tax on salt throughout

Flanders

185

186

. 188

190

191

193

38. The city of Bayonne is besieged by the counts

de Foix and de Dunois, lieutenants-general to

the king. It surrenders. The regulations

made in consequence. Pope Nicholas marries

the emperor of Germany to the daughter of

the king of Portugal. The events that take

place in England

. 196

39. Jacques Cœur is arrested and confined. The

reasons of it. The king of France declares

war against the duke of Savoy, but peace is

made by the mediation of the cardinal de

Touteville. Lord Shrewsbury regains Bor-

deaux from the French

The

. 200

40. The men of Ghent besiege Oudenarde.

duke of Burgundy sends an army against

them. The Picards conquer the Pont d'Es-

pieres from the Ghent men, and kill many of

. 202

them

41. The count d'Estampes, with the aid of the Pi-

cards alone, raises the siege of Oudenarde,

and defeats the Ghent men, without the

knowledge of the duke of Burgundy

ib.

42. The duke of Burgundy establishes garrisons

round Ghent. He makes several inroads

into the country of Waes

43. The Ghent men fortify Nineve. The count

d'Estampes defeats them there. The men of

Ghent attempt to destroy a dyke, to drown

the country of Waes, but are again defeated

by the count de St. Pol

205

44. The battle of Rupelmonde, where the Ghent

men are defeated by the duke of Burgundy. 206

45. The Ghent men who had fled to Acre abandon

the place it is burned by the duke of Bur-

gundy. The king of France sends ambassa-

dors to the duke in Flanders, to restore peace

to that country

207