Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (3 of 9): Henrie the Sixt, Sonne and Heire to Henrie the FiftHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (3 of 9): Henrie the Sixt, Sonne and Heire to Henrie the Fift
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VI, 1422-1461; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
Herevpon a great councell was kept in the castell of Rone, and manie
doubts mooued, and few weightie things out of hand concluded. At
length, after great disputation, with manie arguments ended, the dukes
of Bedford and Yorke, and Edmund late earle of Mortaigne, and now (by
the death of Iohn duke of Summerset, leauing behind him a sole daughter
and heire, maried to the earle, and called Margaret after the countesse
of Richmond) atteined to the name and title of duke of Summerset,
approoued the reason of those, that held it expedient to haue an armie
in a redinesse for defense, least the Frenchmen suddenlie should
attempt anie enterprise to the danger of the Englishmen, and losse of
those townes and countries that were vnder them.
[Sidenote: 1432]
[Sidenote: King Henrie returneth out of France into England.]
When all things were agréed, king Henrie came to Calis, from thence to
Douer; and so by easie iournies the one and twentith daie of Februarie
to London, where he was triumphantlie receiued, and richlie presented,
as in the chronicles of Robert Fabian it maie at large appeare. After
that the king was departed into England, the duke of Bedford regent
of France, and captein of Calis, taried behind in the marches of
Picardie, where he was informed certeine souldiers of Calis grudging
at the restraint of woolles, began to murmur against the king and his
councell, to some danger of the towne. The duke vpon due examination
had caused diuerse to be put to death, and manie banished that towne
and marches for euer.
[Sidenote: The duchesse of Bedford sister to the duke of Burgognie
deceassed.]
[Sidenote: The duke of Bedford marieth with the earle of saint Paules
daughter.]
In the meane time, the ladie Anne duchesse of Bedford departed this
life at Paris, by whose death the fast knot of faithful friendship
betwixt the duke of Bedford and his brother in law the duke of
Burgognie began somewhat to slacken. Shortlie after, to wit, about the
beginning of the next yeare 1433, the said duke of Bedford being thus a
widower, through the persuason of the lord Lewes of Lutzenburgh bishop
of Terwine and Elie, and chancellor of France for king Henrie, agréed
to marrie the ladie Iaquet, daughter to Peter earle of saint Paule, and
néece to the said bishop, and to the lord Iohn of Lutzenburgh.
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