Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's note: A few typographical errors have been corrected: they are listed at the end of the text. * * * * * THE BOKE OF NOBLESSE ADDRESSED TO KING EDWARD THE FOURTH ON HIS INVASION OF FRANCE IN 1475 * * * * * WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, F.S.A. * * * * * [Illustration] BURT FRANKLIN NEW YORK * * * * * Published by LENOX HILL Pub. & Dist. Co. (Burt Franklin) 235 East 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10017 Reprinted: 1972 Printed in the U.S.A. Burt Franklin: Research and Source Works Series Selected Studies in History, Economics, & Social Science: n.s. 17 (b) Medieval, Renaissance & Reformation Studies Reprinted from the original edition in the University of Minnesota Library. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The Boke of noblesse. Reprint of the 1860 ed. printed for the Roxburghe Club. 1. Chivalry--History. 2. Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453. 3. Great Britain--History--Edward IV, 1461-1483. I. Roxburghe Club, London. CR4515.B64 1972 394'.7'09 73-80201 ISBN 0-8337-2524-6 * * * * * THE ROXBURGHE CLUB. MDCCCLX. THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY, K.G. PRESIDENT. THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND BRANDON. THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G. HIS EXCELLENCY MONSIEUR VAN DE WEYER. MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. EARL OF CARNARVON. EARL OF POWIS, V.P. EARL CAWDOR. EARL OF ELLESMERE. LORD VERNON. LORD DELAMERE. LORD DUFFERIN. LORD WENSLEYDALE. RIGHT HON. SIR DAVID DUNDAS. HON. ROBERT CURZON, JUN. SIR STEPHEN RICHARD GLYNNE, BART. SIR EDWARD HULSE, BART. SIR JOHN BENN WALSH, BART. SIR JOHN SIMEON, BART. SIR JAMES SHAW WILLES. NATHANIEL BLAND, ESQ. BERIAH BOTFIELD, ESQ. Treasurer. REV WILLIAM EDWARD BUCKLEY. PAUL BUTLER, ESQ. FRANCIS HENRY DICKINSON, ESQ. THOMAS GAISFORD, ESQ. RALPH NEVILLE GRENVILLE, ESQ. REV. EDWARD CRAVEN HAWTREY, D.D. ROBERT STAYNER HOLFORD, ESQ. ADRIAN JOHN HOPE, ESQ. ALEX. JAMES BERESFORD HOPE, ESQ. REV. JOHN STUART HIPPISLEY HORNER, M.A. JOHN ARTHUR LLOYD, ESQ. EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ. WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQ. SIMON WATSON TAYLOR, ESQ. GEORGE TOMLINE, ESQ. CHARLES TOWNELEY, ESQ. * * * * * TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE ROXBURGHE CLUB THIS INTERESTING HISTORICAL TREATISE, WRITTEN IN ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE INVASION OF FRANCE BY KING EDWARD THE FOURTH IN 1475, IS DEDICATED AND PRESENTED BY THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT, DELAMERE. June 23, 1860. * * * * * {i} INTRODUCTION. * * * * *