Called in the Catalogue of the Bishops of Liege, by Joannes Placentius, Henry lord of Parewis. The name of his son, the elected bishop, was Theodoric de Parewis. Pontus Heuterus says, they were descended from the ancient dukes of Brabant. Footnote 104: He narrowly escaped being massacred, with all his household, at St Tron, by a body of the rabble, who burst into the monastery with that intent. His own personal courage alone saved him in that extremity. Footnote 105: Angelus Corrarius, a noble Venetian, elected at Rome after the death of Innocent VII. He assumed the name of Gregory XII. Footnote 106: See the Fœdera. The ambassadors were, sir Thomas Erpingham, John Cateryk, clerk, and Hugh Mortimer, treasurer to the prince of Wales. Other credentials are given in December of this year, wherein the bishop of Durham is added to the above ambassadors. Footnote 107: It is not very easy to say to what this chapter can refer. There appears to have been no expedition into Scotland at this period, nor at any other, to which the facts here related bear the least resemblance. Is it entirely a fabrication of Monstrelet? I have looked at Hollingshed, Stowe and Henry. Footnote 108: St Jangon—Perth, being probably a french corruption of St John’s Town. Footnote 109: Raoul d’Oquetonville, a knight of Normandy. Footnote 110: The Guillemins were an order of hermits, instituted by Guillaume, duke of Guienne and count of Poitou. They succeeded to the church-convent of the Blanc-Manteaus, instituted by St Louis. Footnote 111: The name of the adulteress was Marietta d’Enguien,—and the son he had by her the famous John, count of Dunois and of Longueville. Sir Aubert de Canny was a knight of Picardy. Footnote 112: _Præsenti animo_, says Heuterus. Footnote 113: Consult Bayle and Brantôme for a singular anecdote respecting the private reasons which urged the duke to commit this murder. Footnote 114: