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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countriesMonstrelet, Enguerrand de

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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries

Name: The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13] : $b containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

At this period, with the consent of the duke of Burgundy, sir John de
Croy, eldest son to the lord de Croy, still detained prisoner by the
duke of Orleans, marched from Paris, with eight hundred combatants, for
the castle of Monchas, in the county of Eu, in which were the duke of
Bourbon’s children and his lady-duchess, namely, one son about three
years old, and a daughter by her first husband nine years old, with
their nurses and other attendants. The son of sir Mansart du Bos, and
the lord de Foulleuses, knight, were also there. The castle and the
whole of its inhabitants were taken by sir John de Croy; and he carried
them, and all he found within it, to the castle of Renty, where he held
them prisoners, until his father, the lord de Croy, was released. When
this misfortune was told to the duke of Bourbon, he was much afflicted;
but the duchess took it so sensibly to heart that very soon after she
died of grief[77].




CHAP. XXXVIII.

    THE KING OF FRANCE SENDS THE COUNT DE SAINT POL TO THE VALOIS,
    AND TO COUCY, AND OTHER CAPTAINS TO DIFFERENT PARTS AGAINST THE
    ARMAGNACS.


Conformable to the resolutions of the aforesaid council, count Waleran
de St Pol was sent into the Valois, to reduce the whole of that country
to the king’s obedience, and then to march to Coucy with a large body
of men at arms, archers, and cross-bows.

Sir Philip de Servolles, bailiff of Vitry en Pertois, was also ordered
into the country of Vertus, with a considerable force, to subdue the
whole of it. The vidame of Amiens was sent into the county of Clermont.
Ferry d’Hangest, bailiff of Amiens, was ordered, for the above purpose,
into the counties of Boulogne, Eu, and Gamaches.

The inhabitants of Crespy, the principal town of the Valois, no sooner
learnt the intentions of the count de St Pol than they surrendered it
to him, and received him handsomely. He thence advanced to the castle
of Pierrefons, which was very strong, and well provided with all
warlike stores and provision. On coming before it, he held a parley
with the lord de Boquiaux the governor, who concluded a treaty with
him for its surrender, on condition that the count would pay him, in
the king’s name, two thousand golden crowns for his expenses, and that
the garrison should carry away all they had with them. The lady of
Gaucourt, who was in the castle, retired to the castle of Coucy, where
she was honourably received by sir Robert d’Esne, the governor.

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