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
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
On the morrow, the dukes and the bishop moved with the army to a town
three leagues distant, called Beaucloquet, where many conferences
were held, on the state of the country. The count de Nevers joined
his brother, the duke of Burgundy, at this place, with four hundred
combatants. Hither also sir John de Jeumont ordered nineteen citizens
from the town of Huy to be brought, who underwent a similar punishment
to those of Liege, and for the same cause; and, as before, many
churchmen and women were drowned[9].
Amé de Viry, a Savoyard, a nobleman well experienced in war, came
hither also to aid the duke of Burgundy, and accompanied by three
hundred helmets from that country. When the dukes and the bishop had
for several days consulted together on the affairs of Liege, it was at
length concluded, with the approbation of John of Bavaria, now surnamed
John the Pitiless, that they should all meet again in the city of
Tournay, on St Luke’s day next ensuing, to determine finally on the
measures to be pursued touching these matters.
After many executions had taken place in the bishoprick of Liege
on those who had been concerned in the rebellion, and when the
fortifications of the towns of Huy, Dinant and others, had been
destroyed, the two dukes began their march homeward, taking with them
a number of persons from Liege, who had been given as hostages for the
observance of all the articles of the treaty that should be made with
them. Some of them were sent by duke William to Mons and Valenciennes,
and some to Lille, Arras, and other places belonging to the duke of
Burgundy, who went to his county of Flanders, and duke William to
Hainault, after they had disbanded their men at arms. The greater part
returned to their homes much enriched by the plunder of the Liegeois,
who, thunderstruck by the misfortune that had befallen them, became
stupified and indolent.
Many great lords attended the duke of Burgundy on this expedition:
among them were, from Burgundy, sir John de Châlons[10], sir Gaultier
de Ruples, the lord de Vergy[11], marshal of Burgundy, the lord de St
George, sir John de la Balme[12], sir William de Champ-divers, sir
James de Courtjambe, the lord de Montagu, and many more. From Picardy,
the lords de Croy[13], de Heilly, de Fosseux, de Vaurin, sir Bort
Guieret and his brothers, the lord of Inchy, the lord of Raisse, the
lord de Brimeu, sir Regnault de Crequy lord of Comtes[14], Enguerrand
de Bournouville, the lord de Ront, sir Raoul de Flandres, the lord de
Poix, sir Wincart de Bours, the lord d’Auxy, the lord de Mailly, the
lord de Thiennes and the lord d’Azincourt. From Flanders, sir John and
sir Louis de Guystelle, the lord de Hames, sir John de Bailleul, sir
Collart de Fosseux, and others, the principal nobles of the country.
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