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
‘The duke of Burgundy shall, beside, be constrained to found a college
for the salvation of the soul of the deceased, in the town of Orleans,
consisting of twelve canons, twelve vicars, and twelve clerks, which
college shall bear the name of the defunct; and the nominations to
it shall belong to my lady of Orleans, and to the heirs of the late
duke of Orleans. It shall be situated in whatever part of the late
duke’s possessions in Orleans the duchess shall please, and shall be
handsomely constructed, furnished with books and all other necessaries,
with an income of two thousand livres parisis; and a similar
inscription to the one before mentioned shall be placed over the gate.
‘For the greater perpetuity of this event, and that it may be made
known to all foreign nations, the duke of Burgundy shall be enjoined to
erect two chapels; the one near the holy sepulchre at Jerusalem, and
the other at Rome, and assign to each the annual value of one hundred
livres in the coin of those countries, and to provide them with all
necessary furniture. In each of these chapels shall a daily mass be
said for the soul of the deceased, and over the doors shall be placed
the same inscriptions as over the colleges.
‘The duke of Burgundy shall also be constrained to pay the sum of
one million in gold, not to the profit of my lady of Orleans or her
children, but to found and endow hospitals and monasteries, and to
distribute in alms and other works of piety for the salvation of the
soul of the defunct.
‘That this sentence may be carried into due effect, all the lands
which the duke of Burgundy possesses in this kingdom shall be placed
in the hands of the king, that they may be sold for the accomplishment
of the above works. The duke of Burgundy shall also be condemned to
close imprisonment in whatever place it may please the king, until
the above sentence be carried into execution. After which, he shall
be banished for ever beyond sea, or at least for the space of twenty
years, to bewail and repent of his crime, or until it shall be thought
he may have sufficiently done it. On his return, he shall be ordered,
under severe penalties, never to approach within one hundred leagues of
the queen or the children of the late duke of Orleans, without being
condemned to such heavy damages, and other penalties suited to the
enormity of the case, as shall be held in perpetual remembrance. He
shall also be condemned to pay whatever costs my lady of Orleans and
her children may have occurred on this present occasion.
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