The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [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. 04 [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
There were within the town three captains having banners, namely, the
bastard de S. Terre, Tromagon and Maurigon, natives of Gascony, who
marched away together under the passport of the duke, and, crossing
the bridge at Meulan, went to Paris. After their departure, the duke,
with a few attendants, entered the town to examine it, and was well
received by several of the townsmen, who had been long attached to him.
When there, he issued a proclamation throughout the army, forbidding
all persons to enter the town but such as were especially ordered so
to do. To prevent the provisions within the place from being wasted or
destroyed, he appointed, in the king's name, and in his own, the lord
de l'Isle-Adam governor of it.
When these things were done, the duke marched away, taking the road to
Meulan, from which place terms were offered him; for the men at arms
who had been posted there by the constable had marched away, in company
with those from Pontoise to Paris.
The duke ordered his whole army to be drawn up in battle-array between
Pontoise and Meulan, that he might see it in order of battle, as
if in the presence of the enemy. The spot where the soldiers were
drawn up was a handsome plain at the foot of a hill; and it was a
very agreeable sight to him, for there were a number of nobles and
gentlemen handsomely equipped, and willing to serve him against all his
opponents: the principal, and those of name, were as follows.
First, count Philip de St Pol, son to duke Anthony of Brabant, and
nephew to the duke of Burgundy, sir John de Luxembourg, the lord
d'Antoing, the lord de Fosseux and his three brothers, the vidame of
Amiens, Anthony lord of Croy, the lord d'Auxi, sir Jenet de Poix, the
lord d'Inchy, the lord de Humieres, sir Robinet de Mailly and two
of his brothers, the lord de Rambures, sir John de Vaucourt and his
brother Louis, the younger de Renty, the lord de Varigines, the lord
de Cohem, sir Alliamus de Gappamus, sir Hue Burnel and his son sir
Louis, Robert le Roux, Robert de Bournouville, sir Charles Disque, the
lord de Fremeusent, the lord de Humbercourt bailiff of Amiens, sir
Charles de Lens, the lord de Noyelle, the lord de Longueval, sir Payen
de Beaufort, sir Pierre Kieret lord de Ramecourt, George la Personne,
sir Hue de Launoy and his brother sir Guillebert, the lord de Briauté,
sir David de Brimeu and his brother James, the lord de Saint-Leger and
his son sir Mauroy, David de Bouflers, sir John de Courcelles, John
de Flavy, sir Elyon de Jacqueville, the lord de Mesnil, Charlot de
Dully, the bastard de Namur, sir Gastellain Vas, John de Guigny, John
d'Aubigny, the bastard de Thian, Charles l'Abby, Matthew des Près, the
lord de Jaucourt, Guerard bastard de Brimeu, Emard de la Riviere and
his father Philip, Gadifer de Mazinqhen and his brother Thierry.
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