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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

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

On the 16th day of May, Jennet de Poix, Jacques de Fosseux, the lord de
St Leger, Binet d'Auffeu, Hue de Sailly, master Philippe de Morvillier,
Guillaume Sanguin, and others of the Burgundy faction, were publicly
banished at Amiens from the kingdom of France, on suspicion of having
been concerned in the late plot against the royal family.

In these days, the duke of Berry, who was now at a very advanced age,
was taken ill at his hôtel de Neele in Paris, and was frequently
visited by the king his nephew, at that time in perfect health, and by
other princes of the blood. Notwithstanding the care of his physicians,
he departed this life on the 13th day of June, without leaving a male
heir,--so that the duchy of Berry and county of Poiteu reverted to the
crown, and the king gave them to John de Touraine, his eldest son, and
godson to the defunct.

The heart of the duke of Berry was interred at St Denis, his bowels
in the church of St Pierre-des-Degrez, and his body was carried
to Bourges, and there buried in the cathedral church. He left two
daughters; the eldest was countess d'Armagnac, mother to Amadeus duke
of Savoy, and the youngest was duchess of Bourbon. The duke of Berry
had, during his lifetime, given to his nephew and godson John duke of
Burgundy, the county of Estampes, on certain conditions. On the duke of
Berry's decease, the king appointed his youngest son Charles, afterward
Dauphin, to the government of Paris, under the management of his father
in law the king of Sicily, and likewise gave him the duchy of Touraine.

The ambassadors from France, who had accompanied the emperor of Germany
to England, namely the archbishop of Rheims, the lord de Gaucourt
and others, now returned to the king; but, at the instance of the
emperor, the bishop of Norwich and sir Thomas Erpingham, a knight of
great renown, grand master of the king's household, attended by seventy
horsemen, went with him to Calais, as ambassadors from king Henry. At
Calais they received passports from the king of France, and went to
Montrieul, thence to Abbeville and Beauvais, where commissioners from
the king met and honourably received them. A negociation was opened
for a truce to take place between the two kings for a certain time,
and also respecting the ransoms of some prisoners who had been carried
to England in consequence of the victories of king Henry; but nothing
was concluded, because the constable had besieged Harfleur by sea,
and would not break up the siege, in consequence of which the English
ambassadors returned home.

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