The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 05 [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. 05 [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
After this, Barbasan and Tanneguy du Chatel, seeing their cause for the
present hopeless, placed a sufficient garrison in the bastille, and
departed, some to Meaux en Brie, others to Corbeil, to Melun, and to
different towns that were under their obedience.
On the Thursday following, Hector and Philip de Saveuses arrived in
Paris with two hundred combatants. The lords within that city were
rejoiced at their coming, and quartered them at the Tournelles, and
in different houses facing the bastille, wherein there was still a
garrison of the Armagnacs.
On the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and the eight ensuing days, the
greater part of the captains of Picardy arrived at Paris with their
men at arms, such as sir John de Luxembourg, the lord de Fosseux and
his brothers, sir Janet de Poix, the lord de Cohen, and many more,
expecting to find much gain in that city; but the majority were greatly
disappointed, and were forced to pay their own expenses.
Those of the Armagnacs who had fallen in battle were flung into carts,
and carried by the public executioner out of Paris, and buried in
the fields, while the Parisians that had been slain were handsomely
interred in consecrated ground.
All Paris now wore the badge of the duke of Burgundy, namely, a Saint
Andrew's cross, which had of late been held in much contempt. On the
Saturday, those within the bastille, seeing it was but lost time to
remain there, entered into a treaty with the lord de l'Isle-Adam and
the other lords in Paris, that they would surrender the bastille, if
they were permitted to march away in safety. This was accepted; and,
on passports being granted them, they departed. The lord de Canny,
who had remained a prisoner in the bastille ever since his return from
his embassy from the king to the duke of Burgundy, as has been before
mentioned, was nominated governor thereof by the king and the duke of
Burgundy.
CHAP. IV.
AFTER THE CAPTURE OF PARIS, MANY TOWNS AND CASTLES SUBMIT TO THE
OBEDIENCE OF THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY.--OTHER MATTERS.
About this time, by orders from the king, Hector and Philip de
Saveuses, and the lord de Crevecoeur, were dispatched with their men at
arms toward Compiegne and the adjoining castles. On their coming before
Compiegne, they concluded a treaty, that all who were of the Armagnac
party should depart in safety with their effects; and that the other
inhabitants of the town, who would swear allegiance to the king and the
duke of Burgundy, should remain unmolested.
In like manner were surrendered to them the town and castle of Creil,
St Maixence, Mouchy le Piereux, Pont a Choisy, and other places, in
which they placed garrisons of their own men. Noyon submitted to the
obedience of the king and the duke by means of the lord de Genly[1],
and le Plaisser by sir John de Roye. Laon, Corbeil, Soissons, Chauny
sur Oise and Gisors, also submitted.
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