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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 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

Name: 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
Author: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de

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

During the king of England's residence at Paris, he ordered the tax of
silver to be collected, for the coinage of new money, in the manner
before described. This gave rise to great murmurings and discontent;
but, from dread of king Henry, the Parisians dared not show any other
signs of disobedience and rebellion than by words.




CHAP. LXXVIII.

 THE KINGS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND GO FROM PARIS TO SENLIS.--THE SIEGE
 OF SAINT VALERY.--THE REDUCTION OF COMPIEGNE.--AN EMBASSY SENT TO SIR
 JAMES DE HARCOURT.


The two kings, with their queens and attendants, departed from Paris
and went to Senlis, where they made some stay. As the day for the
surrender of Gamaches was near at hand, the king of England sent the
earl of Warwick thither with three thousand combatants; and, according
to the terms of the treaty, he entered the town on the 18th of June.
Having delivered back the hostages safe and well, he received the oaths
of allegiance from the inhabitants, in the name of the two kings,
and then appointed sir John Felton, an Englishman, governor, with a
sufficient garrison of men at arms and archers.

Having finished this business, the earl of Warwick marched for St
Valery, which was in the possession of the Dauphinois. When he was
near the town, he sent forward the van of his army to reconnoitre the
place; but the garrison made a sally, of a hundred picked men at arms
well mounted, who instantly attacked the English, and a sharp conflict
ensued, in which many were killed and wounded, and some prisoners taken
from the English.

While this was passing, the earl hastened the march of his army to
the support of the van, which forced the Dauphinois to retreat within
their town. The earl marched round part of the town with his army,
and quartered some of his men in the monastery, and the rest in tents
and pavilions. After this, he caused his engines to play incessantly
on the walls, and damaged them in many places. With regard to the
frequent sallies of the garrison, I shall, for brevity sake, pass them
over; but, as the town was open to the sea, from the besiegers' want
of shipping to blockade the port, the garrison and inhabitants could
go whither they pleased for provisions, to Crotoy or elsewhere, to the
great vexation of the earl of Warwick.

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