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
Page 270. line 15. _Clifford._] John lord Clifford, knight of the
Garter, killed at the siege of Meaux. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Harry Hotspur, and had issue Thomas lord Clifford, killed at the battle
of Saint Albans. John lord Clifford, the son of Thomas, was surnamed
the Butcher, and killed at the battle of Towton. For the romantic
history of the son of the last-named John, and father of the first earl
of Cumberland, see Dugdale's Baronage, vol. 2.
Page 273. line 24. _Boufflers._] Aleaume lord of Bouflers, was made
prisoner at Agincourt. His sons were, 1. David, who was in the duke
of Burgundy's company in 1417, and died s. p.; 2. Peter, a celebrated
burgundian leader; 3. Nicaise, here mentioned, one of the peers of
Ponthieu.
Page 296. line 5. _Mailly._] Morery says, that the lord de Mailly
himself was killed in this engagement. He was succeeded by his brother,
also named John, and called le Jeune, also L'Estendart, who was
afterwards a very distinguished warrior on the part of Charles VII. The
lord de Viefville is mentioned to have been killed in the preceding
page.
Page 299. line 17. _Mailly._] John III. lord of Mailly, second son of
Colard lord of Mailly, killed at Agincourt. He was succeeded by John
IV. another son of Colard, surnamed 'le Jeune,' and 'l'Estendart' de
Mailly.
Page 300. line 16. _Conflans._] Probably Eustace IV. lord of Conflans a
distinguished house of Champagne.
Page 300. line 19. _Saintrailles._] John Poton lord of Saintrailles,
maréschal of France in 1454, a gentleman of Gascony, and a very
distinguished partizan of the dauphin.
Page 317. line 7. _St George._] William III. lord of St George, (of the
house of Vienne) admiral of France, married Jane daughter of the lord
of Chasteau-vilain. His son, William IV. is the lord here mentioned,
whose son, William lord of Bussy and afterwards of St George, succeeded
him in 1434.
Page 330. line 6. _Launoy._] Hugues de Lannoy, grand master of the
cross-bows, appointed in January 1421.
H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, London.
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