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
The duke of Burgundy, after their departure, arrested several of their
accomplices, and the principal movers of the late insurrection; some of
whom he caused to be beheaded, others to be hanged or drowned in the
Seine: even their leader Cappeluche, the hangsman, was beheaded in the
market-place. When news of this was carried to the Parisians who had
been sent to Montlehery, they marched back to Paris to raise another
rebellion; but the gates were closed against them, so that they were
forced to return to the siege. Within a short time, however, they were
recalled thence,--for negotiators from the two parties were busily
employed to establish peace.
The lord de Château-vilain, at this period, came to wait on the duke
of Burgundy in Paris: he was preceded by a fool, who, riding some
paces before him as he entered the gate of St Anthony, shouted aloud,
'Armagnac for ever!' and was instantly put to death by the guards at
the gate, to the great anger of his lord, but he could not amend it.
The Dauphinois, to the amount of three hundred combatants, under the
command of the lord de Bocquiaux, won by storm at break of day the
city of Soissons from the lord de Longueval, governor of it for the
king and the duke of Burgundy. The lord de Longueval escaped with much
difficulty on foot, in company with Robert de Saveuses and others, by
leaping down from the walls. The city was, in great part, plundered of
every thing.
CHAP. XIII.
THE DAUPHINESS IS SENT TO THE DAUPHIN.--THE SIEGE OF TOURS, IN
TOURAINE.--OF THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE KING AND THE DUKE OF
BURGUNDY.
With the consent of the king and queen of France, and the duke of
Burgundy, the dauphiness was honourably sent to the dauphin in Anjou:
she had remained in Paris at the time when it was taken: and with her
were sent all her jewels and wardrobe, that the dauphin might be the
more inclined to peace and to return to the king. It was in vain; for
those who governed him would not suffer it, as they knew that in that
case they should be deprived of all their offices and employments.
The young count d'Armagnac now joined the dauphin magnificently
accompanied by men at arms, and made bitter complaints concerning
the murders of his father, the constable of France, and of the other
great lords. The dauphin and his council replied, that speedy and
substantial justice should be done, in proper time and place, on those
who had committed these murders.
The dauphin then marched a powerful army to lay siege to Tours in
Touraine, of which place sir William de Romenil, knight, and Charles
l'Abbe were governors. They in a short time surrendered both town and
castle to the dauphin; and Charles l'Abbe even turned to his party, and
took the oaths of allegiance to him. The men at arms that were under
his command, being unwilling to follow his example, received passports
to go whither they pleased. The dauphin kept his court at Tours for a
considerable space of time.
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