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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

SEVERAL CASTLES AND FORTS ARE DELIVERED UP TO KING HENRY OF ENGLAND,
 IN WHICH HE PLACES HIS OWN CAPTAINS.--THE ROYAL EDICTS ISSUED AT HIS
 REQUEST.


During the siege of Melun, the castles hereafter mentioned, namely, the
bastille of St Anthony, the Louvre, the palace of Neele and the castle
of Vincennes, were, by orders from the king of France, with the consent
of the duke of Burgundy and the Parisians, put into the hands of king
Henry, who sent his brother the duke of Clarence to take the command
of them, and constituted him governor of Paris. He dismissed all the
French garrisons, who had hitherto guarded them, and placed therein
none but English. The government of Paris was taken from the count de
St Pol, who was, soon after, sent with master Pierre de Marigny, and
others, as commissioners from the king of France to Picardy, to receive
the oaths from the three estates and principal towns in that country,
in order that the peace lately concluded between the two kings might
be strictly observed, and that they might in future faithfully obey
the king of France, and the king of England as regent of the realm.
These commissioners received the following instructions from the king
of France; and they were to bring back the oaths signed by the three
estates and magistrates of the chief towns.

'Charles by the grace of God king of France, to our very dear and
well-beloved cousins the count de St Pol, the bishop of Terouenne
and John de Luxembourg, and to our very dear and well-beloved the
bishop of Arras, the vidame of Amiens, the lord de la Viefville, the
governors of Arras and of Lille, master Pierre de Marigny our advocate
in parliament, and master George d'Ostende, our secretary, health and
greeting.

'We having lately, after due deliberation, and by the advice of our
consort the queen, and of our very dear and well-beloved son Philip
duke of Burgundy, the prelates, the nobles and commonalties of our
said kingdom, concluded a peace, to the great advantage of ourself
and of our realm, with our very dear son Henry king of England, heir
and regent of France for ourself and for the kingdoms of France and
of England; which peace has been solemnly sworn to by us, our consort
the queen, our son of Burgundy, and by the nobles, barons, prelates,
churchmen and commonalties of the realm.

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