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
When the assembly had been seated, master Nicolas Rolin, on the part
of the duke of Burgundy and the lady-duchess his mother, demanded,
in the usual manner, permission to address the two kings in their
behalf. This having been obtained he charged as guilty of murdering
the late duke John of Burgundy, Charles, calling himself dauphin of
Vienne, the viscount de Narbonne, the lord de Barbasan, Tanneguy du
Châtel, Guillaume Boutiller, Jean Louvet, president of Provence, sir
Robert de Loire, Olivier Layet, and all those who had been concerned
therein. Against each and all of them the advocate prayed judgment,
and that they might be sentenced to be placed in tumbrils, and carried
through all the squares of Paris for three Saturdays, or on festivals,
bare-headed, and holding lighted wax tapers in their hands; and that in
every square they should publicly confess, with a loud voice, that they
had cruelly, wickedly and damnably put the duke of Burgundy to death
through hatred and jealousy, without any other cause whatever. They
were then to be carried to Montereau, where they had perpetrated this
murder, to undergo the same ceremonies, and to repeat the same words.
They were, besides, to cause a church to be erected, and endowed on
the spot where the murder had been committed, for twelve canons, six
chaplains and six clerks, to perform for ever divine service therein.
This church was to be completely furnished with chalices, tables,
ornaments, books, napkins, and every other necessary; and the canons
were to have each a yearly salary of two hundred livres parisis, the
chaplain's salaries of one hundred, and the clerks of fifty, of the
same coin, at the expense of the said dauphin and his accomplices.
The cause of this church being erected was to be inscribed in large
letters, cut in stone, over the principal entrance; and the same
inscription was to be placed in the towns of Rome, Paris, Ghent, Dijon,
St Jago de Compostella and at Jerusalem, where our Saviour suffered
death.
When this sentence had been required, it was again demanded by master
Pierre de Marigny, the king's advocate in parliament, confirming the
accusations of murder against the persons aforesaid. Afterward, master
John l'Archer, doctor of divinity, in the name of the university for
whom he spoke, addressed the two kings with great eloquence, urging
the extreme guilt of the criminals, and exhorting them to do strict
justice on them, and to pay attention to the prayers of the duke and
duchess of Burgundy that the judgment required might be carried into
effect without delay.
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