The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 09 [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. 09 [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
In consequence of the charges made out against him, he was condemned to
death and confiscation of effects; but as the king inclined to mercy,
and would rather sinners should repent than die, out of his especial
grace, he remitted the first part of the sentence, on condition that
he redeemed, at any price, the Christian whom he had restored to the
Saracens,--or if that could not be done, then he was to redeem some
other Christian slave from their power.
In regard to the money which he had unjustly wrung from the king's
subjects, to the amount of incalculable sums, he was adjudged to repay
one hundred thousand crowns; and for the many and various offences
that he had committed against the king, he was sentenced to pay a fine
of four hundred thousand crowns, and the overplus of his effects,
wheresoever they might be placed, was confiscated to the crown. He was
also deprived of his offices, both public and private, and declared
incapable of ever again holding them, and was likewise banished France.
He was also adjudged to make _amende honorable_[182] to the king, in
the person of his attorney, bareheaded and ungirdled, having a lighted
link of ten pounds weight in his hands; and he was to declare, that
he had falsely and disloyally restored the Christian to the Saracens,
and supplied them with arms and ammunition, requesting pardon from God,
from the king, and from Justice.
It was also declared, that the bonds of the lords de la Fayette and de
Cadillac were void, and of none effect; and that neither Jacques Coeur
nor any of his heirs should receive any advantage from them, as they
were now annulled.
When the chancellor had passed this sentence, he added, by command of
the king, that his majesty reserved to himself the ultimate decision of
the banishment and other graces.
In regard to the damsel of Mortaigne, although her body and effects had
been condemned, yet in consideration of the great services which her
ancestors and husband had rendered the king, his majesty remits the
capital part of the sentence, and restores to her the effects that had
been confiscated; but she is strictly forbidden, on pain of suffering
the above penalties, to approach, within two leagues, the persons
of the king or queen,--and is likewise condemned to make _amende
honorable_ to the king, by proxy in her attorney, who is to declare
that she had falsely and wickedly accused Jacques Coeur, Jacques
Colone, and Martin Prendoux, and to ask pardon for the same of God,
the king, and Justice. She was condemned to pay to the said Martin the
sum of four hundred livres of the current coin; and to the wife and
two daughters of Jacques Colone, one hundred livres each, amounting to
three hundred livres more.
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