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
Page 5. line 8. from the bottom. _Combatants._] Florent, lord d'Illiers
d'Entragues, was distinguished for valour, and for his great retinue
at the siege of Orleans, and on several subsequent occasions. His
father Geoffrey lord d'Illiers was grandson of Philip one of the sons
of Bouchard lord of Vendôme, who married the heiress of the antient
house of Illiers, and assumed his wife's family name on account of a
stipulation in the marriage contract.
Page 18. last line. _Sir Thomas Hos._] _Q._ Hoo. Sir Thomas Hoo,
knight, in 1436 suppressed a rebellion in the Pays de Caux. In 1442
he obtained a grant of revenue from the crown in consideration of his
great services in war. In 1448 he was created lord Hoo and Hastings,
and knight of the Garter, and was summoned to parliament from 26 H.
6 to 31 H. 6 inclusive. Thomas, his only son, died in his life time
without issue.
Page 28. line 10. _Viscount de Longmaigne._] Should be Lomagne.
Page 28. line 13. _John lord of Lorraine._] John lord of Lorraine. Qu.
Page 31. line 12. _Roche-Guyon._] Guy VII, lord de la Roche-Guyon, son
of Guy VI, who was killed at Agincourt, and of Perette de la Riviere
died in 1460, leaving issue one daughter only, who by marriage,
conveyed Roche-Guyon to the house of Silli.
Page 35. last line. _Sir Richard Frongueval._] _Q._ Freschevill; Sir
Ralph Freschvill, who served under John of Gaunt in the wars of Edward
III. left descendants.
Page 43. line 10. _Counts de Comminges._] Matthiew, count of Comminges,
one of the uncles to the count de Foix. (See note to page 334. vol.
viii.)
Page 43. line 11. _Viscount de Lautrec._] Peter lord of Lautrec,
brother to the count of Foix (See note to vol. viii. p. 335.) married
Catherine daughter to John II. lord d'Estarac (or Astarac) by whom he
had one son, John afterwards lord de Lautrec. The house of Astarac is
derived from Garcia-Sanches, duke of the Gascons, who lived in the 10th
century, from whose youngest son, Arnaud _the unborn_ (so called by a
quibble similar to that of the witches respecting Macduff) they trace
18 descents to Martha the heiress of the family who married Gaston
II, count of Candale (or Kendal) in whose house the title afterwards
remained.
Page 43. line 4. from the bottom. _Froissart._] D'Estract. D'Estarac.
See above.
Page 46. line 12. from the bottom. _Lord de Luce._] Luxe is the name
of a sovereign county in lower Navarre, which passed in 1593 into the
house of Montmorency Fosseux. It was Francois de Montmorency, count
of Luxe, of whom the court of Louis XIII. judged it proper to make
a memorable example by way of preventive to the epidemical rage for
duelling then prevalent. He was beheaded in 1627 for the honourable
murders of the count de Thorigny and the marquis de Bussy in two
successive rencontres.
Page 74. line 4. from the bottom. _Thomas Courson._] Thomas Curzon,
esq. captain of Harfleur. Stowe.
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