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 310. line 20. _Lord Clinton._] William, lord Clinton, (cousin and
heir of John lord Clinton, who distinguished himself, on the expedition
of Thomas Woodstock, 1380, and is noticed by Froissart) was in all the
wars of Henry IV, V, and VI; in 4 H. 6 he served in France with 25 men
at arms and 78 archers, in 9 H. 6 with one knight 38 men at arms and
300 archers. He died 10 H. 6 (1432) leaving his son and heir, John lord
Clinton, the nobleman here mentioned; who was made prisoner in the
year 1441, and after remaining in prison for six years, was ransomed
at the sum of 6000 marks. He afterwards took part with the house of
York during the civil wars and served king Edward in many of his
expeditions. Dugdale.
Page 332. last line. _Sagripoch._] Q. Salonichi.
Page 332. last line. _John Waiwoda._] Q. John Corvinus Hunniades,
Waivode of Transylvania; who is also, most probably the person meant by
"le Blanc, knight marshal of Hungary," in the following chapter.
Page 335. line 7. _Sambrine._] If in a narrative so full of confusion
and so crowded with errors, it is allowable to form a conjecture that
may tend to reconcile it any degree with fact, I should suppose this
knight marshal to be the great Hunniades, and the action to refer to
the famous siege of Belgrade which was raised by the exertions of that
heroic general. John Corvinus Hunniades was of ignoble birth, the
son of a Wallachian father by a Greek mother; so far the account of
Monstrelet tallies with the reality. He was appointed by king Ladislaus
to the government of upper Hungary, and the command in chief of his
armies. The operations for the relief of Belgrade were carried on by
a fleet on the Danube, as well as by land; so that the mistake is
natural enough, of calling the place a port; unless, from the greater
similitude of name, the reader should prefer _Zarna_, (to which
Mahomet afterwards retreated) as the representation of _Sambrina_. See
Bonfinius Rer. Ungar.
Page 337. last line. _Hecuba._] Rather I should imagine, Hesione.
Page 347. line 12. _Sir Guillot Destan._] This should be d'Esteing or
d'Estaing, the name of a very ancient and noble family in Rouergue.
William the second son of John I. viscount d'Esteing et de Cheilane,
was distinguished in the English wars, and rewarded by the government
of Rouergue, and by the posts of counsellor and chamberlain to king
Charles VII. His will bears date 1471. His grandson, William d'Estaing,
succeeded to the possessions of the elder branch of the family about
A.D. 1500, and became ancestor of the counts of Estaing of later date.
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