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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 10 [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. 10 [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. 10 [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

[Footnote 10: Vaudoisie,--a nocturnal meeting of sorcerers.--DU CANGE.
Supplement. See Valdenses, in his glossary.]




[A.D. 1460.]

CHAP. VII.

 SLIGHT MENTION MADE OF THE REBELLION AND DISCORD IN ENGLAND.--OTHER
 INCIDENTS.


In this year, there were great troubles, civil wars, and murders in
England. Some held for the party of king Henry, such as the duke of
Somerset and others; and some held for the party of the duke of York,
namely, the earl of Warwick, the earl of Salisbury and others. A severe
battle took place, in which numbers of each side fell; but it was
gained by the duke of York,[11] who made a treaty with the king, in
such wise that, on the decease of the king, the duke was to succeed to
the crown, to the prejudice of the prince of Wales, son to king Henry
and the daughter of Réné king of Sicily.

This treaty was so contrary to the will and interests of the queen
that she raised another army, of all who were inclined to her and her
son the prince of Wales, and took the field, to offer battle to the
duke of York, who had increased his army as strongly as possible, to
defend his rights. On the first day of January, in this year, the
battle took place, which was very bloody, and hardly contested; but
this time, fortune turned against the duke, who was made prisoner,
together with his second son[12] and the earl of Salisbury[13]. Shortly
after, the queen had them beheaded, and their heads put on the points
of three lances: and on the head of the duke was placed, by way of
derision, a paper crown, to denote his eagerness to be king, and his
having failed in the attempt. The earl of Warwick[14] found means to
escape after the battle, and quit the kingdom, which he did in a small
boat, with great danger, and arrived safely at his government of Calais.

In this year, the rector of a village near to Soissons would have the
tithes from a farm, near to this village, belonging to some croisaders
in the holy land. The farmer refused to pay the tithe,--and the rector
instituted a suit against him and the croisaders, which he lost, and,
for this reason, conceived a great hatred against the farmer and the
farmer's wife.

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