The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 11 [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. 11 [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
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On the king's side, the captain Beavoisien, and Vaast de Mompedon,
bailiff of Rouen, were killed, and about three hundred of the
franc-archers. After this defeat, the duke of Austria, the count
de Romont, and others of their captains, having rallied their men,
marched to a place, called Malaunoy, in which was a gascon captain,
called le Cadet Remonnet, having with him seven or eight score gascon
cross-bows. The Burgundians attacked the place, which was for some time
well defended by the Gascons; but at length it was stormed and the
greater part of the garrison put to death: the rest saved themselves by
leaping into the ditches. With regard to Remonnet he was made prisoner,
and, on assurance of his life, carried to the duke of Austria, who,
regardless of the assurance that had been given, had him hanged, three
days afterward, in cold blood. The king of France was so enraged at
this that he ordered fifty of the principal prisoners that had been
taken to be hanged by the provost marshal, by way of revenge. Seven of
the chief prisoners were hanged on the spot where Remonnet had been
executed,--ten before Douay, ten before St Omer, ten before Arras,
and ten before Lille. The provost was escorted, to perform these
executions, by eight hundred lances and six thousand franc-archers,
who afterwards advanced into the country of Guines and Flanders, where
they took seventeen towns or strong holds, burning and destroying
the country, and carrying off cattle, sheep, horses, and every thing
portable, to their different garrisons.
At this time, Coulon and other adventurers at sea from the coasts of
Normandy captured four score flemish vessels, which were on their
voyage to fetch rye from Prussia, to victual their country, and the
produce of the herring fishery for that year. It was the greatest loss
that had befallen the Flemings at sea for upwards of an hundred years,
and they suffered much from it.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 90: Dole,--on the river Doux, in Franche Comté.]
[Footnote 91: It is singular that the three contemporary monarchs,
Edward IV. of England--James III. of Scotland--Louis XI. of France,
should have each murdered his brother.]
[Footnote 92: For further particulars relative to the duke of Albany,
I refer to Pinkerton's History of Scotland. In a note to the Cronique
Scandaleuse by the abbé Lenglet du Fresnoy, he says,--'Alexander
Stuart, brother to James III. king of Scotland, died at Paris 1483,
and was buried in the convent of the Celestins. But by Pinkerton he
was alive in 1484, and was accidentally killed, when a spectator at
a tournament between the duke of Orleans and another knight, by a
splinter from a lance. His son John was duke of Albany, and regent of
Scotland during the minority of James V.]
[Footnote 93: This battle of Guinegate decided nothing; for though
Maximilian was beaten, he remained master of the field,--and Comines
says, that had he attempted Therouenne or Arras, he would have found
both towns empty.]
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