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
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Sources; France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328-1589; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Page 87. line 12. _Observe._] See before page 75. The circumstance of
the king's imprisonment seems to be most studiously avoided by this
historian. Perhaps he did not know of it; for Louis who, to the latest
hour of his life, reflected on his extreme imprudence and imminent
danger with the utmost shame, not only was careful never to mention it
himself but was highly offended if he heard or suspected that it was
ever mentioned by others. Comines, who gives the relation, was present
at Peronne and in the very chamber next to that where the king was
confined at the time of the adventure.
Page 89. line 10 from the bottom. _Sir Tanneguy du Châtel._] Youngest
son of Olivier lord du Châtel, and nephew of Tanneguy du Châtel provost
of Paris who died in 1449. Tanneguy the younger was viscount of
Belliére in right of his wife Jane de Raguenel, lady of Malestroit, and
viscountess of Belliére. He is celebrated in history for his generous
attention to the funeral of Charles the seventh, which was shamefully
neglected by his attendants. Louis the eleventh rewarded this service
by a suitable care of his obsequies. He was killed at the siege of
Bouchain in 1477, and left issue two daughters.
Page 91. line 7. _Long preserve it!_] From this expression it should
appear that the writer of this chronicle committed every event to
writing as soon as he was informed of it and never afterwards revised
his annals with a reference to subsequent affairs.
Page 96. last line. _Viscount of Villars. Q. if not Thouars._] Louis
d'Amboise viscount of Thouars dying without issue male, his daughter
brought the titles Thouars and Talmont into the family of Tremoille by
marriage with Louis I. count of Guînes, &c. who died in 1483.
Page 106. line 6. _Behind._] This sudden revolution seems to have been
effected solely by the over-powering influence of the Nevils. The
marquis of Montacute, who had been lately forced to resign the earldom
of Northumberland on the reconciliation between Edward and the house
of Percy, and who was too fond of actual power to think the title of
marquis a compensation for one of the greatest earldoms of England,
was easily persuaded to join the party of his brother, and on his
defection, Edward was seized with a panic, and leaving his army at
Nottingham fled beyond seas. Stowe, 1470.
Page 113. line 4. _Combrodes._] Combrodes, Qu. Comborn? John I.
viscount of Comborn, counsellor and chamberlain to Charles the seventh,
married Jane of Rochechouart and died about 1482. Who was count or lord
of Charente I cannot tell. But qu. does this mean James de Bourbon lord
of Charency? He married into the family of la Tour d'Auvergne, which
renders it the more probable.
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