^{page 1 note 1} Amaury III, lord of Craon and Sablé and last hereditary seneschal of Anjou, Maine and Touraine, twice held the office of seneschal of Guyenne for Edward II, from 1313 to 1316 and from 1320 to 1322; see Petit, Joseph, Charles de Valois (Paris, 1900), pp. 275–6Google Scholar; Tout, T. F., The Place of Edward II in English History (Manchester, 1914), p. 395Google Scholar; de Broussillon, B., La maison de Craon (Paris, 1893), i. 246–67Google Scholar.

^{page 2 note 1} For an extract from this letter, see Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/9/28 : ‘ Les pointz contenuz es lettres envees a nostre seignur le roy par sire Rauf Basset …’

^{page 3 note 1} For an extract from this letter, see Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/9/28: ‘ A mons' Hugh' le Despenser par le seneschal …’

^{page 3 note 2} On 28 January 1324, Basset's envoy had not yet arrived in England (Gascon Roll 35, m. 8 : ‘ Pro rege de mittendo regi aliquem informatum de statu ducatus ’).

^{page 3 note 3} An extract from this letter, which was probably sent to the King's Council for examination is headed: ‘ En la lettre qe le conestable envoit au roy ’ (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/9/28). Adam Lymbergh was appointed constable of Bordeaux on 24 April 1322 and held the office from 9 June 1322 to 13 July 1324 inclusive (Gascon Roll 35, m. 15; Pipe Roll 183, m. 58–60; Exchequer, Parliament and Council Proceedings 2/16/2^d).

^{page 4 note a} MS. ne.

^{page 5 note 1} Guillaume de Flavacourt, bishop of Carcassonne, was transferred to the archbishopric of Auch on Charles IV's recommendation, by a papal bull dated 26 August 1323 (Guérard, L., Documents pontificaux sur la Gascogne, ii (Paris, 1903), nos. 193, 252 and 297)Google Scholar.

^{page 5 note 2} John Hotham, bishop of Ely, came back to England from his mission to Gascony on 15 November 1323 (Pipe Roll 170, m. 4^d).

^{page 5 note 3} On the marriage of Marie de Valois to Robert, duke of Calabria and son of Robert, king of Sicily, see Petit, Charles de Valois, pp. 247–8 and 191.

^{page 6 note 1} For an extract from this letter, see Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/9/28.

^{page 6 note 2} After an imprisonment of almost one month in the Châtelet, Pons de Tournemire was taken to Charles IV, who was then at Montauban, about 15 January 1324 : Viard, J., Les Journaux du Trésor de Charles IV le Bel (Documents Inédits; Paris, 1917), nos. 4722–3Google Scholar. Between 29 September 1323 and 14 July 1324, he received from Adam Lymbergh, constable of Bordeaux a gift of 133 li. 6s. 8d. tournois as a compensation for his expenses in the Parliament of Paris and losses incurred on account of his imprisonment, and a further gift of 20 livres tournois towards his liberation expenses (Pipe Roll 183, m. 60^d).

^{page 7 note 1} See Gascon Roll 35, m. 2^d (Westminster, 10 June 1324):‘…Ex parte majoris, juratorum et communitatis civitatis nostre Baione nobis est supplicatum quod, cum tempore cujusdam turbacionis nuper inter cives nostros civitatis predicte et Normannos exorte bona ipsorum civium nostrorum ad valenciam mille librarum turonensium apud Taunay Charent per ballivos et ministros regis Francie ac gentes Normannie capta fuissent et arestata …’

^{page 8 note 1} I.e. 16 October 1323; Ralph Basset sent from Bouglon on 15 October a writ addressed to Adam Lymbergh (Exchequer L.T.R., Memoranda Roll 109, m. 32).

^{page 8 note 2} These oaths are recorded in a roll written by Eliot Gaucelme, who was the clerk of Aubert Mège, registrar of the Court of Gascony: Chancery Diplomatic Documents 26/17. According to this roll, Ralph Basset and Aubert Mège were at Bordeaux on 25–26 September and on 1–2 October; at Langon, on 3–4 October; at Bazas, on 6–7 October; at La Réole, on 10 October; at Agen, on 12–13 October (Raymond Bernard, lord of Montpezat, was also at Agen on 13 October, on which day he took the oath to Ralph Basset); at Bonnegarde, before 23 October; at Bayonne, on 23 October; at Arcangues, on 23 October; at Hastingues, on 25 October; at Dax, on 26 October, and at Saint-Sever, on 28 October.

^{page 8 note 3} I.e. 6 December 1323.

^{page 9 note 1} I.e. 2 December 1323.

^{page 10 note a} MS. commississet.

^{page 10 note b} MS. fuerunt.

^{page 10 note c} Luserch' is probably a scribe's misreading for Userch'. Charles IV was at Brive on 3 January 1324 and cannot have been in Luzarches two days earlier.

^{page 11 note a} MS. per aliquos dictis vel dicendis.

^{page 11 note b} MS. intendit.

^{page 11 note c} MS. judicio.

^{page 11 note d} MS. oportunum.

^{page 12 note 1} This letter is followed by the transcript of a letter from Pons de Tournemire: see above, no. 7.

^{page 12 note 2} See above, nos. 6 and 8.

^{page 13 note a} m. 14: circa; m. 15: citra.

^{page 13 note b} MS. inpendant et.

^{page 13 note c} MS. Leomov'.

^{page 13 note d} MS. dictum.

^{page 13 note e} MS. de Luppo Brengoribus.

^{page 13 note f} Probably Pierre Vidal de Doza, master of La Sainte Blaise of Bayonne; see Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 7967, fol. 14 v.

^{page 14 note a} MS. cum intimacione quibus nos presentes.

^{page 14 note b} MS. illos.

^{page 14 note c} MS. famulis.

^{page 14 note d} MS. quoquo modo Normann. ad.

^{page 14 note e} m. 14 : nos; m. 15: ne.

^{page 14 note f} Read ? veneris.

^{page 14 note g} MS. Novana.

^{page 14 note h} Added from m. 14.

^{page 14 note i} m. 14 : jurium; m. 15 : maritime.

^{page 14 note j} m. 15 : et; m. 14: eo.

^{page 14 note k} Sic.

^{page 15 note 1} This document is probably one of the letters and evidences received from Basset, a transcript of which was sent to the chancellor on 7 February 1324 for examination by the council before the meeting of the February parliament (Cal. Chancery Warrants, 552).

^{page 15 note 2} I.e. 23 January 1324; see above, no. 10.

^{page 15 note 3} See Chancery Diplomatic Documents 28/1/9 (23 January 1324; copy, early Edw. III) : ‘ Transcriptum littere directe domino R. Basset, senescallo Vasconie, per locum suum tenentem et ceteros de consilio super protestatis coram Francie rege per procuratorem suum Tholose primo die ad quern dictus senescallus et ceteri acusati de facto Sancti Sacerdotis erant citati:—Domine reverende, hodie fuimus coram rege. Per procuratorem suum factum propositum est multum alte, ad finem contra non comparentes personaliter quod bannirentur et ponerentur in defectu, contra presentes ad finem quod juxta qualitatem criminum punirentur; et contra dominum senescallum Agenn' proposita sunt ultra hec tria facta, scilicet de quodam homine bulito in quadam cauderna et factum (?) delsmoncellis. Item, protestatus est procurator quod alias, quando [et] ubi videbitur, possit concludere contra dominum nostrum regem ad confiscacionem ducatus. Ex parte nostra propositum fuit quod dies ista, quantum tangit ipsos et alios non comparentes personaliter, prorogaretur usque ad visionem duorum regum, ita eciam quod interim inquiratur contra vos et pro vobis vel, nisi hoc placeret, quod saltim vestri procuratores admitterentur et statim defenderent vos et alios, quod factum principale nullatenus dubitatis——.’

^{page 17 note 1} I.e. 7 February 1324; see above, no. 13.

^{page 17 note 2} See Rymer, Foedera, ii (i), 355, under the following heading : De treuga inter cives Baione et Normannos, from Gascon Roll 32, m. 13^d (Westminster, 28 January 1318).

^{page 17 note 3} Issue Roll, 206, m. 11 (23 March 1324) : ‘ Magistro Henrico de Cantuaria, clerico, eunti perpreceptum regis ad partes ducatus Acquitannie pro habenda certa informacione status ejusdem ducatus, pro expensis suis a vij^o die Februarii, quo die arripuit iter suum de London', usque xxj diem Marcii, quo die rediit London', utroque die computato, per xlj dies, percipienti per diem vs., recipienti denarios xxiij^o die Marcii per manus proprias: xli. vs. Eidem eodem die pro passagio suo inter Dovorr' et Whitsand', recipienti denarios per manus proprias: xxvjs. viijd.’

^{page 18 note a} MS. omittatis.

^{page 18 note b} MS. per (per).

^{page 18 note c} Followed by dilectum clericum (nostrum), struck out.

^{page 18 note d} Written above execucione, struck out.

^{page 18 note e} MS. mituam.

^{page 18 note f} Followed by illas, struck out.

^{page 20 note 1} This letter was presumably drafted by Ralph Basset and sent for sealing to the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux. At any rate, on 3 February 1324, letters in identical terms were sent all ready for sealing by Basset to the local authorities of Bayonne, Dax and Saint Sever. See Balasque, and Dulaurens, , Etudes hist. sur la ville de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1862–75), iii, 520–2Google Scholar.

^{page 21 note 1} Issue Roll 206, m. 11 (13 February 1324): ‘ Magistro Johanni de Ildesle super expensis suis eundo in nuncium regis ad curiam regis Francie, recipienti denarios xiij^o die Februarii per manus proprias: xli.’

^{page 21 note 2} See Gascon Roll 36, m. 30^d (11 August 1324): ‘… Petro de Cussaco dicto Cardinali…’

^{page 22 note 1} Jean de Trie, lord of Mouchy-le-Châtel, held the office of seneschal of Toulouse from 1323 to 1326 (Viard, J., Les Journaux du Trésor de Charles IV-le-Bel (Paris, 1917), no. 7216 and n. 2)Google Scholar.

^{page 22 note 2} I.e. 15 March 1324. On 24 February, the French seneschal of Périgord and Quercy had summoned the mayor and consuls of Périgueux to send 100 sergents to Lauzerte at the latest on 15 March (Recueil de litres et autres pièces justificatives … sur la constitution politique de la ville et cité de Périgueux … (Paris, 1775), pp. 195–209).

^{page 22 note 3} See Ancient Petitions 14583 (early Edw. III): ‘ A la vostre roial majeste supplie le vostre umble et foial servitor Ramfre de Monpesat, jadix fuiz de Ramont Bernart, seignur du chastel et de la vile de Monpesat, esquier, qe, comme mons' Thomas Larcediakene, lors seneschall' de Agenoys par le roy et duc vostre piere, qe Dieux lassoil, qui lors estoient, eussent mande, request et commande au dist Ramont Bernart son piere, au temps qe il estoit en vie, qe son dist chastel od ses apurtenances leur baillas et deliveras pur non du dist roy et duc, qar il le ly rendroient non afolee toutes fois qil les en requeiroit ou ses successeurs, sicome clerement appiert par letters faites sur ceo et sealetz des seals de Gascoigne et du seneschal Dagenoys, la copie de les quieles len est prest de mustrer; et le dist son piere eust bailie et delivre le ditz chastel et ville pur reverence, honeur et profit du dist nostre seignur roy et duc et pur garder ses droitz sicomme obeissant et feals de luy; et le quiel chastel issint demorant en les maignes du dit nostre seignur roi et due ou de ses gentz et en leur garde, le dist Ramont Bernart morust, les gentz du roi de France, quant mons' Charle, conte de Valoys, vient en Gascoigne, desadunkes aient pris et occupetz les ditz chastel et ville et fondu et abatu le dist chastel qui valoient mil et v^e livres de Bordaloys par an de rente.…

^{page 23 note 1} I.e. 25 March 1324. See also Exchequer, Parliament and Council Proceedings 2/11 (temp. Edw. III) : ‘ … Item, veux les exces et desobeisances, guerres, resistences et rebelliouns faites en Gascoigne pus la date des dites lettres faites a Pontoyse et Ian xvij le piere nostre dit seignur contre lui purposees et protestees a la fin de perte des pardouns avantditz et de la forfeiture de sa duchee avantdite, pur les queles la proclamacion darmes fust faite par les seneschals de Peregort et de Tholuse destre a Lauserte a la my quaresme prest a faire execucion des ascunes ordinances ou arrestes faitz a Tholuse.’ On 8 March, Aimeri du Cros, seneschal of Périgord and Quercy, postponed the day on which the mayor and consuls of Périgueux were to send some sergents in arms to Lauzerte until 1 April (Recueil de titres … de Périgueux, pp. 207–8),

^{page 24 note 1} The above letter is already printed in Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, xlv. 78.

^{page 24 note 2} This letter is also printed in Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, xlv. 80.

^{page 25 note 1} Issue Roll 206, m. 11 (8 March 1324): ‘ Roberto de Echingham, eunti versus Vasconiam in negociis regis, qui capit per diem vs. pro expensis suis, recipienti denarios viij^o die Marcii per manus proprias : xvli. Magistro Bertrando, clerico de Vasconia, eunti cum predicto Roberto de Echingham ad partes Vasconie predictas in negociis regis, qui capit per diem iijs. iiijd. Pro expensis suis, recipienti denarios per manus predicti Roberti viij^o die Marcii: xli. Predictis Roberto de Echingham et Bertrando, clerico de Vasconia, super passagio eorumdem apud Dovorr' in eundo et redeundo ad partes Vasconie predictas in negociis regis supradictis, recipientibus denarios viij^o die Marcii per manus predicti Roberti: xls.’

On 9 March 1324, Adam Lymbergh, constable of Bordeaux, was ordered to pay the expenses of both envoys out of the revenues of his office and at the rate quoted above, if they stayed in Gascony more than 60 days (Gascon Roll 35, m. 7^d). On 25 February 1324, letters of credence issued in the name of the two envoys were addressed to all the important barons and communities of the duchy of Guyenne (Gascon Roll 35, m. 7 and 8^d).

^{page 26 note a} Followed by a vous, struck out.

^{page 26 note b} Followed by g, struck out.

^{page 26 note c} Followed by et ovecques cen que nous puissonz avoir genz darmes des autres seneschaus, struck out.

^{page 26 note d} Followed by ne, struck out.

^{page 27 note a} MS. sunt.

^{page 27 note b} MS. Navarrie.

^{page 27 note c} MS. sequente.

^{page 27 note d} MS. regnum.

^{page 27 note e} MS. supplicacionum.

^{page 27 note f} MS. sunt.

^{page 27 note g} MS. viro.

^{page 27 note h} MS. Navarrie.

^{page 27 note i} MS. constitutis.

^{page 28 note a} MS. Navarrie.

^{page 28 note b} MS. honore.

^{page 28 note c} MS. aliqua.

^{page 28 note d} MS. habere.

^{page 28 note e} MS. Caturcin'.

^{page 28 note f} MS. dissaisietur.

^{page 28 note g} MS. precedere.

^{page 28 note h} MS. predictum et.

^{page 28 note i} MS. possunt.

^{page 28 note j} MS. noticiann.

^{page 28 note k} MS. ducam.

^{page 29 note a} MS. dominicam.

^{page 29 note b} MS. ordinacionem.

^{page 29 note c} MS. teuetur.

^{page 29 note d} MS. presentim.

^{page 29 note e} MS. succursis.

^{page 29 note f} MS. et.

^{page 30 note a} MS. regum.

^{page 30 note b} MS. divers'.

^{page 30 note c} MS. quidem.

^{page 30 note d} MS. roboraverant.

^{page 30 note e} MS. tenentes.

^{page 30 note f} MS. tenent'.

^{page 31 note a} MS. promiserat.

^{page 31 note b} MS. hoc.

^{page 31 note c} MS. rex.

^{page 31 note d} MS. Bernarde.

^{page 31 note e} MS. et.

^{page 31 note f} An original notarial instrument of the proceedings for that day is to be found in Chancery Misc. 25/2/24.

^{page 31 note g} MS. forifacere.

^{page 32 note a} MS. destructu.

^{page 32 note b} MS. tempore.

^{page 32 note c} MS. tenent'.

^{page 32 note d} MS. intrandi.

^{page 32 note e} MS. Preteria.

^{page 32 note f} MS. habeurat.

^{page 32 note g} MS. antequam.

^{page 33 note a} MS. cominaverat.

^{page 33 note b} MS. clausus.

^{page 33 note c} MS. rebellus.

^{page 33 note d} MS. intrusis.

^{page 33 note e} Chancery Misc. 25/2/24: Barda.

^{page 33 note f} Ibidem: Paltrerii.

^{page 33 note g} MS. requestes.

^{page 34 note a} MS. bajulus.

^{page 34 note b} MS. familia.

^{page 34 note c} MS. inmuniant.

^{page 34 note d} MS. sadinam.

^{page 34 note e} MS. Bernad'.

^{page 34 note f} MS. Preteria.

^{page 34 note g} MS. Planterii.

^{page 34 note h} MS. interfuique presens.

^{page 34 note i} MS. requisitis.

^{page 35 note a} MS. articulis.

^{page 35 note b} MS. declinatror.

^{page 35 note c} MS. interloquitoriam.

^{page 35 note d} MS. revelantes.

^{page 35 note e} MS. primo.

^{page 35 note f} There is a blank in the manuscript for insertion of this name which in the original is preceded by a small cross.

^{page 36 note a} Followed by et, expunged.

^{page 36 note b} MS. inponatis.

^{page 36 note c} MS. existit.

^{page 36 note d} MS. regeam.

^{page 36 note e} MS. peractis.

^{page 36 note f} Followed by id, struck out.

^{page 36 note g} MS. reppondit.

^{page 36 note h} MS. premissis.

^{page 37 note a} MS. in.

^{page 37 note b} MS. Caturcin'.

^{page 37 note c} MS. notificam.

^{page 37 note d} MS. vellitis.

^{page 37 note e} MS. per.

^{page 37 note f} MS. illam.

^{page 37 note g} Written above seu, struck out.

^{page 37 note h} MS. ut.

^{page 37 note i} MS quia.

^{page 37 note j} MS. differrebat.

^{page 37 note k} MS. fuerit.

^{page 38 note a} MS. comessi.

^{page 38 note b} MS. et locis.

^{page 38 note c} Written above ut, struck out.

^{page 38 note d} MS. Gerualdi.

^{page 38 note e} MS. regio grossario.

^{page 38 note f} ? Insert [nostrum].

^{page 38 note 1} MS. xxxiij.

^{page 39 note 1} I.e. 9 February 1324.

^{page 41 note 1} This is a reference to a new coinage called ‘ burdeleys noefs ’ or ‘ burdegalenses novi ’, which was minted at Bordeaux as from 27 October 1322; rate of exchange : 5d. burd. novor. = 5d. turon. = 1d. sterling., whereas 5d. burd. Veter. were worth 4d. turon. (Pipe Roll 183, m. 58d. : account of Adam Lymbergh, constable of Bordeaux).—In February 1325, Lapin Roger, master of the Royal Mint, struck two new types of coinage for Guyenne : 1) 172li. 17s. 2d. of white obols (alba moneta), which we would call half-gros, ‘ … cuilibet libre argenti pondus x den. alay…’; rate of exchange : 1 alb. ob. = 1½d. Sterling.; 2) 160li. 19s. of bordelais (nigra moneta) ‘…cuilibet libre argenti pondus xxxiijs. xd. Cupri … ’; rate of exchange: 5d. burd. = 2d. sterling. These coins were delivered at Bordeaux by Walter Oterhampton to Nicholas Hugate on 19 May 1325 (Pipe Roll 172, m. 60^d; Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 17/3; Issue Roll 210, m. 8; British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 4r).—Between November 1324 and December 1325, another type of bordelaise coinage was struck at Bordeaux at the rate of 5 bordelaise for 4 tournois (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 4^d and 9^d).—Lastly, on 8 July 1326, Lapin Roger agreed to strike for Guyenne a new coinage called ‘ mailles turnoises blaunches’; rate of exchange : 1 maille = 8 tournois petits = . sterling. (Exchequer K.R., Memoranda Roll 102, m. 128).

^{page 42 note a} Followed by estre fait, struck out.

^{page 42 note b} Followed by come vous savetz se, struck out.

^{page 42 note c} Followed by (a ce qest dit), struck out.

^{page 42 note d} Written above e, struck out.

^{page 42 note e} Written above de, struck out.

^{page 42 note f} Followed by qe, struck out.

^{page 42 note g} Followed by fetes, struck out.

^{page 42 note h} Followed by totes, struck out.

^{page 43 note a} Followed by plus, struck out.

^{page 43 note b} Followed by nostre frere, struck out.

^{page 43 note c} Followed by autre, struck out.

^{page 43 note d} Followed by autre, struck out.

^{page 43 note e} MS. Illistrissimo.

^{page 43 note f} MS. villarii.

^{page 43 note g} MS. degimur.

^{page 43 note h} MS. incommodum.

^{page 43 note i} MS. requirendos.

^{page 43 note j} MS. detinere.

^{page 44 note a} MS. contenti.

^{page 44 note b} MS. genitorem.

^{page 44 note c} MS. guerram ortam.

^{page 44 note d} MS. confideracionis.

^{page 44 note e} MS. agitare.

^{page 44 note f} MS. utitur cum ejus.

^{page 44 note g} MS. quod.

^{page 44 note h} MS. executos.

^{page 44 note i} MS. explicaciones.

^{page 44 note j} MS. jurisdiccionis.

^{page 44 note k} MS. officium.

^{page 44 note l} MS. principes.

^{page 44 note m} MS. magnifecenciam.

^{page 44 note n} MS. Sancte.

^{page 44 note o} MS. preteriti.

^{page 44 note p} MS. pretendere.

^{page 44 note q} MS. submissione.

^{page 44 note r} MS. paratos.

^{page 44 note s} MS. errore seductus.

^{page 45 note 1} This credence was obviously drawn up shortly before the war began; Adam Lymbergh, who is mentioned as constable of Bordeaux, left his office on 13 July 1324 : see above p. 3, n. 3. Besides, Arnaud de la Molière, who was one of the two envoys entrusted with Basset's credence, was in England in the first days of August; on 4 August, his appointment by Ralph Basset, seneschal of Guyenne, (dated from La Réole, 18 March 1323/4) as judge of appeal of the court of Gascony was confirmed by Edward II (Gascon Roll 36, m. 30^d) on the same day, he was granted a writ of liberate for £13.6.8 and he received this sum by the hands of John Stonore on 8 August (Issue Roll 207, m. 12). See also below, no. 66.

^{page 46 note 1} MS. Son.

^{page 47 note a} MS. Carriroti.

^{page 47 note b} MS. exponitis.

^{page 48 note a} Sic.

^{page 50 note 1} On 28 September 1324, Edward II ordered the arrest throughout England of all the people of Agen, Port-Sainte-Marie, Tonneins, Marmande, Sainte-Foy-La-Grande, Sainte-Bazeille and Landerron, because their fellow-citizens had rebelled against the king and surrendered their towns to the French (Gascon Roll 36, m. 25). A similar order was made on 24 November 1324 for the arrest of the people of Agenais, Bazadais, Périgord, Quercy, Saintonge and Oléron, except those from Penne, Puymirol, Pommiers and Montendre (Gascon Roll 36, m, 20; Chancery Miscellanea 25/2/32 : return from the Sheriffs of London).

^{page 51 note 1} The following extract will give an idea of the financial difficulties which faced English officials in Gascony at the outbreak of the war : ‘ Diversis civibus civitatis Burdegale pro denariis per ipsos nuper mutuatis dominis Alexandro Dublinensi archiepiscopo, Edmundo comiti Kancie, magistro Willelmo de Weston’, clerico, Ricardo de Grey, tune senescallo Vasconie, et Johanni Travers, tunc constabulario Burdegale, pro iminentibus et inevitabilibus necessitatibus tunc Occurrentibus in ducatu Aquitannie ac negociis domini regis inde expediendis mense Augusti anno xviij^o, videlicet Petro Garsie, draperio, cs. tur., Guillelmo Sancii de Mirallo xli. tur., magistro Raymundo Boneti, clerico, xli. tur., Raymundo Vitalis xixli. tur., Laurencio Furmental xvjli. tur., Roberto Noel, pellicerio, xxli. tur., magistro Elie de Pomeriis xvjli., Raymundo Leonis xxli. tur., Ranulpho Geraldo xxli. tur., pro quibus denariis hic solutis et aliis denariis per alios cives tunc mutuatis prefati domini obligantur per litteras suas eisdem civibus inde factas et Nicholao de Hugate restitutas super solucione dictorum denariorum eis facta per mandatum domini Regis sub magno sigillo eidem Nicholao pro hujusmodi debitis prefato comiti solvendis directum, per manus proprias apud Burdegalam mense Novembris anno predicto. Summa particularum predictarum : C xxxvjli. tur., val. xxvijli. iiijs. st.’ (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 10^r.)

^{page 51 note 2} For a list of purchases made by Adam Lymbergh, constable of Bordeaux, before 13 July 1324 for the reinforcement of the defences of Montpezat, La Ré;ole, Saintes and other castles, see Pipe Roll 183, m. 61.

^{page 52 note 1} The answer to this letter is printed below, no. 59.

^{page 53 note 1} The arrét of the Court of France which ordered the seizure of the duchy of Guyenne was issued on 23 June 1324 (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 30/2/21).

^{page 54 note 1} See below, p. 71, Note.

^{page 55 note 1} The answer to this letter is printed below, no. 56.

^{page 56 note 1} Bouquet, Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France, xxi. 492 : Charles IV was at Montpipeau in September 1324.

^{page 56 note 2} I.e. Master John Shoreditch ; see below. Note.

^{page 58 note 1} On 28 July 1324, the navy was summoned to be at Portsmouth on the Monday after St. Bartholomew';s day, i.e. 27 August (Gascon Roll 36, m. 29). Then, on 18 August, the date of the summons was postponed until the Monday following the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, i.e. 10 September (Gascon Roll 36, m. 29). Both eastern and southern fleets under the command of Admirals John Sturmy and Robert Bendin were scheduled to sail for Gascony, but only Bendin's southern fleet actually left from Falmouth on 22 September for its pre-arranged destination (Below no. 46). Sturmy's eastern fleet was instead on 16 September assigned to guard the seas off England, as the news had reached the English court that a large French navy was gathered on the coast of Zealand and that 15 big ships had sailed from Calais northwards (Gascon Roll 36, m. 26).—Similarly, the date of the summons for some archers and foot to be at Portsmouth on 27 August was postponed, first until 10 September and a second time until the Monday following St. Matthew's day, i.e. 24 September ; finally, on 17 September, the summons was cancelled and replaced by an order to remain for the defence of the realm and be prepared to go wherever they might be needed (Gascon Roll 36, mm. 28–26).

^{page 59 note 1} Writs dated at Porchester on 16, 26 September and 1 October 1324 mention the concentration of ships on the French coast (Gascon Roll 36, m. 26 and 25).

^{page 59 note 2} Agnes Leyburn, abbess of Mailing, died on 20 September 1324 ; see Registrum Hamonis Hethe, diocesis Roffensis, ed. Johnson, Charles (Oxford, 1948), p. 140Google Scholar.

^{page 61 note a} MS. comin.

^{page 64 note 1} On 24 November 1324, all the ships from Southampton, Dover, etc., carrying 40 tons of wine and more, were ordered to rally their respective ports before the first Sunday in Lent, i.e. 24 February 1325, ready to go with the king to Gascony (Gascon Roll 36, m. 20). The king's passage was postponed, first until 17 March, then until 17 May and finally until 2 August 1325 (Gascon Roll 36, m. 19–17 : 22–23 December 1324 ; m. 14–13 : 20 February 1325 ; m. 3 : I May 1325. Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 583, 591).

^{page 65 note 1} Printed in Delpit, Jules, Collection générale des documents français qui se trouvent en Angleterre (Paris, 1847), pp. 56–9Google Scholar.

^{page 66 note a} Followed by tutte, struck out.

^{page 66 note b} Written above ove, struck out.

^{page 67 note 1} See Gascon Roll 36, m. 20^d (Ravensdale, 10 Jan. 1325) : Edw. II to the people of La Réole.

^{page 67 note 2} See Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 572 (30 September 1324).

^{page 68 note a} sinck', written, above.

^{page 68 note b} MS. depar, the first two letters having been struck out.

^{page 68 note c} Written above qe al enfrenance, struck out.

^{page 68 note d} Followed by two words which have been struck out.

^{page 68 note e} MS. voz vos.

^{page 68 note f} Written above et a terrour et arrerisement de toutz vos adversaires en la querele avandite, struck out.

^{page 68 note g} Followed by qe Dieux assoille, struck out.

^{page 69 note a} Followed by qe la, struck out.

^{page 69 note b} Followed by soleient, struck out.

^{page 69 note c} Followed by et les, struck out.

^{page 69 note d} The end of the document is written on the dorse.

^{page 69 note e} Followed by dites pees, struck out.

^{page 69 note f} Followed by si meileure forme ne soit trove, struck out.

^{page 69 note g} Written above vous et vos ministres de la dite, vos dites terres estes enpeschez soit si puppliqemeni sewe, dunt, struck out.

^{page 69 note h} Written above est, struck out.

^{page 69 note i} Followed by lexe., contre, struck out.

^{page 69 note j} Followed by avant, struck out.

^{page 69 note k} Followed by ait, struck out.

^{page 69 note l} Followed by soulement, struck out.

^{page 69 note m} Followed by vostre, struck out.

^{page 69 note n} Written above Laurent [ … ] savet avant, struck out.

^{page 69 note o} This word seems to have been struck out by error.

^{page 69 note p} Followed by mes, struck out.

^{page 69 note q} Followed by ove, struck out.

^{page 70 note a} Written above […] manere de, struck out.

^{page 70 note b} Written above de, struck out.

^{page 70 note c} Written above par quoi, struck out.

^{page 70 note d} Written above ovesqes eux, struck out.

^{page 70 note e} Followed by Dengleterre, struck out.

^{page 70 note f} Followed by eust, struck out.

^{page 70 note g} Followed by d[…], struck out.

^{page 70 note h} Written above roi et ceux de France, struck out.

^{page 70 note i} Written above pa, struck out.

^{page 70 note j} Repeated.

^{page 70 note k} Followed by nul homme purra et devera faire, et molt countre la volunte des plusoures le petit qest fait, pur ceo qe hom quida touz jours la pees parmie les resonables voies qe hom' tendist.

^{page 70 note l} Written above fait avaunt cest houre, struck out.

^{page 70 note m} Followed by lui, struck out.

^{page 70 note n} Followed by riches et, struck out.

^{page 70 note o} Followed by vous, struck out.

^{page 70 note p} Followed by molt, struck out.

^{page 70 note q} Followed by d, struck out.

^{page 70 note r} Above the line beginning with a confusion, an illegible passage ending in de Franceys is interlineated.

^{page 70 note s} Followed by a grant, struck out.

^{page 70 note t} Followed by et a ceo qe lui me, struck out.

^{page 70 note u} Written above pensez, struck out.

^{page 71 note a} Followed by vostre (la), struck out.

^{page 71 note b} Written above veigne, struck out.

^{page 71 note c} Followed by co, struck out.

^{page 71 note d} Followed by de lui, struck out.

^{page 71 note e} Written above en, struck out.

^{page 71 note f} Followed by susdites, struck out.

^{page 72 note a} Written after et queux, struck out.

^{page 72 note b} Followed by gentz, struck out.

^{page 72 note c} Written above Holaunde et de Selaunde, struck out.

^{page 72 note d} Followed by s, struck out.

^{page 72 note e} Followed by par qe nous ne voloms pas qe vous attendee du tout a les peschours ou[…] voloms. Par quoi nous, struck out.

^{page 72 note f} Followed by maun, struck out.

^{page 72 note g} Following coment qil soit, struck out.

^{page 72 note h} Followed by qe vous vous puissez trere, struck out.

^{page 72 note i} Followed by qe, struck out.

^{page 72 note j} Followed by nei, struck out.

^{page 73 note 1} See Cal. Pat. Rolls 1324–27, p. 28 (Porchester, 28 September 1324) : ‘ Appointment of Stephen Alard as captain and admiral of the fleet from the mouth of Thames westwards …, until the return of Robert Bendyn, captain and admiral of that fleet, who is going to the duchy on the king's service.’

^{page 74 note 1} This is the reply to the letter printed above, no. 41.

^{page 75 note a} Written above kar, struck out.

^{page 75 note b} Followed by ho., nous en feroms touz jours en ce qe a nous apartient nostre devoir e, si Dieu plest, struck out.

^{page 75 note c} Written above vous touz qe avez eu le travail, struck out.

^{page 75 note d} Corrected from esperomt.

^{page 75 note e} Followed by hom, struck out.

^{page 75 note f} Written above fereit si avant come hom poet, struck out.

^{page 75 note g} Followed by sen, (avis) e, struck out.

^{page 75 note h} Corrected from El.

^{page 75 note i} Written above vous, struck out.

^{page 75 note j} Followed by e as Fraunceis, struck out.

^{page 75 note k} Followed by eux, struck out.

^{page 75 note l} Followed by an insertion mark with the words in dorso ; the passage to be inserted extends from [qe] le petit arrai … to … passer par la mer.

^{page 75 note m} Followed by et est durant cel tretiz, struck out.

^{page 75 note n} Followed by da, struck out.

^{page 75 note o} Followed by au, struck out.

^{page 75 note p} Written above mou, struck out.

^{page 75 note q} Here ends the inserted passage transcribed on the dorse.

^{page 76 note a} Written above bien, struck out.

^{page 76 note b} Followed by e lestat, struck out.

^{page 76 note c} Followed by de, struck out.

^{page 76 note d} Written above le roi Descoce, struck out.

^{page 76 note e} Written above a ceo qe gentz, struck out.

^{page 76 note f} Written above nous ont dit, struck out.

^{page 76 note g} Followed by les les, struck out.

^{page 76 note h} Written above lui, struck out.

^{page 76 note i} Written above la quele, struck out.

^{page 76 note j} Followed by (ou b), struck out.

^{page 77 note a} Followed by qest, struck out.

^{page 77 note b} Followed by plus e, struck out.

^{page 77 note c} The rest of the letter is written on the dorse.

^{page 77 note d} One illegible word is written above.

^{page 77 note e} Written above autres choses, struck out.

^{page 77 note f} Written above e par certeines mentions e certeines summes, struck out.

^{page 77 note g} Written above qe, struck out.

^{page 77 note h} Written above qe, struck out.

^{page 77 note i} Written above (de nostre recourse) pur lonur du roi e la savete de sa terre puisque autant est venu, struck out.

^{page 77 note j} Followed by al pt, struck out.

^{page 77 note k} Corrected from richez.

^{page 78 note 1} This is the reply to the letter printed above, no. 36.

^{page 79 note a} Written above a, struck out.

^{page 79 note b} Followed by tesmonier, struck out.

^{page 79 note c} Followed by voille qe vous, struck out.

^{page 79 note d} Written above taunt come, struck out.

^{page 79 note e} Followed by au pluis sovent qe vous purrez, struck out.

^{page 79 note f} Followed by venir, struck out.

^{page 79 note g} Written above illoeqes ou, struck out.

^{page 79 note h} Written above ou nel un nel autre, struck out.

^{page 79 note i} Followed by les, struck out.

^{page 79 note j} Followed by et les, struck out.

^{page 79 note k} Followed by coment les, struck out.

^{page 79 note l} Followed by e, struck out.

^{page 79 note m} Seems to have been corrected from v,

^{page 79 note n} Followed by sont, struck out.

^{page 79 note o} Followed by Dengleterre, struck out.

^{page 80 note 1} Nicholas Hugate, clerk, receptor denariorum et victualium regis in partibus ducatus Aquitannie, landed at Bordeaux on 3 October 1324 and came back to England from Gascony on 19 May 1326 (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 17⁹). With him went approximately 200 men-at-arms including John Segrave the elder, Stephen Segrave, John Segrave the younger, Thomas Latimer Buchard, Fulk Fitz Warin, Peter Dovedale, John Felton, John Haustede, Robert Swynburn, William Beauchamp, Nicholas Kyriel, etc. (Ibid., fos. 30–9.)

^{page 81 note 1} Adam Lymbergh, Robert Echingham and others were sent by the earl of Kent to Edward II ‘ pur ly enfourmer de lestat du pais et des perils qe hom supposa avenir a mesme la duchee pur la venue del host du roi de France qe fut adonqes en [v]enaunt as dites parties pur la duchee prendre et seissir en sa main pur defaute de homage … et a exciter mesme nostre seignur le roi … dy envoyer par cele cause socours de gentz darmes et a pee, darmures et de vitailles … ’ ; Lymbergh left Bordeaux for England on 18 October 1324 (Exchequer, Parliament and Council Proceedings 2/16/2).

^{page 82 note 1} The reply to this letter is printed below, no. 94. John Travers was appointed constable of Bordeaux on 1 April 1324 (Gascon Roll 35, m. 4). On 30 April 1324, he received £10 ‘ pro expensis suis eundo versus Vasconiam, de dono regis ’ (Issue Roll 207, m. 8). He probably left England soon after, to take up his post on 14 July : see above, no. 35.

^{page 82 note 2} This letter is already printed in J. Delpit, Collection générale des documents français … (Paris, 1847), pp. 55–6.

^{page 83 note 1} See above, no. 31.

^{page 84 note a} Followed by de, struck out.

^{page 84 note b} Followed by sont, struck out.

^{page 86 note 1} This is a reference to a writ dated at Westminster, 25 August 1321, and ordering the seneschal of Gascony to assist the people of Bayonne who were summoned to appear before the king of France at Poitiers (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/9/14 = Gascon Roll 35, m. 20 = Anc. Corr. XXXII, nos. 102–3).

^{page 87 note 1} This ordinance, to which English lawyers constantly referred between 1285 and 1340, was made in the Westminster parliament of Easter 1285, following a request from the people of Gascony and Agenais that Edward I should not give military service to Philip III for the war against Aragon (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 28/3/37). Although the actual text of this ordinance has not come down to us, its main points were summarized in the early part of the reign of Edward III, as follows : ‘ Memorandum quod ordinacio ad evitandum guerre et exheredacionis pericula et alia dampna et prejudicia in ordinaria cognicione curie Francie iminencia ex hac parte per avum domini nostri regis et ejus consilium facta in parliamento suo London’ anno gracie Millesimo CC lxxxv^to inter cetera continebat in effectu : In primis, quod advocati et procuratores sui judicium a paribus et presidentibus curie Francie petere non deberent nec in ipsorum cognicionem nee in inquisiciones auctoritate ordinaria Francie regis extra dictam curiam faciendas consentire super aliquibus terris et jurisdiccionibus dicto Anglie regi in partibus transmarinis pertinentibus Francie regi per convenciones quascumque inter ipsos et antecessores suos initas dandis, liberandis seu restituendis vel super aliquibus in dictis convencionibus comprehensis seu dependentibus ex eisdem aut aliis quibuscumque que hujusmodi convencionum virtute danda, liberanda seu restituenda, facienda, conservanda, revocanda fuerint seu conplenda, de quibus inter dictos reges questio moveretur —Item, quod, si forsan dicti pares et presidentes super hiis judicium ferre seu cognoscere aut per alios auctoritate ordinaria Francie regis extra dictam curiam inquiri facere voluerint super terris aut jurisdiccionibus predictis, advocati et procuratores predicti proponerent ex hac parte quod, sicut convenciones pacis inter Anglie et Francie reges per prelatos et nobiles hincinde assignatos inite erant comuniter et firmate super modo tenendi terras et jurisdicciones predictas, sic et inquisicio, cognicio ac judicium super dictarum convencionum conservacione et complemento, declaracione et interpretacione ac super revocacione omnium attemptatorum contra modum tenendi supradictum per deputandos hincinde comuniter fieri deberent. Et si, hujusmodi proposicione non obstante, dicti pares et presidentes modis omnibus cognoscere vel judicare voluerint, fieret protestacio ex hac parte de non excedendo fines supplicacionis (MS. supplicaciones)avel requeste in negociis supradictis … ’ (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 30/5/17).

^{page 88 note 1} John Segrave the elder, banneret, died in Bayonne on 3 September 1325 and was buried in Chalcombe priory before the following 19 November (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 30; Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 381/14).

^{page 90 note 1} I.e. Aubert Mège; see below, no. 86.

^{page 91 note 1} Ralph Basset re-entered the office of seneschal of Gascony on 5 November 1324 and relinquished it on 23 December 1324 (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 36^r).

For his letters of appointment, see Gascon Roll 36, mm. 30 and 26 (21 July and 30 September 1324).

^{page 91 note 2} See above, no. 57.

^{page 91 note 3} He was appointed keeper of the castle of Sempuy on 17 October 1322 (Gascon Roll 35, m. 12^d).

^{page 92 note a} Followed by vostre, struck out.

^{page 92 note b} Written above vostre, struck out.

^{page 93 note 1} Robert Swynburn entered the office of mayor of Bordeaux on 7 November 1324 (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 33^d).

^{page 93 note 2} See above, no. 72 ; below, no. 127. On 20 November 1324, the mayor and jurats of Bordeaux obtained another loan of £400, which were paid to them at Bordeaux by Nicholas Hugate ‘ super reparacione murorum et aliorum defectuum dicte civitatis ’ (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 107^d). Master Thomas de Martheleye the engineer started directing the work on engines at Bordeaux on 9 November 1324 (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 165/2). In February, March and April 1325, Nicholas Hugate also paid £69 IIs, od. ‘ in faccione centum brachiatarum muri lapidei civitatis Burdegale et fossati adjacentis eidem pro fortificacione et defensione ejusdem civitatis ob timorem Gallicorum qui tunc minabantur Warn obsidere ’ (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. II^d).

^{page 93 note 3} I.e. Henry Swynburn ; see Calendar Pat. Rolls 1321–4, p. 90 (5 April 1322) ; Ibid., 324–7, p. 27 (12 September 1324) : Protection with clause volumus for one year for Henry Swynburn who has gone to Aquitaine with Robert Swynburn.

^{page 94 note 1} The earl of Kent also sent an envoy to Germany, probably for the same purpose (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 14^r) : ‘ Reymundo Seguyn, scutifero de hospicio domini comitis Kancie, misso per eundem de Burdegala usque Paris ’ et Almaniam cum litteris dicti comitis predictis domine regine et filio suo ac eciam aliis nobilibus parcium predictarum Almanie directis, pro expensis suis per lx dies per quos intendebat quibusdam negociis in dictis litteris contentis, eundo, morando et redeundo, percipienti per diem xijd., aper manus proprias apud Burdegalam xxviij die Januarii anno xviij^o : xls. et xxv die Decembris anno xix^o : xxs.—Summa : lxs.’

^{page 94 note 2} Robert Swynburn held the office of mayor of Bordeaux, from 7 November 1324 to 12 November 1325, on which day he was replaced by John Haustede (Add. MS. 7967, fo. 33^d).

^{page 95 note a} Here ends the schedule.

^{page 95 note b} MS. a vous.

^{page 95 note c} MS. a vous.

^{page 96 note 1} Raymond de Lavison was one of the jurats of La Réole who took the oath to Ralph Basset on 10 October 1323, at La Réole (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 26/17).

^{page 96 note 2} I.e. Antonio di Pessagno.

^{page 99 note 1} Gascon Roll 36, m. 14 (Westminster, 24 February 1325) : Safe-conduct on behalf of Anissant de Toujouze and Pierre de la Biée, returning to Gascony.

^{page 100 note 1} Roger de Clisseby was treasurer at Bayonne where he died on or shortly before 5 March 1325 ; see below, no. 157.

^{page 101 note 1} Robert Bendin's fleet probably sailed in the first days of November from Portsmouth to reach Bordeaux on or shortly before 10 November : see below, no. 95. This fleet comprised 30 ships ; see Exchequer K. R., Accounts Various 381/4 (Porchester, 9 October 1324) : ‘ Gervasio Whityng ’, magistro navis vocate la Welifare de Wynchelse, et xxix aliis magistris, xxxvj constabulariis et M¹ xxxv sociis suis nautis xxx navium diversarum parcium quinque portuum et Bristoll' missorum in flota regis in comitiva domini Roberti Bendyn, militis et admiralli, de portu de Portesmuth usque in Vasconiam cum denariis et victualibus regis pro sustentacione fidelium suorum ibidem commorancium pro guerra mota in eisdem partibus inter dominum regem et regem Francie, pro vadiis suis inter vij diem mensis Octobris et iij diem Novembris … (received at Porchester on 9 October 1324 the sum of £399 19s. 3d.) ‘.

Bendin sailed back to England shortly after the above letter was written and landed at Plymouth on 4 December 1324 (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 16/37).

^{page 102 note 1} I.e. Eliot Gaucelme, clerk of Aubert Mège and registrar of the court of the bailli of Castillonès ; see Pipe Roll 183, m. 59^d (Account of Adam Lymbergh from 24 June 1322 to 24 June 1323, seénéchaussée of Agenais) : ‘ … Nee respondent de scribania curie bajuli Castilhones’, quia magister Elias Gaucelmi, clericus magistri Alberti, tenet earn ex concessione regis ad terminum vite sue …’ ; see also Gascon Roll 35, m. 18. It is interesting to note that a petition from Eliot Gaucelme is written in the same hand as the letter printed above and most letters issued in the name of Aubert Mège : see Ancient Petitions 14500.

^{page 103 note 1} British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 10^r (23 November 1324) : ‘ Johanni de Clavering ’, scutifero, misso cum litteris comitis Kancie de Burdegala usque Angliam ad intimandum domino regi rumores de statu parcium Vasconie, pro expensis suis, sic eundo, morando et redeundo, per preceptum dicti comitis, per manus proprias apud Burdegalam xxiij^o die Novembris anno predicto xviij^o : cs.’

Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 381/4 (10 January 1325) : ‘ Johanni de Claryng ’, valletto domini Edmundi, comitis Kancie, venienti ad dominum regem cum litteris dicti domini sui, de dono dicti domini regis, per manus proprias apud Ravenesdale x die Januarii: xls.’

^{page 105 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 101^r (16 October 1324) : ‘ Petro Frezapain, consuli ville de Penna, et aliis consulibus ejusdem ville pro bono et laudabili servicio quod predicti consules et universitas domino regi antedicto fideliter inpenderunt et inpendent in futurum, de dono prefati domini nostri regis in subsidium municionis seu garnisionis ejusdem ville contra emulos et inimicos dicti domini regis per ordinacionem dicti domini comitis et consilii sui et mandatum ipsius comitis, per manus dicti Petri ibidem (apud Burdegalam) eodem die (xvj die Octobris anno xviij ^o) : lxli.’

^{page 106 note a} Followed by tot soun consailh, struck out.

^{page 106 note b} Followed by vostre, struck out.

^{page 107 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 9^d (20 November 1324) : ‘ Domino Willelmo de Lymbergh’, clerico, misso per dictum comitem usque Xancton’ ad inquirendum ibidem de victualibus et garnesturis inventis in dicto castro ibidem tempore adventus domini Johannis de Felton’, capitanei ejusdem, pro expensis suis per x dies eundo, morando et redeundo, per manus proprias apud Burdegalam xx^o die Novembris anno xviij^o, percipienti per diem ijs. per mandatum dicti domini comitis : xxs.’

^{page 107 note 2} This is the reply to above, no. 64.

^{page 108 note 1} British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 4^r (Recepta denariorum) : ‘ De domino Roberto Bendyn, admirallo flote navium ab ore Thamisie usque partes occidentals, et Roberto Bataille, barone de portu de Wynchelse, liberantibus denarios apud Burdegalam x die Novembris anno xviij^O per litteram Nicholai de Hugate recepcionem denariorum testificantem cujus data est ibidem eodem die, quos quidem denarios prefati Robertus et Robertus receperunt in Anglia ad ducendum versus partes Vasconie pro negociis domini regis ibidem faciendis : xiiij m¹ dc mar.’

^{page 108 note 2} British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 9^d (schedule) : ‘ Hugoni de Chaumpayn assignato ad recipiendum in portu Burdegale de Roberto Bendyn et Roberto Bataille frumentum transmissum de partibus Anglie in comitiva eorumdem mense Novembris anno xviij^o, pro mensuracione M¹ xxxviij quar. vij bz. hujus frumenti extra naves, videlicet pro mensuracione singulorum iiij^orquar., jd. st. : xxjs. vijd. o. st. ; et pro portagio dicti frumenti de navibus usque granarium, videlicet pro quolibet quar., o. st. ; xliijs. Iijd. st.; et pro jactacione dicti frumenti in granario per vices, quia frumentum recipiebatur in magna parte putridum, inter x diem Novembris anno xviij^o et primum diem Maii proximo sequentem anno eodem: xxxviijs. xjd. ob. st. …’

^{page 109 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 9^d (Necessaria) : ‘ Et pro rumagio C iiij^xx xiij doliorum j pipe vini missi in Angliam mense Novembris anno xviij^o in navi vocata la James de Westm’ et in navi vocata la Petre de Gillingham pro quolibet dolio ijd.: xxxijs. iijd.st.’

^{page 110 note 1} Compare below, no. 176 ; on 24 December 1324, Edward II addressed letters of credence on behalf of Mathieu de Lucbon to the community of Porte-Sainte-Marie (Gascon Roll 36, m. 20^d).

^{page 112 note a} Followed by vous, struck out.

^{page 112 note b} Followed by an erasure.

^{page 112 note c} Written above fesoms, struck out.

^{page 112 note d} Followed by (si ce ne feust par defaute de sen ou davisement), struck out.

^{page 112 note e} Written above troverioms, struck out.

^{page 112 note f} Followed by mes que, struck out.

^{page 112 note g} Followed by mes, struck out.

^{page 112 note h} Written above mescrorrioms mie soulement vous, mais touz autres qe viveroient apres, dont il nous poseroit, struck out.

^{page 112 note i} Followed by sire, struck out.

^{page 112 note j} Written above et mesurrees, struck out.

^{page 112 note k} Written above Et si ce soil autrement la charge cherra sur vous auxi bien come sur autres qe se quident estre autant santz blame come vous soiez, par quei, eu a cestes choses et autres regard, pensez diligeaument a faire vostre devoir, struck out.

^{page 113 note 1} John Hildesle arrived at Dover on 14 January 1325 (Pipe Roll 173, m. 43).

^{page 113 note 2} Robert Wateville, sent by the earl of Kent to survey the defences of the castles of Saint Macaire, Gensac and Puynormand and of the towns of Saint Emilion and Libourne, left Bordeaux on 22 November 1324 to return on 14 December following (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 35^d). Jean de Bagnères the engineer accompanied him when he visited Saint Macaire ‘ … ad investigandum ibidem materiam per quam posset resisti inimicis domini regis ne descenderent cum corallis ad obsidendum dictam villam ex parte regis Francie …’ (Ibid., fo. 9^d).

^{page 113 note 3} British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 107^d : ‘ Magistro Willelmo de Weston’, eunti per ordinacionem domini comitis Kancie et consilii sui de Burdegala usque Paris' pro quibusdam negociis arduis dominum nostrum regem et statum ducatus sui Aquitannie concernentibus ibidem expediendis, de prestito super expensis suis per manus Thome Lunel, valletti sui, per mandatum dicti comitis et litteras suas de recepcione apud Burdegalam xx die Decembris anno xviij^o : xxxli.’

^{page 114 note 1} On 6 January 1325, Edward II asked King Alfonso XI of Castile to allow Gascons to buy horses, military equipment and victuals in Spain and take them out of the country (Gascon Roll 37, m. 12^d). See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 9^r : ‘ Diversis mercatoribus de Ispania pro DL quar. frumenti Ispanie emptis de eisdem per Nicholaum de Hugate … per vices mensibus Februarii et Marcii anno xviij^o …’

^{page 114 note 2} British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 10^r (22 December 1324) : ‘ Domino Roberto de Echyngham, militi, misso per dictum comitem et consilium suum in ducatu Aquitannie sibi assistens de Burdegala usque partes Anglie ad dominum regem pro negociis arduis ipsum et ducatum suum tangentibus erga ipsum dominum regem et consilium suum prosequendis, pro expensis suis, hominum et equorum suorum per xl dies sibi assignatos per dictum comitem eundo, morando et in partibus Anglie eadem negocia sequendo, per manus Thome de la Forde, valletti sui, apud Burdegalam xxij die Decembris, videlicet pro quolibet die vs. : xli.’—o Issue Roll 210, m. 7 : (23 November 1324) : ‘ Roberto de Echingham, militi, et magistro Johanni de Hildesle, missis in negociis regis ad partes Vasconie : xxvjli. xiijs. iiijd. lib. eisdem xxiij^o die Novembris per manus proprias … ’

^{page 116 note a} Corrected from pleis.

^{page 118 note a} MS. domini.

^{page 118 note b} MS. dileccionum.

^{page 118 note c} MS. contrarior'.

^{page 118 note d} MS. providentibus.

^{page 119 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 10^d (14 January 1325) : ‘ Rogero de Peldon’, homini equiti armato, assignato per dictum comitem ad custodiendum aquam de Gerounde ne victualia ibidem adducta per naves Anglie in potestatem regis Francie in subsidium inimicorum transferantur, pro una gabarra conducta ad vigilandum dictam aquam per xiiij dies, solutis pro qualibet (MS. quolibet) dieta vjd., per manus proprias apud Burdegalam xiiij^o die Januarii: vijs.’

^{page 120 note 1} British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 10^d (2 January 1325) : ‘ Domino Willelmo de Bello Campo, militi, misso per comitem Kancie et consilium suum de Burdegala usque Angliam ad dominum regem pro negociis arduis i psum regem et ducatum suum tangentibus versus eundem et consilium suum prosequendis, pro expensis suis, hominum et equorum suorum per xlviij dies sibi assignatos per dictum comitem eundo, morando et dicta negocia sequendo, per manus proprias apud Burdegalam secundo die Januarii anno predicto xviij^o, percipienti per diem vs. : xijh.’— William Beauchamp left Basset's retinue on 2 January (ibid., fo. 36^r). On 7 March 1325, he was about to return to Gascony (Issue Roll 210, m. 8 : grant of £5, paid to Gilbert Kelshull on behalf of Beauchamp).

^{page 121 note a} Followed by apreas, struck out.

^{page 123 note a} Followed by bos, struck out.

^{page 124 note 1} Ralph Cobham died before 2 January 1326 (Anc. Corr. XLIX, no. 91).

^{page 125 note 1} On envoys sent by the earl of Kent to Mouton de Blainville between October 1324 and January 1325, see British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 9^d (1 November 1324) : ‘ Garsie de les Enfauntz, misso per eundem comitem domino Johanni de Bleville, militi regis Francie existenti in partibus Agennesii, pro negociis domini regis secum expediendis, pro expensis suis sic eundo, morando et redeundo per preceptum dicti comitis, per manus proprias apud Burdegalam primo die Novembris anno predicto : di. mar.’ ; ibid., fo. 10^r (24 December 1324) : ‘ Magistro Elie de Verduno, consiliario negociorum regis in ducatu Aquitannie, misso per comitem Kancie una cum aliis de eodem consilio domino Johanni de Bleville ad tractandum cum eodem de negociis regis ducatum suum Aquitannie tangentibus, pro expensis suis per v dies, percipienti per diem iiijs., per manus proprias ibidem (apud Burdegalam) eodem die (xxiiij die Decembris) : xxs.’ ; ibid., fo. 10^r (24 December 1324) : ‘ Domino Roberto de Thorp', militi, misso per dictum comitem usque Vesacum in negociis domini regis sibi per consiliarios ipsius domini regis in partibus Aquitannie dicto comiti assistentes sibi injunctis, pro expensis suis per v dies, percipienti per diem iiijs., per manus Johannis Peny ibidem (apud Burdegalam) xxiiij^to die Decembris anno predicto xviij^o : xxs. ; ibid., fo. 10^d (28 January 1325) : ‘ Edmundo de Percy, scutifero dicti comitis Kancie, misso per eundem comitem de Burdegala usque Vesacum cum litteris ejusdem comitis per duas vices domino Johanni de Bleville directis pro diversis negociis dominum regem et ducatum suum tangentibus, pro expensis suis per x dies eundo, morando et redeundo, percipienti per diem xijd. per preceptum dicti comitis, per manus proprias ibidem (apud Burdegalam) xxviij die Januarii anno xviij^o : xs.’

^{page 126 note 1} See above, no. 108.

^{page 127 note 1} Raymond Durand was in England in July 1324 ; on 23 July 1324, he received a gift of £66 13s. 4d. in pursuance to a writ dated at Porchester, 17 July, ‘ in subsidium status ordinis militaris quem de rege nuper susceperat' (Issue Roll 207, m. 12).

^{page 128 note 1} See Gascon Roll 36, m. 22 (Porchester, 28 September 1324) : ‘ … de consilio nostro ordinavimus quod corpora omnium Gallicorum et eciam aliorum de dominio et potestate dicti regis cujuscumque status, condicionis seu sexus existant infra regnum nostrum, eciam si sint de hospicio nostro vel consortis nostre carissime aut alterius cujuscumque, capiantur …’

^{page 129 note 1} John Stratford, bishop of Winchester, sent by Edward II on a mission to France, left London on 3 December 1324, crossed the Channel via Dover-Wissant on 11 December, re-crossed it via Wissant-Dover on 13 January 1325 and was back in London on 17 January (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309/27, m. 1).

^{page 131 note 1} In a writ dated from Paris, 18 December 1324, Charles IV summoned Charles de Valois to be at Bergerac on 1 May 1325 with 400 men at arms and 1,000 arbalestriers (Paris, Archives Nationales J. 164^B, no. 58).

A similar summons was issued on the same day to the duke of Burgundy, who was also to be at Bergerac on 1 May 1325 with 300 men at arms : Petit, Ernest, Histoire des dues de Bourgogne, viii (Dijon, 1903), p. 283Google Scholar. See also Finke, H., Acta Aragonensia (Berlin and Leipzig, 1908), p. 413, no. 273Google Scholar ; Devic, and Vaissete, , Histoire ginirale de Languedoc, ix (Toulouse, 1885), p. 435 and n. 2Google Scholar.

^{page 133 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 101^r (27 October 1324) : ‘ Petro de Anagresia, ballivo de Tholosa, venienti ad dominum comitem Kancie ex parte burgensium dicti loci ad intimandum dicto domino comiti quedam negocia secreta ex parte eorumdem, de dono domini regis nomine expensarum suarum, per preceptum dicti domini comitis, per manus proprias apud Burdegalam xxvij die Octobris : xs.’

^{page 133 note 2} In the Landes district the war went on even after the peace treaty between England and France had been publicly proclaimed (14 August 1325) ; see British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 71^d (Expenses of Raymond Durand, seneschal of the Landes) : ‘ Eidem domino Reymundo pro vadiis x hominum armatorum equitum et lx servientum peditum sibi assignatorum ad habendum in fortaliciis Sancti Georgii, castri de Poyano et abbathie de Duyvilla pro custodia et tuicione dictorum fortaliciorum et terre Auree Vallis domini nostri regis racione guerre tune aperte et indies continuate inter gentes dicti domini nostri regis Anglie parcium illarum et dominum de Lebreto et gentes suas de Gamard a xv die dicti mensis Augusti usque secundum diem Octobris proximo sequentis …’

^{page 134 note 1} On 20 January 1325, Giles de Ispannia was given letters of credence addressed to the king of Portugal in connexion with the treason of Antonio di Pessagno, brother of the admiral of the Portuguese fleet of Genoa (Gascon Roll 37, m. 12^d ; see below, no. 128).

^{page 134 note 2} I.e. on the second Sunday in Lent (3 March 1325) : Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 584.

^{page 134 note 3} Edward II arrived at Westminster on 4 February 1325 (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 381/4).

^{page 134 note 4} See Chancery Liberate Roll 101, m. 4 (Westminster, 8 February 1325) : grant of a loan of £600 to the mayor and community of Bordeaux.—Issue Roll 212, m. 6 (10 February 1325) : ‘ Johanni Columbe et Bertrando Caylou de Burdegala ex parte majoris et communitatis civitatis regis Burdegale ad ipsum regem venientibus, de prestito DC li. lib. eisdem x die Februarii per manus eorumdem Johannis et Bertrandi pro clausura predicte civitatis emendenda et aliis negociis ipsos majorem et communitatem contingentibus inde expediendis, per litteras obligatorias ipsorum Johannis et Bertrandi de summa predicta regi ad voluntatem suam solvenda, quousque dicti major et communitas literas suas obligatorias de summa predicta sub sigillo suo communi regi fideliter solvenda fecerint in forma competenti, que quidem littere remanent inter alias literas obligatorias in custodia camerariorum, per breve de liberate datum apud Westm’ v[i]ij^o die Februarii anno xviij^o …’

^{page 135 note 1} This letter is already printed in Delpit, J., Collection générale des documents français qui se trouvent en Angleterre (Paris, 1847), pp. 54–5Google Scholar.

^{page 135 note 2} See Note, below.

^{page 135 note 3} On 20 January 1325, Edward II asked the king of Portugal to prevent the admiral of the Portuguese fleet of Genoa, who was the brother of Antonio di Pessagno, from joining the latter who had betrayed the English cause and turned to the French king (Gascon Roll 37, m. 12^d). On 23 January, Edward asked Alfonso XI of Castile to support the above request made to the king of Portugal (ibid.). On 16 July 1324, Antonio di Pessagno received a loan of 5,000 livres tournois from Charles IV (Viard, J., Les Journaux du Trésor de Charles IV-le-Bel (Paris, 1917), no. 5635)Google Scholar.

^{page 136 note a} Followed by vous, struck out.

^{page 136 note b} Followed by vos, struck out.

^{page 136 note c} Followed by are, struck out.

^{page 136 note d} Followed by il, struck out.

^{page 136 note e} Followed by an, struck out.

^{page 137 note 1} Followed by Scru, struck out.

^{page 138 note a} MS. deblamemerount.

^{page 138 note b} Written above emparlent, struck out.

^{page 138 note c} Followed by a nostre seignur le roi, struck out.

^{page 138 note d} Written above si, struck out.

^{page 138 note e} Followed by nous, struck out.

^{page 138 note f} Followed by pluis, struck out.

^{page 139 note a} Followed by comence, struck out.

^{page 139 note b} Written above de jour en autre, sicome nous savoms qe vous le freez bonement, et, struck out.

^{page 139 note c} Followed by ad, struck out.

^{page 139 note d} Written above qe vous avez eu cea en arere et averez de cy en avaunt qe, struck out.

^{page 139 note e} Written above de, struck out.

^{page 139 note f} Followed by dont, struck out.

^{page 139 note g} Followed by et dentre, struck out.

^{page 139 note h} Followed by et counseil, struck out.

^{page 139 note i} Followed by vous prioms derechief, fesoms saver qe, struck out.

^{page 139 note j} Followed by ce, struck out.

^{page 139 note k} Followed by (b) ses, struck out.

^{page 139 note l} Followed by maunde, struck out.

^{page 140 note 1} See above, no 127, art. xij and note.

^{page 140 note 2} This is a reference to the treaty of 1 November 1254 (Exchequer T.R., Diplomatic Documents 1108, printed in Rymer, Foedera, i(i), 310).

^{page 141 note a} On 18 January 1325, Edward II addressed letters of credence to Alfonso XI, king of Castile, to his tutors and to the bishop of Burgos on behalf of Pierre Galicien, Arnaud Guillaume de Béarn, John Stonore and master John Burton, canon of Wells, who were to negotiate a marriage contract between Leonor, Alfonso's sister, and Edward, earl of Chester (Rymer, Foedera. ii(i), 585). On 6 February, Edward II appointed Arnaud Guillaume de Beam, John Stonore, William Weston and Pierre Galicien as his proctors to negotiate the marriage contract mentioned above and another between Alfonso XI and Eleanor, Edward II's daughter, and conclude a treaty of alliance between Castile and England (Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 586–7).—See Issue Roll 217, m. 4 : ‘ Johanni de Stonore, militi, nuper misso una cum magistro Willelmo de Weston’ et Egidio de Ispannia ad partes Ispannie, … pro expensis suis …, videlicet a xv^o die Februarii anno xviij^o, quo die iter suum arripuit versus predictas partes, usque xxvij diem Augusti proximo sequentis, quo die rediit ad regem a partibus predictis per C iiij^xx xiiij dies … ’—William Weston was also allowed expenses for his journey from 15 February to 27 August 1325 (ibid.). John Hildesle, who accompanied John Stonor and William Weston to Castile before going to Aragon, left the king who was then in London on 21 February 1325 (Pipe Roll 173, m. 43).

^{page 143 note 1} On 8 July 1324, Edward II had already ordered the earl of Kent and the archbishop of Dublin to protect Arnaud Caillau from vexations (Gascon Roll 36, m. 31^d).

^{page 144 note a} Written above creust, struck out.

^{page 144 note b} Written above maunde, struck out.

^{page 144 note c} Followed by et, struck out.

^{page 144 note d} Followed by come, struck out.

^{page 144 note e} Written above le co, struck out.

^{page 144 note f} Followed by nous, struck out.

^{page 144 note g} Followed by de, struck out.

^{page 144 note h} Written above overoms, struck out.

^{page 144 note i} Followed by meins, struck out.

^{page 144 note j} Written above aver, struck out.

^{page 144 note k} Followed by de, struck out.

^{page 144 note l} Written above nostre, struck out.

^{page 144 note m} Followed by a, struck out.

^{page 144 note n} Corrected from quele.

^{page 145 note a} Written above maunde, struck out.

^{page 145 note b} Written above et, struck out.

^{page 145 note c} Written above les, struck out.

^{page 145 note d} Followed by et, struck out.

^{page 145 note e} Written above de quei, struck out.

^{page 145 note f} Followed by port, struck out.

^{page 145 note g} Written above et savoms bien, struck out.

^{page 145 note h} Followed by en averoms grant joie et nous rejoieroms molt (a touz jours), struck out.

^{page 145 note i} Followed by et ut, struck out.

^{page 145 note j} Followed by et, partly erased.

^{page 145 note k} Written above sur ce, struck out.

^{page 145 note l} MS. et li.

^{page 145 note m} Written above vostre, struck out.

^{page 145 note n} Written above lestat, struck out.

^{page 145 note o} Followed by bonement, struck out.

^{page 145 note q} MS. asassaver.

^{page 146 note a} Written above et, struck out.

^{page 146 note b} Followed by pur lui, struck out.

^{page 146 note c} Written above quil, struck out.

^{page 146 note d} Written above il espoir, struck out.

^{page 146 note e} Written above qe vous en serrez riches et honurez, struck out.

^{page 149 note 1} See Pipe Roll 169, m. 45 (23 December 1324–21 July 1325) : ‘ Compotus Gerardi de Oronis, militis, de receptis et expensis suis factis eundo versus partes Burgundie, Sabaudie et Alemannie pro negociis regis anno xvij in partibus illis expediendis … eundo, morando ibidem et redeundo in Angliam a xxiij die Decembris anno xvij usque xxj diem Julii proximo sequentis, utroque die computato per CC xj dies, capienti per diem vs. = lijli. xvs. … ’—See also Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 381/4 (22 April 1325) : ‘ Nicholao Hakeney, garcioni domini Gerardi Dor’, venienti ad dominum regem cum litteris dicti domini sui et redeunti ad eumdem cum literis dicti domini regis, de dono ejusdem domini regis nomine expensarum suarum apud Bellum Locum xxij^o die Aprilis : vjs. viid.’— Exch. Misc. B contain two original privy seal letters of credence dated 9 June 1324 and addressed to the duke and duchess of Brabant on behalf of G. d'Oron.

^{page 151 note 1} Extracts from payments to John Felton, captain of the castle of Saintes (March 1325): ‘ Eidem domino Johanni pro vadiis Willelmi le fuiz Ayr, Willelmi de Bynham et Nicholai le Mercher admissorum ad vadia regia per eundem dominum Johannem propter timorem obsessus dicti castri per Gallicos qui illud tune obsidere minabantur, a x^o die Marcii anno predicto xviij^o usque ultimum diem Aprilis, utroque die computato, per lij dies, quolibet percipiente per diem vjd. quia armati cum equis non appreciatis : lxxviijs.’ (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 32^r). The situation at Dax was very similar at that time; the retinue of Peter Dovedale, captain of the town, was considerably increased as from 3 March to 13 April 1325 ‘ propter timorem Gallicorum qui tunc adherant circumquaque ’ (ibid., fo. 68^d).

^{page 155 note a} Followed by ad eundum, struck out.

^{page 155 note b} Followed by loco Montis Marciani, struck out.

^{page 155 note c} Followed by Aquensem, struck out.

^{page 155 note d} Followed by ad civitatem Baione, struck out.

^{page 155 note e} Followed by erat, struck out.

^{page 155 note f} Followed by qu a, struck out.

^{page 155 note g} Followed by mare, struck out.

^{page 155 note h} Followed by evitare, struck out.

^{page 155 note i} Followed by eius, struck out.

^{page 156 note a} Followed by ? cies, struck out.

^{page 157 note 1} Anc. Corr. XLIX, no. 152, printed below no. 163, is the reply to this letter.

^{page 160 note a} Followed by e en la, partly erased.

^{page 163 note a} Followed by nr., struck out.

^{page 163 note b} MS. finctis.

^{page 163 note c} Followed by vobis, struck out.

^{page 163 note d} Followed by tale, struck out.

^{page 163 note e} MS. dimuttendo.

^{page 167 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 14^r: ‘ Roberto de Cawode, clerico magistri Rogeri de Clisseby, nuper thesaurarii domini nostri regis in partibus Baione, remanenti in eisdem partibus post decessum dicti magistri Rogeri, pro vadiis suis a quinto die Marcii anno xviij^o usque vij diem Novembris proximo sequentem anno xix^o … ’

^{page 169 note 1} See Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 381/4 (Winchester, 6 May 1325) : ‘ Reymundo Cernith’, nuncio domini regis Arragonie, deferenti litteras dicti domini sui ad dominum nostrum regem Anglie, de dono ipsius domini nostri regis per manus proprias ibidem eodem die: x mar.’ —See also below, no. 162. Ramón Ysernid came to England again in January 1326 (Anc. Corr. XLIX, no. 101: 9 January) and on 5 March 1326, he received a gift of £10 ‘ per manus proprias ’ from the Exchequer (Issue Roll 216, m. 5).

^{page 170 note 1} Printed in The Stonor letters and papers (Camden Third Series, xxix), no. 2.

^{page 171 note a} MS. yssorsser.

^{page 171 note b} Followed by de, struck out.

^{page 171 note c} Followed by et a nous, struck out.

^{page 171 note d} Followed by avis, struck out.

^{page 171 note e} Followed by toch, struck out.

^{page 171 note 1} This is the reply to Anc. Corr. LVIII, no. 26, printed above no. 147.

^{page 172 note a} The passage from de quoi … to mult le is written above quele excusacion nostre dit seignur et nous tenoms pur verroie, struck out.

^{page 172 note b} Bien est voirs is written above le seignur entent, struck out.

^{page 172 note c} Followed by de, struck out.

^{page 172 note d} Written above rectefierez, struck out.

^{page 172 note e} Written above en due manere, (eu a ce resonable escout), sur quei, struck out.

^{page 172 note f} Followed by et nous vodrioms, struck out.

^{page 172 note g} Written above aviseement, struck out; lui avez si overtement…to volunters is written at the bottom of the document.

^{page 172 note h} Written above et deussez vous hastivement returnier ariere od lui, struck out.

^{page 172 note i} Followed by et, struck out.

^{page 172 note j} Followed by la, struck out.

^{page 172 note k} Followed by pleine, par qui consaux et avis eles ount este guiees et menees jusques encea, struck out.

^{page 172 note l} Followed by another qe, struck out.

^{page 172 note m} Written above soient, struck out.

^{page 172 note n} Followed by et ses bones gentz, struck out.

^{page 172 note o} Followed by nes, struck out.

^{page 172 note p} Written above a celes cele fin, struck out.

^{page 172 note q} Followed by ou tenues en estat, struck out.

^{page 172 note r} Written above la reson susdite, struck out.

^{page 172 note s} Followed by il nous serroit, nous le vodrioms mult, struck out.

^{page 172 note t} Followed by od et, struck out.

^{page 172 note u} Followed by Et face z tant que Berard de le Bret viegne en tote maniere a nostre seignur le roi, qar il voelt en tote maniere qil viegne a lui, struck out. The passage from pur enfourmer … to nostre dit seignur et vous is written at the bottom of the document with a sign for insertion.

^{page 172 note v} nostre dit seignur is repeated.

^{page 173 note a} Written above et ont este mesnees, struck out.

^{page 173 note b} Written above lestat le seig[n]ur auxi bien par decea come par dela, struck out.

^{page 173 note c} Followed by et aff, struck out.

^{page 173 note d} At the bottom of the document: ‘Berard de le Bret’.

^{page 174 note a} Written above usque ibi ‘ a vostre poair,’ interliniare, entendantz qe nul fait, soit bon ou autre, ne passera qil ne soit ascune houre rendu a son droit, si vous prioms et avisoms, struck out.

^{page 174 note b} Followed by touz, struck out.

^{page 174 note c} Corrected from voz.

^{page 174 note d} Corrected from queux.

^{page 174 note e} Written above […] feist, struck out.

^{page 174 note f} Followed by qe, struck out.

^{page 174 note g} Followed by le roi, struck out.

^{page 174 note h} Followed by qe, struck out.

^{page 174 note i} Written above vodriez, struck out.

^{page 174 note j} MS. ? estoit de rien doter, struck out.

^{page 175 note a} Written above quei qe hom vous die et touz jours vous afforcez davauncer ses busoignes si asperement et si reddement qe, struck out.

^{page 175 note b} Written above ne soit, struck out.

^{page 175 note c} Followed by a letter which is struck out.

^{page 175 note d} Written above sicome nous savoms bien qe vous freez a vostre poair ensi qe la grace qe le roi ad comence en vous soit continuaunce des grantz biens et honurs qe vous sont avenir, struck out.

^{page 175 note e} Written above puisse, struck out.

^{page 175 note f} Followed by nule, struck out.

^{page 175 note g} Written above queu chose, struck out.

^{page 175 note h} Written above tant, struck out.

^{page 175 note i} Written above voille, struck out.

^{page 175 note j} Followed by li., struck out.

^{page 175 note k} Followed by ce, struck out.

^{page 176 note 1} André de Florence and Hugues de Boville left the court of Charles IV on 20 July 1323 and were back in France on 11 September 1323 (J. Viard, Les Journaux du Trésor de Charles IV-le-Bel (Paris, 1917), nos 4357–58; see also Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 531).

^{page 177 note 1} Robert Wells, Richard of Gloucester and John Shoreditch left London on their way to France via Dover on 28 November 1323 and returned to London on 25 January 1324 (Issue Roll 206, m. 2). Robert Wells and John Shoreditch received their letters of protection on 16 November 1323 and Richard of Gloucester, on 24 November (Cal. Patent Rolls 1321–4, pp. 345, 347 and 352).

^{page 178 note a} MS. xviij^me.

^{page 178 note b} The last two words are underlined.

^{page 179 note a} The passage from et aver bonement … to tant is underlined.

^{page 179 note b} In the margin : Secundus rotulus.

^{page 179 note e} et autres, repeated.

^{page 179 note d} MS. nous.

^{page 179 note e} MS. divers.

^{page 180 note 1} On 26 November 1323 and on 28 January 1324, Edward II ordered Ralph Basset, seneschal of Gascony, and Adam Lymbergh, constable of Bordeaux, to inquire into the alleged outrage of Saint-Sardos (Gascon Roll 35, m. 8). A similar order was given on 30 March 1324 to Edmund, earl of Kent, to the archbishop of Dublin and William Weston (Gascon Roll 35, m. 5 = Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 547).

^{page 181 note 1} Edmund, earl of Kent, received his letters of protection on 26 March 1324, Alexander Bicknor, archbishop of Dublin, on 1 April, William Weston on 4 March (Cal. Patent Rolls 1321–4, PP. 339. 403 and 404). See Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309/28: ‘ Particule compoti domini Alexandri, Dublinensis archiepiscopi, euntis in nuncium domini regis versus partes Francie et Vasconie de mandato ipsius domini regis de misis et expensis suis per ipsum factis circa passagia sua in comitiva comitis Kancie, videlicet a secundo die Aprilis anno regni regis E. filii regis E. xvij^mo usque xij^m diem Januarii anno xviij^mo; … ij die Aprilis anno xvij^o quo die fuit apud Tylleburi in comitatu Essex' in itinerando versus Dovorr' per iiij^or dies, ibidem morando per duos dies et viij^mo die ejusdem mensis transfretando versus partes Francie, eundo ad regem Francie tunc existentem apud Berchers juxta Chartres, redeundo ad eundem regem postea usque Boscum Vincencii juxta Paris' et exinde usque Burdegal' et alias partes Vasconie et iterum redeundo usque Graveling' vj^to die Januarii anno xviij^o, quo die transtretavit mare versus Angliam et eundo exinde usque Langeleye ad regem per vj dies; per CC lxxxvj dies, utroque die computato …' By writs of privy seal dated 30 March 1324, the earl of Kent, the archbishop of Dublin and Richard Grey were granted respectively imprests of £640, £230, and £95, which they received on 2 April (Issue Roll 206, m. 10). William Weston left England before the other envoys, probably on 10 March; on that day, he received from the Exchequer £26 13s. 4d., per manus proprias, and on 2 April £11, by the hand of Guillaume Do (Issue Roll 206, m. 10); see also Issue Roll 217, m. 4: ‘ Magistro Willelmo de Weston’ nuper misso in negociis regis ad partes transmarinas … a x^o die Marcii anno xvij^o usque xxx diem Januarii proximo sequentis … ’ On 6 March, letters of credence addressed to Charles IV and letters of commendation addressed to the masters of the Parliament of Paris were issued on behalf of William Weston (Treaty Roll 9, m. 16 = Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 545–6).

^{page 183 note 1} On this case, see Boutaric, , Actes du Parlement de Paris, ii (Paris, 1867), no. 7296Google Scholar; Chancery Diplomatic Documents 27/12/29; Anc. Corr. XXXIII, no. 85.

^{page 183 note 2} See Boutaric, op. cit., nos. 4108, 5764, 6781.

^{page 183 note 1} See Boutaric, op. cit., nos. 4558, 4590, 5138, 5155, 5557, 6045; Chancery Miscellanea 25/3 and 25/4/1.

^{page 185 note 1} Elias Joneston, who crossed the Channel on his way to France on 10 December 1323, re-crossed it on 25 April 1324 ‘ … redeundo London' a civitate Paris' infra quatuor dies cum litteris domini Dublinensis et comitis Cancie predictorum super premunicione citacionis ad arma per Francorum regem facta … ’ (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309/17). Joneston met Edward II at Fulmer (Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/10/20).

^{page 186 note 1} See Chancery Diplomatic Documents 30/4/27 (temp. Edw. III): ‘ … Item de temporalitate monasterii de Sarlat et bastida Sancti Sacerdotis que sita erat infra temporalitatem monasterii predicti ante pariagium inde factum inter Francorum regem et abbatem monasterii predicti. Et, quia executor arresti lati contra patrem dicti domini nostri super bastida predicta suspensus erat ad palum per ipsum executorem positum in dicta bastida cum penuncello regis Francorum in signum superioritatis ejusdem ac dicta bastida erat conbusta et bona asportata et alia mala facta in contemptum Francorum regis predicti, quamplures ex ministris patris dicti domini nostri super hujusmodi factis accusati erant et citati ad curiam Francorum regis Tholose et propter eorum contumaciam arresta lata erant super, eorum bannimento et expulsione a ducatu Aquitannie ac confiscacione omnium bonorum eorumdem et super inhibicione facienda et de non obediendo Radulpho Basset sub pena forisfacture corporum et bonorum.’

^{page 187 note 1} For several postponements of this summons, see below, p. 190 and n. 1.

^{page 188 note 1} The conditions accepted by the earl of Kent and the archbishop of Dublin and their subsequent refusal to honour their agreement are summed up in Chancery Diplomatic Documents 30/6/17 : ‘ … Item, les dessusditz mons' Eadmond [et arcevesqe par] la vertue de lour dit poair pacefierent al dit roi de France par la manere qui sen[suit]: Premerement, il promistrent par la vertu [de lour dit] poair al dit roi de France que ils li feroient deliverer le chastel de Mont Pesat [qui est] du roi et duc, ou quel estoient dedanz une grant partie des dessusditz banniz et de ce[ux qui avo]ient fait la dite malefacion de Saint Sacerdot etc.—Item, promistrent de bailler et deliverer al dit roi de France touz les ditz banniz et malefaitours qi porroient trover ou dit chastel et duchee a lour povoir etc.—Item, li ditz rois de France envoia mons' Johan de Artablai et mons' Piere de Galard avec souffisante commission au dessusdit mons' Eadmond et arcevesqe, les queux estoient alees en dit duchee pur faire a empler les choses dessusdites pur tant come a eux porroit appartenir etc.—Item, les dessusdiz chivalers vindrent ou dit duchee et requistrent auz dessusditz mons' Eadmond et arcevesqe qui leur a emplissent les covenances dessusdites, les queux en furent de tout reffusent et riens nen firent pour ce que les gentz du dit duchee maintenent qe ce estoit contre leur custume et franchise etc.—Item, et apres ce finalement li ditz rois Charles donna precise journee ou dit roi Dengleterre al viij^e jour apres la Saint Johan lan xv[ij] etc.—Item, et de ix jours avant la dite journee ainsi assignee come dit est, a la quele le dit roi Dengleterre devoit venir a faire son homage, li ditz rois Charles signefia au gentz du duchee coment il avoit pris en sa main le dit duchee tant pur defaut de home come pur autres choses … ’

^{page 189 note 1} John Shoreditch, going beyond the seas with Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, received his letters of protection on 8 June 1324 (Cal. Patent Rolls 1321–4, p. 427); Richard of Gloucester and Richard Eriom received theirs on 19 June (ibid., p. 425). On 15 June, John Shoreditch, Richard of Gloucester and Richard Eriom were appointed as the king's proctors to make excuses before Charles IV on behalf of Edward II for his not coming to Amiens a week after next Midsummer to do homage for the duchy of Guyenne (ibid., p. 426). See Issue Roll 210, m. 7: ‘ Magistro Ricardo de Erioun, nuper misso in obsequium regis ad partes transmarinas videlicet mense Junii quo tempore Anglici erant exulati de potestate regis Francie: viijli. xs. xjd lib. eidem xiiij die Februarii per manus proprias … ; de quibus xs. soluti fuerunt cuidam notario publico pro quodam instrumento de protestacione quam predictus Ricardus de Erioun et magister Ricardus de Gloucestr' fecerunt nomine regis Anglie apud Ambian', quod quidem instrumentum liberatum est hic thesaurario et camerariis … ’

^{page 189 note 2} I.e. 5 July 1324.

^{page 189 note 3} I.e. Jeanne d'Evreux; see Petit, Joseph, Charles de Valois (Paris, 1900), p. 200Google Scholar.

^{page 190 note 1} The summons made by Charles IV to his vassals to be in arms at Moissac on the quinzain of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist was prorogued in June 1324 until the quinzain of the feast of St. Mary Magdalene (Petit, , Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne, viii (Dijon, 1903), p. 283Google Scholar).

^{page 190 note 2} Negotiations concerning the delivery of the castle of Montpezat to Charles IV went on in June and July 1324. At a council meeting which took place on 7 June, the following decisions were made: ‘ Les choses souzescrites furent accordees devant nostre seignur le roi le joedy apres la Pentecouste … Item, descrivre au seneschal de ceo qil fu tastez par le sire de Lebret, le viscounte de Leomaigne et le dit evesque de Wavre de lesser un home pur le roi de France estre en le chastel de Mountpesat od les gentz le roi ou de bailler le a un home qi le gardast comme meen, nostre seignur le roi sest aforce et uncore le voet par totes les voies qil purra bonement, sauve sa desheriteson, faire honur et reverence au dit roi de France sur cele bosoigne.—Souz le [prive] seal.—Item, pur ceo qe les Fraunceys maintenent lour arraie de chivaucher a la quinzeine de la Pentecouste, qe mande set au seneschal qil arraie le pais au miex qil poet pur la sauvete dycele.—Soit fait souz le prive seal.—Item, de mander au seneschal qe le roi y enverra hastiement gentz darmes et a pie pur les eider et conforter et (des) deners soeffissauntz […] pur efforcer des gentz de temps en temps, si qe od laid de Dieu soun honur et ses draitures serrount gardez et sauvez.—Souz le prive seal …’ (Chancery, Parliament and Council Proceedings 66/17). On 19 June, letters of proxy were made in the name of Richard Eriom, John Shoreditch and Richard of Gloucester, giving them power to ask Charles IV to stay the execution of the arrêt of the parliament of Toulouse concerning the confiscation of Montpezat (Gascon Roll 35, m. 1). Before 8 July, the bishop of Norwich, Henri de Sully, Richard Eriom, John Shoreditch and Richard of Gloucester agreed to surrender Montpezat to Charles IV, who, however, was to keep the castle for a short time only. On 8 July, John Stonore was appointed keeper of the castle and was ordered to deliver it to the king of France, and on the same day, Richard Grey, John Stonore and Robert Shirland were appointed as Edward II's proctors to ask for its restitution (Gascon Roll 36, m. 31). This surrender, however, never took effect: on 18 August 1324, Edward II appointed John Wisham, John Shoreditch and Robert Echingham as keepers of Montpezat, but the castle was rased to the ground before the letters of appointment could reach their destination, and the latter were cancelled on 26 September (Gascon Roll 36, m. 27).

^{page 191 note 1} As a reprisal, on 21 July 1324. Edward II ordered the arrest throughout England of all the subjects of the king of France and of their goods (Gascon Roll 36, m. 30).

^{page 192 note 1} On 11 and 20 November 1324, the two papal envoys dined with Edward II in the Tower of London (British Museum, Egerton MS. 2814), and on 21 November, ‘ in recessu suo versus partes proprias ’, they received presents taken out of the king's treasure in the Tower of London (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 381/4). To show them that he was willing to negotiate with Charles IV, Edward II ordered on 12 November that all attacks on French ships should cease until further instructions (Gascon Roll 36, m. 21); English ships were to use force only in self-defence.

^{page 192 note 2} The bishops of Norwich and Winchester and Thomas Asteleye received their letters of protection on 15 November 1324, and the earl of Richmond on 20 November (Cal. Patent Rolls 1324–27, p. 49 and 56). The bishop of Winchester sailed from Dover to France on 11 December (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309/27, m. 1) and Thomas Asteleye was paid for his wages outside England as from 12 December 1324 (Issue Roll 213, m. 9).

^{page 193 note a} MS. roles.

^{page 193 note b} MS. dostier.

^{page 193 note c} MS. banmissement.

^{page 194 note a} MS. eint.

^{page 195 note 1} The bishop of Winchester re-crossed the Channel via Wissant-Dover on 13 January 1325 and arrived in London on 17 January (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309/27, m. 1). Thomas Asteleye who came back with him was paid for his wages outside England from 12 December 1324 to 12 January 1325 (Issue Roll 213, m. 9).

^{page 195 note 2} Thomas Asteleye on his second embassy to France was paid for his wages outside England as from 11 February to 11 April 1325 (Issue Roll 213, m. 9).

^{page 196 note a} In the margin : viij rotulus.

^{page 197 note 1} The bishop of Winchester left London on 14 February and crossed the Channel via Dover-Wissant on 18 February 1325; he sailed back to England via Wissant-Dover on 10 April 1325 and arrived in London four days later (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309'27, m. i^d).

^{page 198 note a} MS. perdonoms.

^{page 198 note b} MS. sumus.

^{page 198 note c} Written above voz, struck out.

^{page 198 note d} MS. a noz.

^{page 198 note c} MS. perdomus.

^{page 199 note 1} See above, p. 197, n. 1; see also Registrum Hamonis Hethe, diocesis Roffensis, ed. Johnson, C., (Oxford, 1948), pp. 277–8Google Scholar.

^{page 200 note a} MS. deivoit.

^{page 200 note b} MS. ai.

^{page 200 note c} MS. osiomus.

^{page 200 note d} MS. vous nous escreisomus.

^{page 200 note e} MS. certefiomus.

^{page 201 note 1} As a result of the truce agreement, the garrisons of most Gascon castles were considerably reduced by the earl of Kent; at Puynormand, for example, the number of foot soldiers under the command of Elie Audoin was reduced from 80 to 60, as from 15 April, ‘ quo die municiones dicti castri et aliorum locorum minorate fuerunt per dominum comitem Kancie et consilium suum.’ (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 53^r).

^{page 202 note a} There are two duplicate originals of this document: Paris, Archives Nationales, J.634, nos. 3 and 3^bis, which read from sicome il appartendera as follows : ‘ … Et pur ce mandoms et comandoms depar nostre dit seignur le roi Dengleterre et duc a toutz justices, baillifs et autres ministres et souzgitz du dit nostre seignur le roi Dengleterre et duc en la duchee avant dite et aillours qe eux et chescun de eux teignent et gardent la dite suffrance en la fourme avantdite. La tenur des dites lettres nostre dit seignur le roi Dengleterre est tiele : Edwardus, Dei gracia rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie et dux Aquitannie, universis presentes litteras inspecturis, salutem. Noverit universitas vestra … (as in Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 579, under the heading De potestate ad tractandum de treuga) … roboratas. Datum apud Westmonasterium quintodecimo die Novembris, anno Domini M^o CCC^o vicesimo quarto, regni vero nostri decimo octavo. En tesmoing de la quele chose nous avoms fait mettre noz sealx a ces presentes lettres. Don' a Poissi le derrein jour de Marcz, Ian de grace M CCC xxiiij.’ This text has been transcribed from J. 634, no. 3.

^{page 202 note b} MS. Franc.

^{page 202 note c} MS. de.

^{page 202 note d} In the margin : x rotulus.

^{page 202 note e} MS. come cele.

^{page 203 note a} In the margin, viij.

^{page 203 note b} MS. deteneracion.

^{page 204 note a} come is repeated.

^{page 204 note b} MS. ceste.

^{page 205 note a} In the margin, xj rotulus.

^{page 205 note b} MS. qi.

^{page 206 note a} Followed by covenables, struck out.

^{page 206 note b} MS. vouablement.

^{page 207 note a} The text stops here.

^{page 207 note b} Followed by et serront, struck out.

^{page 207 note c} MS. eidenez.

^{page 207 note d} Corrected from soient.

^{page 208 note a} Followed by trey, struck out.

^{page 210 note 1} The first fleet under Robert Bendin, admiral of the western fleet, was made up of 80 ships loaded with troops, victuals, military equipment and monies. The troops comprised approximately 2,000 foot, of whom almost a half were Welsh, and about 300 men-at-arms including two earls, John de Warenne, earl of Surrey, who was in command, and David de Strabolgi, earl of Athol, and 6 bannerets. William Oterhampton, clerk, ‘ receptor denariorum et victualium regis apud Portesmuth' ’, accompanied the fleet and delivered to Nicholas Hugate the monies in his custody which consisted mainly of £20,000 in sterling currency. (He died on 26 July 1325 ‘ in navi vocata la Marie de Gernemuta inter Burdegalam et Blaviam’). John de Warenne sailed from Portsmouth on 22 April 1325, probably with the rest of the fleet which anchored at Bordeaux on 10 May (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 17/3).

The second fleet under John Sturmy, admiral of the eastern fleet, consisted of 53 ships loaded also with just under 2,000 foot, with victuals and military equipment. They sailed from Harwich on 3 May 1325 and landed at Bordeaux on 11 May (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 16/40/1 and 3). John Sturmy arrived back in England on 20 September 1325 (British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 17^d).

^{page 211 note 1} Guillaume Do, burgess of Marmande, was frequently sent to England by the earl of Kent : on 2 April 1324, he received from the exchequer £640, on behalf of the earl of Kent (Issue Roll 206). On 24 December 1324, he was entrusted with secret instructions to be communicated to the people of Marmande (Gascon Roll 36, m. 20^d), and on 17 January 1325, he received from the Exchequer a gift of £20 (Issue Roll 212, m. 10).

^{page 212 note 1} Pierre Gros was banished from the realm by the king of France, presumably on account of his attachment to the English cause (Exchequer T.R., Misc. Books 78, fo. 3^d).

^{page 213 note 1} On 17 April 1322, Mathieu de Lucbon was granted the clerkship of the court of the bailli of Agen, at the request of Master Pierre Galicien (Gascon Roll 35, m. 16).

^{page 214 note a} Followed by pas, struck out.

^{page 214 note b} MS. contractis.

^{page 215 note a} MS. servaret.

^{page 215 note b} MS. a domino.

^{page 215 note c} MS. debebant.

^{page 216 note a} MS. domino nostro.

^{page 216 note b} MS. aduvare.

^{page 216 note c} MS. periculo.

^{page 216 note d} MS. quia.

^{page 217 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. II^d : ‘ Berardo de Lebret, eunti versus Angliam per mandatum regis de privato sigillo suo, pro expensis suis et quinque sociorum suorum et aliorum hominum et equorum suorum per xvj dies sibi estimates pro dicto veiagio suo, percipienti per diem pro se et familia sua vs., per manus Guillelmi de Monteignak', socii sui, apud Burdegalam xj die Maii anno xviij^o, per breve regis de privato sigillo : iiijli.’—Bérard d'Albret left Bordeaux for England on 18 May (ibid., fo. 54^r) and two men-at-arms who accompanied him, Arnaud de Courton and Guillaume Amanieu de Castillon, left Bordeaux on 21 May (ibid., fo. 68^r).

^{page 218 note 1} John de Ellerker was chancellor of the earl of Kent in Gascony ; see Chancery Warrants 239/10400 : ‘ … et en Gascoigne tout le temps de la derreine guerre demorant y chaunceller en la compaignie monseignur de Kent qi Dieus assoille … ’ Edward II, who had ordered the earl of Kent to send him John de Ellerker with Robert Wateville and Bérard d'Albret, refused to accept the earl's excuses for not sending Ellerker and renewed his order on 20 June 1325 (Cal. Close Rolls 1323–7, p. 380).

^{page 218 note 2} See British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 12^r : ‘ Domino Roberto de Watevile, eunti de Burdegala versus Angliam per mandatum domini regis pro vadiis suis et duorum scutiferorum suorum per xx dies sibi estimatos per dictum comitem Kancie pro reditu suo, xxij die Maii pro primo computato, ipso domino Roberto percipiente per diem iiijs. quia baro, utroque scutifero suo xijd., per manus proprias apud Burdegalam xxij die Maii anno predicto (xviij^o), per breve regis de privato sigillo : vjli.

Domino Willelmo de Bello Campo, militi, assignato per dictum dominum regem et consilium suum ad ducendum dominum Robertum de Watevile, Berardum de le Bret et Johannem de Ellerker de Burdegala usque Angliam ad ipsum regem, pro expensis suis et trium scutiferorum suorum per dictos xx dies, ipso milite percipiente per diem ijs. et quolibet scutifero suo xijd., per manus proprias ibidem eodem die per idem breve : cs.’

On 15 April 1325, Edward II had ordered Ralph Basset, William Latimer and Ralph Cobham to arrest Robert Wateville and send him to England (Gascon Roll 36, m. 6).

^{page 219 note 1} Robert Wateville was presumably the bearer of the above letter.

^{page 219 note 2} Adam Lymbergh sailed in the fleet of the admiral Robert Bendin and landed at Bordeaux on 10 May 1325 (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 17/3, m. 3).

^{page 220 note a} MS. a a.

^{page 220 note b} MS. par pour.

^{page 220 note c} Followed by denir, struck out.

^{page 220 note d} Followed by e, struck out.

^{page 221 note a} Followed by test, struck out.

^{page 221 note b} Followed by envoy, struck out.

^{page 221 note c} MS. poir.

^{page 222 note 1} See British Museum, Add. MS. 9767, fo. 26^r (Exitus victualium) : ‘ … Item computat ix^c lij quay, ij opec. et di. in vasto et putrefaccione compertis (MS. comperto) in toto frumento superius recepto per diutinam moram jacendo et siccando in granario, videlicet de frumento recepto apud Plymmuth’ ante passagium vj quar. et de frumento recepto de Roberto Bendyn et Roberto Bataille apud Burdegalam CC lxxvj quar. ij bus. di., quia totum putridum, et de frumento Ispannic xxxviij quar. vij bus., quia jacuit in granario per dimidium annum, et de toto frumento recepto de navibus venientibus de Anglia vj^c xxxj quar., quia totum fere putridum … ‘ —The last item refers to the cargo unloaded at Bordeaux in May 1325 ; compare above, no. 95.

^{page 223 note a} MS. da.

^{page 224 note 1} I.e. 11 May 1325. John Sturmy embarked at Harwich on 1 May and sailed to Gascony on 3 May : Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 16/40/1.

^{page 224 note 2} Compare Chronique Parisienne anonyme de 1316 à 1339 (Mémoires de la Société de l'Histoire de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, xi, 1884), p. 95, no. 133.

^{page 227 note 1} See also Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 588 and 614.

^{page 227 note 2} This letter is already printed in J. Delpit, Collection générale des documents francais … (Paris, 1847), pp. 59–60.—Jean Colom and Bertrand Caillau probably left England to return to Gascony soon after 14 March 1325, as on that day both were given a licence to buy victuals in England and take them back to Bordeaux (Gascon Roll 36, m. 8).

^{page 228 note 1} In 1327, Jean Colom was accused of treason before Oliver Ingham, seneschal of Gascony ; similar charges were made at the same time against Arnaud de la Molière (Chancery Miscellanea 26/18, m. 2–3).

^{page 229 note 1} Bérard d'Albret was knighted as a banneret shortly before 27 July 1326, in recognition of his services to the English cause (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 382/7, m. I).

^{page 230 note 1} For the letters of credence of John Hildesle, Edmund Bacon and Robert Thorp, sent on a diplomatic mission to Aragon, see Rymer, , Foedera, ii (i), 589 (16 February 1325)Google Scholar ; for their letters of proxy see Rymer, Foedera, ii (i), 590 (19 February 1325). John Hildesle left London on his way to Aragon on 21 February and came back to the king, then at Hadleigh on 22 July 1325 (Pipe Roll 173, m. 43). Some important diplomatic letters concerning negotiations between England and Aragon from 1323 to 1326 will be found in Finke, H., Ada Aragonensia (Berlin and Leipzig, 1908–00), i, 499–500Google Scholar (wrongly dated 1324 for 1322) ; iii, 459–61, etc.—See also Chancery Diplomatic Documents 27/13/36 (A.D. 1323) and Anc. Corr. XLIX, no. 101 (9 January 1326).

^{page 232 note 1} Robert Bendin landed at Dartmouth on 13 June 1325 (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 16/37).

^{page 233 note 1} Printed in Delpit, J., Collection générale des documents français …. (Paris, 1847), p. 59Google Scholar.

^{page 235 note a} MS. sinount.

^{page 235 note b} Followed by joe … ceo.

^{page 237 note a} Followed by noveutes, struck out.

^{page 237 note b} Followed by ou, struck out.

^{page 238 note a} Written above feal, struck out.

^{page 238 note b} Written above petit, struck out.

^{page 238 note c} Followed by qe ont garnisez touz ceux, struck out.

^{page 238 note d} Followed by Limbergh', struck out.

^{page 238 note e} Read ? cestes, Dieux [merci], et.

^{page 239 note 1} See Chancery Diplomatic Documents 29/9/25, incompletely printed in English Historical Review, xli, 414–15.

^{page 240 note 1} Between June and October 1325, many envoys were sent by the earl of Kent to negotiate with Henri de Sully : John Mereworth (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 21 June for his mission which lasted 10 days : British Museum, Add. MS. 7967, fo. 12^r) ; Raymond Léon, burgess of Bordeaux, sent to the district of Angoulême (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 29 June for his mission which lasted 7 days : ibid., fo. 12^d) ; Gilbert Ellesfeld, sent to Agen on 19 August (mission which lasted 26 days : ibid., fo. 44^r) ; John Howard, sent to the district of Angoulême (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 31 August for his mission which lasted 15 days : ibid., fo. 13^r) ; Master Arnaud de la Molière, sent to Saint Macaire (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 18 September for his mission which lasted 6 days : ibid., fo. 13^d) ; Master Renaud Coser', notary public, sent first to Saint Macaire with Arnaud de la Molière to draw up a notarial instrument of requests made to Henri de Sully (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 18 September : ibid., loc. cit.), later to Saint Macaire again with the same for the same purpose (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 24 September : ibid., loc. cit.) and finally to Langon with John Travers for the same purpose (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 10 October : ibid., loc. cit.) ; David de Strabolgi, earl of Athol, and Ralph Cobham, sent to Libourne (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 19 September for a mission which lasted 5 days : ibid., loc. cit.) ; Richard Talbot, sent to Cadillac (expenses paid at Bordeaux on 19 October for his mission which lasted 10 days : ibid., fo. 14^r).

^{page 240 note 2} See Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 609–10 (23 September and 2 October 1325).

^{page 241 note 1} The rest of this letter (Anc. Corr. XXXV, no. 4), identified too late to be included here, is printed above, p. xiv.

^{page 242 note a} tercium decimum annum is underlined.

^{page 243 note 1} Although both notarial instruments of these proceedings which have survived are dated 14 September 1325, this date is unlikely. Edward, earl of Chester and duke of Guyenne, sailed from Dover on 12 September (Rymer, Foedera, ii(i), 609) and could not have reached Paris in two days. He only arrived there on 22 September and did his homage on the twenty-fourth of the same month, as the wardrobe accounts of Queen Isabella clearly indicate (below, Appendix III). In addition, Charles IV's letters waiving aside Edward's incapacity to pay homage on account of his minority are dated 24 September (above, no. 212) and must have been issued at the latest on the day on which homage was performed.

^{page 245 note 1} See Exchequer, Parliament and Council Proceedings, file 2/12/3 ; ‘ … Idem de inspeccione deliberacionis dicti domini Willelmi de Brolio et aliorum advocatorum in curia Francie facte domino Exon’ super articulis eis per dictum dominum ostensis ad finem quod cerciorari poterit si spes esset de restitucione terrarum dicti ducatus ante pacienciam saisitarum, si dictus dux super hiis in curia paribus munita jus peteret, prout erat tractatum … ’—Between 12 September and 31 October 1325, the bishop of Exeter made in Paris various payments to Eudes de Sens, Guillaume du Breuil, Renaud Lyoart and Jean de Atteyo (or Atrio) for their salaries as ‘ advocati domini regis Anglie in curia regis Francie ’ (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various 309/31). In April 1323, Austence Jourdain also made payments to Renaud Lyoart, Jean de Atrio, Guillaume du Breuil and Eudes de Sens for their services as Edward II's counsel in the Parliament of Paris, during the session which opened for Guyenne on the Monday following Quasimodo 1323, and to Bernard de Sérignan who during the same session acted as ‘ procurator residens Parisius domini nostri regis Anglie, duds Aquitannie ’ (Exchequer K.R., Accounts Various, boxes 653–5 : unsorted vouchers and receipts). For another legal opinion on the validity of the seizure of Guyenne by Charles IV, see Bull, of the Inst. of Hist. Research, xxi (1946–8), 212–13Google Scholar.

^{page 247 note 1} A number of men-at-arms received their wages from Nicholas Hugate up to 9 November 1325, ‘ … quo die terre ducatus Aquitannie reddebantur domino dud … ’ (Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 7967, fos. 39^d, 69^d, etc.).

^{page 248 note a} MS. ducatus.

^{page 248 note b} MS. recipientibus.

^{page 248 note c} MS. literas.

^{page 248 note d} MS. ducatus.

^{page 249 note 1} On 14 August 1325, peace between England and France was publicly proclaimed (Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 7967, fo. 69^r). On 31 August, Aubert Mège received £10 at Bordeaux for expenses incurred during a fifteen-day mission to Bayonne, Saint Sever, Dax and elsewhere in the Landes district to notify to the nobles of the region the terms of the truce and peace-treaty concluded between England and France (ibid., fo. 13^r).

^{page 250 note a} MS. faceret.

^{page 250 note b} MS. simuliter.

^{page 251 note a} MS. ibid., the first two letters being expunged.

^{page 251 note b} MS. feta.

^{page 251 note c} The text, which is incomplete, ends here.

^{page 252 note 1} I have not included in the foregoing series of letters a report from Nicholas Hugate to Edward II (Anc. Corr. XXXVIII, no. 70 ; Bordeaux, 23 […] ; torn), which may belong to July 1325. The writer relates how, on account of the shortage of ready money, the earl of Kent and his advisers had ordered that men-at-arms and foot soldiers should receive one-half of their wages in ready money and one-half in victuals. This arrangement was turned down by most soldiers and an attempt was made on Hugate's life.