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James I. king of Scotland is murdered in his bed-chamber during the night by his uncle the earl of Athol.—Other matters |
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La Hire, Poton, with many other french captains, are near taking Rouen. They are attacked and defeated by the English, who surprise them in their quarters |
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The town of Bruges rebels against its lord and his officers.—A great conflict and slaughter is the consequence |
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The bastard de la Hire makes an excursion through the countries of Peronne, Roye, and Mondidier, where he commits great waste |
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King Charles of France orders his captains to reconquer some towns and castles from the English.—He marches in person against Montereau-faut-Yonne, and recaptures it |
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The men of Bruges make frequent excursions from their town, and lay the low countries under contributions |
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The English recover the town of Fêcamp in Normandy |
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The lord d'Offemont makes La Hire his prisoner while he was playing at ball at Beauvais |
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Charles king of France makes his first entry into Paris after its reduction,—the preparations for it |
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The commonalty of Bruges become more moderate in their proceedings, and send ambassadors to the duke of Burgundy to sue for peace |
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The lord d'Auxy and sir Florimont de Brimeu, seneschal of Ponthieu and of Abbeville, march to lay siege to Crotoy |
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A large body of men at arms, under the command of several French captains, harrass the country of Hainault.—They are nicknamed Skinners |
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A great famine in France |
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The populace of Ghent again take up arms, excited thereto by the artisans |
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Peace concluded between the duke of Burgundy and the town of Bruges |
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War recommences between the duchy of Bar and the county of Vaudemont |
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Famine, war, and pestilence, rage in many places |
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Lord Talbot, sir Thomas Kiriel, and other English captains, conquer Longueville, and many more castles, from the French |
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A treaty of marriage is concluded between the eldest son to the king of Navarre and the princess of Cleves, niece to the duke of Burgundy |
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The towns and castles of Montargis and Chevreuse submit to the obedience of king Charles of France |
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A quarrel arises between Pope Eugenius and the council of Basil.—Other matters |
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The count d'Eu, who had been prisoner in England since the battle of Azincourt, obtains his liberty, and returns to France.—He raises large armies |
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La Hire, Blanchefort, and others of king Charles's captains make excursions into Germany |
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The count d'Estampes recovers the castle of Roullet from the men of the lord de Moy.—Other matters |
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A meeting is held between Calais and Gravelines between the Cardinal of England and the duchess of Burgundy, to deliberate on the means of establishing a lasting peace between France and England |
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The king of France compels Roderigo de Villandras, who was committing great waste on his territories, to march away and make war on the English |
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Pope Eugenius sends bulls to divers parts of Europe.—Their tenour |
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Sir John de Luxembourg, in consequence of being in the ill graces of the duke of Burgundy, sends letters to the knights of the golden fleece |
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The count de Richemont, constable of France, gains the town of Meaux in Brie from the English |
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Sir John de Luxembourg sends letters to exculpate himself, to the great council of the duke of Burgundy.—Their contents |
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King Charles of France sends the princess Catherine, his daughter, to the duke of Burgundy, conformably to the treaty of marriage agreed on with the count de Charolois his son |
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The bastard of Bourbon takes the town of La Mothe in Lorraine |
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Many noble ambassadors from the kings of France and England meet between Gravelines and Calais, to hold a conference on the subject of peace |
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The English make an excursion into the country of Santois, where they gain the castle of Folleville, and commit many ravages and cruelties |
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The Dauphin, the duke of Bourbon, and many of the great lords quit in disgust the court of king Charles |
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The French overrun the lands of Neel, belonging to sir John de Luxembourg |
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The earl of Somerset besieges Harfleur with a powerful army of English |
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A very great lord in Brittany, called the lord of Retz, is accused and convicted of sorcery |
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Pierre de Regnault, bastard-brother to La Hire, goes on a foraging party to the country round Abbeville |
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Ambassadors from France, England, and Burgundy, meet at Calais. To treat of a general peace |
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The Barrois and Lorrainers overrun the county of Vaudemont, where they commit great waste and destruction |
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The duke of Orleans obtains his liberty by means of the duke of Burgundy, and marries the lady of Cleves, niece to the said duke |
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The king of France goes to Troyes in Champagne. Several towns and forts submit to his obedience. Other matters |
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The English in the castle of Folleville do much damage to the country round Amiens. They defeat some Picard lords and their men |
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Some of the garrisons of the count de St Pol rob the king of France's servants as they were conducting warlike stores from the city of Tournay. The reparation the count de St Pol makes for this conduct |
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The duchess of Burgundy waits on the king of France at Laon, to make some requests to him. Other matters |
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The duchess of Burgundy leaves king Charles at Laon, and returns to the duke her lord at Quênoy |
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The fortress of Montaigu, belonging to the lord of Commercy, is destroyed, and razed to the ground, by orders from the duke of Burgundy |
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The king of France lays siege to, and conquers, the town of Creil |
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The king of France marches to besiege the town and castle of Pontoise |
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The duke of York, governor of Normandy for the king of England, marches an army to Pontoise, to force the king of France to raise the siege |
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The duke of Orleans returns to the duke of Burgundy from France |
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Remonstrances are sent to king Charles of France by the nobles assembled at Nevers |
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The answers of the king of France and of his great council to the remonstrances of the nobles of France assembled at Nevers |
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King Charles assembles a large body of men at arms, and marches them to Tartas, where, however, the English do not appear |
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The king of France, after gaining Tartas, comes before Saint Severe, and conquers that town and castle, with some others in Gascony |
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Pierre de Regnault is forced to dislodge from the castle of Mailly |
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The king of France assembles a large army to march into Normandy.—The earl of Somerset makes some conquests from the French in Anjou and elsewhere |
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Some knights and gentlemen of the duke of Burgundy's court hold a tournament near to Dijon |
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The challenges for this tournament and the names of the champions |
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Here follow the articles for the deeds of arms on foot |
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The duke of Burgundy sends the count d'Estampes, with a large body of men at arms, into the duchy of Luxembourg |
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The duke of Burgundy reduces the duchy of Luxembourg to his obedience |
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Some of the Dauphin's men, having advanced into Burgundy, are attacked and defeated by the marshal of Burgundy |
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A truce is concluded between the kings of England and France, and with all the allies and relatives of either party |
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The English prolong the truce for eight months.—The king of England is betrothed to the daughter of Réné king of Sicily.—The king of Sicily demands succours from the king of France |
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The king of Sicily meets the king of France at Châlons, to treat with the duke of Burgundy respecting his ransom.—The duchess of Burgundy comes thither.—After the deaths of the queens of Spain and Portugal, the king of France sends an embassy to the court of England |
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In the year MCCCCXLVI. When the king of France returned from hearing mass, he found on his bed the following ditty |
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The duke of Brittany puts his brother, the lord Giles, to death.—The Genoese send an embassy to the king of France, to offer him their sovereignty.—The event |
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The king of France, on the death of pope Eugenius, has a grand council held at Lyons, whither came many ambassadors from Germany, England and other parts, to restore union in the church and put an end to all schisms |
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The duke of Orleans receives from the hands of the duke of Milan his uncle, the county of Asti in Piedmont.—The king of France besieges the city of Mans, which surrenders by capitulation |
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The king of France sends ambassadors to Pope Nicholas V.—The town of Final is besieged by the Genoese.—It is revictualled by sea.—The duke of Orleans makes preparations to raise this siege by land |
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Sir Francis de Surienne, called the Arragonian, takes the town and castle of Fougeres, belonging to the duke of Brittany, notwithstanding the truce between the kings of France and of England.—The great mischiefs he does there |
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The populace of London rise against the king's officers.—They inhumanly murder the bishop of Glocester, and imprison the marquis of Suffolk,—but the king sets him at liberty |
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Three malefactors, two men and one woman, are condemned to death by the court of parliament at Paris |
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In consequence of the capture of Fougeres, the allies of the duke of Brittany gain the town and castle of Pont de l'Arche from the English.—Gerberoy is afterwards taken |