Auvergne

France, central region at the heart of the Massif Central covering approximately the modern departments of Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme and (parts of) Haute-Loire; bounded to the north by the duchy of Bourbon, the west by Limousin, the south by Viadene, the south-east by Gévaudan and the south-west by Quercy. Major towns: Clermont, Montferrand and Riom.

Limousin

France, centre (modern departments of Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne); bounded to the north-east by La Marche, the east by Auvergne, the north-west by Poitou, the west by Périgord and Angoumois, and the south by Quercy. Principal city: Limoges, many of whose surrounding fortresses (including Chalusset, Rochechouart, Isle, Châlus, etc) were occupied by routier garrisons during the early 1370s.

Castle of Ventadour

Castle of Ventadour, situated in the modern commune of Moustier-Ventadour (Corrèze), France.

Geoffroi Tête-Noire

Geoffroi Tête-Noire, a famous Breton mercenary.

Bernard de Ventadour, lord of Montpensier

Bernard de Ventadour (c. 1293 - 1389?), lord of Montpensier, second son of Èbles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu. He married Marguerite de Beaumont.

Ponce du Bois

Ponce du Bois, a squire of the count of Ventadour and Montpensier.

Ponce du Bois

Ponce du Bois, a squire of the count of Ventadour and Montpensier.

Geoffroi Tête-Noire

Geoffroi Tête-Noire, a famous Breton mercenary.

Limousin

France, centre (modern departments of Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne); bounded to the north-east by La Marche, the east by Auvergne, the north-west by Poitou, the west by Périgord and Angoumois, and the south by Quercy. Principal city: Limoges, many of whose surrounding fortresses (including Chalusset, Rochechouart, Isle, Châlus, etc) were occupied by routier garrisons during the early 1370s.

Castle of Ventadour

Castle of Ventadour, situated in the modern commune of Moustier-Ventadour (Corrèze), France.

Castle of Ventadour

Castle of Ventadour, situated in the modern commune of Moustier-Ventadour (Corrèze), France.

Bernard de Ventadour, lord of Montpensier

Bernard de Ventadour (c. 1293 - 1389?), lord of Montpensier, second son of Èbles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu. He married Marguerite de Beaumont.

Bernard de Ventadour, lord of Montpensier

Bernard de Ventadour (c. 1293 - 1389?), lord of Montpensier, second son of Èbles VIII de Ventadour and Marguerite de Beaujeu. He married Marguerite de Beaumont.

Auvergne

France, central region at the heart of the Massif Central covering approximately the modern departments of Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme and (parts of) Haute-Loire; bounded to the north by the duchy of Bourbon, the west by Limousin, the south by Viadene, the south-east by Gévaudan and the south-west by Quercy. Major towns: Clermont, Montferrand and Riom.

Geoffroi Tête-Noire

Geoffroi Tête-Noire, a famous Breton mercenary.

Ventadour

Auvergne

France, central region at the heart of the Massif Central covering approximately the modern departments of Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme and (parts of) Haute-Loire; bounded to the north by the duchy of Bourbon, the west by Limousin, the south by Viadene, the south-east by Gévaudan and the south-west by Quercy. Major towns: Clermont, Montferrand and Riom.

Rouergue

France, Midi-Pyrénées; corresponds approximately to the modern department of Aveyron; traversed from east to west by the River Aveyron which flows through Rodez, the major city; bounded to the north by Viadene and Auvergne; the west by the Causses de Gramat and Limogne, and by Quercy; the south by Languedoc and the east by Gévaudan and the Causses du Larzac; to the north-east by the Causse de Sauveterre; (ceded to the English in 1360 under the treaty of Brétigny; held by them until early 1369).

Limousin

France, centre (modern departments of Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne); bounded to the north-east by La Marche, the east by Auvergne, the north-west by Poitou, the west by Périgord and Angoumois, and the south by Quercy. Principal city: Limoges, many of whose surrounding fortresses (including Chalusset, Rochechouart, Isle, Châlus, etc) were occupied by routier garrisons during the early 1370s.

Quercy

France, Aquitanian Basin, modern Midi-Pyrénées region; covering approximately the modern departments of Lot and Tarn-et-Garonne; bounded to the north by Limousin, the west by Périgord and Agenais, the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and to the east by Rouergue and Auvergne; limestone plateaux and deep valleys; upper Quercy extends northwards from the diocesan city of Cahors as far as Souillac, Rocamadour, Martel, Bretenoux and Castelnau; lower Quercy (ceded to the English by the 1259 treaty of Paris) to the south as far as Moissac and Montauban. Held by the English from 1360 (treaty of Brétigny) until late 1369.

Bigorre

France, south-west; occupied most of the modern Hautes-Pyrénées; capital: Tarbes; other towns: Lourdes, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Tournay, Lannemezan; confiscated by Philip IV of France in 1292; ceded to the English crown in 1360 under the treaty of Brétigny; recaptured by the French with the aid of the count of Foix after 1370.

Geoffroi Tête-Noire

Geoffroi Tête-Noire, a famous Breton mercenary.

Aimerigot Marchès

Aimerigot or Mérigot Marchès, a notorious routier captain. The SHF editors mention that he was the nephew of Pierre le Béarnais, captain of Chalusset, and that he changed his allegiance from French to the English camp; see SHF, t. IX, p. lxix (note 3).

Limousin

France, centre (modern departments of Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne); bounded to the north-east by La Marche, the east by Auvergne, the north-west by Poitou, the west by Périgord and Angoumois, and the south by Quercy. Principal city: Limoges, many of whose surrounding fortresses (including Chalusset, Rochechouart, Isle, Châlus, etc) were occupied by routier garrisons during the early 1370s.

Castle of Chalusset

Castle of Chalusset (Haute-Vienne), France.

Bourc Carlat

The bourc Carlat, a mercenary captain. ‘The name ‘bourc’, a word used in Southern France for a bastard son, often of a noble family, occurs frequently among members of the mercenary companies, and the number of bastards in their ranks is significant’.

English Bourc

The English bourc, another routier captain.

Bourc de Champagne

The bourc of Champagne, routier and companion-in-arms of Aimerigot Marchès. The SHF editors name this character as the bastard of Caupenne.

Raymond de Sort

Raymond de Sort, a routier and companion of arms of Aimerigot Marchès. He later became an ally of the count of Armagnac.

Aimerigot Marchès

Aimerigot or Mérigot Marchès, a notorious routier captain. The SHF editors mention that he was the nephew of Pierre le Béarnais, captain of Chalusset, and that he changed his allegiance from French to the English camp; see SHF, t. IX, p. lxix (note 3).

Alleuze

Alleuze (Cantal), France.

Alleuze

Alleuze (Cantal), France.

Aimerigot Marchès

Aimerigot or Mérigot Marchès, a notorious routier captain. The SHF editors mention that he was the nephew of Pierre le Béarnais, captain of Chalusset, and that he changed his allegiance from French to the English camp; see SHF, t. IX, p. lxix (note 3).

Manuscript reading: Viernes

Emended reading: Bierne