Sir Nicholas Brembre (? - 1388), merchant and mayor of London, knighted by Richard II after the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. He became associated with the king's inner circle of courtiers, and was arrested and imprisoned by the Lords Appellant in January 1381. In February of that same year, he was tried and convicted of treason and executed.
Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
Avignon, on the river Rhône, administrative centre of the Vaucluse département. Seat of the Avignon papacy from 1309 until 1378 and, subsequent to that, seat of the first two 'clementine' popes: Clement VII and Benedict XIII.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
John of Gaunt (1340-99): duke of Lancaster, son of Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, king of England, who was a pretender to the Castilian throne by right of his marriage to Constanza, eldest daughter of Pedro I, king of Castile, who died in 1369. John of Gaunt was an important person in English political and military life during the last quarter of the fourteenth century, exercising great influence in domestic and foreign policy in England during the reign of Richard II, despite periods of unpopularity and strife with his royal nephew.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Brabantine nobleman, who was lord of Mechelen from 1310 until his death in 1331. Froissart states that Floris Berthout amassed a fortune by engaging in long-distance trade, but this claim does not seem to have any basis in the facts, although Floris must have benefited indirectly from the commercial activity in Mechelen, which at the time was one of the richest cities in Brabant. As the last remaining male heir of the main branch of the Berthout family, Floris held a large number of lordships, including the urban lordship of Mechelen and many rural domains. He also received several substantial fief-rents. All of this made him one of the richest non-princely aristocrats in the Low Countries, with an estimated annual income of 9,000 lb. tournois.
Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.
comment messire Nicholas Brambre fut
decolléz, et comment le roy fut envoié querir par l’archevesque de Cantorbie depar les oncles du
roy. CCC LXI.
Comment depar le roy et ses oncles et seigneurs d’Angleterre furent mandéz tous ducs,
contes, prelatz, barons, chevaliers et escuiers d’Angleterre pour estre au conseil general a
Wesmostier. CCC LXIII.
Comment le roy de Portingal et sa puis sance assemblerent avec le duc de Lancas tre et ilz
ne pouoient passer la riviere d’Erne, et comment un escuier de Castille leur enseigna le passaige.
CCC LXIIII.
Comment les nouvelles vindrent au roy de Castille que le roy de Portingal et le duc de
Lancastre venoient, et comment les Anglois coururent devant Ville Ar pent, et comment le roy et
le duc distrent qu’ilz attenderoient Bourbon. CCC LXVI.
Comment le duc de Lancastre donna congié a ses gens, et comment un herault fut envoié
devers le roy de Castille pour empetrer un saufconduit pour passer leurs gens par sa terre. CCC
LXVIII.
Comment trois chevaliers d’Angleterre empetrerent un saufconduit envers le roy de
Castille pour passer leurs gens, et com ment plusieurs chevaliers et escuiers d’An gleterre
moururent en Castille, et comment le duc de Lancastre cheÿ en grant langueur et en grant maladie.
CCC LXIX.
Comment le duc de Bourbon se parti d’Avi gnon pour aler en Castille atout
son ost, et com ment le duc de Lancastre sceut ces nouvelles, et comment le duc de Bourbon aprés
plusieurs conjouissemens ot congié du roy de Castille et s’en retourna en France. CCC LXXII.
Comment le conte de Foix receut honou rablement le duc de Bourbon, et des beaulx dons
que il lui fist, et comment les gens messire Gaulchier de Passach et messire Guillaume de Lingnach
se partirent d’Espaigne et de l’inci dence qui en advint en larville de Saint Fagon en Espaigne.
CCC LXXIII.
Comment le roy d’Espaigne et son con seil se tindrent mal comtens des gens a messire
Guillaume de Lingnach et a messire Gau chier de Passach. Et comment le duc de Lan castre se parti
de Saint Jacque et s’en ala a Bay onne. Et du conte d’Armignach qui mist grant peine de traittier
aux compaignes qui se te noient en Auvergne, en Rouergue, en Quercin et en Limosin. CCC
LXXV.
Comment se meust le premier contempt et mautalent entre les ducs de Braibant et de
Guerles, et comment le conte Regnault de Guerles fut conseillié de soy marier a la fille Bertault
de Malignes, et la response que le dit Bertault fist aux messagiers du dit conte Re gnault de
Guerles. CCC LXXVII.
Comment le conte Regnault de Guerles fut marié a la fille Bertault de Malignes de laquele
il ot une fille, et depuis se remaria en Angleterre et en ot II filz et une fille, et com ment messire
Jehan de Blois espousa l’ainsnee fille, et comment la duchié demoura a la moins nee fille du dit
conte Regnault. CCC LXXIX.
Comment les chasteaulx de Gaugelch, Buch et Mille vindrent au duc de Braibant, et
comment le duc de Juilliers soustenoit les Linfars en son païs qui desroboient toutes manieres de
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