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.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, the Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376), prince of Wales from 1343 (aged 12), and from 1362 prince of Aquitaine; popularly known as the Black Prince. He was the eldest son of king Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was knighted by his father on the Crécy campaign, the day after the English army landed at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. He married Joan of Kent on 10 October 1361. They had two sons, Edward, and Richard. His first son died young, in 1372. The Black Prince himself died on 8 June 1376, in Westminster. When king Edward III died the following year, he was succeded by Richard. The Black Prince was an effective, successful and popular military leader in the campaigns against France during the first part of the Hundred Years' War.
France, region in the west bounded by Anjou and Touraine to the north, Berry and Limousin to the east, Angoumois to the south, Aunis, La Rochelle and the Atlantic to the west, and Saintonge to the south-west; ceded to the English crown in 1360 under the Treaty of Brétigny; reconquered by Du Guesclin and granted as an apanage to the duke of Berry in 1372.
France, western; area centred on Saintes and bounded to the north by Aunis and Poitou, the east by Angoumois, the south by Guienne-Aquitaine, and to the west by the Atlantic. Roughly equivalent to today’s Charente-Maritime, plus part of Charente; a territory of the inheritance acquired by the English under Henry II through his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine; retaken by Du Guesclin 1371-2 and reintegrated into the French crown domains.
La Rochelle: On the Atlantic coast, administrative centre of the département of Charente-Maritime. The seneschal of La Rochelle between 1383 and 1389 (also known as the 'governor') was Guillaume de Naillac.
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, south-west; historic county whose capital was Agen; part of the inheritance of Eleanor of Aquitaine acquired through her marriage to Henry II; corresponded roughly to the department of Lot-et-Garonne; bounded to the south by the lands of Armagnac-Fézensac and the county of Toulouse, to the west by Guyenne, the east by Quercy and the north by Périgord.
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.
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
Edmund of Langley, earl of Cambridge (1341 - 1402), duke of York; fifth son of Edward III, king of England, earl of Cambridge and later duke of York, uncle of king Richard II.
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
Jean III de Grailly (c. 1343 - 1377), Captal de Buch, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Jean held the important lordship of Buch as well as those of Castillon, Bénauges and other English strongholds in the duchy of Aquitaine. He was a founder member of the Order of the Garter and a famous military leader of the Hundred Years’ War whom Froissart held in great esteem, and often described as the ideal chivalric knight. He had married Rose d’Albret, and had a son and heir, Archambaud de Grailly, by her. There is no mention of a brother in any of the sources consulted by the project.
sire de Sulli, le sire de Calencon, le sire de
Gonsant, le sire d’Acier, le sire d’Acon, messire Jehan de Viane, messire Hugue de Vianne, Ambaus du Plaisier et
pluseurs autres bons barons, chevaliers et escuiers. Si entrerent ces gens d’armes en Limo sin et y firent moult de desrois. Et vin drent mettre le siege devant
la cité de Limoges, pardedens avoit aucuns Englois en
garnison que messire Hue de Cavrelay, qui estoit seneschal du paÿs, y
avoit establi mais ilz n’en estoient mie maistres mais l’evesque du lieu ouquel
le prince de Galles avoit grant fiance pour tant qu’il estoit son compere.
SHF 1-657syncLe prince de Galles, qui se tenoit en
la cité d’Angoulesme, fu en formé de ces II grosses chevauciees du
duc d’Anjou et du duc de Berry. Et fu dit au prince qu’ilz
tiroient a venir devant Angoulesme et de lui leans assegier, si respondi
que ja ses ennemis ne le trouverroient enfermé en ville ne en chastel et qu’il vouloit yssir
aux champs encontre eulx. Si mist tantost clers et messages en euvre descrire lettres
et envoier a tous ses feaulx et subgiéz en Poitou, en Saintonge, en La Rochelle, en Roergue, en Caoursin, en Aginois, en Gaure et en Bigorre. Et leur mandoit expressement que chascun se preist pres de venir le plus tost
qu’il peust a tout le plus de gens qu’il pouoit avoit devers lui en la ville de
Coingnach et il meismes se trait tantost celle part madame la princesse o
lui et Richart leur joenne filz. En dementiers chevauçoient toudiz les François avant gastant le paÿs et vindrent devers la Linde, une bonne ville
et forte seant sur la riviere de Dordonne a une lieue de Bergerach. Si
en estoit cappitaine depar le Captal messire Tonnes de Batefol,
Gascoing. Or vindrent la le duc d’Angiers et sa route si mistrent le siege
devant par grant ordonnance et distrent qu’il ne s’en partiroient si l’aroient. En ceste forte ville avoient esté depuis XV jours messire le Captal et messire Thomas de
Felleton et l’avoient moult bien
garnie de vivres et d’artillerie. Si estoient ceulz de la Linde moult bien taillies
de eulx tenir longuement parmy le confort qu’ilz pouoient avoir has tivement s’il leur
besoignoit de Ber gerach, mais les hommes de la ville estoient si enclins a eulx tourner François et entendirent aux traittiés et aux promesses que le duc d’Angiers leur faisoit et tant fu preschié le dit cappi taine messire
Thonnes qu’il si accorda aussi parmy une somme de florins qu’il devoit avoir et
grant prouffit tous les ans du duc d’Angiers et sur ce estre bon François. Et
fu tout ordonné que sur une matinee il devoit mettre les François en la
ville. Ce marchié fu sceu en la ville de Bergerach le soir que la ville devoit estre rendue l’ende main. Adont estoit la venu le conte de Cantebruge atout IIC lances qui fu present au raport que on
en fist. Et dont aprés mienuit messire le Captal de Beus et messire Thomas
de Felleton a C lances chevaucierent devers Linde
et vindrent la au point du jour, si firent ouvrir la porte a leur léz. Puis chevaucierent
oultre sans point attendre a l’autre porte par ou les François devoient
entrer qui estoient ja tous appareilliés et entroient et les mettoit le dit messire
Thonnes dedens dont se trait avant le Captal, l’espee ou poing,
et descendi a pié asséz pres de la porte et aussi firent tous les autres. Et dist en
approuchant le dit messire Thonnes : "Ha, mauvais traitre, tu
y mourras tout premie rement. Jamais plus ne feras traison." A ces mos lui lança
son espee sur lui si roidement que l’alemelle lui passa parmy le corps et un pié oultre a
l’autre léz si l’abatti mort. Quant les François virent qu’ilz avoient failli a leur entente, ilz reculerent. Ainsi demoura la ville englesce et fu adont
en grant peril d’estre tourne et arse des Englois proporement et les gens
tous mors pour ce qu’ilz pb 226 r
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