¹ Monstrelet (Chronique, iv, 332Google Scholar) reports what Talbot had to say about this.

^{page 232 note a} MS n'avoit gaires

² For Sir John Fastolf, see appendix II.

³ The grant of the duchy of Anjou and the county of Maine to the duke of Bedford, made at Rouen on 8 September 1430, was registered by the Parlement four days later (A.N., X^la 8605, fos. 15v 16r)

⁴ Richard Ruault was appointed receiver for the vicomté of Exmes on 7 May 1418 (D.K.R., xli, 711Google Scholar). He found favour with the English who also gave him land (Charma, , ‘Parties des dons’, p. 2Google Scholar). After the suppression of the Norman Chambre des Comptes in July 1424, he became treasurer of Bedford's personal finance court at Mantes (Archives de la Seine-Inférieure. Répertoire numérique de la séne B, ed. Le Cacheux, P. (Rouen, 1934), p. 10Google Scholar). He was also receiver of Maine, but had been replaced by Pierre Baille, with whom he concluded an accord (A. N., X^le 136, n^os 7, 8) before 6 July 1428. The previous day he had appealed to the Parlement against the duke of Bedford, who settled by another accord no longer extant. Ruault was also to be involved in litigation against Overton in the summer of 1435. For these suits, see appendix I.

⁵ Giles de Clamecy was a man of considerable administrative and judicial experience, who was briefly prévôt of Paris in 1419–20. He worked closely with Bedford and received many rewards, not least in lands, for his services to the English.

⁶ Guillaume Le Duc, third président of the Parlement since February 1432, was one of those who were to continue in the English service after the loss of Paris in 1436.

⁷ Martial Formier, bishop of Evreux 1427 39.

⁸ Philippe de Morvilliers, firm président of the Parlement 1418–33.

⁹ Pierre de Marigny, a Burgundian supporter who was avocat du roi in 1418 and prévôt of Paris in 1421.

¹⁰ Quentin Massue, master of requests and conseiller in the Parlement.

¹¹ André Courtevache was a clerc des camples whose financial experience would have been valuable in this case.

¹² Rouen, Seine-Maritime.

¹³ This was during the visit of Henry VI to Rouen.

¹⁴ It was customary to hear suits from the bailliage of Vermandois at the start of each new sitting of the Parlement in November.

¹⁵ John Barton had been maître d'hôtel and treasurer to the duke of Bedford since 1425 and was to be an executor of his will (Jussé, B.A. Pocquet du Haut, ‘Anne de Bourgogne et le testament de Bedford, 1429’, Bibliothèque de l' École des Charles, xcv (1934), 284–326Google Scholar). This is a rare example of an Englishman sitting on a judicial commission.

^{page 235 note a} The ending is rubbed out in the MS 15a See the late copy extracted from registers of the Parlement criminel referring to the evocation of this suit before the commissioners, 8 May 1432 (B.N., Collection Dupuy 250, fo. 147r).

¹⁶ Sir John Fastolf was created a Knight of the Garter in 1426.

^{page 236 note a} Some such word is required.

^{page 236 note b} Followed by que, struck out

¹⁷ Falaise, Calvados, arr. Caen.

^{page 237 note a} The remainder of the clause is missing in MS

^{page 237 note b} Interlined over Fastolf, struck out

^{page 237 note c} Followed by Fastolf, struck out

¹⁸ Thomas, earl of Salisbury, died on 3 November 1428. See appendix II.

¹⁹ Ralph, Lord Cromwell, was ‘premier chambellan’ while Henry VI was in France (Fauquembergue, iii, 27Google Scholar). He was to be dismissed on 1 March 1432 (Wolffe, B., Henry VI (London, 1981), p. 67).Google Scholar

²⁰ John Brinkeley had been appointed to the Norman Chambre, des Comptes in Caen by Henry V in April 1419 (D. K. R., xli, 765Google Scholar). He was to remain associated with the town for many years, and acted as lieutenant to two royal captains between 1425 and 1430 (Gallia Regia, i, 526).Google Scholar

²¹ 7 June 1432

²² i.e., in the register of Jean de L'Espine, greffier criminel of the Parlement.

²³ Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

²⁴ Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

^{page 238 note a} In the margin

^{page 238 note b} MS d'argent

^{page 238 note c} MS resermoit

^{page 238 note d} MS il; this is ambiguous

²⁵ Alençon, Orne.

²⁶ Le Mans, Sarthe; presumably a reference to the events of 28 May 1428, for which see n^o XVII.

²⁷ Jean Doulsire was examinateur at the Châtelet.

^{page 239 note a} Followed by lui, struck out

^{page 239 note b} MS de

²⁸ Charges imposed additionally to the normal raises.

^{page 240 note a} In the margin

^{page 240 note b} MS perpetratarum

^{page 240 note c} MS causam

^{page 240 note d} regnum repeated in MS

²⁹ This text is printed in Fauquembergue, iii, 59.Google Scholar

³⁰ The Conciergerie was the prison in which those arrested within the area of the Palais were confined.

^{page 241 note a} aliud repeated in MS

^{page 241 note b} MS sui

^{page 241 note c} Followed by pai, struck out

³¹ Harfleur, Seine-Maritime, arr. Le Havre, c. Montivilliers. Fastolf was probably lieutenant for the duke of Exeter in 1416. See Gesta Henrici Quinti, ed. Taylor, F. and Roskell, J. S. (Oxford, 1975), p. 118Google Scholar, n. 1, and n. 60, below.

^{page 242 note a} Followed by s, struck out

^{page 242 note b} Followed by po, struck out

^{page 242 note c} A word denoting a period of time is lacking

^{page 242 note d} Followed by appointié que la court verra, struck out

³² Calais, Pas-de-Calais.

³³ On abuses committed by those granting safe-conducts, see Keen, , Laws of War, p. 198Google Scholar, n. 2.

^{page 243 note a} In the margin

^{page 243 note b} Followed by s, struck out

³⁴ Jacques du Châtelier was bishop of Paris 1427 38.

³⁵ Louis Galet, échevin of Paris, was an examinateur at the Châtelet.

^{page 244 note a} MS et pour Fastolf, interlined

^{page 244 note b} pour appellant interlined

^{page 244 note c} Followed by et pour ce qu'il a esté et est homme d'armes passé a gages ultramarinus, on, struck out

³⁶ Thomas Overton was a scholar of Winchester College. (Kirby, T. F., Winchester Scholars; a list of Wardens, Fellows and Scholars of St Mary College, Winchester (London, 1888), p. 33).Google Scholar

³⁷ As a conseiller to the duke of Bedford and an avocat, Henri Roussel represented the regent's interests in the Parlement (Letters and Papers, II, ii, [555]).

³⁸ Simon Morhier was prévôt of Paris from 1422 until 1436.

^{page 246 note a} Followed by on, struck out

^{page 247 note a} MS Se

³⁹ Winchester, Hants.

⁴⁰ Touques, Calvados, arr. Lisieux, c. Trouville-sur-Mer. What came to be known as the ‘journée de Touques’ marked Henry V's landing there on 1 August 1417.

^{page 248 note a} In the margin

⁴¹ Robert Piedefer was appointed first président of the Parlement in February 1433.

^{page 249 note a} In the margin

^{page 249 note b} In the margin

⁴² Jean Queniat had been an avocat in the Parlement, then conseiller at the Châtelet, before holding that rank in the Parlement.

⁴³ Printed in Fauquembergue, iii, 97–8.Google Scholar

⁴⁴ Like Henri Roussel, Philippe de Saint-Germain was retained to serve the regent's interests in the Parlement (Letters and Papers, II, ii, [555]).

⁴⁵ The Hôtel Dieu, or hospital, was on the Ile Notre-Dame, close to the cathedral.

^{page 250 note a} MS lomgo

^{page 250 note b} MS arbitriis

^{page 250 note c} MS condennari

^{page 250 note d} MS nimis

^{page 250 note e} MSfamosus

^{page 250 note f} certarum repeated in MS

^{page 251 note a} MS dannis

^{page 251 note b} MS condennari

^{page 251 note c} MS condennari

^{page 251 note d} MS ultramarinis

^{page 251 note e} MS prepositis

^{page 252 note a} In MS clause reads thus: et fut dit par arrest que les prononciacions en Juliet m cccc xxxiij fu dit que les parties venroient

⁴⁶ The long pause in litigation may be explained by the absence in England, between mid-summer 1433 and July 1434, of the duke of Bedford whom Fastolf, as a household officer, would have accompanied. On 3 May 1434 it was stated in court on behalf of Thomas Gerard that Fastolf was in England (A.N., X^la 4797, fo. 164v). It is clear, notably from the evidence presented on 17 September 1434, that the legal process had been moving forward in the meantime.

^{page 253 note a} MS Et

^{page 253 note b} Followed by jeudi, struck out

^{page 254 note a} escuier anglois interlined

^{page 254 note b} intimes et interlined

^{page 254 note c} Followed by m, struck out

^{page 254 note d} followed by le, struck out

^{page 254 note e} Followed by as, struck out

^{page 254 note f} Followed by ceste, struck out

^{page 254 note g} Followed by de, struck out

^{page 254 note h} Followed by du Mans, struck out

^{page 254 note i} le interlined

^{page 254 note j} informé de ce interlined

^{page 254 note k} Followed by a word, struck out

^{page 254 note l} Followed by bailli, struck out

^{page 254 note m} MS fait

⁴⁷ Philippe de Nanterre served as a conseiller in the Parlement 1426 36.

⁴⁸ Probably Sir John Salvain.

^{page 255 note a} Followed by et, struck out

^{page 255 note b} Overton interlined

^{page 255 note c} Followed by carear, struck out

^{page 255 note d} Followed by reddel, struck out

^{page 255 note e} Followed by en, struck out

^{page 255 note f} Followed by fu, struck out

^{page 255 note g} MS le

⁴⁹ Auxerre, Yonne.

⁵⁰ Jean de Paris, a leading procureur in the Parlement in these years, had acted for Fastolf in his suit against Denis Sauvage (n^o II, n. 19).

⁵¹ Jean Sac had also acted as procureur for Fastolf in the same suit (n^o II, n. 7).

^{page 256 note a} Followed by dit, struck out

^{page 256 note b} en interlined over a, struck out

^{page 256 note c} Followed by q, struck out

^{page 256 note d} avoit interlined

^{page 256 note e} Followed by et dit que, struck out

^{page 256 note f} Followed by lui, struck out

^{page 256 note g} Followed by lappe, struck out

^{page 256 note h} Followed by au conseil, struck out

^{page 256 note i} Followed by ce fu, struck out

^{page 256 note j} MS fist

^{page 256 note k} Followed by qu'il, struck out

^{page 256 note l} Followed by disoit, struck out

^{page 257 note a} Followed by le eslargist, struck out

^{page 257 note b} Followed by dit, struck out

^{page 257 note c} Followed by poni, struck out

^{page 257 note d} Followed by part, struck out

^{page 257 note e} Followed by par, struck out

^{page 257 note f} envers repeated and struck out

^{page 257 note g} Followed by a esté, struck out

^{page 258 note a} Sentence begins Si q, struck out

^{page 258 note b} Followed by gar, struck out

^{page 258 note c} Followed by l'arrest, struck out

^{page 258 note d} ne du premier proces interlined

^{page 258 note e} Followed by bel, struck out

^{page 258 note f} par repeated and struck out

^{page 258 note g} Followed by p, struck out

^{page 258 note h} Followed by on, struck out

^{page 258 note i} a ce interlined and underlined

^{page 258 note j} touche interlined

^{page 258 note k} MS executeur

^{page 258 note l} Followed by prejud, struck out

^{page 258 note m} Followed by p, struck out

^{page 258 note n} Followed by di, struck out

^{page 259 note a} MS faciet

^{page 259 note b} MS inhihicionis

^{page 259 note c} MS dictum nostrum cum

⁵² Guillaume Cotin, canon of Notre-Dame, was a conseiller in the Parlement 1417–1436.

^{page 260 note a} MS expectis

^{page 260 note b} MS privia

^{page 260 note c} MS Parlamenti

^{page 260 note d} MS tenuebant

^{page 260 note e} MS papinas

^{page 260 note f} MS habebat dicit

^{page 261 note a} MS comparandum

^{page 261 note b} Followed by fa, struck out

^{page 262 note a} In the margin

⁵³ This text is printed in Fauquembergue, iii, 140.Google Scholar

^{page 263 note a} recite et added in right-hand margin

^{page 263 note b} Followed by en, struck out

^{page 263 note c} MS lez

^{page 263 note d} qu'il recite interlined

^{page 263 note e} The last clause written in a different hand

⁵⁴ ‘Si quis imperatori maledixerit’ (Cod., IX, vii).

⁵⁵ ‘The ruler was seen as the tutor of the kingdom, and in this function his duty was to preserve the kingdom intact and to keep it unharmed’ (Ullmann, W., Law and Politics in the Middle Ages (London, 1975), p. 58).Google Scholar

⁵⁶ Fastolf served in Ireland in 1405 and 1406, and was married there in 1409 (Dict. Nat. Biog., vi, 699).Google Scholar

⁵⁷ Soubise, Charente-Maritime, arr. Rochefort, c. Saint-Agnant. The action referred to, in which Jacques de Heilly, captain of Soubise, was captured, occurred in June and July 1413. See n^o V, n. 12.

⁵⁸ Probably a reference to Fastolf's participation in the campaign of 1415.

⁵⁹ Cf the claim of Roger Chilton, made on 10 November 1432, to a house in Provins, recently re-captured, on the grounds that he was ‘le premier entre en l'ostel ou pend Fenseigne de l'Eschequier en ladicte ville, et par ce lui aient appartenu les biens estans pour lors en icelui’ (A.N., JJ 175, n^o 155).

⁶⁰ See above, n. 31.

⁶¹ Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, arr. Meaux. The siege began in May 1432 and ended ignomimously for the English in August (Bourgeois, pp. 283–6).Google Scholar

⁶² Patay, Loiret, arr. Orléans. The battle fought there on 18 June 1428 ended in defeat for the English and the ‘flight’ of Fastolf.

⁶³ Orléans, Loiret. The siege had ended in May 1428.

^{page 265 note a} Followed by que Overton, struck out

^{page 265 note b} …b a genoulz…faictes written in a different hand

^{page 265 note c} ses lettres et written in a different hand

^{page 265 note d} lui in a different hand

^{page 265 note e} ainsi qu'il recite in a different hand

^{page 265 note f} quousque etc in a different hand

^{page 265 note g} Followed by m, struck out

^{page 265 note h} Followed by d'une part, struck out

⁶⁴ Jean Piedefer was the son of the first président of the Parlement.

⁶⁵ Guillaume Cornay and his wife had been jointly concerned in litigation before the Parlement in September 1432 (Fauquembergue, iii, 65).Google Scholar

^{page 266 note a} Followed by so, struck out

^{page 265 note b} de interlined over sur, struck out

⁶⁶ Simon Plumetot was a conseiller at the Enquêtes of the Parlement.

⁶⁷ Fleuret Quarré (Carre) was aprocureur, perhaps at the Chambre des Comptes (Favier, , Contribuables parisiens, p. 159Google Scholar, n. 1).

⁶⁸ 1 December 1435.

^{page 267 note a} Followed by do la, struck out

^{page 267 note b} qu'il y ait interlined

^{page 267 note c} la repeated in MS

⁶⁹ Jean Vivian, dean of St. Germain-l'Auxerrois, was a conseiller in the Parlement, then président of the Enquêtes.

^{page 268 note a} In the margin