[Sidenote: 1435 / SEPT. 30]
A _vidimus_ or official attestation of two indentures relative to the
custody of the castle of Le Mans between Sir John Fastolf, governor of
Anjou and Maine, and captain of Le Mans under the Duke of Bedford, and
Matthew Goth [Gough] and Thomas Gower as his lieutenants. The first
indenture is for the quarter from 1st October to 31st December 1434,
the second for the three quarters following, to 30th September 1435.
A retinue is to be maintained of twenty-four lances and the ‘archiers de
la personne dudit Mathieu,’ viz., sixty mounted and fourteen on foot,
and 222 archers besides. Mounted archers to have 12_d._ a day, etc.
The document is authenticated by the _garde du scel des obligations de
la Viconté de Rouen_, on the 8th March 1448 (i.e. 1449).
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