afterwards duke of Exeter, youngest son of John of Gaunt by Catherine
Swineford. Holinshed commits two errors,--first, in saying that the
_marquis_ of Dorset was made duke of Exeter, whereas the _marquis_ of
Dorset was a distinct person from the earl, being the _eldest_ son of
John of Gaunt by the same venter, and forfeited his title by treason
in 1 H. 4.,--secondly, in fixing the date of creation in 1 H. 5.
whereas the earl of Dorset was not made duke of Exeter till 4. H. 5.
the year after the battle of Agincourt.
Page 142. line 14. _Windsor._] There was no earl of Windsor.--This
is probably a mistake for Ralph Nevil, earl of Westmoreland, who
accompanied the king.
Page 142. line 14. _Suffolk._] Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk,
killed at Agincourt.
Page 142. line 15. _Warwick._] Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, a
distinguished warrior, and afterwards regent of France.
Page 142. line 15. _Kent._] A mistake for Gilbert de Umphraville, earl
of Kyme.
Page 143. line 13. _Briautè._] Roger III. lord of La Bréautè, &c.
chamberlain to Charles VI. and VII. The misfortunes of this family
almost equal those of the house of Stuart. Roger, elder brother to
this lord of Bréautè, was killed at Gisors in 1404, when on the eve
of marriage. The present lord was made prisoner in Normandy, and sold
half his estates to ransom himself: of the remainder, he was afterwards
deprived by the chance of war. His eldest son, John, was killed at the
battle of Verneuil in 1424. His second son, also called John, succeeded
his father, was three times taken prisoner, and ruined in the efforts
made to ransom him: he was at last killed at the battle of Montlehery
in 1460. James, the third son, was lord of Bellefosse, killed at Pataye
in 1429. Roger lord of Crouin, the fourth son, was killed in England
in 1460. All the members of this unhappy family were distinguished for
valour.
Page 143. line 14. _L'Isle-Adam._] Ancel de l'Isle-Adam, lord of
Puysieux, Vegnai, &c. and grand _echanson_ of France, was killed at
Agincourt.
Page 145. line 18. _Stafford._] Another mistake. Henry, at this time
earl of Stafford, was only twenty years old at the accession of Henry
VI. His father, Edmund Stafford, was killed many years before at the
battle of Shrewsbury. Hugh Stafford, lord Bourchier, accompanied the
king on this expedition, but did not die till five years after.
Page 172. line 7. _Officers._] The custom was not yet fixed of giving
precedence to the officers of the crown over the nobility, and even
over the princes of the blood; but Monstrelet, who wrote under Louis
XI. when that order was established, adopts it as a matter of course.
See more particularly at the beginning of the next chapter, and
Boulainvilliers on the ancient Parliaments of France.
Page 177. line 11. _Oxford._] Richard de Vere, earl of Oxford. This
nobleman died the year following, and was succeeded by his son, John
de Vere, then only nine years old.
Page 177. line 11. _Earl-Marshal._] John lord Mowbray, brother of
Thomas earl of Nottingham, and son of Thomas duke of Norfolk, attainted
and banished in the reign of Richard II. Henry V. restored to him the
title of Nottingham, and Henry VI. that of Norfolk.
Page 177. line 12. _Kent._] Kyme.
Page 177. line 13. _Beaumont._] Henry lord Beaumont died 1 H. 5.
leaving only one son, an infant, who did not attain his full age till
9 H. 6. Sir Thomas Beaumont, brother of lord Henry, may be the person
here meant.
Page 177. line 13. _Willoughby._] Robert lord Willoughby of Eresby,
distinguished among the english captains for his gallant actions under
Henry V. and the duke of Bedford.
Page 182. line 18. _York._] He was very corpulent, and is said to have
been pressed to death in the throng. The earl of Suffolk was also among
the slain.
Page 184. last line. _Suffered_.] Of the princes, Anthony duke of
Brabant left two sons, Philip and John, successively dukes of Brabant,
and both dying, s. p. Philip count of Nevers left Charles count of
Nevers, who died, s. p. and John count of Estampes and of Nevers after
the death of his brother.
Edward duke of Bar and John de Bar lord of Puisaye were brothers, and
both died, s. p.
Robert de Bar, count of Marle and Soissons, was son to Henry de Bar
another brother, and also died s. p. Upon these deaths, the succession
was disputed between Louis, cardinal de Bar, the surviving brother, and
Yoland, queen of Arragon, their sister. This dispute was terminated in
1419, when the cardinal resigned his right in favour of Réné of Anjou,
(duke of Lorraine, &c.) grandson of Yoland.
John I. count of Alençon, succeeded by his son John II.
Ferry count de Vaudemont. He was of the house of Lorraine, and acquired
Vaudemont by his marriage with the heiress of Vaudemont and Joinville.
Henry II. count of Blamont, of the house of Salms.
Edward II. count of Grandprè, of the house of Porcien.
John VI. count of Roussy and Braine, descended from the old counts of
Rheims. He left one daughter, Jane, married to Robert de Sarreback,
count of Commercy. He was recognized among the dead by a wound which
had made one arm shorter than the other.
Waleran, eldest son of Raoul II. lord of Rayneval and grand pannetier
de France, and his wife Philippa, daughter of John de Luxembourg
count de Ligny and castellan of Lisle. Waleran possessed the lands of
Fauquemberg by the will of his aunt Jane de Luxembourg, widow of Guy
de Châtillon count of St Pol. This count Waleran left only a daughter,
married to Baldwin d'Ailly vidame of Amiens.
Page 185. line 13. _France._] Charles d'Albret, count de Dreux,
succeeded by his son Charles II.
Page 185. line 13. _Boucicaut._] Boucicaut died in England two years
after. He left no issue.
Page 185. line 15. _Dampierre._] He married Jane de la Riviere, and
had issue by her one son, James II. lord de Dampierre, who served the
dauphin faithfully, and was made grand pannetier de France.
Page 185. line 19. _Household._] The name of sir Guichard Dauphin
appears to have betrayed Shakespeare into the error of making the
dauphin of France present at the battle of Agincourt, which he
was not,--unless we suppose the error to lie with the editors, in
confounding two persons meant by Shakespeare to be distinct. In the
camp scene before the battle, his dauphin does not hold such a rank
in the debate and conversation as is suitable to the heir of the
french monarchy, but precisely that which the master of the household
might hold with propriety. In one scene, he is thus mentioned, 'Enter
Rambures, Châtillon, Dauphin and others.'
Page 186. line 9. _Croy._] John lord de Croy and his _two_ eldest sons,
John and Archambaud.
Page 186. line 10. _D'Auxi._] David lord of Auxi.
Page 186. line 11. _Crequy._] Raoul, surnamed L'Estendart, on account
of the many standards he had won from the English, son of John IV. lord
of Crequy.
Page 186. line 13. _Dampierre._] Philip, brother of David, lord of
D_o_mpierre, not D_a_mpierre, which was in the house of Châtillon.
Page 186. line 14. _Raineval._] Raoul II. lord of Rayneval, grand
pannetier de France, left four sons, of whom Waleran, the eldest, was
count of Fauquemberg, and killed at this battle; John, the third,
was lord de Meracourt, also killed here; Aubert, the fourth, lord of
Betencourt, also killed here: Raoulequin, lord of Cardonnai, was the
second;--but there must be some mistake about their father the bailiff
of Amiens, and also about the brother sir Allain.
Page 186. line 15. _Mailly._] Colard, or Nicholas, lord of Mailly, and
his eldest son Colard.
Page 186. line 21. _Brie._] John de Bethune, lord of Mareuil, Autrêche,
&c. youngest son of John lord of Vendeul and Vergier.
Page 186. line 21. _Clarsy._] Simon lord of Dommart and Claed, son of
John de Craon lord of Dommart, and brother of William lord of Nouastre
and John lord of Dommart, who was also taken prisoner at Agincourt, and
died in 1420.
John the young, lord of Midens, brother of John IV. lord of Crequy,
Canaples, &c. was also killed at Agincourt.
Page 186. line 22. _Rocheguyon._] Guy VI. lord de Rocheguyon,
counsellor and chamberlain to the king. His son, Guy VII. was the last
male of this illustrious house. I find nothing of his brother.
Page 186. line 24. _D'Aliegre._] Morinot de Tourzel, lord of Alegre.
But I find in Morery, that he lived to the year 1418.
Page 186. line 26. _Heu._] Heu a family of Le Pays Messin, celebrated
in the sixteenth century.
Page 187. line 4. _Humieres._] Matthew and John de Humieres, sons of
Matthew lord de Humieres, and brothers of Philip lord de Humieres, made
prisoner on the same day.
Page 187. line 4. _Brothers._] Renty, a branch of the house of Croy.
Page 187. line 17. _Kieret._] Henry Quieret, lord of Tours en Vimeu,
died in 1406, leaving two sons, Guy, and Peter lord of Haucourt, both
_made prisoners_ at Agincourt; but I find none of the family _killed_
there.
Page 187. line 19. _D'Auffemont._] Guy III. de Nesle, of the family of
Clermont en Beauvoisis.
Page 187. line 25. _Gallois._] Matthieu de Rouvroy, and Guillaume le
Gallois, his brother,--descended in the female line from the old counts
of Vermandois.
Page 188. line 3. _Becqueville._] William Martel, lord of Bacqueville,
often mentioned before. He was the last person distinguished by the
venerable office of _Porte-Orisflamme_.
Page 188. line 8. _Beau-mainnil._] Robert VI. de Harcourt, lord of
Beaumênil.
Page 188. line 12. _D'Ouffreville._] Q. Offrainville? Denis de
Longueil, lord of Offrainville, was killed at Agincourt, together with
his elder brother, William lord of Longueville, and his son Robert.
Page 188. line 15. _Brolay._] Amaury de Craon, lord de Briolé, of the
branch of La Suze.
Page 188. line 18. _Montbason._] John de Craon, lord of Montbazon and
viscount of Châteaudun, _grand echanson_ de France.
Page 188. line 18. _Bueuil._] John lord of Beuil, master of the
cross-bows from 1396 to 1399.
Page 188. line 20. _Beau Vergier._] Antony lord of Beauvergier, grand
pannetier de France.
Page 188. line 21. _Tour._] Agne III. de la Tour, lord of Oliergues.
Page 188. line 25. _Challus._] Probably Robert de Chabannes, lord of
Charlus, father of Stephen lord of Charlus, James lord of La Palice,
and Anthony count of Dammartin.
Page 188. line 26. _Montgaugier._] St Maur, lords of Montgaugier, a
house of Touraine.
Page 189. line 4. _Belliere._] Anthony de Bellievre, ancestor of the
Bellievres presidents and chancellors, lived at this time; but it was a
law-family, and Q. if any of the branches were addicted to arms?
Page 189. line 5. _Montauban._] Oliver V. lord of Montauban, a great
house in Bretagne, died soon after 1386, leaving five sons,--1.
William, who died in 1432; 2. Robert, bailiff of Cotentin, at the siege
of Orleans in 1420; 3. Bertrand, killed at Agincourt; 4. Renaud, lord
of Crêpon; 5. John.
Page 189. line 12. _Lens._] John de Récourt, castellan of Lens, brother
to Charles, admiral of France, was killed at this battle; but I find no
others of the family.
Page 190. line 4. _D'Aumont._] John Hutin lord of Aumont, Chars and
Chapes, echanson du roi, &c.
Page 190. line 5. _Moncaurel._] John, lord of Montcavrel, was killed
at this battle. He left only one daughter, in whose right Montcavrel
passed into the family of Monchy.
Page 190. line 11. _Chastillon._] Charles de Châtillon, lord of
Sourvilliers and Marigni.
Gaspard de Chastillon and Hugh his brother, of the Chastillons, lords
of Blois and la Bastie, were also killed.
Page 190. line 22. _Belloy._] Hugh lord of Bellay and Giseux, married
Isabel de Montigny lady of Langey. Bertrand his son. He had two other
sons, one killed at Crevant, another at Verneuil.
Page 191. line 5. _Brothers._] Hector de Chartres, lord of Ons en Bray,
grand master of waters and forests in Normandy, father of Renaud,
archbishop of Rheims and chancellor of France.
Page 191. line 5. _Nofville._] Perhaps a son of the mareschal
Neufville, who succeeded to the estates of sir Arnold d'Andreghen in
1370.
Page 191. line 25. _Hangiers._] I can find no such name as _Hangiers_;
but John V. lord de _Hangest_, grand master of cross-bows from 1407 to
1411, was killed here.
Page 191. line 25. _Vaverans._] John de Mailly, lord of Authuille and
Warans, one of the twenty-five sons of Giles lord of Authuille. This
was a branch of the lords de Mailly before mentioned.
Page 192. line 2. _Raisse._] Guy II. de la Val, lord of Retz and
Blazon, is said, by Moreri, to have died _before_ 1416. He was father
of the infamous marshal de Retz by Mary of Craon.
Page 202. line 19. _Barbasan._] Arnaud-Guilhem, baron of Barbazan
in Bigorre, first, chamberlain to Charles VII. afterwards governor
of Champagne and the Laonnois, &c. The king gave him the title of
'Chevalier sans reproche,' and permitted him to take the fleurs de lys
for his arms. He was seven years prisoner at Chasteau Gaillard, till
delivered in 1430 by La Hire. He was killed at Belleville, near Nancy,
in 1432, and buried with the highest honours.
Page 246. line 13. _Trimouille._] George lord of la Trimouille, Sully,
Craon, Jonvelle, &c. by descent, count of Boulogne, Auvergne and
Guisnes, by marriage with Jane, heiress of those counties and widow
of the duke of Berry. Moreri says he was made prisoner at Agincourt,
though not mentioned in the list of prisoners by Monstrelet. He was
successively grand master of waters and forests, grand chamberlain of
France, and lieutenant-general of the duchy of Burgundy. His wife, the
duchess of Berry, brought him no issue; but on her death, in 1423, he
married again, the heiress of l'Isle Bouchard, and had several children.
Page 246. line 20. _Moruel._] Thibaud, lord of Moreuil and Coeuvres,
assumed the family-name of Soissons from his great-grandmother, wife of
Bernard V. lord of Moreuil. He married Margaret de Poix d'Arcy, by whom
he had many children, and died in 1437. His son Waleran succeeded, in
right of his mother, to the lordships of Poix, Quesnes, &c.
Page 257. _chap. xlvii._] See Giannone, lib. 25. cap. 1. & 2 for an
account of these events, which are not very accurately related by
Monstrelet.
Page 281. line 3. _Gaucourt._] Raoul V. lord de Gaucourt. His son,
Raoul VI. was grand master of France.
Page 282. line 2. _Bourbon._] Q.
Page 283. line 19. _Rouen._] Louis, archbishop of Rouen, brother to
John VII. count de Harcourt, who was made prisoner at Agincourt.
Page 285. line 7. _Gamaches._] John de Rouault, lord of Gamaches and
Boismenard.
Page 286. line 1. _Louis._] Louis III. eldest son of Louis II. king of
Sicily, &c. by Yoland, daughter of John I. king of Arragon and Yoland
de Bar. Louis III. was born in 1403, adopted by Jane II. queen of
Naples, married Margaret of Savoy, and died, 1434, without issue.
Page 286. line 3. _Bar._] Réné, born in 1408, duke of Lorraine in right
of his wife Isabel, daughter of Charles the bold, and of Bar in right
of his grandmother, Yoland queen of Arragon.
Page 286. line 3. _Charles._] Charles, count of Maine, &c. born in 1414.
Page 286. line 4. _Dauphin._] Mary married to Charles, dauphin, in 1422.
Page 286. line 5. _Yolande._] Yoland married to Francis, duke of
Bretagne, in 1431.
Page 332. line 24. _Isle-Adam._] Charles, son of Ancel de l'Isle-Adam
lord of Puysieux, and grand echanson of France, killed at Agincourt.
Page 338. line 23. _D'Antoing._] John de Melun, lord of Antoing, (son
of Hugh, son of John I. viscount of Melun, grandfather of the count of
Tancarville.) He was constable of Flanders, viscount of Ghent, and died
very old in 1484.
Page 340. line 10. _Of Burgundy._] John the great, lord of Champlite,
marshal of Burgundy. He died in 1418. His eldest son, William, died in
his lifetime, leaving John IV. lord of Champlite, on the death of his
grandfather, and seneschal of Burgundy. Anthony, second son of John the
great, was count of Dammartin.
Page 340. line 11. _Châlons._] John de Châlons, prince of Orange in
right of Mary of Baux his wife. He died in 1418, and was succeeded by
his son, Louis the good, here mentioned.
Page 340. line 13. _Souvelle._] John de la Trimouille, lord of
_Jonvelle_, was brother to George de la Trimouille, who married the
duchess of Berry, as before mentioned.
Page 340. line 14. _Pot._] Regnier Pot, lord of La Prugne.
Page 340. line 15. _Neuf-Châtel._] Thibauld VIII. lord of Neuf-chastel
and Blammont, son to the lord of Neuf-chastel killed at Nicopolis.
Page 340. line 16. _Rochefort_.] James lord of Rochefort and Bussy son
of John de Rochefort, bailiff of Auxois.
Page 378. last line, _Derke_.] Damoiseau Derke, _i.e._ William lord of
Arckel, who was killed at Gorcum.
Page 379. line 2. _Brederode._] Walrave lord of Brederode, also killed
at Gorcum.
Page 380. line 5. _Fayette._] Gilbert III. lord of la Fayette, marshal
of France, counsellor and chamberlain of the king and dauphin,
seneschal of the Bourbonnois, &c. &c.
Page 381. line 12. _Harcourt._] James II. de Harcourt, lord of
Montgomery, who was taken prisoner at Agincourt, married to Margaret,
only daughter and heiress of William de Melun, count of Tancarville,
killed at Agincourt.
H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, London.
Transcibers Note:
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.
g.m.