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XII The Earl of Salisbury v. Pierre le Verrat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2009
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This suit, incomplete after a year and a half, is evidence of the attempts by the earl of Salisbury, governor of Champagne and Brie, to seek legal redress from Pierre le Verrat for the escape of five hostages given by the Bastard de la Baume, who had been captured by Matthew Gough and handed over to Salisbury. To secure his freedom, Baume had promised to deliver the fortresses of Chateaurenard and Charny and to pay a large ransom, but the hostages whom he delivered into English hands managed to escape, while Baume, freed of all obligations, was able to keep Charny. In the suit which followed, it was alleged that the hostages had been placed in the care of le Verrat, as captain of Sens, who had handed them over into the custody of Jean Labé. It was during one of Verrat's absences in Paris that the hostages were able to escape. Salisbury now sued le Verrat for negligence in allowing this to happen.
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- Camden Fourth Series , Volume 26: English Suits Before the Parlement of Paris 1420–1436 , July 1982 , pp. 148 - 153
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- Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1982
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1 For the earl of Salisbury, see appendix II. The gram to him of the county of Perche was dated 26 April 1419 (D.K.R., xli, 772).Google Scholar
2 Pierre le Verrat, lord of Crosne, served as captain of a number of important places, notably Villeneuve-le-Roi and Bois de Vincennes, between 1411 aid 1420, and was prévôt of Paris from July 1421 to January 1422. He was appointed captain of Sens by 1423 (Gallia Regia, iv, 379, 402, 404Google Scholar; v, 471, 472). As a firm supporter of the dukes of Burgundy, he became a member of the ducal council after the return of the Valois to Paris in 1436, an event which was to cost him the confiscation of his property by the king of France. He was dead by September 1440. (See Bourgeois, p. 156Google Scholar. n. 2.)
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3 Joan, granddaughter of Edward I, had married William Montague, earl of Salisbury in 1348. Thomas Montague was not descended from them but from a collateral.
4 He had been appointed by August 1423 (Gallia Regia, ii, 109).Google Scholar
5 Fontaine-sous-Montaiguillon, Seine-et-Marne, arr. Provins, c. Villiers-Saint-Georges, com. Louan-Villegruis-Fontaine. The fortress surrendered in February 1424 after a long resistance.
6 Guillaume, Bâtard de la Baume, was an adventurer of Savoyard origin. Once a Burgundian supporter, in 1423 he was won over to the party of Charles VII and took the oath of fealty to him. His exploits were recounted by Waurin (Recueil des croniques et anchiennes istories de la Grant Bretaigne a present nommé Engleterre, 1422–1431, ed. Hardy, W. (RS, London, 1879), pp. 42–50.Google Scholar
7 Châteaurenard, Loiret, arr. Montargis.
8 Charny, Yonne, arr. Auxerre.
9 Sens, Yonne.
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10 Roger Witton was captain of Villeneuve-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne, arr. Créteil) between 1425 and 1427 (Gallia Regia, v, 472Google Scholar). He was dead by 22 July 1428 when lands held by him in the bailliages of Troyes and Sens and the county of Joigny were granted to Sir John Handford (A.N., JJ 174, no 197).
11 i.e., Charny.
12 i.e., the oath to observe the treaty of Troyes.
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13 Summa Trecenses, IV, 23Google Scholar, §6.
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14 Philippe de Morvilliers was first président of the Parlement 1418 33.
15 23 July 1428.