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II Denis Sauvage v. Sir John Fastolf
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2009
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This important suit, the fast of a number involving Sir John Faslolf, concerned the complexities surrounding the compensation claimed by Fastolf for the release, without obligation to pay any ransom, ordered by the duke of Bedford, of Guillaume Remon, a prisoner taken by Fastolf at Passy-en- Valois in 1423. The case was made doubly difficult by the fact that some of Remon's own prisoners had been freed under the same circumstances in order to enable the regent to recover Compigène; late in 1423. By this act, Fastolf claimed to have lost ‘grosses finances’ which he had reasonably expected to obtain from them.
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- Camden Fourth Series , Volume 26: English Suits Before the Parlement of Paris 1420–1436 , July 1982 , pp. 28 - 43
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- Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1982
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1 See also Overton v. Fastolf (no XX) and appendix I. This suit has been described by Armstrong, C. A. J., ‘Sir John Fastolf and the Law of Arms’, War, Literature and Politics in the Late Middle Ages, ed. Allmand, C. T. (Liverpool, 1976), pp. 4656.Google Scholar
2 See the grant in A.N., JJ 175, no 203.
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3 Denis Sauvage, merchant of Hainault.
4 Theprévôt of Paris, Simon Morhier, was the judicial and administrative officer of Paris and its prévôte, appointed by the crown.
5 For Sir John Fastolf, see appendix II.
6 John, duke of Bedford, was regent of France for his nephew, Henry VI.
7 Jean Sac, who acted as Fastolf's procureur, was an Italian merchant banker, not a member of the court, which may explain the phrase ‘soy disant’. In his will Fastolf referred to him as ‘John Sak, marchaunt of Parys, my trusty frend & seruaunt’. See McFarlane, K. B., ‘The investment of Sir John Fastolf's profits of warxy’, T.R.Hist.S., Fifth series, vii (1957), 1001Google Scholar; Armstrong, , ‘Sir John Fastolf and the Law of Arms’, p. 51.Google Scholar
8 Passy-en-Valois, Aisne, arr. Château-Thierry, c. Neuilly-Saint-Front.
9 Probably La Folie, in the commune of La Ferté-Milon, Aisne, arr. Château-Thierry, c. Neuilly-Saint-Front, quite nearby.
10 Châtelet, the tribunal of the prévôt of Paris.
11 A reference to the military court of the marshals, who would have dealt with cases arising out of prisoners of war (Keen, , Laws of War, pp. 267).Google Scholar
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12 Henry de Lidan, probably from Brabant, was said to be acquainted with Fastolf and the regent's household. He and Denis Sauvage were the two merchants with whom this suit was concerned.
13 La Bastide, or Bastille, built in the 1370s, was a royal fortress which became a central point of the defences of Paris. It was also used as a prison.
14 Hainault, county, outside the kingdom of France.
15 Brabant, duchy, also outside the kingdom.
16 Jean Aguenin was second président of the Parlement.
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17 Conciergerie du Palais was the prison in which those arrested within the area of the Palais were confined.
18 Rue aux Ours (?).
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19 Jean dc Paris, one of the most sought-after procureurs between 1419 and 1435.
20 i.e., the Bastide, at the Porte and at the end of the rue Saint-Antoine. The captain was John Midelstrete (Gallia Regia, iv, 376).Google Scholar
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21 The day after the Sunday after Easier, 1 May 1424.
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22 On the right bank of the Seine. The fountain was ‘en la rue Saint-Denis’ (A. Longnon, Paris pendant la domination anglaise (1420 1436) (Paris, 1878), p. 252), ‘au bout de la rue Dernetal ou il a une fontaine que on dit la Fontaine de la Royne’ (Bourgeois, p. 275).Google Scholar
23 Meaux, Seine-et-Marne. The bailli was jean Choart (Gallia Regia, iv, 96).Google Scholar
24 It is not clear which of a number of places named Nogent is being referred to here, as there was no ‘bailli de Nogent’. However, since the place mentioned was probably near Mcaux, it is perhaps Nogent-sur-Marne which is meant.
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25 It was customary to hear the suits from the bailliage of Vermandois at beginning of each sitting of the Parlernent in November.
26 Philippe de Morvilliers, a former avocat who served as first président between 1418 and 1433 when he fell into disgrace and was effectively replaced by Robert Piedefer. See the introduction, pp. 9 10.
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27 Like the name given to a pursuivant. The sergent was called Chrétien Colart (Armstrong, , ‘Sir John Fastolf and the Law of Arms’, p. 53).Google Scholar
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28 The Bastide Saint-Antoine.
29 The Châtelet.
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30 Jacques Branlart, conseiller in the Parlement, was président of the Chambre des Enquêtes by January 1418. He attended the Council of Siena as a clerical representative, and also represented the Parisian chapter at the Council of Basel (A.N., LL 113, pp. 290, 347–8).
31 Robert Agode was an avocat, and then conseiller in the Parlement from 1418 until 1450.
32 Jean de Longueil, conseiller then third président of the Parlement.
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33 ‘Interesse enim creditoris duos reos habere’ (Dig., XXXIV, iii, 3, §5).Google Scholar
34 22 July 1427.
35 i.e., before the beginning of November (see n. 25).
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