^{page 86 note a} Blank in MS

^{page 86 note b} MS de

^{page 86 note c} MS le

¹ The background to this suit is given by Bossuat, A., ‘Une famille parisienne (L'Orfèvre) pendant l'occupation anglaise an XVe siècle’, Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de Paris et de l'Ile de France, 87–8 (1960–1961), 77–96.Google Scholar

² A well-known personality, avocat in the Parlement and then chancellor to Louis, duke of Orléans, whose will he drew up in 1403. He died in 1412.

³ See Gallia Regia, iv, 337Google Scholar, for the examinateurs of this period. It is not clear whose name should fill the blank in the MS.

⁴ For William de la Pole, early of Suffolk, see appendix II.

⁵ Guillaume de Sens, former avocat du roi, then third and finally first président of the Parlement. He died in November 1399 (Delachenal, Histoire des avocats, pp. 381–2).Google Scholar

⁶ Louis, duke of Orléans, assassinated in 1407.

^{page 87 note a} hostel interlined

^{page 87 note b} MS le

^{page 87 note c} Followed by si comme, struck out

^{page 87 note d} a interlined

⁷ Simon Morhier, prévôt of Paris 1422 36.

⁸ In the case of a don mutuel, the survivor of a marriage was obliged to make inventories of all property, moveable and immoveable (Nouveau coutumier général, III, i, 383).Google Scholar

⁹ See Fauquembergue, ii, 2534.Google Scholar

^{page 88 note a} et son fils interlined

¹⁰ Dons mutuels were for life only (Nouveau coutumier général, III, i, 383).Google Scholar

¹¹ A Picard of strongly pro-Burgundian leanings, active in the wars between supporters of Burgundy and Orléans. He was executed at Soissons in May 1414. On whom, see Vaughan, R., John the Fearless (London, 1966), pp. 146–7, 151.Google Scholar

¹² Jacques de Heilly, a Picard supporter of Burgundy, marshal of Guyenne, captain of Soubise, governor of La Rochelle, who became a prisoner of Sir John Fastolf in 1413 (Vale, M. G. A., English Gascony, 1399–1453 (Oxford, 1970), p. 68 and n. 1).Google Scholar

¹³ The treaty of Auxerre was made between the duke of Burgundy and his opponents in August 1412.

¹⁴ Orléans, Loiret.

¹⁵ François de L'Hospital, councillor and chamberlain to Louis of Orléans. He married Catherine L'Orfèvre, daughter of Pierre L'Orfèvre (n. 2, above). See Anselme, Père, Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, vii (Paris, 1733), 433.Google Scholar

¹⁶ Guillaume Cousinot succeeded Pierre L'Orfèvre as chancellor to the duke of Orléans.

¹⁷ Senlis, Oise.

¹⁸ 29 May 1418.

^{page 89 note a} MS le

^{page 89 note b} ne interlined

^{page 90 note a} Followed by d

^{page 90 note b} tant interlined

^{page 90 note c} In the margin

¹⁹ ‘Possessores immobilium rerum satisdare non compelli’ (Dig., II, viii, 15).Google Scholar

²⁰ Philippe de Morvilliers, first président of the Parlement 1418 33.

^{page 91 note a} In the margin

^{page 91 note b} In the margin

^{page 91 note c} Followed by des, struck out

²¹ The court of the prévôt of Paris.

²² Guillaume de Buymont

²³ Simon Sambrin was a dealer in precious stones.

²⁴ Jean de Vitry was a conseiller at the Parlement in 1401, and maître des requêtes to the Dauphin in 1417.

^{page 92 note a} MS quel on

^{page 92 note b} MS le

^{page 92 note c} MS le

^{page 92 note d} MS le

^{page 92 note e} MS lui

^{page 92 note f} et qu'il y avoit eu erreur interlined

^{page 92 note g} et quo l'erreur fu corrigié interlined

^{page 92 note h} MS le

²⁵ i.e., for nine days.

²⁶ Guillaume Bourdin was among those rewarded in 1422 for helping to bring about the Burgundian entry into Paris in .May 1418 (Longnon, , Paris, pp. 34–7Google Scholar). Apart from the rcferenee in this reeord, nothing is known of the suit between him and Suffolk.

²⁷ ‘Memoria hominis est labilis’, implied in Dig., XXXXI, ii, 44.Google Scholar

^{page 93 note a} faire interlined

^{page 93 note b} le interlined

^{page 93 note c} MS le

^{page 93 note d} Followed by def, struck out

²⁸ On the currencies of the day, and their changing values, see Fauquembergue, ii, 108Google Scholar and n. 3, 109; Bourgeois, pp. 210–11Google Scholar; A Parisian Journal, 1405–1449, trans. Shirley, J. (Oxford, 1968), pp. 31–4, 211.Google Scholar

^{page 94 note a} In the margin

²⁹ Philippe de Nanterre, conseiller in the Parlement since November 1426 (Fauquembergue, ii, 219).Google Scholar

³⁰ This text is printed in Fauquembergue, ii, 293–4.Google Scholar

^{page 95 note a} Followed by faire, struck out

^{page 95 note b} Followed by g, struck out

^{page 96 note a} par le conte de Sulfok interlined

^{page 96 note b} Sambrin repeated

^{page 96 note c} Followed by et ne, struck out

^{page 96 note d} Followed by qui, struck out

^{page 97 note a} MS qu'elles

³¹ i.e., in the register of Jean L'Espine, greffier criminel, not extant.

^{page 98 note a} qui struck out in MS

^{page 98 note b} Followed by en son, struck out

^{page 98 note c} Written over quelle

^{page 98 note d} Followed by j

^{page 98 note e} Followed by so, struck out

^{page 98 note f} Followed by q, struck out

³² Jean, duke of Berry, is normally regarded as the most discerning collector in late medieval France.

^{page 99 note a} In the margin

^{page 99 note b} frans interlined

^{page 100 note a} Followed by v^ci, struck out

^{page 100 note b} MS quandam

^{page 100 note c} MS lercentum

^{page 100 note d} MS feneraverat

^{page 100 note e} … e The clerk here allowed his attention to wander, so that the Latin is not at all clear. The passage reads: Insuperque proposuisset prefatus Sanbrin quod persentenciam prepositi Parisionsis supranominatus Boudin [fo. 198^v] supradeclarata pignora predicta restitucre recusaverat, insuperque proposuisset prefatus Sambrin quod per sentenciam prepositi Parisiensis supranominatus aut pro corum valore v^c francorum summam prefato comiti restituere… The word vacat in the margin indicates that a later, but contemporary reader thought that something was missing. The reading offered here is therefore very conjectural.

^{page 100 note f} MS extimacionem condemnati

^{page 101 note a} MS superdeclarata

^{page 101 note b} MS Salubrin

^{page 101 note c} Followed by ter, struck out

^{page 102 note a} Followed by x, struck out