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XVII Sir John Popham, Sir William Oldhall, Sir Thomas Rampston and William Glasdale v. Lord Talbot, John Winter et al
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2009
Extract
This short but interesting suit about rights over prisoners of war was founded on events surrounding the dramatic recapture of Le Mans by a force under John, Lord Talbot, on 28 May 1428.
Some of those concerned had sworn brotherhood in arms and a share in all profits of war. When, therefore, a dispute arose between John Winter and Roger Pelerin over a prisoner named Rohan, and William Glasdale had intervened to claim his share both as Pelerin's captain and as Winter's ‘compagnon à butin’, Glasdale's own ‘compagnons’ who had taken part in the recovery of Le Mans, joined in to seek their share of Glasdale's own portion. Winter, for his part, was supported by his captain, Talbot, who likewise sought a share, as did two of Winter's ‘compagnons’.
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- Camden Fourth Series , Volume 26: English Suits Before the Parlement of Paris 1420–1436 , July 1982 , pp. 205 - 208
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- Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1982
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1 The suit is referred lo by Keen, Laws of War, pp. 153–4Google Scholar, where the events here described are incorrectly said to have taken place in 1425.
2 For Lord Talbot, see appendix II.
3 This may be John Winter, for whom see appendix II.
4 Possibly Richard Gildon.
5 Possibly John Felawe.
6 Probably Sir John Popham, for whom see appendix II.
7 For William Glasdale, see appendix II.
page 206 note a MS qui
page 206 note b A verb is required here
8 For Sir William Oldhall, see appendix II.
9 For Sir Thomas Rampston, see appendix II.
10 Le Mans, Sarthe. The town had originally been taken by the earl of Salisbury in August 1425. Lost late in August 1428, it was recaptured a few days later in the events here described. The appeal was therefore being heard in the Parlement only three months after the events with which it was concerned.
11 Thomas, Lord Scales, played an important military role in Normandy chiefly in the 1420s and 1430s. He was captain of a number of fortified places, including Verneuil, Vire, Domfront, Pontorson, Granville, Saint-James-de-Beuvron, St. Lô, and Regnéville, most of them in western Normandy, and the recipient of a number of lordships and grants, generally in the same area. He was later to act as seneschal of Normandy. His marriage in Paris in 1424 is referred to in Bourgeois, p. 201. See appendix I for his personal involvement in other suits before the Parlement.
12 In the Parliamentary Roll of Arms of the early fourteenth century, the arms Argent a chevron sable were those given for Sir William de Walton of Essex. Talbot had a William Walton as a man-at-arms in his personal retinue and who also served in his garrison at Gisors in 1435–37. It is possible that the arms were his.
13 Before the feast of All Saints, 1 November 1428.
14 This was a form of summary of the conclusions reached by the parties at a particular stage in the suit, but lacking the final demands of the parties or the results of inquisitions ordered by the court. See p. 64, and Aubert, Histoire du Parlement, i, 80–2.Google Scholar
15 The suits from the bailliage of Vermandois were usually heard first at the beginning of the annual sitting of the Parlement in November.
16 Falaise, Calvados, arr. Caen.
page 208 note a The MS is damaged at this point