The Hundred Years War (37 page)

Behuchet, Nicolas

Bel, Jean le

Benedict XII, Pope

Benedict XIII, Pope

Bentley, Sir Walter

Berkeley, Lord

Berners, Lord

Berry, John, Duke of

Bideron, Maurigon de

Black Death

Black Monday

Black Prince,
see
Edward, Prince of Wales

Blamont, Count of

Blanche Taque, ford

Blois, Charles de; Count of (died Crécy); Count of,
temp.
Charles VI; Jeanne de

Bohun, William de, Earl of Northampton

Bolingbroke, Henry
see
Henry IV, king

Bonet, Honoré

Bonville, Lord

Bordeaux
;
John of Gaunt at ; siege of; Charles VI menaces; surrenders; rises against French; siege and final surrender (1453)

Boucicault, Jean

Bourbon, Duke of,
temp.
Charles V; Louis, Duke of

Bourchier, Sir John; Sir William

Bourges, King of (nickname of Charles VII)

Bouteiller, Guy le

Brabant, Anthony, Duke of ; Duke of,
temp.
Philip VI

Bretigny, treaty of (1360)

Brittany, succession; English occupation; war in; defection ; at Castillon; Arthur III, Duke of see Richemont; John III, Duke of; John IV, Duke of ; John V, Duke of ; brother of

Bromyard, John

Bruges peace conference (1375—7)

Buch, Captal de; Gaston de Foix, Captal de

Buchan, John Stewart, Earl of, Constable of France

Buckingham, Thomas, Earl of, Duke of Gloucester

Bureau, Maitre Jean, master gunner to Charles VII; career; Gaspard, his brother; Mayor of Bordeaux

Burgundy, war with Armagnac ; Dauphinist threat to; Anne of, Duchess of Bedford ; Charles of; Duchess of, wife of Philip the Good; Duke of,
temp.
John II, 68; Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of; Dukes
see also
John the Fearless; Philip the Bold
and
Philip the Good

Butler, Fra’ Thomas; family

Caboche

Cade, Jack; raises rebellion ; killed

Caen, sack of (1346); sack of (1417); as centre of administration ; siege and surrender of; Abbess of

Calais, capture of; Henry V marches towards; cost of maintaining garrison; English view of; siege of ; loss of (1558)

Calveley, Sir Hugh

Cambridge, Edmund, Earl of, Duke of York; Richard, Earl of

Camoys, Thomas, Lord

Camus, favourite of Charles VII

Canterbury, archbishops of
see
Chicele; Stratford; Sudbury
and
Whittlesey

Capgrave, J.

Cassel, battle of (1328)

Castile; Les Espagnols-sur-Mer; John of Gaunt’s campaign; kings
see
Gaunt; Pedro
and
Trastamara

Castillon, battle of (1453)

Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V

cavalry: English; French; mounted archers; Scots

Cerda, Don Carlos de la, Prince of Castile, Constable of France

Cervole, Arnaud de

Chandos, Sir John

Channel Islands

Channel ports, French attacks on

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles I, King

Charles II, King

Charles IV, King of France; and Guyenne

Charles V (the Wise), king of France ; characteristics; and Brittany; and Charles of Navarre; and Flanders; and Free Companies; and Castile ; and Aquitaine; military strategy; summons Black Prince; confiscates Aquitaine; health; mourns Edward III; sues for peace; death

Charles VI, King of France ; accession; characteristics ; dismisses uncles ; truce of Leulinghen; madness; crusade of Nicopolis; alliance with Owain Glynd
r; strength in Europe; Burgundy ν. Orleans ; Burgundy v. Armagnac ; attempt to kidnap; John of Burgundy allies with Henry V against; Philip of Burgundy allies with Henry V against; treaty of Troyes; enters Paris; death

Charles VII, king of France (Dauphin) ; accession; and dual monarchy; treaty of Saumur; appears lost cause; characteristics ; court; revenue ; and Joan of Arc ; coronation; poverty; Arras conference ; treaty of Arras ; discouraged; rumours of illness; in Normandy and Guyenne; Margaret, niece of, marries Henry VI; standing army; invades Normandy; enters Rouen; invasion and fall of Guyenne; Guyenne uprising; final capture of Guyenne;
see also
Dauphinists

Charles (the Bad), king of Navarre ; Catherine, daughter of; successor to

Charles, dauphin, son of John II;
see also
Charles V, King of France

Charles. dauphin, son of Charles VI;
see also
Charles VII, king of France
and
Dauphinists

Chartres

Chastellain, Georges

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Cherbourg, siege and surrender of (1450)

Cheyne, Thomas
.

Chichele, Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury

chivalry

Churchill, Sir Winston

Clarence, Thomas, Duke of ; killed at Baugé

Clement VI, Pope

Clement VI, Pope

Clermont, Count of,
temp.
Charles VI;
temp.
Charles VII1; Marshal,
temp.
John II

Clinton, Lord, commander at Pontoise ; Robert

Clisson, Olivier de

Cluny, Abbot of

Cobham family; Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester; Lord,
temp.
Edward III; Sir Reynold

Coëtivy, Oliver de; Prégent de

Coeur, Jacques

Combat of the Thirty

conferences, characteristics of

Contamine, Philippe

Cornwall, Sir John, Lord Fanhope

Crabbe, Jehan

Craon, Amaury de

Cravant, battle of (1423)

Crécy, battle of (1346) ; events leading to; casualties

Cresswell, Sir John

Cros, Jehan de, Bishop of Limoges

crossbow; construction
,
disadvantages

Croy, Antoine de

crusades; Edward III and Philip VI; Nicopolis

Dagworth, Sir Nicholas.

Dagworth, Sir Thomas

Dallingridge, Sir Edward

Dauphinists; action against England

Dauphins see Charles, son of John II; Charles, son of Charles VI
and
Louis

David II, King of Scotland

Derby, Henry Grosmont, Earl of, Duke of Lancaster

Deschamps, Eustace

Despenser, Henry, Bishop of Norwich

Devon, Earl of

Douglas, Archibald, Earl of; William

dual monarchy; extent of English rule; Burgundian support essential ; lack of revenue a threat to; effect of treaty of Arras

Edington, William, Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor

Edward I, King

Edward II, King: murder of; refuses homage to Charles IV

Edward III, King
;
death of Mortimer; Peer of France ; claim to French throne; weakness; homage to Philip VI; and Parliament ; and Scotland ; plans crusade with Philip VI; motto; court; and Robert of Artois; and Flanders; finances ; mobilisation problems ; claims French throne ; in Antwerp; assumes arms of France, challenges Philip VI; wounded at Sluys; offers to surrender claim; accused by Stratford; and Brittany succession; strategy ; lands in France ; crosses Somme; victory at Crécy; founds Order of Garter; campaigns in Brittany ; public relations; and Charles of Navarre; friendship with John II; French campaign (1359—60); intervenes in Aquitaine ; sails for France; Knollys and Hawkwood; death

EdwardKing

Edward, Prince of Wales
.
; motto; in Languedoc ; Poitiers; seeks to avoid battle; chivalry towards John II; French campaign (1359—60); duke of Aquitaine; and Free Companies ; and Castile; marriage; problems in Aquitaine ; Limoges; death

Edwards, John

Epaules, Richard des

Erpingham, Sir Thomas

Espléchin, trace of (1340)

Estouteville, Sieur de

Eu, Archdeacon of

Evan of Wales

Evesham, Monk of

Evringham, Sir Thomas

Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of

Fastolf, Sir John ; Millicent Scrope, wife of

Felbrygg, Sir George.

Felbrygg, Sir Simon
.

Felton, Sir Thomas

feudal system, England; France

Fiennes, James
and
Roger

Flamengerie

Flanders, Edward III and; Charles V and; Louis de Male, Count of; Louis de Nevers, Count of; Margaret of, Duchess of Burgundy

Flourison, John

Foix, Counts of; Gaston de, Captal de Buch

Forez, Count of

Formigny, battle of (1450)

Fougères, sack of (1449)

Fowler, Dr Kenneth,
quoted

Francis, Saint

François I, King of France

Free Companies ; Grand Companies

Froissart, Jean

 

Garter, Order of

Gascons,
see
Free Companies

Gaucourt, Sieur de

Gaunt, John of, Duke of Lancaster, King of Castile ; invades Normandy ; at Limoges; attributes; Calais-Bordeaux ; power behind throne ; truce of Périgueux; Bruges conference; and Charles of Navarre; Castilian campaign; disposed to peace; and Guyenne ; death

George III, King

Glasdale, Sir William

Gloucester, Alianor Bohun, Duchess of; Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of;
Humphrey,
Duke of ; appointed Regent of England ; marriage; troubles with Beaufort ; in France and Flanders; and release of Orleans; arrest and death ; Jacqueline of Hainault, Duchess of; Thomas, Duke of, Earl of Buckingham

Glyndwr, Owain

Good Parliament

Gough, Sir Matthew

Gower, Thomas

Granada, Sultan of

Grandpré, Count of

Great Schism (papacy)

Gregory XI, Pope

Grey, Sir Thomas

Guelders, Count of

Guesclin, Bertrand du, Constable of France

Guines, treaty of (1354)

guns; at Caen , at Crécy, at Harfleur ; at Sluys; later campaigns
see
Bureau

Gurney, Sir Matthew

Guyenne (Aquitaine), Duchy of: importance to Edward III; sovereignty; attacked by Philip VI; treaty of Brétigny, decrease in size ; attacked by du Guesclin ; and John of Gaunt; attacked by Orleans; Dauphinist raids; attacked by Charles VI; invasion and fall of; French rule unpopular; popular rising ; final surrender

Hainault, Jacqueline, Countess of, Duchess of Gloucester; Philippa of, queen of Edward III; William, Count of

Halidon Hill, battle of (1333)

Halsham, Sir Hugh.

Harcourt, county of; Count of,
temp.
John 11, 85; Count of,
temp.
Philip VI; Godefroi of ; Jean, Count of Aumale

Harewell, John, Chancellor of Aquitaine

Harfleur; siege of (1415) ; settlement ; blockade; falls to French; recaptured

Harleston, Sir John

Hawkwood, Sir John;
quoted
; Sir Nicholas

Henry 11, King

Henry III, King

Henry IV, King; accession ; confims truce; finances; and Wales ; and Louis of Orleans; and John of Burgundy; Duke of Clarence’s campaign; death

Henry V, King ; accession , characteristics; international position, start of reign; negotiates with Charles VI; finances ; raises army ; Southampton plot; at Harfleur; decides to march to Calais; receives French challenge; takes centre, Agincourt; attacked by Alençon; atrocity ; sails for England; alliance with John of Bugundy ; navy; at Caen; success in Normandy; siege of Rouen; excommunicated ; alliance with Philip of Burgundy; march to Troyes; treaty of

Henry V—
cont.
Troyes and marriage; siege of Melun; enters Paris ; progress through England ; return to France; siege of Meaux; illness ; return to Paris and death

Henry VI, King; birth; Bedford appointed guardian, accession; ‘Henri II’ of France ; loyalty of Bedford ; Warwick, his tutor ; coronation, Paris; violence during reign; Bedford reports to from France; effect of Burgundy’s betrayal on ; characteristics; truce of Tours and marriage; finances; battle of Formigny ; petitioned by refugees ; tries to save Suffolk; and Cade’s rebellion; madness ; Wars of the Roses

Henry VII, King

Henry VIII, King

Henry of Monmouth, Prince of Wales; president of council; and Welsh,
see also
Henry V, King

herrings, battle of (1429)

Holinshed, R.

Houdetot, Guillaume

Hundred Years’ War: contemporary information; inevitability ; international aspect; origin of phrase; profit from ;
see also
prisoners; Edward III; Edward, Prince of Wales ; John of Gaunt; Richard II; Henry IV; Henry V; John, Duke of Bedford; Henry VI; aftermath