On this Day in History ... 18th December

Chronicle of Henry Knighton. By chance, as two of the divisions were passing by, they met the king at a little village ten leagues from Reims in Champagne. There the king held a great council with the Duke of Lancaster and his other magnates on the eve of Saint Andrew [29th October 1359] and on the following day. From there they took their road towards Reims in three divisions, as they had done before, yet in such a way that each could know where the others were. Nor did any of their armies suffer any adversity or loss, nor was it ever challenged by the enemy during this whole march. Everything turned out prosperously for them, except that on 26th November a certain Baldwin Bartyn came with sixty adventurous men upon the Earl of Stafford, who was lodged in a small village near the prince, and challenged him. But the earl came out, and at the first attack killed one man and threw another to the ground. Thus they were all captured or killed, and not one escaped. Baldwin himself was taken. And it should be noted that in that whole expedition none of our men perished or suffered loss, except that Lord Thomas de Morreus was struck in the body by a gun. On 18th December 1359, the king came with all his men to the town of Reims, and they took lodgings on every side of the town, and rested peacefully, doing no one harm or injury. Each lord feasted with another as though they had been on their own soil in England. On the night of the feast of Saint Thomas of Canterbury 29th December 1359, the Duke of Lancaster, the Earl of Richmond, the Earl of March, and Lord John Chandos, who was held to be the most renowned knight in those days, went out to scale the town of Cernay-en-Dormois, which was a very strong town, fortified with a double ditch and a great wall, full of towers and furnished with armed men. The next day, before they had come within a league of the town, those inside perceived them and raised the alarm against them.

Quo casualiter duæ acies transeuntes occurrerunt regi unam villulam ad X leucas de Reynes in Campania, ubi rex tenuit unum magnum concilium cum duce Lancastriæ et aliis magnatibus suis in vigilia sancti Andreæ et die sequenti, et exinde ceperunt to advance iter suum versus Reynes in tribus aciebus sicut prius fecerant, ita tamen quod singuli possent scire ubi essent et reliqui, nec aliquis exercitus eorum aliquam patiebatur adversitatem aut dispendium, nec quandoque ab adversariis acclamatus est in toto hoc itinere, sed omnia prospera eis evenerunt nisi quod unus Baldewynus Bartyn XXVJ die Novembris venit cum LX adventure viris super comitem Staffordiæ hospitatum in una parva villula prope Principem, et acclamavit eum, at ille exiens in primo insultu unum occidit et alium ad terram jecit, sicque omnes capti sunt vel occisi nec unus quidem evadit et ipse Baldewynus captus est. Et notandum quod in toto illo viagio non periit quisquam nostrorum nec damnum sustinuit præter quod dominus Thomas de Morreus percussus est medio de una gunna. XVIIJ die Decembris venit rex cum omnibus suis ad villam de Reynes et recipiebant se hospitio ex omni parte villæ, et quieverunt pacifice nulli malum aut molestiam inferentes Et fecerunt convivia unusquisque dominus cum alio acsi in proprio solo fuis:ent in Anglia. Die sancti Thomæ Cantuariensis ad noctem dux Lancastriæ, comes Richemundiæ, comes March, dominus Johannes Chandos qui nominatissimus miles his diebus habebatur, exierunt ad inscalandum villam de Cerney in Dormoys quæ erat villa fortissima duplici fosse et ingenti muro munita, plena turribus et instaurata viris armatis. In crastino antequam appropinquarent ad villam per unam leucam illi de villa perceperunt eos et eos acclamabant.

Chronicle of Jean le Bel Volume 2. King Edward rode on until he came near Cambrai. There he found the country a little richer, and so he let his men stay there for four or five days. Then he set out on the road towards Saint-Quentin, and passed through the whole Vermandois in ordered formation, as I have described to you. He crossed the river Somme, the river Oise and the river Aisne, and came to lodge in the march of the city of Reims, namely at Saint-Thierry, Pontfaverger and thereabouts. He remained in that country from the feast of Saint Andrew¹ [30th November 1359] until five weeks after Christmas, which should be counted as the year of the Incarnation 1360. It rained continually all the while, and his men were always riding here and there, wherever they thought they might gain something, such as in the county of Rethel, as far as Warcq, Mézières, Donchery and Mouzon. They lodged in the country for three or four days at a time, robbing everything and laying it waste. But King Edward had commanded, on pain of hanging, that no one should burn in a town except one house or two, so that the rest might be ransomed more profitably. His men took Attigny by force, though it was strongly fortified, and found plenty of wine inside, with which they refreshed themselves at their pleasure, and distributed some to the lords of the army. Their captain was a very valiant knight of Hainaut, named Sir Eustace d’Aubrecicourt, who was captain of all those who raided through the county of Rethel. They had taken the town of Rethel up to the castle, and the town of Le Chesne. Those who rode towards Laon and Soissons had taken the town of Cormicy up to the castle. The noble king and his children lay quietly in their camp, and did not move, and went hunting on the river every day when it pleased them. Nor did they ever keep watch by night, however far they went.

Tant chevaucha le noble [roy] Edowart qu'il vint enprez Cambray; sy y trouva le pays ung petit plus gras; pour quoy il y laissa sejourner ses gens IIII ou V jours, el puis se mist au chemin par devers Saint Quentin et passa tout le Vermendoys ordonnéement, ainsy que devisé vous ay, et passa la riviere de Somme, la riviere d'Oise, la riviere d'Ayne, et fist tant qu'il se vint logier en la marche de la cité de Rains; c'est assavoir à Saint Thierry, au Pont Favregié et là entour, et demoura en celluy pays de la feste Saint Andryeu jusques à v septmaines aprez Noël, que on debvoit compter l'an de l'incarnation mil CCCLX. El tousjours plouvoit continuellement, et tousjours chevauchoïent ses gens de costé et d'aultre, par où ilz cuidoient gaagnier, comme en la conté de Rethés, jusques à Warck', à Masieres, à Donchery, à Moison, et se logoyent ou pays par III ou III jours, et desroboyent tout et gastoient. Mais le roy Edowart avoit commandé sur la hart que nul n’ardist en une ville, fors une maison ou II, pour les aultres mielx raenchonner. Ces gens gaagnierent par force Athegny, durement renforcié, si trouverrent [à] foison vin dedens, dont ilz s’aiserrent à leur poste, et en departirent aux seigneurs de l’ost. Et en fut cappitaine ung moult vaillant chevalier de Haynau, nommé messire Eustace d’Obrechicourt, qui estoit cappitaine de tous ceulx qui couroient par la conté de Rethés; et avoient gaagnié la ville de Rethés jusques au chastel et la ville de Chayne Poullieux, et les aultres qui chevauchoient vers Laon et Soissons avoient gaagnié la ville de Cormessy jusques au chastel. Et le noble roy et ses enfans gisoient en leur ost tous coys, et ne se mouvoient, et aloient à chasse en sur (sic) riviere tous les jours, quant il leur plaisoit, ne oncques ne firent guettier par nuit, combien que loing alassent.

Note 1. Edward III arrived before Reims on 4th December 1359 and remained there until 11th January 1360. Knighton: 'By chance, as two of the divisions were passing by, they met the king at a little village ten leagues from Reims in Champagne. There the king held a great council with the Duke of Lancaster and his other magnates on the eve of Saint Andrew [29th October 1359] and on the following day. From there they took their road towards Reims in three divisions, as they had done before, yet in such a way that each could know where the others were. Nor did any of their armies suffer any adversity or loss, nor was it ever challenged by the enemy during this whole march. Everything turned out prosperously for them, except that on 26th November a certain Baldwin Bartyn came with sixty adventurous men upon the Earl of Stafford, who was lodged in a small village near the prince, and challenged him. But the earl came out, and at the first attack killed one man and threw another to the ground. Thus they were all captured or killed, and not one escaped. Baldwin himself was taken. And it should be noted that in that whole expedition none of our men perished or suffered loss, except that Lord Thomas de Morreus was struck in the body by a gun. On 18th December 1359, the king came with all his men to the town of Reims, and they took lodgings on every side of the town, and rested peacefully, doing no one harm or injury. Each lord feasted with another as though they had been on their own soil in England. On the night of the feast of Saint Thomas of Canterbury 29th December 1359, the Duke of Lancaster, the Earl of Richmond, the Earl of March, and Lord John Chandos, who was held to be the most renowned knight in those days, went out to scale the town of Cernay-en-Dormois, which was a very strong town, fortified with a double ditch and a great wall, full of towers and furnished with armed men. The next day, before they had come within a league of the town, those inside perceived them and raised the alarm against them.'

@@ 1. Édouard III arriva devant Reims le 4 décembre 1359 et resta jusqu'au 11 janvier 1360. Sur la résistance de cette ville et les opératiors de l'armée anglaise pendant ce siège, voy. Varin, Arch. adnin. de Reims, 1.U, p. 156 à 159; Moranvillé, le Siège de Reins, dans Bibl. de l'École des chartes, &. AVI, p. 90 à 98. Voy. aussi, pour l'emplacement occupé par les Anglais autour de Reims, les Grandes chroniques, t. VI, p. 165 et 166. (Cf. Knighton, op. ait., 1. 11, p. 106 à 108; Denifle, op. cit., p. 340 à 343, et le D' A. Lapierre, la Guerre de Cent ans dans l'Argonne et le Rethelois, p. 15 à 22.)

Chronicle of Adam of Usk [~1352-1430]. 18th December 1381. In this same year there came into England one Pileus¹, cardinal priest of Saint Praxedes, to treat, on behalf of the emperor of Germany and king of Bohemia, with the council of England of and about a marriage between our king and the lady Ann [aged 15], sister of the same emperor²; who afterwards became thereby our most gracious queen, howbeit she died without issue. At his coming, this cardinal, falsely feigning himself legate a latere and as having the power of the pope, then did exercise the papal offices. And among other things he made me notary, though to no purpose, in the house of the friars preachers of London, where he was then dwelling. Thus did he gather to himself countless money, and, the treaty of marriage being settled, he departed from England with his gains, to his own condemnation; idly trusting that the pope would approve these his acts. And, after his departure, the said lady Ann was bought for a great price by our lord the king [aged 14], for she was much sought in marriage by the king of France³; and she was then sent over into England to be crowned queen.

Note 1. Pileo di Prata, bishop of Padua, and, in 1370, archbishop of Ravenna. He was one of the papal legates employed, at Bruges, in negotiating a peace between England and France, in 1375. At the papal schism, in 1378, he threw in his lot with Urban VI., by whom he was made cardinal, and was sent nuncio to Germany. In 1386, he seceded to Clement VII., who employed him in an unsuccessful attempt to break the power of Urban in Florence. But three years after, on the death of Urban, he deserted Clement for Boniface IX., who made him cardinal bishop of Tusculum. By these agile changes he got the nickname of '"Cardinalis trium Pileorum," the Cardinal of Three Hats. He was further appointed legate at Viterbo; but he exasperated the people to such a degree that they drove him out. He died in 1401.—Ciaconius, Vite Pont. Rom. ij. 637.

Note 2. Wenceslaus, or Wenzel, emperor of Germany, 1378.

Note 3. This is not stated by the other chroniclers. The idea was no doubt suggested by the intention of the king of France, Charles V., to waylay and capture her on the sea, out of hostility to England. He desisted on the remonstrance of Ann's uncle, the duke of Brabant [aged 44]. Ann landed in England on the 18th December, 1381, and was married on the 14th January, 1382. Knighton (ij. 150) says:— "dedit imperatori, ut dicebatur, pro maritagio decem mille libras, preter alias expensas in querendo eam et adducendo eam sumptibus suis propriis."

Memoires Jacques du Clercq. On the 8th day of December, in the year 1457, in the city of Tours in Touraine, there entered and arrived the embassy sent by Ladislaus, King of Hungary and Bohemia, in great and noble array, and they were of three nations: Hungary, Bohemia, and Austria. Of Hungary were the archbishop of Kalocsa and Sir Ladislaus of Polna; of Bohemia, the lord of Sternberg, Sir Ozera Zetzinges and Sir James Strop; and there were also the provost of Trier, the lord of Rodenaguet, Sir Adam of Castenoy, and twelve or thirteen other knights, and about thirty gentlemen of good household. They entered the said city in very fine order, with some seven hundred horses or thereabout, and twenty-six wagons richly harnessed with fine horses. It was a fine thing to see their entry. But before they arrived at the city, Charles, King of France, sent out to meet them a great and noble company: first the Cardinal of Constance, the Archbishop of Tours, the lord of Le Mans, and many churchmen; then came the men of the city of Tours; after them the Chancellor of France and those of the council; and last, Philip, Duke of Savoy, the Count of Foix, the Count of La Marche, the Count of Dunois, the Marquis of Saluzzo, the lord of La Tour, the great seneschal of Normandy, and all the nobility then present at Tours. When the king's people met the ambassadors, each party drew up in good order, and the Chancellor of France made them a fine and notable address. Then churchmen joined with churchmen, knights and squires with knights and squires, and thus they entered the city of Tours with great rejoicing. The King of France, Charles, his second son, the queen, and Lady Magdalene, daughter of the king, were lodged at Montils, near the said city; and the king had been ill, so that the ambassadors could not speak with him until ten days after their entry. On that day, the 18th of December, the ambassadors went to Montils, spoke with King Charles, and made their reverence and delivered the greetings of King Ladislaus, their sovereign lord. By the mouth of the said archbishop was made a fine oration in Latin, setting forth the close kinship between King Charles and King Ladislaus, and also the great love that had always existed between the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia and the most Christian house of France. He said to the king that nothing was so fair as peace, and that they had come to establish love between him and King Ladislaus, saying: "When peace and love shall be between you and my sovereign lord, who in the world could harm you? Your predecessors and our sovereign kings of Hungary and Bohemia have been friends and allies; we too have come for this cause. You are the pillar of Christendom, and my sovereign lord is the shield; you are the Christian house, and my sovereign lord is the wall". Among many other fine words, he concluded by asking the king for his child, namely Lady Magdalene, to be wife and spouse to the King of Hungary and Bohemia. And indeed King Ladislaus had several times previously requested the said Magdalene from King Charles, who had always replied that if he sent a notable embassy with sufficient authority for the marriage, he would willingly consider it. Therefore King Charles received the embassy, and seeing also that he could not make a better alliance for his daughter, agreed to the marriage; and persons were appointed on the king's behalf to confer with the ambassadors to arrange and conclude it. Meanwhile the princes and lords at the court of King Charles prepared to entertain the ambassadors. First began the Count of Foix, who, on the 22nd of December, gave them a very fine dinner in the city of Tours. At the high table sat all the chief members of the embassy and the Chancellor of France; at the second table, all the knights and squires of the embassy; at the third table sat Mademoiselle de Châtillon at the head, then Mademoiselle de Villeclerc, then Charles d'Angier, lord of Maine, brother of the Queen of France, then the lady of Châtillon, the lord and Count of Vendôme, Mademoiselle de Châteaubrun, the damsel of Rony, and many other ladies, knights, and squires. The embassy numbered about two hundred persons, and there was a great number of men-at-arms, heralds, trumpeters, and minstrels. In the hall did not sit the Count of Foix, the Count of La Marche, Philip son of the Duke of Savoy, the Count of Dunois, the Marquis of Saluzzo, the lord of La Tour, the great marshal of Normandy, the lord of Prie, and many other great lords, who dined in another chamber and for the most part went before the courses. The tables were served with many dishes, which I shall pass over, but I will speak somewhat of the entertainments. The first entertainment was a castle with four small towers and, in the middle, a great tower with four windows, and at each window the face of a maiden with her hair behind, so that only the face was seen; and at the top was a banner bearing the arms of King Ladislaus, and around the four small towers the arms of the chiefs of the embassy; and within the tower were six children who sang so well that it seemed as though the maidens themselves were singing. The second entertainment was a fearsome beast called a tiger, with a thick, squat body, a terrible and hideous head, and two short sharp horns; within its head was a man who made it move as if alive, and it cast fire from its mouth in a frightful manner; it was carried by four gentlemen dressed in the fashion of Bern, who danced in the manner of that country. The third entertainment was a great rock containing a fountain, with white rabbits and other things, and five little 'wild' children who came out of the rock and began to dance. The fourth entertainment was a very skillful squire who appeared to be on horseback, with false legs outside, he and his horse richly dressed and caparisoned; he made the horse prance and leap, and held in his hand a vessel of various colors from which issued many flowers; above all there was a very fine bed covered with fleurs-de-lis, which he set upon the high table so that those who wished might make vows. Two knights of the embassy did so: first, James Strop vowed that, for the love of Mademoiselle de Villeclerc, who sat nearest to him, he would never sit at table to dine or sup until he had performed deeds of arms; another knight of Hungary vowed to the ladies and to the peacock that, within a month after his return to Hungary, he would break two lances with blunted tips for the love of the damsel of Châteaubrun, and would wear only black until he had fulfilled his vow. At the end, without washing, dishes of sugared spices, what one might call comfits, were brought to the high table, fashioned very finely in the shapes of stags, hinds, boars, bears, monkeys, unicorns, lions, tigers, and other beasts, and on each dish were the arms of those served at that dinner. The officers of arms, trumpeters, and minstrels received gifts and largesse, and in addition the Count of Foix gave to the King of Arms of Hungary ten ells of velvet cloth. After grace, they began to dance, though not for long.

Le huictiesme jour de decembre, mil iiija lvij, en la ville de Tours en Tourraine, entra et arriva l'ambassade que envoyoit Lanselot, roy de Hongrie et de Behaigne, entre grandes et nobles ordonnances, et estoient de trois nations, de Hongrie, de Behaigne et d'Autriche: de Hongrie, l'archevesque Croldoffam, messire Laxilan de Polui; de Behaigne, le St Desternembourg, messire Ozeran Zetzinges et messire Jacques Strop, et sy en estoit le prevost de Tresves, le St Delrodenaguet, messire Adam de Castenoy et douze ou treize aultres chevalliers, et bien trente gentilhommes es bon hostel, lesquels entrerent en ladite ville en très belle ordonnance, et estoient bien sept cens chevaulx ou environ, et vingt six charriots bien et richement attelés de beaux chevaulx; belle chose estoit a veoir ladite entrée, mais ains qu'ils arrivassent en ladite ville, envoya Charles, roy de Franche, a l'encontre d'eulx une grande et noble compagnie: premier, le cardinal de Constance, l'archevesque de Tours, le St du Mans et plusieurs gens d'eglise, et après alloient ceulx de la ville de Tours, et après eulx le chancellier de Franche et ceulx du conseil; après estoient, qui estoit la derniere compagnie, Philippe duc de Savoye, le comte de Foix, le comte de la Marche, le comte de Dunois, le marquis de Saluces, le Sr de la Tour, le grand seneschal de Normandie et toute la suite de la noblesse, estant en la ville de Tours; et quant les gens du roy de Franche trouverent lesdits ambassadeurs, chacun se meit en belle ordonnance, et leur feit le chancellier de Francie une belle et notable proposition. Et après, se meirent les gens d'eglise avecq les gens d'eglise, les chevalliers et escuyers avecq chevalliers et escuyers, et ainsy entrerent en la ville de Tours en très grande joye: le roy de Franche, Charles, son second fils, la royne et madame Magdelaine, fille du roy de Franche, estoient logés au Motis, assés près de ladite ville, et avoit esté le roy Charles malade, et pour tant ne peurent lesdits ambassadeurs parler a lui qu'il ne fust dix jours après ladite entrée, auquel jour qui fust le dix huictiesme dudit mois de decembre, lesdits ambassadeurs feurent audit lieu de Motis et parlerent au roy Charles, et lui feirent la reverence et recommandations du roy Lanselot, leur souverain seigneur et maitre, et par la bouche du dessusdit archevesque de Croldestam fust faite une belle propositionen latin, remontrant le prochain lignaige entre ledit roy Charles et ledit roy Lanselot; aussy le grand amour que de tout temps avoit eu entre ceulx des royaumes de Hongrie et de Behaigne et la très chrestienne maison de Franche, et dit au roy, qu'il n'estoit sy belle chose que de paix; pour avoir amour entre lui et le roy Lanselot ils estoient venus, en disant au roy Charles: "Quant paix et amour sera entre toy et mon souverain seigneur, qui seroit au monde ceulx qui vous pourront nuire Tes predecesseurs et nos souverains royx de Hongrie et de Behaigne ont esté amys et alliés ensemble, encoires y sommes nous venus pour ceste cause. Tu es la colompne de la chrestienneté, et mon souverain seigneur est l'escu; tu es la chrestienne maison, et mon souverain seigneur est la muraille". Plusieurs aultres belles parolles dit au roy, en concluant, demanda et requist ledit archevesque au roy son enfant, c'est a sçavoir: dame Magdelaine pour estre femme et espouse du roy de Hongrie et de Behaigne; et est vray que le roy Lanselot avoit fait demander par avant par plusieurs fois ladite Magdelaine audit roy Charles, lequel lui avoit toujours rescript que quant il envoyeroit devers lui ambassades notables, ayant pouvoir souffisant dudit roy Lanselot pour ledit marriage, qu'il y entendroit vollontiers; pourquoy le roy Charles olt l'ambassade, et voyant aussy que mieulx ne pourroit allier sa fille, conclut d'entendre au marriage; et feurent, de par le roy, gens desputés a communiquer avecq les ambassadeurs pour pratiquer, ordonner et conclure ledit marriage; et cependant les princes et seigneurs estant en la cour du roy Charles se preparerent a festoyer les ambassadeurs, et premier commencha le comte. de Foix, lequel festoya lesdits ambassadeurs en ladite ville de Tours le xxij^e de decembre l'an dessusdit, et leur feit et donna un très beau disner, et feurent assis a la table touts chiefs de l'ambassade dudit roy de Hongrie et le chancellier de Franche; a la seconde table, touts les chevallie's et escuyers de ladite ambassade; a la tierche table, mademoiselle de Chastillon au haut estoit, après mademoiselle de Vileclerc, après Charles Dangier, S du Maisne, frère de la royne de Franche, après la dame de Chastillon, après le S et comte de Vendosme, après mademoiselle de Chasteau Brun, après la damoiselle de Rony et plusieurs aultres damoiselles, chevalliers et escuyers; et estoient de ladite ambassade bien deux cens, ou environ, et y avoit grand nombre de gensdarmes, heraulx et trompettes, et menestriers; en icelle salle ne feurent point assis le comte de Foix, le comte de la Marche, Philippe, fils du duc de Savoye, le comte de Dunois, le marquis de Saluces, le S de la Tour, le grand mareschal de Normandie le Sº de Prie, et plusieurs aultres grands seigneurs, lesquels disnerent en une aultre chambre, et alloient la pluspart d'eulx devant les imez: les tables feurent servies de plusieurs mez, desquels j^e me tairay, mais des entremez j^e vous parleray ung peu. Le premier entremez estoit un chasteau, ou il y avoit quatre petites tours, et au milieu une grande tour a quatre fenestres et a chacune fenestre ung visage de damoiselle, leurs cheveulx derriere, et ne voyoit on que leur visage, et sy avoit tout au plus haut une banniere des armes du roy Lanselot, et tout autour des quatre tourettes, les armes des chiefs de ladite ambassade, et dedans ladite tour avoit six enfants très bien chantants, lesquels chantoient en elle maniere qu'il sembloit que ce feussent lesdites damoiselles; le second entremez estoit une terrible beste nommée tigre; le corps gros, court et arrassé, la teste terrible et hideuse, et avoit deux cornes courtes et agues. Dedans ladite teste avoit ung homme qui la faisoit remuer, comme sy elle fust en vie, et jettoit feu par la gueule très hideusement, et fust portée par quatre gentilhommes habilliés a la mode de Bierne, et danserent a la fachon du pays; le troisiesme entresinez estoit une grande roche ou il y avoit dedans une fontaine et faisant y connins blancs et aultres, et y avoit cinq petits enfants sauvages, lesquels issirent d'icelle roche et commencherent a danser la movoisse; le quatriesme entremez fust ung très habile escuyer qui sembloit estre a cheval et avoit faulses jambes par dehors, et estoit lui et son cheval gentement vestus et housiés, et que lui advenoit a faire bandir et saillir son cheval, et tenoit en sa main ung pot de diverses couleurs, et d'icelluy pot issoient plusieurs fleurs, et par dessus tout avoit ung très beau lit bien chargié de fleurs de lis, et le assit sur la grande table adfin de vouer ceulx qui voudroient vouer. Sy vouerent deux chevalliers de ladite ambassade; premier, Jacques Strop feit veu que pour l'amour de mademoiselle de Villecler, laquelle estoit assise plus près de lui, que jamais ne seroit a table a disner et soupper, tant et jusques a ce qu'il auroit fait armes; ung chevallier de Hongrie feit voeu aulx dames et au paon, que ung mois après qu'il seroit arrivé audit pays de Hongrie, il romproit deux lances a fers a moulins pour l'amour de la damoiselle de Chateau Brun, et sy ne se vestiroit que de noir jusques a ce qu'il auroit accomply son voeu pour l'amour de ladite damoiselle, qui estoit vefve. En la fin sans laver feurent portés a la grande table, plats pleins d'espices confites, comme on diroit dragerie, très bien faites en fachon de cerfs, biches, sangliers, ours, singes, licornes, lyons, tigres et aultres bestes, et en chacun plat les armes de ceulx que on servoit a icelluy disner. Les officiers d'armes, trompettes et menestriers olrent dons et largesses, et oultre donna le comte de Foix, au roy d'armes de Hongrie, dix aulnes de drap de velour, et après graces on commencha a danser, mais ce ne fust guerres mais des entremez j^e vous parleray ung peu. Le premier entremez estoit un chasteau, ou il y avoit quatre petites tours, et au milieu une grande tour a quatre fenestres et a chacune fenestre ung visage de damoiselle, leurs cheveulx derriere, et ne voyoit on que leur visage, et sy avoit tout au plus haut une banniere des armes du roy Lanselot, et tout autour des quatre tourettes, les armes des chiefs de ladite ambassade, et dedans ladite tour avoit six enfants très bien chantants, lesquels chantoient en elle maniere qu'il sembloit que ce feussent lesdites damoiselles; le second entremez estoit une terrible beste nommée tigre; le corps gros, court et arrassé, la teste terrible et hideuse, et avoit deux cornes courtes et agues. Dedans ladite teste avoit ung homme qui la faisoit remuer, comme sy elle fust en vie, et jettoit feu par la gueule très hideusement, et fust portée par quatre gentilhommes habilliés a la mode de Bierne, et danserent a la fachon du pays; le troisiesme entresinez estoit une grande roche ou il y avoit dedans une fontaine et faisant y connins blancs et aultres, et y avoit cinq petits enfants sauvages, lesquels issirent d'icelle roche et commencherent a danser la movoisse; le quatriesme entremez fust ung très habile escuyer qui sembloit estre a cheval et avoit faulses jambes par dehors, et estoit lui et son cheval gentement vestus et housiés, et que lui advenoit a faire bandir et saillir son cheval, et tenoit en sa main ung pot de diverses couleurs, et d'icelluy pot issoient plusieurs fleurs, et par dessus tout avoit ung très beau lit bien chargié de fleurs de lis, et le assit sur la grande table adfin de vouer ceulx qui voudroient vouer. Sy vouerent deux chevalliers de ladite ambassade; premier, Jacques Strop feit veu que pour l'amour de mademoiselle de Villecler, laquelle estoit assise plus près de lui, que jamais ne seroit a table a disner et soupper, tant et jusques a ce qu'il auroit fait armes; ung chevallier de Hongrie feit voeu aulx dames et au paon, que ung mois après qu'il seroit arrivé audit pays de Hongrie, il romproit deux lances a fers a moulins pour l'amour de la damoiselle de Chateau Brun, et sy ne se vestiroit que de noir jusques a ce qu'il auroit accomply son voeu pour l'amour de ladite damoiselle, qui estoit vefve. En la fin sans laver feurent portés a la grande table, plats pleins d'espices confites, comme on diroit dragerie, très bien faites en fachon de cerfs, biches, sangliers, ours, singes, licornes, lyons, tigres et aultres bestes, et en chacun plat les armes de ceulx que on servoit a icelluy disner. Les officiers d'armes, trompettes et menestriers olrent dons et largesses, et oultre donna le comte de Foix, au roy d'armes de Hongrie, dix aulnes de drap de velour, et après graces on commencha a danser, mais ce ne fust guerres.

The Times. 13th February 1867. DEATH OF LORD FEVERSHAM. We regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of Lord Feversham [deceased], which occurred on Monday night at his residence in Great Cumberland Street. The late William Duncombe Baron Feversham, of Dancombe Park, County York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of Charles first Lord by his marriage with Lady Charlotte Legge, only daughter of William, second Earl of Dartmouth. He was born on the 14th of January, 1798, so that he was in his 69th year. The deceased nobleman was educted at Eton [Map], and afterwards proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford. He married l8th of December, 1823, Lady Louisa Stewart [aged 63], third daughter of George, eighth Earl of Galloway, by whom,who survives his Lordship, he leaves issue the Hon. Wiliam E. Duncombe [aged 38], M.P., and Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, of the 1st Life Guards, and three daughters, the Hon Jane, married l1th of April, 1849, to the Hon. Laurence Parsons; the Hon. Gertrude [aged 39], married 27th of November 1&19, to Mr. Francis Horatio Fitzroy [aged 43]; and the Hon. Helen, married 18th of July, 1855, to Mr. William Becket Denison. Previously to his accession to the peerage on the death of his father in July, 1841, he represented Yorkshire in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830. At the general election in 1831 he was unsuceessful candidate for the coenty, but was returned for the North Riding in the following year, which he continued to represent till 18S1. He voted against the Reforzn Bill of 1832, and was uniformly in favour of agricultural protection. He took great interest in agricultural pursuit, And was a distinguished member of the Royal Agricultural Society, of which he was one of the trustees The deceased noblemna is succeded by his eldest son, the Hon. Wiliam Ernest Duncombe, above mentioned, who was born January 28 1829, and married, August 7, 1851, Mabel Violet [aged 33], second daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir James Graham, of Netherby. He was M.P. for East Retford from February, 1852, to 1857 and elected for the North Riding of Yorkshire inI 1859, anA was also returned at the last general election After a sharp contest, being second on the poll. He is Captain of the Yorkshire Yeomianry (Hussars) Cavalry, and Lientenent Colonel of the 2d North Riding like his deceased father, he is a supporter of Lord Derby, but in favour of such a measure of Parliamentary Reforms would give no undue preponderance to any one class, but would ensure to a fair distribution of political privileges.