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IX The Earl of Salisbury v. the Duke of Burgundy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2009

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The earl of Salisbury was concerned, both directly and indirectly, in several suits before the Parlement. This one, which records an attempt to regain certain legitimate profits of war which he was being denied, involved him in a dispute with the duke of Burgundy. Salisbury claimed that the king had granted him the lands of La Rivière in the county of Nevers, but the countess of Nevers had denied him possession. Since she had been married to Philip, duke of Burgundy, the duke, as the survivor of the marriage, was brought into the case which was extended to include the custody and wardship of her children by her first marriage to the duke's uncle, Philippe, count of Nevers. The count of Joigny and Sir Claude Chastellux who, likewise, refused to hand over land, were also involved.

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References

1 See nos XI, XII, XV and appendix I.

2 For the earl of Salisbury, see appendix II. His grant of the county of Perche was dated 26 April 1419 (D.K.R., xli, 772).Google Scholar

3 Philip ‘the Good’, duke of Burgundy 1419–67.

4 These were Charles de Nevers and his brother, Jean de Bourgogne, sons of Philippe, count of Nevers, and Bonne d'Artois, who became the second wife of Philip, duke of Burgundy, 30 November 1424.

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page 128 note c In the margin

5 La Rivière, probably commune of Couloutre, Nièvre, arr. Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, c. Donzy, fief of the châtellenie of Donzy.

6 Bonne d'Artois. Her first husband, Philippe de Nevers, had been killed at Agincourt. She died on 17 September 1425.

7 Guy de la Tremoille, count of Joigny.

8 Claude de Beauvoir, lord of Chastellux, a strong supporter of the Burgundian dukes, was captain of Mantes in 1417 and was nominated marshal of France and royal lieutenant and captain-general of Normandy in June 1418. Since at least 1419 he had served as councillor to the countess of Nevers and as captain of the town of that name. By May 1420 he was also governor of the Nivernais. See Dict. Biog. Fr., viii, 744–5.Google Scholar

9 It was usual to consider the suits from the bailliage of Vermandois at the beginning of the annual sitting of the Parlement in November.

10 Jean Aguenin was second président of the Parlement.

page 129 note a In the margin

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page 129 note c Followed by Maistre Jehan Labbat emploie ce que dit est pour Chastellus et Joingny, struck out

11 See the ‘Coutume du Nivernois’, ch. xxx (‘De Tutelles et Curatelles’) in Nouveau coutumier général, III, ii, 1153.Google Scholar

12 A baillisseur was normally of collateral, a curateur of the same line of descent.

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page 130 note c In the margin

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13 In the Nivernais, a minority ended at the age of twenty-five years. Charles was born in 1414, John on 25 October 1415.

14 Moulins, Allier, the residence of the dukes of Bourbon.

15 Rouvres-en-Plaine, Côte d'Or, arr. Dijon, c. Genlis, a ducal residence.

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

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