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From Illustrations of Chaucer’s England, edited by Dorothy Hughes, M.A.; Longmans, Green and Co.; 1919.
ADMIRAL, duties of, 116-119.
Aiguillon, siege of, 57.
Anjou, county of, 97.
“Annales Ricardi II,” extracts from, 265, 271, 284.
Antwerp, council at, 7.
Appellant, the Lords, articles drawn up by, 254.
Aquitaine, duchy of, 42, 69.
Archers, English, 48-50; on ships, 117, 120-21, 127, 130, 138; and hobblers, 29, 206.
Arundel, Richard Earl of, 242, 243, 245, 250, 254, 259, 271, 173, 275, 281.
Athol, Earl of, 3.
Avesbury, Robert of, extracts from his “Chronicle,” 4, 15, 36, 41, 43, 57, 59, 61, 64, 70, 74, 150.
Avignon, 10, 69, 72, 73, 76, 181, 190.
BAKER, Geoffrey le, extracts from his “Chronicle,” 149, 183.
Ball, John, cited by Archbishop of Canterbury, 194; his preaching, 232-34.
Balliol, Edward of, 24.
Barfleur, capture of, 31, 34.
Beacons, to be kindled, 111.
Beggars, able-bodied, 152, 154, 163.
Bells, church, used as warning, 112.
Benedict XII, see Pope.
Bible, in English, arguments for, 167.
Black Death, the, 145-52; “firste deth,” 168.
— Prince, see Edward.
Blois, Charles of, 15, 64, 65.
Bologna, Cardinal of, 70.
Bradwardine, Thomas, death of, during pestilence, 147.
Bermber, Nicholas, 354-58.
Bristol, French pirates towards, 115; pestilence at, 145, 149.
Brittany, expedition to (1342), 15, 18, 21; campaign in (1347), 64.
Burghersh, Sir Bartholomew, 18, 46 (note), 62; Chamberlain, 67, 68; letters of, 34-36.
CAEN, siege of, 33, 35, 38.
Calais, siege of, 45; Captain of, letter from, 61; failure to relieve, 59, 61-64; truce of, 65; agreements at, 69; treaty of, 88; cession of (1360), 90; Bishop of Norwich at, 107; English outside, in 1383, 110; expenditure upon, 221; conferences at, 243; restoration of, suggested, 257; Duke of Gloucester at, 271, 276.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, John Stratford, 4, 17, 20; letters to, 34-36, 62.
— — Simon Islip, 66, 159.
— — Simon Langham, mandate of, 194.
— — Simon Sudbury, Chancellor, 226; murdered, 234, 235.
— — William Courtenay, deals with heresy, 200, 201; Chancellor, 237; quarrels with Richard II, 245, 249.
— — Thomas Arundel, 268; banished, 275; supports Henry of Lancaster, 287-289.
— pilgrims to, 230; rebels in, 234.
Cardinal, of Bologna, 70.
— of Périgord, 78-79, 178, 182.
Cardinals, at Malestroit, 16-17; at Lisieux, 42; at Calais, 62; at Avignon, 181; English, not created, 183; complaint against Pope and, 189.
Chandos, Sir John, 49, 75, 126.
Chaplains, to be compelled to serve, 159.
298Cherbourg, capture of, 31.
“Christopher,” the, capture of, 115, 120, 121, 128.
“Chronicon Angliæ,” extracts from, 151, 194, 199, 210, 212, 230-34.
Clisson, Olivier, Lord of, 15-16, 21 (note).
— Lord of, 121, 122.
Coast, attacks on, 113-15; referred to, 130, 227, 240.
Cobham, Sir Reginald, 49, 74, 81, 82, 121.
Commission of Reform (1386), 249, 273-74, 276.
Committee of inquiry (1281), 241.
— of lords and commons, 224.
Companies, the, 97.
Conspiracies, among villeins, 229; among workmen, 161.
Cornwall, Duke of, see Edward.
— Earl of, 2.
Council, at Waltham, 244; at Westminster, 260; continual, a, to be appointed, 215, 219; of 1386, appointed, 250; the great, 292; letter from Richard II to, 263; letter of, to Richard II, 262; officers of, to be removed, 214; order of proceeding in, 260; persons summoned to advise, 131.
Crecy, battle of, 44, 45, 46-51.
Crusade, of Bishop of Norwich, 99-111.
DAGWORTH, Sir Thomas, despatch from, 64.
Deposition, of Edward II, referred to, 248, 253; of King, if planned, to be treason, 274; of Richard II, suggested, 248, 277; in 1399, 286-95.
Derby, Earl of, see Lancaster.
Devon, French land in, 115; pestilence in, 149.
Domesday Book, exemplifications from, 229.
Dorset, pestilence in, 149, 150.
Dress, luxury in, 164; of servants, 165.
EDWARD III, letters of, 4, 11, 25, 62, 122.
— offers to avoid war, 1; his first invasion of France, 5; claims French crown, 7; at Sluys, 12, 121; punishes officials, 204; revokes statute, 205; sends letters to Pope, 181; invades Normandy, 30-39, 51; at Crecy, 44-45, 46; fights Spaniards on sea, 124; his peace offers (1353), 67; invades France (1359), 86; and Good Parliament, 208-216.
Edward Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, called the Black Prince, 2, 4, 11; Edward III’s letters to, 15, 122; 30, 32, 34, 46, 49, 70; letters of, 76, 77, 82, 86, 98-99, 128, 212, 213.
Esplechin, truce of, 14.
Expenses, travelling, 144.
“FIFTEENTH and Tenth,” see Tax.
Flagellants in England, 192.
Flanders, lordship of, 8, 67, 97.
Fleet, of French King, 3, 12, 52, 113-15, 140-42.
France, crown of, Edward III’s claim to, 7-10; renewed, 98.
— first invasion of, 4.
— King of, captured, 81-83.
Friars, mendicant, orders of, 196, 199, 284.
— Preachers, in London, 28, 41.
Froissart, extracts from his “Chronicles,” 46, 80, 97, 119, 124, 135.
GALLEYS, the French, 113, 114, 227, 240.
Gascony, duchy of, 15, 21, 225.
Gaunt, John of, see Lancaster.
Genoese, at Calais, 59, 60; cross-bowmen, 47; their galleys, 60, 115, 121.
Gildesburgh, Sir John, spokesman for Commons, 227.
Gloucester, Duke of, see Thomas.
— pestilence at, 149.
Good Parliament, 208-16.
Gospel, in English, 199.
Gower, John, on kingship, 269; address to Henry IV, 295.
Grammar schools, 168.
Guards, of Richard II, 257, 271-72.
Guienne, Duchy of, 1, 4, 63, 67.
HARCOURT, Godfrey de, 30, 32.
Haxey, Thomas, incident of, 266-68.
Hereford, Bishop of, letters of, 26, 27; letter of Edward III to, 25; of Black Prince to, 76.
299Heresy, 193; of the Lollards, 197, 201; ordinance against, 199; withdrawn, 201.
“Historia Vitae Ricardi II,” extract from, 244.
Hobblers and archers, 29, 206.
Holy Land, voyage to, projected, 2-3; referred to, 67.
Home defence, measures for, 111, 113.
Household, the King’s, complaints of, 219, 240, 266-67; purveyance and carriage for, 173-75.
Huntingdon, Earl of, 41.
IRELAND,
expenditure upon, 221, 225; Richard II in, 262-65.
— Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Duke of, 246, 254.
JUSTICES, of labourers, assigned, 155, 157-59.
— opinions of, at Nottingham (1387), 251, 279.
KING, duties and rights of, 168, 269.
Knighton, Henry of, extracts from his “Chronicle,” 17, 52, 114, `45, 159, 161; from continuation of, 104, 197, 201, 246, 259.
LABOURERS, Ordinance of, 152; Statute of, 155; to be enforced, 160; amended, 161; ignored, 159, 162.
— scarcity of, and servants, 146, 148, 155; flee from place to place, 162.
La Hogue, landing at, 35, 37, 40.
Lancaster, Henry Earl of Derby, Earl of (1345), afterwards (1351) Duke of, in Gascony, 24, 57; at Calais, 62; treats of peace, 67, 69; to join Black Prince, 76, 78; in 1359, 86; at Sluys, 121; in seafight of 1350, 128.
— John of Gaunt, Earl of Richmond, Duke of (1362), 87, 99, 100; supports Wyclif, 194, 196; in Good Parliament, 212, 216; protest in Parliament, 216-17; peasants hostile to, 230; alleged plot against, 244; goes abroad, 245; Duke of Guienne, 261-62; 271, 283; dies, 285.
Lancaster, Henry, Earl of Derby, Duke of Hereford and (1399) Lancaster, afterwards Henry IV, 281, 284, 285-86, 287-88, 289, 295.
Language, the English, 166-68.
Latimer, Lord, 211-13.
Le Bel, Jean, extracts from his “Chronicle,” 30, 86.
Leicester, pestilence at, 145.
Life, tendencies for, 162.
Livery and Maintenance, statute of, 175.
Lollards, manners of, 197; their books to be confiscated, 202; oath of recantation for, 202.
London, apprentices of, 104; authorities of, notices to, 28, 41, 113, 171; Black Prince’s letter to, 77; defence of, 112; Flagellants in, 193; importance of, 170; papal agents in, 191; peace in, keeping of, 171; pestilence in, 149, 150, 151; plot in, alleged, 256; Wyclif in, 195-96.
Londoners, timidity of, 142; oaths taken by, 257.
Lords, appointed to treat with commons, 208, 210.
Luxury, excess of, 164-65.
Lyons, Richard, Lord, impeached, 212.
MAINTAINERS, complaint of, 240.
Malestroit, truce of, 17, 19.
Manny, Sir Walter, 58, 62, 121, 149.
Mare, Sir Peter de la, in Good Parliament, 210, 213; spokesman for commons (1377), 218.
Mariners, impressment of, 131, 133.
Masons, and carpenters, conspiracies of,161.
Ministers, the King’s, appointment of, demanded by peers, 204; King‘s right to, asserted, 260.
— clerical, to be removed, 192.
— corruption of, 143.
— impeachment of, 211, 213, 248; right to, denied, 253.
— punishment of, by peers, 205.
— removal of, in 1340, 204; if unsatisfactory, 216.
Minot, Laurence, poem on Neville‘s Cross, 55.
300Morbecke, Denis de, 81, 84.
Murimuth, Adam of, extracts from his “Chronicle,” 14, 15, 29, 34, 35, 41, 113, 115, 179, 181, 182, 204.
NANTES, siege of, 17.
“Navigation Act,” 134.
Neville, Lord, impeached, 213.
Neville‘s Cross, battle of, 52-56.
News, of successes, sent to England, 40.
Normandy, Duchy of, 67, 97.
— invasion of, 30, 34, 57.
Northampton, Earl of, 15, 43,44, 45, 46.
Northburgh, Michael de, letters of, 36, 43.
Norwich, Henry Despenser, Bishop of, his crusade, 99-106; his defence, 106.
ORDINANCE, of labourers, 152; the sumptuary (1363), 165; for keeping peace in London, 171; against heresy, 199.
Orwell, port of, 11, 122.
Oxford, pestilence in, 149; Wyclif at, 195.
PAINTED Chamber, 19.
Parliament, appeal to be judged in, 258; conference of lords with commons in, 208; 210; 216; 224; letter to Pope drawn up in, 179; place of meeting, 262.
— knights of, 100, 210, 212; free election of, 214, 291.
— petitions in, 133, 154, 160, 162, 175, 178, 192, 201, 214, 272.
— powers of, entrusted to a committee, 280, 286.
— proceedings in, of 1340, 11, 13; of 1343, 18; of 1344, 20; of1348, 65; of 1351, 154; of 1353, 188; of 1369, 98; of 1376, 208-16; of 1377, 216-20; of 1378, 220; of 1380, 226-229; of 1381, 237-43; of 1383, 101-3, 106-11; of 1386, 246; of 1388, 258, annulled, 279; of 1397, January, 266-68, September, 273-75; of 1398, 279-80;of 1399, 28-90.
Parliament, proceedings in, King’s right to control, 252-253.
— prorogation of (1349), 151.
— to meet annually, 214, 247.
Peace, discussions concerning, 67, 68, 69-70, 243; negotiations, of 1354, broken off, 69.
— of 1360, 88.
Peasants, revolt of, 230-39, 241.
Peers, claim to choose great officers, 204; King to be guided by, 248; 256, 258.
Pembroke, Earl of, defeated off Rochelle, 135-40.
P´rigord, Cardinal of, 78, 79.
Pestilence, the, of 1348, 149-52; of 1362, 162.
Philpot, Sir John, 105; war treasures, 221.
Pickering, Sir James, spokesman for commons, 222.
Poitiers, battle of, 49, 80, 84, 92.
Poitou, expedition to, prevented (1372), 135.
Pole, Michael de la, Earl of Suffolk, 242, 243, 245; attacked in Parliament, 246, 248, 253; charged by Appellants, 254.
Poll-tax, of 1381, granted, 228.
Pope, Benedict XII, 4; protest to Edward III, 7; 113.
— Clement VI, letter of English Parliament to, 179; receives King’s letters, 181.
— Innocent VI, 66-68, 69-70; sends messengers to Black Prince, 72-73.
— Urban VI, 99-100, 103-4.
— 96; refuses English cardinals, 183; tribute to, refused, 188; and cardinals, complaint against, 189; draws treasure from England, 196.
Præmunire, statutes of, 186, 191.
Prayers, for army, requested, 40, 41, 76.
Prerogative, the King’s, 237, 251, 254, 266, 269.
Priests, called to battle against Scots, 54, 55.
Prisoners, ransom of, 36, 50, 54, 80-84, 140.
Provision of aliens to English benefices, 178; letters to Pope touching, 179-82.
301Purveyance, abuse of, 173-75; statute against, 173; complaints of, 240.
REBELS, of 1381, charges against, 234; pardon and manumission withdrawn, 236, 238-39.
Regalie, the King’s, 254, 269, 274.
Richard of Bordeaux, afterwards Richard II, in Good Parliament, 213; first Parliament of, 216; upheld by insurgents, 230, 237; repudiates sympathy with, 235; revokes charters to, 236; his confessor removed, 242; quarrel with Parliament (1386), 246-49; accepts commission of reform, 249; consults justices, 251; and Appellants, 254; assumes government, 260; in Ireland, 262-65; his French marriage, 265; punishes Haxey, 266; his arbitrary measures, 271, 284; his revenge, 278-80; seizes Lancaster inheritance, 286; resigns crown, 287; deposed, 289, 293; charges against, 290.
Rumours, false, not to be repeated, 28.
Russet, clothing, 166, 197.
ST. ALBANS, pestilence at, 151.
St. Lo, capture of, 33.
Scotland, expedition to, 226.
Scots, war with, 3; hostility of, 21; invade England,52, 147.
— David, King of, 52, 54.
Scrope, Sir Richard le, Chancellor, 239.
Sea, complaint of weakness on, 133.
Segrave, Sir Hugh, Treasurer, speech in Parliament, 237.
Sheriffs, 214-15, 292.
Shipping, decay of, 132, 134.
Ships, arrest of, 130.
Sluys, battle of, 11, 119-23.
Somerset, pestilence in, 149.
Spaniards, sea-fights with, 123-29; 135-40.
Spies, to be arrested, 113; alien, and other, in London, 191.
Statute, of Artificers and Servants, 155; amended, 161; of Livery and Maintenance, 175; of Præmunire, 186, 191; of Provisors, 184; of Treasons, 207, 274.
Statute, authorising commission of reform, 249; annulled, 273; authorising use of English tongue in courts, 166.
— of 1341; revoked, 205.
— prohibiting taxation without consent of Parliament, 203; restricting purveyance, 173; to increase shipping, 134.
TAX, of “fifteenth and tenth,” granted, 23, 101, 131, 148, 154, 158, 221, 226, 228, 231 246, 250, 280; collectors of, 204.
— of 1381; the “Poll-tax,” 228.
— of the “ninth,” 11, 203.
— of clergy, the clerical tenth, 27, 199.
— upon wool, see Wool.
Taxation, of Richard II, complaint of, 290.
Tenants, villein, 149, 152-53, 162.
Thirning, Sir William, 293.
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, 245, 247, 249, 271, 273; confession of, 275, 284.
Tournai, siege of, 13, 14.
Travelling expenses, 144.
Treason, defined, 207, 274.
Treasure, carried abroad, 183, 196.
Treaty, of Brétigni, 88.
Tremur, Ralph de, heretic, 193.
Trevisa, extracts from his work, 168-69.
Trussel, Sir William, 11; spokesman for commons, 20.
VALOIS, Philip of, King of France, 5, 12, 29, 47, 50; letter of, 51, 55, 56.
Vannes, siege of, 16,17.
Villeins, conspiracies among, 229; manumission of, withdrawn, 236, 238, 239; plans of (1381), 230, 231, 233.
WALDEGRAVE, Sir Richard de, spokesman for commons, 238.
Walsingham, Thomas, extracts from “Historia Anglicana” of, 99, 103, 104, 140, 142, 164.
War, offers to avoid, 1; to be explained to people, 28.
White Chamber, 19, 22, 66, 208.
Winchester, William of Wykeham, Bishop of, Chancellor, 98, 192.
302Wingfield, Sir John, letters of, 70, 74.
Wool, subsidy on, 68, 221, 226; importance of, 242; granted to Richard II for life, 280, 292.
Wyclif, John, appointed to treat with papal nuncios, 189; activity in 1377-78, 194; consulted by King and Council, 196; his disciples, 197; suppression of, demanded, 199; blames persecuting clergy, 200; his doctrines, referred to, 232,
Wynkeley, Richard de, letter of, 41.
York, Archbishop of, William de la Zouch, 53.
— — Alexander Neville, 249, 254.
— — Thomas, Arundel, Chancellor, 262.
Ypres, siege of, 105, 109.