Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01094-9 - Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages Rémy Ambühl Index More information INDEX ‘a butin’ see associations; ‘compagnies à butin’; Anjou, René I, duke of 44, 204n.7 spoils of war Annales Ricardi Secundi 101 Abbeville 46 Anthon 37 abbeys, used as prisons 119 Anthony of Burgundy, duke of Brabant 33 Abrecourt, Jean d’ 211 appeals for funds acquisition of prisoners 78–9, 257 by princes 197–9 Charles V and Franco-Castilian alliance 61–5 see also taxation Charles VII and the Auld Alliance 65–71 Aquitaine 61 Edward III and Neville’s Cross 56–7, 61 Archiac, Jeanne d’ 196, 196n.68, 197, 249 Henry IV and Humbleton Hill 58–61 Ardres 236 rules of 52–5 Armagnac, Jean d’ see Jean III, count of Acrimont, Pierre d’ 133 Armagnac Agincourt 9, 11, 67, 71, 102, 109 Armagnac/Burgundy civil war 136–7 brothers-in-arms 244 Armstrong, C.A.J. 141 and Chauvigny 189–90 Arques 96n.66, 238 and the duke of Alençon 105 Arras, Franquet d’ 26 scales of ransoms 147, 148, 149 Arras, Treaty of 8, 28 transfer of prisoners 111–12, 114 Artois, Charles d’, count of Eu 67, 69, 130n.13, Alaine, Huet 120, 123–4 132, 137, 156n.143 Albret, Bernard d’ 43, 110, 254 Arundel, Thomas of 196n.68, 253 ‘Alemaigne’ 209 associations, profit sharing 110–11 Alençon 46–7 Auberchicourt, Eustache d’ 108 Alençon, Jean I duke of 105 Audruicq 236 Alençon, Jean II duke of 33, 138 Auld Alliance 65–71, 79 Alençon, Phillippe d’, bishop of Beauvais 134 Aulton, Thomas 97n.71 allegiance, changing 14, 33, 91–3, 157, 252, 257 Auray 102, 136 Allmand, Christopher 14 Auvergne 198 Alphonso V, king of Aragon 161n.3 Auvergne, Martial d’ 118 Amboise, Pierre II d’, vicomte of Thouars Auxerre 48, 50 197n.69 Avicet, Jean 83n.10 Amiens 31, 53 Avranches 44, 95, 143 Amiot, Perrot 50 Aymet, lord of 237 Ancient Petitions (England) 207 Ayton, Andrew 12 Angie, Thomas 69 Azay 38 Angoulême 123 Anisy, Jean d’ 157 Baille, Pierre 94, 109n.60 Anjou, Louis I, king of Jerusalem, duke of Baldry, William 176 161n.3, 223 Balliol, Edward 57–8 286 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01094-9 - Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages Rémy Ambühl Index More information Index Balsac, Robert de 191 Bigot, Jean, châtelain de Mareuil 144 bankers, and money-changing 164–5 billion 162–3 bankruptcy 10, 50–1, 141 counterfeit 164 Bernard de Semains 214 bills of exchange 165–7 and Jean le Rousselet 10 Billy, Jean 73n.110 and John More 10 Black Prince see Edward of Woodstock sureties against 171 Blaisy, Alexandre 233–4 bans, on private ransom 13–14 Blankmouster, Sir John 103, 113 Bar, Bourg de 117–18 Blois 120, 138 Barbazan, Arnaud-Guilhem, lord of 46, Blondeau, Huguet 213 199–200 Blondeau, Pierre 123, 139n.60 Barton, John Bakepus de 62n.52 Blondel, Oudart and Jean 254 Basin, Thomas, Bishop of Lisieux 88 Blosset, Colard 73n.106 Bassiers, Hellyn de 73n.110 Blount, Thomas 77 Batrisby (or Kathersby), Oliver 173 Boccanegra, Antonio de 62 battle, capture in 11 Bois-de-Malesherbes 139 Baude, Bartholomew 166 Bolton, J.-L. 165, 171–2, 176 Baudémont (Lower Normandy) 93 Bonin, Jacques 110 Bauffremont, Pierre de, lord of Charny 36–7 Bonnebauld, Dauphine de 188n.23 Baugé 66–7, 102, 156 booty see spoils of war Baulac, Jean de 225 Bordeaux 174, 181, 227 Baume, Bâtard de la 124 Borromei bank 166 Bayeux 84, 195 Boscherville, Hector de 73n.106 Bayeux, vicomte of 85 Boucicaut, Jean II le Meingre, dit 132–3, 137, Bayezid, Sultan 48 154, 218, 220 Bean, John 12 Boulogne 190n.30 Beauchamp, Richard, Earl of Warwick 153 Boulogne, Jeanne de, countess of Boulogne and Beaufort, Henry, Cardinal 68n.79 Auvergne 188n.23 Beaufort, John, Earl (later Duke) of Somerset Bourbon, Marie, duchess of 187 41, 44, 66–70, 130n.13, 152 Bourbon, duke of, Jean de Clermont 65, 67, bought rights to count of Eu 156n.143 130n.13, 170, 171, 187 grant paid to 212 and John Beaufort 70n.88 Beaufort, Roger de 248, 254 and Thomas Beaufort 68n.79 Beaufort, Thomas, count of Perche 66–8, wife’s endeavours to secure his release 248 130n.13, 151, 156 Bourbon, Louis de see Vendôme, Louis de Beaumont 168 Bourbon, count of Beaumont, John viscount of 173 Bourbon, Marguerite, Bâtarde of 188n.23 Beaumont-en-Argonne 133 Bourbourg 236 Beauvais 48, 128 Bourchier, Sir John 144 Beauvaisis 180 accompanied in captivity by servants 121 Bec-Hellouin abbey 83–4 aided by Maud (wife) 209, 248 Bedford, John, Duke of 89n.39 expenses in captivity 140, 143 Bekks, Stephen 177 petition to English parliament 207 Bell, Adrian 232 Bourcier, Pierre 93–4 Bennet, John 60 Bourges 156 Bériac-Lainé, Françoise 9, 11, 14, 57, 102, 121–2, Bourguignan, Ponchon de 140 147–8, 223 Bournel, Louis, lord of Thiembronne 34, 121 Bernard, Walter 95, 170 Bourse, Clément 224 Bernay 235 Bouteiller, Guillaume 154 Berney, John 153 Bouton, Philippe 247 Berry, Jean, duke of 192n.40, 209, 212, 224–5 Bovet, Honorat de 8, 20–2, 125 Berry Herald 133 on deciding level of ransom 128 Berry, Marie de, countess of Auvergne 248 on ownership of prisoners 24 Bertram, Robert 57n.25 on prisoners being handed over to the king Betancourt, Colyn de 149 52 Biche, count of 209 on prisoners in danger of death 54 287 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01094-9 - Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages Rémy Ambühl Index More information Index Bower, John 244 assistance to prisoners 205, 219, 220–1 Bowers, Walter 59 and Etienne le Clerc 231 Bowes, Sir John 208, 243 exchange of prisoners 112, 228n.132 Boys, Richard and Robert 254 and Franquet d’Arras 26 Brabant, Anthony of Burgundy, duke of, 33 and Georges de la Trémoille 137 Braquemont, Guillaume 43 and Jean Régnier 128, 135, 231 Braquemont, Jean 122 and loyalty 211, 212 Bréquigny, L. de 84 and Macé de Rochebaron 253 Brereton, William 177 percentage of nobility in household 218 Bressoles, Catherine de 188n.23 purchase of prisoner 42 Brestel, Godart de 255 Robert II 204 Brestel, Guyot de 255 Burley, Simon 25, 27, 48, 249–50 Brétigny-Calais, Treaty/Peace of 14, 99, 148, Butler, James, Earl of Ormond 130 238 Butler, John 130, 173 Breton, Jacques 35n.83 Buxhill, Alan 224, 234n.26 Breton, Thomas 46 Byset, Jean 177 brigands 87–91, 96–7 Bysshop, John 177 and Jean de Saint-Denis 178 Brimeu family 222 Cachelewe, John 215 Brimeu, Guérart de 6, 222 Caen 71, 89–90, 96, 238 Brimeu, Jean de 133 Caernarfon castle 73, 76n.125 Brinvilliers, Savage de 133–4, 135, 179, 206 Cagny, Perceval de 72, 77, 110 Brittany, duke of 65, 179, 234 see also individual Calais 31, 53, 99 dukes deal offered to Gaucourt and Estouteville brokerage, ransom 10–11 74–5 brothers 253–5, 256 and Jean de Vendôme 168–9 brothers-in-arms 243–5 prisoners held by men of 112, 146, 148 Brown, E.A.R. 184 scales of ransoms 147 Brown (prisoner at Calais) 156 Calais-Brétigny, treaty of 14, 99, 238 Bruges 165 Callowe, William 114 Buchan, Earl of see Stuart, John Camprémy, Jean de 180, 240 Buchete, pursuivant of the Bâtard of Orléans captains, and their men 232–9, 245 139 Captal de Buch see Grailly, Jean de Bucton, William 114, 150, 240 captivity 115–25 Bueil, Jean de 24, 152, 157 cost of 137–45 Bulgnéville 117 capturing prisoners, process of 11, 102–11 bullettes 82 Caradenec, Yvon de 176, 180–1 Burgh, Thomas 114, 143, 214–15 Carentan 23–4n.21, 238 Burgundy, dukes of 12n.48 cartels 262 assistance to prisoners 130–1 Cassel 102 John the Fearless Castile (Spain) 235 assistance to prisoners 223 Castillon 15–16, 102, 174, 236–7, 238 assisting captains to pay ransom for their castles men 234 and economy of ransoming 2 battle plan for taking prisoners 104–5, 258 used as prisons 73, 76n.125, 119, 122–3 and Boucicaut 220 see also escapes; individual castles capture at Nicopolis 48, 186 categories of prisoners, and ransoms 148–9 compensation for capture 215–16 Catherine, Saint 46–7, 49n.151, 50, 123n.145 exchange of prisoners 154 Caudebec 238 household members 222, 224 Cayeu, Jean de 160–1, 169, 229 loan for ransom 170 ‘cédule’ 169 murder of 53, 65 Cera, Louis de 35n.83 pressure on merchants to pay his ransom Cesse, Guichard 138 172 Chalon-sur-Saône 37 Philip the Bold 48, 186, 204, 219n.88 Chalons, Huguenyn de 73n.110 Philip the Good chamber, king’s 227n.127 288 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01094-9 - Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages Rémy Ambühl Index More information Index Chamberlain, John 116 Châtillon, Hugues de, lord of Dampierre 45–6, Chamborant, Humbert de 115 48, 123, 199, 249–50 Champdenay, Eudes de 157n.148 escape of 122 Chandos, John 25 Châtillon, Jean de, lord of Troissy 237n.45 Charles, Dauphin see Charles VII Chaucer, Geoffrey 243–4 Charles de Blois, duke of Brittany 14, 49n.151, Chauvigny, Guy de 192 123n.145, 130n.13, 133, 187 Chauvigny, Hugues de 188n.23 Charles (duke of Bourbon’s son) 69 Chauvigny, Jean de, lord of Blot and Viviers Charles, duke of Orléans see Orléans, Charles, 185, 187–92, 201, 215 duke of Chauvigny, Jean II de, Lord of Blot and Viviers Charles, ‘messire’ 146 188n.23 Charles V 14, 200 Chauvigny, Jean IV de, lord of Blot and Viviers and Béraud de Taillat 178 188n.23 and Bertrand du Guesclin 136 Cherbourg 135, 238 and Franco-Castilian alliance 61–5 Cheshire 101 and Guillaume des Bordes 219n.88 Chesnel, Robert 49 and Guyot Grassin 204 Chester Herald 139 and Jean de Grailly 137 Chevalier deliberé (La Marche) 108 and Jean de Kerlouet