1415: Henry V's Year of Glory (108 page)

Bath and Wells, bishop of
see
Bubwith

Bath, Order of the
see
Order of the Bath

Baugé, battle of (1421) 518

Bavaria, duke of
see
Ludwi
g

Bayonne, ships of
see
ships

Beauchamp, Isabel (1400–39), Lady Beauchamp of Abergavenny (1411) 576

Beauchamp, Philip 333

Beauchamp, Richard (1382–1439), earl of Warwick (1401), captain of Calais (1414) 29, 64–6, 113, 149, 161–2, 183, 226, 242, 296, 383–4, 391, 403, 483, 552, 572, 573, 583, 592

Beauchamp, Richard (
c
. 1397–1422), Lord Beauchamp of Abergavenny (1411),
later
earl of Worcester (1421) 93, 242, 315, 513, 576

Beauchamp, Sir Walter (d. 1430), Speaker of the House of Commons 488

Beauchamp, Sir William 243

Beauchamp, Thomas 333

Beaufort 117, 118

Beaufort, Henry (d. 1447), bishop of Lincoln (1398–1404), bishop of Winchester (1404), chancellor (1403–5, 1413–17),
later
Cardinal (1426) 148, 214, 241, 287, 322, 339, 390, 445, 517–8, 546, 557, 587, 592; allowance paid to him for attending council meetings 165; ambassador in discussions with France 260–2, 264–6, 268, 275–7; chancellor of the University of Oxford 25, 570; character of 33; commissioned to array the clergy 200–1; commissioned to investigate Southampton 63; commissioned to oversee crown jewels 200; commissioned to remedy reform of St Werbergh’s, Chester 258; hears news of Agincourt 460; lends money to the king 226; named in Henry’s will 296, 298; named in Lord Scrope’s will 254; negotiates with envoys from the Teutonic Knights 236, 241, 249, 252–3, 258–9, 279; opposition to Thomas of Lancaster and Archbishop Arundel 13, 30; royal councillor 79, 145, 147, 149, 151, 156, 195–6, 282, 462, 486–7; seeking loans 120–1, 243; speeches in parliament 41, 169, 467–9, 473; support for Prince Henry against his father 13, 15; trustee of royal estates 243, 291, 298

Beaufort, Henry (1401–1418), earl of Somerset (1410) 291, 590

Beaufort, Joan (d. 1440), countess of Westmorland (1396) 178, 499

Beaufort, John (d. 1410), earl of Somerset (1397), marquis of Dorset (1397–9) 30, 291

Beaufort, Thomas (d. 1426), earl of Dorset (1412), chancellor (1410–11),
later
duke of Exeter (1416) 259, 316, 591; ambassador in discussions with France 68, 78, 98, 130–1, 260, 573, 575; campaigning in France in 1412 16; campaigning in Gascony in 1414 39, 155, 207; character of 33; constable of the army 340, 346; Knight of the Garter 161, 580; lieutenant of Harfleur 371, 372, 383, 390, 394, 487, 603; named in Henry’s will 296, 298; named in Lord Scrope’s will 254; negotiator at siege of Harfleur 363; owed money by Henry 91; paid for his services in Gascony; raising ships for Henry 122, 146, 200; returns to England 492; royal councillor 79, 147, 149, 152, 195, 557; trustee of royal estates 138, 243, 291, 298

Beaulieu 198, 304, 496; abbot of 66

Beaune 409

Bedford, duke of
see
John of Lancaster

Benedict IX, pope (1032–44, 1045, 1047–8) 51

Benedict XIII (
c
. 1328–1423), pope (Avignon, 1394), previously known as Pedro de Luna 10, 49, 91, 92, 108, 140, 141, 186, 225, 237, 284, 351, 465, 466, 478, 496, 505, 517

Benefeld, Peter 183, 235–6, 241–2, 249, 252–3, 258–9, 261, 279, 283, 495

Benet, George, cordwainer of London 172

Benet, John 222

Benham, Robert 405

Bergavenny, Lord
see
Beauchamp, Richard

Berkeley, Sir John (1351–1428) of Beverstone 63

Berkeley, Thomas (1353–1417), Lord Berkeley (1361) 156, 242

Berkhamsted Castle 179, 260

Berkshire 253

Berle, Jean du 274

Bernard of Armagnac (1360–1418), count of Armagnac (1391, constable of France (1415) 11, 31, 494, 495, 506, 508

Berry, duke of
see
John

Berwick on Tweed 38, 79, 169, 229, 247, 490, 503; Castle 60, 79, 179, 194, 543

Bethencourt 410, 412

Béthune, River 396

Beverley 53, 72, 255

Beville, John 193

Biefville, seigneur de la 392

Bilney, John 495

Bishop’s Waltham 283, 291, 590

Black Death, the 101

Black Rod 407, 489

Blanche of Lancaster (1392–1409), daughter of Henry IV 235

Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1368), duchess of Lancaster (1362) 241, 483

Blanchetaque 385, 392, 397–402, 406, 408, 418, 437, 531, 535, 599

Blangy-sur-Ternoise 419–21

Blase, Thomas, steward of Lord Scrope 461–2

Blaye 183

Bliton, John, clerk of Lord Scrope 253, 462

Blois 18

Blount, John 597

Bocquiaux, seigneur de 494

Bodmin, friars of 288

Bohemia 52, 57, 59, 62, 186, 189, 208–9, 218, 223, 229, 271, 381–2

Bohun, Humphrey (1342–1373), earl of Hereford (1361) 304

Bohun, Joan (d. 1419), dowager countess of Hereford 296, 499, 538

Bohun, Mary (
c
. 1369–1394), countess of Derby (1381) 25, 30, 538–9

Boisgilon, Philippe de (d. 1418), bishop of Chartres (1415) 504

Boisratier, Guillaume (d. 1421?), archbishop of Bourges (1409), chancellor of the duke of Berry 52, 68, 148, 215, 244, 259–60, 262–6, 268, 277–8, 300, 585, 589

Bokeland, Richard 354

Bolingbroke 130

Bolingbroke, Henry of
see
Henry IV

Bolton, William, king’s messenger 96, 160

bonfires 175, 253, 256, 427, 428

Bonnières 419

books 25, 118, 273, 280, 288, 358, 527;
About the Church
by Jan Hus 219, 227;
Book of the Chase
by Gaston Phoebus 554;
Brut
(chronicle) 89, 132, 133, 181, 432;
Chronica Maiora
by Thomas Walsingham 132, 204, 307;
Chronicque de la Traïson et Mort de Richart Deux Roy Dengleterre
554;
Codex Justinianus
109, 213;
De Regimine Principum
by Giles of Rome 541; for Sheen Priory 137;
Gesta Henrici Quinti
154, 314, 326, 337, 345–6, 362, 375, 386, 394, 397–8, 404–5, 410–12, 414–15, 420–1, 424, 429, 435, 438, 449, 453, 479, 482–3, 560, 562–5, 606;
Iliad
by Homer 97;
Incendium Amoris
by Richard Rolle 254;
Judice me Deus
by Richard Rolle 254;
Justification
… by Petit
see separate entry
;
Liber Metricus
by Thomas Elmham 131;
Lantern of Light
by John Grime 110, 111, 334, 340;
Revelations of St Bridget
151, 254; theological 66

Bordeaux 68, 105, 207, 225, 301, 356, 357, 384, 461, 484, 512; Jurade of 39, 69, 225, 249, 278, 355, 461, 484

Bordiu, Dr Jean, archdeacon of Médoc 103, 281, 355–6, 359, 375, 383–4, 397, 562

Bosredon, Louis de 400

Boston 497, 589

Botreaux, Elizabeth, Lady Botreaux 288, 413

Botreaux, William (1389–1462), Lord Botreaux (1395) 288, 293, 316, 390, 413

Botteler, John 297

Boucicaut, otherwise known as Jean le Maingre (1366–1421), marshal of France 301, 335, 374, 399–402, 407, 410, 412, 415, 428–430, 435, 446

Boulogne 215, 300, 314, 325, 391, 392, 397, 400, 565, 606

Bourbon, duke of
see
John of Bourbon

Bourchier, Lord
see
Stafford, Hugh

Bourchier, Sir William (d. 1420) 68, 103, 118, 155, 297, 328, 361, 488, 509, 580, 596

Bourges, archbishop of
see
Boisratier

Bourges, Treaty of (1412) 16, 17, 40, 182, 280

Bourneville, Robinet de 444

Bouvier, Gilles le (1386–
c
. 1455), herald of the duke of Berry 413, 417, 422, 439, 565

Bouvier, William 116

Boves 406, 407, 408, 409

Bower, Henry, bowyer 105, 173, 191

Bower, John, turner 154, 166, 173

Bowet, Henry (d. 1423), bishop of Bath and Wells (1401–7), archbishop of York (1407), treasurer (1402) 57, 104, 291, 473

bows
see
archery

Brabant 443, 444

Brabant, Clignet de (d. 1428), admiral of France 48, 98, 344, 439, 446, 450, 494

Brabant, duke of
see
Anthony

Bracquemont, Braquetus de 148

Bracquemont, Lyonnet de 328, 369

Bracquemont, Olivier de 328, 369

Bradbury, Jim 525

Bramham Moor, battle of (1408) 184

Bramshulf, William 395

Brecon, lordship of 250

Breisach 163–4, 166–7, 171

Bresle, River 398

Brétigny, Treaty of (1360) 12, 14, 40, 41, 115, 117, 277

bricks 100, 102,

Bridgettine nuns (Order of St Saviour, 1370) 75–6, 100, 101, 106, 534

Bridgewater 589

Bridlington Priory 151

prior of; 254

Bristol 37, 40, 103, 122, 146, 477, 589; friars of 288; manor of 504; mayor of 105;

Brittany 40, 61, 117, 217, 277, 322, 416, 501, 583;duke of
see
John

Brocas, William (d. 1456), MP for Hampshire (1414) 63

Brogny, Jean Allarmet de (d. 1426), cardinal bishop of Ostia 49, 157, 176, 177, 203

Brown, John 194, 297

Bruges 226, 583

Bruges, William (d. 1450), Chester herald (1398), Garter King of Arms (1417?) 343–4, 378–80, 385, 391, 596

Brunham, Robert 495

Brunyng, John (d. 1436), abbot of Sherborne (1415) 113

Brussels 458

Brut
chronicle
see
books

Bryde, Robert, royal chaplain, chancellor of the collegiate church of St John of Beverley 93

Bubwith, Nicholas (d. 1424), Henry’s secretary (1402), keeper of the privy seal (1405–6), bishop of London (1406–7), bishop of Bath and Wells (1407) 66, 149, 279

Buckfast, abbot of 193

Buckinghamshire 222

Bufreuil, Jean 328, 369

Builth, lordship of 188

Burgh, John, esquire 70, 236

Burgundians
see
John the Fearless

Burgundy 9, 15, 39, 116, 171, 217, 522; dukes of
see
John the Fearless; Philip the Bold

Burnell, Hugh (d. 1420), Lord Burnell (1383) 161

Bury St Edmunds 236

Butler, Sir William (d. 1415), of Warrington 379, 582

Byfleet 100

Byzantium, emperor of 479, 515

Cabochien revolt (April 1413) 39, 102

Cadbury, Somerset 288, 413

Caen 371, 536

Caix 409

Calais 53, 73, 93, 155, 215, 233, 252, 281, 391–3, 399, 400, 402, 405, 415, 460, 476, 484, 518; attacked by John the Fearless 14; bricks imported from 100; commission to investigate fraud in; defence of 14, 64, 80, 82, 104, 146, 154, 156, 166, 174, 189, 226, 233, 383, 568; embarkation/landing at 15, 68, 475; French prisoners ordered to assemble at 380, 383, 384, 465, 471–2; march of army to 375, 384–6, 390–5, 397, 399, 401–2, 418–9, 430, 434–5, 454, 458–61, 469, 532–3, 543–4; negotiations at 166, 220, 322; provisions for 60, 82, 160, 195, 200, 232, 461, 469, 487; raids by soldiers from 300, 314, 325; siege of (1346–7) 325, 338, 364, 370, 514; Staple at 583; treasurer of
see
Salvayn

Calthorp, Sir John 327

Calton, Nicholas, king’s clerk, 70

Calverton, John, of Northumberland 500

Cambrai 417; cardinal of
see
Ailly

Cambridge, earl of
see
Edmund of Langley; Richard of Conisborough

Cambridge, University of 84, 252, 221, 253

Cambridgeshire 179

Camoys, Thomas (d. 1421), Lord Camoys (1383) 161–3, 306, 394, 431, 440, 580, 592, 599

Canche, River 419

Canford, manor of 214