Acre, 11
Actovylle, Raulyn, 8
Agincourt, battle of, 16, 28, 32, 45
Alencon, duke of 12;
taken prisoner 18;
his redemption 19
Alexander, king, 7
Anjou, the title of, 23
Appius, 60
Appulton, John, his letter to sir John Fastolfe, lvi
Arms (to do) in lists to the utterance, or to certain points, 77
Arras, treaty of, xlix
—— of Breteyn, 40
Astrology depreciated, viii, 50
Authors quoted:—
de Auriga, Alanus, his Quadrilogus, 25, 27, 33;
Austyn, of the City of God, 57;
—— of Free will, 50;
Bartholomeus, de Proprietatibus Rerum, 2;
Basset, Peter, liii;
Boetius de Consolatione, 3, 21, 50, 52;
Chartier, see Auriga
Cicero, of Divination, 50;
—— see Tullius;
Cristina, Arbre de Batailes, 6 bis, 27, 30, 31, 54 (her biography ib.);
de Diceto, Radulphus, Ymago historiarum, 23;
Dudley's Tree of Commonwealth, vii;
Froissart, 40;
Gildas, 51;
Governance of Princes,liv;
Jeremye the prophet, 79;
Jerome, saint, 76;
Josephus, liber antiquitatum, 51;
Livius (Titus, 26, 51, 53, 83;
Machabeus, 42;
Nennius, 62;
Novius Marcellus, 57;
Orosius de Ormesta Mundi, 51;
Paralipomenon, 56;
Philip, the Acts of King, (the Philippiados), 13;
Pliny the younger, ii;
du Premier-Faict, Laurence, li;
Ptolomy, Centilogie, 51;
de Regimine Principum, liv;
Socrates, 69;
Tullius, 25, 57 ter, 58 bis, 59, 60, 62, 70;
Vegetius, his book of Chivalry (de Arte Militari), 21, 29, 55;
Preface, p. vi.;
Wallensis, Commune loquium, 57;
Averaunces, 28
Baldwin archbishop of Canterbury, 10
Basset, Peter, an historical writer, liii
Bastille of St. Anthoine, victualling of, xi, lx, 68
Beauchamp, sir William, 15
Bedford, John duke of, 15, 17;
wins the battle of Vernelle 18;
and conquers the county of Maine 19;
other victories 28;
statutes of 31;
eulogy on 44;
defended Paris 47;
his payment of wages 72
Benevolence, a voluntary taxation, xvii, xxi
Bituitus, king, 27
Boecius, 52
Boke of Noblesse, its scope and intention, i;
probable date of its composition, ib.;
abstract of its contents, i-xvii;
the question of its authorship, l;
other books of the same character, liv;
the MS. described, lv
Bonnet, Honoré, iv
Bordeaux, 42
Bourbon, the bastard of, xxxi, xxxvii, xxxviii, 28
—— the cardinal of, xxxi, xxxvii, xxxix
Brennus, 10
Bretagne, Charles duke of, 13
—— Giles son of the duke of, ii, 5
—— the duke of, protected by king Edward, xl, xli
Bretailles, Louis de, xlii
Bretigny, peace of, 37, 40, 49
Buchan, earl of, 17
—— marshal of, 17
Burgundy, Charles duke of, i;
his designation of le Hardi, x;
brother-in-law both to king Louis and king Edward, xxviii;
interviews with king Edward, xxiv, xxix, xxxiii;
character of, xxv;
suspected by the English, xxx, xlvi;
his truce with France, xlvii
—— John duke of, his murder, xxxviii
—— Margaret duchess of, xxiii
rescue of, 28;
parliament at, 31
Camillus, 53
Canute (Knowt), 2
Carew, the baron of, 15
Carthage, wars of the Romans with, 26, 61, 65
Cato, 61
Caulx, Pais de, the destruction of, lvi
Caxton, works of:—
Book of the ordre of Chevalrye or Knyghthode, liv;
Fayttes of Armes and of Chyvallrye, vi;
Curial, vii;
Tully on Old Age, li;
Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers, xliii
Cerdic, 2
Champenois, 83
Charles V. of France, purchased fortresses from the English, xxxii;
Charles VII. his re-conquest of Normandy ii, iii;
his secretary Alain Chartier vii;
Charles le bien amé, 25
Charles le simple, 39
Charles the sage, 40
Chartier; see Authors
Chester, Randolfe earl of, 10
Cheyne, sir John, xxxii, xxxiii, xliii
Childermas day, xxxv
Chirburgh, 12
Chivalry, synonymous with Noblesse, xv
Christine, dame; see Passy and Pisan
Church, oppressed in Normandy, xiii, 74
Citizens, their contributions to the war, xxi;
their experience in the campaign, xlv
Clarence, George duke of, his retinue and their
pay, xx, xxiii, xxxii, xxxviii
Clarence, Thomas duke of, 18;
eulogy on, 44
Clekyn, sir Barthilmew, 15
Cleret, Pierre, xxxiii
Clergy oppressed in Normandy, xiii, 74;
Clothing, cost and pomp in, 79
Commines, Philippe de, the historian, xvii, xxv;
employed by king Louis, xxviii, xxx, xxxvi;
dressed like his master, xxxvii;
characteras an historian, xli
Commons, or people, termed "bestial", 77, 78
Conquerors, duties of, 21
Cornwall, language of, 2
Countour, a commissioner of taxes, xv
Courtenay, sir Hugh, 15
—— sir Philip, ib.
Cravant, battle of, 17, 18, 28, 44
Cyprus, king of, 10
Cyrus, his gardens at Sardis, 69
Damascus, 10
David king of Scots, 13
Derby, earl of, 13
Dieppe, 5
Dorset, Edmond earl of, 28
—— Thomas earl of, 15
Douglas, earl of, 18
Dove, the omen of the, xxiv, xlii
Dress; see Clothing
Dudley, Edmonde, his "Tree of Common Wealth", vii
Durham ("Deram upon the marchis of Scotland"), 13
Dynham, John lord, xxii
Education, military, 76
Edmond Ironside, 10
Edward the First, 11
Edward the Third, 3, 12, 14, 33, 77;
he made great alliances, 40
Edward prince of Wales, 4, 13, 14;
received homage as duke of Guienne, 37, 43
Edward the Fourth, his prosperous state in his second reign, i;
prepares to invade France xvii;
salutes the generous widow xxi;
lands at Calais xxvi;
interviews with the duke of Burgundy xxiv, xxix;
with king Louis xxxvi;
his personal appearance xxxviii;
ruin of his political schemes and death xlviii
Elkyngton, John, xxxii
English, their character as soldiers xxvi;
beat a double or treble number of Frenchmen, 28
Eu, earl of, 12
Faliste, 53
Fastolfe, sir John, "myne autor", i;
anecdotes and sayings of, v, x, xi, xiv;
his books of accompt, xi;
captain of the bastille of St. Anthoine, ib.;
his connection with "The Boke of Noblesse", l;
his services in France, li;
mentioned, 15, 16, 19, 28 ter, 31, 64, 68
Fauconberg, lord, 28;
Felton, sir Thomas, 15
Ferranus king of Spain, 10
Fizar, battle, 46
Florence, 53
Formigny, the battle of, viii, 42
Fougeres, the capture of, iii, 5
France, oppression of the English subjects in, vii;
its sufferings from quartering soldiers, xii;
narrative of the invasion of in 1475, xvii-xliv;
difficulties of an English invasion of, xxvii;
costly dress put away in, 80
Franklin, character of, xv
Frenchmen, if double or treble in number, beaten by Englishmen, 28
Garnett, Richard, xxi
Garter, the order of the, 46;
Gascony, the title of, 24
Geoffrey Plantagenet, 2, 23, 52
Gloucester, Humphrey duke of, eulogy on, 45
—— Richard duke of, his retinue and their pay, xx, xxiii, xxxii;
affects to lead the English chivalry, xli
—— Robert Clare, earl of, 10
Grey, Thomas, his retainer as the king's custrel, xx
Guienne, duchy of, treaties respecting, 34
Guisnes, castle of, xxiii
the Hagge, 12
Hardy man, definition of, x
Harflete, siege of, 15
Harington, sir Richard, 28
Hastings, Hugh lord, 15
—— sir Ralph, 15
—— William lord, accepts pensions both from Burgundy and France, xxxiii, xxxviii
Hay, sir Gilbert, liv
Hector, 20
Henry the First, 10
Henry the Second, 24
Henry the Fifth, 4;
how he conquered Normandy and France, 15;
his marriage, 17;
wins the battle of Agincourt, 28, 32;
"that victorious prince", 39, 41;
praise of him and his brethren, 43;
his historians, liii
Henry VI. his coronation at Paris, 19;
"the innocent prince", 39
Hercules, 21
Homeldon hill, battle of, 18
Howard, lord, xxiii, xxviii, xxx, xxxvi;
left as hostage with the French, xxxii, xli, xliii, xlvi
Hubert bishop of Salisbury, 10
Huntingdon, John earl of, 16
Jerusalem, 52
Joachym king of Juda, 79
John, king, 33
John king of France taken prisoner and
brought to England, 13, 14, 36, 75
Judas Machabeus, 42
Lancaster, Henry duke of, 43;
"a chief auctour and foundour in law of armes," 77
Law, the practice of, not worthy of those born to arms, xv, 77;
choice of officers of, 78
Lenius, 84
Library of sir John Paston, lix;
of Humphrey duke of Gloucester, 45
Lion, the emblem of knightly valour, and particularly of the royal house of England, ii;
men of war should resemble, 4, 22, 46, 47, 48
L'Isle Adam, Jean de Villiers seigneur de, biogr. note on, xi; 8, 68
Lombards, 32
Louis, Saint, counsel to his son, v. 8, 11, 42, 81
Louis XI. abetted the Earl of Warwick, xvii;
character, xxv;
his reception of King Edward's defiance, xxvii;
kept no herald, xxx;
his "disguised apparel", xxxvii;
his timidity, xliii;
anecdotes of xli et seq.
Lucius Brutus, 71
Lucius Valerius, 52
Lumley, John lord, lv
Lysander, 69
Maine, county of, the conquest of, 19, 45;
revenues of 68
Manly man, distinguished from the (fool-)hardy man, 65
Marcus Actilius, 65
Marcus Marcellus, 67
Margaret of Austria, her matrimonial alliances, xlviii
Montgomery, sir N., 19
Morton, doctor, xxv, xxxi, xxxii
Montreuil (Motreaw), 8
Narbonne, the vicomte de, xlvi
Nazar, battle of, 14
Neuss, the siege of, xxv
Neville, lord, 15
Noblesse, identical with Chivalry, xv;
and with Honour, liv.;
See Boke of Noblesse
Normandy, the title of, 22;
arms of, 23;
the wretched state of, 72;
the clergy oppressed, 74;
siege of, 47;
rebellion in, 68;
bastille of St. Anthony, xi, lx, 68;
in the hands of the English, xi
Parliament, the English, as described by Commines, xvii
Passy, dame Christine of, iv;
biographical note upon, 54
Paston, sir John, his library, lix
Peace, the treaty of, in 1475, xxxviii
Philip, king of France, 8
Philip Dieu-donné, 10, 33, 34, 40
Philip of Valois, 12
Picquigny, the royal interview at, xxxvi
de Pisan, Christine, vi
Pompeus, 75
Pont l'Arche, the capture of iii, 5
Popham, sir John, 19
Poynings, lord, 28
Prophecies, the English always provided with, xxxix, 50
Publius Decius, 64
Radcliff, sir John, 48
Rais, lord, 15
Rempston, sir Thomas, 28
Respublica, 68
Richard emperor of Almaine, 11
Richard the First, 10
Riviers, Anthony earl of, his embassies to the duke of Burgundy, xxv;
his connections with royalty, xxvi. See Scales
Robert, king of Jerusalem, 10
Rochedaryon, 13
Rollo, duke of Normandy, 39
Romans, their wars with Carthage, 26;
the largess of, to make an army to Africa, 83
Rome, 52
Rotherham, archbishop, xxxiii, xxxviii, xxxix
Rouen, 5
Runcyvale, 15
St. Cloud, battle of, 8
St. Leger, sir Thomas, xxxi, xxxiii, xxxvi
St. Pol, Louis de Luxembourg comte de, brother-in-law to king Louis, and uncle to queen Elizabeth Wydville, xxviii;
his temporising and treacherous conduct, xxix;
circumstances of his ruin, xxxiv, xl, xliv
Salisbury, Thomas earl of, 17, 19, 28
Scales, lord, 19;
see Riviers
Scipio Africanus and Scipio Asianus, 66
Senlys, 47
Sensuality, evils of, 22, 33, 52
Shire-days, holding of, xv, 77, 78
Shrewsbury, 18
Shrewsbury, earl of, 28 bis
Sicily, 83
Smert, John, Garter king of arms, xxvii
Soldiers, on the just payment of, 71
Somerset, Edmond duke of, 28
—— John duke of, 28
Stanley, lord, xxiii, xxviii, xxx, xxxi
Tancarville, earl of, 12
Thames, the flood of, 82
truce of, ii
"Tree of Batailes," a popular work, iii;
its author, editions, and manuscripts, iv;
quoted, vii
Truces with France, the history of, 34;
truce of Tours, ii
Tryvet, sir John, 15
Tunis, 11
Valerius Corvinus, 70
Vernelle, battle of, 18, 19, 28, 32 bis, 44
Virtues, the iiij principalle cardinall, 7
Wales, language of, 2
Warwick, Thomas earl of, 37
William the Conqueror, 2, 10, 22
Willoughby, Robert lord, 17, 28
Winchester, bailiffs of, their letter (to sir John
Fastolfe), lvii
Worcestre, William of, the secretary of sir John Fastolfe, l;
his supposed Acta d'ni Joh. Fastolff, lii
Wyer, Robert, liv
York, Richard duke of, 41.