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16 FRAUBRUNNEN, INSCRIPTION ON STONE MONUMENT: copied by the author and translated by Prof. E. A. R. Brown.
17 HAPSBURG SETTLEMENT WITH COUCY: Delachenal, IV, 583, n. 5; Zurlauben, Enguerrand VII, 180 (who undertakes to dispose of the errors of all previous historians).
18 COUCY COMMISSIONED TO ACT AGAINST COMPANIES: Delachenal, IV, 584, n. 1; Lehoux, I, 380, n. 9.
19 EDWARD’S GRANTS TO ISABELLA: Green, 213–16. ALICE PERRERS: Chron. Angl., Thompson, xlviii.
20 “LADY OF THE SUN”: q. Green, 210, n. 2.
21 COUCY’S FRIENDS URGE HIM TO TURN FRENCH, and HIS MISSION TO ENGLAND: KL, VIII, 378–80. On double allegiance, see Keen, Laws, 89–91.
Chapter 14—England’s Turmoil
The major contemporary narrative source for English affairs in this period is Thomas Walsingham’s Chronicon Angliae, which unfortunately does not exist in English (although Thompson’s notes are useful). Those like myself not fluent in Latin must depend on quotations and excerpts in English by other historians. The somewhat less lively Anonimalle Chronicle has been translated by V. H. Galbraith. Secondary sources on the condition of England used for this chapter are Jusserand, McKisack, Postan, Saltmarsh, Seebohm, and Trevelyan. Although the last, which was Trevelyan’s first book, may lag behind modern scholarship, it is far ahead in general interest and a comprehensive view of the social milieu.
1 “NOT STRONGER IN MIND THAN A BOY OF EIGHT”: Chron. Angl., q. Collis, 186, n. 2.
2 “WHEREBY THE JUSTICES BE AFRAID”: a statute of 2 Rich. II, q. Jusserand, 76.
3 BISHOP OF ROCHESTER: q. ibid., 86.
4 COMMONS COMPLAIN OF LABORERS AND SERVANTS: Jusserand, 147–48, from Rymer, V, 668.
5 “GATHER TOGETHER IN GREAT ROUTS”: q. Seebohm, 274.
6 FOUR VILLAGES OF GLOUCESTER: Beresford & Hurst, 8. FIVE CHURCHES OF NORFOLK: Saltmarsh, 24.
7 WYCLIF: Poole; Trevelyan, passim; Cheyney, 211–24.
8 PRIESTS LICENSED TO KEEP A CONCUBINE: MacKinnon, 563. CONFESSOR IN CASES OF ADULTERY: Lea, I, 31.
9 EUCHARIST WITHHELD: ibid., 28. MISBEHAVIOR OF CLERICS: Coulton, Life, I, 96, 99–100. WORLDLY CLERICS’ CLOTHING: Jusserand, 55.
10 LOLLARDY AMONG THE NOBLES: Cheyney, 217.
11 Horribles expenses: q. McKisack, 386, n. 1.
12 PURVEYORS “SEIZE ON MEN”: J. R. Green, Short History of England, I, 455–56.
13 GOOD PARLIAMENT: In addition to sources at head of chapter, MacKinnon; Harold I. Nelson, “Thomas Walsingham and the Crisis of 1376” (unpublished ms.); A. F. Pollard; Powell & Wallis; Stubbs’ Constitutional History.
14 COUCY AS EARL OF BEDFORD: A search of the Close Rolls, Parl. Rolls, and Parl. Writs made for the author at the Public Record Office disclose no evidence that Coucy was summoned to or attended the Parliament of 1376, although he was summoned as Earl of Bedford to the Parliament of 43 Edw. Ill (1370) (The Dignity of a Peer of the Realm; Reports from the Lords’ Committees …, London, 1829, IV, 645).
15 ISABELLA AND COUCY VISIT BLACK PRINCE: KL, VIII, 379.
16 HIS DEATHBED, WILL, AND MONUMENT: Chandos Herald, 170; Chron. Angl., q. Trevelyan, 27; Collins, 300–301; DNB.
17 COUCY ADVISES INVASION: Froissart, q. Lépinois, 178.
18 KING EDWARD’S PHYSICIANS “DESPAIRED”: Anonimalle, 95. COUCY’S MISSION TO FLANDERS: Lacaille, thèse, 40.
19 QUEEN’S ILLNESS: Chron. 4 Valois, 244; Delachenal, IV, 536. PAYMENTS TO COUCY: BN, Pièces originales, 875, dossier 19, 660 Coucy. MARIE DE COUCY: Lehoux, I, 392, 398, n. 7.
20 COUCY IN PARLEYS WITH THE ENGLISH: KL, VIII, 383–84; Barnes, 906–7.
21 CHAUCER’S PRESENCE: Braddy; Manley; also F. N. Robinson, Introduction to Chaucer’s Complete Works.
22 SUBSTANCE OF THE PARLEYS: Delachenal, V, 4; Delisle, Coll. BE, No. 1425; Perroy, “Anglo-French.”
23 EDWARD’S DEATH; JUBILEE YEAR PASSED UNNOTICED: J. J. Jusserand, Piers Plowman, London, 1894, 53.
24 ISABELLA’S MOVEMENTS: KL, XXI, 41; Green, 215–17, from Rymer, VII, 153.
25 ROBERSART: Collins, 237, 249.
26Songe du Vergier: q. Delachenal, IV, 601–2 DIALOGUE WRITTEN BY D’AILLY: q. Kirkland, 18.
27 COUCY’S LETTER OF RENUNCIATION: text in KL, XXI, 41–42, and in Rymer, VII, 172, from Patent Roll,