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barons
Basin, Thomas
Basset of Drayton, Lord
Bate, Robert
Baugé, battle of (1421)
Bazeilles, le Moine de
Beauchamp family ; see also Warwick
Beaufort, Edmund, Earl and Duke of Somerset ; Henry, Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor ; as cardinal ; and Gloucester ; and release of Orleans ; retires from politics; John, Earl of Somerset; John, Earl of Somerset ; Thomas, Duke of Exeter
Beaugency
Beaumanoir, Robert de
Beaumont, Richard de
Bedford, Anne of Bugundy, Duchess of; Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of John, Duke of ; appointed Regent of France; motto; characteristics ; French titles ; taxation and plunder of Normandy; Triple Alliance, treaty of Amiens; marriage; strikes South; battle of Verneuil; presses on to Anjou and Maine ; alliance threatened; finances; return to France, restoration of alliance; renews offensive ; Maine rising; siege of Orleans; dispute with Philip about cessation of Orleans ; asks for reinforcements; and Joan of Arc ; and Fastolf; gives up regency and Paris to Philip ; ground lost and gained; Normandy risings; takes Louviers; regains governorship of Paris; coronation of ‘Henri II’; affection for France; siege of Lagny; death of wife and remarriage; and Parliament ; returns to France, tries to raise money; illness and death at Rouen
Bedford Book of Hours, The
Behuchet, Nicolas
Bel, Jean le
Benedict XII, Pope
Benedict XIII, Pope
Bentley, Sir Walter
Berkeley, Lord
Berners, Lord
Berry, John, Duke of
Bideron, Maurigon de
Black Death
Black Monday
Black Prince, see Edward, Prince of Wales
Blamont, Count of
Blanche Taque, ford
Blois, Charles de; Count of (died Crécy); Count of, temp. Charles VI; Jeanne de
Bohun, William de, Earl of Northampton
Bolingbroke, Henry see Henry IV, king
Bonet, Honoré
Bonville, Lord
Bordeaux; John of Gaunt at ; siege of; Charles VI menaces; surrenders; rises against French; siege and final surrender (1453)
Boucicault, Jean
Bourbon, Duke of, temp. Charles V; Louis, Duke of
Bourchier, Sir John; Sir William
Bourges, King of (nickname of Charles VII)
Bouteiller, Guy le
Brabant, Anthony, Duke of ; Duke of, temp. Philip VI
Bretigny, treaty of (1360)
Brittany, succession; English occupation; war in; defection ; at Castillon; Arthur III, Duke of see Richemont; John III, Duke of; John IV, Duke of ; John V, Duke of ; brother of
Bromyard, John
Bruges peace conference (1375—7)
Buch, Captal de; Gaston de Foix, Captal de
Buchan, John Stewart, Earl of, Constable of France
Buckingham, Thomas, Earl of, Duke of Gloucester
Bureau, Maitre Jean, master gunner to Charles VII; career; Gaspard, his brother; Mayor of Bordeaux
Burgundy, war with Armagnac ; Dauphinist threat to; Anne of, Duchess of Bedford ; Charles of; Duchess of, wife of Philip the Good; Duke of, temp. John II, 68; Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of; Dukes see also John the Fearless; Philip the Bold and Philip the Good
Butler, Fra’ Thomas; family
Caboche
Cade, Jack; raises rebellion ; killed
Caen, sack of (1346); sack of (1417); as centre of administration ; siege and surrender of; Abbess of
Calais, capture of; Henry V marches towards; cost of maintaining garrison; English view of; siege of ; loss of (1558)
Calveley, Sir Hugh
Cambridge, Edmund, Earl of, Duke of York; Richard, Earl of
Camoys, Thomas, Lord
Camus, favourite of Charles VII
Canterbury, archbishops of see Chicele; Stratford; Sudbury and Whittlesey
Capgrave, J.
Cassel, battle of (1328)
Castile; Les Espagnols-sur-Mer; John of Gaunt’s campaign; kings see Gaunt; Pedro and Trastamara
Castillon, battle of (1453)
Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V
cavalry: English; French; mounted archers; Scots
Cerda, Don Carlos de la, Prince of Castile, Constable of France
Cervole, Arnaud de
Chandos, Sir John
Channel Islands
Channel ports, French attacks on
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles I, King
Charles II, King
Charles IV, King of France; and Guyenne
Charles V (the Wise), king of France ; characteristics; and Brittany; and Charles of Navarre; and Flanders; and Free Companies; and Castile ; and Aquitaine; military