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The Chronicle of Calais; In the Reigns of Henry Vii. and Henry Viii. to the Year 1540. Ed. From Mss. in the British Museum
The Chronicle of Calais In the Reigns of Henry Vii and Henry Viii to the Year 1540 Ed From Mss in the British Museum Author:Richard Turpyn General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: Printed for the Camden society, by J. B. Nichols and son Subjects: Calais (France) Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missin... more »g text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: There be Fleminges a nombre, that in anie action will be readie to helpe where gaine may arise. Lawrence Minter, an Inglishe soldiour, dwelling between Graveling and Mark-dyke. Other Englishe soldiours there be that do serve within Graveling, who be trustie and assured ; and so there be dispersed throughout the contrie a number of others well affected, and readie to service for England. CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANTS, AND DEPUTIES OF CALAIS. Froissart states that the first captain of Calais appointed by Edward III. was Sir Amery of Pavia, " a Lumbard borne, whom the kyng had greatly avaunced," and that before the expiration of eighteen months this Lombard plotted to sell the town to the French, but having been discovered was pardoned, on condition of his continuing the negociation, and entrapping the captain of St. Omer's, with whom he treated. Of the consummation of this plot, and the repulse of the Frenchmen, in which the king was personally engaged, a long and interesting account is given by Froissart. That historian, however, seems to have mistaken the post occupied by the Italian, who was appointed commander of the King's galleys by patent dated Westminster, 24 April, 1348, (Rymer, v. 619,) but by a previous patent, dated at Calais, 8th Oct. 1347, and therefore a few weeks only after ita surrender, John de Montgomery was appointed captain of the town of Calais, and at the same date John de Gatesden was appointed Marshal of the town. (Rymer, v. 293.) Th...« less