[847] _Rot. Parl._, iv. 481.

[848] Ramsay, i. 475.

[849] _Beckington Correspondence_, i. 209-294.

[850] Rymer, IV. i. 23; Carte, ii. 285; _Cal. of French Rolls_, Rep.

48, App. 306, 307. Parliament agreed to Gloucester's indentures for the command on October 29; _Rot. Parl._, iv.

483, 484.

[851] 'Libel of English Policy,' _Political Songs_, ii. 157-205.

[852] _Ordinances_, v. 5.

[853] Beltz, p. ccxxiii.

[854] Rymer, V. i. 36.

[855] _Cal. of French Rolls_, Rep. 48, App. 313.

[856] Rymer, V. i. 31. _Cal. of French Rolls_, Rep. 48, App. 322, calls it 1438.

[857] Rymer, V. i. 32.

[858] _Cal. of French Rolls_, Rep. 48, App. 134; Carte, ii. 289; Rymer, V. i. 34; _Lords' Reports_, v. 234.

[859] _London Chron._, 122, 172; _Short English Chron._, 62; Fabyan, 610. Gregory, 179, gives July 26, and is followed by Holkham MS., p. 37--obviously the mistake of a week. Cotton MS., Cleopatra, C. iv. f. 53vo, gives July 27.

[860] Stevenson, _Letters and Papers_, ii. xlix.

[861] _Brief English Chron._, 63; _Chron. Henry VI._, 16. The Earl of Devonshire is included only in _Lond. Chron._, 122, but his indenture survives.

[862] Ten thousand, Waurin, iv. 200; Monstrelet, 473: fifteen thousand, Basin, i. 130: forty thousand, Gregory, 179: sixty thousand, Rede's _Chron._, Rawlinson MS., C. 398; _Brief Latin Chron._, 165: fifty thousand, William of Worcester, 458. The payments in the Issue Roll printed in Stevenson, _Letters and Papers_, ii. pp. xlix _seq._, give Gloucester's retinue as 4497 men, and those of the lords who accompanied him as 4132, in all 8629 men. This approximates to the 10,000 estimate.

[863] Waurin. See his _Chronicle_, iv. 185, 201.

[864] Waurin, iv. 160. Fourteen thousand exclusive of camp-followers and two or three thousand Picards, etc., Basin, i. 126, 127.

Fifty thousand men, _Chron. Henry VI._, 15.

[865] _Lond. Chron._, 121.

[866] _Engl. Chron._, 55.

[867] Waurin, iv. 176-178.

[868] _Ibid._, iv. 171.

[869] _Ibid._, iv. 175-180; Basin, i. 128.

[870] Waurin, iv. 172, 173; Monstrelet, 740.

[871] Rede's _Chron._, Rawlinson MS., C. 398; _Brief Latin Chron._, 165; _Chron. Henry VI._, 16; _Engl. Chron._, 55; Hardyng, 396.

[872] Waurin, iv. 173, 174.

[873] _Ibid._, iv. 186-188; Basin, i. 128, 129; Gregory, 179; Fabyan, 610, 611.

[874] Contemporary ballad on Siege of Calais; _Political Songs_, ii.

156.

[875] 'The Libel of English Policy,' written before 1437; _Political Songs_, ii. 170.

[876] Waurin, iv. 174; Monstrelet, 738. A good account of the siege by an eye-witness is found in a poem ent.i.tled 'The Siege of Calais,' _Political Songs_, ii. 151-156.

[877] Monstrelet, 738; Waurin, iv. 173.

[878] Basin, i. 130; Waurin, iv. 192.

[879] Monstrelet, 743, says next day to landing, _i.e._ August 3.

Gregory, 179, and Cotton MS., Cleopatra, C. iv. f. 53vo, say he rested Friday, Sat.u.r.day, and Sunday at Calais, and started on the Monday, _i.e._ the fourth day after landing. _London Chron._, 122, however, says that Gloucester crossed the river at Gravelines on the fourth day after coming over, which would not prevent his having left Calais on August 3, and that he only entered Flanders on August 6. William of Worcester, 458, also gives August 6 as the day of entry into Flanders. The confusion arises from the divergence of the chroniclers as to where the campaign started, and this is obvious as William of Worcester gives the campaign as lasting nine days (Gloucester was back at Guisnes on August 15), whereas others compute it at eleven or twelve days, counting in the time spent between Calais and Gravelines. _Brief Latin Chron._, 165; _Chron. Henry VI._, 16; _London Chron._, 122.

_Short Engl. Chron._, 62, gives August 13 as the day of leaving Calais.

[880] _Short English Chron._, 62.

[881] Waurin, iv. 201; _Short Engl. Chron._, 62.

[882] Monstrelet, 743.

[883] Waurin, iv. 201, 202. Waurin himself marched out from Gravelines.

[884] _Brief Latin Chron._, 165.

[885] Waurin, iv. 203; Monstrelet, 743.

[886] Waurin, iv. 204. He gives the day as 'Nostre Dame de Septembre,' _i.e._ the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, September 8. It is obviously a mistake for the a.s.sumption in August.

Gloucester was back in England in September; _Brief Latin Chron._, 165.

[887] Waurin, iv. 204, 205.

[888] Monstrelet, 743.

[889] _Ibid._

[890] Waurin, iv. 205, 206; _Brief Latin Chron._, 165.

[891] Contemporary ballad; _Political Songs_, ii. 156.

[892] Hardyng, 396. Cf. Ramsay, i. 488.