CCCLVI. 6 septembre
Réponse de la commune de Londres à la lettre du duc de Clarence du 5 août dernier.
Archives de la mairie de Londres; reg. I, fol. 236".
Answer un to the said lettre.
Riht hight, right mighty prince and excellent lord, we recomannde us unto the high lordship of your gracious excellence in as humble wyse as any povre men best can or may ymagine and devise, thankyng your lordly excellence in as lowely maner as office of writing may conceyve for the high and favorable remembrannce which your gracious lordship hath to the citée of London in signifieng to us be your gracious lettres, writen at Mannt, the v day of augsl, of our most dredand most souveraigne erthly lordes prosperous helth and victorious spede and eke of youres the which God of his souveraigne grâce and noble pite with encrées of al honur and joye ever kepe and manteigne. Right mighty prince and excellent lord, yef it like your lordly excellence (o hère of th'astat of the citée of London , plese it your gracious lordship, to conceyve, that in moor quiet ne pesibler rest , blessed be God , was never erthly cite nor tounn , in absence of hcr most souveraigne and gracious lord. Right bigh , right mighty prynce and excellent lord , the prynce of ail hevenly knyghl hood hâve you in his holy kêping.
Writen at the sayd citée Londone, under the seal of mairalte therof, the vi day of septembre.
Your povere servantes, the mair , aldermen and shirefs of the cite of London.
À très hault et très puissannt prince et gracious seignour, le duc de Clarence.
CCCLMI. 17 août et 12 septembre 1419.
Lettre de Henri V à la commune de Londres, pour lui apprendre la continuation de ses succès. Sa lettre du 17 août ayant été interceptée par les ennemis, il en envoie une copie le 12 septembre.
Archives de la mairie de Londres ; reg. I, fol. 237.
A lettre fro the kyng to the mair , aldermen and comunes.
By the kyng.
Trusty and welbeloved , we grete you well , and we thanke you with hal our hert of the good wil and service that we hâve alweys foundein you hedertoward, and speciallichofyour kynde and notable profre of and ayde , the which ye han grannted unto us of your owne good motion, as our brother of Bedford, and our chancelier of england han writen unto us, yeving therinne good ensanmple yn diverce wyse to al the remanant of our subgitz in our lande, and soo we pray you, as our trust is, ye wol for to continue. And as to the said ayde, the which ye hâve concluded to do unto us now at this tyme , we pray you specially that we mow haven at such tyme and in such wyse as our brother of Bedford shal moor plently déclare unto you on our behalve , lating you fully wete that we hâve writen to al our frendes and alhes thorwe cristendour for to hâve socours and help of hem ayeine the same tyme that our sayd brother shal déclare you. The whieh when they hère of tharme and tharray that ye and other of our subgitz
make athome y a help of as v shal yeve hem gret corage to hast thair comyng unto us moche the rather, and nat faille, as we trust fully. Wherfor we pray you hertely that ye wolde do, touching the forsayd ayde, as our sayd brother shal déclare unto you on our behalve, considerince that so necessarie ne so acceptable a service as ye may do, and wol do , as we trust unto you at this tyme, ye ne might never hâve don unto us seth our verres in Ffrannce began. Ffor we truste' fully to goddes might and his meny, (mercy) with good help of you and of our land to hâve a good ende of oure sayd werre in short tyme, and for to corne home unto you to gret comfort and singuler joye of our hcrt, as god knoweth, the which he grannte us to his plesannce ., and hâve you ever in bis kepînge. Yeven under our signet , yn our toun of Pontoise , the xvn day of august And weteth that the forsayd xvn day of august departed from us at Ponntoyse our lettres to you direct in this same tenur ; and by cause it is sayd the berer of them is by ourenemys taken in toGrotey, we renovelle hem hère, at Trye the castell , the xu dray of septembre.
CCCLVIII. 7 novembre 1419.
Mandement du duc de Bedford pour faire apporter des vivres à l'armée du Roi, en Normandie.
Archives de la mairie de Londres ; reg. I, fol. 241 T°.
Henricus, Dei gratia, rex Ànglie et Ffrancie et dominus Hibernie, vicecomitibus Londoniensibus salutem.
Precipimus vobis quod statim visis presentibus in portu civitatis predicte ac aliis locis civitatis illius et suburbiorum ejusdem , ubi magis expediens publiée ex parte nostra proclamai! et notiû cari faciatis , quod universi et singuli homines qui frumentum aut aliqua alia victualia ad partes Normannie pênes presenciam noslram pro relevatione nostra et nostri exercitus traducere voluerint et cariare, frumentum et victualia illa ad partes predictas pênes presenciam nostram, usque festum omnium sanctorum proxime futurum absque impositione seu carcagio in eisdem partibus Normannie iode solvens, traducere valeant et cariare, proviso semper quod sufûcieutem securitatem inveniant coram collectoribus custume nostre in portu, ubi hujusmodi frumentum et victualia eskippata fuerint, quod ipsi eadein frumentum et victualia ex causa predicta, ad partes predictas pênes presentiain nostram predictam et non alibi traducent et carriabunt. Et hoc nullatenus omittatis.
Teste, Johanne, duce Bedford, custode Anglie apud Westm. septimo die novembris anno regni nostri septimo.
