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The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 08 [of 13]

Note 60 — CHAP. XXXVII.

Thomas Johnes translation

The following note, having been mislaid, was omitted at p. 177, line 7. 'Mortaigne.'

The count de Mortain was going on an expedition to France, when he was counter-ordered to Calais, on account of the duke of Burgundy besieging it. Sir John Radcliffe was lieutenant of the town of Calais, and baron Dudley of the castle.

This count de Mortain is styled, in the treaty of Harcourt between the French and English, A.D. 1438, 'Edmond comte de Dorset, et de Mortain, et de Harcourt, captaine general et governeur de par monseigneur le roi du pays d'Anjou, du Maine, &c.' Dumont, Corps Universel de Diplomatique.

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