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Item, the seyd Fastolf lent to the voyage that Thomas Danyell made in to Breteyn, as it is notorily knowen, of which he ys not yhyt payd, the somme of

C_li._

Item, the seyd Fastolf hath born grete charge and cost of a lone made for the spede and help of a voyage whych the Erle of Shrewysbury now last made in to the Kynges d.u.c.h.ee of Gyen,

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[Footnote 55.1: [From Fenn, iii. 260.] The date of this paper is determined by the last paragraph, showing that it was composed fifteen years after Sir John finally left France in 1440.]

[Footnote 57.1: Sir John took the castle of Sillie le Guillem in 1425, and from which he was dignified with the t.i.tle of baron.--F.]

[Footnote 57.2: The salute was a gold coin of Henry VI. current in France for 1, 5s. English.--F.]

[Footnote 58.1: In 1423 he took the castle of Pacy, the governor whereof was Guillaume Reymond.--F.]

[Footnote 59.1: This battle was fought in 1424.--F.]

[Footnote 60.1: So in MS. The total should be 100 less.]

[Footnote 60.2: A blank.]

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FASTOLF'S CLAIMS AGAINST THE CROWN[61.1]

_A Declaracion of the Costs which Sir John Fastolf was at, ben without this royaume._

The declaracions of certeyn prests, costys, and chargys don and born by Sir John Fastolf, aswel in the tyme of the moste n.o.ble and victoryouse Princes of blessed memorie, Kyng Herry the iiij^the, Kyng Herry v^th, as in the tyme of our Souvereyn Lord Kyng that now is, in hys werrys by yend the see, as by the articles that folowen more pleynly apperyth:--

First, it ys to be remembred that to the sayd Fastolf ys owyng for divers costys and chargis by hym born for the tyme that he occupied th'office of the Constabulrye of Burdeux for the saufgarde of the Kyngys Duchie of Guyen, as it apperith pleynlye by accompt made of the sayd office of Constabulrye, remaynyng in the Kyngs Cheker at Westminster of record, wherof he yet nouther had payement nor a.s.signement of, the somme of

ij^{c}. xxvij_li._ xv_s._ iij_d._ _ob._

Item, in like wyse there ys owyng to the seyd Fastolf for wagys for hys service don to the Kyng, and to the Duc of Clarence, beyng the Kyng ys Lieutenant in the seyd Duchie of Guyen, as it may appere under suffisaunt writing, the somme of

ij^c ij_li._ x_s._

Item, in lyke wyse ys owyng to the seyd Fastolf for costys and chargys that he bare when he was Lieutenant of the towne of Harflew[62.1] in Normandie, as yt shewith by a debentur made to the seyd Fastolf, with hym remaynyng,

Cx.x.xiij_li._ vj_s._ viij_d._

Item, in lyke wyse ys owyng to the seyd Fastolf for the keping and vytaylyng of the Bastyle of Saint Anthoyne in Paris, as it apperith by writing suffisaunt and by the creditours of Sir John Tyrell, Knyght, late Tresourier of the Kyngs house, remaynyng in the Escheker of Westminster of record, the somme of

xlij_li._

Item, there ys owyng to the seyd Fastolf for the saufgarde of the toune of Fount Melank[62.2] in the parties of Fraunce, as it apperith by accompt therof made in the Kyngs Escheker of England of record, the somme of

iiij^xx ix_li._ x_s._ iiij_d._ _ob. q._

Summa xlij. marc ix_s._ _q._