Jean Froissart states as follows: " Now will I name some of the principal lords and knights ( men-at-arms ) that were there with the prince: the earl of Warwick, the earl of Suffolk, the earl of Salisbury, the earl of Oxford, the lord Raynold Cobham, the lord Spencer, the lord James Audley, the lord Peter his brother, the lord Berkeley, the lord Basset, the lord Warin, the lord Delaware, the lord Manne, the lord Willoughby, the lord Bartholomew de Burghersh, the lord of Felton, the lord Richard of Pembroke, the lord Stephen of Cosington, the lord Bradetane and other Englishmen ; and of Gascon there was the lord of Pommiers, the lord of Languiran, the captal of Buch, the lord John of Caumont, the lord de Lesparre, the lord of Rauzan, the lord of Condon, the lord of Montferrand, the lord of Landiras, the lord Soudic of Latrau and other ( men-at-arms ) that I cannot name ; and of Hainowes the lord Eustace d ' Aubrecicourt, the lord John of Ghistelles, and two other strangers, the lord Daniel Pasele and the lord Denis of Amposta, a fortress in Catalonia ".

Walsingham also states that Straw and his followers murdered both notable local figures in Bury and, after reaching the capital, several of its Flemish residents, an accusation also made by Froissart.

Froissart states that after Tyler's death at Smithfield, Straw ( along with John Ball ) was found " in an old house hidden, thinking to have stolen away ", and beheaded.

Froissart describes, with less specificity in this passage, some of the nobles that were assembled at, or just prior to the Battle: "... the Englishmen were coasted by certain expert knights of France, who always made report to the king what the Englishmen did.

Chronicler Jean Froissart records that "... the young lord de Coucy shined in dancing and caroling whenever it was his turn.

One of his brothers was Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex ( d. 1483 ), and his grand-nephew was John, Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart.

Froissart says that the first fighting included a meeting of the Earl Douglas and Henry Percy in hand to hand combat, in which Percy's pennon was captured.

century, the use of axes is increasingly noted by Froissart in his Chronicle, with King Jean II using one at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and Sir James Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.

According to Froissart, Douglas announced that he would " carry pennon to Scotland and hoist it on my tower, where it may be seen from afar ", to which Hotspur retorted " By God!

Sir Simon Locard, 2nd of Lee, is said to have accompanied Sir James Douglas on his expedition to the East with the heart of Robert the Bruce, which relic, according to Froissart, Locard brought home from Spain when Douglas fell in battle against the Moors at the Battle of Teba, and buried in Melrose Abbey.

We know from the Chronicles of Froissart that de Charny traveled to Scotland by order of the French King on at least two occasions and was well known to the Scottish nobles of the time.

His name does not appear in the list of knights who accompanied the queen from Hainault, however, described by Froissart to be among additional knights referred to as ' pluissier jone esquier '.

His reflections on the events he has witnessed are profound by comparison with those of Froissart, who lived a century earlier.

Boardman also asserts that much of the negative views held of Robert II find their origins in the writings of the French chronicler Jean Froissart who recorded that ' king had red bleared eyes, of the colour of sandalwood, which clearly showed that he was no valiant man, but one who would remain at home than march to the field '.

In 1370, Limoges was occupied by Edward, the Black Prince, who massacred some 3, 000 residents, according to Froissart.

The most famous of the Captals de Buch was Pierre's grandson, Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch ( 1343 – 1377 ), a cousin of the Count of Foix who was a military leader in the Hundred Years ' War, praised by the chronicler Jean Froissart as an ideal of chivalry.

Ball, who was called by Froissart " the mad priest of Kent ," seems to have possessed the gift of rhyme.

The renown attached to those who participated was such that twenty years later, Jean Froissart noticed a scarred survivor, Yves Charruel, at the table of Charles V, where he was honoured above all others due to having been one of the Thirty.

Froissart, who gives a graphic description of his court and his manner of life at Orthez in Béarn, speaks enthusiastically of Gaston, saying: " I never saw one like him of personage, nor of so fair form, nor so well made, and again, in everything he was so perfect that he cannot be praised too much ".

For a long time Jean was only known as a chronicler through a reference by Jean Froissart, who quotes him in the prologue of his first book as one of his authorities.

The only real authority for the battle is Froissart, who was at different times in the service of King Edward or of his wife, Philippa of Hainault, and of the counts of Namur.

Sir Jean III de Grailly, Captal de Buch KG ( d. Paris, 7 September 1376 ), son of Jean II de Grailly, Captal de Buch, Vicomte de Benauges, and Blanch de Foix, was a cousin of the Counts of Foix and a military leader in the Hundred Years ' War who was praised by the chronicler Jean Froissart as an ideal of chivalry.

In 1373, Jean Froissart wrote a long poem, Le Joli Buisson de Jonece, commemorated both Blanche and Philippa of Hainault ( Gaunt ’ s mother, who had died in 1369 ).

According to Froissart, the battle was fought with great gallantry on both sides.

Froissart vividly describes porte-oriflamme Geoffroi de Charny's fall at the side of his king at the Battle of Poitiers in this passage: “ There Sir Geoffroi de Charny fought gallantly near the king ( note: and his fourteen year old son ).

Froissart ’ s words vividly describe Geoffroi ’ s last actions, his bravery to his King and Country and his dedication to the Oriflamme at the Battle of Poitiers on September 19, 1356: “ There Sir Geoffroi de Charny fought gallantly near the king ( note: and his fourteen year old son ).

Froissart claims that he fought on the French side at the Battle of Poitiers, but there is no evidence to support this.

In the words of Jean Froissart, the warriors " held themselves as valiantly on both sides as if they had been all Rolands and Olivers.

Continuing the work of Froissart, Monstrelet wrote a Chronique, which extends to two books and covers the period between 1400 and 1444, when, according to another chronicler, Mathieu d ' Escouchy, he ceased to write.

According to the chronicler Froissart, this purely personal duel between the two leaders became a larger struggle when Bemborough suggested a combat between twenty or thirty knights on each side, a proposal that was enthusiastically accepted by de Beaumanoir.

According to Jean Froissart, she was 13 or 14 when the marriage was first proposed, and perhaps about 16 at the time of her marriage in 1385, which suggests a birth date of around 1370.

* The Siege of Limoges in 1370 on the Aquitaine area, after which the Black Prince was obliged to leave his post for his sickness and financial issues, but also because of the cruelty of the siege, which saw the massacre of some 3, 000 residents according to the chronicler Froissart.

Varlet or Squire carrying a Halberd with a thick Blade ; and Archer, in Fighting Dress, drawing the String of his Crossbow with a double-handled Winch .-- From the Miniatures of the " Jouvencel ", and the " Chroniques " of Froissart, Manuscripts of the Fifteenth Century ( Imperial Library of Paris ).

John the Good, king of France, ordering the arrest of Charles the Bad, king of Navarre ; from the Chroniques of Jean Froissart.

Image: John the Good king of Fra ordering the arrest of Charles the Bad king of Navarre jpg. jpg | John the Good, king of France, ordering the arrest of Charles the Bad, king of Navarre ; from the Chroniques of Jean Froissart.

As an example, Froissart records that, during a campaign in Beauce in the year 1380, a squire of the garrison of Toury castle named Gauvain Micaille ( Michaille ) — also mentioned in the Chronique du bon duc Loys de Bourbon as wounded in 1382 at Roosebeke, and again in 1386 ; in 1399 was in the service of the duke of Bourbon — yelled out to the English,

Froissart is more circumspect, but says that " I have heard him at the time regretted by renowned knights in France ; for they said it was a great pity he was slain, and that, if he could have been taken prisoner, he was so wise and full of devices, he would have found some means of establishing a peace between France and England ".

It is probable that he was killed by his father ; this is the account presented by Froissart.

Varlet or Squire carrying a Halberd with a thick Blade ; and Archer, in Fighting Dress, drawing the String of his Crossbow with a double-handled Winch .-- From the Miniatures of the " Jouvencel ," and the " Chroniques " of Froissart, Manuscripts of the Fifteenth Century ( Imperial Library of Paris ).

* E. van der Vekene: Johann Sleidan, Bibliographie seiner gedruckten Werke und der von ihm übersetzten Schriften von Philippe de Comines, Jean Froissart und Claude de Seyssel ; mit einem bibliographischen Anhang zur Sleidan-Forschung, Stuttgart 1996

For this work he borrowed from Froissart, Monstrelet and others ; but for the period between 1444 and 1471 the Recueil is original and valuable, although somewhat untrustworthy with regard to affairs in England itself.

Jean Froissart and Espaing de Lyon on their way ; Gaston Phébus receiving them.

Like the " Harley Froissart " ( British Library Harley Ms 4379 ), which is the most fully illustrated of all illuminated Froissarts, this is an example of a notable resurgence of interest in Froissart's work from the late 1460s onwards ; the earliest parts of the Chronicles were by then over a century old, and covered a period beginning 140 years before.