[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Froissard saith they were an hundred thou|sand. Gio. Vil|lani writeth that they were a six thousand horsmen and fiftie thousand footemen, of Frenchmen, Gascoignes & Lombardes.The French king being sore moued at the con|quests thus atchiued by the earle of Derbie, raised a mightie armie, and sent the same foorth, vnder the lea|ding of his sonne the duke of Normandie, into Gas|coigne, to resist the said earle, and to recouer againe those townes which he had woone in those parts. The duke of Normandie being come to Tholouz, where generall assemblie was appointed, set forward with his armie, and winning by the waie Miremount, and Uille Franche in Agenois; at length came to the citie of Angolesme, which he inuironed about with a strong siege, continuing the same, till finallie, the capiteine named Iohn Normell, Annales de Burgoigne. required a truce to indure for one daie,1346 Anno Reg. 20. which was granted, and the same was the daie of the Purification of our ladie, on the which, the same capiteine, with the souldiers of the garrison departed, and left the citie in the citizens hands.Angolisme recouered by the French|men. The Frenchmen, bicause they had granted the truce to indure for that daie without exception, permitted them to go their waies without let or vex|ation. The citizens in the morning yéelded the citie to the duke.Damassen. Thonins. After this, he wan the castell of Damas|sen, Thonins, and Port S. Marie; Thonins by sur|render, and the other two by force of assaults. Then he came to the strong castell of Aiguillon, which he besieged,Aiguillon besieged. and laie thereat a long season. Within was the earle of Penbroke, the lord Walter de Mannie, sir Franke de Halle, and diuerse knights and cap|teins, which defended themselues, and the place so stoutlie, that the Frenchmen could win little aduan|tage at their hands.