CHAPTER III

The fourteenth century—The introduction of firearms—Romances of Richard Cœur de Lion, Sir Ferumbras, Roman du roy Miliades Meliadus, and others—The Froissart plates—Hefner’s _Tratchten_—Carter’s _Painting and Sculpture_—Froissart’s _Chronicle_—Royal jousts—Proclamation of tournaments—The issue of safe-conducts—“Tornies, justes,” etc., forbidden in 1302—Tournament at Condé in 1327—Royal jousts at Cheapside in 1330—“Great justes” at Dunstable in 1341—Royal tournament at London in 1342—To cry a tourney—Round Table at Windsor in 1344—Actual Table at Winchester—Order of the Garter—Jousts to be held annually at Lincoln—Round Table at Windsor in 1345, and many jousts at other places—Great wardrobe account—Round Table at Lichfield—White hoods—Verse from Chaucer’s “Knight’s Tale”—Romance of Perce Forest—“Kerchief of pleasance”—“Roiall justes” held in 1358, 1359, and in 1362 —Jousts at Mons and Rennes—Sir Nicholas Dagworth—His brass in Blickling Church—His armour—Armour of the Black Prince—Feat of arms at Toury—Tournament at Cambray in 1385—Duel at Montereau in 1387—Much jousting with pointed lances between cavaliers of France and England during the long wars between the two countries—_Pas d’armes_ at Nantes—Combat _à outrance_ near Vannes—Jousts at Paris in 1385—Realistic tournament at Paris—Feat of arms at Entença—Deed of arms at Bordeaux in 1389—Marshal de Boucicaut’s exploits in the lists—_Pas d’armes_ at St. Ingelbert—The _rôles_ of Tenans and Venants—Monkish chronicles—Royal tournament at London in 1390—Caxton’s remarks on the same—Another tournament proclaimed by King Richard II—The espinette—Body-armour of the fourteenth century—Crests—The Cap of Maintenance—The shield—Fatal accident in the lists to the young Earl of Pembroke in 1390—Jousting in Scotland in 1398 23