and safeguard of the said castle'. Should the castle actually be besieged, the earl was to have 'rescue sufficient' within forty days. Lastly, a careful agreement was made in regard to the division of the possible spoils and prisoners of war, which was to the effect that the king was to have the third of the earl's 'winnings of war' and 'the third of thirds' of the winnings of the members of the earl's retinue, while the earl and his retinue were to keep all prisoners 'except kings and sons of kings, constable, marshal, and lieutenant-general of France, except also the duke of Burgundy, his marshal and lieutenant-general, the which shall remain and be prisoners unto the king our said sovereign lord, and for the which he shall make reasonable agreement to him or them that so shall take them'.
Copies of Warwick's indentures for the captaincy of the town and castle of Calais and the tower of Rysbank and for the captaincy of Hammes are also to be found in Exchequer Accounts 71/5. That relating to Hammes is undated and the one relating to Calais is so badly injured that the date, if recorded, can no longer be read, but the probability is that they too were signed at Lichfield on 5 April 1462. The captaincies of Calais and of Hammes, according to these agreements, Warwick was to hold, like the captaincy of Guines, for life, and in Calais he was to maintain, at the king's wages, a garrison of 30 men-of-arms on horseback (including himself or his lieutenant and three other knights), 30 archers on horseback, 200 men-of-arms on foot, and 200 archers on foot, while the retinue of the treasurer of Calais was also to obey him 'in all things touching the surety and safeguard of the said town, castle, and tower'.[1] As at Guines, the wages were to be paid at the beginning of each quarter by the hands of the treasurer of Calais, with the third penny in 'victuals convenient', but as there were always special needs at Calais, in addition to his men-of-arms and archers the earl was to have under his command 40 'arbalesters', 20 carpenters, and 20 masons, 'over the artillery and pensioners', and the king promised to supply victuals and 'all manner habiliments of war and artilleries, with people convenient thereto'. In case of war in those 'parties' the king was also bound to send to the earl within six weeks after warning had been given to him or his council 140 men-of-arms on horseback, 150 archers on horseback, 100 men-of-arms on foot, 184 archers on foot, and four 'scuerours' on horseback, while in case of a siege, 'for the resistance thereof unto the time
- ↑ The garrison thus enumerated did not include 'the crew', which at this time consisted of 20 men-of-arms on horseback and 240 archers on foot and regarding which it seems to have been customary to make an entirely separate agreement. See Exchequer Accounts, France, bundle 196, no. 4 (8 August 1462). At Guines also, there was a 'crew' of 10 men-of-arms on foot (ibid.).
