18 - Hundred Years War.- [Account of the supplies and work for a French prison containing English prisoners taken during the Hundred Years War], manuscript accounts in French, 2pp., a few small tears mostly in margins, slightly affecting text, browned, edges chipped, 190 x 110mm., [c. 1430s].

Hundred Years War.- [Account of the supplies and work for a French prison containing English prisoners taken during the Hundred Years War], manuscript accounts in French, 2pp., a few small tears mostly in margins, slightly affecting text, browned, edges chipped, 190 x 110mm., [c. 1430s]. *** "Item: to Robin the mason for the day's work: xxxii f." A page from a running expense ledger for a bailiff's office (or a jailer working under one), covering July–August probably from the 1430's. The recurring payments are for: candles and upkeep for prisoners, handling prisoners' petitions in jail, a clerk writing up official registers, wages for soldiers, occasional gold-coin (salut d'or) payments to townspeople, and wages to a mason named Robin - probably for jail or building maintenance.