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A Touz ceus [qui ce]s presentes lettres verront et orront Looys Filz du Roi [de] France Cuens de Evreux Robert de Burgoigne et Jehan de Bretaigne duks et Pierre Sires de Chambli Chevalir et Chambellan notre Seigneur le Roi de France messages et procureurs du dit roi a ce establiz Salut.

Nous fesons savoir que comme il ait este prononcie par le Pape comme par privee persone et comme Benoit Gaytan par la vertu du compromis [fait en] li que mariage se face de monsire Edouard filz du Roi dengletérre et de madame ysabel fille le Roi de France notre Seigneur devant dit [si tost] comme elle vendra en aage de faire mariage dedenz les quatre mois apres ce qu il en ara este requis depar notre dit Seigneur le Roi o douaire de dis et wit mile libres de tornois petiz de rente sur certeinnes condicions [et] peinnes mises et ajostees en la prononciation desus dite et es lettres faites sur ce.

Et quant au dit mariage il ait oste les epeschemenz qui i estoient ou poaient estre par raison de lignage et ait dispense par auctorite dapostole et empres la dite prononciacion aucuns traitiez et acorz aient este euz et faiz a mostereul entre les messages et procureurs des diz Rois condicions et peines mises et aiostees quant a la fermete du dit mariage si come elles sont plus pleinement contennes es lettres faites sur ce.

Nous la prononciacion les traitiez et les acorz desus diz et chascun diceus sur les peines et sur les condicions de[sus] dites comme messages et procureurs du dit notre Seigneur le Roi en nom de li pour li pour ses hoirs et pour ses successeurs et pour madame ysabel desus dite Ratefions agreons et approvons et prometons en nom du dit notre Seigneur le Roi a les tenir garder et acomplir fermement sur les peines desus dites

Item les diz Contes de Savoie et de Nicole comme messages et procureurs du dit Monsire Edouard filz du dit Roi dengleterre pour li et in nom de li fiancerent presentement en la presence du dit notre Seigneur le roi de France et de haute dame madam Jehenne par celle meime grace Reine de France mere de la dite madame ysabel icelle madame ysabel present et receuant [et] elle presenz ses diz parenz et les diz procureurs recevanz fiança le dit Monsire Edouard en la main de honor[able] pere Gile par celle meime grace Arcevesque de Narbon sur les peines et sur les condicions desus dites.

En tesmoign de laquele chose nous avons fait sceller ces lettres de noz seaus. Donne a Paris la vintieme jour de mai En lan de grace mil Trois cenz et Trois.

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Translation

To all who shall see or hear these present letters, Louis, son of the King of France, Count of Evreux, dukes Robert of Burgundy and Jean of Brittany and Pierre Sires de Chambli, knight and chamberlain of our lord the king of France, messengers and agents of the said king appointed for this purpose, Greeting.

We make it known that whereas it has been pronounced by the Pope as a private person and as Benoit Gaytan¹, by virtue of the promise made to him, that there shall be a marriage between lord Edward son of the king of England and lady Isabella daughter of the king of France our lord aforesaid, and that as soon as she comes of age to be married, within four months after, there will be required from our said Lord the king a dowry of eighteen thousand little livres tournois² of revenue upon certain conditions and penalties set and declared in the pronouncement mentioned above and the letters made about this.

And as regards the said marriage, he has removed the impediments that were or may have been there by reason of lineage, and has acted by apostolic authority; and after the said pronouncement certain treaties and agreements were had and made at Montreuil between the messengers and procurators of the said kings, with conditions and penalties set and added for securing the said marriage, which are more fully contained in the letters made about this.

We ratify, agree and approve the pronouncement, the treaties and the agreements aforesaid, and each one of them, upon the penalties and upon the conditions, as messengers and procurators of our said lord the king, in his name, for his heirs and his successors and for lady Isabella aforesaid, and we promise in the name of our said lord the King to keep, guard and firmly accomplish them subject to the penalties mentioned above.

Furthermore the said counts of Savoy and of Lincoln, as messengers and procurators of the said lord Edward, son of the said king of England, for him and in his name, in the presence of our said lord the king of France and of her highness lady Joan by this same grace queen of France, mother of the said lady Isabella, do now betroth the same lady Isabella, who is present and receives it; and with her said parents being present and the said procurators receiving it, she betroths the said lord Edward by the hand of honourable father Giles, by this same grace archbishop of Narbonne, subject to the penalties and conditions given above.

In witness of which matter we have made these letters sealed with our seals. Given at Paris on the twentieth day of May in the year of grace one thousand three hundred and three.

Notes

1. When this document was sealed, Boniface VIII was pope. His name at birth was Benedetto Caetani and Benoit Gaytan is the French version of this.

2. The livre tournois, or Tours pound, was one of several units of currency used in medieval France, taking its name from the town of Tours where it was minted.