I can't answer this question, Tamara, but (if it's an indication of the
norm) I do have the wording of the April 1488 royal licence for Sir Humphrey
Talbot to go on pilgrimage:-
Rex universis et singulis admirallis, capitaneis, castellanis et eorum
locatenentibus, custodibus portuum maris et passagiorum, ac scrutatoribus
eorundem, necnon vicecomitibus, majoribus, ballivis, constabulariis,
praepositis, ministris, ac omnibus aliis fidelibus ligeis nostris ubilibet
constitutis ad quos, etc. salutem. Sciatis quod certis de causis et
considerationibus nos specialiter moventibus, de gratia nostra speciali
licentiam dedimus, ac praesentes licentiam damus, dilecto et fideli nostro
Humfrido Talbot militi marescallo villae nostrae Calesiae, quod ipse, cum sex
personis in comitiva sua, versus et usque urban Romanam peregre proficisci, cum
equis, hernesiis, manticis, fardellis ac caeteris sibi necessariis et oportunis
valeat, absque scrutinio , impetitione, molestatione, perturbatione gravamine,
seu calumnia nostri, aut officiariorum seu ministrorum nostrorum
quorumcumque.
The King to
all and singular his Admirals, captains, castellans and their lieutenants, the keepers of the ports of the sea and of the passages, and the tellers of the same, as well as sheriffs, Mayor, Bailiff, constables, reeves,
ministers, and all other our lieges the faithful wherever they settled, to whom, and so on. health. Know ye, that for certain causes and considerations moving us in a special way, of
our special grace license dedibus, we give permission to by their presence, to his
beloved and faithful, our houses, our Humphrey Talbot, knight, marshal of Calais, that he, with six persons in the
company of their own, verses,
and as far as the Roman
urban a far country, to set out, with horses, harness, backpack, cloths and
other necessary and convenient to themselves to be able to, without ballot, impeachment, annoyance caused by, the
perturbation to the detriment of, or
charge us, or to officers
or ministers of us whatsoever.
Et ideo vobis mandamus quod ipsum Humfridum
versus et usque urbem praedictam, cum personis praedictis in comitava praedicta, ac cum equis, hernesiis, manitcis, fardellis,
ac caeteris praemissis, absque
scrutiniam seu impeditmento aliquo, libere transire permittetis. In cujus, etc.
Teste Rege apud Eborum xxv die
Aprilis.
And we
command that the Humphrey and the city
in question, the persons mentioned in the county aforesaid, and with the horses, harness, manitcis cloths, and other premises, without scrutiny or impeditmento a free pass will
allow. The witness,. Witness the King at York XXV April.
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Subject: Re: Nobles on
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I can't answer you
directly but I would say from my data that disease was a bigger risk than a
fatal attack - quite a lot died of disease on pilgrimage. But then I can't
imagine Richard Beauchamp setting off on his own without a fairly large retinue
to both protect him and see to his needs. Perhaps you went with a buddy to
spread the cost? H
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Sent: Monday, 21 March 2016,
4:07
Subject: Nobles
on pilgrimages
Hello, all,
Was wanting to pick your collective brains concerning whether it would be
bad form for nobles traveling on a pilgrimage to go by themselves or with a bare
minimum of servants. (This assumes of course that they would be traveling
through a reasonably peaceful area.)
What do you all think?
Tamara
