I Hugues Ferret v. Edward Russell

Abstract

This suit, in which Ferret made use of the terms of the treaty of Troyes, concerned part of the revenues which came to Edward Russell, captain of Gisors, from certain confiscated lands granted to him in the bailliages of Gisors, Vernon and Senlis. Russell claimed that his grant included no obligation on his part to pay rent-charges upon the lands he had received, a point of view challenged by Ferret, a priest, who retorted that, if this were admitted, the church would be the loser, something which Henry V had never intended to happen. The court ruled in favour of Ferret, while moderating the value of the arrears which he claimed were due to him.