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| This is the address as written on the parchment strip used to wrap up the letter. I like the mixture of chummy camaraderie and implied threat as he reminds his treasurers of their position. I am not sure whether the word feauls just means "those who are faithful" in a general and polite sense of the word, or whether it strictly implies those who have taken an oath of fealty, but either way it seems to be a reminder of who is the boss. |
| Letter Close of King Jean le Bon, 1362 (Paris, Arch. Nat. J 641, no 13/6) (from de Bouärd 1929, Planche II) |
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