. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . iled to appear on the parch-ment. That is not all. The time appointed forthe fulfilment of the compact was St. JamessDay of the current year, and another pledgewas given by John of Brabant in regard to uncle was evidently a little sceptical asto the consent of his niece to the nefarioustransaction, and took pains to assure somecompensation for himself in case he weredepri
. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . iled to appear on the parch-ment. That is not all. The time appointed forthe fulfilment of the compact was St. JamessDay of the current year, and another pledgewas given by John of Brabant in regard to uncle was evidently a little sceptical asto the consent of his niece to the nefarioustransaction, and took pains to assure somecompensation for himself in case he weredeprived of the security of her formal con-sent to being deposed. In a document ofApril 22nd, John promises to pay his uncle26,000 crowns, if Jacquelines signature werenot obtained before July 25th.^ Some ofJacquelines biographers consider that thisdate, her own birthday, was an added insultto the proposed alienation of her count- Wan Mieris, iv., p. 547. De Potter, p. 61. Domeatic (Siuarrele 69 ships—a piece of fantasy that may go forwhat it be worth. Without any refinementof cruelty there had certainly been sufficientcause to justify Jacqueline in her revoltagainst marital authority when she fledaway to CHAPTER VI Refuge in Hainaut XHE cities of Hainaut, especially Mons* and Valenciennes, possess carefullykept records of their expenditures, and outof these items much information can beculled respecting Jacquelines movementsand her ways of life, especially during themonths that followed her departure fromBrabant, a period that she spent in companywith her mother in her various is much, too, to indicate how closelyher earlier life was identified with Hainaut. just before her marriage she founded alittle chapel at Bouchain, where a daily masswas celebrated for the repose of her fatherssoul.^ This was in February, 1418, the samemonth when other records show her care toendow her mother with such estates as lay Van Mieris, iv., p. 4S9. Cartulaire, iv., p.
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