ABSTRACT

When King Richard had departed on his voyage overseas, all the barons of Limousin and Perigord swore a pact together, built a great army and went to the castles and towns that Sir Richard had taken from them. They fought and overcame all those who put up resistance and in this way recaptured a good deal of what Sir Richard had taken from them. After Richard returned from overseas and was let out of prison, he was distressed and angry to find that the barons had taken possession of their castles and towns and he began to threaten that he would soon strip them of their possessions and destroy them. The Viscount of Limoges and the Count of Périgord discounted these threats because of the support the king of France had given them and continued to give them. They answered him, saying that he had become too proud and obnoxious and that in spite of himself they would make him affable, courtly and humble and that they’d teach him a lesson by declaring war on him. 1