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to pay for a knight, three noblemen, two priests, ten valets, a herald of arms, two men to accompany his chest, two pages and a pavilion for Jean's upcoming voyage, the destination of which has not come down. He was back by 9 November, when he looked over the accounts of
Cysoing at his castle in
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acting as judge. The king, believing Jean intended to fight all the
Knights of the Garter at once, urged him to challenge them one at a time. In June 1409, Jean and Cornewall twice came almost to blows: once before the duke of Burgundy at
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and Jean Carmen. When the French appeared to have the upper hand, the king of Sicily called an end to the tournament, but so impressed was he with Jean that he asked for his armour, or at least his bassinet, as a gift.
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England. Eight knights from Hainaut fought eight from England in a series of one-on-one jousts over eight days. Jean, leading the men of Hainau, was unseated in his contest by the English leader,
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Quarrels of Old Women': Henry IV, Louis of Orléans, and Anglo-French Chivalric Challenges in the Early Fifteenth Century". In Dodd, Gwilym; Biggs, Douglas (eds.).
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and then again before the king of France at Paris, but both times the king prevented an actual joust from taking place. In July the two knights fought in a tournament at
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Picardy in 1380 is a different person. The lord of Werchin only attained his majority in 1390, when he sued to have Jacques de Harcourt in the
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Paravicini, Werner (1999). "Jean de
Werchin, sénéchal de Hainaut, chevalier errant". In Autrand, Francoise; Gauvard, Claude; Moeglin, Jean-Marie (eds.).
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Willard, Charity Cannon (1990). "Jean de
Werchin, Seneschal of Hainaut: Reader and Writer of Courtly Literature". In Busby, Keith; Cooper, Erik (eds.).
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considered his poetry mediocre. As
Charity Cannon Willard has observed, Jean was one of a generation of noblemen who took seriously the precepts of
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Le château du Biez à Wiers, résidence principale de Jean IV de
Werchin (1374–1415) l'un des plus illustres " chevaliers errants " de son temps
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as judge. Then, in 1404, he announced a standing challenge to all comers to last for seven years. Between July and
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