and Zealand : he had to wife the daughter of duke John of Brabant j her name was Joan, heirefe of, the rich and, valuable lands of Binch*. . The lady Joan, her mother, went and refided at the monaftery of Fontenelles upon the Scheld, where ihe pafled her days in a devout and chsu ritable manner. * CHAP. XXIX. CERTAIN NOBLES OF FLANDERS DEFEND THS XSL ANO OF CADS AN Τ AGAINST THE ENGLISH. J£lNG Philip, informed of thefe alliances, and of the influence which the king of England had acquired on that fide of the water, would moil •willingly have attached the Flemings to his party ; ' but Jacob von Àrtaveld had fo entirely fubjeâed them, that none dared to aft contrary to his will : even the earl, their lord, could not remain there . in. fafety, and had fent his wife, and Lewis his fon, into France. However, certain knights and efquires in garrifon on the iiland of Cadfant, which lies between the havens of Sluys and Flufhing, among whom were fir Dutres de Halluyn, fir John de Rhodes, fir Giles, fon of the lord de TEftrief, kept poffeflion of it as lords paramount, and defended the paffage. They made war underhand upon the Engliih, of which the lords that were in * A town in the Low Countries, three leagues from Mone^ *n4 four froiq Maubeuge, Hainault