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Chapel of Louis of Male, 1383-1384
Listed as chaplain in the court of Louis de Male in April 1383, after having served "the family of Cassel of Flanders". On 2.5.1383, he and Henri Potage each received a gift of 24 l. from the duke of Brugundy (Wright 1979, p. 186, doc. 35, after F-AD59, B 4072, f. 46v). On 28.2.1384 he was formally released from his duties along with the other members of Louis’s court chapel (Wright 1979, p. 56). In between this and being recruited into Philip the Bold’s court, he and the former members of Louis’s court chapel were given 80 francs each to provide for their personal needs (id., p.187, doc. 44: "pour faire leurs depens et avoir leurs neccessitez").
Chapel of Burgundy, 1384-1394
He was engaged as a chaplain at Philip the Bold’s court on 14.4.1384, along with other members from Louis de Male’s court. In the lists of chaplains and clerks, he is fourth from the top from 1384 to 1389, third from the top in 1391, and eventually second from the top from 1392 to 1394. He left the position by 1395.
Member of a court chapel (musician)
Male
Member of a court chapel (musician)
1383-04/1384-02-28
County of Flanders
(Belgium)
Patron: Louis II of Male, count of Flanders
Institution: Chapel of Louis II of Male, count of Flanders, Brugge (Belgium)
Member of a court chapel (musician)
1384-04-14/1394
Paris
(France)
Patron: Philip the Bold
Institution: Chapelle ducale de Bourgogne, Burgundy (France)
Bibliography: Wright 1979
Dambrun ; Jean Garnier ; Jean Garnier d’Ambrun
No associated person.
[Wright 1979]
[F-AD 59]
David Fiala - Project manager
Qing Lee - Biography author
https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/5636/
Lee Qing, Jean d’Ambrun, in RicercarDataLab [https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/people/5636/] (accessed 12 February 2026).
Last modification: Nov. 2, 2025