This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.

Monegunda of Chimay might be the final resting place for his remains although still unverified. Jean Froissart is also known to have been one of the first to mention the use of the verge and foliot or verge escapement in European clockworks by 1368. His history is also an important source for the first half of the Hundred Years' War.

For centuries Froissart's Chronicles have been recognized as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the 14th century Kingdom of England and France. 1337 – c. 1405) often referred to in English as John Froissart was a medieval French chronicle writer.