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In 1419 there landed at La Rochelle 150 men-at-arms and 300 archers, from Scotland. Over the course of the next six years 17,000 men would disembark from Glasgow to make the same journey. They formed the basis of the only armies the French could put in the field for the next ten years. Without them there would be no France.
The above is taken from the article on the Battle of Bauge, which was fought in 1421. Following this, Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas was made Lieutenant-General of the French forces and had conferred upon him the title of Duke of Touraine.
You refer to Walter Stutt. Might he be Walter Strutt? It just seems more likely, but I regret i have no records about who migh have travelled with the 4th earl.
William