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Martin Gouge (c. 1360 – 25 November 1444), surnamedDe Charpaigne, was a French chancellor.
He was born atBourges about 1360. A canon of Bourges, in 1402 he became treasurer toJohn, duke of Berry, and in 1406bishop of Chartres. He was arrested byJohn the Fearless,Duke of Burgundy, with the haplessJean de Montaigu (1349-1409) in 1409, but was soon released and then banished. Attaching himself to Louis, theDauphin of France, he became his chancellor, the king's ambassador inBrittany, and a member of the grand council; and on 13 May 1415 he was transferred from thesee of Chartres to thesee of Clermont-Ferrand.
In May 1418, when theBurgundians re-entered Paris, he only escaped death at their hands by taking refuge in theBastille. He then left Paris, but only to fall into the hands of his enemy, theGeorges de la Trémoille, who imprisoned him in thecastle of Sully. Rescued by the dauphin Charles, he was appointed chancellor of France on 3 February 1422.
He endeavoured to reconcile Burgundy and France, was a party to the selection of Arthur, earl of Richmond, as constable, but had to resign his chancellorship in favour ofRegnault of Chartres; first from 25 March to 6 August 1425, and again when La Trémoille had supplanted Richmond. After the fall of La Trémoille in 1433 he returned to court, and exercised a powerful influence over affairs of state almost till his death, which took place at the castle of Beaulieu (Puy-de-Dôme) on 25 or 26 November 1444.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gouge, Martin".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 281.