John Fastolf
Sir John Fastolf KG (* around 1378 ; † November 5, 1459 in Caister-on-Sea , Norfolk ) was an English knight and military leader during the Hundred Years War .
He was the son of the gentleman John Fastolf of Caister, from whom he inherited the estates of Caister and Reedham at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk as well as extensive estates.
He served between 1405 and 1406 under Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence in Ireland , and married 1409 Millicent Tibetot (1368–1446), heiress of Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Baron Tibetot (1341–1372) and widow of Sir Stephen Scrope of Castle Combe .
From 1413 he fought as part of the Hundred Years War in France and was beaten to a Knight Bachelor in January 1418 at the latest . In 1423 he was promoted to Knight Banneret . On April 22, 1426 he was accepted as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter.
In 1429 he fought in the so-called " Battle of the Herring " with a few hundred long archers , supported by units of the Paris city militia, against a numerically superior army of the French. This was the last major battle the English won in this war.
After the death of Sir William Glasdale off Orléans and the capture of Lord Talbot in the Battle of Patay , John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford , the Imperial Administrator of France, entrusted him with the command of the English armed forces in France.
Fastolf is a model for the character of Falstaff in several of William Shakespeare's plays .
literature
- Sidney Lee: Fastolf, Sir John . In: Leslie Stephen (ed.): Dictionary of National Biography (DNB). Volume 18, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1889, pp. 235 ff.
- Fastolf, Sir John . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Volume 10, Cambridge University Press, London 1911.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DNB, p. 235
- ↑ DNB, p. 236
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 11.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fastolf, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fastolf, Sir John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English knight |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1378 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1459 |
| Place of death | Caister-on-Sea |