William Chamberlain (knight)

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Sir William Chamberlain of East Harling , KG , († 1462 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir William was a soldier in the Hundred Years War , serving in France under John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York .

In 1436 he successfully liberated the city ​​of Creil, besieged by the French, with his troops of 500 men and took countless prisoners in the process, but in 1439 had to hand the city over to the French army as the commander of the garrison in Meaux .

Sir William himself was captured in 1446 and could only by paying a ransom from Henry VI. to be released again, which he had to amortize and repay with his income. In 1449, together with Richard Woodville , the father of the future Queen Elizabeth Woodville , he was commissioned to prevent the moral destabilization of the troops in Normandy and to punish misconduct.

In the years 1457–1460 Sir William was entrusted with regulatory tasks as Justice of Peace in Norfolk. Sir William was one of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk's preferred candidates in 1461 for the office of Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk .

During the Wars of the Roses , Sir William fought for the House of York at the Battle of Northampton (1460), Mortimer's Cross (1461) and Towton (1461).

In 1461 Sir William was made Knight of the Order of the Garter by Edward IV .

Sir William died in the spring of 1462 and has his final resting place in Harling Church, Norfolk.

Marriage and offspring

Sir William was married to Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Harling. The couple had no offspring.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Gairdner: Paston Letters 1422-1509 AD Vol. II, London 1874, p. 62
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp316-333 - read online 29. May 2016.
  2. ^ A b c d e Towton Battlefield Society
  3. ↑ http://www.norfolkheraldry.org.uk/NEWchamberlain_kg.html The Norfolk Heraldry Society - William Chamberlain KG - read online May 29, 2016
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk / vol1 / pp316-333 - read online May 29, 2016.
  4. ^ Harris Nicolas: Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England. Vol. VI, 1837, p. 436.
    Harris Nicolas: Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England. Vol. V, 1835, pp. Lxii, lxiv, xxv, xxvi.
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp316-333 - read online May 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.norfolkheraldry.org.uk/NEWchamberlain_kg.html The Norfolk Heraldry Society - William Chamberlain KG - read online May 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Samuel Daniel: The Collection of the History of England. Vol. V, F. Leach, London 1685, p. 143.
  7. ^ Anne Crawford: Yorkist Lord: John Howard Duke of Norfolk 1425-1485. A&C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4411-2123-3 , pp. 27, 31.
  8. ↑ James P. Carley, Felicity Riddy: Arthurian Literature XII. Boydell & Brewer, 1993, ISBN 0-85991-397-X , p. 138.
    William A. Shaw: The Knights of England: A Complete Record. Genealogical Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-8063-0443-X , p. 14.
    Nicolas Harris Nicolas: History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire. Vol. II, John Hunter, London 1842, p. Lvii.
    James Gairdner: Paston Letters 1422-1509 AD Vol. II, London 1874, p. 62.
  9. ^ Norman Davis: Paston Letters and Papers of the Fifteen Century, Part 1. Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-722421-0 , p. 270.
  10. ↑ James Gairdner: Paston Letters 1422-1509 AD Vol. II, London 1874, p. 62.
    Magna Britannia Antigua & Nova. Vol. III, London 1738, p. 336.
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp316-333 - read online May 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp316-333 - read online May 29, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Chamberlain, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chamberlain, Sir William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1462