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According to Fastolf's biographer Stephen Cooper, given his family's background Fastolf must have received an appropriate education for the standards of the time. [16] In a court testimony given in France, 1435, [17] he claimed to have visited Jerusalem as a boy, between 1392 and 1393, which must have been in the company of Henry Bolingbroke, later Henry IV. [16]
Image title: Saint Denis Holding His Head; Master of Sir John Fastolf, French, active before about 1420 - about 1450; or England, Europe; about 1430 - 1440; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 12.1 x 9.2 cm (4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.); 84.ML.723.35v
John Paston, born before 15 April 1442, [1] was the eldest son and heir of John Paston and Margaret Mautby, daughter and heir of John Mautby of Mautby, Norfolk. [1] He had a younger brother, also named John (1444–1504), who later succeeded him, as well as three other brothers, Edmund, Walter and William, and two sisters, Margery and Anne.
He served as the secretary to Sir John Fastolf, a prominent military commander during the Hundred Years' War, and later compiled extensive notes on English history, geography, and heraldry. Worcester’s most notable work includes his Itineraries , which provide valuable descriptions of English towns, castles, and estates in the 15th century.
Fastolf is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Fastolf (1380–1459), English knight; Hugh Fastolf (died c.1392), English Member of Parliament
The Boar's Head Court-yard in 1820 Trader's token from the Boar's Head, Southwark, dated 1649. The Boar's Head Inn was an inn at Southwark in London, owned by Sir John Fastolf, [1] who was the inspiration for the Shakespearean character of Falstaff. [2]
The castle had a 100 ft (33 m) high tower and was built between 1432 and 1446 by Sir John Fastolf, who (along with Sir John Oldcastle) was an inspiration for William Shakespeare's Falstaff. The castle suffered severe damage in 1469 when it was besieged and captured by the Duke of Norfolk. The castle, other than the tower, fell into ruin after ...
Thomas Fastolf, sometimes spelt Fastolfe (died June 1361), was an English canon lawyer and Bishop of St David's from 1352 until his death. Probably educated at Cambridge and then overseas, he held the degree of Doctor of Laws and his first career was as a canon lawyer in Avignon , which was then the seat of the Papacy .