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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]
Much of Paston's time from the mid-1450s had in fact been taken up by his position as adviser to his wife's kinsman, 'the ageing, wealthy, and childless Sir John Fastolf'. [1] [10] In 1456 he was appointed one of the feoffees of Fastolf's lands. [10] In June 1459 Fastolf made a will which provided that his ten executors found a college in Caister.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
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
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]
Nicholas Fastolf, knight (1st term) 1327-8: Henry de Hambury: From Hanbury, Worcestershire: 1328-30: Nicholas Fastolf, knight (2nd term) 1330-1: Elias de Asshebournham, knight (1st term) 1331-2: Peter Tilliol, knight: Born at Scaleby Castle, Cumberland: 1332-3: Thomas Louth: From Louth, Lincolnshire (1st term) 1333-4: Robert de Scardeburgh ...
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.