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Eustace's death at the 1217 Battle of Sandwich (13th-century illustration by Matthew Paris). Eustace the Monk (Old French: Eustache le Moine; c. 1170 – 24 August 1217), born Eustace Busket, [1] was a mercenary and pirate, in the tradition of medieval outlaws.
Eustace the Monk once belonged to a monastic order, but he broke his vows and became a pirate along with his brothers and friends. His early successes at this endeavor attracted many lawless men and his pirates became a menace to shipping in the English Channel. [2] The English opponents of Eustace credited the man with "diabolical ingenuity". [3]
Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), mercenary and pirate Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216), English lord of Alnwick Castle, leader of the First Baron's War against King John I of England Eustace of Vilnius (died 1347), saint and martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church
The French fleet is bringing more men and supplies to assist Prince Louis, in his quest to take the English throne. The English capture Eustace's flagship, and Eustace himself is (while offering 10,000 marks for ransom) beheaded. [6] September 12 – Treaty of Kingston: The First Baron's War ends. After the defeat of the French fleet, Prince ...
In 1214 Eustace the Monk, a pirate, based in Sark arrived under orders from the King of France to harry the Channel Islands. In Guernsey he met a newly raised and locally armed defence force comprising the whole manhood of the Island. This could be considered to be the first Island militia. [2]
The Anglo-French War was a major medieval conflict that pitted the Kingdom of France against the Kingdom of England and various other states. It was fought in an attempt to curb the rising power of King Philip II of France and regain the Angevin continental possessions King John of England lost to him a decade earlier.
Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), pirate and mercenary, was a Benedictine monk at Samer Abbey; Jean Mouton (c. 1459-30 October 1522), a French composer. Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901), French landscape painter, was born at Samer.
In 1214 Eustace the Monk, a pirate, based in Sark arrived under orders from Philip II of France to harry the Channel Islands. In Guernsey Eustace met a newly raised and locally armed defence force comprising the whole manhood of the Island. This could be considered to be a militia.