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Sir John Fastolf KG (6 November 1380 – 5 November 1459) was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War with the French from 1415 to 1439, latterly as a senior commander against Joan of Arc, among others.
Yelverton was an executor and heir to the estate of Sir John Fastolf, a Norfolk knight who died in 1459.In his latter years Fastolf had taken counsel from John Paston, to whom he was related through Paston's wife, Margaret. [8]
Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 , where he is a companion to Prince Hal , the future King Henry V of England .
Hull was involved in a land ownership dispute with fellow knight Sir John Fastolf. The land disputed was the manor of Titchwell in Norfolk, purchased by Fastolf circa 1431 from the widower of Margery Roys who held it by descent as a member of the Lovel family. Hull disputed Roys' right to inherit the land from his wife and to sell it to Fastolf.
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]
There are two places called Rouvray in the region in question. In his biography of Sir John Fastolf, Stephen Cooper gives reasons the battle probably took place near Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, rather than Rouvray-Saint-Denis. Pernoud states that the combined French/Scottish forces lost about 400 men, including Stewart, the leader of the Scots.
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
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