SIR

See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)

JOHN

See also:

• CHANDOS, BARONS AND DUKES OF
• SIR JOHN CHANDOS (?-137o)

CHANDOS (?-137o)  , one of the most celebrated English commanders of the 14th century . ` He is found at the siege of Cambrai in 1337, and at the battle of Crecy in 1346 . At the battle of Poitiers, in 1356, it was he who decided the day and saved the life of the Black Prince . For these services Edward III. made him a knight of the Garter, gave him the lands of the viscount of Saint Sauveur in Cotentin, and appointed him his lieutenant in France and vice-chamberlain of the royal household . In 1362 he was made constable of Aquitaine, and won the victories of Auray (1364) and Navaret in Spain (1367) over Duguesclin . He was seneschal of Poitou in 1369, and was mortally wounded at the bridge of Lussac near Poitiers on the 31st of December . He died on the following day, the 1st of January 1370 . See Benjamin Fillon, " John Chandos, Connetable d'Aquitaine et Senechal de Poitou," in the Revue des provinces de l'ouest (1855) .