See also:

• SIR

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, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• SIR JOHN FASTOLF (d. 1459)

FASTOLF (d. 1459)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier, has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as in some See also:

• PART

part the prototype of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's Falstaff . He was son of a See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, 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, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FASTOLF, SIR JOHN (d. 1459)

Fastolf of Caister, is said to have been See also:

• SQUIRE

squire to ThomasMowbray, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Norfolk, before 1398, served with See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland during 1405 and 14c6, and in 1408 made a fortunate See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with Millicent, widow of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• SCROPE
• SCROPE, GEORGE JULIUS POULETT (1797—1876)

Scrope of See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle See also:

• COMBE, ANDREW (1797-1847)
• COMBE, GEORGE (1788-1858)
• COMBE, or COOMB
• COMBE, WILLIAM (1741–1823)

Combe in See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire . In 1413 he was serving in See also:

• GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony, and took part in all the subsequent See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry V. in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He must have earned a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good repute as a soldier, for in 1423 he was made See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine and See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou, and in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1426 created a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of the Garter . But later in this See also:

• YEAR

year he was superseded in his command by John See also:

• TALBOT (FAMILY)
• TALBOT, MARY ANNE (1778-1808)
• TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX (1800–1877)

Talbot . After a visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1428, he returned to the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and on the 12th of February 1429 when in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the See also:

• CONVOY

convoy for the English See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army before See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans defeated the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and Scots at the " See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings." On the 18th of See also:

• JUNE

June of the same year an English force under the command of Fastolf and Talbot suffered a serious defeat at Patay . According to the French historian See also:

• WAURIN (or WAVRIN), JEHAN (or JEAN DE) (d. c. 1474)

Waurin, who was See also:

• PRESENT

present, the disaster was due to Talbot's rashness, and Fastolf only fled when resistance was hopeless . Other accounts charge him with cowardice, and it is true that John of See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford at first deprived him of the Garter, though after inquiry he was honourably reinstated . This incident was made unfavourable use of by Shakespeare in Henry VI . (pt. i. See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act iv. sc. i.) . Fastolf continued to serve with See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour in France, and was trusted both by Bedford and by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . He only came See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home finally in 1440, when past sixty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age .

But the See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal against him continued, and during See also:

• CADE, JOHN (d. 1450)

Cade's See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion in 1451 he was charged with having been the cause of the English disasters through minishing the garrisons of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy . It is suggested that he had made much moneyin the war by the hire of troops, and in his later days he showed himself a grasping See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of business . A servant wrote of him :—" cruel and vengible he hath been ever, and for the most part without pity and See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy " (Paston Letters, i . 389) . Besides his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in his wife's See also:

• PROPERTY

property he had large estates in Norfolk and See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk, and a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• SOUTHWARK

Southwark, where he also owned the See also:

• BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

Boar's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head See also:

• INN

Inn . He died at Caister on the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1459 . There is some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to suppose that Fastolf favoured Lollardry, and this circumstance with the tradition of his braggart cowardice may have suggested the use of his name for the boon See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• HAL

Hal, when Shakespeare found it expedient to drop that of See also:

• OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN (d. 1417)

Oldcastle . In the first two folios the name of the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in the first part of Henry VI. is given as " Falstaffe " not Fastolf . Other points of resemblance between the historic Fastolf and the Falstaff of the dramatist are to be found in their service under Thomas See also:

• MOWBRAY
• MOWBRAY, HARRY SIDDONS (1858– )
• MOWBRAY, ROBERT (d. 1125)

Mowbray, and association with a Boar's Head Inn . But Falstaff is in no true sense a dramatization of the real soldier . The facts of Fastolf's See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early career are to be found chiefly in the See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles of See also:

• MONSTRELET, ENGUERRAND DE (c. 1400-1453)

Monstrelet and Waurin . For his later See also:

• LIFE

life there is much material, including a number of his own letters, in the Paston Letters .

There is a full life by W . See also:

• OLDYS, WILLIAM (1696-1761)

Oldys in the Biographia Britannica (1st ed., enlarged by See also:

• GOUGH, HUGH GOUGH, VISCOUNT (1779-1869)
• GOUGH, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW (1817-1886)
• GOUGH, RICHARD (1735-1809)

Gough in See also:

• KIPPIS, ANDREW (1725–1795)

Kippis's edition) . See also See also:

• DAWSON, GEORGE (1821-1876)
• DAWSON, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (1820-1899)

Dawson See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Caister Castle, Scrope's History of Castle Combe, J . See also:

• GAIRDNER, JAMES (1828– )

Gairdner's See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay On the Historical See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

Element in Shakespeare's Falstaff, ap . Studies in English History, See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee's See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in the See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography, and D . W . Duthie, The See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

Case of Sir John Fastolf and other Historical Studies (1907) . (C . L .