See also:KNOLLES (or KNOLLES), See also:SIR See also:ROBERT (c. 1325-1407)
, See also:English soldier, belonged to a See also:Cheshire See also:family
.
In See also:early See also:life he served in See also:Brittany, and he was one of the English survivors who were taken prisoners by the See also:French after the famous " combat of the See also:thirty " in See also:March 1351
.
He was, however, quickly released and was among the soldiers of See also:fortune who took See also:advantage of the distracted See also:state of Brittany, at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:scene of a See also:savage See also:civil See also:war, to win fame and See also:wealth at the expense of the wretched inhabitants
.
After a time he transferred his operations to See also:Normandy, when he served under the allied See also:standards of See also:England and of See also:Charles II. of See also:Navarre
.
He led the " See also:great See also:company " in their See also:work of devastation along the valley of ,the See also:Loire, fighting at this time for his own See also:hand and for See also:booty, and winning a terrible reputation by his ravages
.
After the conclusion of the treaty of Bretigny in 136o See also:Knolles returned to Brittany and took See also:part in the struggle for the See also:possession of the duchy between See also:John of See also:Montfort (See also:Duke John IV.) and Charles of See also:Blois, gaining great fame by his conduct in the fight at See also:Auray (See also:September 1364), where
Du Guesclin was captured and Charles of Blois was slain
.
In 1367 he marched with the See also:Black See also:Prince into See also:Spain and fought at the See also:battle of Najera; in 1369 he was with the prince in See also:Aquitaine
.
In 1370 he was placed by See also:Edward III. at the See also:head of an expedition which invaded See also:France and marched on See also:Paris, but after exacting large sums of See also:money as See also:ransom a See also:mutiny See also:broke up the See also:army, and its See also:leader was forced to take See also:refuge in his See also:Breton See also:castle of Derval and to appease the disappointed English See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king with a large monetary See also:gift
.
Emerging from his See also:retreat Knolles again assisted John of Montfort in Brittany, where he acted as John's representative; later he led a force into Aquitaine, and he was one of the leaders of the See also:fleet sent against the Spaniards in 1377
.
In 138o he served in France under 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:Woodstock, after-wards duke of See also:Gloucester, distinguishing himself by his valour at the See also:siege of See also:Nantes; and in 1381 he went with See also:Richard II. to meet Wat See also:Tyler at Smithfield
.
He died at Sculthorpe in See also:Norfolk on the 15th of See also:August 1407
.
See also:Sir See also:Robert devoted much of his great wealth to charitable See also:objects
.
He built a See also:college and an See also:almshouse at See also:Pontefract, his wife's birthplace, where the See also:alms-See also:house still exists; he restored the churches of Sculthorpe and Harpley; and he helped to found an English See also:hospital in See also:Rome
.
Knolles won an immense reputation by his skill and valour in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, and ranks as one of the foremost captains of his See also:age
.
French writers See also:call him Canolles, or Canole
.
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