KNOLLES (or KNOLLES), SIR ROBERT (c. 1325-1407)
, English soldier, belonged to a Cheshire family
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In early life he served in Brittany, and he was one of the English survivors who were taken prisoners by the French after the famous " combat of the thirty " in March 1351
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He was, however, quickly released and was among the soldiers of fortune who took advantage of the distracted 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 scene of a savage civil war, to win fame and wealth at the expense of the wretched inhabitants
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After a time he transferred his operations to Normandy, when he served under the allied standards of England and of Charles II. of Navarre
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He led the " great company " in their work of devastation along the valley of ,the Loire, fighting at this time for his own hand and for booty, and winning a terrible reputation by his ravages
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After the conclusion of the treaty of Bretigny in 136o Knolles returned to Brittany and took part in the struggle for the possession of the duchy between John of Montfort ( Duke John IV.) and Charles of Blois, gaining great fame by his conduct in the fight at Auray ( September 1364), where
Du Guesclin was captured and Charles of Blois was slain
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In 1367 he marched with the Black Prince into Spain and fought at the battle of Najera; in 1369 he was with the prince in Aquitaine
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In 1370 he was placed by Edward III. at the head of an expedition which invaded France and marched on Paris, but after exacting large sums of money as ransom a mutiny broke up the army, and its leader was forced to take refuge in his Breton 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 gift
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Emerging from his 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 fleet sent against the Spaniards in 1377
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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 Woodstock, after-wards duke of Gloucester, distinguishing himself by his valour at the siege of Nantes; and in 1381 he went with Richard II. to meet Wat Tyler at Smithfield
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He died at Sculthorpe in Norfolk on the 15th of August 1407
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Sir Robert devoted much of his great wealth to charitable objects
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He built a college and an almshouse at Pontefract, his wife's birthplace, where the alms- house still exists; he restored the churches of Sculthorpe and Harpley; and he helped to found an English hospital in Rome
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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 age
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French writers call him Canolles, or Canole
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End of Article: KNOLLES (or KNOLLES), SIR ROBERT (c. 1325-1407)
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