1ST See also:

• EARL

EARL OF 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:

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

TALBOT See also:

• SHREWSBURY
• SHREWSBURY, CHARLES TALBOT, DUKE OF (166o-1718)
• SHREWSBURY, DUKE
• SHREWSBURY, EARLS OF
• SHREWSBURY, ELIZABETH TALBOT, COUNTESS OF (1518–16o8)
• 1ST EARL OF JOHN TALBOT SHREWSBURY (d. 1453)

SHREWSBURY (d. 1453)  , was second son of See also:

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

Richard, 5th See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron See also:

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

Talbot, by Ankaret, heiress of the last See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

Strange of Blackmere . He was married before 1404 to Maud See also:

• NEVILLE, GEORGE (c. 1432-1476)
• NEVILLE, or NEVILL
• NEVILLE, RALPH (d. 1244)

Neville, heiress of the barons See also:

• FURNIVALL, FREDERICK JAMES (1825-1910)

Furnivall, and in her right summoned to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament from 1409 . In 1421 by the See also:

• DEATH

death of his niece he acquired the baronies of Talbot and Strange . From 1404 to 1413 he served with his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert in the Welsh See also:

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

war . Then for five years from See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1414 he was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of See also:

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

Ireland, where he held the 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 of See also:

• WEXFORD

Wexford . He did some fighting, and had a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ORMONDE, EARL AND MARQUESS OF
• ORMONDE, JAMES BUTLER, 1ST DUKE
• ORMONDE, JAMES BUTLER, 2ND DUKE OF (1665-1745)

Ormonde . Complaints were made against him both for harsh See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in Ireland and for violence in See also:

• HEREFORDSHIRE

Herefordshire . From 1420 to 1424 he served in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1425 he was again for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short 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 lieutenant in Ireland . So far his career was that of a turbulent lord of the See also:

• MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

Marches, employed in posts where a rough See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand was useful . In 1427 he went again to France, where he fought with distinction in See also:

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

Maine and at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of 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; but his exploits were those of a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good fighter rather than of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, and it was his stubborn rashness that was chiefly to blame for the See also:

• ENGLISH

English defeat at Patay in See also:

• JUNE

June 1429 . After Patay Talbot was four years a prisoner .

On his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he became one of the foremost of the English captains . In 1434 he recovered the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Clermont, next See also:

• YEAR

year took See also:

• PART

part in the siege of St Denys, and in 1436 by reducing and harrying the revolted Pays de Caux saved See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy . He was rewarded with the offices of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen and See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of France . During five years as a dashing fighter he was the mainstay of the English cause . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exploits were the defeat of the Burgundians before Crotoy in 1437 and the recovery of See also:

• HARFLEUR

Harfleur in 1440 . In 1442 during a visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he was created earl of See also:

• SHREWSBURY
• SHREWSBURY, CHARLES TALBOT, DUKE OF (166o-1718)
• SHREWSBURY, DUKE
• SHREWSBURY, EARLS OF
• SHREWSBURY, ELIZABETH TALBOT, COUNTESS OF (1518–16o8)
• SHREWSBURY, JOHN TALBOT, 1ST EARL OF (d. 1453)

Shrewsbury . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he was back in France besieging See also:

• DIEPPE

Dieppe; but " fared so foul with his men that they would no longer abide with him " and was forced to break the siege (See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles of See also:

• LONDON

London, p . 150) . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1445 he was once more sent to Ireland, where he used his old methods, so that the Irish said " there came not from the time of See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod any one so wicked in evil deeds." In 1449 he served for a short time in Normandy . When in 1452 the Gascons appealed for English help, Shrewsbury was the natural See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the expedition . He landed in See also:

• AQUITAINE

Aquitaine on the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux and the surrounding See also:

• DISTRICT

district returned quickly to their old See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance, and in the following summer Shrewsbury captured Fronsac .

In See also:

• JULY

July the See also:

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

French besieged Castillon . Shrewsbury hurried to its See also:

• RELIEF

relief, and with foolhardy valour attacked the enemy in their entrenched See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp without waiting for his See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery . The English and Gascon footmen charged in vain in See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the French See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon, until Shrewsbury and the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower of his troops had fallen . This happened in July 1453 and was the end of the English See also:

• RULE

rule in See also:

• GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony . Shrewsbury's fighting qualities made him something of a popular See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero, and in the doggerel of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day he was " Talbot our good See also:

• DOG

dog," whose valour was brought to nought by the See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason of 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 . But in truth though a brave soldier he was no general . He was twice married, his second wife being See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, eldest daughter of Richard See also:

• BEAUCHAMP
• BEAUCHAMP, ALPHONSE DE

Beauchamp, earl of See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick . He was alleged to be eighty years old at his death; probably he was about sixty-five .