FASTOLF, SIR JOHN

făsˈtŏlf, 1378?–1459, English soldier. He won distinction for his long service in the latter part of the Hundred Years War. He was knighted some time prior to 1418 for service at Agincourt (1415) and in other engagements, acted as governor of Anjou and Maine (1423–26), and was made (1426) a Knight of the Garter. While convoying supplies in 1429, Fastolf repelled a French attack by using herring barrels as protection (see Herrings, Battle of the). His conduct at the defeat of the English by Joan of Arc at Patay (1429), where he retreated after a panic of his men, has been variously described as common sense or cowardice. Fastolf continued, however, to exercise responsible commands until his final return to England in 1440. He amassed a considerable fortune by somewhat sharp methods, and he spent his last years on his huge Norfolk estate. A neighbor to John Paston, the principal beneficiary of his will, he features prominently in the Paston Letters.

See J. Gairdner, ed., The Paston Letters (1904); D. W. Duthie, The Case of Sir John Fastolf (1907).

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Littera et Sensus: Essays on Form and Meaning in Medieval French Literature Presented to John Fox
Book by D. A. Trotter; University of Exeter Press, 1989
Subjects: French Literature--To 1500--History And Criticism
...drama, 119 Eulalia, Sequences d, 4 farces, 95, 97 Fastolf, Sir John, 57 feminine, repression of in Axca.r.rin et Nicolette...motif of, 22 formulae, epic, 18, 22, 23, 25 Fox, John, 6, 8, 49-53, 54-5, 85, 86, 89, 106 Fox...
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Chivalry in English Literature: Chaucer, Malory, Spenser, and Shakespeare
Book by William Henry Schofield; Harvard University, 1912
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--D. 1400--Views On Chivalry, Chivalry In Literature, English Literature--History And Criticism, Fiction, Malory, Thomas--Sir--15th Cent--Views On Chivalry, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Views On Chivalry, Spenser, Edmund--1552?-1599--Views On Chivalry
...sensuality be contrary to the exercising and haunting of arms." The "authority" of this work was an actual Sir John Fastolf. Shakespeares Sir John was certainly not this man, any more than Oldcastle, the martyr. Externally Falstaff has the same character...
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The Lancastrian Affinity: 1361-1399
Book by Simon Walker; Oxford University Press, 1990
Subjects: England--Economic Conditions--1066-1485, England--Social Conditions--1066-1485, Feudalism--England, Great Britain--History--14th Century, Great Britain--History--House Of Lancaster, 1399-1461, John--Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster--1340-1399, Lancaster, House Of
...John 29 n. Elmham, Sir William 206 Elston, Roger 268 Elvet, John 98, 286 Richard 98...83 Englefield, John 83?, 239 n., 268...197 Erpingham, Sir Thomas 37 n., 92...161 1 family 161 1 Fastolf, Hugh 196,197, 208 Feckenham,John 269 Felbrigg, Sir...
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Gesta Henrici Quinti: The Deeds of Henry the Fifth
Book by Frank Taylor, John S. Roskell; Clarendon Press, 1975
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Henry V, 1413-1422, Henry--V--King Of England--1387-1422, Manuscripts, Medieval--England--London, Middle Ages--Sources, Normandy (France)--History
...Arundel, Thomas Erpingham, Sir Thomas, xxvii n. 4...Beaufort, Thomas; Holland, John Falmouth Corn. , 149 n...Hungerford Som. , 78 n. 2 Fastolf, Sir John, 118 n. 1 Fauquembergues...133 n. 4 FitzHarry, John, scrivener, 184 FitzHugh...
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A Concise Economic History of Britain: From the Earliest Times to 1750
Book by John Clapham; Cambridge University Press, 1949
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Economic Conditions
...172 , 173 , 185 , 187 , 189 , 244 , 253 , 287 Evelyn, John, 85 Exchequer Bills, 273 Excise, 287 , 288 , 289...Fanmakers Company, 259 , 260 Farrington, Thomas, 193 , 267 Fastolf, Sir John, 193 Faversham, 172 Fens, 17 , 70 , 82 , 83 , 86...
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A Norfolk Gentlewoman and Lydgatian Patronage: Lady Sibylle Boys and Her Cultural Environment
Journal article by Anthony Bale; Medium Aevum, Vol. 78, 2009
Subjects: Benefactors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Boys, Sibylle--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, British culture, Epistle to Sibille (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Lydgate, John--Works, Poetry--Appreciation, Poetry--Social aspects, Poets--Works, Tretise for lauandres (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...in a 1450 letter from Sir John Fastolf: my cosyn Boys died...married to a Jenney. Sir John Fastolf bought a manor at Holmhale...century gentleman, Sir John Paston, Neuphilologiscbe...1969), p. 1205; on Fastolf see PLP, I, 109...
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Malory's Morte Darthur and the Rhetoric of War
Journal article by Catherine Nall; Medium Aevum, Vol. 79, 2010
Subjects: Authors, English--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, English--Works, Characters and characteristics in literature--Portrayals, English writers--Criticism and interpretation, English writers--Works, Latin literature--Portrayals, Le Morte d'Arthur (Collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Literary characters--Portrayals, Malory, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Malory, Thomas--Works, Military campaigns--Portrayals, Rhetoric--Analysis
...See, for example, Sir Thomas Malory, The Works...114; 284-91. (2) John Hardyng, in the second...105). (70) Riddy, Sir Thomas Malory, p. 43...discussed in Julia Boffey and John J. Thompson, Anthologies...Historical Memoranda by John Stowe, the Antiquary...
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Fifteenth-Century Political Verses from the Holkham Archives
Journal article by Richard Beadle; Medium Aevum, Vol. 71, 2002
Subjects: English language--Middle English, 1100-1500, Politics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...which Friar John Brackley wrote to John Paston I in October 1460, six months...Norwich Franciscans and confessor to Sir John Fastolf, was a vehement opponent of the...Politics of Fifteenth Century England: John Vales Book, ed. M. L. Kekewich...
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Daniel Wakelin, Humanism, Reading and English Literature 1430-1530
Journal article by Mishtooni Bose; Medium Aevum, Vol. 77, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Humanism, Reading and English Literature 1430-1530 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...their sights on the palace of Worcesters patron Sir John Fastolf: he did not escape from the world in turmoil...and Thomas Chaundler, in the sensibility of John Russell, or in the household of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, and this...
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Seeking the Medieval in Shakespeare: the Order of the Garter and the Topos of Derisive Chivalry
Journal article by James N. Ortego; Fifteenth Century Studies, Vol. 35, 2010
...prepare for battle with Sir Humphrey, then presumes...presently. Kneels Rise up Sir John Mortimer. Rises Now...rises" as "Sir John Mortimer." The ceremonial...allied with Prince John. The man of law is...considerations, a point that Sir Toby Belch in Twefth...


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magazine articles on: Fastolf Sir John  - 5 results

 
 
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John Dunstable and His Books
Magazine article by Rodney M. Thomson; Musical Times, Vol. 150, Winter 2009
Subjects: Books
...since 1432, supported by his patron Sir John Fastolf.23 But though some of the Laud...other contents include works by John Maudith, fellow of Merton in 1309...acquainted elsewhere; after all Fastolf, Worcestre s patron, was chief...
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Educating the Aristocracy in Late Medieval England
Magazine article by Jonathan Hughes; History Today, Vol. 49, February 1999
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval--15th century, Education--England
...Louvre (some 843 volumes) and Sir John Fastolf, his lieutenant, had access...wisdom on rebellious offspring. Sir John Fastolf and his stepson Stephen Scrope...Stephen Scrope and the Circle of Sir John Fastolf: Moral and Intellectual Outlooks...
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Blood and Roses
Magazine article by A.J. Pollard; History Today, Vol. 54, November 2004
Subjects: Blood and Roses (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...consolidation under his grandsons John II and John III. Castor allows the letters to...inheritance of the childless war hero, Sir John Fastolf and his magnificent new castle at...almost everyone had their eyes. John II, whose wife Margaret was a distant...
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The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: Endings
Magazine article by Nigel Saul; History Today, Vol. 51, September 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century: Endings (Book)--Reviews
...history -- the struggle for the Fastolf inheritance. In the autumn of 1459...the terms of a nuncupative will, John Paston had inherited the estates...neighbour and patron, the soldier Sir John Fastolf, who had died without issue. The...
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A World Revealed in Words: Helen Castor Visits the History Today Archive to Find an Analysis from 1959 of an Important Collection of Family Letters That Offer an Unparalleled Insight into Gentry Life in 15th-Century England
Magazine article by Helen Castor; History Today, Vol. 60, July 2010
Subjects: Letters (Correspondence)--Collections and collecting, Letters (Correspondence)--History, Letters--Collections and collecting, Letters--History, Paston Letters (Collection)--Analysis
...use and the historical rigour of John Fenn, the Paston papers were preserved...battle to inherit the rich estates of Sir John Fastolf. Meanwhile, older, established...protagonists in the Paston story. The John Paston Keen mentions is not one person...


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encyclopedia articles on: Fastolf Sir John  - 3 results

 
 
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Fastolf, Sir John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FASTOLF, SIR JOHN fas tolf, 1378? 1459, English soldier...Garter. While convoying supplies in 1429, Fastolf repelled a French attack by using herring...his huge Norfolk estate. A neighbor to John Paston, the principal beneficiary of his...
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Herrings, Battle of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...English in the Hundred Years War. The French, under Jean, comte de Dunois, attacked a supply train commanded by Sir John Fastolf . The English, barricaded behind the wagons with herring barrels, repelled the attack. The action took place at...
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Paston Letters
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...time actively acquiring land and properties in the area, some of it by questionable means, including the estates of Sir John Fastolf . The collection forms an indispensable source for the history, manners, morals, habits, customs, and moneys...


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