English HYW Captains and their Retinues (Cinematic Showcase)
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A quick fun Cinematic showcase i have not done for quite some time
Showcasing English not very well known commanders and their Retinues.
Miniatures are all from Perry 28mm Agincourt Range
Narration from 1356 AD Novel by Bernard Cornwell
Nobles featured :
1. John Wodehouse Esquire. One of the bodyguards to Henry V. 1413 to1422.
2. Sir Richard Tempest knight
He was appointed Knight before 1380.1 He held the office of Warden of Roxburgh Castle in 1385.1 He held the office of Warden of Berwick in 1386.1 He was Lieutenant of Carlisle Castle in 1396.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lancashire in 1401.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Yorskhire in 1403.1 He held a command in Aquitaine during the Hundred Years War.1 He fought in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415
3. Baron Henry Fitzhugh (b. 1363) had his seat at Ravensworth Castle in north Yorkshire. He was very close to Henry V, serving as the king’s chamberlain and on all the campaigns in Normandy where he was a leading negotiator at sieges. In 1416 he was appointed treasurer of England, holding the post until 1421. He was an executor of Henry V’s will and later a member of the council during the minority of Henry VI. A characteristic of Fitzhugh’s life was religious devotion. In 1408, he joined a crusade to Prussia and later went to the Levant, and was an enthusiast for the Brigettine order, influencing Henry V’s decision to found a house of that order at Syon.
FitzHugh’s retinue consisted of himself, 3 knights, 26 men-at-arms and 90 archers. Of these, 7 esquires were invalided home from Harfleur, each with a servant, and 13 archers. The rest, with Fitzhugh himself, were at the battle.
4. William Gulby who fought at Agincourt in the retinue of Sir William Bouchier, and who was buried in the church of Orpington in 1439, the arms on his brass being Azure, a chevron or between three mill-rind crosses argent.
5. Roger Fiennes was born on 14 September 1384 in Herstmonceux, Sussex, to a prominent family of Norman descent. In 1412 Fiennes served in the duke of Clarence’s expedition to France and was knighted the same year. Following the 1415 campaign, he was made a King’s Knight and was retained at an annual fee of £40. He served on the 1416 campaign to rescue HArfleur. On Henry V’s second expedition to France in 1417, Fiennes indented to serve with nine men-at-arms and 30 archers. After the death of Henry V, he continued to serve in military expeditions to France. His military service resulted in the grants of lands in Normandy and offices in England. In 1439 he became Treasurer of the Household of the king and later served as a member of parliament in 1439-40, 1442 and 1445-6. He died in 1449.
In 1415, Roger Fiennes indented to serve with seven men-at-arms and 24 archers. It seems that all were at the battle.
6. Sir William Trussell
He and his contingent of five men-at-arms and 13 archers were mustered on 21 July in the duke of Gloucester’s retinue. Although he fell sick at the siege of Harfleur, it would appear that he did take part in the battle of Agincourt, for not only did he win his spurs in the course of the campaign, but he also excelled by taking nine prisoners (whose ransoms amounted to 614 crowns). William fought in the Battle of Agicourt in 1415, in the retinue of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. In 1430, he went to France in the retinue of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
7. Sir Simon Felbrigg (b. 1350) was a standard bearer to Richard II and one of the knights of his chamber. In the reign of Henry IV he was appointed to numerous commissions in the county of Norfolk. He also served on the 1416 campaign to rescue Harfleur but it is not clear what military service if any he paid thereafter. He appears to have provided good service for Henry V as he was later made a Knight of the Garter in 1422. He made his will on 21 Sept 1442 and died on 3 December 1442.
In 1415, Sir Simon Felbrigg indented to serve with 11 men-at-arms and 36 archers. One man-at-arms was killed at the siege of Harfleur with a further five invalided back to England. He was present at the Battle of Agincourt with five men-at-arms and 36 archers.
8. Thomas Forster, as a youth of 18 or19 he accompanied Henry V to France, where he is said to have fought valiantly at the Battle of Agincourt under the Percy family banner. (The young Earl of Northumberland, a lad of 17, was not present, having been charged by Henry V with the task of holding the Scots at bay along the Border during the King’s absence in France). He returned to Northumbria with a well-earned knighthood for his deeds in the field at Agincourt and his name on the Subsidy Roll as holding one quarter of a knight’s fee in Adderstone.