John Fastolf
15th-century English knight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Fastolf KG (6 November 1380 – 5 November 1459) was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War. He has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as the prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff. Many historians[who?] argue, however, that he deserves to be famous in his own right, not only as a soldier, but as a patron of literature, a writer on strategy and perhaps as an early industrialist.
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Born | (1380-11-06)6 November 1380 Caister Hall, Norfolk, England |
Died | 5 November 1459(1459-11-05) (aged 78) Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England |
Burial place | Saint Benet's Abbey, the Broads, Norfolk, England |
Occupation(s) | Soldier, landowner[1] |
Era | Late Middle Ages |
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Spouse(s) | Millicent (née Tibetot/Tiptoft), widow of Sir Stephen Scrope |
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