Nicholas Clifford

Family: England · Role: squire · First appears: Book 2, Chapter 2, part 1/2

At Château Josselin, Nicholas Clifford, an English squire, was a rival of John Boucmel over a tilting-match. Nicholas agreed to meet him, saying that if he could not comply at Josselin, he would hasten to Valogne when Boucmel arrived.

When morning came, Nicholas struck Boucmel with his spear; it pierced his neck, and Boucmel was killed. The constable absolved Nicholas of responsibility, saying, “it was no fault of yours.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Nicholas agreed to meet John Boucmel in a tilting-match.(Book 2, Chapter 2, part 1/2 · 📍 Château Josselin)
  • With: John Boucmel
  • “Nicholas then said he would consider of it, and before his departure he would make him acquainted with his resolution; adding, ‘If it will not be possible for me to comply with your request at this place, and if my lords, under whom I am, should be unwilling to assent to it, on my return to Cherbourg, if you will come to Valogne, and signify to me your arrival, I will immediately hasten thither, and deliver you from your engagement.’”
• Nicholas Clifford killed John Boucmel during their tilting-match.(Book 2, Chapter 2, part 1/2 · 📍 Château Josselin)
  • With: John Boucmel
  • “At the first onset Nicholas Clifford struck with his spear John Boucmel on the upper part of his breast; but the point slipped off the steel breastplate, and pierced the hood, which was of good mail, and, entering his neck, cut the jugular vein, and passed quite through, breaking off at the shaft with the head; so that the truncheon remained in the neck of the squire, who was killed, as you may suppose.”
• The constable absolved Nicholas Clifford of responsibility for John Boucmel’s death.(Book 2, Chapter 2, part 1/2 · 📍 Château Josselin)
  • With: John Boucmel
  • “But I acquit you of it, for it was no fault of yours; and, as God is my judge, if I had been in the situation you were in, you have done nothing more than I would have done, as it is better to hurt one’s enemy than to be hurt by him.”

Book 2, Chapter 2, part 1/2

• rivals with John Boucmel “During that time he had often had words with an English squire called Nicholas Clifford, who was then present, respecting a tilting-match.”
• with John Boucmel (Nicholas Clifford accidentally killed John Boucmel in the tilt.) “At the first onset Nicholas Clifford struck with his spear John Boucmel on the upper part of his breast; but the point slipped off the steel breastplate, and pierced the hood, which was of good mail, and, entering his neck, cut the jugular vein, and passed quite through, breaking off at the shaft with the head; so that the truncheon remained in the neck of the squire, who was killed, as you may suppose.”
• with John Boucmel (Nicholas Clifford killed John Boucmel during their tilting-match.) “At the first onset Nicholas Clifford struck with his spear John Boucmel on the upper part of his breast; but the point slipped off the steel breastplate, and pierced the hood, which was of good mail, and, entering his neck, cut the jugular vein, and passed quite through, breaking off at the shaft with the head; so that the truncheon remained in the neck of the squire, who was killed, as you may suppose.”

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