Earl of Arundel (Spencer reprisal)

Family: England · Role: earl · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 11

Life events

An affray erupted between Hainaulters and English archers, supposedly in revenge for deaths attributed to Sir John de Hainault’s advice.(Book 1, Chapter 11 · 📍 suburbs)
- With: Sir John de Hainault
- “soon after dinner, a violent affray happened between some of the grooms of the Hainaulters and the English archers, who were lodged with them in the suburbs. This increased so much that the archers collected together with their bows strung, and shot at them so as to force them to retreat to their lodgings. The greater part of the knights and their masters, who were still at court, hearing of the affray, hastened to their quarters. Those that could not enter them were exposed to great danger; for the archers, to the number of three thousand, aimed both at masters and servants. It was supposed that this affray was occasioned by the friends of the Spencers and the Earl of Arundel, in revenge for their having been put to death through the advice of Sir John de Hainault.”

with Sir John de Hainault (Sir John de Hainault was said to have advised the Earl of Arundel's execution.) “It was supposed that this affray was occasioned by the friends of the Spencers and the Earl of Arundel, in revenge for their having been put to death through the advice of Sir John de Hainault.”
enemies with Sir John de Hainault (The passage implies animosity related to the deaths and the affray.) “It was supposed that this affray was occasioned by the friends of the Spencers and the Earl of Arundel, in revenge for their having been put to death through the advice of Sir John de Hainault.”

Extracted from the original text of The Boy's Froissart. Made with Rho MD.