Earl of Northampton

Family: England · Role: earl · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 21, part 1/2

In Book 1, Chapter 21, the Earl of Northampton was among the Englishmen who retreated to the king’s main army alongside Earl of Suffolk and Sir Reginald Cobham. In Chapter 23, he was named among the gallant knights with King Edward.

By Chapter 53, King Edward had divided the army into three battalions, placing Northampton in command of the second with Earl of Arundel. At Chapter 55, the two earls positioned their division to support the prince if needed. In Chapter 64, Northampton went with Arundel and Lord Reginald Cobham as an envoy to Flanders, where they persuaded local leaders to favor Earl Lewis of Flanders marrying the English king’s daughter over the Duke of Brabant’s daughter.

Relationship record

Life events

• King of England divided the army into three battalions and assigned their commanders.(Book 1, Chapter 53)
  • With: King Edward Prince of Wales Earl of Warwick Earl of Oxford Sir Godfrey de Harcourt Lord Reginald Cobham Lord Thomas Holland Lord Stafford Lord Manley Lord Delaware Sir John Chandos Lord Bartholomew Burgherst Lord Robert Neville Lord Thomas Clifford Lord Bourchier Lord Latimer Earl of Arundel Lord Ross Lord Willoughby Lord Basset Lord St. Albans Sir Lewis Tufton Lord Multon Lord Loccels
  • “The king afterwards ordered, through his constable and his two marshals that the army should be divided into three battalions. In the first he placed the young Prince of Wales, and with him the Earls of Warwick and Oxford, Sir Godfrey de Harcourt, the Lord Reginald Cobham, Lord Thomas Holland, Lord Stafford, Lord Manley, the Lord Delaware, Sir John Chandos, Lord Bartholomew Burgherst, Lord Robert Neville, Lord Thomas Clifford, the Lord Bourchier, the Lord Latimer, and many other knights and squires whom I cannot name. There might be in this first division about eight hundred men at arms, two thousand archers, and a thousand Welshmen. They advanced in regular order to their ground, each lord under his banner and pennon, and in the centre of his men. In the second battalion were the Earl of Northampton, the Earl of Arundel, the Lords Ross, Willoughby, Basset, St. Albans, Sir Lewis Tufton, Lord Multon, the Lord Loccels, and many others; amounting in all to about eight hundred men at arms and twelve hundred archers. The third battalion was commanded by the king, and was composed of about seven hundred men at arms and two thousand archers.”
• English envoys persuaded Flemish leaders to favor Earl Lewis’s marriage to the English king’s daughter.(Book 1, Chapter 64 · 📍 Flanders)
  • With: Earl of Arundel Lord Reginald Cobham Earl Lewis of Flanders
  • “they were more desirous their lord should marry a daughter of the King of England, than the daughter of the Duke of Brabant”

Book 1, Chapter 21, part 1/2

• allies with Earl of Suffolk “when the Englishmen, among whom were the Earl of Suffolk, the Earl of Northampton, Sir Reginald Cobham, and many others, saw the manner in which it was done, they retreated to the main army of the king”
• allies with Sir Reginald Cobham “when the Englishmen, among whom were the Earl of Suffolk, the Earl of Northampton, Sir Reginald Cobham, and many others, saw the manner in which it was done, they retreated to the main army of the king”

Book 1, Chapter 23

• allies with King Edward “The king, who was in the flower of his youth, showed himself on that day a gallant knight, as did the Earls of Derby, Pembroke, Hereford, Huntingdon, Northampton, and Gloucester; the Lord Reginald Cobham, Lord Felton, Lord Bradestan, Sir Richard Stafford, the Lord Percy, Sir Walter Manny, Sir Henry de Flanders, Sir John Beauchamp, Sir John Chandos, the Lord Delaware, Lucie Lord Malton, and the Lord Robert d’Artois, now called Earl of Richmond.”

Book 1, Chapter 53

• with King Edward (The king's army was divided into battalions; this passage places him in the second.) “In the second battalion were the Earl of Northampton, the Earl of Arundel, the Lords Ross, Willoughby, Basset, St. Albans, Sir Lewis Tufton, Lord Multon, the Lord Loccels, and many others; amounting in all to about eight hundred men at arms and twelve hundred archers.”

Book 1, Chapter 55, part 1/2

• allies with Earl of Arundel “The Earls of Northampton and Arundel, who commanded the second division, had posted themselves in good order on his wing to succor the prince, if necessary.”

Book 1, Chapter 64

• with Earl Lewis of Flanders (He was one of the English envoys who urged the Earl to marry the English king's daughter.) “As soon as the King of England was informed of this, he sent the Earls of Northampton and Arundel, and Lord Reginald Cobham, into Flanders; who managed matters so well with the leading men in the place, and with the corporations, that they were more desirous their lord should marry a daughter of the King of England, than the daughter of the Duke of Brabant: they very affectionately entreated their lord so to do, and supported it by many strong and good arguments (which would be too tedious to detail here), insomuch that those of the Duke of Brabant’s party could say nothing to the contrary.”

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