Sir John Norwich
Family: England · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 33
In Book 1, Chapter 33, Sir John Norwich was named among the knights appointed to serve under Earl of Derby on an expedition. By Chapter 45, he was governor of Angoulême, where he faced the siege by Duke of Normandy (son of King Philip). On the eve of the Purification, he requested a one-day truce, which the duke granted.
Early the next morning, Candlemas Day, Sir John Norwich and his men left Angoulême and passed safely through the French army, taking the road to Aiguillon.
Relationship record
Life events
- The Duke of Normandy agreed to Sir John Norwich’s request for a one-day truce.(Book 1, Chapter 45 · 📍 Angoulême)
- With: Duke of Normandy (son of King Philip)
- “The duke said he was willing to consent to it.”
- Sir John Norwich and his men left Angoulême and passed safely through the French army.(Book 1, Chapter 45 · 📍 Angoulême)
- “Thus Sir John Norwich passed through the whole French army unhurt, and took the road to Aiguillon.”
Book 1, Chapter 33
- with Earl of Derby (Earl of Derby led the expedition; Sir John Norwich served under him.) “The king soon afterwards appointed his cousin the Earl of Derby leader of this expedition, and nominated those knights that he had fixed upon to be under him: first the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Oxford, the Lord Stafford, Sir Walter Manny, Sir Frank van Halle, Sir Henry Eam of Brabant, Sir Richard Fitzsimon, Sir Hugh Hastings, Sir Stephen Tombey, Sir Richard Haydon, Sir John Norwich, Sir Richard Radcliffe, Sir Robert Oxendon, and several more.”
- liege: Earl of Derby “The king soon afterwards appointed his cousin the Earl of Derby leader of this expedition, and nominated those knights that he had fixed upon to be under him: first the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Oxford, the Lord Stafford, Sir Walter Manny, Sir Frank van Halle, Sir Henry Eam of Brabant, Sir Richard Fitzsimon, Sir Hugh Hastings, Sir Stephen Tombey, Sir Richard Haydon, Sir John Norwich, Sir Richard Radcliffe, Sir Robert Oxendon, and several more.”
Book 1, Chapter 45
- with Duke of Normandy (son of King Philip) (Sir John requests a one-day truce, which the duke agrees to.) “‘I have no intentions to do that,’ replied Sir John; ‘but I could wish to entreat of you, in reverence to the feast of Our Lady, which is to-morrow, that you would grant us a truce for that day only, that neither of us may hurt the other, but remain in peace.’”
- enemies with Duke of Normandy (son of King Philip) (They oppose one another during the siege.) “When Sir John Norwich, the governor of Angoulême, found that the Duke of Normandy would not break up the siege until he had gained the city”
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