Sir John Lendal

Family: England · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 35

At Auberoche in Book 1, Chapter 35, Sir John Lendal was besieged with Sir Frank van Halle and Sir Alain de Finefroide. The knights sent letters to their friend and ally Earl of Derby, but the messenger was captured, and the letters were read in Count de Lisle’s tent.

In Chapter 36, as Sir Frank van Halle and Sir John heard the approach of their friends, they armed themselves and sallied from the fortress into the battle, “to the great encouragement of the English.”

Relationship record

Life events

• A messenger carrying the besieged knights' letters was captured, and the letters were read in Count de Lisle's tent.(Book 1, Chapter 35 · 📍 Auberoche)
  • With: Count de Lisle Sir Frank van Halle Sir Alain de Finefroide
  • “He was interrogated, searched, and the letters found upon him, and guarded until morning, when the principals of the army assembled in the tent of the Count de Lisle, where the letters were read.”
• Sir Frank van Halle and Sir John Lendal sallied from the fortress and joined the battle.(Book 1, Chapter 36 · 📍 Auberoche)
  • With: Sir Frank van Halle
  • “they sallied out of the fortress, made for the plain, and dashed into the thickest of the combat, to the great encouragement of the English.”

Book 1, Chapter 35

• allies with Earl of Derby “News was brought to the Earl of Derby, that Auberoche was besieged; but he did not imagine his friends were so hard pushed.”
• friends with Earl of Derby “News was brought to the Earl of Derby, that Auberoche was besieged; but he did not imagine his friends were so hard pushed.”
• enemies with Count de Lisle “When Sir Frank van Halle, Sir Alain de Finefroide, and Sir John Lendal, who were thus besieged, saw how desperate their situation was, they asked their servants if there were not one among them who would, for a reward, undertake to deliver the letters they had written to the Earl of Derby at Bordeaux.”

Book 1, Chapter 36

• allies with Sir Frank van Halle “As soon as Sir Frank van Halle and Sir John Lendal, who were in Auberoche, heard the noise, and perceived the banners and pennons of their friends, they hastened to arm themselves, and all those that were with them; when, mounting their horses, they sallied out of the fortress, made for the plain, and dashed into the thickest of the combat, to the great encouragement of the English.”
• allies with Earl of Derby “As soon as Sir Frank van Halle and Sir John Lendal, who were in Auberoche, heard the noise, and perceived the banners and pennons of their friends, they hastened to arm themselves, and all those that were with them; when, mounting their horses, they sallied out of the fortress, made for the plain, and dashed into the thickest of the combat, to the great encouragement of the English.”

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