Sir Stephen Tombey
Family: England · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 33
In Book 1, Chapter 33, Sir Stephen Tombey was named among the knights appointed under Earl of Derby for an expedition. In Chapter 36, he set out from Libourne with Earl of Derby, Earl of Oxford, Sir Walter Manny, Sir Richard Hastings and Lord Ferrers.
In 1344, at Auberoche, Sir Stephen Tombey was with the English force that defeated the French army and rescued the town.
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Life events
- 1344 · The English defeated the French army and rescued Auberoche.(Book 1, Chapter 36 · 📍 Auberoche)
- With: Earl of Derby Earl of Oxford Sir Walter Manny Sir Richard Hastings Lord Ferrers
- “This battle before Auberoche was fought on the eve of St. Laurence’s Day, in the year 1344.”
Book 1, Chapter 33
- with Earl of Derby (Earl of Derby led the expedition; Sir Stephen Tombey 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 36
- allies with Earl of Derby “the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Oxford, Sir Walter Manny, Sir Richard Hastings, Sir Stephen Tombey, the Lord Ferrers, and other knights, set out from Libourne:”
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