Sir John de Roye

Family: France · Role: knight · First appears: Book 2, Chapter 17, part 1/2

Life events

• The knights procured boats and equipment to cross the river and attack the Flemings.(Book 2, Chapter 17, part 1/2 · 📍 Lille)
  • With: Lord de St. Py Sir Herbeaux de Belleperche Sir Henry de Manny Sir John de Malatrait Sir John Chauderon
  • “After they had thus determined in council, the Lord de St. Py exerted himself so much that he procured from Lille a boat and cords, with every other necessary article. On the other hand, Sir Herbeaux de Belleperche and Sir John de Roye, who were companions in this expedition, had also caused a boat to be brought. Sir Henry de Manny, Sir John de Malatrait, and Sir John Chauderon, Bretons, who had been of this council, had likewise provided one, and followed the preceding companies.”
• The knights crossed the river in boats and gathered on the far bank, hidden in an alder-grove.(Book 2, Chapter 17, part 1/2)
  • With: Lord de St. Py Count de Conversant Lord d’Anghien Lord de Vertain Seneschal de Rieux Sir Herbeaux de Belleperche Sir Henry de Manny Sir John de Malatrait Sir John Chauderon
  • “The Lord de St. Py then placed his pennon in the boat, and was the first who stepped into it: he was followed by nine others, who were as many as the boat could hold, and instantly, by means of the cord they held, crossed over. When disembarked, in order to prevent themselves from being discovered, they entered a small alder-grove, where they lay hidden.”
• The knights continued ferrying armed men across the river, with the Seneschal de Rieux joining them.(Book 2, Chapter 17, part 1/2)
  • With: Lord de St. Py Count de Conversant Lord d’Anghien Lord de Vertain Seneschal de Rieux Sir Herbeaux de Belleperche Sir Henry de Manny Sir John de Malatrait Sir John Chauderon
  • “When he arrived at the passage where one hundred and fifty of his countrymen had already crossed, he immediately dismounted, and said he would also pass the river.”

Book 2, Chapter 17, part 1/2

• allies with Sir Herbeaux de Belleperche “Sir Herbeaux de Belleperche and Sir John de Roye, who were companions in this expedition”

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