Sir Thomas Holland
Family: England · Role: knight · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 49
In Book 1, Chapter 49, during the Caen campaign, knights including the Constable of France and the Earl of Tancarville surrendered to Sir Thomas Holland at the gate. King Edward then purchased the Constable and the Earl from Holland and his companions for twenty thousand nobles.
On the morrow morning at Poix, Holland and Lord Reginald Cobham, commanding the rear-guard, returned after the townsmen refused the ransom and attacked the English. They cried, “Treason! treason!” Almost all the inhabitants were killed, the town burned, and both castles razed.
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Life events
- The constable, the Earl of Tancarville, and other knights surrendered themselves to Sir Thomas Holland.(Book 1, Chapter 49 · 📍 the gate)
- With: the constable the Earl of Tancarville
- “they called to him, and asked if he would take them as his prisoners. Sir Thomas and his company advanced to the gate, and, dismounting, ascended to the top, with sixteen others, where he found the above-mentioned knights, and twenty-five more, who surrendered themselves to Sir Thomas.”
- The king purchased the Constable of France and the Earl of Tancarville for twenty thousand nobles.(Book 1, Chapter 49)
- With: King Edward the Constable of France the Earl of Tancarville
- “The king purchased from Sir Thomas Holland and his companions the Constable of France and the Earl of Tancarville, and paid down twenty thousand nobles for them.”
- After the townsmen refused the ransom and attacked the English, Cobham and Holland returned with the rear-guard.(Book 1, Chapter 50 · 📍 Poix)
- With: Lord Reginald Cobham
- “When Lord Reginald Cobham and Sir Thomas Holland, who commanded the rear-guard, were told of this, they cried out, ‘Treason! treason!’ and returned back to Poix”
- The English killed almost all the inhabitants, burned the town, and razed both castles.(Book 1, Chapter 50 · 📍 Poix)
- With: Lord Reginald Cobham
- “Almost all the inhabitants were slain, the town was burnt, and the two castles razed to the ground.”
Book 1, Chapter 49
- with Earl of Tancarville (Caen campaign) (The Earl was among those who surrendered to Sir Thomas.) “they called to him, and asked if he would take them as his prisoners.”
- with King Edward (The king purchased the Earl of Tancarville and the Constable from Sir Thomas and his companions.) “The king purchased from Sir Thomas Holland and his companions the Constable of France and the Earl of Tancarville, and paid down twenty thousand nobles for them.”
Book 1, Chapter 50
- with Lord Reginald Cobham (Shared command of the rear-guard.) “When Lord Reginald Cobham and Sir Thomas Holland, who commanded the rear-guard, were told of this, they cried out, ‘Treason! treason!’”
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