Information about Faulke De Breaute
Falkes de Breauté (died 1226), was one of the foreign mercenaries of King John of England, from whom he received in marriage the heiress of the earldom of Devon. Breauté is a small town near Le Havre in France. His name is also spelled "Fawkes".
On the outbreak of the Barons' War (1213) the king gave him the sheriffdoms of six midland shires and the custody of many castles. He fulfilled his military duties with as much skill as cruelty. The royalists owed to his daring the decisive victory of Lincoln (1217). But after the death of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, Falkes joined the feudal opposition in conspiring against Hubert de Burgh.
When he married he acquired his wife Margaret's London house which came to be known as "Fawkes Hall", subsequently corrupted over the years to "Foxhall", then "Vauxhall". In return for his services, King John granted Falkes the manor of Luton. He was also granted the right to bear his own coat of arms and chose the mythical griffin as his heraldic emblem. The griffin thus became associated with both Vauxhall and Luton in the early 13th century. [1]
Deprived in 1223 of most of his honours, he was drawn into a rebellion by the imprudence of his brother, who captured a royal justice and threw him into prison (1224). This led to the siege of Bedford Castle. Falkes was allowed to go into exile after his submission, and endeavoured to obtain a pardon through the mediation of Pope Honorius III. But this was refused, and Falkes died at St. Cyriac in 1226.
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1226 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1226
MCCXXVI
Ab urbe condita 1979
Armenian calendar 675
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A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and "is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or
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John
King of England; Lord of Ireland (more...)
John from the Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon
Reign 6 April 1199 – 18/19 October 1216
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Family law
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Prenuptial agreement · Marriage
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The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Redvers (de Reviers) family, and later for the Courtenay.
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First Barons' War
Date 1215 - 1217
Location England
Result Eventual return to status quo,
with some monarchic concessions
Territorial
changes None
Belligerents
Pro-Angevin forces Pro-Capetian forces, and
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SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system, originally developed by BT and MCI. SHERIFF is an acronym for Statistical Heuristic Engine to Reliably and Intelligently Fight Fraud.
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A shire is an administrative division of Great Britain and Australia. The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in what is now central and southern England.
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There were two Battles of Lincoln, both occurring during the Middle Ages at the city of Lincoln in England.
- First Battle of Lincoln, on 2 February 1141.
- Second Battle of Lincoln, on 20 May 1217.
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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo Norman soldier and statesman.
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Hubert de Burgh
Chief Justiciar of England
In office
1215 – 1232
Monarch John
Henry III
Preceded by Peter des Roches
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Vauxhall
Vauxhall shown within Greater London
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London borough Lambeth
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Borough of Luton
Luton shown within England
Country United Kingdom
Constituent area England
Region East of England
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A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short), in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people) and used by them in a wide variety of ways.
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The griffin,[1] is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.
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In heraldry, a badge is an emblem or personal device used to indicate allegiance to or property of an individual or family.
Physical badges were common in the Middle Ages particularly in England.
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1223 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1223
MCCXXIII
Ab urbe condita 1976
Armenian calendar 672
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Rebellion is a refusal of obedience[1].It may therefore be seen as encompassing a range of behaviours from civil disobedience and mass nonviolent resistance, to violent and organized attempts to
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Bedford Castle Mound, is the remnant of a castle in Bedford, England (grid reference TL053497).
It was the seat of the Barony of Bedford.
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Exile can be a form of punishment.[1] It means to be away from one's home (i.e. city, state or country) while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by
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Honorius III
Birth name Cencio
Papacy began July 18, 1216
Papacy ended March 18, 1227
Predecessor Innocent III
Successor Gregory IX
Born 1148
Rome, Italy
Died March 18, 1227
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The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica
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