John Fastolf
Sir John Fastolf KG (c. 1378 – 5 November 1459) was an English knight during the Hundred Years War, who has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as in some part being the prototype of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff. Many historians consider, however, that he deserves to be famous in his own right, not only as a soldier, but as a patron of literature, a writer on strategy and perhaps as an early industrialist.
Read more about John Fastolf: Lineage and Early Career, Marriage, Property in France, "Cruel and Vengible He Hath Been Ever"…, Death and Burial
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