Robert Knolles | |
|---|---|
| English Knight | |
.svg) Blason of Robert Knolles | |
| Born | 1325 Cheshire, England |
| Died | 1407 Sculthorpe, England |
| Nationality | English |
Sir Robert Knolles or Knollys (c. 1325 – 15 August 1407; aged 81–82) was an English knight of the Hundred Years' War,[1] who, operating with the tacit support of the crown, succeeded in taking the only two major French cities, other than Calais and Poitiers, to fall to Edward III.[citation needed] His methods, however, earned him infamy as a freebooter and a ravager: the ruined gables of burned buildings came to be known as "Knollys' mitres".[2]
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 869.
- ^ Thackray (2004), p. 9