[MR] Wikipedia: Noble English Deaths at Agincourt

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

Today is the anniversary of the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, an extremely and
lop-sided and astonishing English victory over the French during the
Hundred Years War. Since I've commented on the battle before, today the
will focus will be on the noble English casualties, though if you want to
review the battle itself, go here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt .

Among the 112-600 English casualties (versus some 6,000 Frenchmen), three
major English men of name fell at Agincourt, though there certainly were
others who are not as well known to history:

Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, was the highest ranking. He commanded
the right wing of the English army, and supposedly was killed trying to
rescue Henry V from the French Duke of Alençon (himself a casualty minutes
later): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_2nd_Duke_of_York .

Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel (aka Dafydd Gam or David Gam), a Welsh
supporter of Henry IV and Henry V, who may have been knighted before the
battle (or more poetically, while dying there); he is said to have been
killed alongside Edward of Norwich in the fight with the Duke of Alençon,
however the circumstances of his death may have been enlarged in a later
Tudor propaganda campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Gam .

Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, who had just succeeded to the tile
after his father was killed during the Siege of Harfleur seven weeks
previously (now that's tough luck!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_de_la_Pole,_3rd_Earl_of_Suffolk .

Although I greatly enjoyed Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film version of
Shakespeare's play, Henry V certainly did not rush into battle without full
plate armor and a helm (from which the Duke of Alençon is reported to have
struck off the crest). Most references also have Henry fighting on foot
rather than on horseback, but hey!, Ken had to look dramatic.

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆