JOHN TALBOT, 1ST EARL OF SHREWSBURY, a famous commander, was born at Blechmore, in Shropshire. He was the second son of Sir Richard Talbot of Goodrich castle, in Herefordshire; and on the death of his elder brother, Sir Gilbert, he became heir to that family.
Talbot was the most feared in France of the English captains in the last stages of the Hundred Years War. Having fought briefly under Henry V, he returned to France in 1427, where he served until his death at Castillon in 1453. A tough, cruel, and quarrelsome man, he came to be regarded as the last of the old chivalric breed.
This great captain, whose merit was acknowledged equally by friends and foes, received the appellation of the Achilles of England. His remains were at first buried in France, along with those of his valiant son; but they were subsequently carried to England, and were interred at Whitchurch, in Shropshire, where a splendid monument was erected to his memory.
Talbot was the most feared in France of the English captains in the last stages of the Hundred Years War. Having fought briefly under Henry V, he returned to France in 1427, where he served until his death at Castillon in 1453. A tough, cruel, and quarrelsome man, he came to be regarded as the last of the old chivalric breed.
This great captain, whose merit was acknowledged equally by friends and foes, received the appellation of the Achilles of England. His remains were at first buried in France, along with those of his valiant son; but they were subsequently carried to England, and were interred at Whitchurch, in Shropshire, where a splendid monument was erected to his memory.
JOHN TALBOT, 1ST EARL OF SHREWSBURY, a famous commander, was born at Blechmore, in Shropshire. He was the second son of Sir Richard Talbot of Goodrich castle, in Herefordshire; and on the death of his elder brother, Sir Gilbert, he became heir to that family.
Talbot was the most feared in France of the English captains in the last stages of the Hundred Years War. Having fought briefly under Henry V, he returned to France in 1427, where he served until his death at Castillon in 1453. A tough, cruel, and quarrelsome man, he came to be regarded as the last of the old chivalric breed.
This great captain, whose merit was acknowledged equally by friends and foes, received the appellation of the Achilles of England. His remains were at first buried in France, along with those of his valiant son; but they were subsequently carried to England, and were interred at Whitchurch, in Shropshire, where a splendid monument was erected to his memory.
Talbot was the most feared in France of the English captains in the last stages of the Hundred Years War. Having fought briefly under Henry V, he returned to France in 1427, where he served until his death at Castillon in 1453. A tough, cruel, and quarrelsome man, he came to be regarded as the last of the old chivalric breed.
This great captain, whose merit was acknowledged equally by friends and foes, received the appellation of the Achilles of England. His remains were at first buried in France, along with those of his valiant son; but they were subsequently carried to England, and were interred at Whitchurch, in Shropshire, where a splendid monument was erected to his memory.
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