collaborator with hawley during the 1380s booty and keeping a share of it - something
ventures was sir John de Roches, captain of he did not deny.
Brest, which was english at the time. But it’s early in 1403 hawley took part with others
thought the two men fell out over division in a number of raids on Flemish and Dutch
of spoils, and in 1393 Roches instigated shipping, prompting the count of Flanders to
proceedings against hawley in the court of retaliate by seizing english merchandise in
chivalry before the constable and marshal Flemish ports. to appease the count, the king
of england. the charge against hawley was summoned hawley and 17 other privateers to
“that in 1386 he and his men had captured calais to answer charges against them, but
certain Breton vessels and the goods therein they failed to turn up!
which were being conducted under Roches’ In august of that year the Bretons made
safe conduct to enable them to bring wine and a retaliatory strike on Plymouth, attacking
other merchandise safely to Brest”. and burning the town in the night. the
hawley was not accused of taking part in king commissioned the foremost seamen of
the capture itself but was charged with having Dartmouth, hawley, John corp, and edmund
condoned the robbery by distributing the arnold, to make war on the Bretons.
Instead of attacking
Dartmouth, 300 Breton ships,
2,000 knights and assorted
crossbowmen landed at
Blackpool sands hoping to take
the town from the rear. hawley
dispatched an army to confront
them on the sands. this victory
against strong, well armed
opposition by a ragtag army
that had never fought on land
before delighted King henry
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who ordered a celebration in
Westminster abbey.
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of London until he pledged to
compensate some merchants
of Barcelona. he was released
after three loyal supporters
put down a surety of £3,000,
but remained listed as being
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responsible for the illegal
capture of 17 ships.
hawley died in 1408 aged
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