John Fastolf
Sir John Fastolf KG (6 November 1380 – 5 November 1459) was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War. He has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as the prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff. Many historians argue, 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.
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| Born | 6 November 1380 Caister Hall, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 5 November 1459 (aged 78) Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England |
| Burial place | Saint Benet's Abbey, the Broads, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, landowner |
| Era | Late Middle Ages |
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| Spouse(s) | Millicent (née Tibetot/Tiptoft), widow of Sir Stephen Scrope |
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