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Earl of Cambridge

Marshal of the Lists

Born, 1346, the second son of Lord Montmercy the Bishop of Bath. The year of the battle of Crecy, (August 1346)

1354, aged eight. Sent to be a page at the household of the Earl of Oxford. Accompanied Sir Roger, one of the Earl's knights, on the campaign upon which the Earl's of Warwick, Suffolk, Salisbury and Oxford set out with the Black Prince in 1355.

1356 September the Battle of Poitiers. Sir Roger was unhorsed in the battle, his squire Henry and myself went to help him on the field and saved him from the French, who would have held him to ransom. After the battle was won, the men at arms and the archers were singing songs around the campfires about the French King who had been taken prisoner.

1359, aged thirteen. Sir Roger dubbed me his squire; I started to train with lance and broadsword.

1365, aged seventeen. During a skirmish in Gascony, Sir Roger was wounded and lost his foot. I commaneered a house from a lesser French noble. We stayed for three months while Sir Roger healed. Upon returning to Oxford he met with the Earl. The Earl dubbed me a knight, and asked me to take over Sir Roger's responsibilities.

1367, aged nineteen. Left for Spain with the Black Prince.

1375, aged twenty-seven. After long service to the crown, in France, Spain and England, the King, Edward III, granted me the Earldom of Cambridge.