Military career[edit]
Talbot served in several English military campaigns. He fought in the Hundred Years War under the Black Prince, and was with the royal fleet under Admiral Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk.[1] During the Peasants' Revolt, he was one of the commissioners tasked with raising forces to fight the rebels.[3] He served under the Earl of Cambridge in Portugal and Spain in 1381–1382, and was present at the capture of Higuera la Real.[3] During this Iberian service, he was chosen as the ambassador of the English forces to the king of Portugal to demand their wages.[4] He returned to England, where he was called to Newcastle in 1385 for service against the Scots.[3] He returned to Spain in 1386 with John of Gaunt when the latter was pressing his claim to the throne of Castile. He died of the plague while in Spain in 1387.[5]
Military career[edit]
Talbot served in several English military campaigns. He fought in the Hundred Years War under the Black Prince, and was with the royal fleet under Admiral Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk.[1] During the Peasants' Revolt, he was one of the commissioners tasked with raising forces to fight the rebels.[3] He served under the Earl of Cambridge in Portugal and Spain in 1381–1382, and was present at the capture of Higuera la Real.[3] During this Iberian service, he was chosen as the ambassador of the English forces to the king of Portugal to demand their wages.[4] He returned to England, where he was called to Newcastle in 1385 for service against the Scots.[3] He returned to Spain in 1386 with John of Gaunt when the latter was pressing his claim to the throne of Castile. He died of the plague while in Spain in 1387.[5]
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