Oldcastle
Sir John (Lord Cobham), 1377–1417, English martyr: leader of a Lollard conspiracy; executed for treason and heresy; model for Shakespeare's Falstaff.
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Shakespeare's hostility to the Protestants induced him, we are told, to pour contempt on Oldcastle by depicting him as Falstaff.
Ephemera Critica | John Churton CollinsThe favour of the royal house was the more noteable that Oldcastle was known as "leader and captain" of the Lollards.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) | John Richard GreenOldcastle escaped, and for four years longer strove to rouse revolt after revolt.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) | John Richard GreenOn the eve of his departure he detected and quelled a plot as wild and futile as that of Oldcastle.
Oldcastle was by no means free from trouble during the reign of Richard II.
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 | J. Endell Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for Oldcastle
/ (ˈəʊldˌkɑːsəl) /
Sir John, Baron Cobham. ?1378–1417, Lollard leader. In 1411 he led an English army in France but in 1413 he was condemned as a heretic and later hanged and burnt. He is thought to have been a model for Shakespeare's character Falstaff in Henry IV
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