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Shakespeare's Falstaff.- Henry V & Sir John Fastolf. Indenture agreement appointing Fastolf as Keeper of the Bastille of St Anthony at Paris, manuscript in French, 1421.

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Shakespeare's Falstaff.- Henry V & Sir John Fastolf. Indenture agreement appointing Fastolf as Keeper of the Bastille of St Anthony at Paris, manuscript in French, 1421.

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Shakespeare's Falstaff.- Henry V (King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, 1386-1422) & Sir John Fastolf (soldier and landowner, 1380-1459) Indenture agreement between Henry V as King of England and Regent of the Kingdom of France and Sir John Fastolf appointing Fastolf to be Keeper of the Bastille of St Anthony at Paris, for providing soldiers and with terms of wages paid, manuscript in French, on vellum, 28 lines, in Anglicana cursive script, chirograph at head, remains of red wax Privy Seal broken with loss but preserving a good impression of the arms of England and France (France old style), later docket on verso, folds, vellum slightly yellowed, 214 x 355mm., 24th January 1421. ⁂ The terms of the agreement are for Fastolf to hold the bastille of St Anthony of Paris for a year, keeping twenty men at arms and sixty archers well-mounted, armed, and arrayed for war. Fastolf was to take wages of war of two shillings a day, and to pay each man at arms twelve pence a day and archers six pence a day. This appointment was no sinecure, Fastolf as a seasoned soldier defended the fortress during the disturbances after the battle of Baugé in 1421. Any connection between Fastolf and Falstaff begins and ends with the name and the fact that Fastolf owned the Boar's Head in Southwark. Sir John Fastolf was a consummate warrior trusted by Henry V (though never a close friend), Thomas Duke of Clarence, John Duke of Bedford and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester. Fastolf fought at the battle of Agincourt and numerous actions across France before retiring to England, much lamenting the loss of England's hold on France. "Shakespeare adapted Fastolf's name for his character Sir John Falstaff, the personality he gave him was wholly imaginary. In the original draft of Henry IV (1597) the companion of Prince Hal was the historically correct Sir John Oldcastle (d. 1417), who had also figured in the Famous Victories of Henry V (1594). Apparently to meet the objection of Oldcastle's descendant, Lord Cobham, Shakespeare changed the name to Falstaff... . Shakespeare introduced the character of Oldcastle-Falstaff to emphasize Henry V's conversion on his accession from a life of riot and dissipation. The corpulent, cowardly, and mendacious Falstaff was the opposite of the austere and dedicated king who historically had repudiated his former companion Oldcastle on account of his Lollard beliefs." - Oxford DNB.

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21.11.2019
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Beschreibung:

Shakespeare's Falstaff.- Henry V (King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, 1386-1422) & Sir John Fastolf (soldier and landowner, 1380-1459) Indenture agreement between Henry V as King of England and Regent of the Kingdom of France and Sir John Fastolf appointing Fastolf to be Keeper of the Bastille of St Anthony at Paris, for providing soldiers and with terms of wages paid, manuscript in French, on vellum, 28 lines, in Anglicana cursive script, chirograph at head, remains of red wax Privy Seal broken with loss but preserving a good impression of the arms of England and France (France old style), later docket on verso, folds, vellum slightly yellowed, 214 x 355mm., 24th January 1421. ⁂ The terms of the agreement are for Fastolf to hold the bastille of St Anthony of Paris for a year, keeping twenty men at arms and sixty archers well-mounted, armed, and arrayed for war. Fastolf was to take wages of war of two shillings a day, and to pay each man at arms twelve pence a day and archers six pence a day. This appointment was no sinecure, Fastolf as a seasoned soldier defended the fortress during the disturbances after the battle of Baugé in 1421. Any connection between Fastolf and Falstaff begins and ends with the name and the fact that Fastolf owned the Boar's Head in Southwark. Sir John Fastolf was a consummate warrior trusted by Henry V (though never a close friend), Thomas Duke of Clarence, John Duke of Bedford and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester. Fastolf fought at the battle of Agincourt and numerous actions across France before retiring to England, much lamenting the loss of England's hold on France. "Shakespeare adapted Fastolf's name for his character Sir John Falstaff, the personality he gave him was wholly imaginary. In the original draft of Henry IV (1597) the companion of Prince Hal was the historically correct Sir John Oldcastle (d. 1417), who had also figured in the Famous Victories of Henry V (1594). Apparently to meet the objection of Oldcastle's descendant, Lord Cobham, Shakespeare changed the name to Falstaff... . Shakespeare introduced the character of Oldcastle-Falstaff to emphasize Henry V's conversion on his accession from a life of riot and dissipation. The corpulent, cowardly, and mendacious Falstaff was the opposite of the austere and dedicated king who historically had repudiated his former companion Oldcastle on account of his Lollard beliefs." - Oxford DNB.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 201
Auktion:
Datum:
21.11.2019
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4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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