Sir Sanchet D'Abrichecourt (c.1330–c.1359) was a French knight and a founder Knight of the Garter. His surname was alternatively spelt D'Abridgecourt, Dabridgcourt, Dabrichecourt or Aubréciourt and derived from the Hainault town of

Auberchicourt Auberchicourt () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes coopera ...

Coat of Arms of Sir Sanchet d'Abrichecourt, KG

He was born in

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, the son of Sir Nicholas D'Abrichecourt, a nobleman from Hainault who had come to England in 1326 as an escort of Queen Isabella. The queen was returning from France with her son Edward with the ultimately successful objective of deposing her husband,

Edward II Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to t ...

, and setting the younger Edward on the English throne in his father's place. Sanchet had a younger brother, Eustace. In 1348 he was selected by

Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...

as a founder Knight of the Garter and allocated stall number 25 in

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at Windsor, the spiritual home of the new order of chivalry. He died within a few years, however, and his place in the order was taken in 1359 by Sir William FitzWaryne. He left two sons, Sir John Dabrichecourt, MP for

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and Constable of the Tower (1413-1415) and Sir Nicholas Dabrichecourt, Esquire of the Body to Edward III, MP for

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and Constable of Nottingham Castle. The castle had been the scene of Edward III's coup in 1330 against his mother, Isabella, and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Nicholas married heiress Elizabeth Say of Stratfield Saye, Hampshire.

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