Sir Thomas Dagworth (1276 – 20 July 1350) was an

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and

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, who led the joint English-Breton armies in

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during the

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Hundred Years War

Breton War of Succession

In 1346 he led a small English force in Brittany in support of John de Montfort's claim on the dukedom. De Montfort was backed by the English throne, whereas his rival,

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was backed by the French. On 9 June, Dagworth's force was attacked by Charles' much larger army at

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. Though almost surrounded, the

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won the day for the Anglo-Breton Forces. The next year, on 20 June, he claimed an even more famous victory at the

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, where he captured

. He was summoned to the

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in 1347 as Baron Dagworth. He was killed in an ambush on 20 July 1350, near

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, a few miles west of

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, by a Franco-Breton force under Raoul de Caours.''The Chronicle of Geoffrey Le Baker of Swinbrook'', transl. David Preest, ed. Richard W. Barber, (The Boydell Press, 2012), 88-89.

Marriage and Issue

Sir Thomas came from

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. In 1343 he had married

Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond (17 October 1304 – 7 October 1363) was an English noblewoman born in Knaresborough Castle to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, and Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Ca ...

, the daughter of

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford Humphrey (VII) de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276 – 16 March 1322) was a member of a powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches and was one of the Ordainers who opposed Edward II's excesses. Family background Humphrey de Bohun's b ...

and Elizabeth Plantagenet, King

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's sister. They had a daughter Eleanor, who married

Walter Fitzwalter, 3rd Baron Fitzwalter {{Infobox noble, type , name = Walter FitzWalter , title = Baron Fitzwalter , image = File:Blason fam uk FitzWalter.svg , caption = Arms of Baron Fitzwalter: ''Or, a fess gules between two chevro ...

. Sir Nicholas Dagworth of

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(died 1402) who played a considerable role in the government of

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in the late 1370s, was probably his nephew, the son of his brother Nicholas.

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*Turnbull, Stephen. ''The Book of the Medieval Knight.'' London: Arms and Armour Press, 1985.
thepeerage.com
Retrieved 22 March 2008
A History of Dagworth (including the de Dagworth family tree)
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Hundred Years War

Breton War of Succession

Marriage and Issue

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