Robert Birkhead (Briquet) was a mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War .
9-658: [REDACTED] Look up briquet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Briquet may refer to: People named Briquet [ edit ] Briquet (possibly Jehan de Villeroye) fl. early 15th century , an early Renaissance composer Charles-Moïse Briquet (1880–1918), Swiss paper merchant and scholar of watermarks Fortunée Briquet (1782–1815), French femme de lettres John Briquet (1870–1931), Swiss botanist Paul Briquet (1796–1881), French psychiatrist Robert Briquet (14th century), mercenary captain during
18-637: A curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, often carried in past centuries by infantrymen and artillerymen A type of sandwich Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Briquet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Briquet&oldid=1159656830 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
27-637: A curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, often carried in past centuries by infantrymen and artillerymen A type of sandwich Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Briquet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Briquet&oldid=1159656830 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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45-489: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert Briquet Robert Birkhead was an English captain of a Great Company in the fourteenth century. His name was frequently corrupted by French chroniclers to Briquet, but his real name is made evident by a treaty signed by a number of captains of the Great Companies sometime before December 30th, 1368, where it
54-662: Is rendered as Birkhed and Bircked, as well as Briqued. After the Treaty of Brétigny Birkhead and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandits , that ranged the French country side pillaging town. Subsequently, Pope Innocent VI preached a crusade against the robbers, but it amounted to nothing. His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart In mid-Lent 1362 Birkhead's group, composed of 2000 other Tard-Venus mercenaries,
63-643: The Hundred Years' War Other [ edit ] Artois Hound or Briquet, a rare breed of dog, and a descendant of the Bloodhound Briquet (coin) , a Medieval silver coin Briquette or briquet, a block of flammable matter which is used as fuel to start and maintain a fire Briquet's , a famous 19th century private school at Plain Palais, Geneva , Switzerland Sabre , a sword with
72-405: The Hundred Years' War Other [ edit ] Artois Hound or Briquet, a rare breed of dog, and a descendant of the Bloodhound Briquet (coin) , a Medieval silver coin Briquette or briquet, a block of flammable matter which is used as fuel to start and maintain a fire Briquet's , a famous 19th century private school at Plain Palais, Geneva , Switzerland Sabre , a sword with
81-497: Was attacking the counties of Macon , Lyon and Forez . Then mid, year Birkhead with Naudon de Bageran , Francois Hennequin , Espiote , John Creswey , and Camus bour , separated from the main group of brigands and marched on the wealthy and largely undefended papal city of Avignon to make ransom of the Pope and cardinals . But on 3 June 1362, this army was cut to pieces by 400 Spaniard and Castilians soldiers under
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