A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . ief lull there was, while the Commissionersnosed over musty charters, and questioned woodmen ; sothat in 1373 Lord Percy found time to cross channel, anddraw his good sword in France. He took with him apicked company consisting of twelve knights, forty-sevensquires, and 160 mounted men.^ With him too went hisson Harry, a boy of eight,—afterwards to hew his way tofame as Harry Hotspur. The French campaign how-ever proved unsuccessful. The great captain, Du Guesclin,roundly defeated the English on land ; whil
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . ief lull there was, while the Commissionersnosed over musty charters, and questioned woodmen ; sothat in 1373 Lord Percy found time to cross channel, anddraw his good sword in France. He took with him apicked company consisting of twelve knights, forty-sevensquires, and 160 mounted men.^ With him too went hisson Harry, a boy of eight,—afterwards to hew his way tofame as Harry Hotspur. The French campaign how-ever proved unsuccessful. The great captain, Du Guesclin,roundly defeated the English on land ; while the fleet wasalmost annihilated by a French armament off Rochelle. Ascommander of one of the vessels in this engagement, w^efind Percys brother, Thomas, whose restless energy hadled him to exchange land-fighting for the perils of thesea. Just in time to save England from utter disgrace, atruce was patched up ; and Lord Percy—who appears, atthis portion of his life, to have been a particularly unluckycommander—returned dejectedly to Alnwick. Bulk of Chroniclis, De
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