* 1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and Sir John Stewart of Darnley in the Battle of Rouvray ( also known as the Battle of the Herrings ).

The new name " Falstaff " probably derived from the medieval knight Sir John Fastolf ( who was also a Lollard ).

The historical John Fastolf fought at the Battle of Patay against Joan of Arc, which the English lost.

* Stephen Cooper The Real Falstaff ( a biography of Sir John Fastolf ) ( Pen & Sword, 2010 )

* 1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay.

* November 5 – John Fastolf, English soldier

* February 12 – battle of Rouvray ( or " of the Herrings "): English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at Orléans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stewart.

* June 18 – Battle of Patay: French forces under Joan of Arc smash the English forces under Lord Talbot and Sir John Fastolf, forcing the withdrawal of the English from the Loire Valley.

Hearing of the dispatch of an English supply convoy from Paris, under the command of Sir John Fastolf for the English siege troops, Clermont decided to take a detour to intercept it.

* Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, ( Pen & Sword 2010 )

As in 1437, York was able to count on the loyalty of Bedford's supporters, including Sir John Fastolf and Sir William Oldhall.

* Sir John Fastolf ( 1378 ?- 1459 ) the prototype for Falstaff lived mainly at Caister-on-Sea but his family had lived at Great Yarmouth for generations

The Fastolf family, whose most celebrated member was Sir John Fastolf, are recorded here from the thirteenth century.

Sir John Fastolf, the inspiration for Shakespeare's Falstaff, was buried here in December 1459, next to his wife Millicent in a new aisle built by Fastolf on the South side of the abbey church.

The college received another substantial endowment from the estate of Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle in Norfolk ( 1380 – 1459 ).

In the fifteenth century, Blickling Hall was in the possession of Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk ( 1380 – 1459 ), who made a fortune in the Hundred Years ' War, and whose coat of arms is still on display there.

* Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, ( Pen & Sword, 2010 )

See: Sir John Oldcastle and Sir John Fastolf.

The name was changed to " Falstaff ", based on Sir John Fastolf, an historical person with a reputation for cowardice at the Battle of Patay, and whom Shakespeare had previously represented in Henry VI, Part 1.

* John Fastolf

After a result of this string of unexpected sudden defeats, Talbot and Fastolf resolved to confront the French in battle to put an end to their success, thus leading to the battle of Patay on 18 June 1429.

As for the English, Talbot accused Fastolf of deserting his comrades in the face of the enemy, a charge which he pursued vigorously once he negotiated his release from captivity.

He was son of a Norfolk gentleman, Sir John Fastolf of Caister-on-Sea, and is said to have been squire to Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, before 1398 and to have served with Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence in Ireland during 1405 and 1406.

At his defeat at Patay in 1429 he was advised not to fight there by Sir John Fastolf, who was subsequently blamed for the debacle, but the French, inspired by Joan of Arc, showed unprecedented fighting spirit-usually they approached an English position with great terror.

In the fifteenth century, the town was occupied by the English, and belonged to Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle in Norfolk ( 1380-1459 ).

* Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, ( Pen & Sword, 2010 )

* Thomas Fastolf

The Fastolf family have been recorded at Great Yarmouth since the thirteenth century: notable members in earlier generations include Thomas Fastolf, Bishop of St Davids and his brother Nicholas Fastolf, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

Fastolf brought the supplies in triumph to the English soldiers at Orleans three days later.

" Fastolf or Falstaff ", English Literary Renaissance, 5: 4 ( Winter, 1975 ), 308 – 312

Talbot's failures are all blamed on Fastolf and feuding factions in the English court.

Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle Norfolk ( 1380-1459 ) later claimed to have been ' the first man over the side ' of the boat when the English landed outside the town ; and he certainly played a part in the siege, being invalided home afterwards.

As the situation for the English worsened, Sir John Fastolf, an experienced English commander, proposed in a 1435 memorandum a return to aggressive chevauchée tactics.

Sir John Fastolf KG ( c. 1378 – 5 November 1459 ) was an English knight during the Hundred Years War, who has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as in some part being the prototype of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff.

During the 1429 siege of Orleans, the French had planned to abandon the city after they heard rumours ( which were true ) that John Fastolf was coming with a force of men to reinforce the English besiegers.

An English reinforcement army under Sir John Fastolf departed from Paris following the defeat at Orléans.

Fastolf appears in Henry VI, Part I in which he is portrayed as an abject coward.

Fastolf had died without descendants, making him safe for a playwright's use.

The name Falstaff was derived from Sir John Fastolf, who was also a historical person — allegedly a greedy and grasping individual, who had a ( probably undeserved ) reputation for cowardice at the Battle of Patay.

Fastolf, however, died without descendants, making him safe for a playwright's use.

Paston had become very intimate with the wealthy knight Sir John Fastolf, who was probably related to his wife, and who had employed him on several matters of business.

Sir John Fastolf was a prominent soldier in the Hundred Years ' War who gave his name to Shakespeare's character Falstaff.

However, it was found that, a few days before Fastolf's death, he had executed a fresh will in which Fastolf had named ten executors, of whom two only, John Paston and another, were to act ; and, moreover, that Fastolf had bequeathed all his lands in Norfolk and Suffolk to Paston, subject only to the duty of founding the college at Caister, and paying 4, 000 marks to the other executors.

The village prospered during the fifteenth century, when it belonged to Millicent, the wife of Sir Stephen Le Scrope and then of Sir John Fastolf ( 1380 – 1459 ), a Norfolk knight who was the effective lord of the manor for fifty years.