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Saint George for England

CHAPTER VII: THE YOUNG ESQUIRE
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Sir Walter received the lad with much kindness and introduced him to his future companions.

They were five in number; the eldest was a man of some thirty years old, a Hainaulter, who had accompanied Sir Walter Manny to England at the time when the latter first came over as a young squire in the suite of the Princess Philippa.
He was devotedly attached to the knight, his master, and although he might several times have received the rank of knighthood for his bravery in the field, he preferred remaining in his position as esquire and faithful friend of his master.
The other four were between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one, and all belonged to the families of the highest nobility of England, it being deemed a distinguished honour to be received as a squire by the most gallant knight at the court of England.

Their duties were, as Walter soon learned, almost nominal, these being discharged almost exclusively by John Mervaux.

Two of the young esquires, Richard Coningsby and Edward Clifford, had fought in the melee, having been among the ten leaders under Clarence Aylmer.

They bore no malice for the defeat, but received Walter with cordiality and kindness, as did the other young men.


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