SC - Taillevent bio
Vincent Cuenca
bootkiller at hotmail.com
Thu Dec 21 16:47:34 PST 2000
Offhand, does anyone know if Guillaume Tirel was nobly born or a commoner?
His knighthood for service to the House of Valois would seem less unusual if
her were nobly born. I've found a few instances of cooking knights (Sir
Kenelm Digby being one, and a Gonzalvo Gil listed in a c1300 roll of members
in the Order of Santiago as "cozinero mayor del rey" or head cook to the
king). Were these cases of additional honors being bestowed on those
already entitled, or the elevation of commoners due to their skills?
Vicente
(knighthood for cooking... hmmm...)
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