email from Eric R. Foulkes

• Title	email from Eric R. Foulkes
  Short Title	email from Eric R. Foulkes
  Author	Eric R. Foulkes
  Publisher	1/21/2004
  Source ID	S807
  Text	Dear Mr. Hart, I enjoyed reading your family tree, which in some ways is linked to some research i am making into Welsh history. However, I note the brief entry you have re John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, which requires some correction, but it would be a very long e-mail where I to do so. There is, however, a brief biography of him, from St. Alkmund's Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, where his tomb lies, now in the South Wall. It is called 'From Whitchurch to Castilion', by Joan M. Barton, which covers the salient facts, and correcting some of your detail. A small donation (say $10), I am sure will cover their costs - at the church it costs £1 (about £1-50cents), but then there is postage on top. He was a very important figure in both the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr, the Welshman from 1400 to 1416, and later in the 'Hundred Years War', England against France, which virtually ended with his death. And then he returned to Whitchurch in two pieces, 30-years apart - and there is a photograph of the fatal wound to his skull, (taken in 1874!) He lived at Blakemere, which was about one and a half miles from Whitchurch to the North-East, the town being about 20 miles north of Shrewsbury. He is more celebrated in France than in England, even now, he even has a wine named after him - and I cannot miss this quote from the book "The town of Castillon now takes his name from the battle. being known as Castillon-la-Battaille. Each year, on the anniversary, a mock-battle takes place, in which Talbot is the hero. Afterwards, when the school children play their own battle games in the playground, the leaders all want to be Talbot and the little girls weep when he is killed." Wishing you a Happy New Year, Yours faithfully, Eric R. Foulkes, Thretheake, Bromborough, near Liverpool, Wirral, England.
  Linked to Individuals: 1	John Talbot