William Faringdon

Sir William Faringdon was an experienced soldier and diplomat in Iberian and Gascon affairs, and was commissioned by the crown in 1387 to negotiate with Portugal with the objective of securing Portuguese galleys to serve in English waters. If he was truly a member of this expedition, he must have been sent home by Lancaster in the autumn - perhaps to report on the progress of the expedition - as he was sent to Portugal by Richard II in 1387 as Vale notes.

Bibliographic References:

Malcolm Vale, 'The Treaty of Windsor (1386) in a European context', http://www.clpic.ox.ac.uk/doc/1%20-%20The%20Treaty%20of%20Windsor%20in%20a%20European%20Context.doc, p. 8.

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