John Hawkwood (1323? - 1394), a famous English soldier and mercenary, son of Gilbert Hawkwood, a wealthy landowner in Essex, England. Sir John Hawkwood ended his long military career in Italy and died in 1394. Many years after his death his monument was painted by Paolo Uccello and can still be seen in the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.
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