Robert Briquet

The Tard-Venus pillage Grammont in 1362, from Froissart's Chronicles.

Robert Briquet was a mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War.

After the Treaty of Brétigny in the Robert Briquet and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandits,^[1] that ranged the French country side pillaging town.^[2] Leading to Avignon, Pope Innocent VI preaching a crusade against the robbers.

His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart^[3] In mid-Lent 1362 his group, in company with up to 2000 other Tard-Venus Robert Briquet and his men were attacking the counties of Macon, Lyon and Forez.

Then mid, year Robert Briquet with Naudon de Bageran, Francois Hennequin, , John Creswey, and Camus bour, separated from the main group of brigands and marched on the wealthy and largely undefended papal city of Avignon to make ransom of the Pope and cardinals.

But on 3 June 1362, this army was cut to pieces by 400 Spaniard and Castilians soldiers under the orders of Henry of Trastamara (King of Castile and León) at Montpensier.

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