Hagre l'Escot

Hagre l'Escot was a Scottish mercenary captain during the Hundred Years War.

[2] After the Treaty of Brétigny Hagre and his men found themselves unemployed and so become one of the 30 so-called Tard-Venus bandits,[3] that ranged the French country side pillaging towns.

[4] This led Avignon Pope Innocent VI to preach a "crusade against the robbers", and French King John II to "pay off" the brigands with gold to go to Italy.

His story is mentioned in the Chronicles of Froissart[5] which holds that: Guin de Batefol: he had on his way well two thousand combatants.

[7]There is some debate among modern scholars over whether he is[1][2] or is not[8] identifiable with Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus.