Richard Fitz-Simon

Richard Fitz-Simon is recorded as having taken part in a tournament at Dunstable in 1334.

In 1344, he was part of a diplomatic mission to Castile and in 1345-6 he served with Henry of Grosmont in Aquitaine.

In 1346, he served as the standard bearer of Edward, the Black Prince at the Battle of Crecy, where he saved the prince's life at the peak of the fighting.

[1][2] He married before Hilary term 1345 (date of lawsuit)[further explanation needed] Ada Botetourt, widow of Sir John de Saint Philibert.

Richard's wife Ada Botetourt was the daughter of Sir John Botetourt, 1st Lord Botetourt, by his wife, Maud, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitz Otes and great-granddaughter of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury the son of Henry II of England[4] Sir Richard Fitz Simon died in 1348 or 1349, but the actual date is unknown.

Sir Richard FitzSimon, KG, depicted in the Bruges Garter Book , c.1430
Arms of FitzSimon: Argent, three inescutcheons gules