Sir Thomas Mallory, Kt.

Some sources refer to him, too, as Anketil, leading to Sir Anketil "I" being renumbered as "II" and "II as "III" (when they aren't erroneously conflated into the same person).

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Sir Thomas Mallory (b. Abt. 1287, d. Aft. 1317) Sir Thomas Mallory (son of William Mallory, Sir, Lord Of Tachebrook. and Spouse Unknown)691 was born Abt. 1287 in Walton, Leics, England, and died Aft. 1317 in England.He married Maude le Zouche in England, daughter of Baron Alan La Zouche, Cr. Lord Zouche of Ashby and Eleanor Segrave.

Includes NotesNotes for Sir Thomas Mallory: Thomas was Unknown as late as 1317. His coat of arms included a lion rampant, gules, forked tail, collared arg. SIR THOMAS MALORY "le morte darthur" Sir Thomas Malory (d. 1471?) Author of the most famous and influential prose version of the legends of King Arthur, about whom little personal information is known. The title, "Le Morte Darthur", is taken from the epilogue of William Caxton's landmark illustrated edition of 1485. The epilogue tells us that "this book was ended the ninth year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth (either 1469 or 1470), by Sir Thomas Maleore (one of the variant spellings of Malory), knight." "Le Morte Darthur" was written in English and consists of eight tales in 507 chapters in 21 books, so arranged by Caxton, for clarity of understanding. It is the basis of most modern tellings of the Arthurian story and was the inspiration for Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." Early in the text of "Le Morte Darthur", the author refers to himself as a knight-prisoner. In reaction to this statement, it has been suggested that perhaps some or all of "Le Morte Darthur" was written while Malory was in prison. Certainties about Malory's life are few, although there has been some intelligent speculation centering around a Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire. This knight had some difficulties with a local priory (and possibly some misadventures caused by the swirling tides of Lancastrian-Yorkist politics) resulting in a period of imprisonment (there are records confirming several periods of confinement for Malory in London's Newgate Prison). More About Sir Thomas Mallory and Maude le Zouche: Marriage: England. Children of Sir Thomas Mallory and Maude le Zouche are:

+Christopher Mallory, Lord of Hutton Conyers,York, b. 1317, Huttonconyers, Yorkshire, England, d. 1378, Yorkshire, England.