Richard Grafton gave him his nickname and he directed the massacre and burning of Limoges in 1370 and supported the Good Parliament of 1376, though he is most famous for two decisive victories ten years apart which demonstrated the superiority of English archers over the mounted charge.
His biographer was Sir John Chandos and he once gave the ferry of Saltash to William Lenche in recognition of Lenche's loss of an eye in battle. He endowed a religious house at Ashbridge in 1376 and legend has it that King Pedro the Cruel of Castile gave him a ruby after the Battle of Najera that can be found in the imperial state crown. Richard Grafton gave him his nickname and he directed the massacre and burning of Limoges in 1370 and supported the Good Parliament of 1376, though he is most famous for two decisive victories ten years apart which demonstrated the superiority of English archers over the mounted charge. The eldest son of Edward III, for 10 points name this man who defeated Philip IV and John II at the battles of Crecy and Poitiers respectively.
His biographer was Sir John Chandos and he once gave the ferry of Saltash to William Lenche in recognition of Lenche's loss of an eye in battle.
{Edward the Black Prince}