John de Coupland

Sir John de Coupland, sheriff of Northumberland. He took king David II of Scotland prisoner after the Battle of Neville’s Cross in 1346, and was granted knighthood by Edward III for this feat.

Bibliographic References:

Marie C. Dixon, ‘John de Coupland — hero to villain’, in The Battle of Neville’s Cross, ed. by David Rollanson and Michael Prestwich (Stamford: Shaun Tyas, 1998), pp. 36–49

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