William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville

William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville KG, was an English nobleman and powerful landowner in southwest England during the Late Middle Ages. Bonville’s father died before Bonville reached adulthood, and he grew up in the household of his grandfather and namesake, who was a prominent member of the Devon gentry. He undertook royal service, which then meant fighting in France in...