1120s-30s, in the reign of Henry I. A Warwickshire knight who traveled regularly from his home near Tamworth to tournaments at Northampton and London, also journeying across the Channel to combats in Picardy, Flanders, and Hainault. Accompanied by his riding servant, Thurkill Fundu, who carried his painted lances on his horses at his expense, and to whom had been granted in return for homage and service a landed estate.

from Tournament, by David Crouch.