Chandos, John, a celebrated English general in the 14th century; was present at Crécy, governor of English provinces in France ceded by treaty of Bretigny; defeated and took prisoner Du Guesclin of Auray; served under the Black Prince, and was killed near Poitiers, 1369.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Chandos * Changarnier, Nicolas