Flower of Chivalry.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was so called.
Flowery Land, Mutiny of the.
A mutiny on board an English vessel on a voyage to Singapore in 1684, the crew, composed of various nationalities, murdering the captain and first mate. The second mate, who was spared to navigate the vessel, was able to give information which led to the arrest of most of the crew, five of whom were hanged in due course.
Folcland.
In early Saxon times all the land which was not partitioned off into homesteads, or specially granted, remained the property of the nation, and was known as folcland. In the times of the later Saxon kings, the folcland became royal demesne, and after the Conquest William seized it as crown property.
Folenbray.
A treaty between Henri IV of France and the Duc de Mayenne, by which the League came to an end.
Folkething.
See Rigsdag.