# John Norbury — The White Company character guide

> John Norbury in The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Norbury, great John

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii-how-the-white-company-set-forth-to-the-wars

## Who they are

A sturdy English man-at-arms who fights with the company.

## In the story

### [XVIII: How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xviii-how-sir-nigel-loring-put-a-patch-upon-his-eye)

Squire to Sir Oliver, rides silently behind the knights, having been to those parts before.

### [How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xx-how-alleyne-won-his-place-in-an-honorable-guild)

Sir Oliver's silent attendant who warns Alleyne about Tranter's reputation and tries to counsel him to avoid the fight.

### [How the White Company Came to Be Disbanded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxvii-how-the-white-company-came-to-be-disbanded)

Squire of Sir Oliver, joins Alleyne in climbing down the cliff to seek reinforcements.

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