# Walter Ford of Botley — The White Company character guide

> Walter Ford of Botley in The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ford, Walter Ford

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

## Who they are

An archer from Botley who serves in the company.

## In the story

### [How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xii-how-alleyne-learned-more-than-he-could-teach)

Another fellow squire of Alleyne's, mentioned alongside Terlake in the tiltyard.

### [How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xiv-how-sir-nigel-sought-for-a-wayside-venture)

A lighthearted squire who flourishes Sir Nigel's spear and is described as careless.

### [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)

Rides with Alleyne, pointing out the sights of Bordeaux and commenting on the local women.

### [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)

Alleyne's companion, who offers witty retorts and supports Alleyne during the quarrel, offering his own sword for the duel.

### [How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxi-how-agostino-pisano-risked-his-head)

Alleyne's fellow squire; he joins Alleyne in confronting the archers and defending the old man and the girl.

### [XXII: How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the Rose de Guienne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxii-how-the-bowmen-held-wassail-at-the-rose-de-guienne)

Accompanies Alleyne to the tavern, initially mistaken about Alleyne's focus on a girl.

### [XXVII: How Roger Clubfoot Was Passed Into Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxvii-how-roger-clubfoot-was-passed-into-paradise)

Lodged with Sir Nigel at Aiguillon and travels with the party.

### [XXVIII: How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxviii-how-the-comrades-came-over-the-marches-of-france)

Rides with the party, observes the scene, and calls Alleyne to rejoin the group.

### [How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxix-how-the-blessed-hour-of-sight-came-to-the-lady-tiphaine)

Squire present at the feast, mentioned alongside Alleyne.

### [How the Brushwood Men Came to the Château of Villefranche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxx-how-the-brushwood-men-came-to-the-ch-teau-of-villefranche)

Visits Alleyne with a troubled vision of his beloved Tita; later found foully murdered.

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