 Hawkwood then entered the service of Pope Gregory XI in his wars against Milan ( 1372 – 1375 ) and in the War of the Eight Saints ( 1375 – 1378 ) , during which Hawkwood helped put down the Florentine @-@ instigated rebellions in the Papal States . During the conflict , Hawkwood was paid 130 @,@ 000 florins — which was extracted from local clergy , bishops , abbots , monasteries , and ecclesiastical institutions — to confine his activities to suppressing the rebellions in the Papal States , rather than directly attacking Florence . Hawkwood also received a 600 florin annual salary for the next five years and a lifetime annual pension of 1 @,@ 200 florins . 
