▁and ▁took ▁him ▁from ▁Pap worth ▁to ▁Hun ting don , ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁Bed ford ▁and ▁on ▁to ▁North am pton , ▁all ▁the ▁while ▁threaten ing ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁demand ing ▁that ▁he ▁either ▁for fe it ▁his ▁church ▁to ▁Mal ory ▁or ▁give ▁him ▁ 1 0 0 ▁pounds . ▁The ▁outcome ▁of ▁this ▁case ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁it ▁seems ▁to ▁indicate ▁that ▁this ▁Mal ory ▁was ▁something ▁other ▁than ▁an ▁ordinary ▁country ▁gentleman . ▁However , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁this ▁Mal ory ▁was ▁ever ▁actually ▁kn ight ed ▁and ▁the ▁very ▁specific ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁" kn ight " ▁in ▁respect ▁of ▁the ▁author ▁Mal ory ▁tells ▁against ▁him . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁H utton ▁Con y ers ▁The ▁third ▁cont ender ▁is ▁the ▁little - known ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁H utton ▁Con y ers ▁in ▁York shire . ▁This ▁claim ▁was ▁put ▁forward ▁in ▁The ▁Ill - F ram ed ▁Knight : ▁A ▁S ke pt ical ▁In qu iry ▁In to ▁the ▁Identity ▁of ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁by ▁William ▁Matt he ws , ▁a ▁British ▁professor ▁who ▁taught ▁at ▁U CLA ▁( and ▁also ▁trans cribed ▁the ▁di ary ▁of ▁Samuel ▁P ep ys ). ▁Matt he ws ' s ▁claim ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁little ▁enthus ias m , ▁despite ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁spoke ▁a ▁regional ▁dialect ▁that ▁matches ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur . ▁This ▁Mal ory ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁to ▁have