Sir Neil was a founding member of the Order of the Garter, established by a king whose reign was how long?
Neil Loring Sir Neil Loring ("Loryng", "Loringe" etc., Neel "alias" Nigel, Latin: "Nigellus") (c. 1320 – 18 March 1386), KG, was a medieval English soldier and diplomat and a founding member of the Order of the Garter, established by King Edward III in 1348. The central character in two historical novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sir Nigel" and "The White Company", is loosely based on Neil Loring.
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 14 February 1313 – 13 November 1369) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. In 1348 he became one of the founders and the third Knight of the Order of the Garter.