House Fossoway of Cider Hall
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| Coat of Arms | A Red Apple on Gold |
|---|---|
| Words | A Taste of Glory |
| Seat | Cider Hall |
| Region | The Reach |
| Overlord | House Tyrell |
| Cadet branch(s) | House Fossoway of New Barrel |
House Fossoway of Cider Hall is a house of landed knights from the Reach, sworn to Highgarden.
They are commonly referred as the red-apple Fossoways, to differentiate them from the other branch of the house, the green apple Fossoways from New Barrel, that split away from the red apples on 208 AL.
Cider Hall is located at the fork of the Mander and the Cocklesswent.
Their banner is a red apple over a golden field. Their motto does not appear on the books, but on non canon sources the author has submitted "A Taste of Glory".
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[edit] The Fossoways from Cider Hall at the end of the third century
The known Fossoways from the red apple branch during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Ser Bryan Fossoway: The Knight of Cider Hall.[1]
- Ser Tanton Fossoway.
- Ser Edwyd Fossoway.
The familiar relations among them is unknown.
There is also Leonette Fossoway, married to Garlan Tyrell (second son of Lord Mace Tyrell), who could be either from the red or the green apple branches of the house.
[edit] The status of the red apple Fossoways after the Tourney of Ashford
Just after revealing his intention to join Maekar and the accusers, Ser Steffon justified himself to his cousin alleging he would be "Lord Fossoway" at the end of the day, suggesting the accusers had promised him lordship for betraying Dunk.
No mention of the fulfillment of this supposed promise is made afterwards, and there are no hints in the books of A Song of Ice and Fire pointing out that they are a noble house at this time. The facts that Maekar (a fourth son of a king) probably did not have the power to rise a knight to lordship and that Baelor fighting and dying for the other side might had have influenced, should also be considered. However, the possibility that red apple Fossoways became a noble house has to be considered.
[edit] References in the books
[edit] A Song of Ice and Fire
- During the feast with Renly's army Catelyn attends at Bitterbridge, Ser Tanton Fossoway climbed on the table and swore, with his foot in a gravy boat, to slay Sandor Clegane in single combat.
- Both branches of House Fossoway turn to Stannis after Renly's death. Ser Cortnay Penrose acknowledges Ser Jon of the green-apple Fossoways and Ser Bryan of the red during his parley with Stannis.
- During the siege of Storm's End, Ser Cortnay's lieutenant was Lord Meadows, a green boy of twenty couusin to the Fossoways who immediately surrendered after Penrose's death.
- During the Battle of the Blackwater, Lothor Brune cut his way through half a hundred Fossoway men-at-arms to capture Ser Jon from the green apple and slain Ser Bryan and Ser Edwyd of the red, earning the name Lothor Apple-Eater.
- After the deaths of Ser Bryan and Ser Edwyd at the Blackwater, Ser Tanton Fossoway became the Knight of Cider Hall.
- Tyrion observes a guests from house Fossoway and his wife at Joffrey's wedding. The woman was pregnant, and he would kiss her often and caress her stomach.
| Houses from the Reach | |
| Overlords: | Tyrell |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Ambrose | Beesbury | Bulwer | Chester | Costayne | Cuy Florent | Grimm | Hewett | Hightower | Merryweather Mullendore | Oakheart | Redwyne | Rowan | Serry | Tarly |
| Knightly Houses: | Fossoway (red apples) | Fossoway (green apples) |
| Extinct houses: | Gardener |
- ↑ Unconfirmed assumption, based on Ser Cortnay Penrose's acknowledgment of him at Storm's End
