Raynold
Sir Raynold is attested in Le Morte d'Arthur as one of three brothers who encounter Sir Launcelot while he rides disguised in Sir Kay's armour.
Sir Raynold is attested in Le Morte d'Arthur as one of three brothers who encounter Sir Launcelot while he rides disguised in Sir Kay's armour. The single chapter records the brothers' challenge, defeat, and eventual yielding to the unknown knight (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VI, Chapter XII).
Raynold is the third brother, and it is he who rallies the others to action after their brother Sir Gaunter has been defeated: "let us now go mount upon our horses and rescue our brother Sir Gaunter, upon pain of death" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VI, Chapter XII). When Launcelot strikes him down — "he smote a sore stroke unto Sir Raynold, that he fell off his horse to the ground" — Raynold does not stay down. He rises bloodied and pursues the fight: "Sir Raynold began to start up with his head all bloody, and came straight unto Sir Launcelot" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VI, Chapter XII).
His final attestation reveals a shrewd perception beneath the martial stubbornness. Yielding at last, he acknowledges: "well we know ye are not Sir Kay," recognizing that the fighting skill they have encountered far exceeds Kay's reputation (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VI, Chapter XII). Raynold asks only to know the true name of their conqueror before submitting, combining courtesy with practical assessment.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition