I 1456 blev Thomas Whytehorne anklaget for adskillige tilfælde af tyveri. For at undgå henrettelse, tilbød han at indgive sine medsammensvorne. Enhver der såede tvivl om hans anklager, ville han udfordre til duel, da han selv var en kolos. Det gik dog for langt, da han anklagede James Fyscher, en dybt religiøs mand, som ikke ville have anklagerne på sin person. Han tog derfor imod udfordringen.
Duellen stod i Winchester, England, og begge duellanter startede med stave, men den ene knækkede under kampen, og den lokale dommer erklærede derefter at de skulle lægge våbnene og kæmpe med ‘negle og tænder’. Det videre forløb fortsatte ikke med at være så gentlemanagtigt. Her følger kronikken om forløbet fra en førstehåndskilde:
“They did fight with both their teeth, such as the leather of their clothing and their flesh was torn on many parts of their bodies. And then the false accuser [Whytehorne] cast the innocent [Fyscher] down upon the ground, and did bite his private member, causing the innocent to cry out. And then with a new strength, the innocent recovered to his knees that took the false accuser’s nose with his teeth and put a thumb into his eye, that the appellant cried out and prayed for mercy, admitting that he had accused falsely against him [Fyscher] and 18 other men”.
Kilde: https://books.google.dk/books?id=560fPSrm2hwC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=thomas+whytehorne&source=bl&ots=Dwk2saJfLL&sig=PBV-C-TWsf8uWVVSGqEukyswS1M&hl=da&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDnJuGsuDRAhVBhiwKHeUeDD8Q6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=thomas%20whytehorne&f=false
