Corporal Punishment (Blackadder) didn't get any messages, and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot that delicious plump-breasted pigeon."). Finally, there are pigeon feathers on the floor, which Captain Darling and Melchett believe to be white. But after Baldrick points out that the feathers are "speckly," Melchett is enraged, as it was his beloved pet pigeon Speckled Jim, and tries to strike Blackadder, forcing Darling to physically restrain Melchett. Smugly, Darling then informs Blackadder that he's under arrest and, if found guilty at court-martial, he will face execution by firing squad. Blackadder sends for Sir Bob Massingbird (originally scripted as "Robert Moxon Browne"), a
Edmund de la Pole (Captain of Calais) Edmund de la Pole (Captain of Calais) Sir Edmund de la Pole (died 1419) was an English knight and Captain of Calais. He was the second son of Sir William de la Pole of Hull and younger brother of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was Captain of Calais castle and controller of the town from 1384 to 1388. He served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1389 and a JP from 1390. He was knight of the shire (MP) for Buckinghamshire in 1376 and 1383 and Cambridgeshire in 1395. By his first wife Elizabeth