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John FitzRobert
John FitzRobert (ca. 1190–1240) (de Clavering)Richardson, Douglas, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd edn., Baltimore, 2011: 1:487 is listed as one of the Surety Barons for Magna Carta (1215), although it seems not previously noted as a rebel. He was the son of Robert fitzRoger and Margaret Chesney. Life History relates that with the renewal of hostilities in the autumn of 1215, he joined the barons in waging war against King John of England. Notwithstanding that, he is listed as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for the year 1215–16. After the baronial defeat at Lincoln in May, he submitted to King Henry III of England Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of John, King of England, King John and Isabella of Ang ...'s minority government. He served as sheriff of Northumberland from 1224 to 1227. Marriage and issue He marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger FitzJohn
Roger FitzJohn (died 1248/1249) was an English feudal baron, Lord of Clavering, Warkworth and Horsford. He was the son of John FitzRobert John FitzRobert (ca. 1190–1240) (de Clavering)Richardson, Douglas, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd edn., Baltimore, 2011: 1:487 is listed as one of the Surety Barons for Magna Carta (1215), although it seems not previously noted as a rebel. He ... and Ada de Baillol. Marriage and issue He married Isabel de Dunbar, daughter of Patrick Dunbar, 6th Earl of Dunbar and Euphemia, and is known to have had the following issue:Burke, p.238. * Robert fitzRoger, married Margery la Zouche, had issue. *Euphemia, firstly married William Comyn of Kilbride, and secondly Andrew de Moray of Petty, had issue. Citations References *Burke, John. ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours'', Volume 1, Colburn, 1834. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert FitzRoger
Robert fitzRoger (died 1214) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and Northumberland. He was a son of Roger fitzRichard and Adelisa de Vere. FitzRoger owed some of his early offices to William Longchamp, but continued in royal service even after the fall of Longchamp. His marriage to an heiress brought him more lands, which were extensive enough for him to be ranked as a baron. FitzRoger founded Langley Abbey in Norfolk in 1195. Life FitzRoger was the son of the Anglo-Norman nobleman Roger fitzRichard, who held Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. FitzRoger was sheriff of Norfolk from Michaelmas in 1190 to Easter 1194 and then again from Michaelmas 1197 to Easter 1200.Round "Early Sheriffs of Norfolk" ''English Historical Review'' pp. 491–494 FitzRoger's first appointment as sheriff was due to the influence of William de Longchamp, who was Lord Chancellor. Longchamp's influence also secured custody of Orford Castle in Suffolk for fitzRoger.Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magna Carta
(Medieval Latin for "Great Charter"), sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons who demanded that the King confirm the Charter of Liberties, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift and impartial justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood by their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War. After John's death, the regency government of his young son, Henry III, reissued the document in 1216, stripped of some of its more radical content, in an unsuccessful bid to build political support for their cause. At the end of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Barons' War
The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as English feudal barony, barons) led by Robert Fitzwalter waged war against John of England, King John of England. The conflict resulted from King John's disastrous wars against King Philip II of France, which led to the collapse of the Angevin Empire, and John's subsequent refusal to accept and abide by Magna Carta, which John had sealed on 15 June 1215. The rebellious barons, faced with an uncompromising king, turned to King Philip's son, Louis VIII of France, Louis, who, in 1216, then sailed to England with an army despite his father's disapproval, as well as the pope's, who subsequently excommunicated him. Louis captured Winchester and soon controlled over half of the English kingdom. He was proclaimed "King of England" in London by the barons, although he was never actually crowned. Louis's ambitions of ruling England faced a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of England
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The First Barons' War, baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitution of the United Kingdom, constitutional history. John was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was nicknamed John Lackland () because, as a younger son, he was not expected to inherit significant lands. He became Henry's favourite child following the failed revolt of 1173–1174 by his brothers Henry the Young King, Richard I of England, Richard, and Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Geoffrey against their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Lincoln (1217)
The Second Battle of Lincoln occurred at Lincoln Castle on Saturday 20 May 1217, during the First Barons' War, between the forces of the future Louis VIII of France and those of King Henry III of England. Louis's forces were attacked by a relief force under the command of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Thomas, Count of Perche, commanding the French troops, was killed and Louis was expelled from his base in the southeast of England. The looting that took place afterwards is known as the "Lincoln Fair". The citizens of Lincoln were loyal to Louis so Henry's forces sacked the city. Background In 1216, during the First Barons' War over the English Order of succession, succession, Louis VIII of France, Prince Louis of France entered London and proclaimed himself King of England. Louis was supported by various English Baron, barons who resisted the rule of John of England, King John. John died in the middle of the war, and his nine-year-old son Henry III of England, Henry II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry III Of England
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of John, King of England, King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War. Cardinal Guala Bicchieri declared the war against the rebel barons to be a religious crusade and Henry's forces, led by William Marshal, defeated the rebels at the battles of Battle of Lincoln (1217), Lincoln and Battle of Sandwich (1217), Sandwich in 1217. Henry promised to abide by the Magna Carta#Great Charter of 1225, Great Charter of 1225, a later version of the 1215 Magna Carta, which limited royal power and protected the rights of the major barons. Henry's early reign was dominated first by William Marshal, and after his death in 1219 by the magnate Hubert de Burgh. In 1230, the King attempted to reconquer the Angevin Empire, provinces of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh De Balliol
Hugh de Balliol (died 1229), Lord of Bywell, Barnard Castle and Gainford, was an English nobleman. He was the son of Eustace de Balliol and Petronilla FitzPiers. Balliol was a supporter of King John of England during the Barons Wars of 1215–17. Life Balliol was the eldest son and successor of Eustace de Balliol of Barnard Castle and Petronilla FitzPiers.Stell, "Balliol, Bernard de (d. c.1190)". Hugh probably succeeded to his father Eustace's lordships by 1209. Hugh and his brother Bernard were staunch supporters of King John; Hugh probably named his son John, after the king.Stell, "Balliol, Bernard de (d. c.1190)"; Stell, "Balliol , John de (b. before 1208, d. 1268)". Balliol defended the northern borders of England against King Alexander II of Scotland in 1216. His castle of Barnard Castle was besieged by Alexander II, however the siege was abandoned after the death of Alexander II's brother in-law Eustace de Vesci. After Hugh's death in 1229, his son John succeeded to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick II, Earl Of Dunbar
Patrick II (1185–1249), called "6th Earl of Dunbar", was a 13th-century Anglo-Scottish noble, and one of the leading figures during the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland. Said to be aged forty-six at the time of his father's death, this Patrick was the eldest son of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar and Ada, daughter of King William I of Scotland. He probably succeeded to his father's lands some time before the latter's death on 31 December 1232, as his father was elderly and had been ill for some time. He renounced his claim to some disputed Marches in lower Lauderdale to the monks of Melrose, and in 1235 he, with Adam, Abbot of Melrose, and Gilbert, Bishop of Galloway, led an expedition against the Galloway revolt of 1234–1235. He accompanied King Alexander II of Scotland to York and was a witness and guarantor to the treaty with King Henry III of England, in 1237. Shortly after 1242 the Earl of Dunbar was sent to subdue the rebellious Thane of Argyll. The Earl held first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick III, Earl Of Dunbar
Patrick III, 7th Earl of Dunbar ( 121324 August 1289) was lord of the feudal barony of Dunbar and its castle, which dominated East Lothian, and the most important military personage in the Scottish Borders. Background Said to be aged 35 in 1248,Richardson (2005) p.209 he was the son of Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar (by Eupheme de Brus), who was son of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar, who was son of Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar, who was descendant in male line of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria. His successors controlled the marches, but the title ''Earl of March'' was only assumed by Patrick IV, Earl of March. Career Patrick did homage for his lands in England to King Henry III in 1249. The earl was part of the English faction who opposed the Comyns and in 1255 he and others procured the dismissal of the Comyns and their faction from power. The same year he was nominated Regent and Guardian of the King and Queen. In 1258 the Comyn's faction prevailed, and Earl Patrick was excluded from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Eure
Baron Eure was a title in the Peerage of England. It was granted to Sir William Eure by Henry VIII in 1544. The Baron was thereafter called Lord Eure. The title became extinct with the death of Ralph Eure in 1690. The family name is also spelt ''Evres'', ''Ewer'',Noblep. 381NB, Ewer comes via the relationship Noble claims exists between this house and Isaac Ewer and ''Evers''. Sir William Eure was created Lord Eure, by letters patent, on 24 February 1544 during the reign of Henry VIII. He was succeeded by his grandson, William, 2nd Lord Eure (son of Ralph, heir of the 1st Baron, who was killed at the battle of Ancrum Moor), who died 1570 during the reign of Elizabeth I, leaving his son, Ralph, 3rd Lord Eure, father of William, 4th Lord Eure, who was succeeded by his grandson, William, 5th Lord Eure (son of Ralph), who was succeeded by his uncle, William, 6th Lord Eure, slain at the battle of Marston-Moor, 1645, leaving only daughters. The honour then devolved on George, great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magna Carta Barons
is an inflected form of the Latin word , , with cognates throughout the Indo-European languages, including English '' many'' and '' mega'' (the latter a doublet via Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... ()). It appears in many names and titles, including: Companies * Magna (bicycle company), bicycle brand of Dynacraft BSC * Magna Corporation, defunct American public company * Magna Entertainment Corp., North American gaming and horse racing company * Magna Home Entertainment, Australian entertainment distributor also known as Magna Pacific * Magna International, Canadian automotive supplier * Magna Publishing Group, American publisher of pornography * , automobile manufacturer in Graz, Austria Ancient Rome * , ancient Roman name for the areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
