Eleanor de Montfort: A Rebel Countess in Medieval England (45 page)

95
  

Ibid., p. 56.

96
  

Ibid., p. 66.

97
  

Ibid., p. 67.

98
  

Ibid., p. 57.

99
  

Ibid., pp. 57, 58.

100

Ibid., p. 64.

101

Ibid., pp. 58, 66.

102

See pp. 59–60.

103

Manners
, pp. 18, 57.

104

Ibid., pp. 34, 39.

105

Ibid., p. 68. Christiana held lands in Hampshire:
Royal Letters
, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 296. See also the reference to Damsel A. de Watham: ibid., p. 26.

106

Ibid., p. 18.

107

Ibid., p. 66.

108

Ibid., p. 31.

109

Labarge,
Mistress, Maids and Men
, pp. 64–7.

110

Manners
, p. 39.

111

For discussion, see Ward,
English Noblewomen
, pp. 146-7. See also pp. 58–9.

112

Manners
, p. 17. See also ibid., p. 18.

113

Ibid., p. 33.

114

Ibid., pp. 56, 64. See also pp. 67, 73.

115

These are Labarge’s calculations: Labarge,
Mistress, Maids and Men
, pp. 64–5.

116

Woolgar,
The Great Household
, p. 13 n. 2; Archer, ‘Piety in Question’, p. 129;
Manners
, pp. 16, 20, 22, 29, 36, 41, 53, 54, 62.

117

Manners
, pp. 54, 62.

118

Ibid., p. 20; Archer, ‘Piety in Question’, p. 129.

119

Kjær, ‘Food, Drink and Ritualised Communication’, 88; Woolgar,
The Great Household
, p. 90. See also p. 58.

120

Manners
, pp. 26–30.

121

Ibid., pp. 50, 60, 71. Eleanor dispatched letters to Richard at Portchester on or about 29 May: ibid., p. 33. See also
Royal Letters
, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295.

122

Manners
, pp. 9, 24.

123

Ibid., pp. 18, 29.

124

Ibid., pp. 33, 58.

125

See, for example, ibid., pp. 47-8; MacGregor,
Odiham Castle
, p. 63.

126

Manners
, p. 50.

127

Ibid., pp. 62 (the burgesses of both places), 77–8 (the burgesses of Winchelsea).

128

Ibid., p. 46 and n. 3.

129

Ibid., pp. 46–7; Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 323 and n. 3.

130

Manners
, pp. 46–7. See also
Royal Letters
, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295. Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 325 confuses him with Richard Corbet.

131

Manners
, p. 49; Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 326.

132

It is not entirely clear whether Robert was a guest or prisoner:
Manners
, p. 50; Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 327.

133

Manners
, pp. 50, 59, 61. See also
Royal Letters
, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295. For the manor of Snave in Kent, see W. H. Ireland (1829),
England’s Topographer, or a New and Complete History of the County of Kent, Volume II
. London: G. Virtue, p. 313.

134

Manners
, pp. 59, 76. Ralph’s lands in Kent, valued at £20, were later seized for his rebellion against the crown:
CIM
, pp. 310–14 no. 1024, esp. p. 313.

135

Ibid., p. 59. See also pp. 117–18.

136

Ibid., p. 60.

137

Ibid., pp. 60, 62, 69, 70, 78. Peter probably held lands in Warwickshire: Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 376.

138

Manners
, pp. 61, 62.

139

Ibid., pp. 69 (John with his wife), 78 (John on his own).

140

Ibid., p. 76 and n. 3. An inquisition in c. 1275 into former rebels’ lands described Thomas as a member of Earl Simon’s household whose lands in Kent were valued at five marks:
CIM
, pp. 310–14 no. 1024, esp. p. 313. Thomas also held lands in Norfolk:
Royal Letters
, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295.

141

Sir Matthew of Hastings was subsequently pardoned by the king in 1266:
Manners
, p. 78 and n. 1;
CIM
, pp. 310–14 no. 1024, esp. 314 (which recorded Matthew’s presence at the siege of Rochester with Earl Simon).

142

Manners
, p. 79. A Nicholas de Hecham was Dean of Lincoln in the 1280s:
Statutes of Lincoln Cathedral: The Complete Text of “Liber niger” with Mr. Bradshaw’s Memorandums
, eds H. Bradshaw and C. Wordsworth (1892). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 100.

143

Manners
, p. 65.

144

Blaauw,
The Barons’ War
, pp. 290–1. For letters written by Adam Marsh to Earl Simon and Countess Eleanor that were carried by Sir John de la Haye, see
The Letters of Adam Marsh
, ii, pp. 334–7 no. 138, esp. pp. 336–7, pp. 384–7 no. 159, esp. pp. 386–7.

145

Manners
, p. 60.

146

Ibid., p. 70.

147

Ibid.

148

See p. 124.

149

The d’Arcys visited Eleanor at Dover on no fewer than eighteen days: Kaer, ‘Food, Drink and Ritualised Communication’, p. 79;
Manners
, pp. 59–61, 62, 69–70, 75–6, 78. They held lands in Lincolnshire:
CIM
, p. 242 no. 792; Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 326 n. 5. They also possessed property interests in Oxfordshire:
CFR, 1261–2
, no. 1162, available online at
http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_059.html#d102990e44222
, accessed on 02 May 2011. See also
Royal Letters
, ii, pp. 294-6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295.

150

Manners
, p. 54. Philippa also received half a ‘beast of the chase’ in July, along with Sir Peter de Burton: ibid., p. 70.

151

Ibid., p. 58.

152

Ibid., p. 70.

153

Ibid.

154

Ibid., p. 76. Thomas was pardoned for his rebellion against the crown in 1266: Blaauw and Pearson,
The Barons’ War
, p. 327 n. 2.