A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



of William Longespee, third earl of Salisbury, and in her own right countess 

 of Salisbury. She predeceased her husband and died 22 November, 13IO. 1 

 During his minority he and his lands were under the guardianship of his 

 mother, who gave a fine of >C3>755 f r ^is privilege. 8 Henry was involved 

 in 1 269 in a quarrel with the earl of Surrey as to certain pasture lands, and a 

 threatened appeal to arms was only prevented by the king's intervention. 8 He 

 was one of the most prominent figures of Edward I.'s reign, and throughout 

 a strenuous life both at home and abroad never wavered in his devotion to his 

 sovereign. In 1267 he had an allowance of 300 out f ^ e i ssue s of Lincoln 

 and Grimsby by the king's appointment, and the year following, upon doing 

 his homage, with Margaret his wife, had livery of her inheritance.* In 

 November, 1270, he executed an agreement with his mother Alice confirming 

 the appointment of her dower made by the king, and granting to her the 

 manors of Holton le Moor, Alkborough, and Wadenhoe, in exchange for her 

 dower in Halton in Cheshire, Widnes, and Almondbury, except the herbage 

 of Marsden, co. York. 6 On 5 April, 1272, he was appointed governor of 

 Knaresborough Castle, 6 and the next month went abroad for a short time, 7 but 

 returning was knighted on " 1 3 October by King Henry, and girt with the 

 sword as earl of Lincoln on the occasion of the wedding of Edmund, earl of 

 Cornwall, together with the earl and fifty-four besides. 8 In 1273 he was at 

 the siege of Chartley Castle, from which Robert de Ferrers had recently ejected 

 Hamon Lestrange, to whom the king had given it. 9 In 1274 he was com- 

 missioned to pursue malefactors in cos. York and Nottingham, and to lodge 

 them in the county gaols. 10 In 1276 he served in the Welsh campaign and 

 led the forces which laid siege to Castle Baldwin. The year following he 

 besieged and took the castle of Dolvorwyn. 11 He was appointed to escort 

 Alexander III. of Scotland on his visit to England in the summer of izj% 

 and was appointed joint-lieutenant of England on 27 April, 1279, during the 

 king's absence in France. 13 In 1282 and 1283 he was engaged in Wales, and 

 for his aid in the subjection of that principality received from the king the 

 land of Denbigh and there built Denbigh Castle. 1 * On Christmas eve, 1283, 

 he had licence to alienate the church of Whalley to the monks of Stanlaw, 

 whom he encouraged to translate their convent to Whalley, which they did 

 in April, I296. 15 He had licence to sport along the banks of the river Stour, 

 without falcons, during the winter of 1284-5, an< ^ seems to have indulged in 

 this sport with similar licence in the winters of 1292-3 and ^oS-g. 16 He 

 accompanied the king on his three years' visit to Gascony, 17 from April, 1286, 

 to early in 1289, and was one of the commissioners appointed to treat with 

 the guardians of Scotland in 1290 touching the interests of their queen and 



Cokayne, Comp. Peerage, v. 91. * Pat. R. 54 Hen. III. m. 27. 



floret Hist. (Rolls Ser.), iii. 17 ; Dugdale, Baronage, i. 103^. 



Close R. 52 Hen. III. m. 5, m. 12. 6 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. No. 2, fol. 242, No. 49. 



Pat. R. 56 Hen. III. m. 16. 1 Cal. Close R. 1272-9, 45. 



Annales Man. (Rolls Ser.), ii. 1 1 1 ; Cal. Close R. 1272-9, 383. Arms of ' Le Conte de Nichole, 



esqua 



tele d'or et de goulz ung bend sable & ung labell argent.' Armytage, Glovei's Rolle of Armes, No. 9. 



Cal. Pat. R. 1281-92, 53. 10 Ibid. 1272-81, 67. 



Ibid. 1 89-229, pass. Brut y Tytvyjogion (Rolls Ser.), 365-6. 



Cal. Pat. R. 1272-81, 268. 1S Ibid. 309. 



14 Ibid. 1281-92, 13 to %2,pass. ; Leland, Itin. v. 46-48. 

 is Cal. Pat. R. 281-92, 109 ; Coucber of Whalley, 188-90 ; Mm. Angl v. 639. 



1 6 Cal. Pat. R. 1281-92, 134 ; 1292-1301, 3 ; 1307-13, 146. 



17 Ibid. 1281-92, 23 1-302, pass. 



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