A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



been buried at Wotheney. His widow was married by her father to Fulk 

 fitz Warin, 1 and duly obtained her dower in Amounderness, and in her late 

 husband's Irish estates. 8 Theobald's estates in Norfolk and Suffolk, which he 

 held of Robert fitz Roger, were committed to the latter in ward, whilst his 

 Irish estates were delivered to William Marshall, earl of Pembroke. 8 The 

 heir was only five years old at his father's death, and with his sister was first 

 committed to the charge of his kinsman, Robert Vavasour,* afterwards to 

 Gilbert fitz Reinfred, 5 in 1213 to Philip Mark, sheriff of Nottingham, 6 and 

 in February, 1214, to the bishop of Winchester, 7 the justiciar. In 1214 

 Reginald de Poinz obtained the marriage of the heir in favour of his 

 daughter, and possession of his lands, including the manor of Saxton, co. Nor- 

 folk, but the king retained Amounderness. 8 The same year Geoffrey 

 de Mareys, justiciar of Ireland, was commanded to deliver Theobald 

 Walter's castles of Roscrea, Thurles, Lusk, ' Armolen,' and ' Kakaules ' 

 to Reginald de Poinz, 9 who answered the year following for the 

 scutage of a knight's fee in this county and of another in co. Norfolk, 

 as guardian of Theobald's lands. 10 In 1219 young Theobald was in the 

 care of Geoffrey de Mareys, justiciar of Ireland, who had charge of his 

 Irish estates. 11 The year following, his sister Maud, who had been brought 

 up in the household of Gilbert fitz Reinfred, baron of Kendal, and after his 

 death by his son, William de Lancaster, was delivered to his charge. 12 About 

 Midsummer, 1221, Theobald attained his majority and was put in possession 

 of his English and Irish estates. 13 He at once entered upon active service, 

 being with the earl of Pembroke in Lincolnshire in 1223." The year 

 following he obtained a grant of half the manor of Marton in Amounderness 

 for his maintenance in the king's service, 15 and for two years had charge of 

 the king's castle of Roscrea. 18 Two years later he obtained remission of a 

 great part of his father's debts, in consideration of three years (1226-8) to be 

 spent in the king's service in Ireland. 17 In 1228 he was one of the main- 

 pernors to secure the delivery of the king's castles in Ireland by Geoffrey 

 de Mareys upon his resignation of the office of justiciar of Ireland in 

 favour of Richard de Burgh. 18 By his marriage with Joan, eldest sister 

 and eventual co-heir of Geoffrey de Mareys the justiciar, 19 he had issue 



1 Robert Vavasour gave 1,200 marks and two palfreys to have his daughter's marriage with her dower in 

 Ireland, and in England, except in Amounderness. Rot. de oblat. (Rec. Com.), 383. 



3 Close R. (Rec. Com.), i. 6$b, 223^, 352 ; Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), i. 74^,- Rot. tie Fin. (Rec. Com.), 383. 



3 Close R. (Rec. Com.), 65^, 68, 6<)b. * Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), i. 59. '> Ibid. 35. 



Close R. (Rec. Com.), i. 151^. 1 Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), i. i lob. 



8 Close R. (Rec. Com.), 163^, 167, 208 ; Testa de Nevili (Rec. Com.). In 1212 Anselm de Newton 

 held the seventh part of a knight's fee in Newton by Stow, co. Suff., of the heir of Theobald Walter. 

 Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), i-jb. 



Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), I2ob, 1216. 10 Ibid. 140*. 



11 Close R. (Rec. Com.), i. 400 ; Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), i. 1 106. 



12 Pat. R. 1216-25, 235. She is said to have married Thomas de Hereford (Lodge, Peerage of Ireland}, 

 but it is clear that she became the wife of Gerald de Prendergast, a great Irish baron ; Cal. Inf. p. m. i. 64. 

 Their only daughter and heir married John de Cogan, father of another John de Cogan. Gerald de Prendergast 

 married secondly the daughter of Richard de Burgh, feudal lord of Connaught, and by her had issue an only 

 daughter, aged 10 years in Lent, 1252 ; Cal. Gen. i. 45. Carte (Life of James, Duke of Ormonde, pp. xii.-xiv.) 

 has suggested, on the strength of a Plea Roll of 1295-6 (Plac. 24 Edw. I. m. 68), that Theobald Walter had 

 by a previous marriage a daughter Beatrice, who married, first, Thomas de Hereford, and, secondly, in her 

 father's lifetime, Hugh Purcell. Mr. Round considers this not improbable. Diet. Nat. Sing. viii. 78^. 



13 Close R. (Rec. Com.), i. 463*, 505-}. " Ibid. 573. Ibid. 60 1 b. 



18 Pat. R. 1216-25, 4*6, 43 ; 1225-32, 62. 



17 Close R. (Rec. Com.), ii. 92^ ; Pat. R. 1225-32, 41. 18 Pat. R. 1225-32, 178. 



19 Lodge, Peerage of Ireland, iv. 5, describes her as Joan, sister and co-heir of John de Marisco. 



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