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The Bluets 30 first dealt with the rebels in the Welsh Marches. He then moved against Thomas and the two armies clashed at Boroughbridge in March 1322, many of Thomas‘ troops rapidly deserted, and Lancaster was captured. He was executed at his own castle of Pontefract in March 22 nd 103 . That “No battle on British soil made less impact on British history” 104 may be a bit of an exaggeration as it lead to Edward II being in a position to continue giving his favourites free licence to abuse their power but its effects were very limited. Even if it wasn‘t a major battle it did, however, have an impact on Amicia. Exactly what happened is unclear, but Amicia‘s lands – the castle, town and lands of Straddewy 105 were under put under the control of Edmund Gacelyn 106 . King Edward II, in the belief that [they were] in the hands of Contrariants, had lately caused [them] to be seized into his hands and to 103 MacCisack, M (1959) The Oxford History of England : The Fourteenth Century 1307 – 1399 OUP p69 104 Green, Lt Col H (1978) Guide to the Battlefields of Britain & Ireland Constable, London ISBN 0094592802 105 Calendar Patent Rolls Edw II vol 4 1321-1324 p49 dated 7th February 1322 Straddewy / Tretower is north of Crickhowell. For an excellent account of the development of the castle and manor house see http://www.castlewales.com/tretwr.html. It‘s worth a visit when you are in Wales. See Fig 4 for location 106 Interestingly Edmund, born probably in 1281, served in the Earl of Pembroke‘s retinue at around the same time as the Berkeleys and Thomas Gurney and so may well have known the Bluets, who were after all his near neighbours at Usk and Raglan and indeed at Lackham; Edmund owned Sheldon Manor just outside Chippenham and only 4 miles from Lackham. Roger Gascelyn, either a cousin or brother, was captured fighting against the royal army at Boroughbridge, and Edmund was granted his manor of Catmore, Berkshire, as well as other lands of his, on 1 June 1322. On 6 April 1322, Edmund's lands had been restored to him, having been seized by the Contrariants, Edward II's baronial opposition We are indebted to Kathryn Warner for permission to use the results of her extensive research, which can be seen at her excellent website http://edwardthesecond.blogspot.com/2007/08/rioters-and-ruffiansdunheved-gang-2.html
The Bluets 31 be delivered to the said Edmund 107 However once he had dealt with the Marcher rebels, but before Boroughbridge, Edward II realised that this was a mistake and that the said Amicia [had] acted faithfully towards him. Consequently in February 1322 he ordered Gacelyn to hand Straddewy back to Amicia. Ralph supposedly died in 1335 108 , if so it was late in the year as a charter of October that year refers to Ralph Bluet and his heirs 109 . Amicia was in Rumsey Nunnery in Hampshire in 1333 110 which happened to be the year when a new Abbess was elected. 110 Their son, yet another Ralph, married Elizabeth verch Rhys, born in Talgarth 111 , a few miles southwest of Hay on Wye and about 4 miles north of Straddewy, in 1300. It is probable that he is the Ralph Bluet who, in 1349, was one of those who held the Commission to levy in Gloucestershire the 10 th and the 15 th granted in Parliament summoned at Westminster Monday after Sunday mid Lent 22 Edw III 112 . His fellow commissioners - those charged with collecting the tax and submitting it to the Treasury – 107 Calendar Patent Rolls Edw II vol 4 1321-1324 p49 dated 7th February 1322 108 Anon (1878) The Picards or Pycards of Straddewy (now Tretower) castle and Scethrog, Brecknockshire Goldney & Lawrence p96 109 Calendar Charter Rolls 1-14 Edw 111 1327-1341 vol iv p339 dated Oct 5 1335 grant of special grace to Ralph de Bluet and his heirs of free warren in all their demesne lands of Dagelyngworth co Gloucester 110 Hearne T (1725) The works of Thomas Hearne MA vol III p ccii Num. XVI Extract of a Letter, written to the Publisher from Winchester July 4/A. 1724. by the Reverend Mr. Richard Furncyt relating to the Election of an Abbess of Rumsey Nunnery in Hampshire Anno D. 1333 which confirms what is asserted in this Chronicle, that the said Nunnery was founded by K. Edgar for an hundred Nunns. 111 Tradition has it that it was the capital of the kingdom of Brycheiniog a small independent kingdom of South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the powerful south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Normans between 1088 and 1095, though it remained Welsh in character (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brycheiniog) 112 Calendar of Fine Rolls vol VI Edw III 1347-1356 p91 dated July 16 1349
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The Bluets 129 Appendices
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The Bluets 133 Bibliography Allen B
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The Bluets 135 WRS Devizes vol XXVI
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