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The Bluets 44 demonstration to bring home a personal protest. 166 However this was not the case here; one of the major clauses of Magna Carta 167 was that “No freeman shall be acted against save by lawful judgement of his peers or the law of the land” 168 and specifically forbade arbitrary dissesin by the will of the king. By taking Upavon, and other manors, away from their owners without lawful excuse Henry had acted against the laws that were designed to limit his powers and Magna Carta itself seemed at stake 169 . All of this was seen not only as tyranny but tyranny by foreigners; it is noteworthy that Richard Marshal‘s two greatest supporters were Basset and Seward, not de Basset or de Seward, they have English names. The Marshal was not alone. The rebels demanded that Henry dismiss his inner council of foreigners. Carpenter points out that Marshal was being less than consistent, he had benefitted himself from Henry‘s actions and only complained when they touched his man Gilbert Basset 170 This did not make him any less popular, however. Roger of Wendover said that he fought for the cause of justice, and the laws of the English race against the oppression of the Poitevins 171 des Roches would not have denied the charge of encouraging 166 Crouch, D (2004) The Normans: The History of a Dynasty pp111-112 167 Originally signed, as has been seen, in 1115, it was updated and developed in 1123, less than 20 year before these events and well within living memory 168 Carpenter, D (2003) The Struggle for Mastery:The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 p314. The online translation of the Carta has it slightly differently although the sense is the same : No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. [http://www.bl.uk/treasures/magnacarta/translation.html] 169 Carpenter, D (2003) The Struggle for Mastery:The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 p314 170 Carpenter, D (2003) The Struggle for Mastery:The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 p314 171 Quoted in Carpenter, D (2003) ibid
The Bluets 45 foreigners at the heart of power; he scorned the idea that the king should govern through native subjects… he needed ministers .. who would punish the latter‘s pride and perfidy 172 and so civil war broke out yet again. It appears that Ralph Bluet supported his lord the Earl of Pembroke and rebelled. Much of the action took place in Ireland and elsewhere in England but there were local events, for example when Hubert de Burgh was liberated from incarceration in Devizes by Marshal supporters in October 1233 specifically by Basset and Siward 174 173 Ralph Bluet‘s lands were taken by the King in 1233 175 . This would have included his Irish lands in Leinster. A Close Roll entry from September of that year may result from this; in it Henry III is giving the income from Ralph‘s land “at Daglingworth (which are in fee to himself) to the Countess of Pembroke for as long as it shall please the king” 176 . Another landowner is mentioned in the entry, one Ricardi Sulard, almost certainly Richard Siward Ralph IV was certainly with Richard Marshal at the battle of Wycombe 177 ; he appears in a list of “divers people who were against the king with 172 Carpenter, D (2003) ibid 173 Smith, B (1999) Irish Politics 1220-1245 in Prestwick, M Britnell, R & Frame, R (eds) (1999) Thirteenth century England : Proceedings of the Durham Conference 1999 It is tempting to think that Ralph, based close by at Lackham, was involved but it was actually Gilbert Basset and Richard Seward [Carpenter, D (2003) The Struggle for Mastery:The Penguin History of Britain 1066-1284 p315] 174 Way, J (1839) Chronicles of the Devizes p90 175 Crouch, D (2005) Bluet entry, Dictionary of National Biography online at www.oxforddnb.com/article/54499 “Ralph [IV] was suspected of supporting the rebellion of his lord, Richard Marshal, earl of Pembroke (d. 1234), against Henry III and had his English lands confiscated in 1233 as a result, although they were soon restored. 176 Calendar of Close Rolls Henry III 1231- 1237 pp256-257 1st September 1233 177 It is noted that Wycombe was the manor of Gilbert Basett of Wycombe, who
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