Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

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He assisted in laying the foundations of the Cathederal of New Sarum
(Salisbury), it is known that he placed the fourth foundation stone and
Ela the fifth. He was also the first person buried there.
Fig. 10 Arms of William, earl of Salisbury 200 *
Upon his death [Ela] reigned alone in her castle at Old Sarum;
and in fact ruled the county, for she filled the office of High
Sheriff for seven or eight years 201 . At last, being weary of
feudal dignity and its burdens, she retired to one of the
monasteries she had built, and became Abbess of Lacock,
where she died, as it has been said, at nearly 100 years of age
202
Which contrasts with the 74 given by Dugdale
To return to the children of Ralph III; he and Nest had three sons. One,
Roland, is an interesting figure and involved in the trials and tribulations
of King John. The earliest mention of him, which is also the earliest
mention of a fine at St Briavel‘s 203 in the Forest of Dean (which was then
200
Azure six lions rampant or by permission of Brian Timms at
http://perso.numericable.fr/briantimms/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm
201
Jackson, Rev Canon J E (1856) The Sheriffs of Wiltshire WAM III pp
194-195 Actually only 5 – 1227-1228 and then 1231-1235, which is a strange
mistake to make seeing Jackson wrote both articles, and he is usually
impeccably accurate with his facts
202
Jackson, Rev Canon J E WAM XX, no LVIII p 30
203
http://www.wyenot.com/stbriavels.htm
“St. Briavels Castle was built for King John between the years of 1209 to
1211”
St Briavel‘s was the main manufactory of cross-bow bolts later in the
century;during Edward I‘s campaign against Llywylen in 1276 he ordered 200,000
cross-bow bolts from here [Morris, M (2008) A Great and Terrible King : Edward
I and the forging of Britain p146]