Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

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It appears that William did not join his brother Ralph in supporting earl
Richard Marshal‘s rebellion in 1233; at the same time as Ralph‘s manor
of Daglingworth was being handed over to Mathias Bezill William was
gaining control of another rebel manor, Arlington 244 in Gloucestershire,
from the king 245 . It was confiscated from John le Sor. He appears to
have held considerable land, in 1202 he had 28 knight‘s fees in the
honor of Gloucester 246 .
Interestingly William Bluet is seen associating with the entourage of
Gilbert Marshal, earl of Pembroke, and his household in 1237 when he
was one of the witnesses to a charter of Gilbert. That the Marshal
household had not been seriously reorganised after Richard Marshal‘s
rebellion a few years earlier is evident in that the witness list also
includes many of Richard‘s supporters, including Gilbert, Philip and David
Basset 247
l#it002_002 Broughton is just outside Banbury in Oxfordshire, nice castle well
fortified manor house. Later the seat of the Montagu family
244
Located about 8 miles northeast of Cirencester on the road to Burford,
Arlington is the neighbouring village to the better known Bibury.
245
Calendar of Close Rolls 1231-1234 p333 dated 7 Nov 1233. See also VCH
Gloucestershire vol 7 (1981 ) p28
Either his or his son‘s arms appear in the St George Roll
Fig 11 John le Sor St George‘s Roll part 5 no 350 *
(reproduced by kind permission of Biran Timms from
http://perso.numericable.fr/briantimms1/rolls/StGeorgesE5.html)
246
Clark, GT & Michel, F (eds) (1862) Gesta regum Britanniæ Cambrian
Archaeological Association
247
This was a high powered gathering, the witness list includes Sir John de Lacy
earl of Lincoln Walter Marshal, Ansell Marshal, Gilbert de Minered, Gilbert Basset,
Philip Basset, David Basset, Hugh de Watford, Aumary de Sancto Amando, Richard
de la Hid [sic], Walter de la Hyd and Gilbert de Kenett