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The Bluets 66 Alfonso‘s half sister, Eleanor of Castile in 1254. William was naturally also involved in Henry III‘s wars in Wales. After taking control of areas of north Wales in the early 1250‘s Henry III put his son, the future Edward I, in control of them in 1254, including Crown lands. However the self-proclaimed 267 prince Llewellyn ap Gryyudd, grandson of Llewellyn the Great, declared himself ruler of North Wales in the following year. In 1256 Henry called for his knights to assemble on the Feast of St Peter and Vincula. 272 “To oppose Llewelyyn son of Gryyudd and his supporters, 273 our enemies Amongst those instructed to attend was “Willelmo Bluet, se solo, Glouc” – William Bluet himself alone. The last record showing William was made in November 1257, when he and two other knights were paid the fees for their 41 st year of service! 274 . He doesn‘t appear in later Calendars. Fig. 12 Arms of Llewellyn ap Gryyudd * 275 It is possible that it is this William who had a son Rowland who married Lettice Ragland, but this is not certain and is not shown in Fig. 9 Certainly Rowland‘s great grandson Peter held Midgham, in Berkshire which he gained from his wife Lucy Bastard 276 . Records show Peter 272 1st August 273 Calendar Close Rolls Henry III 1256 – 1259 pp139-140 contro Lewelium filium Griffini ey fautores suos, inimcos nostros 274 Calendar of Liberate Rolls Henry III vol 4 1251 – 1260 p406 The two others were John de Bosceby and John le Bruer 275 by permission of Brian Timms at http://perso.numericable.fr/briantimms/era/early%20rolls%20of%20arms.htm Quarterly 1 & 4 or a lion passant guardant gules, 2 & 3 gules a lion passant guardant or 276 272 Victoria County History Berkshire (1923) Manor of Thatcham : Midgham vol I p322
The Bluets 67 and Lucy holding land elsewhere; in October 1281 they were holding land in Saltharpe and Miggeham in Berkshire and, Wekelescote in Wiltshire from Peter Bluet 277 . In 1312 they were still holding in Saltharpe , 278 but from a Roland Bluet and Wekelescote in 1337 from Edward de Bohun 279 . Peter held Midgham until Lucy‘s death in 1338, when it passed to their daughter Thomasina 280 . It is likely that this is the line that resulted in the Bluet families in Somerset and Devon later on. It is likely 281 that the manor of Salisbury passed from the Bluets to the St Maur family of Penhow through the marriage of either William de St Maur, or his son Roger , to a daughter of William‘s. As Reed points out she would not only have been heir to his lands (which would be the case if the Roland above is fictitious) but also a heraldic heiress as well. Reed noted that the arms of the St Maur /Seymour family of Penhow were gules two wings conjoined in lure or 282 and that this is one of the rarest heraldic devices in the medieval period 283 . He went on to show that the St Maur‘s immediate neighbours, Sir William Bluet 284 and Sir William de Dernford 285 bore arms that differed only in 277 Pugh, RB (1939) Abstracts of the Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire Edw I and Edw II Wilt. Rec. Soc. Vol 1, Devizes pp13-14 dated Octet of Michaelmas 12 Edw I (6 Oct 1281) 278 Pugh, RB (1939) ibid p80 dated Octet of Michaelmas 5 Edw II (5 Oct 1312) 279 Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem vol VIII Edw III (1913) no 54 p25, IPM of Edward de Bohun, dated Thursday after St Nicholas 10 Edw III (11 Dec 1337) 280 Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem ibid no 90 p56 IPM of Lucy Bluet, dated 10 August 1338. Thomasina was born 1298. 281 Reed PC (2008) Descent of St Maur family of Co. Monmouth and Seymour family of Hatch, Co Somerset Foundation (2008) 2 (6) p397 282 See Fig. 13 283 Reed PC (2008) Descent of St Maur family of Co. Monmouthand Seymour family of Hatch, Co Somerset Foundation (2008) 2 (6) p392 284 Or two wings conjoined in lure gules 285 Or (or argent) two wings conjoined in lure sable These are to be found on the St George‘s Roll, just below those of Sir William Bluet
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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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