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The Bluets 74 gifting of Duntisbourne, seen above, is far too early to be associated with her, although this was the view of Anthony à Wood 310 . She appears as abbess in 14 of Godstow‘s charters. Ralph IV was succeeded by his son William. The date of Ralph‘s death is uncertain, but one of his agreements recorded in the Curia Regis rolls proves he was dead by late 1245 311 and Reed gives a date of 1241-42 312 . The 1245 agreement concerns the transfer of responsibility for the dower lands of the daughter and heiress of Ralph Bluet from Walter Marshal the 5 th Earl of Pembroke 313 , to Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester and his wife Eleanor, for the sum of 100 silver marks 314 . Unfortunately the daughter and heiress is not named. Ralph is specifically given as being of Silchester and his wife Eve is named 315 , she apparently had an assignment of land from her dowry. The date of 1241-2 is supported (although not proven) by a number of events: firstly that around 1243 the Earl exercised his prerogative as lord to turn William Bloet‘s wardship to profit 316 by selling it to Simon de Montfort It is known William supported Simon de Montfort in his short lived rebellion (This is also known as the Second Baron‘s War) 317 . This is not 310 Wood, A à (1773) The Ancient and Present State of the City of Oxford section Dantesborne Church or Danesbourne p256 311 This date is sure because one of the principals to the agreement, the 5th Earl of Pembroke, died in November 1245. 312 Reed PC (2008) Descent of St Maur family of Co. Monmouth and Seymour family of Hatch, Co Somerset Foundation (2008) 2 (6) 395 fn27 313 1198-1245 314 Curia Regis Rolls of the Reign of Henry III vol XVIII (1243-1245) p152 membrane 8d 315 Si Eve que fuit uxor predicti Radulfi - This Eve who was the wife of the aforesaid Ralph - Eve is still alive so it is Ralph who was dead before November 1245 316 Crouch, D (2005) The Birth of Nobility p287. He gives the PRO reference for William‘s wardship as being KB26/131 membrane 8d 317 http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/S/Se/Second_Barons_ War.htm The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of rebellious barons lead by Simon de Montfort, and the
The Bluets 75 surprising as William, and his younger brother Ralph (V), had been in wardship to Simon 318 . The battle of Evesham, at which de Montfort was killed, was fought on August 4 th 1265, and Ralph Bluet also perished there along with more than thirty other of de Montfort‘s knights 319 . Others events that might support a 1241- 1243 death date for Ralph IV come from Wiltshire. In 1241 a charter of Lacock Abbey refers to disputes between Abbess Ela and the parson of Lacock, i.e. of St Cyriac‘s church, one Roger Bluet 320 . He only appears in one other record and his origin is unknown. He may have been from a co-lateral line or related but this is unknown. In 1241 Roger Bluet was in dispute concerning a Mill with it's pond and a bridge built by the abbess... and a way on the south side of the monastery there….. It would seem that not only was the Mill causing problems but also the Abbey graveyard was blocking Robert‘s access to his lands south of the Abbey where he carried on agricultural activities: If the abbess cannot warrant the way across the graveyard of Lak[cock] for the business of Roger she shall find him a suitable way to the south of it, for coming and going to the fields and pastures with carts and ploughs for the convenient carrying on of his affairs It is not unlikely that there was some tension between the centuries-old St Cyriac‘s and the newly built Abbey. There was some overlap in the Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (later Edward I) of England. 318 Crouch, D (2005) The Birth of Nobility: Constructing Aristocracy in England and France, 900-1300 p287 (from PRO KB26/131 membrane 8d) 319 Morris, M (2008) A Great and Terrible King ; Edward I and the Forging of Britain Hutchinson, London, p68 Evesham was a very bloody battle – Morris says that “Even before the first blow was struck Edward had let it be known that on this occasion the normal rules of chivalric warfare were to be suspended. No quarter was to be given, no surrender accepted….At least thirty of [de Monforts knights] were killed.. in an orgy of blood-letting not seen for centuries” . Morris provides a very clear and readable account of this turbulent period, highly recommended. 320 Rogers, KH (ed) (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p 46 no 168 dated very specifically to 11 Aug 1241
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