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Although very little is known about Ralph V some information does exist.
There was an Inquisition of 1265 that said that Ralf Bluet was a rebel 346
and that his land at [Hinton Blewett] was in the hands of Sir Edward 347 .
This is not surprising as Ralph and William had been in wardship to Simon
348 . The battle of Evesham, at which de Montfort was killed was fought
on August 4 th 1265, and Ralph Bluet V also perished there. Thus two
Bluets rebelled against the king – Ralph IV rebelled against Henry III in
1233 and lost his lands for a time; thirty years later his son Ralph V
rebelled against the same king and lost his life!
In an assize of 1280 there was a dispute about the ownership of
tenements in Henton [Hinton Blewett] and Roger Kantok‘s bailiff said
that the tenements were of one Ralf Bluet who was killed at the battle
of Evesham [fighting] against King Henry 349 . It appears that Ralph V‘s
son William gave the tenements in question to a Walter Bluet who had a
son Richard. The descent of these Bluets is not known for certain but
may have been cousins on the Somerset line 350 or Walter may have
been William‘s son although this isn‘t clear. It may be relevant that the
claimant in the assize case was Nicholas de Montfort
Ralph V does appear in connection with an Eyre held in northern
Wiltshire in 1249. He was one of the 12 good and lawful men of
Wiltshire that were the jury for an Inquisition to determine whether
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
Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (later Edward I) of England.
346
Pipe Rolls Henry III, dated Friday before St Calixdis 49 Hen III 9 Oct
1265. (No details of this Saint have been found, the 9th October 1265 was,
indeed, a Friday - calculator at
http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/weekday.htm . There was a St.
Callixtus, whose feast day was 14th October, it might be that the Pipe roll
refers to this saint.)
347
Calendar Inquisitions Miscellaneous vol 1 no 826 p265
348
Crouch, D (2005) The Birth of Nobility: Constructing Aristocracy in England and
France, 900-1300 p287 (from PRO KB26/131 membrane 8d)
349
Feet of Fines Somerset Record Society vol 44
350
Feet of Fines ibid. Our sincere thanks to Rosemary Walker of Hinton
Blewettfor making this information available to us