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completion of the roll to “ c 1285 “ 390 he also pointed out several
names who had died well before then. 391 and William may,
therefore, have died before 1285
It has already been seen that Sir John Bluet was with the English army
in Wales in 1287, under the command of his overlord, the Duke of
Norfolk 392 .
In 1290 John witnessed a charter of Roger Bygod Earl of Norfolk and
marshal of England 393 and in 1293 a charter of William Horn that
granted land, close to John‘s manor at Lackham, to Nicholas de la Hoese
394
. Another of the witnesses was Edmund Gacelyn, his neighbour at
Sheldon.
In 1295 John was an arbitrator for the Earl of Gloucester and Hertford,
Gilbert de Clare,in a dispute between the Earl and the archbishop of
Canterbury, Robert of Winchelsea. What this dispute was about is
unclear, but John and his co-arbiter Luke de la Gare were unable to come
to an agreement with the Archbishop‘s arbitrators 395 and in October
King Edward appointed Antony Bek. Bishop of Durham and a King‘s Man, to
finally determine the dissension 396 - what his decision was is also
unknown This record, however, shows John Bluet being associated with
390 Wagner, A R (1950), Catalogue of English Mediaeval Rolls of Arms, OUP, , p 19;
comes to the same date (Brault GJ (1997) The Rolls of Arms of Edward I, Boydell,
vol i. pp 203-4
391
Wagner, A R (1950), ibid
“ No. 76 'Fraunc d'Boun', d. 1273; No. 131 'Geffrai de Dinaunt', d. 1258; No. 246
'George de Cauntelow', d. 1273; No 103 'Tebaud de Verdon', succeeded 1284 [read
1274]."
392
Calendar Patent Rolls Edw I 1282 – 1288 p274 see above, p85
393
Calendar Patent Rolls Edw I vol 2 1281 – 1292 p134 dated 6 Kalends June 1290
- 27th May 1290. This was the last Roger Bigod to be earl of Norfolk, his line died
out with him
394
Kirby, JL (ed) (1994) The Hungerford Cartulary : A calendar of the earl of
Radnor‘s cartulary of the Hungerford family WRS vol XLIX p84 no 327 dated
Sunday the eve of St Bartholomew [23rd August] 1293
395
Master Simon de Gandavoarch deacon of Oxford, and William de Saredene
396
Calendar Patent Rolls Edw I vol 3 1292 – 1301 p152 dated October 7th 1295