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294 THE HERALDRY OF YORK MINSTER.
The castle appears to have remained in the possession of the English
for many years, and Sir Eustace to have joined the English interest. But
afterwards he associated himself with Robert Bruce, and having defended it
successfully against another attack of the English, demolished, himself, its
fortifications, lest it should eventually fall into their hands.
Edward pushed his conquests to the furthest part of Scotland, and
during this
time Earl Warrenne's services were continued as a commander
in his army. In 29 Edward I. he was appointed, conjointly with the Earl
of Warwick, to treat with the King of France for a peace between England
and Scotland. In 1304, the 32nd year of Edward I., he died at Kennington,
and was buried before the high altar at Lewes, and the following quaint
epitaph engraven on his tomb :
" Vous qe passez ov bouche close,
Priez pour cely ke cy repose ;
En vie come vous estis jardis fu,
Et vous del serretz come je su.
Sire Johan Counte de Gareyn gyst ycy,
Dieu de sa alme eit mercy.
Ky pur sa alme priera,
Trois mill jours de pardon avera."
According to Langtoft his death took place as he was returning with
Edward from Scotland, after the capture of Stirling :
" Upon Brustwik opon Humbre ther he mad sojoure,
Sir Jon of Warenne that ilk tyme gan deie ;
His body was redy then in grave for to leie.
After the enterment the Kyng toke his way,
To the south he went
"
through Lyndesay
to Lincoln, where he kept his Christmas with great ceremony and
rejoicing.
His son William married Joan, daughter of Robert de Vere, Earl of
Oxford, but was killed at a tournament at Croydon during his father's life,
and buried at Lewes. Stowe suggests foul play. "He was," he says, "by the
" challenger intercepted and cruelly slain." John, his grandson, succeeded
him at eighteen, only to close this ancient lineage under a dark cloud of
dishonour and unhappiness. That same year the King offered him his
granddaughter Joan, daughter of Henry Earl of Barr and his daughter
Eleanor, in marriage. Such an honour could not be refused ;
but like many
similar marriages, specially in early life, it was unsuccessful. It brought
him into brilliant positions we find him accompanying the Prince of
;
Wales in an expedition against Robert Bruce, in 34 Edward I., and with
Edward I. when he died on his way to Scotland the following year.
In 1308 he accompanied Edward II. to France, to marry the French King's
daughter Isabel, and again to Scotland with him against Robert Bruce.