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FITZALAN AND POYNTZ. 3 I I
Standard 2, Barry of ten or and gules (in the court before the great
tower) was held by Alan, son of Roaldus the Constable, whose father had
the sobriquet of " Musard the dreamer," and whose descendant in the reign
lord of Bolton.
of Edward III. sold his possessions to Henry le Scrope,
Standard 3, Barry of six or and gules, was in the great hall of
Scotland, and was held by Brian Fitzalan, lord of Bedale, of whom I
and of whom more hereafter.
have
already spoken,
Standard 4, Vair, argent and azure, a fesse gules (between the kitchen
and the kennel) was assigned to Torphinus, whose granddaughter and
heiress married John Marmyon, who assumed these arms. Marmyon is a
name rendered famous by Walter Scott's stirring poem of the doings, or
misdoings, of one of that family.
Gall, the Norman, who was attendant on William the Conqueror at
the battle of Hastings, mentions that " in the said battle there was a noble
" baron called Roger Marmyon, in whom the Conqueror placed great
" confidence, and who a (like good and valiant chevalier) fought so well and
" acquitted himself so ably in that battle, that he deserved afterwards to
" have great possessions in England for his prowess." Clarkson does not
say whose those estates were, but Sir Walter Scott tells us concerning his
hero, that the heralds at Norham
" Hailed him as lord of Fontenaye,
Of Lutterward and Scrivelbaye,
Of Tamworth Tower and town."
Burke says that Robert (not Roger) Marmyon, lord of Fontney, came over
with the Conqueror, and received from him the feudal lordship of Tamworth
and Scrivelsby, to be held in grand sergeanty, to perform the office
of champion at the King's coronation. His grandson, Robert, married
twice. Robert, his eldest son by the first marriage,
inherited these two
estates, which passed, early in the fourteenth century, through his granddaughters
(failing male issue), as follows : Tamworth to Baldwin de
Freville, Lord Freville ;
and Scrivelsby (with the office of Champion of
England) to Sir John Dymoke. Robert, his eldest son by the second
marriage, had the manors of Wintringham and Coningsby, in Lincolnshire,
and married Amice Fitzhugh. His grandson, John, was created a
baron by writ of summons, 1294, but his male issue failed in the fourth
generation, and Avice (sister of Robert, third and last Baron Marmyon,
who died 1335) married Sir John Grey, Lord Grey of Rotherfield, whose
granddaughter Elizabeth, by marrying Henry Lord Fitzhugh, brought the
estates to the family of Fitzhugh.
The battle of Flodden was fought 1513, more than one hundred years
after the estates were separated. As far as we know, the abeyance had
never terminated in favour of any of John's descendants, and the barony
is in abeyance still. Nor had the estates been reunited, so that mythical