Ibid., p. 57.
99
Ibid., pp. 57, 58.
100
Ibid., p. 64.
101
Ibid., pp. 58, 66.
102
See pp. 59–60.
103
Manners, pp. 18, 57.
104
Ibid., pp. 34, 39.
105
Ibid., p. 68. Christiana held lands in Hampshire: Royal Letters, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 296. See also the reference to Damsel A. de Watham: ibid., p. 26.
106
Ibid., p. 18.
107
Ibid., p. 66.
108
Ibid., p. 31.
109
Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, pp. 64–7.
110
Manners, p. 39.
111
For discussion, see Ward, English Noblewomen, pp. 146-7. See also pp. 58–9.
112
Manners, p. 17. See also ibid., p. 18.
113
Ibid., p. 33.
114
Ibid., pp. 56, 64. See also pp. 67, 73.
115
These are Labarge’s calculations: Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, pp. 64–5.
116
Woolgar, The Great Household, p. 13 n. 2; Archer, ‘Piety in Question’, p. 129; Manners, pp. 16, 20, 22, 29, 36, 41, 53, 54, 62.
117
Manners, pp. 54, 62.
118
Ibid., p. 20; Archer, ‘Piety in Question’, p. 129.
119
Kjær, ‘Food, Drink and Ritualised Communication’, 88; Woolgar, The Great Household, p. 90. See also p. 58.
120
Manners, pp. 26–30.
121
Ibid., pp. 50, 60, 71. Eleanor dispatched letters to Richard at Portchester on or about 29 May: ibid., p. 33. See also Royal Letters, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295.
122
Manners, pp. 9, 24.
123
Ibid., pp. 18, 29.
124
Ibid., pp. 33, 58.
125
See, for example, ibid., pp. 47-8; MacGregor, Odiham Castle, p. 63.
126
Manners, p. 50.
127
Ibid., pp. 62 (the burgesses of both places), 77–8 (the burgesses of Winchelsea).
128
Ibid., p. 46 and n. 3.
129
Ibid., pp. 46–7; Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 323 and n. 3.
130
Manners, pp. 46–7. See also Royal Letters, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295. Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 325 confuses him with Richard Corbet.
131
Manners, p. 49; Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 326.
132
It is not entirely clear whether Robert was a guest or prisoner: Manners, p. 50; Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 327.
133
Manners, pp. 50, 59, 61. See also Royal Letters, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295. For the manor of Snave in Kent, see W. H. Ireland (1829), England’s Topographer, or a New and Complete History of the County of Kent, Volume II. London: G. Virtue, p. 313.
134
Manners, pp. 59, 76. Ralph’s lands in Kent, valued at £20, were later seized for his rebellion against the crown: CIM, pp. 310–14 no. 1024, esp. p. 313.
135
Ibid., p. 59. See also pp. 117–18.
136
Ibid., p. 60.
137
Ibid., pp. 60, 62, 69, 70, 78. Peter probably held lands in Warwickshire: Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 376.
138
Manners, pp. 61, 62.
139
Ibid., pp. 69 (John with his wife), 78 (John on his own).
140
Ibid., p. 76 and n. 3. An inquisition in c. 1275 into former rebels’ lands described Thomas as a member of Earl Simon’s household whose lands in Kent were valued at five marks: CIM, pp. 310–14 no. 1024, esp. p. 313. Thomas also held lands in Norfolk: Royal Letters, ii, pp. 294–6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295.
141
Sir Matthew of Hastings was subsequently pardoned by the king in 1266: Manners, p. 78 and n. 1; CIM, pp. 310–14 no. 1024, esp. 314 (which recorded Matthew’s presence at the siege of Rochester with Earl Simon).
142
Manners, p. 79. A Nicholas de Hecham was Dean of Lincoln in the 1280s: Statutes of Lincoln Cathedral: The Complete Text of “Liber niger” with Mr. Bradshaw’s Memorandums, eds H. Bradshaw and C. Wordsworth (1892). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 100.
143
Manners, p. 65.
144
Blaauw, The Barons’ War, pp. 290–1. For letters written by Adam Marsh to Earl Simon and Countess Eleanor that were carried by Sir John de la Haye, see The Letters of Adam Marsh, ii, pp. 334–7 no. 138, esp. pp. 336–7, pp. 384–7 no. 159, esp. pp. 386–7.
145
Manners, p. 60.
146
Ibid., p. 70.
147
Ibid.
148
See p. 124.
149
The d’Arcys visited Eleanor at Dover on no fewer than eighteen days: Kaer, ‘Food, Drink and Ritualised Communication’, p. 79; Manners, pp. 59–61, 62, 69–70, 75–6, 78. They held lands in Lincolnshire: CIM, p. 242 no. 792; Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 326 n. 5. They also possessed property interests in Oxfordshire: CFR, 1261–2, no. 1162, available online at http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_059.html#d102990e44222, accessed on 02 May 2011. See also Royal Letters, ii, pp. 294-6 no. DCXLIV, esp. p. 295.
150
Manners, p. 54. Philippa also received half a ‘beast of the chase’ in July, along with Sir Peter de Burton: ibid., p. 70.
151
Ibid., p. 58.
152
Ibid., p. 70.
153
Ibid.
154
Ibid., p. 76. Thomas was pardoned for his rebellion against the crown in 1266: Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 327 n. 2.
155
Manners, pp. 51–2, 65, 72, 76. For a gift of capons, see ibid., pp. 77-8.
156
A point made in Kjær, ‘Food, Drink and Ritualised Communication’, 80 (who notes that pike and capons were other foodstuffs that Eleanor served her guests).
157
Manners, pp. 47–8; Kjær, ‘Food, Drink and Ritualised Communication’, 81.
158
Manners, p. 50.
159
Ibid., p. 62. On ale, see J. M. Bennett (1996), Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World, 1300–1600. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
160
N. J. G. Pounds (1990), The Medieval Castle in England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 82.
161
J. Coad (2007), Dover Castle. London: English Heritage, pp. 44–5, offers a useful summary of this work.
162
Manners, p. 25. For Henry’s purchases from Luke, see Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, p. 134.
163
Manners, p. 18.
164
Ibid., p. 18. In late May, Eleanor the younger had also received a gilded plate that had been bought in London for her use by her mother’s officials: ibid., p. 32.
165
Ibid., p. 65.
166
Ibid., p. 64; Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, p. 144.
167
Manners, p. 26.
168
Ibid., p. 33.
169
Ibid., p. 85; Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, p. 132.
170
See, for example, Manners, p. 31 (shoes for Robert de Valle and Petronilla the laundress at Odiham).
171
Ibid., p. 10. See also ibid., p. 26; Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, pp. 135–6.
172
See, for example, ibid., p. 63.
173
Manners, pp. 55, 56.
174
Ibid., p. 65.
175
O. de Laborderie, J. R. Maddicott and D. A. Carpenter (2000), ‘The Last Hours of Simon de Montfort: A New Account’, EHR, 115, 378–412, at 396–406.
176
Ibid., 409, 411.
177
Ibid.
178
Maddicott, Simon de Montfort, pp. 342–3.
179
Manners, p. 72; Labarge, Mistress, Maids and Men, p. 133. See also p. 38.
180
Manners, p. 81.
181
Ibid., p. 83.
182
‘Chronicon Thomae Wykes’, p. 179.
183
Manners, pp. 67, 68.
184
Bémont, Simon de Montfort (2nd edn), p. 251 n. 4.
185
Manners, p. 66.
186
Ibid., p. 67.
187
Ibid.
188
Ibid.
189
Ibid., pp. 83–4; Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, p. 328 n. 3.
190
Her father was the royalist Philip Basset: Labarge, Simon de Montfort, p. 260.
191
Manners, p. 66.
192
Ibid.
193
Ibid.
194
Ibid., p. 74.
195
TNA: PRO, SC 1/2/46; Royal Letters, ii, p. 292 no. DCXLI.
196
CR, 1264–68, p. 136.
197
Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury, ii, p. 243; Labarge, Simon de Montfort, p. 262.
198
Labarge, Simon de Montfort, p. 262. See also ‘Annales de Waverleia’, p. 367; Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes, ed. H. Ellis (1859). London: Longman, Rolls Series, p. 230; Chronica monasterii S. Albani, Willelmi Rishanger, ed. H. T. Riley (1865). London: Longman, Rolls Series, p. 38.
Notes on Chapter 9
1
The Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft, in French Verse, from the Earliest Period to the Death of King Edward I, ed. T. Wright (1868). London: Longman, Rolls Series, pp. 146–7.
2
Foedera, i, pt i, p. 465.
3
‘Annales prioratus de Dunstaplia’, p. 259; The Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, 1212–1301, ed. A. Gransden (1964). London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, p. 33.
4
Ibid., p. 33; BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, ff. 26v, 28.
5
These events are summarized in Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord Edward, ii, pp. 518–19. For the submission of Simon junior and his subsequent flight, see Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes, p. 230; Gervase of Canterbury, ii, pp. 243–4; ‘Annales Londonienses’, pp. 71–2 (which gives the date of his flight); ‘Annales prioratus de Dunstaplia’, p. 259; Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, p. 33. See also BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, f. 26v; CPR, 1258–66, pp. 608–10.
6
‘Annales prioratus de Dunstaplia’, p. 259; Gervase of Canterbury, ii, pp. 244–5; Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord Edward, ii, p. 519. For Guy’s capture, see de Laborderie, Maddicott and Carpenter, ‘The Last Hours’, 409, 411.
7
‘Annales prioratus de Dunstaplia’, p. 259.
8
Royal Letters, ii, p. 293 no. DCXLII.
9
CPR, 1258–66, p. 506. On the rebels who held out in, for example, East Anglia, see Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, pp. 33–7.
10
Chronica … Willelmi Rishanger, p. 43.
11
‘Regesta 32: 1265–1268’, in Calendar of Papal Registers, Volume 1: 1198–1304, pp. 425–35, available online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=96027, accessed on 25 August 2010; Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord Edward, ii, p. 527 n 1.
12
Royal Letters, ii, pp. 304–5 no. DCLII.
13
CPR, 1258–66, p. 641.
14
Ibid., p. 678.
15
Statutes of the Realm, Volume I (1810). London: Record Commission, pp. 12–18; Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord Edward, ii, p. 535. See also Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord Edward, ii, pp. 533–7.
16
CPR, 1266–72, p. 130.
17
Ibid., pp. 140–1.
18
Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord Edward, ii, p. 536.
19
CPR, 1266–72, pp. 216–17; CR, 1264–8, pp. 386–8. See also Royal Letters, ii, pp. 314–16 no. DCLIX.
20
F. M. Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort (1265–71)’, in idem, Ways of Medieval Life and Thought. London: Odhams Press, pp. 69–88, at p. 79.
21
CPR, 1266–72, pp. 140–1.
22
For Eleanor of Provence’s return to England in 1265 after Countess Eleanor’s departure, see ‘Chronicon Thomae Wykes’, p. 179; Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes, p. 230.
23
Chronica … Willelmi Rishanger, p. 87. On Montargis, see Maddicott, Simon de Montfort, p. 102; Bémont, Simon de Montfort (2nd edn), pp. 258–9.
24
See pp. 83–4.
25
These constitutions were all drawn up under the guiding hand of Master Humbert of Romans, who had been elected Master of the Order in 1254: Early Dominicans: Selected Writings, ed. S. Tugwell (1982). Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, p. 32. The constitutions are printed in: ‘Consuetudines sororum monasterii beati Dominici de Monte-Agri’, in R. Creytens (ed., 1947), ‘Les constitutions primitives des soeurs Dominicaines de Montargis’, Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum, 17, 41–84 at 67–83; ‘Liber constitutionum sororum ordinis praedicatorum’ (1897), in Analecta sacri ordinis fratrum predicatorum, 3, 337–48.
26
P. Lee (2001), Nunneries, Learning and Spirituality in Late Medieval English Society: The Dominican Priory of Dartford. Woodbridge: York Medieval Press, p. 149; L. P. Hindsley O.P. (1997), ‘Monastic Conversion: The Case of Margaret Ebner’, in J. Muldoon (ed.), Varieties of Religious Conversion in the Middle Ages. Gainesville, Fla: University Press of Florida, pp. 31–46, at p. 34.
27
Hindsley, ‘Monastic Conversion’, pp. 32–3.
28
Lee, Nunneries, Learning and Spirituality, pp. 153–4.
29
BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, f. 29v; Bémont, Simon de Montfort (2nd edn), p. 41 n. 2.
30
Hindsley, ‘Monastic Conversion’, p. 33–4.
31
Cited in ibid., p. 34.
32
J. A. Smith (2010), ‘ “Clausura districta”: Conceiving Space and Community for Dominican Nuns in the Thirteenth Century’, Parergon, 27(2), 13–36, at 30–1.
33
Aresta O. SS. ann. 1269 in 1 Reg. Parlam. Fo. 60, available online at http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/APANARE, accessed on 25 August 2010. See also BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, f. 29; Labarge, Simon de Montfort, p. 264. See also BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, f. 31 for a document relating to an agreement Eleanor reached with her half-brother, Guy de Lusignan, dated June 1268.
34
For a letter sent early in 1267 by the Pope to Louis IX, which touched on the countess’s business, see ‘Regesta 34: 1265–1267’, in Calendar of Papal Registers, Volume 1: 1198–1304, pp. 437–9, available online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=96029, accessed on 25 August 2010.
35
‘Regesta 30: 1265–1268’, in Calendar of Papal Registers, Volume 1: 1198–1304, pp. 419–22, available online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=96025, accessed on 25 August 2010; Labarge, Simon de Montfort, p. 267.
36
‘Regesta 32: 1265–1268’, in Calendar of Papal Registers, Volume 1: 1198–1304, pp. 425–35, available online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=96027, accessed on 25 August 2010.
37
Ib
id.
38
Bémont, Simon de Montfort, pp. 369–70 no. li (a document of 1286 relating to Eleanor’s will).
39
BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, f. 25v.
40
M. R. G. Arancón (1980), ‘Ricardo de Montfort al servicio de Teobaldo II de Navarra (1266)’, Principe de Viana, 41, no. 160–1, 411–18, at 412, 415–16. This son’s entrée into Theobald’s service was smoothed perhaps by Eleanor’s decision, in collaboration with Simon junior, to relinquish their rights to the county of Bigorre in October 1265. The letters that recorded this deal are, though, problematic. The letter from Eleanor is dated October 1265 (the month of her flight from England), as is that from Simon junior: L. Merlet (1857), ‘Procès pour la possession du comté de Bigorre, 1254-1503’, Bibliothèque de l’École des Chartres, series 4, t. 3, 305–24, at 317–18 nos viii–ix; Arancón, ‘Ricardo de Montfort’, 412.
41
Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort’, pp. 76–7, 79.
42
Ibid., p. 80. For Guy’s career in Italy, see also ‘Annales prioratus de Dunstaplia’, p. 259.
43
Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort’, p. 79.
44
Labarge, Simon de Montfort, p. 269; J. R. Maddicott (2004), ‘Montfort, Amaury de, Styled Eleventh Earl of Leicester (1242/3–c.1300)’, ODNB, available online at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19045, accessed on 26 August 2010.
45
Flores historiarum, iii, pp. 21–2; Foedera, i, pt ii, pp. 501–2 (bull of excommunication for Guy, 1273); Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort’, pp. 82–5; Labarge, Simon de Montfort, pp. 268–9.
46
Blaauw and Pearson, The Barons’ War, pp. 342–7; Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort’, p. 88; Maddicott, Simon de Montfort, pp. 370–1.
47
But on Bigorre, see note 18 on p. 170. On Henry’s dealings with the Montfortians, see N. Vincent (2004), ‘Henry of Almain (1235–1271)’,ODNB, available online at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12958, accessed on 26 May 2011; Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort’, pp. 82–5; Maddicott, Simon de Montfort, pp. 244–6, 370–1.
48
BnFr MS Clairambault 1188, ff. 29v–30; Bémont, Simon de Montfort, pp. 365–7 no. xlviii.
49
Flores historiarum, iii, p. 22.
50
By 1281 Guy had returned to liberty in Charles’s service. For his subsequent life and history, see Powicke, ‘Guy de Montfort’, pp. 86–7; J. R. Maddicott (2004), ‘Montfort, Guy de (c.1244–1291/2)’,ODNB, available online at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19047, accessed on 26 August 2010.
51
Printed in Green, Lives, ii, appendix, p. 456 no. viii.
52
CPR, 1272–81, p. 59.
53
CPR, 1266–72, p. 549.
54
‘Eyhorne Hundred’, in Kent Hundred Rolls Project, ed. B. Jones (2006). Kent Archaeological Society, available online at http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/khrp/hrproject.pdf, accessed on 26 May 2011.
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