Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle

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Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle
Born20 January 1288
Campton, Bedfordshire
Died4 January 1344(1344-01-04) (aged 55)
Buried Greyfriars, London
Spouse(s)Margaret de Beauchamp
Issue
FatherWarin de Lisle
MotherAlice de Montfort

Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle (20 January 1288 – 4 January 1344) was an English peer. He saw military service in Scotland, and fought at the Battle of Boroughbridge. After his wife's death, he joined the Franciscan order. He was the owner of the Lisle Psalter.

A peerage is a legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in various countries, comprising various noble ranks.

Battle of Boroughbridge 1322 battle between Edward II of England and rebellious nobles

The Battle of Boroughbridge was a battle fought on 16 March 1322 between a group of rebellious barons and King Edward II of England, near Boroughbridge, north-west of York. The culmination of a long period of antagonism between the King and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, his most powerful subject, it resulted in Lancaster's defeat and execution. This allowed Edward to re-establish royal authority, and hold on to power for another five years.

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Life

Robert de Lisle, born 20 January 1288 at Campton, Bedfordshire, was the son of Sir Warin de Lisle (d. before 7 December 1296) and Alice de Montfort, daughter of Sir Peter de Montfort (d.1287) of Beaudesert Castle, Warwickshire, by Maud de la Mare, [1] daughter of Sir Henry de la Mare. [2] [3]

Campton, Bedfordshire village in the United Kingdom

Campton is a village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands with the nearby Chicksands. It is about 9 miles (14 km) south of Bedford, and is about 9 miles (14 km) north-west from Letchworth and sits on a tributary of the River Ivel. It is just to the west of Shefford. The 13th century Church of All Saints is in the centre of the village.

Beaudesert Castle

Beaudesert Castle was in the village of Beaudesert to the east of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Warwickshire County of England

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He was a minor at his father's death in 1296. Having proved his age on 21 March 1310, he had livery of his father's lands five days later. On 18 July 1310, the King (Edward II) granted him livery of other manors, including the manor of Harewood in Yorkshire which his father had claimed after the death of Isabel de Forz. [4]

Edward II of England 14th-century King of England and Duke of Aquitaine

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Harewood a village located in Leeds, United Kingdom

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Yorkshire historic county of Northern England

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He was summoned for military service, to a council, and to Parliament by writs directed Roberto de Insula or Roberto del Isle, [Both names meaning "of the island"], 'whereby he is held to have become Lord Lisle'. [4] In 1312 he was granted a yearly fair at Shefford, Bedfordshire, near his manor of Campton. In 1313 he was among members of the court who he attended the King and Queen (Isabella of France) to Paris. In 1314 he was summoned for the campaign in Scotland in which the Bannockburn was fought, and in August of the following year was ordered to remain in the North for a winter campaign. He is recorded as being in the King's service in 1316–17. In November 1321 he was directed to refrain from attending a meeting of peers summoned by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. In the following February he was ordered to bring his men to the King's aid, and on 16 March 1322 fought on the King's side at the Battle of Boroughbridge. In 1323 he was granted the wardship and marriage of Edmund Peverel, son and heir of Sir Robert Peverel. In 1324 he was summoned for service in an expedition to Gascony which did not go forward. In 1328 he made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. In 1332 he was appointed to the commission of the peace in Cambridgeshire. [5]

Shefford, Bedfordshire a town in Central Bedfordshire, United Kindom

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Isabella of France 14th-century French princess and queen of England

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Battle of Bannockburn battle during the First War of Scottish Independence

The Battle of Bannockburn on 23 and 24 June 1314 was a Scottish victory by King of Scots Robert the Bruce against the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Though it did not bring overall victory in the war, which would go on for 14 more years, it was a landmark in Scottish history.

Plaque marking the site of the Greyfriars, London, where Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, was buried Grey Friars plaque London.jpg
Plaque marking the site of the Greyfriars, London, where Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, was buried

On 22 December 1336, in consideration of his 'enfeebled state', the King (Edward III) provided that he should not in future be compelled to aid the King in his wars, attend Parliament or councils, or be appointed to office; nonetheless, he was several times on commissions of the peace in Cambridgeshire until 15 March 1341, and was summoned to a council in February 1342. [6]

Edward III of England 14th-century King of England and Duke of Aquitaine

Edward III was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe. His long reign of 50 years was the second longest in medieval England and saw vital developments in legislation and government, in particular the evolution of the English parliament, as well as the ravages of the Black Death.

His wife, Margaret, died in the summer of 1339 as he was about to travel to the continent on the King’s service, and after her death he entered the Franciscan order, as a result of which, on 23 March 1342, his lands were taken into the King’s hands. According to Cokayne, he 'appears to have been ordained priest'. He died 4 January 1344, [7] and was buried in the choir of the Franciscan church in London.

He was the owner of an illuminated manuscript, the Lisle Psalter, now Arundel 83 in the British Library, given by him to his daughter Audrey, a nun, who stipulated that after her death it should go to her sister, Aubrey, also a nun, and after Aubrey's death to Chicksands Priory, which had been built on land given by the de Lisle family near their manor at Campton, Bedfordshire. [8] The manuscript was owned by the antiquary Lord William Howard (d.1640), younger son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (d.1572), who was likely responsible for binding the Lisle Psalter with the Howard Psalter and Hours .

Marriage and issue

He married, about 9 July 1301, Margaret de Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Walter de Beauchamp (d. 16 February 1303) of Alcester, Warwickshire, by Alice de Tony, daughter of Roger de Tony, by whom he had three sons and four daughters: [9]

Notes

  1. Cokayne 1932, p. 443.
  2. Richardson III 2011, pp. 206–8.
  3. Richardson III 2011, pp. 27–8.
  4. 1 2 Cokayne 1932, p. 71.
  5. Cokayne 1932, p. 72.
  6. Cokayne 1932, pp. 72–3.
  7. Richardson gives the date of his death as 4 January 1343.
  8. Psalter and Book of Hours, Arundel 83, British Library Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  9. Richardson III 2011, pp. 29–31, 384–6.
  10. Richardson III 2011, pp. 29–30.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Richardson III 2011, p. 29.
  12. 1 2 3 Cokayne 1932, p. 73.
  13. Richardson III 2011, pp. 29, 31.
  14. Richardson III 2011, pp. 29–32.

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Peerage of England
Preceded by
New creation
Baron Lisle
1295–1325
Succeeded by
John de Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle