Tamworth Castle,a Grade I listed building,is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire,England. Before boundary changes in 1889,however,the castle was within the edge of Warwickshire while most of the town belonged to Staffordshire.
Robert de Beaumont,3rd Earl of Leicester was an English nobleman,one of the principal followers of Henry the Young King in the Revolt of 1173–1174 against his father King Henry II. He is also called Robert Blanchemains.
Shackerley Marmion,also Shakerley,Shakerly,Schackerley,Marmyon,Marmyun,or Mermion,was an early 17th-century dramatist,often classed among the Sons of Ben,the followers of Ben Jonson who continued his style of comedy. He was also a friend and perhaps a protégéof Thomas Heywood.
Scrivelsby is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the East Lindsey district of the County of Lincolnshire,England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Horncastle and is on the B1183 road 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the A153 road. It is administered by the civil parish of Mareham on the Hill.
The Dymoke family of the Manor of Scrivelsby in the parish of Horncastle in Lincolnshire holds the feudal hereditary office of King's Champion. The functions of the Champion are to ride into Westminster Hall at the coronation banquet and challenge all comers who might impugn the King's title.
Events from the 1180s in England.
Clifton Campville is a village,former manor and civil parish in Staffordshire,England. It lies on the River Mease,about 10 miles (16 km) east of the City of Lichfield,6 miles (10 km) west of Measham and 7 miles (11 km) north of Tamworth. The village lies close to Staffordshire's borders with Derbyshire,Leicestershire and Warwickshire. The parish,which includes Haunton village,had a population of 912 at the 2011 census. There is a fine gothic church,dedicated to St Andrew,and listed Grade I. The village pub,The Green Man,is also a historic building.
Hugh Bardulf or Hugh Bardolf was a medieval English administrator and royal justice. Known for his legal expertise,he also served as a financial administrator. He served three kings of England before his death.
Marmion is a surname found in France,Great Britain and Ireland,of Norman-French origin. The origin of the surname itself is disputed.
Michael Belet was an English judge,sheriff of Worcestershire 1176-81 and again in 1184,of Wiltshire 1180-82,of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in conjunction with Ralph Glanvill 1185-87,and alone 1189-00. He appears as a justice itinerant for Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1177,in the following year for Lincolnshire,and in 1179,on the redistribution of circuits which then took place,he was assigned for the eastern circuit.
Gervais,Count of Rethel was a French archbishop and nobleman. He was the son of Count Hugh I and his wife Melisende of Crécy. He succeeded his father as Count of Rethel.
There have been four different baronies held by the Marmion family,two feudal baronies,one purported barony created by Simon de Montfort and one barony by writ.
Robert Marmion or Robert Marmyon is the name of:
Philip Marmion,5th and last Baron Marmion of Tamworth was King's Champion and Sheriff. He was descended from the lords of Fontenay-le-Marmion in Normandy,who are said to have been hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy.
The Aguillon family,of French origin,were feudal landowners in England who held estates in several southern counties from before 1135 to 1312. Surviving records suggest various branches which all ended without male heirs,the lands going to daughters or sisters and their husbands. The family seems to have been initially associated,perhaps as under-tenants and maybe through marriage,with the Marmion family,witnessing charters alongside them in Normandy in 1106 and later occupying their land in England.
William Marmion,Baron Marmion of Torrington, was an English clergyman and member of Simon de Montfort's Parliament.
Robert Marmion was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and rebel involved in the First Barons' War. He was referred to as "Robert Marmion the Younger" as his elder half-brother was also called Robert and known as "Robert Marmion the Elder".
John Marmion,Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Robert Marmion was an Anglo-Norman baron and soldier who rose to prominence during the wars between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda.
William de Stuteville Baron of Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire,Lord of Buttercrambe in the North Riding of Yorkshire,was an English noble.
