Almaric St Amand, 1st Baron St Amand

Almaric St Amand, 1st Baron St Amand (also Amaury St Amand ; St. Amand or St Amand Senior ) (born March 1269 in Milbrook ; † July 29, 1310 ) was an English nobleman, military and diplomat.

origin

Almaric St Amand was the second son of his father Sir Almaric St Amand and his wife Isabel . His father died in 1285, and after the childless death of his older brother Guy in 1287, Almaric was the heir to extensive family estates in Berkshire , Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire , Surrey , Sussex , Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire . However, since he was still a minor, the properties were under royal guardianship administration. Presumably on August 21, 1289, the young Almaric married Marie de Picquigny , daughter of the French nobleman Jean I. de Picquigny , Vidame d'Amiens at Leeds Castle . His bride was a distant cousin of Queen Eleanor . After St Amand came of age, he took over the management of his inheritance. His primary residence was likely in West Woodhay , the center of his Berkshire possessions. There he had a new residential building built near the church instead of the old Norman castle West Woodhay Castle .

Activity as military and politician

During the Franco-English War from 1294 , St Amand was called in June 1294 to take part in the campaign in Gascony . There he was taken prisoner by the French together with his younger brother Thomas in April 1295 . Probably after paying a ransom, he was able to return to England. In 1299 he belonged to the English embassy during the peace negotiations with France. During the First Scottish War of Independence in June 1300 he was part of the English army that had gathered in Carlisle . In July 1300 he took part in the siege of Caerlaverock Castle . In 1301 he was part of another English army, which this time had rallied at Berwick . From December 1299 St Amand was invited to participate in parliaments , which is why he is considered Baron St. Amand . During Parliament in Lincoln in January 1301, he sealed the barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII as Lord of Woodhay , in which they protested against his interference in the Scottish War of Independence. In 1305 St Amand was again in Gascony as governor of Bordeaux . In the same year he also served as administrator of Oxford Castle , which is why he had to answer for the escape of several prisoners. Apparently he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for this, but was soon found innocent and released. He quickly regained the favor of Edward I , and after his death in 1307 he was also in the favor of the new King Edward II. In February 1308 he belonged to the escort of Edward II and his wife Isabelle de with four other barons France escorted from Dover to London after their wedding in France . Shortly afterwards he took part in the coronation of the royal couple. On August 22, 1308 he was called up to draft for further campaigns in Scotland to Carlisle and on September 29, 1309 to Newcastle upon Tyne .

heritage

St Amand's marriage to Marie de Picquigny had been childless. After his death, his brother John inherited the estate. Since St Amand died childless, his title was bequeathed to his brother and is therefore considered to have expired, even if his brother was appointed to parliament himself in 1313. His widow was second married to Johny Peyvre, 1st Baron Peyvre .

Web links

• Royal Berkshire History: Almaric St. Amand Senior (1269-1310)

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Burke: St. Amand-Barons St. Amand. In: A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. Henry Colburn, London 1846, p. 456

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron St. Amand 1299-1310	Title expired