Brian de Lisle

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Sir Brian de Lisle (also de Insula , Delisle or de L'Isle ) († between August 15 and 18, 1234 ) was an English knight who was one of the confidants of King John Ohneland and rose to become the chief forest judge in England.

Rise under King Johann

Brian the Lisle came from an Anglo-Norman family that can be traced back to Mottistone on the Isle of Wight at least since the 1130s . He was a son of Robert de Lisle , who was administrator of the Honor of Eye in the service of William de Longchamp , Bishop of Ely . Lisle is mentioned in April 1200 in the service of King John Ohneland , in November 1204 he was one of the knights of the royal household. Apparently he quickly became a confidante of the king, who also gambled with de Lisle for money. He rose socially in January 1205 by an advantageous marriage when he married Grace, widow of Norman of the Chamber and daughter and heiress of Thomas Fitz William of Salesby . In the same year he became administrator of the property of the late William de Stuteville . When he was replaced in the management of the lands, he continued to be administrator of Knaresborough and Boroughbridge in northern England. In the next few years he took on other offices as well as the administration of other lands in the Northern Midlands and Yorkshire . He supported the king in preparing his campaigns and took part in the campaigns to France and Poitou . After the Welsh uprising in 1212 he was to lead a punitive expedition to Wales, while the king wanted to lead his long-planned campaign to France. In 1213 he became a royal steward . As commandant of Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Castle of the Peak and Bolsover in Derbyshire , he became one of the king's most important military officers in northern England. The chronicler Roger von Wendover counted him among the king's poor advisers.

Rebellious official while King Henry III was a minor.

In addition, Lisle became an important administrator of the royal forests. In May 1207 he became chief forest officer of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire under Hugh de Neville , which he remained until November 1217. During the Barons' War , Lisle remained a loyal supporter of the king and, after his death, the Regency Council, who was responsible for the young King Henry III. led the government. Nevertheless, the Regency Council had to order Lisle repeatedly to hand over Peak Castle to Earl Ranulf of Chester , and later to Earl William de Ferrers of Derby . Lisle ignored this request, so that Derby finally took violent action against Lisle in 1217. Lisle then took part in Damiette's crusade . After his return he became chief forest judge for all of England in February 1221. In November 1223 he took part in the unsuccessful revolt of Earl Ranulf of Chester , William de Forz and other barons against the Justiciar Hubert de Burgh , who led the government for the minor king. In January 1224 he was then replaced as chief forest judge by Hugh de Neville, but remained one of his deputies. When Falkes de Bréauté continued to revolt against the government, Lisle supported the siege of Bedford Castle from June 1224 and in 1225 witnessed the young king's renewed recognition of the Magna Carta . However, he remained an opponent of the powerful Hubert de Burgh, so it is not surprising that he supported his opponent Peter des Roches in 1232 when de Burgh was overthrown. Des Roches entrusted him again with the administration of Knaresborough Castle.

Lisle was a valuable, but at times difficult, servant of the government. As early as 1205, for example , the Sheriff of York had to investigate the allegation that Lisle, together with other royal officials, had abused the Mint of York . This was the first of numerous cases in which King John had to question his administration. When investigating his tenure as Constable of Knaresborough during the War of the Barons in the mid-1220s, it was found that he had often acted arbitrarily and for his own benefit. On the other hand, Lisle was apparently a close friend and supporter of the later canonized Robert of Knaresborough († 1218). Allegedly, he is said to have brought King John to give the saint a piece of land in Knaresborough Forest, where he and his followers were allowed to build a monk's cell .

heritage

Lisle died with no offspring. After his death, his possessions were divided between his sister Alice, the wife of Thomas le Bret , William of Glamorgan , a son of his sister Constance and Ralph de Stopham, a son of his sister Annabel.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilfred L. Warren: King John . University of California Press, Berkeley 1978, ISBN 0-520-03494-5 , p. 199
  2. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: King John's Evil Counselors (act. 1208-1214) (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; license required). Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
  3. ^ David Carpenter: The minority of Henry III. University of California Press, Berkeley 1990. ISBN 0-520-07239-1 , p. 319
personal data
SURNAME Lisle, Brian de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delisle, Brian; L'Isle, Brian de; Insula, Brian de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman knight and forest judge
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH between August 15, 1234 and August 18, 1234