Edmund Mauley

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Sir Edmund Mauley (also de Mauley ) (* uncertain: 1281; † June 24, 1314 at Bannockburn ) was an English knight and courtier.

origin

The exact origin of Edmund Mauley is disputed. He came from the northern English Mauley family , but whether he was a younger son of the English nobleman Peter II Mauley or whether he was born in 1281 as the younger son of Peter II Mauley's son of the same name, Peter III Mauley , is unclear.

Promotion to Steward of the Household

As the younger son of a nobleman, Mauley entered the service of the crown. He took part in a campaign to Scotland in 1301 , where he came into contact with the heir to the throne Edward . He became a close friend of Edward, who, after becoming king in 1307, appointed him his steward of the household . As early as 1306 Mauley received the estate of Seaton Ross in Yorkshire for his service in Scotland . At the beginning of April 1312, when oppositional magnates were hunting down the royal favorite Piers Gaveston , who had returned from exile without permission , Mauley was one of the confidants who accompanied the king on his retreat to Newcastle . After the execution of Gaveston by the magnates, Mauley, along with other courtiers such as Henry de Beaumont, encouraged the king to take revenge on the magnate in the summer of 1312. On September 20, 1312, the king sent him along with the Earl of Pembroke , Hugh Despenser and the Marshal Nicholas Seagrave to representatives of the City of London in order to obtain further support from the citizens against the domestic political opponents of the king. The citizens replied that they had already assured the king of their support. In return, they then made several complaints against the Marshal Seagrave and against the steward Mauley. In December 1312 Mauley was one of the twenty courtiers whose removal from the royal court in accordance with the ordinances demanded by the opposition magnates in negotiations with the king. Mauley retained his position as steward and was still one of the king's confidants. In the spring of 1314 the king gave him command of Cockermouth Castle in Cumberland in preparation for his campaign in Scotland . Following the king's entourage, Mauley took part in the campaign and battle of Bannockburn , in which the English suffered a heavy defeat. Mauley fell in the fight against the Scots, while Roger Northburgh , who belonged to the royal household and the Keeper of the Privy Seal, was captured by the Scots . The death of Mauley and the capture of Northburgh, both of whom belonged to the king's immediate retinue, illustrate the danger the king had been in during the battle. In St Andrew's Church in Bainton is Mauleys grave monument.

As Mauley's successor, the king appointed John Cromwell Steward of the Household in July 1314 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Given-Wilson: The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages. The Fourteenth-Century Political Community. Routledge, London 2002. ISBN 0-415-14883-9 , p. 68
  2. ↑ Seaton Ross: Sir Edmund de Mauley Knight and Lord of the Manor Seton 1306. Retrieved August 31, 2018 .
  3. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 124
  4. ↑ John Roland Seymour Phillips: Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, 1307-1324. Baronial politics in the reign of Edward II. Clarendon, Oxford 1972, ISBN 0-19-822359-5 , p. 39
  5. ↑ John Roland Seymour Phillips: Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, 1307-1324. Baronial politics in the reign of Edward II. Clarendon, Oxford 1972, ISBN 0-19-822359-5 , p. 44
  6. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 200
  7. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 226
  8. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 233
  9. ^ British Listed Buildings: Church of St Andrew, a Grade I Listed Building in Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire. Accessed August 31, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 239
personal data
SURNAME Mauley, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mauley, Sir Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight and courtier
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1314
Place of death Bannockburn