Fulk Fitz Warin, 2nd Baron FitzWarine

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Fulk Fitz Warin, 2nd Baron FitzWarin (also Fulk Fitzwarine, 2nd Baron Fitzwarine ) (* around 1285, † 1337 ) was an English nobleman and military.

origin

Fulk Fitz Warin came from a noble family from the Welsh Marches . He was the eldest son of his father of the same name Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Baron FitzWarine and his wife Margaret , a daughter of the Welsh Prince Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn . After his father's death in 1315, he inherited Whittington Castle and other estates, especially in Shropshire . From November 1317 to January 1336 he was invited to the parliaments , which is why he is considered Baron FitzWarine . Nevertheless, in 1318 and 1319 he was demonstrably one of the vassals of Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster , who paid him considerable sums of money for it.

Military service under Edward II.

However, when the Earl of Lancaster openly rebelled against King Edward II from 1321 , Fitz Warin switched to the king's side. To put down the rebellion of the Marcher Lords and Lancaster, the king first moved to the Welsh Marches in December 1321 . To secure the passage over the Severn , he sent an advance party to Bridgnorth at the end of December , whose leaders included Oliver Ingham and Fitz Warin. However, these troops were driven from the city on January 5, 1322 by a night attack by the Marcher Lords under Roger Mortimer of Wigmore and Roger Mortimer of Chirk . The royal troops had to retreat to Worcester while the rebels destroyed the bridge at Bridgnorth, thus further barring the king's passage over the Severn. The king continued upstream until he could cross the river at Shrewsbury . Most of the rebelling Marcher Lords then surrendered. In March 1322 he took part in the Battle of Boroughbridge, in which Lancaster and the remaining rebels were decisively defeated.

During the War of Saint-Sardos in July 1324, the king appointed Fitz Warin and John de Seagrave as commanders of the army that was to set off for south-west France to defend Gascony . Before the army reached Gascony, however, the French had conquered most of the Agenais , whereupon the English had to sign an armistice.

Military service under Edward III.

During the reign of Roger Mortimer in 1330, Fitz Warin, along with three other knights and several clergymen, was accused of supporting the Earl of Kent's conspiracy . The Earl of Kent believed that his deposed half-brother Edward II had not been murdered, but was being secretly held by Mortimer in Corfe Castle . While Fitz Warin's possessions were being confiscated, Kent was executed.

In 1332 Fitz Warin was one of the so-called disinherited people who attempted an invasion of Scotland under the leadership of Edward Balliol and Henry de Beaumont . He probably fought in the Battle of Dupplin Moor . However, after the Scots had pushed back the army of the disinherited from Scotland in autumn 1332, King Edward III granted . Fitz Warin on November 4th issued a deferral of his debt to the Krone.

Marriages and offspring

Fitz Warin had married Alianor Beauchamp , a daughter of William Beauchamp of Somerset , before 1315 . After her death, he married Joan Beaumont , a daughter of Henry de Beaumont and Alicia Comyn , a second marriage . His heir became his son Fulk Fitz Warin, 3rd Baron FitzWarine .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dictionary of Welsh Biography: FITZ WARIN lords of Whittington and Alderbury (Salop) and Alveston (Gloucs.). Retrieved January 13, 2019 . 
2. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 56.
3. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 47.
4. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 296.
5. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . Yale University Press, New Haven 2010, ISBN 978-0-300-17802-9 , p. 402.
6. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . Yale University Press, New Haven 2010, ISBN 978-0-300-17802-9 , p. 464.
7. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . Yale University Press, New Haven 2010, ISBN 978-0-300-17802-9 , p. 567.
8. ^ Ranald Nicholson: Edward III and the Scots. The formative Years of a Military Career . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1965, p. 80.
9. ^ Ranald Nicholson: Edward III and the Scots. The formative Years of a Military Career . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1965, p. 96.
10. ↑ George Edward Cokayne: The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III , Bell, London 1890, p. 375.

predecessor	Office	successor
Fulk Fitz Warin	Baron FitzWarine 1315-1337	Fulk Fitz Warin