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Sir John Eure (also John d'Eure ) († after March 16, 1322 ) was an English knight and rebel .

Service as military and diplomat

John Eure was a knight with possessions in Northumberland and Yorkshire . As a major landowner, he held various local offices and served as Yorkshire Sheriff from 1310 to 1311 . In 1314 he took part in King Edward II's campaign to Scotland. He got into Scottish captivity at the Battle of Bannockburn , but after paying a ransom he was released a little later. In 1315 at the latest, Eure entered the service of Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke . At the end of 1315 he belonged to the English delegation to Scotland on behalf of Pembroke, which asked for armistice negotiations there.

Involved in the abduction of the Bishop of Durham

On November 15, 1316, Pembroke appointed Eure constable of Mitford Castle . As a constable, Eure became involved in the affair of the kidnapping of Bishop Louis de Beaumont of Durham. On April 25, 1317, Eure made an agreement with John de Sapy , administrator of the temporalities of the vacant Diocese of Durham . According to this, Sapy would receive 100 marks if the new bishop took over the administration of the temporalities before September 29, 1317. It was clear that your wanted delay the episcopal ordination, as at that date to Michaelis the lease payments were due. These would go to Sapy if the new bishop took over the administration of the temporalities after Michaelmas. When Beaumont, the newly appointed bishop, traveled to Durham for his ordination, he was kidnapped on September 1, 1317 by Gilbert Middleton and taken to Mitford Castle. The kidnapping was a major scandal, although Beaumont was released after a few days. In December Mitford Castle was captured on behalf of the king. Middleton was convicted of a traitor and executed. Your arrest was also ordered in October. Yours was able to evade arrest by entering the service of the powerful Earl of Lancaster for life on December 29th . Although yours had at least sympathized with Middleton and left Mitford Castle to him, thanks to Lancaster's assistance he escaped further investigation into his involvement in the kidnapping. Presumably yours even prepared the attack on the Bishop of Durham on behalf of Lancaster. The involvement of Eure in the affair finally put a strain on the position of his former employer, the Earl of Pembroke at the royal court.

Supporting the Earl of Lancaster's Rebellion and Death

In the agreement that Eure had made with Lancaster, he undertook to serve Lancaster with thirteen soldiers in the event of war, for which Lancaster paid him 40 marks a year. When Lancaster allied itself with the rebellious Marcher Lords during the Despenser War in 1321 , Eure took part in the Sherburn meeting in June , at which Lancaster tried to persuade the northern English barons to support the rebels. Yours subsequently supported the Lancaster rebellion against the king. He was part of Lancaster's army, which was decisively defeated on March 16, 1322 in the Battle of Boroughbridge . Evidently, after the battle, yours was escaped and killed by the king's supporters.

Marriage and offspring

Eure was married to Agnes, whose origin is unknown. With her he had at least two sons:

  • John yours
  • Thomas yours

During the rebellion, yours was declared a traitor by the king and his properties were confiscated. His widow tried to get back some of the properties she had bought with yours with the help of her dowry. She then married Roger de Burton for the second time .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Prestwich: Gilbert de Middleton and the attack on the cardinals, 1317 . In: Timothy Reuter: Warriors and churchmen in the high middle ages . Hambledon, London 1992, ISBN 1-85285-063-9 , p. 181
  2. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 63
  3. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , p. 249
  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. 106
  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. 126
  6. ^ Michael Prestwich: Gilbert de Middleton and the attack on the cardinals, 1317 . In: Timothy Reuter: Warriors and churchmen in the high middle ages . Hambledon, London 1992, ISBN 1-85285-063-9 , p. 181
  7. ^ Michael Prestwich: Gilbert de Middleton and the attack on the cardinals, 1317 . In: Timothy Reuter: Warriors and churchmen in the high middle ages . Hambledon, London 1992, ISBN 1-85285-063-9 , p. 193
  8. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 107-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 204
  9. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , p. 299
  10. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 42
  11. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 274
  12. ↑ Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families . Kimball G. Everingham IV, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City 2011. ISBN 1-4609-9270-9 , p. 124
personal data
SURNAME Yours, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yours, Sir John; d'Eure, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight and rebel
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after March 16, 1322