Peter Mauley, 2nd Baron Mauley

The ruins of Mulgrave Castle, which was the seat of the Mauley family in the 14th century

Peter Mauley, 2nd Baron Mauley (also Peter IV Mauley ) (* 1281 ; † around 1336) was an English nobleman.

Peter IV Mauley was the eldest son of Peter Mauley, 1st Baron Mauley and his wife Nichola de Gaunt († 1284) ( House of Gent ). As a squire of the royal household, he served in 1300 during the First Scottish War of Independence . Together with Edward , Prince of Wales, he was knighted on May 22, 1306 . After his father's death in 1308 he inherited his extensive possessions in Yorkshire and was as Baron Mauley in the Parliament appointed. Mauley was considered a violent man who committed numerous violations of the law, including a robbery on Watton Priory in Yorkshire in 1316 . Even before 1312 he supported Earl Thomas of Lancaster , the leader of the aristocratic opposition to the king. In 1312 he was believed to have been involved in the execution of the royal favorite Piers Gaveston . His northern English possessions were threatened by Scottish raids, so that in early 1315 he took part in a meeting of northern English barons and prelates who were advising on the defense of the Scottish Marches . The king commissioned him on January 6th, along with three other barons, to take command of the northern English troops. Mauley remained a loyal supporter of Lancaster for many years, but when the latter openly rebelled against the king in 1321, Mauley broke away from him in time. Despite a ban by the king, he took part in the meeting of the northern English barons and Marcher Lords , to which Lancaster had invited in June 1321 to Sherburn-in-Elmet . There he learned of Lancaster's plan to openly rebel against the king. According to his statements, Lancaster would have threatened the destruction of his castle in Mulgrave and even his death if he did not support him. Nevertheless, Mauley changed sides and went over to Edward II, who was able to militarily put down the Lancaster rebellion in the spring of 1322.

Mauley married Eleanor, a daughter of Lord Thomas Furnival. His heir became his son Peter V , who received extensive parts of the family property in 1332 while his father was still alive.

Web links

• Richard Gorski: Peter (IV) Mauley, second Lord Mauley (1281-1336?). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 152
2. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 114.
3. ↑ 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
4. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 168
5. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 263
6. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 295

predecessor	Office	successor
Peter Mauley	Baron Mauley 1308-1348	Peter Mauley