Robert de Tibetot

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Robert de Tibetot , also Robert de Tiptoft (* 1228 ; † May 22, 1298 in Nettlesteadt , Suffolk ) was an Anglo-Norman knight and confidante of the English King Edward I , whom he served as a military, civil servant and diplomat.

Life

In January 1250, on the death of his father Henri de Tibetot , he inherited his estates in Essex . Tibetot belonged to the household of Prince Edward, who gave him the Manor Nettlestead in Suffolk as a fief in 1263 . During the Second War of the Barons , he sided with King Henry III. and Prince Edward. Around 1265 he became administrator of Portchester Castle . In 1270 he accompanied Eduard on his crusade to the Holy Land . Around 1275, Tibetot became administrator of Nottingham Castle . He was a member of Regis Curia , which led the Welsh Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydddeclared a rebel in November 1276. Tibetot took part in Edward's first campaign against Wales that followed and was one of the English negotiators who negotiated the Aberconwy Treaty in November 1277 . On June 8, 1281, the king appointed him constable of Cardigan and Carmarthen Castle and justiciar of South Wales. He was able to exercise his offices with broad powers and was confirmed by the king three times in these offices, so that he was considered the ruler of South Wales until his death. When the Welsh Rebellion broke out in March 1282, he narrowly escaped captivity during the attacks on Llandovery and Carreg Cennen Castle , and during the following campaign of 1282 he was one of the commanders of the royal forces in West Wales but suffered under the command of the Earl of Gloucester in June 1282 at Llandeilo Fawr a loss to the Welsh.

His unyielding attitude towards the Welsh Lord Rhys ap Maredudd for his property led to his rebellion in 1287. Tibetot was a leader in the crackdown on the uprising and in the sieges of Dryslwyn and Newcastle Emlyn Castle . However, he was only able to capture the fugitive Rhys ap Maredudd in April 1292. In 1290 he was a member of parliament , although no Writ of Summons has survived. In October 1292 he was a member of the council that deliberated in Berwick on the succession to the throne in Scotland and declared John Balliol King of Scotland. In 1294 he served as an advisor to Duke John of Brittany and led a contingent of Welsh soldiers into the embattled Gascony . The sometimes forced recruitment of soldiers, the high taxes for the Edward I wars and Tibetot's absence from Wales were all factors behind the Welsh uprising of 1294 . On behalf of Duke Johann, Tibetot negotiated an alliance with King Sancho of Castile . After the retreat of the English army in front of the troops of Charles of Valois , Tibetot was supposed to defend Rions in Gascony, but he had to surrender the city on April 7, 1295. In 1297 Tibetot took part in Edward I's campaign against Scotland.

Tibetot married Eva de Chaworth before 1269, probably a daughter of Patrick de Chaworth and Hawise de Londres . He had several children including:

  1. Pain de Tibetot, 1st Baron Tibetot († 1314);
  2. Hawise ⚭ John FitzRoger;
  3. Eva ⚭ Robert de Tatshall.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rees R. Davies: The Age of Conquest. Wales 1063-1415 . Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 1991. ISBN 0-19-820198-2 , p. 363
  2. ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3 , p. 153
  3. ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3 , p. 155
  4. ↑ John Burke: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. H. Colburn & R. Bentley, London 1831, p. 518
personal data
SURNAME Robert de Tibetot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robert de Tiptoft
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Norman military, civil servant and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1228
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1298
Place of death Nettlesteadt , Suffolk