Robert de Vieuxpont (nobleman, † 1264)

Robert de Vieuxpont (also Vipont ) († between April 1 and June 1, 1264 ) was an English nobleman and rebel.

Origin and youth

Robert de Vieuxpont was a son of John de Vieuxpont, the son and heir of the powerful magnate Robert de Vieuxpont . When his father died in 1241, Robert de Vieuxpont was still a minor, so that his possessions fell under the tutelage of Walter Mauclerk , Bishop of Carlisle. The administration of his Westmorland estates alone made a conservative estimate of at least £ 400 a year for his guardian, plus nearly £ 300 more income from his other estates. After the death of Bishop Mauclerk in 1248, John Fitz Geoffrey became the new guardian of Vieuxpont, who married him to his daughter Isabel. When Vieuxpont came of age, he was able to inherit, including the barony of Westmorland with Appleby , Brough and Brougham Castle and possessions in nine other English counties. He was also the hereditary sheriff of Westmorland. That made him the most powerful baron in Westmorland.

Role in the Second War of the Barons

Apparently through John fitz John , his wife's brother, and through other young northern English barons such as Henry Hastings and John de Vescy , Vieuxpont came into contact with the nobility opposition to King Henry III. and was one of their supporters from July 1260 at the latest. In December 1261 he was one of the rebels with Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , the Earl of Norfolk , the Earl of Warenne , John fitz John and other barons, with whom the king negotiated a settlement. For Simon de Montfort, the leader of the aristocratic opposition, Vieuxpont was evidently one of the most important allies in northern England. In 1263 he transferred the administration of Bowes and Richmond Castle to him , and as a representative of the aristocratic opposition, Vieuxpont testified on January 23, 1264 together with John de Vescy and John fitz John the Mise of Amiens , the arbitration award of the French king. Despite this arbitration, the barons started an open Second War against the king shortly afterwards . Vieuxpont probably died as a result of the injuries he sustained in the battle of Lewes , which was victorious for the rebels .

Family and offspring

With his wife Isabel fitz John, Vieuxpont had two daughters who became his heiresses:

• Isabel de Vipont (1254-1291)
• Idonea de Vipont

Simon de Montfort first appointed John Fitz John as the guardianship administrator for his two daughters. Fitz John was also administrator of Windsor Castle , with which he was mainly bound in southern England. This led to the fact that before June 29, 1265 32 landowners and knights from Westmorland, many of whom had previously been vassals of Vieuxpont, joined the loyal John de Balliol . This made Westmorland the only English county in which the gentry changed sides even before the decisive defeat of Montfort in the Battle of Evesham . After the end of the Second War of the Barons, the king gave the guardianship of Vieuxpont's daughter Isabel to the loyal Baron Roger de Clifford , who married Isabel to his son Roger de Clifford . Idonea's guardian became Roger of Leybourne , who married her to his son Roger. Clifford and Leybourne were only able to agree on the division of the Viexpont inheritance after a heated argument, with Westmorland falling to the Clifford family.

Web links

• Robert de Vipont on thepeerage.com , accessed March 16, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 214
2. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: Mauclerk, Walter (d. 1248). 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
3. ^ Henry Summerson: Vieuxpont, Robert de (d. 1228). 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
4. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 205
5. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 205
6. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 101
7. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 98
8. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 205
9. ↑ John Hodgson; John Hodgson-Hinde; James Raine; J Collingwood Bruce: A history of Northumberland, in three parts, Part II, Vol. III . E. Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1860, p. 27
10. ^ DA Carpenter: John, Sir, fitz John (c.1240-1275). 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
11. ^ Adrian Jobson: Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258-1267 . Boydell, Woodbridge 2016. ISBN 978-1-84383-467-0 , p. 214
12. ↑ Kathryn Faulkner: Leybourne, Sir Roger of (c.1215-1271). 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
13. ↑ Kathryn Faulkner: Clifford, Sir Roger de (bc1221, d. In or before 1286). 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