Simon of Pattishall (nobleman)

Sir Simon of Pattishall (also Pateshull ) (* around 1219, † 1274 ) was an English nobleman and rebel.

origin

Simon of Pattishall was the eldest son of Judge Walter of Pattishall and his wife Margery d'Argentan . After his father's death in 1231 or 1232, he inherited his estates in Northamptonshire , Bedfordshire and other areas of England. However, while his grandfather Simon of Pattishall was one of the chief judges of King John Ohneland and his uncle Hugh of Pattishall was royal treasurer from 1234 to 1240served, Simon remained a member of the local knighthood with only local significance. The statement that he was responsible as judge for the Jews in England in 1257 is based on an error.

Role in the war of the barons

When in 1258 a nobility opposition reformed the government of King Henry III. demanded, Pattishall was one of the four knights who should record grievances in Bedfordshire from August 1258. In October 1258 he became sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire . In October 1259 he was also sheriff of Northamptonshire. After King Henry III. in the summer of 1261 had regained the rule, he dismissed Pattishall as sheriff in July 1261. Pattishall was demonstrably still one of the supporters of the aristocratic opposition. When it came to the open second war of the barons against the king in the spring of 1264 , he belonged to the occupation of Northampton under the command of Simon de Montfort the Younger when the city was conquered by royal troops in early April. After the victory of the aristocratic opposition in the Battle of Lewes , he was released and was reappointed Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in June 1264. Whether he took part in the Battle of Evesham in August 1265 is unclear, but after this decisive defeat of the aristocratic opposition he was part of the crew of Kenilworth Castle , where numerous remaining supporters of the aristocratic opposition had holed up. The victorious king declared him expropriated and gave his lands to John Giffard . Pattishall was one of the so-called disinherited people who occupied the City of London in 1267 with Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester . In June 1267 he was finally pardoned by the king. Before 1268 he made an agreement with John Giffard after which he got his possessions back.

When Pattishall fell seriously ill in 1273, he is said to have regained his ability to speak thanks to a relic from the heart of Simon de Montfort , the leader of the aristocratic opposition who fell at Evesham. He then made a pilgrimage to Evesham Abbey , but died around Easter 1274.

Marriage and offspring

Pattishall had married Margery, a daughter of Judge Henry of Braybrooke . With her he had at least two sons:

• John of Pattishall († 1290)
• Robert of Pattishall

After his death, his eldest son John inherited most of the family estates, while the younger son Robert inherited the estates in Essex .

Web links

• Paul Brand: Pattishall [Pateshull], Sir Simon of (b. In or before 1219, d. 1274). 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