Stephen Bauzan

Sir Stephen Bauzan (* after 1210; † June 2, 1257 ) was an English knight and military man who served several English magnates and eventually the king.

Follower of the Marshals and Clares

Bauzan came from an important knightly family from Devon who were vassals of the Honor of Trematon in Cornwall . While his older brother Richard inherited the family estates in south-west England, Stephen first entered the service of Richard Marshal , whom he supported in March 1234 during his rebellion in Wales. After the death of Richard Marshal, Bauzan served his brother and successor Gilbert Marshal , who gave him a property in Cardiganshire . Under Philip Basset , a relative of the Marshals, Bauzan served from 1242 to 1243 during the Saintonge War in southwestern France. On his return to England, Bauzan was one of the followers of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford , whom he served as sheriff of Glamorgan from around 1243 to 1246 . In return, Clare gave him real estate in Hellidon in Northamptonshire .

Career in the service of the king

On July 17, 1249, Bauzan served as knight of the royal household. Until February 1252, he served as royal judge in Worcestershire , London and Dorset . As a trusted knight of King Henry III. He prepared Christmas 1251 in York with the wedding of Margaret , a daughter of the king, with the Scottish king Alexander . After the wedding, he escorted the king's daughter to Scotland. Bauzan was now in the service of Queen Eleonore , who assigned him to the entourage of the heir to the throne Edward . In July 1253 he served as an attorney for Peter of Savoy , an uncle of the Queen. Bauzan was considered an excellent fighter and was in high favor of the king and the heir to the throne. For his services the king entrusted him with the administration of several guardianships. In May 1254, Bauzan accompanied the queen and the heir to the throne when they traveled to see King Henry in south-west France. He stayed with the heir to the throne in southwest France and served as Seneschal of Gascony . His administration of this property of the English kings probably led to resistance and protests from the local nobility, which is why he was removed from his post by the king on September 30, 1255. Then Bauzan returned to England.

Despite this recall, Bauzan remained in the wake of the heir to the throne. The king had given his son extensive estates in Wales to manage, and Bauzan served as constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan Castle in Wales and constable of Totnes Castle in Devon. When several Welsh princes rebelled against English rule in South Wales in early 1257 , Bauzan raised an English army and landed with his troops in South Wales at the end of May 1257. At the Battle of Cymerau , he was caught in a Welsh ambush, in which his army suffered a crushing defeat. Bauzan was killed in the battle.

family

Bauzan died childless, presumably shortly before his death he married Agnes, whose origin is unknown. After Bauzan's death, the king granted her the income from his offices for five years, and at the end of 1264 she married the knight Anschetil de Martinwast († 1274), who served as Seneschal of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester .

Web links

• HW Ridgeway: Bauzan, Sir Stephen (b. After 1210, d. 1257). 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