William de Leyburn, 1st Baron Leyburn
William de Leyburn, 1st Baron Leyburn (also William of Leyburne or Leybourne ) († 1310 ) was an English nobleman and military. He is considered the first English admiral .
Life
William was the eldest son of Roger of Leybourne from his first marriage. The identity of his mother is unknown, she died before 1264. During the Second War of the Barons he supported his father, who from 1263 was a staunch supporter of the king. In 1266 his father appointed him in command of Sandwich , in addition he took part in the siege of Winchelsea . Even before his death in 1271, his father gave him his possessions, the focus of which was in south-east England, especially Kent . In 1275 he was involved in a legal dispute with a Jewish moneylender because he called a £ 800 promissory note from his father a forgery. In 1278 he had to sell Leeds Castle , his father's headquarters, for 500 marks to Queen Eleonore , who took over his considerable debts to Jewish moneylenders and his father's debts to the crown. His residence was Preston Manor near Wingham in Kent, which he had acquired through his marriage. In 1280 he made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela . As a knight of the royal household, he participated in the conquest of Wales by King Edward I and served as constable of Criccieth Castle from 1284 to at least 1288 . Several times he traveled to France on behalf of the king, among other things he accompanied the royal sailors Eleanor , a daughter of Edward, as captain of the royal sailors , when she went to her new husband, Count Heinrich III. traveled from bar . In 1294 he became administrator of Pevensey Castle . In 1295 he was given the title of Admiral of the Royal Fleet , making him the first Englishman to be awarded this post. By writ of summons he was appointed to Parliament as Baron Leyburn in 1299 . During the first Scottish War of Independence , he took part in the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300 and other campaigns. In return, his debts to the crown were canceled in 1307.
Family and offspring
Leyburn was married to Juliana († around 1327), daughter of Henry de Sandwich, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports , and heir to her grandfather Simon of Sandwich. He had several children with her, including at least two sons and two daughters:
- Thomas († 1307) ∞ Alice de Tosny
- Henry († after 1329)
- Idonea ∞ Geoffrey de Say, 1st Baron Say
- Katherine
He transferred his estate of Leybourne in Kent to his eldest son Thomas before 1307 , but he died in 1307. His younger son Henry took part in the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 on the side of the Earl of Lancaster . He was captured and ostracized. Since Williams' eldest son Thomas had died before him, his daughter Juliana Leybourne became his heir.
Web links
- 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
- William de Leyburn, 1st Lord Leyburn on thepeerage.com , accessed January 14, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 104
- ^ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , p. 153
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | De Leyburn, William, 1st Baron Leyburn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leyburne, William of; Leybourne, William of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1264 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1310 |