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time to join with the archbishops of Bor- deaux and Dublin in denouncing to the Pope the rebellious barons who had recently ex- torted the great charter of English liberties. In one of these documents he is styled "No- bilis vir." His mission was so far success- ful that Pope Innocent the Third annulled the charter, suspended the archbishop of Canterbury and ex-covnmunicated the barons, but it is uncertain whether it was Sir Geof- frey Luttrell who conveyed the papal bull from Rome to England. He is supposed to have died in 1216 or in 1217. As a reward for his services he was granted lands in Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, and at Crox- ton, in Leicestershire. In consideration of twenty, ounces of gold he was still further rewarded with a large estate, known as Lut- trellstown to the present day, and situated on the banks of the Liffey about eight miles out from Dublin.

As the American line is descended from this Irish branch of the family it will be necessary merely to follow the later history of these Luttrells. But before leaving the English branch we should mention some- thing further of their later chronicles. It is not certain whether the head of the Irish branch was a son or a brother of this Sir Geoffrey, but it is reasonable that he bore either the one or the other relation, for the reason that the lands of Luttrellstown se- cured by royal grant by Sir Geoffrey were from this time owned by Sir Robert Lut- trell, head of the Irish branch, who lived at Lucan, near Dublin, and that it remained in the family until the early part of the nine- teenth century.

This Sir Geoffrey Luttrell married Frethe- sant, a daughter of and co-heiress with Wil- liam Pagnel, a scion of a great family in Normandy, and through this marriage was also heir to certain lands of Maurice de Gaunt, and his descendants, in direct line from William the Conqueror's brother Rob- ert. (If Sir Robert, mentioned above, was a son of Sir Geoffrey this same connection would apply as well to the Irish branch). The first of the Gaunts who came to Eng- land was a nephew of King William, and son of Baldwin, count of Flanders, by a daughter of Robert, King of France. The emperor of Constantinople and Jerusalem towards the end of the twelfth century was of the same paternal lineage. A daughter

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of the earl of Lincoln conveyed in marriage the barony of Irnham to Simon St. Liz, earl of Huntington, who dying without issue, Robert de Berkeley succeeded thereto, and assumed the name of GaUnt from his mother. Maurice, the son and heir of Rob- ert, leaving no children, the estates devolved on the eldest son of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, whose name was Andrew, and this portion of it known as the manor of East Ouan- tockshead in Somerset has remained in the family name to this day, a rare instance of land ownership in England. In this con- nection might be mentioned the fact that Dunster Castle in Somerset has belonged to but two families since the Conquest, the Mohuns and the Luttrells, and the present owner, Captain Alexander Luttrell, is a direct descendant of both families. The estate at this early period was considered as worth $1,250, but without any additions it is valued to-day at about $5,000,000.

The Luttrells of East Ouantockshead and Dunster Castle, and their collateral branches, quartered the arms of the ancient English barons, Mowbray, earl of Notting- ham, duke of Norfolk, Lords Hussie, Wake D'Ein Court and Tateshall. The following is the direct line, mentioning only the oldest son or heir.

(I) Sir Andrew Luttrell, son of Sir Geof- frey Luttrell, mentioned above, and of his wife, Frethesant Pagnel, married a daugh- ter of Philip la Mare, a rich and powerful baron, and they had a son Alexander.

(II) Alexander, son of Sir Andrew Lut- trell, during the reign of Henry the Third was among the first to assume the cross of the Crusaders, in company with the King's eldest son and many others of the chief nobility. He died about the year 1273, and left a son, Andrew.

(HI) Andrew (2), son. of Alexander Lut- trell, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Warin de Raleigh, and had a son, John.

(IV) Sir John Luttrell, son of Andrew (2) Luttrell, was knighted in March, 1337, when Edward the Third conferred the title of Duke of Cornwall upon his own eldest son, Edward. This Sir John married Joan, daughter of Lord Mohun, and there was another Sir John Luttrell at this period who was chancellor of Oxford University. The former Sir John Luttrell had a son Andrew.

(V) Sir Andrew (3) Luttrell, son of Sir