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 SURREY. 327 V. 1 199, ,7 or,?. William (de Warenwk), Eaul of SCBBBT, or Kaul or Warksnk,(») a. ami b. of the above Earl Hameliu and Countess Isabel, 1202. bAd Bvery o£ his iands (both hia parents being deceased) 12 May 1202, being then probably of full age : was, early in 1213, one of the 4 Haifa who undertook that King John should satisfy the Pope, being a witness, 1". May following, to that King's resignation of the realm to that Prelate : waa one of the Ban-as by whose advice Magna Chart/a was signed. Joining the rebellious Barons be di<i homage to Prince Louis of France in 5210, tbo' in 1217 he acknowledged the young King, Henry III. He was Warden of the cinque ports. 1216 ; Sheriff co. Surrey, 1217*26 ! Capt. of the Forces against the Welsh, 1220 ; was in command in Gascony and Poitou, 1221 ; Chief Butler at the coronation of Eleanor, the Queen Consort, Jag, 1236; P.O., 1237. He is said to have wi. firstly, Maud, da. of the Eakl of Arundel, which lady is sai.l to have it. s.p, ami to have been bar. in Lewes Priory. He undoubtedly m before 13 Oct. 1225, Aland, widow of Hugh '.Lb BtOOD), Eaul ok Norfolk, 1st. da. of William (Marshal), Earl of Pkmhhoke, by Isabel, da. and b. of Richard (he CLARK, called Stronorow. Earl of Pkmuhokk. He </. 27 May 1210, and was bur. at Lewes Priory. His widow, who had become, fi Dec. 1215, coheir to her br. AiiBelme, the last Earl of Pembroke, of that race, inheriting thereby the office r <f .Marshal if England (which she surrendered in 1248-19 to her 1st s. Roger, Earl of Norfolk) ia said to m. thirdly, Walter dk Dcnstanvili.e. She d. (1247-48) 32 Heu. 111. VI. 1240. 6 or 3. John (db Warenne) Karl of Surrey, or Earl Watiknne,(-') a. and b., sue bis father, 27 May 1210, being then aged fi years; was Capt. in the Army in Gascony, 1254-61; adherent of Hen. III. in the Barons' war, tbo' lie deserted hiru at the battle of Lewes ; took the Cross, 1268 ; swore fealty to the new King, Ed. I., 1272, whom be entertained in 1274-75 at his Castle of Heigate, ami by whom be appears at some date, before 12S2, to have been made EAUL OK SUSSEX, ('') he being styled in various writs between 1282 and 1297. " Sort of Surrey and Sussex. ' c ) He obtained possession', 1 -) of the Lordships of Uromfield and Yale, and the Castle of Dinas Bran, in North Wales, probably about 1280, tho' be did not do homage for them till 25 July 1302. In 1295 be was Constable of Batuborough Castle ; was Guardian and Lieut, of Scotland, 1296-97, taking a leading part in supporting Balliol'a claim to the Scottish Crown. He was in command at the defeat of the Scota at Dunbar in 1296, and at their victory at Strivelyn in 1 297 ; waa at the siege of Carlaverock ; and was Joint Envoy to France, 1301. He m. May 1247, Alice, uterine sister of Henry III., da. of Hugh dk Lusicnan, Count OF La Marche, by Isabel, Queen Dow. of England, da. and b. of Aitnar Taillefer, Count of (*) See p. 324, note " a," as to the style of " Earl Warenue." ^ ( b ) " It is not clear that either of the de Warrens [1240—1347] was ever actually Earl of this County [of Sussex]. Vincent considers that the error occurred from the Counties of Surrey and Sussex being at that time under one Sheriff, who, having to pay to the Earl the third penny of the pleas of the County of Surrey, he [i.e., such Karl] was commonly considered Earl of both counties." See Planche s " Earls of Sussex.' 1 _( c ) It was not till 1282 that the death occurred of his sister, Isabel de Wareune, widow of Hugh (de Albini), Karl of Sussex, or Earl of Arundel, who d. s.p. 7 May 1243, when his estates devolved on bis sisters and coheirs. In that same year, 12S2, the style of Earl of Sussex is first attributed to this John de Warenne. See vol. i, p. 145, note "c," sub "Arundel," as to the probable contention at this period for the Earldom of Sussex between the families of De Warenne and Fitzalan ; and see p. below, note "a," for a similar uon assumption in the case of the Earldom of Surrey, while the estates of that Earldom were held in dower. ( d ) The manner in which he acquired the vast property in Wales, was, according to PoweTs " History of Wales," owing to his being one of the two guardians (Roger Mortimer [father of Edtnuud, Lord Mortimer], who acquired Chirke, &c. thereby being the other) to the infant children of Griffith ap Madoc, who had taken part with the English, against the Prince of North Wales ; which guardians "so guarded their wards with Bmall regard that they never returned to their possessions and shortly after did obtain the said lauds to themselves, by charter of the King."