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 A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE of William Longespee, third earl of Salisbury, and in her own right countess of Salisbury. She predeceased her husband and died 22 November, 1310. During his minority he and his lands were under the guardianship of his mother, who gave a fine of >C3,755 for this privilege.' Henry was involved in 1269 in a quarrel with the earl of Surrey as to certain pasture lands, and a threatened appeal to arms was only prevented by the king's intervention." He was one of the most prominent figures of Edward I.'s reign, and throughout a strenuous life both at home and abroad never wavered in his devotion to his sovereign. In 1267 he had an allowance of jCs^o o^' °f ^^e issues of Lincoln and Grimsby by the king's appointment, and the year following, upon doing his homage, with Margaret his wife, had livery of her inheritance.* In November, 1270, he executed an agreement with his mother Alice confirming the appointment of her dower made by the king, and granting to her the manors of Holton le Moor, Alkborough, and Wadenhoe, in exchange for her dower in Halton in Cheshire, Widnes, and Almondbury, except the herbage of Marsden, co. York.^ On 5 April, 1272, he was appointed governor of Knaresborough Castle," and the next month went abroad for a short time,^ but returning was knighted on 1 3 October by King Henry, and girt with the sword as earl of Lincoln on the occasion of the wedding of Edmund, earl of Cornwall, together with the earl and fifty-four besides.^ In 1273 he was at the siege of Chartley Castle, from which Robert de Ferrers had recently ejected Hamon Lestrange, to whom the king had given it.* In 1274 he was com- missioned to pursue malefactors in cos. York and Nottingham, and to lodge them in the county gaols.^" In 1276 he served in the Welsh campaign and led the forces which laid siege to Castle Baldwin. The year following he besieged and took the castle of Dolvorwyn." He was appointed to escort Alexander III. of Scotland on his visit to England in the summer of 1278," and was appointed joint-lieutenant of England on 27 April, 1279, during the king's absence in France." In 1282 and 1283 he was engaged in Wales, and for his aid in the subjection of that principality received from the king the land of Denbigh and there built Denbigh Castle.'* On Christmas eve, 1283, he had licence to alienate the church of Whalley to the monks of Stanlaw, whom he encouraged to translate their convent to Whalley, which they did in April, 1296." He had licence to sport along the banks of the river Stour, without falcons, during the winter of 1284—5, and seems to have indulged in this sport with similar licence in the winters of 1292—3 and 1308—9." He accompanied the king on his three years' visit to Gascony," from April, 1286, to early in 1289, and was one of the commissioners appointed to treat with the guardians of Scotland in 1290 touching the interests of their queen and 1 Cokayne, Comp. Peerage, v. 91. ^ Pat. R. 54 Hen. III. m. 27. 3 Flores Hist. (Rolls Ser.), iii. 17 ; Dugdale, Baronage, i. 103^. 6 Pat. R. 56 Hen. III. m. 16. 7 Cal. Close R. 1272-9, 45. ^ Annaks Mon. (Rolls Ser.), ii. 1 1 1 ; Cal. Close R. 1272-9, 383. Arms of ' Le Conte de Nichole, esquartele d'or et de goulz ung bend sable & ung label! argent.' Armytage, Ghvei's Rolle of Armes, No. 9. 9 Cal. Pat. R. 1281-92, 53. 10 Ibid. 1272-81, 6-]. ^^ Ibid. 1 89-229, /ij//. Brut y T-jviyso^on (RoUs Ser.), 365-6. 13 Cal. Pat. R. 1272-81, 268. 13 Ibid. 309. 1* Ibid. 1281-92, 13 to 82, pass. ; Leland, ///». v. 46-48. 15 Cal. Pat. R. 281-92, 109 ; Coucher of Whalley, 188-90 ; Mon. Angl. v. 639. 18 Cal. Pat. R. 1281-92, 134 ; 1 292-1 301, 3 ; 1307-13, 146. 17 Ibid. 1281-92, 23 1-302, /<?;•/. 308
 * Close R. 52 Hen. III. m. 5, m. 12. ^ Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bb. No. 2, fol. 242, No. 49.