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de Bréauté continued to fight with the same loyalty he had shown John. The
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because it had come to terms with Prince Louis, although it had done so under duress. After attacking the townspeople his men turned on the abbey, killing the abbot's cook and only leaving after blackmailing the abbot for 200 marks. His men also attacked
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as an unquestioning subject of King John, earning the hatred of baronial and monastic leaders alike. He earned the title of John's steward in 1215, a title he kept until the following year. On 28 November 1215, de Bréauté captured
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in 1217 her son became the 6th Earl. So this marriage made de Bréauté "the equal of an earl" as he was regent for the
Earldom until his stepson the 6th Earl reached his majority. As Margaret's dowry he gained control of the
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as revenge for his defeat of the French forces during the war, but was released in 1225 either through the intervention of the pope or through his
Crusader's Badge, assumed in 1221. After release he spent several months in
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in 1212 for its opposition to the king, though the abbey was spared after the abbot paid a heavy fine of 700 Marks. He served regularly in royal service, including in trips to
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derived its name from that part of London and still uses de Bréauté's griffin as its badge. The house stood on approximately 31 acres (13 ha) in the royal manor of
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918:W. Stubbs,
873:pp. 217 ff.
529:Northampton
466:, and when
464:East Anglia
435:Northampton
412:Mountsorrel
404:Isle of Ely
372:Oxfordshire
278:Magna Carta
1152:Categories
1136:1215–1224
1113:1215–1224
1090:1215–1224
1065:1215–1223
1038:1217–1224
705:pp. 538-44
657:References
647:Kennington
595:querimonia
521:great hall
254:Carmarthen
212:Early life
202:Kennington
155:and later
107:Allegiance
958:pp. 57-59
943:(Google).
924:pp. 35-36
830:(Google).
586:Compiègne
506:Rebellion
443:Justiciar
431:Christmas
388:St Albans
363:Henry III
335:Stogursey
322:Worcester
246:Glamorgan
242:King John
153:King John
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111:King John
979:(1911).
732:Archived
623:Vauxhall
619:Vauxhall
609:Vauxhall
599:Burgundy
582:Normandy
472:Plympton
326:5th Earl
290:Hanslope
274:Flanders
260:and the
258:Cardigan
226:Normandy
194:Vauxhall
1141:Unknown
1126:Unknown
1118:Unknown
1103:Unknown
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320:sacked
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222:Bréauté
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218:Norman
90:Spouse
81:Rome,
635:manor
631:Luton
575:Exile
456:Essex
416:Dover
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