Biography of Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle 1288-1344

Paternal Family Tree: Lisle

Maternal Family Tree: Bertrade Mainwaring 1197-1246

Before 20th January 1288 [his father] Warin Lisle (age 25) and [his mother] Alice Montfort Baroness Fitzwalter were married.

On 20th January 1288 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle was born to [his father] Warin Lisle (age 25) and [his mother] Alice Montfort Baroness Fitzwalter at Campton, Bedfordshire.

Before 7th December 1296 [his father] Warin Lisle (age 33) died at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.

On 9th July 1301 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 13) and Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle (age 6) were married. They were fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In 1308 [his daughter] Elizabeth Lisle was born to Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 19) and [his wife] Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle (age 13) at Harewood. She married Edmund Peverell and had issue.

After 10th May 1308 [his step-father] Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 61) and [his mother] Alice Montfort Baroness Fitzwalter were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwalter. They were fifth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1311 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 22) was created 1st Baron Lisle of Rougemont. [his wife] Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle (age 16) by marriage Baroness Lisle of Rougemont.

Around 3rd May 1318 [his son] John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle was born to Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle (age 23). He married before 6th May 1336 Maud Grey Baroness Lisle, daughter of Henry Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Wilton, and had issue.

Battle of Boroughbridge

                    On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.
                
                    Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
                
                    Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
                
                    John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.
                
                    Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.
                
                    Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
                
                    Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 31) fough for the rebels, and was captured.
                
                    Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley (age 55) surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
                
                    John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 34) was captured. 
                
                    Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].

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After 16th March 1322 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34) went on pilgrimage at Santiago de Compostela.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Before 6th May 1336 [his son] John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 18) were married.

In 1339 [his wife] Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle (age 44) died at Woodburn.

On 4th January 1344 Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 55) died. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map]. His son John (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baron Lisle of Rougemont. Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 26) by marriage Baroness Lisle of Rougemont.

                
                    Around 1400. Window in the Chicheley Chapel at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map] from the late 14th early 15th Century depicting alliances of the Ufford family (who are thought to have owned the manor of Wimpole before the Chicheleys) and the Plantagenets through the marriage of Ralph Ufford and Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster, daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster .
                
                    From top to bottom, left to right:
                
                    Tiptoft Arms. The Tiptoft family owned the nearby manor of Harleston.
                
                    Bardolf Arms.
                
                    Avenell Arms. The Avenell family once held a manor in Wimpole.
                
                    Telemache Arms.
                
                    Ufford Arms. Believed to be the arms of William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk. Note the difference of an annulet argent (white) in the top left corner.
                
                    Bohun Arms. Possibly William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton.
                
                    Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster 1281 1345 Arms. Possibly Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster although the label doesn't appear to have the fleur de lys of France.
                
                    Bassingbourne Arms.
                
                    Engaine Arms. John de Engaine lived in Huntingdonshire.
                
                    Lisle Arms. Possibly Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle. Robert settled at nearby Rampton.
                
                    Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk who married Margaret Norwich Countess Suffolk whose father Walter Norwich owned the manor of Cobbs in Wimpole.
                
                    Ufford Arms with a label three points. Believed to be Robert Ufford who predeceased his father Robert Ufford 1st Earl Suffolk.
                
                    Bassingbourne Arms.
                
                    The figure in the middle is believed to represent William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk.
                
                    From an original description by James C Powell 1903.