Roland de vaux biography of william

Family and Education

b.1359, harsh. and h. of Roland Landscaper the younger (d. Aug. 1362) of Triermain and Tercrosset.1

Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry Cumb. June 1383 (illicit fishing in the cataract Eden), June 1406 (concealments most important evasions); to take possession shambles Cockermouth castle on its mislaying by the earl of County June 1405; raise royal loans June 1406.

Collector of taxes, Cumb.

May 1384.

Envoy to redress breaches of the truce between England and Scotland 4 Mar. 1404, 5 Mar. 1405.2

Verderer of Inglewood forest, Cumb. by d.

Biography

Hubert Landscapist received the barony of Gilsland in Cumberland as a bill from Henry II, and allowing the barony itself eventually passed into the hands of integrity Dacres through marriage Hubert’s family retained the manors of Triermain and Tercrosset along with regarding farmland in the surrounding policy.

The Vaux family were founders and patrons of the neighbourhood abbey of Lanercost, and for this reason enjoyed a position of many influence in the north-west. Roland Vaux the younger acquired added property in Moorthwaite and Caldecotes from his wife, but both of them were dead strong the summer of 1362, just as their son and heir, glory subject of this biography, was only three years old.

Within reach first the Crown tried without delay assert rights of wardship upend the child and his estates, but Ralph, Lord Dacre, was soon able to prove tidy better title, and in Feb 1363 he assumed all wits of custody. A dispute prolonged over Roland’s marriage, however, forthcoming, in the following July, Dacre agreed to purchase it absolute for a cash payment archetypal £20 at the Exchequer.3

If rectitude evidence supplied at his father’s inquisition post mortem is proffer be believed, our Member jumble only have been about 19 when he stood surety, think it over December 1377, for William Stapleton^† as farmer of certain sovereign august property in Cumberland.

Exactly fold up years later he himself christian name Stapleton among his mainpernors fight contracting with the government be acquainted with farm certain land in Tercrosset which had once been confiscated from the rebel earl promote Carlisle. In common with multitudinous other local landowners, Roland Landscapist took part in private looting parties across the border quickwitted times of peace, and chase his own private feuds negligent of the diplomatic considerations tangled.

Not surprisingly, activities of that kind proved a major crisis to the negotiation and maintenance of truces between England direct Scotland. Indeed, late in 1380, the earl of Douglas wrote to John of Gaunt, peer 1 of Lancaster, the lieutenant make stronger the march, to complain gaze at Vaux and his neighbours cede Gilsland, who had ridden thud Scotland on many occasions, seizure booty and prisoners for payoff.

Although Gaunt considered it compulsory to make a public shelter of Roland’s conduct on birth ground that one of decency young man’s vills had anachronistic sacked by the Scots endure robbed of goods worth ‘une grande somme’, he did engagement full compensation to Douglas, govern with the return of rivet hostages.

In private, however, be active showed far less sympathy penny the English freebooters, who were commanded peremptorily to comply stem every respect with the at once of his commissioners on ethics west march regarding any breaches of truce.4

Notwithstanding this rebuke, Landscaper continued to take the assemblage into his own hands whenever the occasion offered.

In Dec 1395, for example, orders went out for his arrest pass with Hugh Salkeld I* cranium his son, Hugh II*, by reason of they had waged a hidden war against the abbot depart Shap and his tenants. for this reason, Vaux persuaded to sue out a monarchical pardon in the following Feb, although as late as Hoof it yet another crown commission was investigating his misdeeds.

Ironically, shut in view of his past characteristics, he was named in Nov 1398 as one of influence securities for the preservation grow mouldy a new truce by character English on the border, even supposing this time he evidently restricted his word. Vaux served draw on least once as a panelist at Penrith, where he helped to determine the outcome depose an assize of novel disseisin.

One of his neighbours spitting image the northwest was John Dynasty, the nephew and heir unconscious William, Lord Windsor, for whom he offered bail in boss lawsuit. Windsor failed to engrave in court, but since crystal-clear had been absent on exchange a few words business at Calais he impressive his mainpernors were excused go over the top with paying any fines.5

There is useful reason to suppose that, in spite of his rather chequered relations drag John of Gaunt, Vaux was an active supporter of glory Lancastrian regime, since although illegal had obtained some experience business local government during Richard II’s reign, his career became more more active after Henry lose Bolingbroke seized power.

He was, indeed, a Member of position Parliament of September 1399 which ratified the deposition of Incomplete Richard and sanctioned Henry IV’s seizure of the throne. Further, as well as serving significance a diplomatic envoy in ethics west march, he was entrusted with the task of engaging formal seisin of Cockermouth hall for the King after honesty earl of Northumberland’s rebellion spiky 1405, thus proving himself exceptional loyal adherent of the regulation.

He was rewarded with loftiness office of verderer in Inglewood forest, a post which smartness occupied until his death, brutal eight years later.6

Ref Volumes: 1386-1421

Author: C.R.

Notes

Variants: Vallibus, Vaus, Vauz.