Walter de Huntercombe | |
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| Born | 1247 |
| Died | 1313 (aged 65–66) |
Walter de Huntercombe, 1st Baron Huntercombe (1247–1313) was an English military commander during the Wars of Scottish Independence and a Governor of Edinburgh Castle.
Around 1283, Huntercombe took part in a military expedition into Wales which was part of the wider Conquest of Wales by Edward I. He was appointed constable at the newly taken Castell y Bere, building a new chamber at the castle during his residence.
“The king has committed in like manner to Walter de Huntercomb the castle of Bere, and has granted to him 200 marks yearly for the custody, to be received as above, on condition that he shall have continuously there in garrison at the castle at his cost forty fencible men, of whom fifteen shall be crossbowmen, one chaplain, one artiller, a carpenter, a mason and a smith, and of the others shall be made janitors, watchmen and other ministers of the castle. Order is given to all bailiffs etc (as in preceding).”[1]
On 4 June 1290, Huntercombe took possession of the Isle of Man for King Edward I; the island had previously been under the control of the Scots.[2] In early 1293 Edward I ordered Huntercombe to relinquish the island to John Balliol, the King of Scots.[3] and Edward's vassal.
In 1294, Edward summoned Huntercombe to Portsmouth because of the French occupation of the Duchy of Gascony. In June 1295, he was rewarded for his service by being created Baron Huntercombe.[4] His arms were ermine, two bars gemells gules.[5]
- ^ Calendar of Welsh Rolls, Edward I 1277-1326, 291.
- ^ Barrow, G W S (1965). Robert Bruce. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 41, 42.
- ^ "Book 1 chap 7 - History of the Isle of Man, 1900". www.isle-of-man.com.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 293.
- ^ Carrick, J.D. (1830). Life of Sir William Wallace, of Elderslie. Constable and Company.