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Roger de Beler

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22: 479: 79:, for a warden and two chantry chaplains for the Parish Church of St. Peter, on condition of their performing religious services for the benefit of the souls of himself and his wife Alicia, his father and mother, and other ancestors in a special chantry chapel on the manorial site. In time this secular chantry college took on the Rule of St Augustine and became the 206:
Alicia survived her husband by nearly 20 years, dying in 1344. Beler's heir was Roger, who, being an infant, became a ward of the crown. Alicia was placed in possession of the estates in Leicestershire during her son's minority. The elder Beler was buried at Kirkby in the church of St. Peter, where a
99:'s party, and in October 1318 was included in the amnesty then granted to the earl and his adherents. Shortly afterwards, Beler received a grant of land in Leicestershire as the reward for services for the king. In the same year the offices of bailiff and steward of 103:, in Leicestershire, of which apparently he was already the tenant, were entailed upon him. In December 1318 he was one of a commission for the trial of sheriffs and other officers accused of oppression in the counties of Buckingham, Bedford, and Northampton. 180:'s invasion in September 1326. After the Despencers' executions and Edward II's abdication in early 1327, Folville and his band were pardoned, and became celebrated, although they were to flirt with outlawry and vigilantism for many years. 114:, and upon another commission for the same purpose in the following year. In July 1323 he was one of the justices appointed to investigate the conduct of sheriffs, collectors and bailiffs in 183:
Beler's killing had not been an isolated attack on an official of the Despencer/Edward regime in the run-up to the 1326 invasion; in July 1325 the deputy of the keeper of confiscated
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castles in the Welsh Marches was brutally attacked and had his eyes torn out and limbs broken and in October the Constable of
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monument in alabaster, representing him as a knight in complete armour, was extant at the date of publication of Nichols's
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was named as the instigator of the murder and accessories included two of his sons, Ivo/Eudo la Zouch, the eldest son
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in 1256. His mother's name was Amicia. A licence obtained in 1316 by Beler allowed him to grant a lay fee in
122:. In 1324 he sat on a commission for the trial of persons charged with complicity in a riot at Rochester. 40: 452: 440: 428: 521: 464: 195: 166: 80: 48: 26: 188: 158: 107: 227:
the la Zouches had been previously involved in raids against the Despencers alongside the leading
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On 29 January 1326, while on his way from Kirkby to Leicester, Beler was killed in a valley near
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one of William's retainers pointing to it having a political element linked to the approaching
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Beler was the son of William Beler, and grandson of Roger Beler, sheriff of
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In 1322 Beler was created baron of the exchequer in the room of
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Folville and his followers returned to England perhaps in
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The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester
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13th and 14th-century English judge and royal official
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to whom he had previously made threats of violence.
234:and were linked to the families of Roger Mortimer, 198:where his alabaster effigy survives to this day. 125:Beler was summoned as a justice to Parliaments at 342: 327: 354: 25:Sir Roger de Beller's 1326 Alabaster effigy in 419:. Vol. II pt.I. Leicester: John Nichols. 8: 498:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 384:The Tyranny and Fall of Edward II 1321-1326 81:Saint Peter's Priory Kirkby upon the Wreak 387:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 461:Parliamentary Writs Alphabetical Digest 315: 292: 254: 236:Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley 220: 304: 366: 196:parish church of Saint Peter at Kirby 7: 173:, and their lands were confiscated. 240:Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand 155:William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche 129:in January 1324 and November 1325. 14: 527:People from the Borough of Melton 495:Dictionary of National Biography 477: 169:. Folville and his gang fled to 91:In the civil dissensions over 1: 194:Sir Roger was buried in the 512:14th-century English judges 165:against the Despencers and 543: 51:. Beler was killed by the 281:Parl Writs II Digest 1834 209:History of Leicestershire 463:. Vol. II. London: 404:Chronicon Henry Knighton 406:. Vol. I. London: 402:Lumley, Joseph (1895). 381:Fryde, Natalie (1979). 415:Nichols, John (1795). 343:Patent Rolls 1232–1509 141:by his distant cousin 43:and right-hand man of 41:Baron of the Exchequer 33: 453:Parliament of England 441:Parliament of England 429:Parliament of England 328:Close Rolls 1224–1468 24: 465:Public Record Office 355:Fine Rolls 1199–1461 157:of Harringworth and 517:13th-century births 189:Conisborough Castle 159:Robert de Hellewell 95:, Beler was of the 34: 394:978-0-521-22201-3 112:Hugh le Despenser 97:Earl of Lancaster 45:Hugh le Despencer 534: 499: 481: 480: 468: 456: 444: 432: 420: 411: 398: 369: 364: 358: 352: 346: 340: 331: 325: 319: 313: 307: 302: 296: 290: 284: 278: 267: 266: 259: 243: 232:William Trussell 225: 143:Eustace Folville 116:Northamptonshire 69:Kirkby-by-Melton 27:St Peters Church 542: 541: 537: 536: 535: 533: 532: 531: 502: 501: 490:Beler, Roger de 487: 478: 475: 459: 451:. Westminster: 447: 439:. Westminster: 435: 427:. Westminster: 423: 414: 401: 395: 380: 377: 372: 365: 361: 353: 349: 341: 334: 326: 322: 314: 310: 303: 299: 291: 287: 279: 270: 261: 260: 256: 252: 247: 246: 226: 222: 217: 204: 135: 89: 61: 19: 12: 11: 5: 540: 538: 530: 529: 524: 519: 514: 504: 503: 474: 471: 470: 469: 457: 445: 433: 421: 412: 399: 393: 376: 373: 371: 370: 359: 347: 332: 320: 318:, p. 225. 308: 297: 285: 268: 253: 251: 248: 245: 244: 219: 218: 216: 213: 203: 200: 178:Queen Isabella 147:Roger la Zouch 134: 131: 93:Piers Gaveston 88: 85: 77:Leicestershire 60: 57: 17: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 539: 528: 525: 523: 520: 518: 515: 513: 510: 509: 507: 500: 497: 496: 491: 485: 484:public domain 472: 466: 462: 458: 454: 450: 446: 442: 438: 434: 430: 426: 422: 418: 413: 409: 405: 400: 396: 390: 386: 385: 379: 378: 374: 368: 363: 360: 356: 351: 348: 344: 339: 337: 333: 329: 324: 321: 317: 312: 309: 306: 301: 298: 294: 289: 286: 282: 277: 275: 273: 269: 264: 258: 255: 249: 241: 237: 233: 230: 224: 221: 214: 212: 210: 201: 199: 197: 192: 190: 186: 181: 179: 174: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 132: 130: 128: 123: 121: 117: 113: 109: 108:John de Foxle 104: 102: 98: 94: 86: 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 58: 56: 54: 53:Folville gang 50: 46: 42: 38: 32: 31:Kirby Bellars 28: 23: 16: 493: 476: 460: 455:. 1232–1509. 449:Patent Rolls 448: 443:. 1199–1461. 436: 431:. 1224–1468. 424: 416: 403: 383: 362: 350: 323: 316:Nichols 1795 311: 300: 293:Nichols 1795 288: 257: 242:by marriage. 223: 208: 205: 193: 182: 175: 151:Lubbesthorpe 136: 124: 105: 90: 65:Lincolnshire 62: 36: 35: 15: 522:1326 deaths 473:Attribution 425:Close Rolls 305:Lumley 1895 229:Contrariant 185:Contrariant 127:Westminster 37:Roger Beler 506:Categories 437:Fine Rolls 367:Fryde 1979 250:References 149:, Lord of 101:Stapleford 211:in 1795. 167:Edward II 163:rebellion 71:, on the 55:in 1326. 49:Edward II 47:and King 59:Ancestry 486::  467:. 1834. 375:Sources 139:Rearsby 120:Rutland 73:Wrethek 391:  202:Family 87:Career 39:was a 215:Notes 171:Paris 133:Death 408:HMSO 389:ISBN 238:and 118:and 492:". 75:in 508:: 335:^ 271:^ 29:, 488:" 410:. 397:. 357:. 345:. 330:. 283:. 265:.

Index


St Peters Church
Kirby Bellars
Baron of the Exchequer
Hugh le Despencer
Edward II
Folville gang
Lincolnshire
Kirkby-by-Melton
Wrethek
Leicestershire
Saint Peter's Priory Kirkby upon the Wreak
Piers Gaveston
Earl of Lancaster
Stapleford
John de Foxle
Hugh le Despenser
Northamptonshire
Rutland
Westminster
Rearsby
Eustace Folville
Roger la Zouch
Lubbesthorpe
William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche
Robert de Hellewell
rebellion
Edward II
Paris
Queen Isabella

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