Alan la Zouche

- 1270

• Name	Alan la Zouche  [1]
  Born	of Molton, Devon, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Bef 1217	of Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England   [3]
  Alternate birth	Abt 1217	of Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Died	10 Aug 1270  [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Alternate death	12 Aug 1270  [8]
  Siblings	4 siblings
  + 1. Alan la Zouche ,   b. of Molton, Devon, England ,   d. 10 Aug 1270 + 2. Eudes la Zouche ,   b. of Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. Between 25 Apr 1279 and 25 Jun 1279 + 3. William la Zouche ,   b. of King's Nympton, Devon, England ,   d. Bef 3 Feb 1272 + 4. Lorette la Zouche + 5. Alice la Zouche
  Person ID	I8764	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Roger la Zouche,   b. Abt 1175, of Black Torrington, Devon, England ,   d. Bef 14 May 1238  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Margaret Biset,   b. of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England ,   d. Aft 15 Aug 1232
  Family ID	F1615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen de Quincy,   b. Abt 1222, Winchester, Hampshire, England ,   d. Bef 20 Aug 1296  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	Bef 1242  [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Roger la Zouche,   b. Abt 1241, of Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Bef 15 Oct 1285  (Age ~ 44 years) + 2. Oliver la Zouche,   b. Abt 1250, of South Charford, Hampshire, England ,   d. Between 1316 and 1327  (Age ~ 66 years) + 3. Margaret la Zouche,   b. 1251, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Constable of the Tower of London. "His first taste of high office came in 1250 when he was appointed justice of the county of Chester and the Four Cantrefs (the district of north Wales east of the River Conwy). He paid 1000 marks for the post, allegedly outbidding the current holder of the office. He flaunted the wealth he raised from the district, and boasted that the whole of Wales was now reduced to obedience. But his high-handed and insensitive behaviour provoked royal investigation, and fuelled the resentment in the area against the English, which led to the violent overthrow of English rule in 1256. By then Zouche had entered the service of the Lord Edward (who had been given the royal lands in Wales, Ireland, and Chester in February 1254), and acted as his justiciar in Ireland from June 1256 to October 1258. With the onset of civil discord in England in June 1258, Zouche was given ample opportunity to display his unflinching loyalty to the king." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Subsequent offices include steward of the royal household, Oct 1261 - Jan 1263; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1261-4; justice of the forests south of Trent Jun 1261 onward; constable of Rockingham Castle 1261-4 and Northampton Castle 1261-3; warden of London and constable of the Tower, Jun 1268 - Apr 1268. "Taken prisoner at the battle of Lewes (14 May 1264), Zouche escaped to Lewes Priory, where he disguised himself as a monk, but he was recaptured and imprisoned. In the aftermath of the king's victory at Evesham (4 August 1265) he played an important part in the pacification of the country: he was one of the twelve arbitrators appointed to arrange the terms of the surrender of Kenilworth Castle in 1266, and was one of the justices appointed to hear the pleas of the disinherited." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] "During an altercation in Westminster Hall on 1 July 1270, [John de] Warenne and his men assaulted Zouche and his son in the presence of the royal justice and the chancellor. Zouche suffered wounds from which he died on 10 August 1270." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

  
  

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