John Mautravers

Notes:

He was knighted, along with his son, on 22 May 1306.

"On 7 July 1297 he was summoned to be at London on Sunday next after the Octave of St. John the Baptist with horse and arms to perform military service in parts beyond the seas. On 24 June 1300 to be at Carlisle on nativity of St. John the Baptist to perform military service against the Scots. On 24 June, 1301, to be at Berwick-upon-Tweed on same day to perform military service against the same. In 1302 he was addressed by the King as one of the magnates of Ireland on termination of Scotch war. On 24 Dec. 1307, he was appointed a conservator of the peace in Dorset. The day after his knighthood he accompanied the Prince of Wales into Scotland, being of the retinue of Maurice de Berkeley. On 3 May 1313, he had letters of protection to go beyond the sea with Ralph de Monthermer. On 27 May, the year following, he received a summons to attend the King into Scotland. On 5 June 1315 be was again appointed a conservator of the peace in Dorset, with special powers. On 30 June, the next year, he received summons to be at Newcastle upon Trent in person, upon the feast of the Virgin's Assumption, to restrain the incursion of the Scots. On 20 August 1317, he received summons to come with horse and arms to Newcastle upon Tyne in eight days of St. Michael for the Scotch war; and on 4 Jau. following to Haverford, on the feast of Purification, to repair in person to his demesnes in Ireland for the defence thereof, or to send a sufficient force to oppose the Scots under Edward Bruce in that country. On 20 March 1319 he was summoned to be at Newcastle upon Tyne in eight days of the Holy Trinity, to perform military service against the Scotch. And again on 22 May, to one month of St. John the Baptist, the time being prorogued. In 1323 he was returned by the Sheriff, pursuant to writ tested 20 June 1322, as summoned from Berks to Newcastle upon Tyne, on eve of St. James the Apostle, to perform military service in persou against the Scots. In the year following he was returned by the Sheriff of Gloucester pursuant to writ, tested 9 May, as summoned by general proclamation to attend the great Council at Westminster on Wednesday next after Ascension day. On 20 Feb. 1326 he received summons to come to Portsmouth on Sunday next after Midlent, to pass into Guienne, under the command of the Earl of Warrene, he having been also previously requested to perform such service by letters of Privy Seal. On 5 April 1327, he received summons to be at Newcastle upon Tyne with horse and arms. In 1330 he was summoned to two great councils, one at Osney abbey, the other at Notts. On 15 October 1331 he received the King's letters to place a sufficient military defence upou his lands in Ireland, and on 21 March following he was summoned to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with horse and arms to repress the Scots. On 20 Oct. 1338 he was ordered to repair to his manors nearest the sea, to provide against an expected invasion." [G.S.S., citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor de Gorges. Eleanor (daughter of Ralph de Gorges) died after 1291. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Mautravers was born about 1290 in of Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England; died on 16 Feb 1364; was buried in Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England.

Family/Spouse: Joan Foliot. Joan (daughter of Walter Foliot and Alda Sampford) died in 1350. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1296

Notes:

Seneschal of the King's Household, 1274. King's chief forester south of Trent.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1221
• Alternate death: 1221

Notes:

Also called Malus Transitus, for reasons not clear to us.

"John Mautravers, brother of Walter, and eldest surviving son and heir of John; a knight of William, Earl Marshal, took part with the Barons in 1215, but returned to his allegiance in 1217; he was named in commissions in Dorset and Wilts, 1219 and August 1220; he was dead before the end of 1220. He married Hawise, who was living in 1222." [Complete Peerage VIII:578]

John married Hawise. Hawise died after 1221. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1222