Background
A minor at his father"s death, he did not obtain his shrievalty till February 1216.
A minor at his father"s death, he did not obtain his shrievalty till February 1216.
Declaring for Louis of France on his arrival (May 1216), he was excommunicated by the legate at Whitsuntide, and his lands seized by the Marchers. But hastening to make his peace, on the accession of Henry, he was one of the witnesses to his reissue of the charter, and was restored to his shrievalty and castellanship. He also Attested Henry"s "Third Charter," on 11 February 1225.