Biography of John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers 1290-1365

Paternal Family Tree: Maltravers

1306 Feast of the Swans

1322 Battle of Boroughbridge

1326 Return of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer

John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers and Milicent Berkeley were married. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers and Agnes Bereford Baroness Maltravers were married.

Before 1290 [his father] John Maltravers (age 23) and [his mother] Eleanor Gorges (age 21) were married.

In 1290 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers was born to John Maltravers (age 24) and Eleanor Gorges (age 22).

On 12 May 1306 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 16) was knighted.

Feast of the Swans

On 22 May 1306 the Feast of the Swans was a collective knighting of two hundred and sixty seven men at Westminster Abbey [Map].

At the feast following the knightings two swans were brought in. King Edward I of England (age 66) swore before God and the swans to avenge the death of John Comyn 3rd Lord Baddenoch - see Robert "The Bruce" murders John "Red" Comyn.

King Edward I of England first knighted his son King Edward II of England (age 22).

King Edward II of England then knighted the remaining two-hundred and sixty six including ...

Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer (age 20)

Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl of Arundel (age 21)

John le Blund, Mayor of London

William Brabazon

Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Chirk (age 50)

Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 22) - this may have been the first time Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall and King Edward II of England met?

John Harrington 1st Baron Harington (age 25)

John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 16)

Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 19)

William Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu (age 31)

John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 19)

Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 30)

Roger Scales 2nd Baron Scales

John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 19)

Battle of Boroughbridge

On 16 Mar 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.

Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].

Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].

John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.

Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.

Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.

Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 31) fough for the rebels, and was captured.

Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley (age 55) surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life

John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 34) was captured.

Around 1323 [his father] John Maltravers (age 57) and [his step-mother] Joan Foliot (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

Return of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer

In Oct 1326 Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 31) landed at Orford, Suffolk [Map] with Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 39), John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 36) and Nicholas Abrichecourt (age 36).

Bishop Henry Burghesh (age 34) joined her shortly afterwards.

On 03 Apr 1327 Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley (age 31) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 37) were made keepers of King Edward II of England (age 42).

On 24 Sep 1329 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 39) was appointed Constable of Corfe Castle, Dorset.

On 03 Dec 1329 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 39) escaped to Germany.

On 25 Jan 1330 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 40) was created 1st Baron Maltravers by writ of summons. Agnes Bereford Baroness Maltravers (age 30) by marriage Baroness Maltravers.

In Jul 1345 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 55) was granted Royal Protection at Flanders.

In or before 1350 [his son] John Maltravers and [his daughter-in-law] Gwenllian Unknown were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 16 Feb 1365 John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 75) died. He was buried at Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset. Baron Maltravers abeyant between [his granddaughter] Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham (age 20) and [his granddaughter] Joan Maltravers.

[his son] John Maltravers was born to John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers and Milicent Berkeley.

Royal Descendants of John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers 1290-1365

George Wharton

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers 1290-1365

GrandFather: John Maltravers

Father: John Maltravers

GrandMother: Joan Gorges

John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers

GrandFather: Ralph Gorges

Mother: Eleanor Gorges