Roger de Beler
Roger Beler was a
Ancestry
Beler was the son of William Beler, and grandson of Roger Beler, sheriff of
Career
In the civil dissensions over
In 1322 Beler was created baron of the exchequer in the room of
Beler was summoned as a justice to Parliaments at Westminster in January 1324 and November 1325.[2][non-primary source needed]
Death
On 29 January 1326, while on his way from Kirkby to Leicester, Beler was killed in a valley near Rearsby by his distant cousin[3] Eustace Folville to whom he had previously made threats of violence.[4][5] Roger la Zouch, Lord of Lubbesthorpe was named as the instigator of the murder[6][non-primary source needed] and accessories included two of his sons, Ivo/Eudo la Zouch, the eldest son William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche of Harringworth and Robert de Hellewell one of William's retainers[7][8][non-primary source needed] pointing to it having a political element linked to the approaching rebellion against the Despencers and Edward II.[a] Folville and his gang fled to Paris, and their lands were confiscated.
Folville and his followers returned to England perhaps in Queen Isabella's invasion in September 1326. After the Despencers' executions and Edward II's abdication in early 1327, Folville and his band were pardoned,[7][non-primary source needed] and became celebrated, although they were to flirt with outlawry and vigilantism for many years.
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
Sir Roger was buried in the parish church of Saint Peter at Kirby where his alabaster effigy survives to this day. [citation needed]
Family
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 monument in alabaster, representing him as a knight in complete armour, was extant at the date of publication of Nichols's History of Leicestershire in 1795.
Notes
- Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holandby marriage.
References
- ^ "Houses of Augustinian canons: Kirkby Bellairs | British History Online".
- ^ a b c Parl Writs II Digest 1834.
- ^ Nichols 1795, p. 278: "Beler's great-grandmother was Emma Folville"
- ^ Lumley 1895
- ^ Nichols 1795, p. 225.
- ^ Close Rolls 1224–1468.
- ^ a b Patent Rolls 1232–1509.
- ^ Fine Rolls 1199–1461.
- ^ Fryde 1979
Sources
- Fryde, Natalie (1979). The Tyranny and Fall of Edward II 1321-1326. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22201-3.
- Lumley, Joseph (1895). Chronicon Henry Knighton. Vol. I. London: HMSO.
- Nichols, John (1795). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Vol. II pt.I. Leicester: John Nichols.
- Close Rolls. Westminster: Parliament of England. 1224–1468.
- Fine Rolls. Westminster: Parliament of England. 1199–1461.
- Patent Rolls. Westminster: Parliament of England. 1232–1509.
- Parliamentary Writs Alphabetical Digest. Vol. II. London: Public Record Office. 1834.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Beler, Roger de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.