Burgh by Sands

Who he is

Name

Hugh de Morville (died 1202)

Title

Lord of the barony of Burgh by Sands

Since

Not pinned (inherited from his father Simon de Morville and the Engaine heiress)

Born

Not pinned

Family

His wife is given as Helewise de Stuteville (Wikipedia: Richard de Luci of Egremont). His daughters Ada (married first Richard de Lucy of Egremont, then Thomas de Multon) and Joan (married Richard Gernon) are his heirs.

Confidence

low

General histories; whether this Hugh is the Hugh de Morville who killed Becket is disputed between the sources and is not settled here.

Overlord

King John

What it holds

• Burgh by Sands and the Solway shore
• Kirkoswald and Lazonby in the Eden valley

How it was acquired

Inheritance.

How things stand that morning

Held.

Wealth

Solway fisheries and farmland.

Military

A castle or tower at Burgh; Kirkoswald (the stone castle is said to have been begun about 1201).

Places of note

• Burgh by Sands: Caput
• Kirkoswald: Morville manor

Where the sources disagree

• The brief's question about Westmorland: Morvilles held Westmorland and Knaresborough under Henry II, but both were in the king's hand by 1173-74; Robert de Vieuxpont's claim through a Morville mother underlies the grant of 1203.

Evidence: Holder plausible; identity questions unresolved.

On the map: Rough blocks.

Primary sources for England

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, Jocelin of Brakelond (about 1198 to 1203). An inside account of Bury St Edmunds under Abbot Samson, written while the events were fresh. Read online
• Chronicle of Melrose, Anonymous (monks of Melrose abbey) (about 1173 to 1270, in many hands; the 1200 entries are near contemporary). The main Scottish annal for the year, kept at a Cistercian house on the Tweed. Read online
• Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
• Chronicle of the Princes, Anonymous (Welsh translation of a lost Latin chronicle kept at Strata Florida) (Latin original to about 1282, compiled from contemporary annals; Welsh versions about 1300 and later). The native Welsh record of the year. Read online
• Chronicle; Deeds of the Kings, Gervase of Canterbury (Chronica about 1188 to 1199; Gesta Regum about 1199 to 1210). The Chronica stops in 1199, so for 1200 the witness is the briefer Gesta Regum, which notes John's peace with Philip, the coronation of Isabella at Westminster on 8 October 1200, and matters touching Canterbury: the archbishop Hubert Walter as chancellor, the cathedral priory's quarrel with him, and the Lambeth college dispute lately settled by the pope. Read online
• English Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall, Ralph of Coggeshall (about 1200 to 1224, in stages). Short but independent entries for 1200 from a Cistercian house in Essex: John's levy on the Cistercians and the carucage, the peace with Philip, the king's new marriage and the queen's coronation, and the death of Hugh of Lincoln. Read online
• Flowers of History, Roger of Wendover (about 1220 to 1235 at St Albans). For 1200 Wendover is mostly Howden rewritten, so he is a second witness only where he adds St Albans material: a long account of Hugh of Lincoln's last months, death and funeral, and anecdotes about John's conduct toward the Cistercians and his new queen. Read online
• Images of History, Ralph de Diceto (about 1188 to 1202). A London view of the year from the dean of St Paul's, who knew the justiciar and the bishops personally. Read online

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