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unusual facts about Edward I, Count of Bar



Alexander Abingdon

These figures represent Queen Eleanor of Castile and they were carved for the Waltham Cross, one of the twelve monumental crosses commissioned by Eleanor’s husband, King Edward I, after the Queen’s death in Harby, Nottinghamshire in 1290.

Arnold Fitz Thedmar

He appealed for help to Henry III, and again to his son and successor Edward I, with the result that his liability was diminished.

Auchencairn

There is evidence of human habitation of the area since the Mesolithic period, but the first written record of Auchencairn occurs from 1305 in a charter of Edward I in which 'Aghencarne' is listed among lands belonging to Dundrennan Abbey.

Bernard Drake

Sir Bernard Drake was an 11th-generation descendant of Edward I through his great-great-grandfather, Thomas Grenville, of Stowe, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.

Blackfriars, London

Edward I gave permission to rebuild London's city wall, which lay between the river and Ludgate Hill, around their area.

Charing Cross tube station

It shows scenes from the construction of the original Charing Cross, memorial of Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I.

Chippenham Without

There is evidence of monastic presence here; land in the locality was given by King Stephen to the nunnery of Martingny in the Rhone valley and in the reign of Edward I this land was transferred to the priory of Monkton Farleigh.

Clan Fleming

Nine Flemings are known to have signed the Ragman Roll of 1296, and therefore have pledged alliance to Edward I, although Sir Robert Fleming was among the first supporters of Robert the Bruce.

Congé d'Elire

This arrangement was confirmed by subsequent statutes passed in the reigns of Edward I and Edward III respectively, and the practice was ultimately settled in its present form by the statute Payment of Annates, etc., 1534.

Dolgarrog

In the 1350s the Black Death took a heavy toll in the lower Conwy Valley, particularly among the bond tenants regulated by the King's officers from Aberconwy, Edward I's new English borough.

Edward I, Count of Bar

In conspiracy theories, such as the one promoted in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Edward I of Bar has been alleged to be the fourth Grand Master of the Priory of Sion.

Edward I. Schalon

Edward Irvin Schalon (February 27, 1920 – December 27, 2008) was a corporate executive who served as the chairman of board and chief executive officer of SPX Corporation, a Fortune 500 global company.

Edward I. Solomon

Professor Edward I. Solomon (born 1946) is the current Monroe E. Spaght Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University.

Ely Place

It is still standing today, and is the only surviving building in London from the reign of Edward I (1239–1307) though it was badly damaged during World War II.

Fargate

Dating of the well indicates that it was probably dug around the time of the rebuilding of Sheffield Castle in stone, in 1270, and the granting of Sheffield's Market Charter by Edward I in 1296.

Fetcham Park House

By 1875 John Hankey inherited the property and commissioned a major refurbishment by the respected architect Edward I'Anson.

Foliejon Park

Foliejon was originally known as Belestre, a hunting lodge granted by King Edward I to John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells, later co-regent for his son, King Edward II.

Francis Hurt

This was on or near the site of the "Earl's Chamber", a hunting lodge belonging to Edmund Earl of Lancaster, brother of Edward I.

Ginge Manor

During the time of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile in the 1260s it was known to have been owned by Robert, son of Andrew le Blund.

Greenhill, Evesham

King Henry's son, Lord Edward, later Edward I used it as his base in the battle from where he launched his attack on Simon de Montford's forces who were gathered around Evesham Abbey.

Hatton Garden

Ely Place, off Hatton Garden, is home to St Etheldreda's Church – one of the oldest Roman Catholic church in England and one of only two remaining buildings in London dating from the reign of Edward I.

Headcorn

There are records from the reigns of Edward I, Edward III and Henry IV, relating to the need to repair this bridge and Hawkenbury Bridge.

Hugh de Puiset

Lastly, the bishop's nephew Hugh IV de Puiset, who was Count of Bar in France, brought an armed force to Hartlepool, supposedly to help defend Hugh, but King Henry feared that this was an attempt to aid the rebellion of the Young King.

Merewether Clock Tower

Eleanor crosses were a series of 12 monuments erected in England by King Edward I between 1291 and 1294, in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile.

Milton Regis

Edward Hasted notes that a document of 21 Edward I (1259–60) records the hundred as being the King's hundred.

Monroe Spaght

A named Chair in Chemistry was created in his honor at Stanford University; the incumbent Monroe E. Spaght Professor of Chemistry is Edward I. Solomon.

Philip IV of France

The outbreak of hostilities with England in 1294 was the inevitable result of the competitive expansionist monarchies, triggered by a secret Franco-Scottish pact of mutual assistance against Edward I, who was Philip's brother-in-law, having married Philip's sister Margaret; inconclusive campaigns for the control of Gascony to the southwest of France were fought in 1294–98 and 1300–03.

Richard of Pudlicott

Richard of Pudlicott (died 1305), also known as Richard de Podelicote (or Pudlicote, or Dick Puddlecote), was an English wool merchant who, down on his luck, became an infamous burglar of King Edward I's Wardrobe treasury at Westminster Abbey in 1303.

Robert Baston

He is said to have been taken to Scotland by Edward I to sing his praises at the siege of Stirling (1304); and, according to Bale, he is Trivet's authority for his story of Edward's rash approach to the beleaguered garrison.

Robert of Beverley

In 1273 Robert had charge of the making of the tomb of Edward I's infant son John.

Simon Montacute

He had two elder brothers, John, who died in August 1317, and William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and a younger brother, Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu, who married Alice of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton and granddaughter of Edward I.

Stracathro

At Stracathro on 7 July 1296, John Balliol publicly admitted the errors of his ways and confirmed his reconciliation with Edward I.

Thomas de Montpellier

His family, which apparently came from Montpellier, had a tradition of service to Edward I; Thomas himself is recorded as being in the service of the Crown by 1307, in which capacity he visited Ireland on several occasions.

Traitors' Gate

The gate was built by Edward I, to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St. Thomas's Tower, which was designed to provide additional accommodation for the royal family.

Troy weight

Charles Moore Watson (1844–1916) proposes an alternate etymology: The Assize of Weights and Measures (also known as Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris), one of the statutes of uncertain date from the reign of either Henry III or Edward I, thus before 1307, specifies "troni ponderacionem"—which the Public Record Commissioners translates as "troy weight".


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