The Magna Carta Barons

From Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th ed., pp. vii - viii:

THE TWENTY-FIVE SURETIES OF THE MAGNA CHARTA

• Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare
• William de Fortibus, Earl of Aumale (1)
• Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Gloucester (2)
• Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
• Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford
• Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk
• Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
• William Marshall, the Younger (2)
• Robert fitz Walter of Dunmow
• Gilbert de Clare
• Eustace de Vesci (3)
• William de Hardelf, Mayor of London (4)
• William de Mowbray
• Geoffrey de Say
• Roger de Mumbezon (or Mont Begon) (2)
• William de Huntingfleld
• Robert de Ros of Hamlake
• John de Lacy, Constable of Chester, Baron of Holton
• William de Albin[ (or Aubigny) of Beivoir
• Richard de Percy (5)
• William Malet
• John fitz Robert
• William de Lanvaliel
• Hugh Bigod, later Earl of Norfolk
• Richard de Muntfichet, Baron of Stanstead (2) (allas Richard Gernon)

(1) known Issue extinct after 3rd generation
(2) no known Issue surviving
(3) known Issue extinct after 4th generation
(4) nothing known of him or of his family
(5) no legitimate Issue. He had an llleg. son, Sir Henry de Percy, who held the market and fair and manor of Settle (Yorks), who had a son Alexander who held land In Arram, par. of Leconfield. Descendants may exist.

PERSONS NAMED IN THE PREAMBLE OF MAGNA CHARTA AS ADVISORS OF KING JOHN

Clerics

• Stephen de Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Henry, Archbishop of Dublin
• William, Bishop of London
• Peter, Bishop of Winchester
• Joceline, Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury
• Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln
• Walter, Bishop, of Worcester
• William, Bishop of Coventry
• Benedict, Bishop of Rochester
• Pandulph, the Pope's subdeacon and familiar (Papal Legate)
• Atmeric, Master of the Knights Templar In England

Nobles

• William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
• William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury
• William, Earl of Warren (and Surrey)
• Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland
• Warln fitz Gerold (known issue extinct In 3rd generation)
• Hubert de Burgh, Seneschal of Poitou
• Peter fltz Herbert
• Hugh de Nevil
• Matthew fitz Herbert
• Thomas Basset
• Alan Basset
• William d'Alblgny, Earl of Arundel
• Robert de Roppel
• John Marshall of Hingham
• John fitz Hugh.

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