OLD ENGLAND

"It is a relief to escape from such dreaded recollections of our old castles, to the gay and brilliant scenes that occasionally made them the centres of enjoyment to assembled thousands, when, for instance, the tournament brought from all ports of the country the young and old, rich and poor, the knights and the would-be knightly, to see lances broken or to break them, conqueror to be conquered. There were occasion, too, when the excitement and brilliant sports of the tournament were enhanced by peculiar circumstances, calculated in the highest degree to attract, not only, the chivalry of Old England, but of Europe, into the lists. One of the most grandly situated of castles is that of Peveril of the Peak (Fig. 424), built by a natural son of the Conqueror, whose name it bears. This was some centuries afterwards in the possession of William Peveril, a valiant knight, who had two daughters, one of whom, Mellette, having privily resolved to marry none but a knight who should distinguish himself for his warlike prowess her farther sympathizing with her feelings determined to invite the noble youth of England generally to compete for such prize in a grand tournament. The castle of Whittington, in the county of Salop was also to reward the victor by way of a fitting dowry for the bride. We may judge of the hosts who would assemble at such an invitation and even royal blood was among them in the person of the Scottish King's son. Worthy of the day, no doubt, were the feats performed. Among the combatants, one knight with a silver shield and a peacock for his crest speedily distinguished himself. The best and bravest in vain endeavoured to arrest his successful career. The Scottish prince was overthrown; so was a baron of Burgoyne. Their conqueror was adjudged the prize. Guarine de Meez, a branch of the house of Lorraine, and an ancestor of the lord Fitzwarren, thus wooed and won an English bride, at Peveril's Place in the Peak."    (From a very old rare book in the Spokane, Washington library's genealogy section -
discovered by Hallie June Peavey)

NOTE: Sir Guarine de Metz married our Mellette Peverel daughter of William Peverel. Guarine won Mellette and WHITTINGTON CASTLE in a grand tournament for Mellette's hand held at the Peverel Castle on the Peak in Casteldon, Derbyshire, England.

Guarine and Mellette had a son Fulk Fitz Guarine who had a son also Fulk Fitz Warine. The third William Peverel we call the younger (or III). It was the time of King Henry II when King Henry illegally confiscated our Honour of Peverel and our coat of arms. Our William Peverel dawned monks clothing and joined the defender Fulk and a band of knights robbing the caravans in the forests around Peverel Castle. The caravans were bringing supplies to Peverel Castle where King Henry II had taken up residency. Fulk eventually won back the Honour of Peverel and renamed it the "Honour of Guarine". This surname modernized to Warren and is a line of President Bush.

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