Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . thout maleissue, leaving the succession to a cousin of his wife. He was by no means the sort of man to jDayscutage in lieu of personal service in the wars. Onthe contrary, he served in Wales in 1231, and waswith Henry HI. in Gascony in 1253 and 1254; -^^^on the latter occasion had an unpleasant IX. had given him letters of safe conduct togo home through Poitou, and he set off in thecompany of Gilbert de Segrave and William their way the party were treacherously waylaid,seized, and imprisoned by the
Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . thout maleissue, leaving the succession to a cousin of his wife. He was by no means the sort of man to jDayscutage in lieu of personal service in the wars. Onthe contrary, he served in Wales in 1231, and waswith Henry HI. in Gascony in 1253 and 1254; -^^^on the latter occasion had an unpleasant IX. had given him letters of safe conduct togo home through Poitou, and he set off in thecompany of Gilbert de Segrave and William their way the party were treacherously waylaid,seized, and imprisoned by the citizens of the town ofPons. Segrave died in prison, and John du Plessiswas detained until the following year. Henry III.,says Matthew Paris, the chronicler, was angry whenhe heard of it, but not so angry as he should havebeen had he had a royal heart ; he did, however,write to the Citizens, but they paid no heed to hisletter. The same chronicler records that the FrenchKing wrote to the citizens, but they took no noticeof his command. 68 The Saxon and Norman Earls. His services to the King, however, were rewardedin various ways. In 1227 he was one of four knightsto whom ^60 was given for their support. Hiswife, too, was, as we have seen, bestowed upon himas a mark of royal favour. On the return from anexpedition to Poitou, in 1242, he was granted a charger worth^30 ; and whilein Gascony hewas paid ^200for his servicesin conductingn ego t ia t ionswith Gaston offices were also givento him. He was Warden of DevizesCastle and of Chippenham Forest,Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Constable ofthe Tower of London, and a Com-missioner of Oyer and Terminer forthe counties of Somerset, Devon, andDorset. He also particularly pleasedthe King by taking the cross in in-teresting circumstances, related by Matthew Paris: — On the Monday before Hokeday the Kingsummoned all the Londoners to come to Westminsterto hear his will; and ordered the Bishops of Worcesterand Chester, and the Abbo
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