![]() This became the subject of various legends. ![]() William’s wife Maud ( sometimes called Matilda) and his eldest son are later allegedly starved to death by King John in Windsor Castle (or Corfe Castle). Ralph of Greasby, Roger de Montbregon, Robert de Neville, Matilda de Caux (former hereditary royal keeper of the forests of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) and the monks of the house of Grosmont near Whitby all clashed with him.ġ209-1210: Gerard d’Athee, King John’s new Sheriff of Gloucester, harries the lands of William Braose in Wales. The conduct of his shrievalty included robbery, false arrest, both secular and ecclesiastical. He was granted the manor of Bulwell at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest and to present the priest for life.įor fifteen years, Marc is said to have envenomed the local politics of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The manor of Lexington and forest was now administered by Brian de Lisle.ġ209-1224: Philip Marc is made High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and keeper of the parks, including Bestwood and Bulwell Wood. Richard de Lexington falls out of favour with King John and loses his manor because of maladministration of the forest. Richard de Lexington is given the manor of Laxton and the administration of the forest, except the royal enclosures and the park within it, which were administered by the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.ġ207: Marc is ordered to get £100 from the three men of Newark and others, for the king. Roger of Wendover later described Gerard d’Athee and his nephew Engelard de Cigogne as King John’s consilarios iniquissimos (evil councillors).ĭuring King John’s reign, the forests of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire were in the hands of temporary royal keepers. The appointment of these foreign soldiers to English shrievalties is fiercely resented by the barons. The men were all able, Angevin soldiers and efficient, heavy handed administrators and in 1204 Gerard d’Athee became Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, with Philip Marc, his relative, as his assistant. The three villages of Athee, Cigogne and Chanceux lie close together, not far from the cities of Toures and Loches, in Touraine. These included Engelard de Cigogne, Peter, Guy and Andrew of Chanceux, Guy de Cigogne, Geoffrey de Martigney and his brothers, Philip Marc and his brothers and his nephew Geoffrey. King John had placed him in command of the great fortress of Loches, the castle of the Anjou family, but when the castle fell to Philip Augustus, John paid 1,000 marks ransom for Gerard and brought him to England along with his wife, son and other relatives. Gerard d’Athee had been a soldier in the service of the Plantagenet's since Richard’s reign. In an attempt to increase his war chest and regain his lost territories in Normandy, Maine and Anjou, John made his new sheriff’s more accountable for the profits of their office. Of the sheriff’s of the earlier years, only one remained and he was in Northumberland. The latest observation comes after viewers of the first official trailer released earlier this year were left a little disgruntled over the film’s mountainous scenery, with many pointing out that it doesn’t exactly resemble Nottingham’s landscape.1204: King John establishes a completely new administration in the northern counties of England. “Jamie Foxx has clearly been taking British accent lessons from Kevin Costner,” a third quipped after seeing the latest trailer.īut it wasn’t all bad news for the actor, as others made it clear that they actually liked his attempt at sounding like he’s from Nottingham, with one writing that his accent in the trailer is actually “hot as hell”. “ accent in the new Robin Hood movie reminds me of his British Tony Blair accent from the Chappelle Show,” one Twitter user commented, while another said: “Looks good but Jamie Foxx's accent” with a crying laughing face emoji. Jamie Foxx plays Little John and Taron Egerton is Robin Hood in the new Robin Hood film that is released in 2018Ī number of fans took to Twitter to comment on Jamie’s questionable Nottingham voice as the American actor declares to the Prince of Thieves in his best attempt at a British accent: "You were a lord, and now you get to be a thief and I'm going to show you how." ![]()
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