- Philip Marc
Philip Marc was a
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1208. Marc has been proposed as a candidate for the role ofSheriff of Nottingham in the legend ofRobin Hood . [http://www.boldoutlaw.com/realrob/realrob4.html Search for a real Robin Hood] , Boldoutlaw.com, accessed16 September 2008 ]Biography
Marc is thought to have come from the French province of
Touraine which is south of theLoire . This land had been lost by King John to King Philip II of France in 1204. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mFhOA1a0jnkC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Philip+marc+sheriff&source=web&ots=bta83605BA&sig=bEOodED11fDmIY7kK4s1rAysHNc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Thirteenth Century England II] , Peter R Coss, S D Lloyd, accessed16 September 2008 ]In 1207, Marc was ordered to collect 100 pounds from "three men of
Newark ". The nature of this task can be judged by a later demand he made for another 100 pounds from debtors inLexington . The request was accompanied by a threat that they would be burnt to the ground. They had to pay if they wanted to "enjoy the King's peace". [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/mellorsarticles/bulwell1.htm Bulwell] , Nottingham History, accessed16 September 2008 ] The Sheriff was appointed by the King (or Queen) but they were not paid. They took their profit from the confiscated lands that they had taken from debtors.Marc was appointed Sheriff in 1208. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9VfhX46inLwC&pg=PA206&dq=%22philip+marc%22+1208&ei=kfHQSIKrH4X-jgHcitXnAw&sig=ACfU3U2gr0_dk06lq3idx_lpgqMEE0XI4g The reign of King John] , Sidney Painter, Fahim I. Qubain, 1979, ISBN 0405105754, p206]
In the seventh year of the reign of King John, Marc was given the
bailiwick of Burton.In 1214, Marc had a deputy named
Eustace of Lowdham who may have already been working for him for five years. Like Marc himself, Eustace has been proposed as a contender for the Sheriff of Nottingham mentioned in theRobin Hood legends. However there was no "Sheriff of Nottingham" until much later. Marc was the "High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and the Royal Forests" and Eustace was his deputy.Marc was not popular; he and his relatives have been judged a "bad lot". He and his relatives are specifically mentioned in theMagna Carta . AtRunnymede , King John agreed to many clauses, but clause 50 specifically calls for the end of Marc. During the rebellion, Eustace of Lowdham did not take the side of the King, but rather that of John de Lacy; in 1216 both the deputy and Marc make their peace with King John.On
18 October 1216, Marc was named in the unusual appointment of Nicholaa de la Haye, as joint Sheriff of Lincolnshire. It is thought that following the rebellions, loyalty was so rare that the unlikely appointment of a woman was made at the end of the King's life. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ur2rVc42xx8C&pg=PA116&dq=%22sheriff+of+nottingham%22+%22philip+marc%22&ei=IbfQSI7fFZS4yQTr6YzqAw&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U1Rj1xX8DtSSkqjqtZZVjUiwf_1nQ#PPA115,M1 English Government in the Thirteenth Century] , Adrian Jobson]Marc still held the post of Sheriff until he was replaced on
28 December 1217 byRalph FitzNicholas , but it is thought that has role may have been actually carried out by Eustace as it he who presents the accounts each year. However Marc did enjoy regional military powers.After
He married Ann and had a son who was still a child in 1222 as it has been noted that the roll of fines that in the 6th year of the reign of the King Philip Marc bought nine of lands at
Keyworth in Nottinghamshire which he gave with his body toLenton Priory to be entombed. Marc left monies that his soul could be prayed for. His son Reginald was under age and he had one daughter, Petronella, who was the wife of Andrew Luteral. Oddly, King John had given the lands of Andrew's father, Geoffrey, to Philip Marc on the occasion of the marriage.Lands were held atChellaston near Derby for Marc's heirs.. Reginald held lands atThrumpton . [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B7FJAAAAMAAJ&lpg=RA3-PA126&ots=InSbncLfgJ&dq=%22philip%20marc%22%20sheriff&pg=RA3-PA126&ci=153,534,825,830&source=bookclip Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York] , Communicated to the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, York, July, 1816, p126, with a General Report of the Proceedings of the Meeting, and Catalogue of the Museum Formed on that Occasion By Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, accessed16 September 2008 ]In 1226 Marc was given the manor of
Barton le Street by the King who gives the same land in 1229 to Richard le Grey. ['Parishes: Barton le Street', A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 (1914), pp. 472–476. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64789 URL] . Date accessed: 17 September 2008.] In 1234,Brian de Lisle granted a pension to Ann, Philip's widow.References
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