20. | 3rd Baron de Saint-Amand Almaric de Saint-Amand, IV was born in 1314 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England (son of 2nd Baron de Saint-Amand Lord John de Saint-Amand and Living); died on 11 Sep 1381 in England. Notes:
ALMARIC (AMAURI) IV, 3rd BARON DE SAINT-AMAND
b. 1314
d. 1381
m. c. 1340 ALIANORE _____ (heir of the Earl of Hereford)
Almaric V
ALMARIC (AMAURI) IV, 3rd BARON DE SAINT-AMAND of Bedford, England was born in 1314. He was 15 years old when his father died, becoming ward of King Edward III. At 17, he had orders from Edward III to go with him to Ireland to defend the King's lands. He did homage and received orders for livery of seisin (legal possession of a freehold estate in land) on March 16, 1335. He became the 3rd Baron by 1335 and married Alianore (Eleanor) ____. Almaric IV became a knight on February 22, 1337, in the same year went overseas in the King's service with the Earl of Salisbury. The following year he served in Scotland. Hew as designated the Commissioner of Array in Berks in 1338 and 1339 and served in the French wars during 1342, 1345 and 1246. He served in the 1st division at the Battle of Crecy on August 26, 1346 and then served at the seige of Calais during 1346 and 1347. In 1355 and 1357 he fought in the Scottish Campaign with Sir Robert Herle and was named Lord of Gormanstown in Meath, Ireland. Almaric IV was appointed Justiciar (Governor) of all of Ireland on July 14, 1357 (Sir Thomas Rokeby was the Justiciar until that time). From July to November, Maurice Fitzgerald, 4th Earl of Kildare, was a temporary substitute for Almaric IV as Justiciar. Almaric IV served in that position with 100 archers on horseback assigned to him until finally on February 16, 1359, after returning to England, Almaric resigned as Justiciar. He was made Commissioner of the Peace at Berks from 1361 to 1381 and participated in the Irish Affairs Council on March 15, 1361. He served again in France during 1368 the following year was the Baron guaranteeing the renewal of peace in Scotland. The same year he was Captain of Southampton and from January 8, 1371 to August 22, 1381 he served in the Parliament. In 1373 he was Steward of Rockingham Castle and in 1375 was Commissioner to Reform Abuses at St. Frideswide's, Oxon. In 1376 he was J.P. in Bucks and in 1382 was J.P. in Beds and Berks. He died on September 11, 1381 and was succeeded by his son and heir Almaric V.
Source: Daspit, Patrick, Coteau de France (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, August 1999), www.fluckers.com/family/daspit/
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