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Birth:          Aug 1231 of Warren, Surrey, England
Death:          29 Sep 1304 Surrey, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Warenne,_6th_Earl_of_Surrey
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (1231 – c. 29 September 1304) was a prominent 
English nobleman and military commander during the reigns of Henry III of England 
and Edward I of England. During the Second Barons' War he switched sides twice, 
ending up in support of the king, for whose capture he was present at Lewes in 1264. 
Warenne was later appointed a Guardian of Scotland and featured prominently in 
Edward I's wars in Scotland.
Early life and marriage[edit]
 
Warenne was the son and heir of William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, and Maud 
Marshal. His mother was the daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and 
widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, making Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk his 
elder half-brother.

A boy when his father died, Warenne became a royal ward. Peter of Savoy was 
appointed guardian of his holdings and Warenne was raised at the royal court. In 
1247, he married Henry III's half-sister Alice le Brun de Lusignan, a marriage that 
created resentment amongst the English nobility, who did not like seeing a wealthy 
English nobleman marrying a penniless foreigner.

During the following years, Warenne was closely associated with the court faction 
centering on his in-laws. In 1254, he accompanied the king's son Edward (the future 
Edward I) on Edward's journey to Spain to marry Eleanor of Castile.

During the conflicts between Henry III and his barons, Warenne started as a strong 
supporter of the king, switched to support for Simon de Montfort, and then returned to 
the royalist party. He opposed the initial baronial reform plan of May 1258, but along 
with other opponents capitulated and took the oath of the Provisions of Oxford.

Second Barons' War[edit]

By 1260, Warenne had joined the party of Simon de Montfort, but switched back to 
the king's side in 1263. In April 1264, he and Roger de Leybourne were besieged by 
de Montfort at Rochester Castle. In April of the same year Warenne was present for 
the Battle of Lewes (fought near his ancestral home, Lewes Castle). After the capture 
of the king and Prince Edward he fled to the Continent, where he remained for about a 
year. He returned to fight in the campaign which culminated in the Battle of Evesham, 
the Battle of Chesterfield and the siege of Kenilworth Castle.

Warenne served in Edward I's Welsh campaigns in 1277, 1282, and 1283. In 1282 he 
received the lordships of Bromfield and Yale in Wales. A good part of the following 
years were spent in Scotland. He was one of the negotiators for the 1289 treaty of 
Salisbury and for the 1290 treaty of Birgham, and accompanied the king on Edward's 
1296 invasion of Scotland where he commanded the only major field action of that 
year in the Battle of Dunbar.

Scotland[edit]

On 22 August 1296, the king appointed him "warden of the kingdom and land of 
Scotland". However Warenne returned to England a few months later claiming that the 
Scottish climate was bad for his health. The following spring saw the rebellion of 
William Wallace, Warenne was ordered to lead his army North by the King after initially 
refusing to return to Scotland. He was defeated by Wallace at the Battle of Stirling 
Bridge and fled to York.

Nevertheless, the king appointed Warenne captain of the next campaign against the 
Scots in early 1298. He raised the siege of Roxburgh and re-took the town of Berwick. 
The king himself took the field later that year, and Warenne was one of the 
commanders during the decisive English victory at Falkirk.

Quo Warranto?[edit]

In 1278, Edward I called a parliament at Gloucester with the intention of determining 
which lords had usurped royal rights—specifically, rights of adjudication—and reclaiming 
those rights. Walter of Guisborough tells the story that the earl was served a writ of 
quo warranto ("by what warrant?") as a result of these proceedings. Warenne 
supposedly responded by drawing a rusty sword and exclaiming that this was his 
warrant, saying, "My ancestors came with William the Bastard, and conquered their 
lands with the sword, and I will defend them with the sword against anyone wishing to 
seize them."[1]

Later years[edit]

Warenne died on 29 September 1304 in Kennington, Kent. He was interred in Lewes 
Priory at a service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was succeeded by 
his grandson, also called John.

Issue[edit]

Warenne and Alice de Lusignan had three children:
Eleanor, who married Henry Percy and was the mother of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron 
Percy of Alnwick; (See Percy Family)
Isabella, who married John Balliol (briefly the King of Scots), and was the mother of 
Edward Balliol;
William, who married Joan, daughter of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford, and was 
accidentally killed at a tournament on 15 December 1286. Their son John succeeded 
his grandfather as earl of Surrey; their daughter Alice de Warenne married Edmund 
Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel.

Parents
PLANTAGENET (WARREN) William (1166 - 27 May 1240)
MARSHALL Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1192 - 27 Mar 1248)

Siblings
PLANTAGENET (DE WARENNE) John (Aug 1231 - 29 Sep 1304)

Marriage To LUSIGNAN (DE BRIEN) Alice (ABT 1224 - 9 Feb 1291)
    m. Aug 1247 

Notes

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh (Hugues) X (ABT 1195 - ABT 5 Jun 1249)
DE TAILLEFER OF ANGOULEME Isabella (1188 - 31 May 1246)

Children by LUSIGNAN (DE BRIEN) Alice ABT 1224 - 9 Feb 1291
PLANTAGENET (DE WARENNE) Eleanor (ABT 1251 - AFT 1282)
PLANTAGENT-WARRENE Isabel (ABT 1253 - BEF 23 Oct 1295)
PLANTAGENT- WARENNE William (9 Feb 1256 - 15 Dec 1286)

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