Involvement in Military Actions
With others of Simon de Montfort's party he in 1263 besieged the sheriff of Gloucester in Gloucester Castle. Also in that year he with others abducted Peter of Aigueblanche, the Bishop of Hereford, confining him to Eardisley Castle.
In 1264 he controlled Kenilworth Castle, and successfully attacked Warwick Castle, occupied by William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick. Captured at the Battle of Lewes, he changed sides, and fought for Henry III at the Battle of Evesham.
He was subsequently a staunch king's man, for Henry and Edward I of England. He fought at the decisive Battle of Orewin Bridge (1282). Edward granted him Welsh castles, including Carreg Cennen.
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