John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, 1231 - 1304 , justifying the titles to his estates. In 1278 King Edward I, in an attempt to reclaim what he considered Royal Lands issued de Warenne, and others, a writ of quo warranto, or "by what warrant", that is, by what right did he hold his lands. De Warenne is said to have responded by drawing an ancient family sword and declaring that the sword had belonged to his ancestors who had come to England with William the Conqueror, that they had conquered his lands with that sword and that he would defend his lands against anyone who tried to take them f
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, 1231 - 1304 , justifying the titles to his estates. In 1278 King Edward I, in an attempt to reclaim what he considered Royal Lands issued de Warenne, and others, a writ of quo warranto, or "by what warrant", that is, by what right did he hold his lands. De Warenne is said to have responded by drawing an ancient family sword and declaring that the sword had belonged to his ancestors who had come to England with William the Conqueror, that they had conquered his lands with that sword and that he would defend his lands against anyone who tried to take them from him with the same sword. After a print by James Fittier from a painting by Henry Tresham originally featured in Robert Bowyer's Historic Gallery, published between 1793 and 1806.
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