William Marshal
historical figure · 1 work · 8 mentions · 14 anchored passages
G. le Maréchal · Willelmus Mariscallus · comes Penbrocie · rector noster · the Earl Marshal · the Marshal
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Royal official who repeatedly acts as mediator, surety, and envoy between King John and the insurgent barons in the negotiations preceding Magna Carta.
William Marshal and other envoys were dispatched from Windsor to the barons in London with a message of surrender:
There they were met, on 27th April, by the Archbishop and the Marshal, as emissaries from the King, to enquire as to their demands.
On the advice of the Archbishop and the Marshal, who acted as mediators, John asked a truce till Easter, which was granted on his promise that he would then give reasonable satisfaction.