Baron John Maltravers, 1290-1364, and His Forebears and Descendants 1066-1435

Baron John Maltravers, 1290-1364, and His Forebears and Descendants 1066-1435 Synopsis

The first Baron John Maltravers led an extraordinary life. Knighted at the age of sixteen, he was taken prisoner at Bannockburn a few years later. As an associate of Roger Mortimer, he was a jailer of the deposed Edward II. On the fall of Mortimer, Maltravers was tried for treason and sentenced to death, but he had already fled abroad. His involuntary exile continued for twenty years. No attempt was made to capture him or to bring him to justice.