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Ian was wrong in his belief that nothing more would happen until the council began, but he was glad to have Simon out of the way when Gilbert Bassett arrived to complain at court the following week. Gilbert maintained stoutly that the escheat of Upavon was settled on his father for service to King John and that he had done nothing to merit being deprived of it. He would plead his right and show that Maulay had not been unjustly deprived. Gilbert offered to take his case before a judge, before the king, or before God in judicial combat. |
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Instead of agreeing to any of the offers made, Henry called Bassett a traitor and threatened that if he did not leave his court forthwith he should be hanged like a dog. Not satisfied, the king also ordered that Richard Siward, who had married Gilbert's sister, should be imprisoned. The crime was that the marriage had not been approved by the king. If true, Siward and Bassett had committed an offense, but not the kind that merited imprisonment. Failure to get royal permission to |
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