William of Wykeham but he was pardoned by the new king Richard II in July 1377, weeks after Edward III died. (Richard was the son of Edward, the Black Prince, who had died in June 1376, a year before his father.) Under Richard II, William resumed his position as a royal councillor. Although he took the side of the Lords Appellant in their disputes with the king in 1388, he also managed to maintain good relations with the king, and served as Chancellor again from May 1389 to September 1391. After years of supporting poor scholars at Oxford University, he founded New College,
Robert Marmion (died 1144) off his head. He was buried at Polesworth, in unconsecrated ground as he had been excommunicated for his desecration of St Mary's Priory. His wife was named Millicent, a relation of King Henry I's second wife Adeliza of Louvain. Some sources say she was the daughter of Gervais, Count of Rethel, elder brother of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. After Robert's death, she married Richard Camville. Their son is given in some sources as Robert, who died before October 1181 and is supposed to be the father of a third Robert, dead in 1218. Robert Marmion (died 1144) Robert Marmion