Sir John de la Warre, I, 2nd Baron de la Warre

2nd Baron De La Warre

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About Sir John De La Warre Military Service: BET. AUG 1307 - FEB 1341/42 invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath. When John was 23 years of age, "he succeeded eventually to Harold Ewyas castle and lordship, with a right to quarter the Tregoze arms (his mother's family name), as borne by his ancestors." John was the 2nd Baron de la Warre, and he was born in Brislington Somersetshire, England. In 1296, under Edward I, Sir John was in the expedition made into Flanders; and the next year in the expedition in Scotland. "In 1301, John inherited (on the death of his mother) a moiety of the property of his grandfather, Baron John de Tregoze - to which barony he was then co-heir." Between 1301 and 1307, he was constantly engaged in the wars in Scotland during the last years of the reign of King Edward I. In 1306 he was made Knight of the Bath; and between August 1307 and February 1342 he was summoned to Parliament. In 1340, under Edward III, he was involved in the great sea fight off Sluys. In 1342, he was in the expedition to France, assisting in the siege of Nantes.