21. Early in the 21st century, businessman franchise of Marcher Lord entirely and that Roberts had no such status. 22. Edward's army was proceeding northwards to engage Lancaster, having defeated his Marcher Lord allies in Wales. 23. Henry III called the Welsh and Marcher Lords including William Devereux to gather at Gloucester on 15 May 1240. 24. Chepstow was granted a town charter in 1524 by its Marcher Lord , Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester. 25. Several Marcher Lords agreed to help : A�fe in marriage and the kingship of Leinster upon Diarmait's death. 26. The medieval period, the Welsh Marches was an area of instability and conflict, ruled by the Marcher lords . 27. The king travelled to Gloucester and called upon the Marcher Lords to join him there; Mortimer and Hereford declined. 28. Edward's own queen, Isabella of France, sided with her lover, the Marcher Lord Edward III. 29. From the 11th century it was involved in the conflicts between the Norman Marcher Lords and the princes of Powys. 30. The Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 followed the Henry VIII, the jurisdiction of the marcher lords was abolished in 1536.
