Richard de Montfichet

[1] He was the son of another Richard de Montfichet, whom Henry II made forester of Essex.

[3] William de Warenne offered King John 500 marks for a licence to marry the widow Melisent.

He appears as witnessing several charters in 1214, and on 21 June 1215 received charge of the forests of Essex as his by hereditary right.

He was one of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Carta, and as a prominent member of the party was excommunicated by the pope in 1216.

He supported Louis VIII of France both before and after John's death, and fighting at Lincoln against William Marshal on 20 May 1217 was then taken prisoner.

[3] In 1223, his lands were again for a time seized by the king in consequence of his presence at a prohibited tournament at Blyth.