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Hugh de Baliol succeeded Eustace (the elder) as head of thefamily.Hewascertified by the Crown to hold the barony of Biwell(payingfiveknights'fees). He also was required to find 30 soldiers fortheguardofNewcastle-upon-Tyne, as his ancestors had done since thetimeofWilliamRufus. Also, as a gift from Henry II, Hugh was made lordofHicheinEssex. Later, from King John, he obtained thelandsofRichardUnfronville and of Robert de Meisnell in County York --thisforhissupport of the king in the baronial war. In 1216, deBalioljoinedwithPhilip de Hulcotes in defense of the northern borderwithScotland.Whenthe Scottish king subjugated the whole of NorthumberlandforLewisofFrance, de Baliol and de Hulcotes firmly held all thefortressesontheline of the Tees. Barnard Castle was particularly notableinthisdefense(3). Hugh received King John at Barnard Castle at thistime,andfor ashort while was besieged there by Alexander II ofScotlandwhowished to'espie whether it was assailable at any side.' Thecastleatthat timewas apparently too strong to afford an easy conquest(2).
Hugh de Baliol was also described by Dugdale ashaving'benefittedhimselfnot a little in the troublesome times of KingJohn and,even atthe greatentrance of Henry III, could not forbear hiswontedcourseofplundering.'(2) Hugh was married to Cecily de laFontaine.Sometimearound 1228, he was succeeded by his son John who,having beenbornatBarnard castle about 1216, would have been a meeradolescent atthetime.
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Thomas
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