Among them was this honour, which in the nineteenth year of his reign he granted to Gilbert Marshal, Earl of Pembroke - probably during pleasure ; for the same King, in the twenty- fifth year of his reign, bestowed it on Peter de Savoy, uncle to his Queen, in all likelihood on the same terms : and afterwards, viz. thirtieth of his reign, he granted him the inheritance thereof, with the Castle and its appurtenances. How it came afterwards to the Crown, does not appear ; but King Henry again, in the 30th of his reign, gave this whole honour to Prince Edward and his heirs, Kings of England; so that it should never be severed from the Crown.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Edward II. Robert de Sapy was entrusted with this Castle, as appears by the King's writ, recorded in Maddox, directing him to provide it with victuals and munition. Whether he was at that time Sheriff or Constable of the Castle does not appear. -
