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Disinherited, the

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Disinherited, the

The supporters of Simon de Montfort whose land was seized by Henry III after the Battle of Evesham1265. The Dictum of Kenilworth the following year imposed harsh financial conditions for the recovery of the confiscated lands. The name is also applied to the English lords who held land in Scotland which was confiscated by Robert the Bruce after his success at Bannockburn 1314. In 1332, they landed in Fife under Edward Balliol, who was later crowned at Scone, and reigned as a client-king of Edward III of England until 1334.



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And, while his brothers were disinherited, the earl opened the way for his nephew, Thomas Percy, restored as the seventh earl of Northumberland in 1557, to be able to receive his lands.
Scenes from Provincial Life: History, Honor, and Meaning in the Tudor ... by PALMER, WILLIAM / Renaissance Quarterly
But, as Jackson might say, he holds on to "moral authority" by virtue of his loyal constituency--"the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected, and the despised.
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