Editing Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (section)

==Chief Justiciar of England==
Hubert de Burgh remained loyal to King John during the barons' rebellion in the last years of his reign. In the early stages of that rebellion, John sent de Burgh to London with the [[Bishop of Coventry]], in an unsuccessful attempt to command the people of London to resist the Barons' military advance. De Burgh and [[Philip d'Aubigny]] brought together the king's troops at [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]], but then John made peace with the rebels. In ''[[Magna Carta]]'' (1215) de Burgh is listed as one of those who advised the king to sign, and his brother, [[Geoffrey de Burgh|Geoffrey]] ([[Bishop of Ely]]), was a witness. Hubert de Burgh is also listed as the person who would act on the king's behalf if the king were out of the country. Soon after the issuing of ''Magna Carta'', de Burgh was officially declared [[Justiciar|Chief Justiciar of England and Ireland]].<ref name="Powicke">{{harvnb|Powicke|Fryde|1961|p=70}}</ref>

During the [[First Barons' War]] (1215–17), Hubert de Burgh served John as sheriff of [[Kent]] (1216–25) and [[Surrey]] (1215–16), as well as castellan of [[Canterbury Castle|Canterbury]] and Dover. He successfully defended Dover Castle during a siege that lasted until John died (in October 1216), and the infant King [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] was crowned. He denied [[Louis VIII of France]] possession of the castle later in 1216.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Paris|first=Matthew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPoKAAAAYAAJ&q=chronica+majora+volume+3|title=Chronica Majora|date=1876|publisher=Longman & Company|pages=xvi|language=la}}</ref> On 24 August 1217, a French fleet arrived off the coast of [[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich]] in Kent, in order to provide Prince (later King) Louis of France, then ravaging England, with soldiers, [[siege engine]]s and fresh supplies.<ref>{{harvnb|Carpenter|1990|pp=43–44}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Ridgeway|2004}}</ref> Claiming command of the English fleet raised in response, Hubert intercepted the French fleet at the [[Battle of Sandwich (1217)|Battle of Sandwich]],<ref name=Carpenter1990P44>{{harvnb|Carpenter|1990|p=44}}</ref> where he scattered the French and captured their flagship ''The Great Ship of Bayonne'' under [[Eustace the Monk]], who was promptly executed.<ref name=Carpenter1990P44/> (This command has sometimes led to Hubert being included anachronistically on lists of the [[Lord High Admiral of United Kingdom|lord high admirals]].){{sfnp|Schomberg|1802|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ul9GAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA185 185]}} When the news reached Louis, he entered into fresh peace negotiations.<ref name=Carpenter1990P44/>