Editing Lundy (section)

===Marisco family===
[[File:Mariscocastle.jpg|thumb|Marisco Castle]]
In 1235, William de Marisco was implicated in the murder of Henry Clement, a messenger of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maitland |first=F. W. |date=April 1895 |title=The Murder of Henry Clement |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=10 |issue=38 |pages=294–297 |doi=10.1093/ehr/X.XXXVIII.294 |jstor=547790 |url= https://zenodo.org/record/1860451}}</ref> Three years later, an attempt was made to kill Henry III by a man who later confessed to being an agent of the Marisco family. William de Marisco fled to Lundy where he lived as a virtual king. He built a stronghold in the area now known as Bulls' Paradise with walls {{convert|9|ft|m|0|abbr=off}} thick.<ref name="Lundy history" />

In 1242, Henry III sent troops to the island. They scaled the island's cliff and captured William de Marisco and 16 of his "subjects". Henry III built the castle (sometimes referred to as the Marisco Castle) in an attempt to establish the rule of law on the island and its surrounding waters.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1104957 |desc=Marisco Castle, Keep and Bailey |access-date=5 September 2007}}</ref> In 1275, the island is recorded as being in the Lordship of King Edward I<ref>Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem Edward I, Anno. 3 (1275), entry 54, p.56, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/27355-redirection</ref> but by 1322 it was in the possession of [[Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster]] and was among the large number of lands seized by Edward II following Lancaster's execution for rebelling against the King.<ref>Inquisitions Post Mortem Edward II, (1322), No. 49, p.307, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/27355-redirection</ref> At some point in the 13th century the monks of the [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] order at [[Cleeve Abbey]] held the rectory of the island.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Stuart A. |title=Cleeve Abbey |publisher=English Heritage |date=2000 |isbn=978-1-85074-760-4 |page=26}}</ref>