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The 1319 settlement strips Warenne's estates

A royal reconciliation with Lancaster left Warenne imprisoned and forced to exchange major estates while acknowledging an uncollected debt of £50,000.

Notes

Edward II and Lancaster exchange the kiss of peace, after which Warenne's men submit to Lancaster and the king leaves the earl exposed. Warenne is hunted down, imprisoned at Pontefract, and compelled in 1319 to surrender most of his Yorkshire lands along with estates in Wales and Norfolk. In return he receives lands in Devon, Wiltshire, and Somerset, while Edward limits Lancaster's possession of the transferred estates to the lifetimes of the two earls. Warenne also acknowledges a debt of £50,000, an enormous sum that is never collected. The settlement shows the crown salvaging hereditary succession without being able to prevent immediate coercion by its strongest magnate.