3*26 TUB TEMPLE .CHUJICH. Normandy, with the whole province of Leinster in Ireland, ana^ he was made governor of the castles of Caermerden, Cardigan, and Coher. In the year 1204 he was sent ambassador to Paris, and on his return he continued to be the constant and faithful attendant of the English monarch. He was one of the witnesses to the surrender by king John at Temple Ewell of his crown and kingdom to the pope,* and when the barons' war broke out he was the constant mediator and negotiator between the king and his rebellious subjects, enjoying the confidence and respect of both parties. When the armed barons came to the Temple, where king John resided, to demand the liberties and laws of king Edward, he became surety for the performance of the king's promise to satisfy their demands. He was afterwards deputed to inquire what these laws and liberties were, and after having received at Stamford the written demands of the barons, he urged the king to satisfy them. Failing in this, he returned to Stamford to explain the king's denial, and the barons' war then broke out. He afterwards accompanied king John to the Tower, and when the barons entered London he was sent to announce the submission of the king to their desires. Shortly afterwards he attended king John to Runnymede, in company with Brother Amerio, the Master of the Teniple, and at the earnest request of these two exalted |ersonages, king John was at last induced to sign MAGNA CHARTA.+ On the death of that monarch, in the midst of a civil war and a foreign invasion, he assembled the loyal bishops and barons of the land at Gloucester, and by his eloquence, talents, and address, scoured the throne for king John's son, the young prince Henry.% * Mail. Par., p. 2S7. t Matt. Par., p. 253—256, ad ann. 1215. Î See, his eloquent address to the bishops and barons in behalf of the young king.— tlemmyfora; lib, iii. cap. l.p. 56'2, apud Uah XV . script.