GUINES

In the reign of King John we find Ernold Count of Ghisnes in France possessed of twelve knights' fees in England. His son and heir was Baldwin Ghisnes and the next on record, Robert de Ghisnes, living A.D 1248, is styled uncle to Arnulph, Earl of Ghisnes. The name does not again occur until 1 Edward I., when we meet with mention of Ingelram de Ghisnes, otherwise de Cursi, a noble Baron of France, whose successor, also named Ingelram, a distinguished commander in the Scottish wars, was summoned to Parliament as a baron. The grandson of this nobleman, Ingelram de Ghisnes or de Courcy, allying himself to the Royal House of Plantagenet by his marriage with the Lady Isabella, daughter of Edward III., received a grant of the Earldom of Bedford, with the ribbon of the Garter.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey Roll).