may be translated: "Of the victory gained by Nicholas de Molis, seneschal of Gascony. About this time of the year, Nicholas de Molis, seneschal of Gascony, whom the king, on leaving that country, had appointed governor of that province, and who had been carrying on a fierce war against the king of Navarre, was favoured by fortune in one engagement, and gained a victory over him". Return to England He returned to England to fight in the Welsh wars and was made governor of Caernarvon Castle and Cardigan Castle. In 1246 he was made Constable of Dover Castle, Sheriff of Kent in 1247 and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1258. Landholdings Many of the gifts of land he received from the king were temporary in nature, comprising lands forfeited by other landholders but later restored to them. In 1217 he was granted a lease of the manor of Watlington in Oxfordshire, "for his sustenance in the king's service". In 1226 he was granted Little Berkhamstead, which was later confirmed to him in fee. After his marriage in 1230 to Hawise de Newmarch, heiress of North Cadbury and many other manors, he became a major landholder in his own right. He continued to receive royal grants. In 1230 he was granted the royal demesne manors of King's Carswell and Diptford in Devon. In 1250/1 he was granted free warren in his manors of Cadbury and nearby Mapperton in Dorset. Personal life In or after 1230 he married (as her second husband), Hawise de Newmarch, widow of John de Botreaux (whom she had married in 1218) and younger daughter & coheiress of James de Newmarch (d. 1216), feudal baron of North Cadbury in Somerset. The other sister Isabel de Newmarch, married Ralph Russell (died c. 1250), son of her guardian Sir John Russell (died c. 1224) of Kingston Russell in Dorset, also a household knight of King John and of the young King Henry III to whom he also acted as steward. By Hawise he had children including: James de Moels (d. March 1252/3), eldest son and heir apparent who predeceased his father. In 1243 he was assigned to be educated with Prince Edward, son of King Henry III. Roger de Moels (c. 1233/71294), 2nd but eldest surviving son and heir, Marshal of the Army and Governor of Lampsdervour Castle in Ceredigion. His second son was John de Moels, 1st