Maud Marshal1

F, #2671, b. circa 1192, d. 27 March 1248

Father*Sir William Marshal2,3,4 b. 1146, d. 14 May 1219
Mother*Isabel de Clare5,3 b. 1173, d. 1220
Maud Marshal|b. c 1192\nd. 27 Mar 1248|p90.htm#i2671|Sir William Marshal|b. 1146\nd. 14 May 1219|p89.htm#i2644|Isabel de Clare|b. 1173\nd. 1220|p100.htm#i2977|John FitzGilbert (?)|b. c 1106\nd. b Michaelmas in 1165|p89.htm#i2641|Sybil de Salisbury|b. c 1120|p89.htm#i2642|Richard de Clare "Strongbow"|b. c 1130\nd. c 20 Apr 1176|p101.htm#i3014|Aoife MacDairmait|b. c 1140|p101.htm#i3015|

Birth*circa 1192 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales5 
Marriage1207 Principal=Sir Hugh Bigod5,6 
Marriagebefore Lent 1207 Principal=Sir Hugh Bigod7 
Marriage*before 13 October 1225 2nd=Sir William de Warenne8,5,9,10 
Death*27 March 1248 8,5,6,10 
Name Variation Matilda Marshal11 
Event-Misc*1248 Ralph Bigod carried his mother's body to Tintery Abbey for burial, Principal=Sir Ralph Bigod12 

Family 1

Sir Hugh Bigod d. bt 11 Feb 1225 - 18 Feb 1225
Children

Family 2

Sir William de Warenne b. c 1166, d. 27 May 1240
Children

Last Edited9 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 70-28.
  2. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 69-28.
  4. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 148-1.
  5. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  6. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 3-2.
  7. [S374] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Bigod 2.
  8. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 83-27.
  9. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 151-1.
  10. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Warenne 3.
  11. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry, p. 38.
  12. [S374] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Aske 3.
  13. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, p. 92.
  14. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 151-2.

Sir Hugh Bigod1

M, #2672, d. between 11 February 1225 and 18 February 1225

 

Father*Sir Roger Bigod2,3,4 b. b 1140, d. b 2 Aug 1221
Mother*Ida de Tony2,3
Sir Hugh Bigod|d. bt 11 Feb 1225 - 18 Feb 1225|p90.htm#i2672|Sir Roger Bigod|b. b 1140\nd. b 2 Aug 1221|p70.htm#i2075|Ida de Tony||p70.htm#i2076|Hugh Bigod|b. c 1095\nd. b 6 Mar 1176/77|p116.htm#i3469|Juliana de Vere|b. c 1116|p116.htm#i3470|Ralph V. de Tony|d. 1162|p209.htm#i6268||||

Of Norfolk, Norfolk, England3 
Marriage1207 Principal=Maud Marshal3,5 
Marriagebefore Lent 1207 Principal=Maud Marshal6 
Death*between 11 February 1225 and 18 February 1225 2,3,5 
Title Lord High Steward of England6 
Arms* Or. A cross gu. (M. Paris I, III)7
(Barons) Magna Carta12 June 1215 Runningmede, Surrey, England, King=John Lackland8,9,10,11,12,13
Excommunication*16 December 1215 by Pope Innocent III14,6 
Event-Misc*2 August 1221 He did homage for his father's honour and lands6 
Event-Misc11 February 1224/25 He was recorded as a witness of the confimation of the Magna Carta14 

Family

Maud Marshal b. c 1192, d. 27 Mar 1248
Children

Last Edited9 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 70-28.
  2. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry, p. 38.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 3-1.
  5. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 3-2.
  6. [S374] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Bigod 2.
  7. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, p. 87.
  8. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Longespée 3.
  9. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Warenne 3.
  10. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 56-27.
  11. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 60-28.
  12. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 8.
  13. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 34.
  14. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 30.
  15. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, p. 92.
  16. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 4-2.
  17. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 6-3.

Sir Edward le Despenser1

M, #2673, d. 30 September 1342

 

Father*Sir Hugh le Despenser2,3,4 d. 24 Nov 1326
Mother*Eleanor de Clare2,4 b. Oct 1292, d. 30 Jun 1337
Sir Edward le Despenser|d. 30 Sep 1342|p90.htm#i2673|Sir Hugh le Despenser|d. 24 Nov 1326|p69.htm#i2057|Eleanor de Clare|b. Oct 1292\nd. 30 Jun 1337|p69.htm#i2058|Sir Hugh le Despenser|b. 1 Mar 1260/61\nd. 27 Oct 1326|p90.htm#i2677|Isabel de Beauchamp|b. c 1268\nd. b 30 May 1306|p90.htm#i2676|Sir Gilbert de Clare "the Red"|b. 2 Sep 1243\nd. 7 Dec 1295|p69.htm#i2059|Joan of Acre|b. Spring 1272\nd. 23 Apr 1307|p70.htm#i2074|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage*20 April 1335 Groby, Leicestershire, England, Principal=Anne de Ferrers1,3,5,6 
Death*30 September 1342 Morlaix, France, slain | while on expedition1,3,5,7 
Arms* Quarterly argent gules fretty or with a bend sable over all7

Family

Anne de Ferrers d. 8 Aug 1367
Children

Last Edited28 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-33.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-32.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-7.
  4. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 11.
  5. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 10.
  6. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 10.
  7. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 8.
  8. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-8.

Anne de Ferrers1

F, #2674, d. 8 August 1367

Father*Sir William de Ferrers1,2,3,4 b. 30 Jan 1271/72, d. 20 Mar 1324/25
Mother*Ellen de Segrave5,3
Anne de Ferrers|d. 8 Aug 1367|p90.htm#i2674|Sir William de Ferrers|b. 30 Jan 1271/72\nd. 20 Mar 1324/25|p90.htm#i2675|Ellen de Segrave||p90.htm#i2680|Sir William de Ferrers|b. c 1240\nd. b 20 Dec 1287|p90.htm#i2684|Anne le Despenser||p90.htm#i2685|Sir John de Segrave|b. c 1256\nd. 1 Sep 1325|p90.htm#i2681|Christine de Plessy||p90.htm#i2682|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage*20 April 1335 Groby, Leicestershire, England, Principal=Sir Edward le Despenser1,2,3,6 
Death*8 August 1367 1,2,3,4 
Event-Misc*1352 John de Hotham granted her and her brother Thomas de Ferrers the castle of Kilkenny and other estates in Ireland for life, with remainder to her son, Hugh., Principal=Sir Thomas de Ferrers4 
Event-Misc*1363 The King granted her a moiety of the Manor of Burley, Rutland, in exchange for the Manor of Yardley Gobion, Northamptonshire.4 

Family

Sir Edward le Despenser d. 30 Sep 1342
Children

Last Edited30 Oct 2004

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-33.
  2. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-7.
  3. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 10.
  4. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 8.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-31.
  6. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 10.

Sir William de Ferrers1

M, #2675, b. 30 January 1271/72, d. 20 March 1324/25

 

Father*Sir William de Ferrers2,3 b. c 1240, d. b 20 Dec 1287
Mother*Anne le Despenser2
Sir William de Ferrers|b. 30 Jan 1271/72\nd. 20 Mar 1324/25|p90.htm#i2675|Sir William de Ferrers|b. c 1240\nd. b 20 Dec 1287|p90.htm#i2684|Anne le Despenser||p90.htm#i2685|Sir William de Ferrers|b. c 1193\nd. 24 Mar 1254 or 28 Mar 1254|p58.htm#i1736|Margaret de Quincy|b. b 1223\nd. b 12 Mar 1280/81|p58.htm#i1737|Sir Hugh le Despenser|b. 1223\nd. 4 Aug 1265|p84.htm#i2516|Aline Basset|b. 1245\nd. b 11 Apr 1281|p84.htm#i2517|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage* Bride=Ellen de Savage4 
Birth*30 January 1271/72 Yoxale, Staffordshire, England5,3 
Marriage* Bride=Ellen de Segrave5,3,6,7,4 
Death*20 March 1324/25 5,3 
Arms* Gules ou vii lozenges d'or (Falkirk). De goules e les losenges de or (Parl.). Arg. (als. gu.) 7 mascles gu. (als. or) (Guillim). Gu. 7 mascles conjoined or (1,3, Nob.). "William de Ferrers was finely and nobly accoutred and well armed, in red with gold mascles voided of the field" (Carlaverock).8
Event-Misc*5 March 1293 Proof of his age8 
Event-Misc17 March 1292/93 To have seisin of his father's lands8 
Summoned*30 September 1294 serve against the King of France in Gascony8 
Protection*18 August 1295 staying overseas with John, Duke of Brabant.8 
Summoned1297 Shrewsbury, Parliament8 
(English) Battle-Falkirk22 July 1298 Principal=Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet King of England9,10,11 
Summonedbetween 6 March 1300 and 1324 Parliament8 
Event-MiscJuly 1300 He was at the siege of Caerlaverock4 
Event-Misc2 February 1301 Restoration of his inherited lands in Galloway8 
Event-Misc12 February 1300/1 Seals letter to Pope as Lord of Groby8,4 
Event-Misc6 April 1306 Having served in 31 Ed. I, has his scutage in Leic., Warw., Cambs., Ess., Northants., Suff., Dors., Som., and Lincs.8 
Event-Misc8 December 1312 Made Custos of Templars' Manor of Rothele, Leic.8 
Event-Misc19 January 1317 Lic. for him to enfeoff Mordac de Meneteth of Groby Manor, with regrant to himself and w. Elena and heirs corp., and in default to heirs of Mordac.8 
Event-Misc1 November 1317 He was appointed joint Constable of Somerton in Lincolnshire4 
Event-Misc7 February 1322 Commissioner of Array in Staff., Warw., Leic., Rut., and Northants.12 
Summoned14 February 1321/22 accompany King Edward II against the contrariants4 
Summoned17 March 1324 serve in Gascony12 
Summoned9 May 1324 Westminster, Gt. Council12 

Family

Ellen de Segrave
Children

Last Edited20 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-33.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-30.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 100-5.
  4. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 103.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-31.
  6. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 10.
  7. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 8.
  8. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 19.
  9. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Plantagenet 5.
  10. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 125.
  11. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 35.
  12. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 20.
  13. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-7.

Isabel de Beauchamp1

F, #2676, b. circa 1268, d. before 30 May 1306

 

Father*Sir William de Beauchamp2,3,4,5,6 b. 1237, d. 5 Jun 1298 or 9 Jun 1298
Mother*Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey2,3,4 b. bt 1244 - 1250, d. c 17 Apr 1301
Isabel de Beauchamp|b. c 1268\nd. b 30 May 1306|p90.htm#i2676|Sir William de Beauchamp|b. 1237\nd. 5 Jun 1298 or 9 Jun 1298|p90.htm#i2679|Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey|b. bt 1244 - 1250\nd. c 17 Apr 1301|p90.htm#i2678|William d. Beauchamp|b. c 1215\nd. bt 7 Jan 1269 - 21 Apr 1269|p111.htm#i3321|Isabel Mauduit|d. a 7 Jan 1269|p111.htm#i3322|Sir John FitzGeoffrey|b. c 1205\nd. 23 Nov 1258|p70.htm#i2079|Isabel Bigod|b. c 1210|p70.htm#i2078|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Birth*circa 1268 of Stoke, Northamptonshire, England3 
Marriage* Groom=Sir Patrick Chaworth, Lord Kedwelly3,4 
Marriage*before 1286 without license, Groom=Sir Hugh le Despenser1,3,7,5,8 
Death*before 30 May 1306 1,3,7 

Family 1

Sir Patrick Chaworth, Lord Kedwelly b. 1254, d. b 7 Jul 1283
Child

Family 2

Sir Hugh le Despenser b. 1 Mar 1260/61, d. 27 Oct 1326
Children

Last Edited30 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-31.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-30.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 4-5.
  5. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 11.
  6. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 16.
  7. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-5.
  8. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 82.
  9. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-6.
  10. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 9-6.
  11. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 10-6.
  12. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 84.

Sir Hugh le Despenser1

M, #2677, b. 1 March 1260/61, d. 27 October 1326

 

Father*Sir Hugh le Despenser2 b. 1223, d. 4 Aug 1265
Mother*Aline Basset3 b. 1245, d. b 11 Apr 1281
Sir Hugh le Despenser|b. 1 Mar 1260/61\nd. 27 Oct 1326|p90.htm#i2677|Sir Hugh le Despenser|b. 1223\nd. 4 Aug 1265|p84.htm#i2516|Aline Basset|b. 1245\nd. b 11 Apr 1281|p84.htm#i2517|Sir Hugh le Despenser|d. bt 23 Feb 1238 - 30 May 1238|p490.htm#i14691||||Sir Philip Basset|d. 29 Oct 1271|p84.htm#i2518|Hawise de Lovaine||p84.htm#i2519|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Birth*1 March 1260/61 Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England4,5 
Marriage*before 1286 without license, 2nd=Isabel de Beauchamp1,4,6,7,5 
Death9 October 1326 (hanged)8 
Death*27 October 1326 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, | hung in his armor at the order of the Queen1,4,5 
DNB* Despenser, Hugh, the elder, earl of Winchester (1261-1326), administrator and courtier, was the son of Sir Hugh Despenser, the justiciar who was killed at Evesham in 1265, and his wife, Alina, daughter of Philip Basset. Born on 1 March 1261, in May 1281 he was granted full administration of his father's forfeited lands, and in August received livery of his mother's lands, although he was not yet of age. In March 1282 he received the manor of Martley in Worcester as heir to his uncle John Despenser. Later in 1282 Despenser paid 1600 marks to William de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick (d. 1296), for his own marriage. In 1287 he was fined 2000 marks by the king for his marriage without licence to Isabel (d. 1306), daughter of William de Beauchamp and widow of Payn Chaworth. Despenser might be said to have recovered this sum in 1306, when the king paid £2000 for the marriage of his only son, the younger Hugh Despenser, who became the husband of the king's eldest granddaughter, Eleanor de Clare, sister of the earl of Gloucester.

In the reign of Edward I, Despenser made a career for himself through service both at home and abroad, where he was frequently employed on diplomatic missions. In 1287 he was with the king in Gascony, and in 1289 he went abroad with Roger (IV) Bigod, earl of Norfolk and marshal (d. 1306). In June 1294 he was appointed constable of Odiham Castle, and at about the same time was named one of the king's envoys to the German king, Adolf of Nassau, and the archbishop of Cologne. Late in 1294 he served in Gascony, and in 1295 he was summoned for the first time to parliament. In 1296–7 Despenser again served as a diplomat, and was one of the king's proxies to the treaty sealed with the count of Flanders on 5 February 1297. A week later he was appointed justice of the forest south of Trent, and in June of that year was named as a member of the royal council. In the summer of 1300 he accompanied the king on his Scottish campaign, one of only three men of baronial status to do so, and in November he went on an embassy to Rome with the earl of Lincoln. He was one of the envoys sent to France to restore peace in April 1302. In January 1303 he was made keeper of all rivers in defence on this side of Trent (north, at this time), while he continued to serve as justice of the forest. In October 1305 he was sent to Clement V (r. 1305–14) at Lyons to treat with the pope both for a possible crusade and concerning relations between the kings of England and France. He obtained a bull absolving the king from the oaths that he had taken to his people in 1297 and later. Interspersed with these various diplomatic missions were periods of service with the king in Scotland in 1303, 1304, and 1306. Despenser was rewarded for his constant service by Edward I with the Oxfordshire manors of Kirtlington (1296) and Great Haselese (1301), and with numerous lesser favours such as permission to enclose 30 acres of forest on one estate, and a weekly market and annual fair for another.

From the outset of Edward II's reign the elder Despenser was an ardent royalist. Indeed, even before the prince became king, as early as 1301, he referred to Despenser as ‘one of our friends’ (Johnstone, 102). It should not therefore be surprising to find that in the first year of the reign alone he appears in the charter rolls as a witness to some twenty-one of the thirty-eight acts enrolled there. At the coronation he carried part of the royal insignia. During the baronial crisis of 1308 Despenser was granted custody of Devizes, Marlborough, and Striguil castles, as well as of the town of Chepstow. In March 1308 he was again appointed a justice of the forest south of Trent, an appointment that was renewed for life in August 1309. In the later attacks on Piers Gaveston (d. 1312) he stood virtually alone in defending the Gascon favourite. For this reason he had been one of the courtiers singled out at the Northampton parliament of October 1307 who were to be dismissed from the council. His support for Gaveston was undoubtedly an important cause of the king's growing reliance on Despenser, as well as of the personal animosity increasingly felt for him by Thomas of Lancaster and others of the king's antagonists, not to mention Queen Isabella, throughout the reign.

Nevertheless, by November 1308 Despenser was back at court, as attested by his ubiquitous presence in the charter rolls throughout the rest of the second year of the reign, and indeed until the summer of 1314. In May 1313 he accompanied the king to France for the knighting of the sons of Philippe IV, a service for which he drew wages of 100s. a day, and he again accompanied the king to his meeting with Philippe IV at Montreuil in December of the same year. By that time he was considered to be an enemy of Thomas of Lancaster who had emerged as the leader of the baronial opposition. In the period of Lancaster's ascendancy following Bannockburn, Despenser, who had been present at the disastrous battle, is seldom if ever found at court, although he continued to serve as justice of the forest and in other capacities. He was among those present at the burial of Gaveston at Kings Langley on 3 January 1315, but shortly afterward was removed from the council by the king's enemies. In July 1315 a commission was appointed to hear complaints regarding his conduct as keeper of the forest south of Trent.

In the spring of 1316 Despenser once again became prominent at court and in the royal council, this time alongside his son and namesake. In 1317 he served with the king in Scotland. At this point, as record sources demonstrate even more clearly than earlier in the reign, he was at odds with the earl of Lancaster. Ironically, the appointment of the younger Despenser as chamberlain of the household was arranged in 1318 as part of the settlement between the king and Lancaster, and this appointment seems to have propelled the Despensers into the period of their greatest prominence. While the younger Despenser became ever more powerful at court and consolidated his territorial holdings in the Welsh march, his father continued his career of royal service. In 1320 he was sent to Gascony with Bartholomew Badlesmere (d. 1322) in order to consider reforms there and to visit the curia. From there he travelled to Amiens to join the king. By the following year, however, animosity towards the Despensers had grown to such a degree among the marcher lords and their ally Lancaster that even the king was unable to prevent the outbreak of violence.

On 4 May 1321 the ravaging of Despenser lands began. In August the baronial opposition met with the king in parliament and laid their charges against the Despensers, father and son. On 14 August the king capitulated to baronial demands for the exile of the Despensers, and on 20 August he pardoned those involved for their attacks on the royal favourites. The elder Despenser spent his exile in Bordeaux, within relatively close reach in the event of a recall. The king duly engineered this through a convocation held at Canterbury, which agreed on 1 December 1321 that the exile was invalid and should be annulled. A formal announcement to that effect was made on 1 January 1322, by which time a safe conduct had already been sent to Despenser. In the most effective military undertaking of his reign, in late 1321 and early 1322 Edward II routed the baronial opposition, the final blow being delivered at Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322. The earl of Hereford was killed in the battle, and the earl of Lancaster was executed six days later. Despenser is said to have been present at the latter's trial.

The period from 1322 to 1326 saw the Despensers rise to an unprecedented level of wealth and power. On 10 May 1322 the father was elevated to the peerage as earl of Winchester. Along with centres of power in the midlands and Wiltshire, Despenser now also built up a substantial holding near London based on the manor of Kennington. He received numerous grants of lands recently forfeited by the king's enemies, by members of the Bohun, Badlesmere, Damory, Giffard, and other families. From the great Lacy lordship he acquired the manor of Denbigh. In all, his lands were valued at £3884 at his death. The elder Despenser may not have been as aggressively acquisitive as his son, but an accumulation of other men's property on this scale ensured that he came to share the hatred felt for the latter. Opposition to their regime became widespread and reached to the highest levels of English society, in the person of the queen. By 1326 the queen, who was in France on a diplomatic mission to her brother Charles IV, refused to return to England until the Despensers had been removed from the court. In the event she led an armed invasion in September of that year, and the king and his favourites were driven westward before her. On 26 October the garrison at Bristol capitulated to Queen Isabella, and the elder Despenser was forced to surrender. He was tried in a court of chivalry before William Trussell on the following day. He was denounced, and sentenced to death, for offences that included usurpation of royal power, depriving the church of its rights, and complicity in the illegal execution of Thomas of Lancaster. He was condemned to be drawn for treason, hanged for robbery, and decapitated for his crimes against the church, his head to be taken to Winchester, ‘where you were earl against law and reason’ (Stubbs, 1.317).

J. S. Hamilton
Sources

J. R. S. Phillips, Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, 1307–1324: baronial politics in the reign of Edward II (1972) · N. Fryde, The tyranny and fall of Edward II, 1321–1326 (1979) · PRO, esp. charter rolls C 53 · N. Denholm-Young, ed. and trans., Vita Edwardi secundi (1957) · Chancery records · M. Prestwich, Edward I (1988) · GEC, Peerage · N. Saul, ‘The Despensers and the downfall of Edward II’, EngHR, 99 (1984), 1–33 · W. Stubbs, ed., Chronicles of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, 2 vols., Rolls Series, 76 (1882–3) · H. Johnstone, Edward of Carnarvon, 1284–1307 (1946) · exchequer, king's remembrancer, extents, PRO, E 142/33
Archives

PRO, exchequer, king's remembrancer, extents, E 142/33


Likenesses

portrait (identification uncertain), Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire
Wealth at death

£3884 10s 10¼d. in estates; £1600 in cash; £4364 19s, 7d. in goods: Fryde, Tyranny, Appendix 1
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J. S. Hamilton, ‘Despenser, Hugh, the elder, earl of Winchester (1261-1326)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7553, accessed 24 Sept 2005]

Hugh Despenser the elder (1261-1326): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75539 
Arms* Quartele d'argent et de goules ung bend de sable, les quartres frette d'or en le goules (Glover, Parl., Falkirk, St. George, Dering, Segar, Camden, Carlaverock; 1,2,3, Nob.). Quarterly arg. and sa. (Guillim).3
Event-Misc*5 May 1275 Hugh fil. Hugh le D., 14, is heir to Jn. le Despenser (Inq.)3 
Event-Misc1 March 1282 He came of age3 
Event-Misc3 March 1282 He has Marteleye Manor, Worc., late of Jn. le D., restored to him (C.R.)8 
Summoned*2 May 1283 serve against the Welsh8 
Summoned30 September 1283 Shrewsbury, parliament8 
Event-Misc13 April 1287 Having stayed in England with Edm., E. of Cornwall, to preserve peace, has his scutage in Worc., Leic., Yorks., Lincs., Staff., Wilts., Hants., Surr.8 
Event-Misc8 November 1287 Quittance of 2000 m. fine for marrying sine lic. Isabella, wid. of Patrick de Cadurciis8 
Occupation*12 June 1294 Constable of Odiham Castle8 
Event-Misc15 June 1294 He was the King's envoy overseas8 
Summoned1 August 1295 Westminster, Parliament8 
Event-Misc2 February 1297 He was given power to take an oath for the King to keep a treaty with the Count of Flanders re marriage of Prince Edward with Phillippa or Isabella, daughters of said Count8 
Occupationbetween 12 February 1297 and 19 February 1315 Justice of Forests S. of the Trent8 
Summoned7 July 1297 serve overseas8 
Summoned25 May 1298 serve against the Scots8 
Event-Misc26 September 1300 He was plenipotentiary to the Pope regarding peace between France and England.8 
Event-Misc1308 In the affair of Gaveston, he sided with the King, alone among the barons.10 
Occupation12 March 1308 Custodian of Strugoil Castle8 
Event-Misc25 March 1313 The King pardoned him of all debts to the crown.10 
Event-Misc*24 June 1314 Fought at Bannockburn and fled with the King to Dunbar, Principal=Edward II Plantagenet10 
Event-Misc13 July 1315 A commission was appointed to hear complaints of his acts of oppression as Keeper of Forests south of Trent.10 
Event-Misc1318 He went on a pilgrimage to Compostella to avoid the Earl of Lancaster10 
Event-Misc28 February 1319/20 He was sent to Gascony to straighten out the King's affairs there10 
(Witness) Event-Miscbetween May 1321 and June 1321 Humphrey ravaged the lands of Hugh le Despenser the Younger, Principal=Sir Humphrey VIII de Bohun11 
Event-Misc*14 August 1321 Hugh sen. and jun. were banished by Parliament., Principal=Sir Hugh le Despenser12 
Title*10 May 1322 Created Earl of Winchester8 
Event-Misc*10 May 1322 Grant to Hugh le Despenser, sen., reversion of Manors in Wilts. held by Margaret, wid of Jn. Giffard sen., Principal=Maud de Clifford13 
Event-Misc26 October 1326 He surrendered the city of Bristol to the Queen's army after Edw. II had fled to Wales. He was tried for treason the next day and was not allowed to speak in his defence.10 

Family

Isabel de Beauchamp b. c 1268, d. b 30 May 1306
Children

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-31.
  2. [S297] Charles Spencer, The Spencers, (not seen, reported on e-mail address).
  3. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, p. 278.
  4. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  5. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 82.
  6. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 14-5.
  7. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 11.
  8. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, p. 279.
  9. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.
  10. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 83.
  11. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 31.
  12. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 7.
  13. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 114.
  14. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 84.

Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey1

F, #2678, b. between 1244 and 1250, d. circa 17 April 1301

Father*Sir John FitzGeoffrey2,3 b. c 1205, d. 23 Nov 1258
Mother*Isabel Bigod2,3 b. c 1210
Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey|b. bt 1244 - 1250\nd. c 17 Apr 1301|p90.htm#i2678|Sir John FitzGeoffrey|b. c 1205\nd. 23 Nov 1258|p70.htm#i2079|Isabel Bigod|b. c 1210|p70.htm#i2078|Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers|b. 1165\nd. 14 Oct 1213|p70.htm#i2093|Aveline de Clare|b. c 1172\nd. b 4 Jun 1225|p107.htm#i3192|Sir Hugh Bigod|d. bt 11 Feb 1225 - 18 Feb 1225|p90.htm#i2672|Maud Marshal|b. c 1192\nd. 27 Mar 1248|p90.htm#i2671|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Of Bernard Castle, Warwickshire, England4 
Marriage* Groom=Gerard de Furnival5 
Birth*between 1244 and 1250 2 
Marriage*before 1270 Groom=Sir William de Beauchamp1,2,6,7,4 
Death*circa 17 April 1301 | holding manors of Chiriel as 1 Kt. Fee, Berkeswell as 1/2 Fee, Lythurm as 1/2 Fee, Bensale as 1/4 Fee, Warw., Pottersbury, Northants., Bumbrinton, Worc., and lands in Gloucestershire2,8,6,7 
Burial*7 May 1301 Friars Minor, Worcester, England2,6 
Event-Misc*17 November 1297 His wife Maud, sister coheir of Richard Fitz John, to have her share of her father's lands, viz. Multon and Pottersury Manors, Northants., and Chiriel Manor, Wiltshire, Principal=Sir William de Beauchamp7 

Family

Sir William de Beauchamp b. 1237, d. 5 Jun 1298 or 9 Jun 1298
Children

Last Edited1 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-30.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 72-30.
  4. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 16.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 100.
  6. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 4-4.
  7. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 1, p. 75.
  8. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 86-29.
  9. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 4-5.
  10. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 5-5.

Sir William de Beauchamp1

M, #2679, b. 1237, d. 5 June 1298 or 9 June 1298

 

Father*William de Beauchamp2,3,4 b. c 1215, d. bt 7 Jan 1269 - 21 Apr 1269
Mother*Isabel Mauduit2 d. a 7 Jan 1269
Sir William de Beauchamp|b. 1237\nd. 5 Jun 1298 or 9 Jun 1298|p90.htm#i2679|William de Beauchamp|b. c 1215\nd. bt 7 Jan 1269 - 21 Apr 1269|p111.htm#i3321|Isabel Mauduit|d. a 7 Jan 1269|p111.htm#i3322|Sir William de Beauchamp|d. 1262|p480.htm#i14378|Isabella de Mortuo Mari||p352.htm#i10541|William V. Mauduit|b. c 1221\nd. Apr 1257|p145.htm#i4337|Alice de Newburgh|b. 1196\nd. bt 1246 - 1263|p145.htm#i4338|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Birth*1237 2,5,6 
Marriage*before 1270 2nd=Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey1,2,6,4,7 
Death*5 June 1298 or 9 June 1298 Elmley, Worcester, England2,4,8 
Burial*22 June 1298 Friars Minor, Worcester, England2,5,8 
Title* 9th Earl of Warwick, Chamberlain of the Exchequer, Hereditary Pantler at the Coronation of Edward I, Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire4,7 
DNB* Beauchamp, William (IV) de, ninth earl of Warwick (c.1238-1298), magnate, was the eldest of eight children of William (III) de Beauchamp of Elmley, Worcestershire, and his wife Isabel, sister of William Mauduit, earl of Warwick.
Inheritance and early career
Beauchamp inherited the earldom from his uncle, William Mauduit, who died on 8 January 1268. He did homage for his uncle's lands on 9 February. According to the inquisitions on the latter's death, William de Beauchamp was then over thirty. He was thus a young man during the period of baronial reform. His father had been a royalist, and according to John Leland's Itinerary, the ‘old lorde Beauchamp of Helmely’ sent his sons to the battle of Evesham to help the king, ‘and these Brether and their Band did a greate feate in vanquishing the Host of Montefort’. Whatever the truth of this, it is probable that the young William participated on the royalist side. He married Matilda, daughter of John fitz Geoffrey, some time between late 1261 (when her first husband, the minor Yorkshire baron, Gerard de Furnival, died) and his own accession to the earldom in January 1268. It cannot have been a particularly propitious marriage, for with two married brothers Matilda had little prospect of inheriting her father's estates. In the event she was to be one of her father's coheirs, bringing a quarter of his property to the Beauchamps in 1297. William (III) de Beauchamp and Peter de Montfort had made an arrangement to marry their respective eldest sons and daughters, which in August 1248 the king promised not to disturb should the parents die before the children came of age. The scheme must have fallen through, quite possibly for political reasons given their radically different stances during the reforms and the civil war that followed. William's father kept a tight rein on his resources so that William the younger was not particularly well endowed. The father had first bestowed upon the couple land to the value of £9 in Sheriffs Lench, Worcestershire, and then later gave them the manor of Letcombe Basset, Berkshire, in exchange. Before 1265 William (IV) de Beauchamp had acquired manors at Beoley and Yardley, partly from an indebted tenant.

His inheritance of the Warwick earldom must have greatly altered William (IV) de Beauchamp's horizons. In 1271 or 1272 he named his infant heir Guy de Beauchamp, after the legendary Guy of Warwick. Meanwhile, his father had died leaving him the Beauchamp estates, for which his homage was taken on 27 April 1269. From the Mauduits he inherited the office of chamberlain of the exchequer, while through his father he became hereditary sheriff of Worcestershire and hereditary pantler at royal coronations. He was probably quite high in royal favour, perhaps on account of his own actions during the period of civil war as well as his father's. For his ‘laudable service’ he was not only allowed to continue his father's arrangement of paying off the latter's debts to the exchequer at the rate of £10 per annum but also to pay off his relief at the same rate. Although he was pardoned of debts to the exchequer at various times during his life, he seems to have remained in permanent debt to the crown.

The resources directly deployed by the earls of Warwick were much depleted, in fact, during the thirteenth century, largely because of the longevity of their widows. It was a situation that continued into the time of William (IV) de Beauchamp, even if less severely than earlier in the century. Ela, daughter of William (I) de Longespée, and widow of Thomas, earl of Warwick (d. 1242), lived until 1298. She held as dower one-third of the property that had come to Earl Thomas on his father's death. Admittedly William (IV) had brought the Beauchamp resources to the earldom in 1268. However, these too were encumbered by dower. Angaret, his grandfather's second wife, held her dower until her death about 1280. It is not perhaps too surprising that William (IV) had to be coerced into assigning her full dower to his aunt, the widowed Countess Alice Mauduit in 1268, and although he was eventually able to negotiate with Ela Longespée for the recovery of some of her dower lands, it is none the less probably true to say that resource problems cast a shadow over the earl's involvement in national affairs.

Warwick did, however, participate in affairs of state. He was present at the council at Westminster on 12 November 1276, when the legal process against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was recited and the decision was made to go to war, and he was present in parliament when Alexander III, king of Scots, did homage to Edward I at Michaelmas 1278.
Military service
Warwick was much employed by the crown in matters concerning Wales and the Welsh marches. He was appointed on a commission to inquire into the trespasses committed by Gilbert de Clare against Llywelyn, for example, on 16 October 1270. On 14 April 1274 he was empowered, with others, to hear and do justice with respect to ‘mutual trespasses and raids’ between the king and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, and on 24 April to bring about a truce between Llywelyn and Humphrey (IV) de Bohun. He earned some distinction in his military career, not only in Wales but also on Edward I's early campaigns in Scotland. As part of the preparations for the first Welsh campaign he was made captain of Chester and Lancaster in November 1276. The main muster of the feudal host was ordered to take place at Worcester on 1 July 1277. In the meantime it was necessary to arrange for the protection of the marches, and the earl of Warwick's appointment should be seen in this light. As Edward was able to march forward to Flint during the next summer without fear of any flank attack, it is to be presumed that Warwick did his job well. He took part in the siege and capture of Dryslwyn, Carmarthenshire, during August and September 1287. In Scotland he was one of the leaders of the force which, under the earl of Surrey, defeated the Scots at Dunbar on 27 April 1296.

It was during the Welsh rising of 1294–5, however, that the earl of Warwick fought his most important engagement. While the king's forces assembled at Chester, Warwick's troops mustered at Montgomery and a third army under William de Valence was at Carmarthen. With the king effectively trapped at Conwy, Warwick was responsible for a major victory when on 5 March 1295 at Maes Moydog he crippled the forces of the Welsh leader Madog ap Llywelyn. Having moved his own troops from Montgomery to Oswestry, Warwick heard from his spies of the whereabouts of the Welsh leader, who had descended with his forces from Snowdonia. Warwick then took his troops on a night march to engage the Welsh on the following day. Madog's forces advanced to fight the English and suffered severe losses, over 600 according to chroniclers. Moreover, another 100 or so died in a secondary action which struck Madog's baggage train and effectively barred his retreat. Others were drowned. Apparently the English had both surprised the enemy and successfully carried through a pincer movement. The army that effected this victory was a small one, comprising about 119 horse and 2500 foot. However, the English losses appear to have been derisory, namely one squire and six infantrymen according to the Hagnaby chronicle. This might be thought to lend some support to the chronicler Nicholas Trivet's assertion that the English victory was due to the novel tactic of interspersing cavalry and archers, foreshadowing later tactics; but doubt has been cast on this version of the battle, given that the payroll for Warwick's army lists only thirteen crossbowmen and archers per se. Whatever the precise tactics employed, it looks as though Warwick possessed some skill as a commander. Three months later he achieved a further coup when he escorted the rebel Morgan ap Maredudd and his men to the king.

The payroll for Warwick's subsidiary army of 1294–5 survives in full, but the name of the earl does not appear on the roll. The earls clearly regarded it as beneath their dignity, and probably against their chivalric code, to serve for pay. For the 1282–3 campaign, and again in 1287, Warwick accepted prests or advances of cash but these seem to have been either the wages of the infantry or loans to assist in the general preparations for war. But pay was taken for the expedition that set out for Scotland late in 1297, possibly because it was a winter campaign. The king contracted with six magnates to serve for three months with a total of 500 horse in return for £7691 16s. 8d. The smallest retinue, with only 30 horse, was that of Warwick.

Warwick was only once in serious opposition to the crown. This was during what has been described as the ‘near civil war’ of 1297. As one of a mere handful of earls present in England during the crisis he was virtually obliged to take part. About 130 magnates were asked by the king to muster at London on 7 July. Before this gathering, however, many of the magnates, including Warwick, held a meeting at Montgomery. They decided that they could not serve the king overseas because they had spent so much already on his wars in Wales and Scotland, and because they were impoverished by the frequent taxes. According to the Evesham chronicle, the earl of Warwick was bribed into submission. He came to the king complaining of poverty. He was given ‘a certain sum of money’ and was promised more. His opposition to the king promptly ceased. In fact on 14 July he participated in the swearing of fealty to the king's son, Edward of Caernarfon. That the king was able to divide the opposition was due in some measure to Warwick's action. In fact, when mediation finally took place at Stratford, at the meeting at which the Remonstrances were drawn up, Warwick was among those acting for the king.

In the end, however, Warwick did not accompany the king to Flanders, possibly because of illness. When the king summoned him on 17 September 1297 he expressed his pleasure that Warwick's condition had improved. He remained in England during the Flanders campaign as part of Prince Edward's council. Warwick seems to have remained active almost to the end of his life, and on 30 March 1298 he was ordered to be with the king at York at Whitsun to set out against the rebels in Scotland.
Religious affairs, death, and burial
In terms of his local power Warwick experienced some difficulty with Godfrey Giffard, bishop of Worcester, chiefly over their respective rights within the hundred of Oswaldslow. In religious matters Warwick favoured the friars. He was a benefactor of the Augustinian friary of Thelsford and he was buried with the Franciscans at Worcester. Like his father and grandfather before him he had been in contention with Worcester Cathedral priory. In the year 1276, according to the Worcester chronicle, he heard a rumour that his father's tomb had been opened and the body thrown out, and he therefore ordered the tomb to be opened so that he could check. The rumour was found to be false and Warwick was excommunicated. Two months later a dispute between Warwick and the prior was settled on payment of £100 to the earl. The prior agreed at this time to find one monk to say a daily mass for Warwick and his family in perpetuity at the altars of saints Philip and James.

Warwick became gravely ill at Elmley in early June 1298. According to the Worcester chronicle he made his will ‘in the absence of all his friends’ (Ann. mon., 4.537) and on the advice of Brother John of Olney, who caused him to change his mind so that instead of being buried in the cathedral church of Worcester he was buried with the friars. It is hard to believe the implication that this was a last-minute conversion to support the friars. He seems to have made his will the previous year, in fact, and the stipulations of the will show every sign of having been well considered. His body was to be buried in the choir of the Worcester Franciscans. If he died abroad he was to be buried in the nearest Franciscan house. His heart was to be buried wherever his wife chose to be buried. He set aside £200 for the funeral celebrations. The two horses that were to carry his armour in the funeral procession were to be given to the friars. Indeed, as the Worcester chronicle relates, the brethren

processed through the streets and squares of the city and made a show to the citizens, bearing the body as if carrying the spoils of war and so they buried him in a place which had not previously been used and where in winter time he could be said to be drowned rather than buried. (Ann. mon., 4.537)

Warwick gave £100 to maintain two soldiers in the Holy Land. His bequests to individuals included a gold ring with a ruby in it to his son, Guy. His countess was to have all his silver vessels with his cross, which contained part of the True Cross, the vestments belonging to his chapel to make use of during her life, and the cup given to him by the bishop of Worcester. She was also to have all his horses and moveable goods in his manor of Sheffield. Horses were of vital importance to a military figure like Warwick, but it may be that Warwick had a particular interest in horses. On campaign in 1297 and 1298 the Beauchamps possessed a larger number of highly priced horses than any other family, one at 100 marks, three at 80, and two at 70, besides equally valuable remounts. All his other cups, jewels, and rings the countess was to distribute for the health of his soul as she saw fit. He gave 50 marks to his two daughters, nuns at the Gilbertine priory of Shouldham, and made bequests of the vestments, after his wife's death, to his private chapels; the best suit was to be passed on to Guy. There was, however, no bequest to the cathedral priory, despite the fact that the Beauchamps were its patrons. Warwick died on either 5 or 9 June 1298. His wife died three years later, on 16 or 18 April 1301. She was buried with him on 7 May. Again, according to the—no doubt jaundiced—Worcester chronicler this was done against her wishes, in that she had indicated during her lifetime that she wished to be buried elsewhere. Their son, Guy de Beauchamp, succeeded as earl of Warwick. According to Dugdale two other sons, Robert and John, had predeceased their father, the former dying in infancy, and there were at least three married daughters (Isabel, Maud, and Margaret) and possibly a fourth (Wenthlea), in addition to the two nuns.

Peter Coss
Sources

Ann. mon., 4.471–2, 520–21, 527, 537, 549 · E. Mason, ed., The Beauchamp cartulary: charters, 1100–1268, PRSoc., new ser., 43 (1980), xii–xiii, xxxi, nos. 41–2, 97–8, 100 · J. W. W. Bund, ed., Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23rd, 1268, to August 15th, 1301, 2 vols., Worcestershire Historical Society, 15 (1898–1902), vol. 1, pp. xxxii–xxxiii; vol. 2, pp. 7–9, 75, 77, 498 · CIPM, 2, nos. 679, 695; 3, no. 477; 4, no. 24 · B. Golding, ‘Burials and benefactions: an aspect of monastic patronage in thirteenth-century England’, England in the thirteenth century [Harlaxton 1984], ed. W. M. Ormrod (1985), 65–6 · E. Mason, ‘The resources of the earldom of Warwick in the thirteenth century’, Midland History, 3 (1975–6), 67–75 · W. Dugdale, The baronage of England, 2 vols. (1675–6) · J. H. Denton, ‘The crisis of 1297 from the Evesham Chronicle’, EngHR, 93 (1978), 560–79 · M. Prestwich, Edward I (1988), 176, 196, 221–3, 413, 419, 421, 433, 478 · chronicle of Hailes Abbey, BL, Cotton MS Cleopatra D.iii, fols. 59–72 · The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535–1543, ed. L. Toulmin Smith, 11 pts in 5 vols. (1906–10) · M. Prestwich, ‘A new account of the Welsh campaign of 1294–5’, Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, 6 (1973–4), 89–94 · R. F. Walker, ‘The Hagnaby Chronicle and the battle of Maes Moydog’, Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, 8 (1976–7), 125–38 · GEC, Peerage, new edn · M. Prestwich, War, politics, and finance under Edward I (1972), 64, 73 · C. Roberts, ed., Excerpta è rotulis finium in Turri Londinensi asservatis, Henrico Tertio rege, AD 1216–1272, 2, RC, 32 (1836), 466, 487 · J. E. Morris, The Welsh wars of Edward I (1901); repr. (1968), 82 · CPR, 1247–58; 1266–92 · CClR, 1264–8, 1272–88, 1296–302 · W. Dugdale, The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated, rev. W. Thomas, 2nd edn, 2 (1730), 389–91
Wealth at death

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Peter Coss, ‘Beauchamp, William (IV) de, ninth earl of Warwick (c.1238-1298)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47242, accessed 23 Sept 2005]

William (IV) de Beauchamp (c.1238-1298): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/472429 
Arms* Quarterly, viz. 1, 4. Gu. A fesse bet. 6 crosslets or. 2, 3. Chequy or and az. A chevron erm. (St. George, Charles, Cott., 1 Nob.)4
Name Variation Sir William de Bello Campo4 
Event-Misc*16 October 1270 He was a commissioner re Llewellyn, Prince of Wales4 
Event-Misc1276 He was captain of Cheshire and Lancashire4 
Event-Misc*1 July 1277 William de Oddingsells is a knight serving for William, Earl of Warwick, Principal=Sir William de Oddingsells10 
Event-Miscbetween August 1282 and September 1282 He participated in the siege and capture of Dryslwyn, Carmarthenshire7 
Summoned*30 September 1283 Shrewsbury, Parliament4 
Summoned1295 Westminster, Parliament4 
Event-Misc5 March 1294/95 He was credited with winning a victory over the forces of madog ap Llywelyn at Maes Moydog in Montgomeryshire.7 
Event-Misc27 April 1296 He was a leader of the forces of the Earl of Surrey which defeated the Scots at Dunbar7 
Event-Misc*17 November 1297 His wife Maud, sister coheir of Richard Fitz John, to have her share of her father's lands, viz. Multon and Pottersury Manors, Northants., and Chiriel Manor, Wiltshire, Principal=Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey4 

Family

Maud FitzJohn FitzGeoffrey b. bt 1244 - 1250, d. c 17 Apr 1301
Children

Last Edited23 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 74-30.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 86-28.
  4. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 1, p. 75.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 86-29.
  6. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 4-4.
  7. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 16.
  8. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 15.
  9. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.
  10. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 3, p. 281.
  11. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 4-5.
  12. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 11.

Ellen de Segrave1

F, #2680

Father*Sir John de Segrave1,2,3 b. c 1256, d. 1 Sep 1325
Mother*Christine de Plessy1
FatherSir John de Savage4
Ellen de Segrave||p90.htm#i2680|Sir John de Segrave|b. c 1256\nd. 1 Sep 1325|p90.htm#i2681|Christine de Plessy||p90.htm#i2682|Sir Nicholas de Segrave|b. 1238\nd. 12 Nov 1295|p111.htm#i3301|Matilda de Lucy|d. 1337|p111.htm#i3302|Sir Hugh de Plessy|b. c 1267\nd. 23 Aug 1301|p90.htm#i2683|Margaret (?)|d. 2 Nov 1311|p472.htm#i14142|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage* 2nd=Sir William de Ferrers1,4,2,3,5 
Name Variation Margaret5 
Married Name Ferrers1 
Living*9 February 1316/17 1,4 

Family

Sir William de Ferrers b. 30 Jan 1271/72, d. 20 Mar 1324/25
Children

Last Edited20 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-31.
  2. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 10.
  3. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 8.
  4. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 100-5.
  5. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 103.

Sir John de Segrave1

M, #2681, b. circa 1256, d. 1 September 1325

 

Father*Sir Nicholas de Segrave2,3,4 b. 1238, d. 12 Nov 1295
Mother*Matilda de Lucy2 d. 1337
Sir John de Segrave|b. c 1256\nd. 1 Sep 1325|p90.htm#i2681|Sir Nicholas de Segrave|b. 1238\nd. 12 Nov 1295|p111.htm#i3301|Matilda de Lucy|d. 1337|p111.htm#i3302|Sir Gilbert de Segrave|b. c 1185\nd. b 8 Oct 1254|p111.htm#i3303|Amabil de Chaucombe|b. c 1210\nd. c 1278|p59.htm#i1754|Sir Thomas Multon|b. 4 May 1246\nd. b 8 Apr 1305|p111.htm#i3304|Isabel de Bolteby|d. b 1294|p111.htm#i3305|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage* Principal=Christine de Plessy1,4 
Birth*circa 1256 (aged 39 in 1295)2,5,3 
Death*1 September 1325 3 
Deathbefore 4 October 1325 Aquitaine, France2,4 
Burial* Chaucombe Priory, Northamptonshire, England2,4 
Residence* Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England1 
Arms* De sable a un lioun rampaunt de argent corone de or (Parl., Falkirk, Guillim). The same, but crowned gu. (1,2,3, Nob.). The same, crowned or and on shoulder a fleur de lis gu (Segar). "The banner of the eldest (s. of Nicholas de S.), whom the Earl Marshal had sent to execute his duties because he could not come, was Sable with a silver lion rampant crowned with fine gold." (Carlaverock). Sealed Letter to Pope, 1301: A lion rampant crowned, on each side of the shield a garb (Baron's Seals).5
Feudal*16 September 1275 1/4 Kt. Fee at Calvedon, Warw., late of Rob. de Monte Alto5 
Event-Misc1 July 1277 A serviens, he acknowledges 1 Fee at Stottesden and will serve in person with one other serjeant.5 
Feudal25 March 1282 1 Kt. Fee at Atterton and Wytherdele, Leic., late of Baldwin Wake.5 
Event-Misc16 August 1285 The King pardons him 40/- fine for default when he was with the King in his Welsh campaign5 
Feudal23 December 1286 Bliburg, Lincs.5 
Protection*6 August 1291 in Scotland for the King5 
Event-Misc10 December 1295 He had livery of his father's lands5 
Summoned*between 26 August 1296 and 1325 Parliament5 
Summoned1297 serve overseas, against the Scots, and in Flanders5 
Summoned8 September 1297 Rochester, Council5 
Event-Misc24 June 1300 King gifts him with 12 oaks from Cannock Forest and 10 from Whittlewood Forest for construction of a chapel at Chaucombe Manor5 
Event-Misc1301 He sealed the letter to the Pope as Lord of Segrave.5 
Event-Misc4 February 1301 Henry de Tegoz owes to him £2000 in Kent and Suss.5 
Event-Misc19 March 1301 License granted to crenellate his dwelling place of Breteby, Derb.5 
Event-Misc*13 July 1302 Exors. of Edm., E. of Cornwall, have for £800 sold to Jn. de Segrave custody of his lands with marriage of heirs.6 
Event-Misc*26 July 1302 He buys for £800 custody of lands late of Hugh de Plessetis with marriage of heirs., Principal=Sir Hugh de Plessy5 
Event-Misc5 August 1302 He was made constable of Berwick Castle.5 
(Witness) Event-Misc1303 serve under John de Segrave, Principal=Sir John Marmion7 
Event-Misc4 January 1303 He is made Capt. of Northumbria, and to raise men there.5 
Event-Misc6 February 1303 Staying in Scotland for the King, he has respite of Aid in 12 counties5 
Event-Misc1 May 1304 Grant to him and w. Christiana and Exors. the Kt. Fees and advowsons late of Hugh de Plessetis, Principal=Christine de Plessy5 
Event-Misc*1 May 1304 Grant to Jn. de Segrave and w. Christiana that if they die their heirs may have custody of the lands of late Edm., Earl of Cornwall, saving dower to Margaret (de Plescy)., Principal=Christine de Plessy, Witness=Margaret (?)6 
Event-Misc31 March 1305 Jn. de S., sen., his s. Stephen, his bro. Master Gilb. de S., and Master Stephen de S. owe £400 in certain counties, and Jn. de Mohun of Dunster owes to him £10,000 in Som., Berks., and Warw., Witness=Gilbert de Segrave, Witness=Stephen de Segrave5 
(Witness) Event-Misc5 March 1316 Hugh de Plessy is a lord of W. als. Lit. Wittenham, Berks., Kidlington, Eaton, Codeslowe, Gosford, Thrup, Hook Norton, Swerford and Southrope, Oxon., Combe, Wilts., and Gt. Missenden, Bucks., and is a minor in ward of Jn. de Segrave, Principal=Sir Hugh de Plescy6 

Family

Christine de Plessy
Children

Last Edited23 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-31.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 16B-28.
  4. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 218.
  5. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 236.
  6. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 78.
  7. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 3, p. 120.
  8. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Clare 10.
  9. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Despenser 8.

Christine de Plessy1

F, #2682

Father*Sir Hugh de Plessy1 b. c 1267, d. 23 Aug 1301
Mother*Margaret (?)2 d. 2 Nov 1311
Christine de Plessy||p90.htm#i2682|Sir Hugh de Plessy|b. c 1267\nd. 23 Aug 1301|p90.htm#i2683|Margaret (?)|d. 2 Nov 1311|p472.htm#i14142|Sir Hugh de Plescy|b. c 1238\nd. 7 Jul 1292|p472.htm#i14144|Joan Basset||p472.htm#i14145|||||||

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage* Principal=Sir John de Segrave1,3 
Name Variation Christiana de Plescy2 
Name Variation Christian du Plessis4 
Event-Misc1 May 1304 Grant to him and w. Christiana and Exors. the Kt. Fees and advowsons late of Hugh de Plessetis, Principal=Sir John de Segrave5 
Event-Misc*1 May 1304 Grant to Jn. de Segrave and w. Christiana that if they die their heirs may have custody of the lands of late Edm., Earl of Cornwall, saving dower to Margaret (de Plescy)., Principal=Sir John de Segrave, Witness=Margaret (?)2 
Living*8 May 1331 4 

Family

Sir John de Segrave b. c 1256, d. 1 Sep 1325
Children

Last Edited21 Nov 2004

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-31.
  2. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 78.
  3. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 218.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 16B-28.
  5. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 236.

Sir Hugh de Plessy1

M, #2683, b. circa 1267, d. 23 August 1301

 

Father*Sir Hugh de Plescy2 b. c 1238, d. 7 Jul 1292
Mother*Joan Basset2
Sir Hugh de Plessy|b. c 1267\nd. 23 Aug 1301|p90.htm#i2683|Sir Hugh de Plescy|b. c 1238\nd. 7 Jul 1292|p472.htm#i14144|Joan Basset||p472.htm#i14145|Sir John de Plescy|d. 7 Mar 1263|p473.htm#i14167|Christian de Sandford|d. b 1244|p473.htm#i14168||||Alicia (?)||p473.htm#i14165|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Birth*circa 1267 (25 on 7 jul 1292)2 
Marriage* Principal=Margaret (?)3 
Death*23 August 1301 shortly before 23 Aug 1301, holding Cudelynton and Hogenorton Manors, Oxon., each as 1 Kt. Fee, Mussendene Manor, Bucks., 1/4 Fee, lands at W. Wittenham Earls, Berks., and a moiety of Combe, Dors., 1/4 Fee, and leaving s. h. Hugh, 4 - 6.3 
Residence* Hooknorton, Oxfordshire, England1 
Arms* Arg. 6 annulets gu. (Guillim, 1,2 Nob). Sealed, c. 1300: Per pale a lion passant (Birch).3
Name Variation Plescy3 
Event-Misc*11 August 1292 He had livery of his father's lands3 
Feudal*26 October 1292 Childerhanley, Worcestershire, Hanley Manor and lands3 
Summoned24 February 1296 Salisbury, Parliament3 
Summoned*1 March 1296 serve against the Scots3 
Summoned7 July 1297 over seas, having £20 lands in Oxon3 
Summoned8 March 1299 Parliament3 
Criminal*13 October 1299 He was accused of trespass against the Abbot of Oseneye at Eton, Hokenarton, Weston, and Hampton Gay, Oxon., taking beasts, hares, and rabbits, and cutting trees3 
Feudal*26 September 1300 1 Kt. Fee at Chalgrave, Oxon., late of Edm., Earl of Cornwall, Principal=Sir Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet3 
Summoned24 June 1301 serve against the Scots3 
Event-Misc*26 July 1302 He buys for £800 custody of lands late of Hugh de Plessetis with marriage of heirs., Principal=Sir John de Segrave4 

Family

Margaret (?) d. 2 Nov 1311
Children

Last Edited1 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-31.
  2. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 77.
  3. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 78.
  4. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 4, p. 236.

Sir William de Ferrers1

M, #2684, b. circa 1240, d. before 20 December 1287

 

Father*Sir William de Ferrers2,3 b. c 1193, d. 24 Mar 1254 or 28 Mar 1254
Mother*Margaret de Quincy2,3 b. b 1223, d. b 12 Mar 1280/81
Sir William de Ferrers|b. c 1240\nd. b 20 Dec 1287|p90.htm#i2684|Sir William de Ferrers|b. c 1193\nd. 24 Mar 1254 or 28 Mar 1254|p58.htm#i1736|Margaret de Quincy|b. b 1223\nd. b 12 Mar 1280/81|p58.htm#i1737|Sir William de Ferrers Earl of Derby|b. c 1168\nd. 22 Sep 1247|p90.htm#i2688|Agnes of Chester|b. c 1174\nd. 2 Nov 1247|p90.htm#i2689|Sir Roger de Quincy|b. c 1195\nd. 25 Apr 1264|p64.htm#i1912|Helene of Galloway|b. c 1196\nd. a 21 Nov 1245|p64.htm#i1913|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage* 1st=Eleanor de Lovaine4,5 
Birth*circa 1240 1,3 
Marriage* Bride=Anne le Despenser1,3 
Death*before 20 December 1287 (writ for his Inq.)1,4 
Arms* Vairy or and gu. A bordure az. (Charles). Vairy or and gu. A bordure az. entoyre of horseshoes arg. (St. George). Vairy or and gu. On a bordure sa. 8 horsehoes arg. (Camden. Cott.).6
Event-Misc*20 December 1264 He was captured in the fight at Northampton. Wm. la Zuche is to deliver him to K.6 
Event-Misc12 June 1266 Safe conduct, coming to K's court to treat for peace, provided he stand his trial.4 
Event-Misc11 July 1266 He is admitted to K's peace, and his trespasses forgiven. He shall not be molested in person, lands, or possessions, if faithful in future.4 
Feudal*8 April 1271 Woodham Ferrers, Ess.4 
Event-Misc26 May 1280 Lic. on 40m fine to hold Groby Manor, of which his mother Margaret de Ferrers enfeoffed him4 
Summoned*17 May 1282 serve against the Welsh, he acknowledges one half Kt. Fee for Groby Manor, inherited from E. of Winchester [Roger de Quincy], and will serve in person.4 
Summoned14 June 1283 Shrewsbury, Parliament4,5 
Event-Misc12 September 1285 Having served in 10 Ed. I, has his scutage in Leic., Warw., Berks., Cambs., Northants., Wilts., Dors., Ess., and Hunts.4 
Summoned15 July 1287 Gloucester, council4 

Family

Anne le Despenser
Children

Last Edited20 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-30.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-29.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 100-4.
  4. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 19.
  5. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 102.
  6. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 18.
  7. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.
  8. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 100-5.

Anne le Despenser1

F, #2685

Father*Sir Hugh le Despenser1 b. 1223, d. 4 Aug 1265
Mother*Aline Basset1 b. 1245, d. b 11 Apr 1281
Anne le Despenser||p90.htm#i2685|Sir Hugh le Despenser|b. 1223\nd. 4 Aug 1265|p84.htm#i2516|Aline Basset|b. 1245\nd. b 11 Apr 1281|p84.htm#i2517|Sir Hugh le Despenser|d. bt 23 Feb 1238 - 30 May 1238|p490.htm#i14691||||Sir Philip Basset|d. 29 Oct 1271|p84.htm#i2518|Hawise de Lovaine||p84.htm#i2519|

ChartsAnn Marbury Pedigree

Marriage* 1st=Sir William de Ferrers1,2 

Family

Sir William de Ferrers b. c 1240, d. b 20 Dec 1287
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 58-30.
  2. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 100-4.
  3. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.

Sybil Marshal1

F, #2687, d. before 1238

 

Father*Sir William Marshal1,2,3 b. 1146, d. 14 May 1219
Mother*Isabel de Clare2 b. 1173, d. 1220
Sybil Marshal|d. b 1238|p90.htm#i2687|Sir William Marshal|b. 1146\nd. 14 May 1219|p89.htm#i2644|Isabel de Clare|b. 1173\nd. 1220|p100.htm#i2977|John FitzGilbert (?)|b. c 1106\nd. b Michaelmas in 1165|p89.htm#i2641|Sybil de Salisbury|b. c 1120|p89.htm#i2642|Richard de Clare "Strongbow"|b. c 1130\nd. c 20 Apr 1176|p101.htm#i3014|Aoife MacDairmait|b. c 1140|p101.htm#i3015|

Marriage*before 14 May 1219 He left 7 daughters by Sybil at the time of his death in 1254., 1st=Sir William de Ferrers1,2,3,4,5 
Death*before 1238 2 

Family

Sir William de Ferrers b. c 1193, d. 24 Mar 1254 or 28 Mar 1254
Children

Last Edited2 Aug 2004

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 127-30.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 149-2.
  4. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 18.
  5. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  6. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 101.

Sir William de Ferrers Earl of Derby1

M, #2688, b. circa 1168, d. 22 September 1247

Father*William de Ferrers2,3 b. c 1136, d. b 21 Oct 1190
Mother*Sybil de Braiose2,3 b. c 1150
Sir William de Ferrers Earl of Derby|b. c 1168\nd. 22 Sep 1247|p90.htm#i2688|William de Ferrers|b. c 1136\nd. b 21 Oct 1190|p90.htm#i2691|Sybil de Braiose|b. c 1150|p90.htm#i2690|Robert Ferrers|b. c 1118\nd. b 1160|p237.htm#i7081|Margaret Peverell|b. c 1114|p237.htm#i7082|William de Braiose|b. c 1112\nd. a 1179|p90.htm#i2693|Bertha of Hereford|b. 1123|p90.htm#i2692|

Birth*circa 1168 3 
Marriage*2 November 1192 Principal=Agnes of Chester1,3,4 
Death*22 September 1247 |after suffering long with the gout1,3,4 
Title* 4th Earl of Derby4 
Event-Misc*3 Ric. I He had livery of his lands5 
Event-Miscbetween February 1194 and March 1194 He served as Sheriff of Notts and Derby for 7 weeks5 
Event-Misc17 April 1194 He was one of the 4 Earls who bore the canopy and Richard's 2nd coronation5 
Event-Misc1199 He quitclaimed to the King all his rights as heir to William Peverel's lands, which came down to him from his maternal grandmother, daughter of said Peverel.6 
(Witness) Crowned27 May 1199 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England, King of England, Principal=John Lackland7,8,9,10,11,5 
Event-MiscJune 1218 He went on crusade5 
(Witness) Crowned17 May 1220 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Principal=Henry III Plantagenet King of England12 
Event-Miscbetween 30 December 1223 and 2 January 1228 He served as Sheriff of Lancashire5 
Event-Miscbetween April 1230 and October 1230 He campaigned with the King in Brittany and Poitou5 
Summoned*February 1231/32 London, council5 
Event-Misc*22 November 1232 They had livery of her brother's lands, including the castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, and the castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire., Principal=Agnes of Chester4 
Summoned12 May 1244 serve against the Scots5 
Feudal*8 May 1254 (at inquest) lands at Bratenton and Hertenton, Derb., Principal=Thomas de Furnival13 

Family

Agnes of Chester b. c 1174, d. 2 Nov 1247
Children

Last Edited10 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 127-29.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-6.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 84.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 197.
  7. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-26.
  8. [S234] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, Plantagenet 16.
  9. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Warenne 2.
  10. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Plantagenet 3.
  11. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 29.
  12. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Plantagenet 4.
  13. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 92.

Agnes of Chester1

F, #2689, b. circa 1174, d. 2 November 1247

Father*Hugh of Kevelioc2,3 b. 1147, d. 30 Jun 1181
Mother*Bertrade de Montfort4,3 b. 1155, d. 1227
Agnes of Chester|b. c 1174\nd. 2 Nov 1247|p90.htm#i2689|Hugh of Kevelioc|b. 1147\nd. 30 Jun 1181|p59.htm#i1758|Bertrade de Montfort|b. 1155\nd. 1227|p97.htm#i2903|Ranulph de Gernon|b. c 1100\nd. 16 Dec 1153|p59.htm#i1763|Maud de Caen|b. c 1120\nd. 29 Jul 1189|p59.htm#i1762|Simon de Montfort|d. c 13 Mar 1180/81|p59.htm#i1760|Maud (?)|d. 1168|p59.htm#i1761|

Of Chester, Cheshire, England3 
Birth*circa 1174 3 
Marriage*2 November 1192 Principal=Sir William de Ferrers Earl of Derby1,3,5 
Death*2 November 1247 |and the King had livery of her inheritance1,3,5 
Event-Misc*22 November 1232 They had livery of her brother's lands, including the castle and manor of Chartley, Staffordshire, and the castle and vill of West Derby, Lancashire., Principal=Sir William de Ferrers Earl of Derby5 

Family

Sir William de Ferrers Earl of Derby b. c 1168, d. 22 Sep 1247
Children

Last Edited16 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 127-29.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 127-28.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 126-28.
  5. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 84.

Sybil de Braiose1

F, #2690, b. circa 1150

Father*William de Braiose3,2 b. c 1112, d. a 1179
Mother*Bertha of Hereford1,2 b. 1123
Sybil de Braiose|b. c 1150|p90.htm#i2690|William de Braiose|b. c 1112\nd. a 1179|p90.htm#i2693|Bertha of Hereford|b. 1123|p90.htm#i2692|Philip de Braiose|b. c 1075\nd. bt 1134 - 1155|p90.htm#i2694|Aenor de Toteneis|b. c 1084|p90.htm#i2695|Miles FitzWalter|b. c 1097\nd. 24 Dec 1143|p90.htm#i2698|Sibyl de Neufmarché|b. c 1090\nd. a 1143|p90.htm#i2697|

Of Bramber, Sussex, England2 
Marriage* Groom=William de Ferrers1,2,4 
Birth*circa 1150 2 
Living*5 February 1228 1 

Family

William de Ferrers b. c 1136, d. b 21 Oct 1190
Children

Last Edited16 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-6.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-5.
  4. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 83.

William de Ferrers1

M, #2691, b. circa 1136, d. before 21 October 1190

Father*Robert Ferrers2,3 b. c 1118, d. b 1160
Mother*Margaret Peverell2,3 b. c 1114
William de Ferrers|b. c 1136\nd. b 21 Oct 1190|p90.htm#i2691|Robert Ferrers|b. c 1118\nd. b 1160|p237.htm#i7081|Margaret Peverell|b. c 1114|p237.htm#i7082|Robert Ferrers|b. c 1076\nd. 1139|p86.htm#i2559|Hawise of Vitré|b. c 1086|p86.htm#i2560|William Peverell|d. a 1155|p237.htm#i7083|Avise de Lancaster|d. a 1149|p237.htm#i7084|

Marriage* 1st=Sybil de Braiose1,2,3 
Birth*circa 1136 2 
Death*before 21 October 1190 Acre, Palestine, on crusade1,2,3 
Title* 3rd Earl of Derby4,3 
Name Variation William de Ferrières3 
Event-Misc*April 1173 He was an advocate of Young King Henry5 
Event-Misc*1174 Reynold de Lucy was keeper of Nottingham Castle when it was taken and burned by Earl William Ferrers, Principal=Reynold de Lucy6 
Event-MiscJune 1174 He sacked and burned Nottingham5 
Event-Misc31 July 1174 He submitted to the King, was imprisoned at Caen, Normandy, and Tubury Castle was demolished5 

Family

Sybil de Braiose b. c 1150
Children

Last Edited28 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-6.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 100.
  4. [S285] Leo van de Pas, 30 Jun 2004.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 83.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 133.

Bertha of Hereford1

F, #2692, b. 1123

Father*Miles FitzWalter2,3,4 b. c 1097, d. 24 Dec 1143
Mother*Sibyl de Neufmarché2,3,4 b. c 1090, d. a 1143
Bertha of Hereford|b. 1123|p90.htm#i2692|Miles FitzWalter|b. c 1097\nd. 24 Dec 1143|p90.htm#i2698|Sibyl de Neufmarché|b. c 1090\nd. a 1143|p90.htm#i2697|Walter FitzRoger|b. c 1065\nd. 1127|p90.htm#i2699|Emma d. Batedon||p142.htm#i4237|Bernard de Neufmarché|b. c 1050\nd. 1093|p90.htm#i2700|Nesta FitzOsbern|b. c 1079|p91.htm#i2701|

Birth*1123 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England3 
Marriage*circa 1150 Principal=William de Braiose5,6,7 
Note* Her brothers died without heirs, so she brought Brecon and Abergavenny into the Braiose family7 

Family

William de Braiose b. c 1112, d. a 1179
Children

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-6.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-4.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-6.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-5.
  6. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-7.
  7. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.
  8. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 40.

William de Braiose1

M, #2693, b. circa 1112, d. after 1179

Father*Philip de Braiose2,3 b. c 1075, d. bt 1134 - 1155
Mother*Aenor de Toteneis2,3 b. c 1084
William de Braiose|b. c 1112\nd. a 1179|p90.htm#i2693|Philip de Braiose|b. c 1075\nd. bt 1134 - 1155|p90.htm#i2694|Aenor de Toteneis|b. c 1084|p90.htm#i2695|William d. Braose|b. c 1049\nd. a 1089|p142.htm#i4235|Agnes de St. Clair||p142.htm#i4236|Johel de Toteneis|b. c 1049|p90.htm#i2696|(?) de Picquagny||p142.htm#i4245|

Of Brecknock, Abergavenney and Gowr, Wales3 
Birth*circa 1112 3 
Marriage*circa 1150 Principal=Bertha of Hereford1,4,5 
Death*after 1179 Corbeil, France3 
Deathcirca 1192 4 
Residence* Brecknock, Wales2 
Title* Baron of Gwentland, Bramber in Sussex, Briouze-Saint-Gervase2,5 
Occupation*between 1173 and 1175 Sheriff of Hereford6 

Family

Bertha of Hereford b. 1123
Children

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 194-5.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-5.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-7.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 40.
  7. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-6.

Philip de Braiose1

M, #2694, b. circa 1075, d. between 1134 and 1155

Father*William de Braose2,3 b. c 1049, d. a 1089
Mother*Agnes de St. Clair2
Philip de Braiose|b. c 1075\nd. bt 1134 - 1155|p90.htm#i2694|William de Braose|b. c 1049\nd. a 1089|p142.htm#i4235|Agnes de St. Clair||p142.htm#i4236|Philip de Braiose||p512.htm#i15348|Gunnora of Bavent & Rouvres||p363.htm#i10871|Waldren d. St. Clare||p363.htm#i10870||||

Marriage* Principal=Aenor de Toteneis1,2,3 
Birth*circa 1075 of Bramber, Sussex, England2 
Deathafter 1112 Palestine2 
Death*between 1134 and 1155 3 
Note He conquered Radnor and the Cantref of Builth in Wales3 
Note* He sided with Robert Curthose against Henry I and consequently had to go to Jerusalem, where he may have died.3 
Residence* Bramber, Sussex, England1 

Family

Aenor de Toteneis b. c 1084
Children

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-5.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.
  4. [S342] Sir Bernard Burke, Extinct Peerages, p. 72.

Aenor de Toteneis1

F, #2695, b. circa 1084

Father*Johel de Toteneis1,2 b. c 1049
Mother*(?) de Picquagny2
Aenor de Toteneis|b. c 1084|p90.htm#i2695|Johel de Toteneis|b. c 1049|p90.htm#i2696|(?) de Picquagny||p142.htm#i4245|Alvred the Giant||p142.htm#i4240||||Arnoul de Picquagny||p142.htm#i4241||||

Marriage* Principal=Philip de Braiose1,2,3 
Birth*circa 1084 2 
Name Variation Eva2 
Living*1123 3 

Family

Philip de Braiose b. c 1075, d. bt 1134 - 1155
Children

Last Edited14 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-5.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.
  4. [S342] Sir Bernard Burke, Extinct Peerages, p. 72.

Johel de Toteneis1

M, #2696, b. circa 1049

Father*Alvred the Giant2
Johel de Toteneis|b. c 1049|p90.htm#i2696|Alvred the Giant||p142.htm#i4240||||||||||||||||

Birth*circa 1049 of Barnstaple, Devonshire, England2 
Marriage* Principal=(?) de Picquagny2 
Name Variation Judhael1 
Residence* Totnes, Devonshire, England1 
Name Variation Jadhael de Totnes2 
Living*1123 1 

Family

(?) de Picquagny
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-5.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Sibyl de Neufmarché1

F, #2697, b. circa 1090, d. after 1143

Father*Bernard de Neufmarché2,3,4 b. c 1050, d. 1093
Mother*Nesta FitzOsbern2,3,4 b. c 1079
Sibyl de Neufmarché|b. c 1090\nd. a 1143|p90.htm#i2697|Bernard de Neufmarché|b. c 1050\nd. 1093|p90.htm#i2700|Nesta FitzOsbern|b. c 1079|p91.htm#i2701|Geoffrey (?)||p91.htm#i2702|Ada FitzRichard||p91.htm#i2704|Osborn FitzRichard|d. a 1086|p91.htm#i2710|Nesta of North Wales|b. c 1057|p91.htm#i2709|

Burial* Llanthony Priory5 
Birth*circa 1090 of Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales3 
Marriage*April 1121 She was given in marriage by King Henry I following the death of her parents, along with her father's title and lands., Principal=Miles FitzWalter1,3,6,5 
Death*after 1143 Gloucestershire, England3 

Family

Miles FitzWalter b. c 1097, d. 24 Dec 1143
Children

Last Edited5 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-4.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-3.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-5.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 111.
  6. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-6.

Miles FitzWalter1

M, #2698, b. circa 1097, d. 24 December 1143

Father*Walter FitzRoger1,2 b. c 1065, d. 1127
Mother*Emma de Batedon2
Miles FitzWalter|b. c 1097\nd. 24 Dec 1143|p90.htm#i2698|Walter FitzRoger|b. c 1065\nd. 1127|p90.htm#i2699|Emma de Batedon||p142.htm#i4237|Roger de Pistres|b. c 1030|p142.htm#i4242|Eunice de Baalun|b. c 1036|p142.htm#i4243|Drue (?)||p142.htm#i4244||||

Burial* Llanthony Priory3 
Birth*circa 1097 2 
Marriage*April 1121 She was given in marriage by King Henry I following the death of her parents, along with her father's title and lands., Principal=Sibyl de Neufmarché1,2,4,3 
Death*24 December 1143 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, accidentally shot1,2,4 
Name Variation Milo (?)2 
Occupation* Sheriff and Constable of Gloucester4 
Event-Misc*Easter 1136 He attended Easter Court and witnessed King Stephen's Charter of Liberties as constable.3 
Event-Misc1138 He was present at the siege of Shrewsbury3 
Event-Misc1139 Upon her arrival, he joined Empress Maud, receiving her at Bristol and taking her to Gloucester, where he did homage. She granted him the Castle of St. Briavell and the whole Forest of Dean3 
Title*25 July 1141 Earl of Hereford, created by Empress Maud5,3 
Note* supported Empress Maud against King Stephen4 

Family

Sibyl de Neufmarché b. c 1090, d. a 1143
Children

Last Edited5 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-4.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 111.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-6.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 39.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 112.

Walter FitzRoger1

M, #2699, b. circa 1065, d. 1127

Father*Roger de Pistres2,3 b. c 1030
Mother*Eunice de Baalun2 b. c 1036
Walter FitzRoger|b. c 1065\nd. 1127|p90.htm#i2699|Roger de Pistres|b. c 1030|p142.htm#i4242|Eunice de Baalun|b. c 1036|p142.htm#i4243|||||||Drue (?)||p142.htm#i4244||||

Birth*circa 1065 2 
Marriage* Principal=Emma de Batedon2 
Death*1127 2 
Occupation* Hereditary Sheriff of Gloucester and probaby the King's Constable under Henry I3 
Event-Misc* He retired to the Abbey of Llanthony3 

Family

Emma de Batedon
Children

Last Edited5 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-4.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 111.

Bernard de Neufmarché1

M, #2700, b. circa 1050, d. 1093

Father*Geoffrey (?)1,2
Mother*Ada FitzRichard1,2
Bernard de Neufmarché|b. c 1050\nd. 1093|p90.htm#i2700|Geoffrey (?)||p91.htm#i2702|Ada FitzRichard||p91.htm#i2704|Thurcytel (?)||p91.htm#i2703||||Richard FitzGulbert||p91.htm#i2705|Ada Hugleville||p198.htm#i5922|

Marriage* Principal=Nesta FitzOsbern1,3,2 
Birth*circa 1050 Neufmarche, France2 
Death*1093 1,2 
Death1125 3 
Burial* Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England2 
Name Variation Bernard Neufmarch2 
Event-Misc1088 Ralph de Mortimer and Bernard de Neufmarche and Roger de Lacy, heading a large body of English, Normans and Welsh, attack Worcester, but they were defeated by the Bishop's men, Principal=Ralph de Mortimer4 
Title* Lord of Brecon1 

Family

Nesta FitzOsbern b. c 1079
Child

Last Edited29 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 177-3.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 21-5.
  4. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 166.
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