William de Ros

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• Alternate birth: of Ingmanthorpe in Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, England

William married Eustache fitz Ralph in 1268. Eustache (daughter of Ralph fitz Hugh and Joan de la Haye) was born in of Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England; died after 1300; was buried in Grey Friars, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel de Ros was born in of Ingmanthorpe in Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, England; died in 1309.
2. Ivette de Ros was born in of Ingmanthorpe in Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, England.
3. Lucy de Ros

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• Alternate birth: Bef 1200, of Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
• Alternate death: 1258

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Taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln, 1217.

William married Lucy fitz Peter before 24 Jan 1234. Lucy (daughter of Peter fitz Herbert and Alice fitz Robert) was born in of Blaen Llyfni, Cathedine, Brecconshire, Wales; died after 29 Sep 1266. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1266

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• Alternate birth: 1172
• Alternate death: 1227

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"Robert de Ros, who bore the unexplained nickname of Furfan or Furson, s. and h., a minor, was in ward to the King in 1185, when his lands were in the custody of Ranulf de Glanville. He had livery of the lands in 1190. In Normandy he was bailiff of the royal castellany of Bonneville sur Toques. As son-in-law of William the Lion, King of Scotland, he was of his escort into England, Nov. 1200, to do homage, and again in 1209. He appears to have obeyed the summons to muster at Porchester for an expedition to Normandy, May 1205. In Feb. 1205/6 he proposed to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He was serving with the King in Ireland in 1210. In 1212 he had taken, or was believed to have taken, the 'habit of religion,' but in the following year was certainly in the King's employment. Sheriff of Cumberland, 1213-15. One of the 12 Barons named as guarantors in John's letters to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the bishops with him, overseas, May and June 1213, on the lifting of the excommunication. In Nov. 1214 he was joint commissioner to preside at the doing of homage to William (de Forz), Count of Aumale. Although he had been so closely associated with the King, he was one of his most vigorous opponents in the matter of Magna Carta, and of the 25 elected to see that its provisions were observed; and Robert and his son were included in the Bull of excommunication, Jan. 1215/6. In Nov. 1217 he had returned to his allegiance, and was one of the escort of Alexander II to England; in 1218, and later, the Cumberland estates were confirmed to him. In 1221 he was one of the barons called upon for help in the siege of Skipsea Castle. He was one of the assessors of an Aid in Feb. 1224/5, and witnessed at Westminster the confirmation of Magna Carta and the Forest charter. He m. at Haddington, early in 1191, Isabel, widow of Robert de Brus (d. v.p.s. of Robert de Brus II), illegitimate da. of William the Lion, King of Scotland. He d., or, as a Templar, retired from secular life, before 23 Dec. 1226, when his son did homage for his lands." [Complete Peerage]

Robert married Isabel of Scotland in 1191 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Isabel FitzWilliam.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1183, of Blaen Llyfni, Cathedine, Brecconshire, Wales

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Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1214. "[W]ho, being very obsequious to King John, was reputed one of that prince's evil counsellors." [Burke's Peerage] Advisor to John at Runnymede.

Peter married Alice fitz Robert after 28 Nov 1203. Alice (daughter of Robert fitz Roger and Margaret de Chesney) was born in of Warkworth, Northumberland, England; died before 12 Apr 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Alice de Warkworth.

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• Alternate death: 1186

Everard married Roese Trussebut. Roese (daughter of William de Trussebut and Albreda) was born about 1151; died before 1187. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1152
• Alternate death: Aft 1185
• Alternate death: Bef 29 Sep 1196

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Also called Roese de Warter. Henry James Young in George Eldridge (citation details below) calls her "coheir & in her issue sole heir of her brother Robert; lady of Ribston, Hunsingore & Walleford".

Young also has her as a daughter of "Robert Trussebut or Trusbut, his brother Geoffrey's heir", this Robert himself a son of William (d. ~1175) and Albreda (d. >1200) Trussebut. Every other source we've seen has her as a daughter, not a granddaughter, of William and Albreda.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1142

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Earl of Northumberland 1152-7; Earl of Huntingdon 1165-74.

"Two of his charters, which he issued in his minority, show that he was then using his mother's name of Warenne." [Royal Ancestry]

William married (Unknown) de Avenal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1194-98. Sheriff of Shropshire, 1196.

Herbert married Lucy of Hereford. Lucy (daughter of Miles of Gloucester and Sibyl de Neufmarché) died after 1219; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Lucy of Gloucester, Lucy Fitz Walter.

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• Alternate birth: of Warkworth, Northumberland, England
• Alternate death: Bef 22 Nov 1214
• Alternate death: Bef 22 Dec 1214

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Also called Robert de Warkworth. Sheriff of Norfolk from Michaelmas 1190 to Easter 1194, and again from Michaelmas 1197 to Easter 1200. Friend and counselor of King John.

Robert married Margaret de Chesney. Margaret (daughter of William de Chesney) was born in of Horsford, Norfolk, England; died in 1230. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 7 Jan 1231

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• Alternate death: 1163

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"Sometime constable, probably to the Count of Aumale, lord of Holderness." [Complete Peerage]

Robert married Sybil de Valognes before 1145. Sybil (daughter of Roger de Valognes and Agnes fitz John) died after 1212; was buried in Nun Appleton Priory, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1211

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• Alternate death: Abt 1175
• Alternate death: Bef 1180

William married Albreda. Albreda was born about 1135; died in 1205. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1200

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Also called Audrey, etc. VCH Warwickshire ("Parishes: Morton Morrell", pp. 118-122) says her mother was "daughter and coheir of Robert Peverel," but this is sourced only to Dugdale.

Ray Phair, post to soc.genealogy.medieval, 7 Jun 2002:

Cris Nash and earlier Dick Ledyard asked who was the father of Aubreye (Albreda) de Harcourt (d. 1205), wife of William Trussebut?

There are at least three versions:

A) Bridges claimed her father was Aubrey ('Albricius') de Harcourt [1], without providing any evidence. So far, no record of his existence has been found. Clay accepted this version, rather than the next one, because it was presented earlier [2].

B) Baker (according to Clay) and Eyton said her father was Rollo de Harcourt, without providing any evidence [2,3]. So far, no record of his existence has been found. Farrer and Sanders accepted this version; Clay dismissed it as without proof [4,2].

C) Crouch, in a very brief note, proposed that her father was Ivo de Harcourt, a younger son of Robert fitz Anschetil, lord of Harcourt [5]. Ivo, who appeared possibly as early as c.1140, was alive in 1166, but may have died later that year [5,6].

By two charters Aubreye gave land in "Brandestona" to Nuneaton priory, Warwickshire [2]. Clay has identified this location as Braunston, Northamptonshire, where Aubreye and her descendants are known to have held land; Round had earlier implied this was the location of her gift [2,7]. Crouch, on the other hand, thought it was Braunstone, Leicestershire; although based on more tentative evidence, it does provides a link to the family of Ivo de Harcourt. A descendant of Ivo's heir did later hold land there [8], but Crouch's version needs further study.

[1] J. Bridges, "The history and antiquities of Northamptonshire", 1791, 1:26-7.

[2] "Early Yorkshire charters", 10:8-11, 15-6, & nos. 7-9, 12, 1955, ed. C.T. Clay.

[3] Clay said this appeared in G. Baker, "The history and antiquities of the county of Northampton", 1822-41, 1:268-9, which, unfortunately, is missing from the library. R.W. Eyton, "Antiquities of Shropshire", 9:67-9,75 (1859); he may have been familiar with Baker's work.

[4] W. Farrer, "Feudal Cambridgeshire", 1920, pp.160-3; I.J. Sanders, "English baronies", 1960, p.19.

[5] D. Crouch, "The Beaumont twins", 1986, pp. 123-7, 220-1, 237.

[6] "The red book of exchequer", 3v, ed. H. Hall, 1896, 1:325,337; Pipe Roll Society publications [PRS] 9:68 (1888), 12:167 (1890); "Sir Christopher Hatton's book of seals", ed. L.C. Loyd and D.M. Stenton, 1950, pp.31-2.

[7] PRS 35:27-8 (1913), ed. J.H. Round; "Rotuli litterarum clausarum", ed. T.D. Hardy, 1833-44, 1:24, 34; "Rotuli de oblatis et finibus", ed. T.D. Hardy, 1835, p.288; "The book of fees", 1920-31, 2:941, 945, 1288.

[8] "Calendar of inquisitions post mortem", 1:nos.411, 776 (1904). Cf. W. Farrer, "Honors and knights fees", 2:329-334 (1924).

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1115

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Earl of Northumberland and of Huntingdon. Also called Eanric mac Dabid; Henry of Huntingdon.

"Henry, earl of Northumberland (c. 1115–1152), prince, was the only surviving adult son of David I (c. 1085–1153), king of Scots, and his queen, Maud (or Matilda) (d. 1131), widow of Simon (I) de Senlis. From c. 1128 his name was linked with his father's in governance, and in 1144 he appears as rex designatus ('king-designate'). Although the exact significance of this style is unclear, it seems certain that he had formally been proclaimed as future king; and in practice from the 1130s 'David's was a dual reign...with joint or at least coadjutorial royal government' (G. W. S. Barrow, ed., The charters of King David I: the written acts of David I king of Scots, 1124–53, and of his son Henry earl of Northumberland, 1139–52, 1999, p. 34). This partnership--though Henry was self-evidently the junior partner--had momentous consequences for the Scots monarchy's power and prestige. Henry shared fully in David's policies of modernization by which Scotland began to be transformed into a European-style kingdom, and above all he was inseparably associated with his father in furthering historic Scottish claims to 'northern England'. Leading vast armies against King Stephen, they made extensive gains at his expense." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Henry married Ada de Warenne after 9 Apr 1139. Ada (daughter of William II de Warenne and Isabel de Vermandois) died in 1178. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Adeline.

From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

Her public role as first lady of the Scottish court (there was no queen of Scotland from 1131 to 1186) was originally limited by her numerous pregnancies; but her fecundity averted a catastrophe when Henry, the expected successor to the kingship, died prematurely in 1152. During her widowhood she enjoyed in full measure the respect and status to which she was entitled as mother of two successive Scots kings, Malcolm IV and William the Lion. After Malcolm's enthronement as a boy of twelve in 1153, she figured prominently in his counsels and was keenly aware of her responsibilities. According to the well-informed William of Newburgh, Malcolm's celibacy dismayed her, and she endeavoured, albeit fruitlessly, to sharpen his dynastic instincts by placing a beautiful maiden in his bed. She was less frequently at William the Lion's court from 1165, no doubt because of the periodic illnesses that obliged her to turn to St Cuthbert for a cure.

Ada's cosmopolitan tastes and connections reinforced the identification of Scottish élite society with European values and norms. Reginald of Durham regarded her piety as exemplary, and she played a notable role in the expansion of the reformed continental religious orders in Scotland. If she had a preference, it was for female monasticism, and by 1159 she had founded a priory for Cistercian nuns at Haddington, apparently at the instigation of Abbot Waldef of Melrose (d. 1159). Her household attracted Anglo-Norman adventurers, and she personally settled in Scotland knights from Northumberland and from the great Warenne honours in England and Normandy.

Herbert married Sybil Corbet. Sybil (daughter of Robert Corbet) died after 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Adela; Lucia.

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Constable and hereditary sheriff of Gloucester. Constable of the Court to the Empress Maud. Created Earl of Hereford 25 Jul 1141. Killed in a hunting accident.

Also called Milo; Miles Fitz Walter.

Miles married Sibyl de Neufmarché in 1121. Sibyl (daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché and Nest ferch Osbern) was born in of Brecon, Breconshire, Wales; was buried in Llanthony Priory, outside Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1178

Roger married Alice de Vere after 1144. Alice (daughter of Aubrey de Vere and Alice de Clare) was born before 1141; died after 1185. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Alice (or Adeliza) of Essex.

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Also called William fitz Walter; William de Norwich; William de Caisneto. Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk.