William de Lancaster

- Bef 1170

• Name	William de Lancaster  [1, 2]
  Birth	of Kendal, Westmorland, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 29 Sep 1170  [4, 5]
  Person ID	I10733	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Gilbert
  Mother	Godith
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Unknown first wife of William de Lancaster)
  Children	+ 1. William de Lancaster,   b. Abt 1110   d. Aft 1176 (Age ~ 67 years)
  Family ID	F5291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family 2	(Unknown mistress of William de Lancaster)
  Children	+ 1. Gilbert de Lancaster,   b. of Stainton, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1220
  Family ID	F16871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 3	Gundred de Warenne   d. Aft 1156
  Marriage	Aft 1153  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Avice de Lancaster,   b. 1155   d. 1191 (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F2102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Also called William Fitz Gilbert. Castellan of William fitz Duncan's castle of Egremont 1138; Governor of the castle of Lancaster. Andrew Lancaster (citation details below): William de Lancaster I, Gilbert's son (and nephew, possibly through a sister, of Ketel) was said to have taken the "de Lancaster" name by royal licence and is probably the first person to have ever passed the name on to his children as a family name. On the other hand his grand daughter seems to have claimed that he used the name "de Tailboys" before being granted the new name. He was an important man, and married (probably as a second wife) Gundred, who is normally said, though this is doubted by William Farrer, to be Gundred de Warrene, an important member of one of the most powerful families in England. He lived in troubled times, including a major Scottish invasion and must have served under three competing claims to the monarchy above him during the anarchy in Britain (King David of Scotland, King Stephen of England and Mathilda his competitor in England). The earliest records of his adult life seem to centre around Western Cumberland. Several websites even claim that he served as castellan of Egremont in Cumberland 1138 to William Fitz Duncan, a member of the Scottish royal family. In one article it is claimed that the De Lancaster arms are derived from this Scottish William. Others claim he helped command forces against the Scots in this area. A charter refers to him as if he were lord of Muncaster, which is also in Cumberland and apparently a lordship which would have come under Egremont. He also seems to have been lord of Lamplugh and Hensington before he was enfeoffed by Roger de Mowbray of the future Barony of Kendal, Lonsdale and Horton in Ribblesdale (these latter often suggested to imply lordship of the entire Wapentake of Ewcross), as well as parishes of Garstang and Warton in northern Lancashire. This happened about 1150. Farrer believes he died before Michaelmas 1170.

  
  

• Sources

  [S789] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry by Vernon James Watney. Oxford, 1928. [S1174] "The de Lancasters of Westmorland," by Andrew Lancaster. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., place only. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., year only. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008.