William de Huntingfield

Abt 1160 - Bef 1221  (~ 61 years)

• Name	William de Huntingfield
  Birth	Abt 1160	of Huntingfield, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 25 Jan 1221  [1]
  Person ID	I16684	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Roger de Huntingfield,   b. Bef 1145, of Huntingfield, Suffolk, England d. 1204 (Age > 59 years)
  Mother	Alice de Senlis   d. 1204
  Family ID	F10430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Gressinghall,   b. Between 1160 and 1165   d. 1207 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1194  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Alice de Huntingfield + 2. Sarah de Huntingfield   d. Aft 1228 + 3. Roger de Huntingfield,   b. Bef 1200, of Huntingfield, Suffolk, England d. 19 Jun 1257 (Age > 57 years)
  Family ID	F10428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Magna Carta surety. He was among the barons excommunicated by Pope Innocent in late 1215, and his lands were taken by the king. He reduced Essex and Sussex for Prince Louis of France, and in consequence his lands in Norfolk and Suffolk were plundered by John. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln, 20 May 1217, and his Lincolnshire lands were given to John Marshal. At the war's end, he made peace with Henry III and was restored to his estates. Warden of the Cinque Ports. Constable of Dover Castle, 1203-04. Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1209-11. Justice itinerant in Lincolnshire. He died on crusade, possibly in the Near East. 25 Jan 1221 is that date on which his son Roger gave 100 marks for the livery of his inheritance.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S878] Honors and Knights' Fees by William Farrer. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1925.