Sir John Beauchamp1

M, #6871, d. after 1297

Father*William de Beauchamp1,2 b. c 1215, d. bt 7 Jan 1269 - 21 Apr 1269
Mother*Isabel Mauduit1 d. a 7 Jan 1269
Sir John Beauchamp|d. a 1297|p230.htm#i6871|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|

Marriage Principal=Joan de Audley3 
Death*after 1297 1 

Last Edited30 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 1, p. 75.
  3. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Audley 5.

Oliver III Dinan1

M, #6872, d. after 1173

Father*Oliver II de Dinan1 d. bt 1155 - 1156
Mother*Eleanor de Penthièvre; Weis says Oliver III not son of Eleanor, as Oliver II was brother to Alan, her husband.1,2
Oliver III Dinan|d. a 1173|p230.htm#i6872|Oliver II de Dinan|d. bt 1155 - 1156|p136.htm#i4053|Eleanor de Penthièvre||p136.htm#i4054|Geoffroy I. d. Dinan|d. a 1122|p136.htm#i4057|Radegonde Dinan||p136.htm#i4058|Count Stephen I. of Brittany|d. 21 Apr 1135|p136.htm#i4059|Hawise d. Guincamp|d. a 1135|p136.htm#i4060|

Death*after 1173 1 
Note* He was heir to his brother Geoffrey3 

Last Edited20 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 214-24.
  3. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 214-25.

Maud FitzAlan1

F, #6873, b. circa 1260

Father*Sir John FitzAlan1,2,3 b. 14 Sep 1246, d. 18 Mar 1271/72
Mother*Isabel de Mortimer1,2 b. c 1248, d. a 1300
Maud FitzAlan|b. c 1260|p230.htm#i6873|Sir John FitzAlan|b. 14 Sep 1246\nd. 18 Mar 1271/72|p100.htm#i2995|Isabel de Mortimer|b. c 1248\nd. a 1300|p100.htm#i2996|Sir John FitzAlan|b. May 1223\nd. b 10 Nov 1267|p101.htm#i3009|Maud le Boteler|b. c 1225\nd. 27 Nov 1283|p101.htm#i3010|Sir Roger de Mortimer|b. 1231\nd. 27 Oct 1282|p100.htm#i2997|Maud de Braiose|b. c 1226\nd. b 23 Mar 1300/1|p100.htm#i2998|

Birth*circa 1260 1 
Marriage*before 5 June 1283 Groom=Phillip Burnel4,5 
Marriage*19 September 1295 1st=Robert I de Brus5 
Marriage*before 19 June 1316 Groom=Simon de Criketot5 
Name Variation Matilda3 
Annulment*before 1302 Principal=Robert I de Brus5 
Living*19 June 1316 5 

Last Edited3 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Fitz Alan 7.
  3. [S301] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, p. 110.
  4. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 2, p. 30.
  5. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Burnell 8.

William de Tracy1

M, #6874, b. after 1090, d. 1136

Birth*after 1090 of Bradninch, Devon, England1 
Death*1136 1 

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Bardolf of Brittany (?)1

M, #6875

Father*Count Eudes of Brittany1 b. 999, d. 7 Jan 1079
Mother*Agnes of Cornwall (?)1 b. c 1018
Bardolf of Brittany (?)||p230.htm#i6875|Count Eudes of Brittany|b. 999\nd. 7 Jan 1079|p197.htm#i5888|Agnes of Cornwall (?)|b. c 1018|p197.htm#i5889|Duke Geoffrey of Brittany|b. c 980\nd. 20 Nov 1008|p151.htm#i4516|Hawise o. N. (?)|d. 21 Feb 1034|p151.htm#i4517|Alain C. (?)|d. 1058|p196.htm#i5868|Judith o. N. (?)|d. 1064|p196.htm#i5869|

Birth* of Ravensworth, Mickleton, & Romaldkirk, England1 

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Bodin of Brittany (?)1

M, #6876, d. after 1086

Father*Count Eudes of Brittany1 b. 999, d. 7 Jan 1079
Mother*Agnes of Cornwall (?)1 b. c 1018
Bodin of Brittany (?)|d. a 1086|p230.htm#i6876|Count Eudes of Brittany|b. 999\nd. 7 Jan 1079|p197.htm#i5888|Agnes of Cornwall (?)|b. c 1018|p197.htm#i5889|Duke Geoffrey of Brittany|b. c 980\nd. 20 Nov 1008|p151.htm#i4516|Hawise o. N. (?)|d. 21 Feb 1034|p151.htm#i4517|Alain C. (?)|d. 1058|p196.htm#i5868|Judith o. N. (?)|d. 1064|p196.htm#i5869|

Death*after 1086 1 

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Sir John de Warenne1,2

M, #6877, b. 30 June 1286, d. 29 June 1347

Father*Sir William de Warrenne1 b. 15 Jan 1256, d. 15 Dec 1285
Mother*Joan de Vere1,3 b. c 1264, d. 21 Nov 1293
Sir John de Warenne|b. 30 Jun 1286\nd. 29 Jun 1347|p230.htm#i6877|Sir William de Warrenne|b. 15 Jan 1256\nd. 15 Dec 1285|p69.htm#i2052|Joan de Vere|b. c 1264\nd. 21 Nov 1293|p69.htm#i2051|Sir John de Warenne|b. c Aug 1231\nd. 27 Sep 1304|p100.htm#i2999|Alice de Lusignan|b. c 1224\nd. 9 Feb 1255/56|p100.htm#i3000|Sir Robert de Vere|b. c 1240\nd. 2 Sep 1296|p69.htm#i2048|Alice de Sanford|b. c 1230\nd. 7 Sep 1312|p69.htm#i2049|

Birth*30 June 1286 1,2 
Marriage*25 May 1306 Westminster, Middlesex, England, Bride=Joan of Bar2 
Mistress*before 1311 Principal=Maud de Nerford4,5 
Marriage*before 2 June 1346 Witness=Isabel de Holland5 
Death*29 June 1347 1,5 
Title* Earl of Surrey and Sussex6 
Note John de Warenne put aside Joan of Bar for his mistress, Maud de Nerford. He had children by Maud, and later tried to divorce Joan. The divorce was denied by Pope Clement V. He then went ahead and marriage Isabel de Holland without the divorce, but on his death, Joan was recognized as rightful wife.5 
Arms* Checkere de or e de azure (Stepney).6 
(Witness) Note1322 Joining the rebellion of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, he took some of his soldiers from Leedes Castle and went to Canterbury with 19 knights, and took possession of the shrine of St. Thomas. The King sent the Queen to Leedes castle, where she was refused entry, and the castle was sucessfully beseiged by Aymer de Valence and John de Britannia, Earl of Richmond. Lord Badlesmere's wife and children then were sent as prisoners to the Tower of London, Sir Bartholomew being then pursued by Edmund, Earl of Kent, and John de Warren, Earl of Surrey, and defeated at Boroughbridge., Principal=Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere7 
Event-Misc*1347 Richard FitzAlan was heir to his uncle, John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, Principal=Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan8 

Last Edited7 Dec 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Warenne 5.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 122-4.
  4. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 122-5.
  5. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Warenne 6.
  6. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 5, p. 162.
  7. [S342] Sir Bernard Burke, Extinct Peerages, p. 19.
  8. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Fitz Alan 10.

Ela de Beauchamp1,2

F, #6878, b. circa 1230, d. before 10 January 1266/67

Father*Sir William de Beauchamp1 b. c 1185, d. a 28 Dec 1260
Mother*Idonea de Longespée1 d. b 1270
Ela de Beauchamp|b. c 1230\nd. b 10 Jan 1266/67|p230.htm#i6878|Sir William de Beauchamp|b. c 1185\nd. a 28 Dec 1260|p107.htm#i3193|Idonea de Longespée|d. b 1270|p107.htm#i3194||||Isabella (?)||p369.htm#i11065|Sir William Longespée|b. 1176\nd. 7 Mar 1225/26|p135.htm#i4028|Ela d' Evereux|b. 1187\nd. 24 Aug 1261|p135.htm#i4029|

Birth*circa 1230 of Bedford, Somerset, England1 
Marriage* 1st=Sir Baldwin Wake1,2 
Death*before 10 January 1266/67 2 

Family

Sir Baldwin Wake b. 1238, d. b 10 Feb 1281/82
Child

Last Edited10 Oct 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Mowbray 4.

Lucy of Hereford1

F, #6879, d. after 1220

Father*Miles FitzWalter1,2 b. c 1097, d. 24 Dec 1143
Mother*Sibyl de Neufmarché1 b. c 1090, d. a 1143
Lucy of Hereford|d. a 1220|p230.htm#i6879|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|

Marriage*before 1196 1 
Marriage*before 1196 Principal=Herbert FitzHerbert3 
Death*after 1220 1 
Burial* Chapter House of Llanthony, Gloucester1,2 

Family

Herbert FitzHerbert d. b Jun 1204
Child

Last Edited5 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 112.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 95.

Cristin ferch Gronwy1

F, #6880

Father*Grono ap Owen (?)2,3,4 b. c 1073, d. 1124
Mother*Genilles fil Hoedliw (?)2
Cristin ferch Gronwy||p230.htm#i6880|Grono ap Owen (?)|b. c 1073\nd. 1124|p159.htm#i4760|Genilles fil Hoedliw (?)||p159.htm#i4761|Owain a. E. (?)|b. 1058\nd. 1105|p112.htm#i3352|Morfydd (?)|b. c 1048|p112.htm#i3353|Hoedliw (?)||p159.htm#i4764||||

Marriage* Principal=Owain Gwynedd2,3 
Name Variation Christina fil Gronw2 

Family

Owain Gwynedd b. c 1100, d. 28 Nov 1170
Children

Last Edited25 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 128.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 239-6.
  4. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Plantagenet 1.

Druella of Kent (?)1

F, #6881

Father*Godwin (?)1 d. 15 Apr 1053
Mother*Githa (?)1 d. 1095
Druella of Kent (?)||p230.htm#i6881|Godwin (?)|d. 15 Apr 1053|p204.htm#i6109|Githa (?)|d. 1095|p204.htm#i6110|Wulfnoth C. (?)|d. 1015|p204.htm#i6112||||Thorkill S. (?)||p226.htm#i6775|Sigrid (?)|b. c 987|p315.htm#i9435|

Marriage* Principal=Donach Maol-Na-mBo (?)1 

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

(?) de Hesbaye1

F, #6882

Marriage* Principal=Count Giselbert in the Massgau1,2 

Family

Count Giselbert in the Massgau d. a 842
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 240-16.

Count Mainier of Sens1

M, #6883, d. 800

Marriage* Principal=Anonyma (?)1 
Death*800 1 

Family

Anonyma (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Theidlindis of Blois1

F, #6884, d. after 795

Father*Count Aubri II of Blois1
Theidlindis of Blois|d. a 795|p230.htm#i6884|Count Aubri II of Blois||p230.htm#i6886||||Count Aubri I. of Blois||p367.htm#i10991||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Count Gainfroi of Sens1,2 
Death*after 795 1 

Family

Count Gainfroi of Sens d. 800
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 240-14.

Anonyma (?)1

F, #6885

Father*Duke Haudre (?)2
Anonyma (?)||p230.htm#i6885|Duke Haudre (?)||p367.htm#i10990||||||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Count Mainier of Sens1 

Family

Count Mainier of Sens d. 800
Child

Last Edited28 May 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 240-14.

Count Aubri II of Blois1

M, #6886

Father*Count Aubri I of Blois2
Count Aubri II of Blois||p230.htm#i6886|Count Aubri I of Blois||p367.htm#i10991|||||||Adela of Austrasia||p367.htm#i10992|||||||

Marriage* 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 240-12.

Eleanor de Vere1

F, #6887

Father*Sir Robert de Vere1,2 b. 1164, d. b 25 Oct 1221
Mother*Isabel de Bolebec1 b. 1175, d. 3 Feb 1245
Eleanor de Vere||p230.htm#i6887|Sir Robert de Vere|b. 1164\nd. b 25 Oct 1221|p69.htm#i2041|Isabel de Bolebec|b. 1175\nd. 3 Feb 1245|p69.htm#i2042|Aubrey de Vere|b. c 1110\nd. 26 Dec 1194|p117.htm#i3500|Agnes of Essex|b. c 1151|p230.htm#i6891|Hugh I. de Bolebec|d. c 1165|p100.htm#i2971||||

Marriage* Principal=Ralph de Gernon2 

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 123-2.

Elizabeth of Namur de Rethel de Rosoy1

F, #6888, d. after 1144

Father*Godfrey (?)1 b. c 1067, d. 19 Aug 1139
Mother*Sibylle of Chateau-Porcien (?)1
Elizabeth of Namur de Rethel de Rosoy|d. a 1144|p230.htm#i6888|Godfrey (?)|b. c 1067\nd. 19 Aug 1139|p124.htm#i3693|Sibylle of Chateau-Porcien (?)||p230.htm#i6889|Count Albert I. of Namur||p86.htm#i2580|Ida of Saxony|b. c 1035\nd. a 1117|p87.htm#i2581|Roger (?)|d. a 1096|p230.htm#i6890||||

Marriage* Principal=Gervase de Rethel (?)1 
Marriage*before 1131 Principal=Roger de (Clerembaut) Rosoy1 
Death*after 1144 1 

Family 1

Roger de (Clerembaut) Rosoy d. 1158
Child

Family 2

Gervase de Rethel (?) d. 1124
Child

Last Edited14 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Sibylle of Chateau-Porcien (?)1

F, #6889

Father*Roger (?)1 d. a 1096
Sibylle of Chateau-Porcien (?)||p230.htm#i6889|Roger (?)|d. a 1096|p230.htm#i6890||||Hescelin I. (?)||p292.htm#i8734|Hadwide o. Rumigny||p292.htm#i8735|||||||

Marriage*circa 1087 Principal=Godfrey (?)1 

Family

Godfrey (?) b. c 1067, d. 19 Aug 1139
Child

Last Edited14 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Roger (?)1

M, #6890, d. after 1096

Father*Hescelin I (?)1
Mother*Hadwide of Rumigny1
Roger (?)|d. a 1096|p230.htm#i6890|Hescelin I (?)||p292.htm#i8734|Hadwide of Rumigny||p292.htm#i8735|||||||Arnoul d. Rumigny|d. bt 1002 - 1010|p291.htm#i8729|Ermentrude d. Verdun Rumigny/|d. a 1010|p291.htm#i8730|

Marriage* 1 
Death*after 1096 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited14 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Agnes of Essex1

F, #6891, b. circa 1151

Father*Henry of Essex1 b. 1106, d. 1163
Mother*Cicely of Rayleigh (?)1
Agnes of Essex|b. c 1151|p230.htm#i6891|Henry of Essex|b. 1106\nd. 1163|p230.htm#i6892|Cicely of Rayleigh (?)||p230.htm#i6893|Robert FitzSuein of Essex|b. c 1085|p230.htm#i6894|Gunnor Bigod|b. c 1093|p230.htm#i6895|||||||

Birth*circa 1151 of Hedingham, Essex, England1,2 
Marriage*before 1163 3rd=Aubrey de Vere1,3,2 
DNB* Essex, Agnes of [married name Agnes de Vere], countess of Oxford (b. 1151, d. in or after 1206), noblewoman, was the daughter of Henry of Essex, royal constable, and his wife, Cecily. Betrothed by her father to Geoffrey de Vere, brother of Aubrey de Vere, first earl of Oxford, Agnes was raised from the age of three in the earl's household. When she was six Geoffrey took her into his own care, but Agnes refused to accept him as her future husband. The alliance between their families was rescued by her marriage to Aubrey in early 1163. The middle-aged earl had no heir when he made this, his third marriage, with the twelve-year-old Agnes. Although she was not an heiress, she brought him five knights' fees in the eastern counties.

Shortly after his daughter's marriage, Agnes's father was accused of treason and defeated in trial by battle. As a consequence of the scandal, the de Veres sought to have the earl's marriage annulled. The case came before Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London. Agnes fought the annulment, finally appealing to Rome on 9 May 1166. While her case was being reviewed the countess had to endure the earl's displeasure; Bishop Gilbert rebuked Aubrey for having confined Agnes in one of his castles, denying her her marital rights and preventing her attendance at mass. The earl appears to have heeded the bishop, for the couple's first child was most likely born before 1168.

The de Vere case was among those Pope Alexander III considered as he developed the canon law of marriage. Although the extant papal letter does not discuss the specifically legal issues under consideration—it addresses the earl's treatment of Agnes, and threatens excommunication and interdict if he fails to conform to the church's ruling—the pope assumes throughout the validity of the marriage of Agnes to Aubrey. Among the contended issues, that of consent was foremost. The de Veres contended that Agnes's betrothal to Geoffrey invalidated her marriage to Aubrey. As Agnes herself had pointed out, having been raised by the de Veres as Geoffrey's intended bride from the age of three, she had no formal opportunity to consent to or reject the plans made for her. Yet before her twelfth birthday, Agnes had taken the unusual step of writing to her father to express her absolute opposition to the match with Geoffrey. The church accepted that action as sufficient to break their betrothal, freeing her to marry the earl.

Agnes and Aubrey de Vere had at least four sons and a daughter: Aubrey (IV) de Vere, second earl of Oxford; Roger; Robert de Vere, the third earl; Henry, possibly a clerk of his uncle, Bishop William of Hereford; and Alice, wife of Geoffrey de Say. She witnessed few of her husband's surviving charters, but they were joint founders of a small nunnery at Castle Hedingham, Essex (c.1190), and were benefactors of the de Vere priory at Earls Colne, Essex, and of the hospitallers, of which order the earl's brother was a member. Her husband died in December 1194, and the countess survived him for at least a dozen years. In 1198 she offered the king 100 marks for the right to marry whom she wished; Agnes paid the debt within a year and remained unmarried until her death, which took place in or after 1206. Agnes was buried beside her husband at Earls Colne Priory, Essex.

RaGena C. DeAragon
Sources

Letters and charters of Gilbert Foliot, ed. A. Morey and others (1967) · GEC, Peerage, new edn, 10.205–7 · Pipe rolls · H. Hall, ed., The Red Book of the Exchequer, 3 vols., Rolls Series, 99 (1896) · J. L. Fisher, ed., Cartularium prioratus de Colne, Essex Archaeological Society, occasional publications, 1 (1946) · Gir. Camb. opera, vol. 6 · Dugdale, Monasticon, new edn
Archives

Essex RO, Chelmsford, Earls Colne cartulary


Wealth at death

five knights' fees of the honour of Haughley, Suffolk, as dowry; manor of Cockfield, Suffolk, as dower: Hall, ed., Red book of the Exchequer
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RaGena C. DeAragon, ‘Essex, Agnes of , countess of Oxford (b. 1151, d. in or after 1206)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/62379, accessed 24 Sept 2005]

Agnes of Essex (b. 1151, d. in or after 1206): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/623794 
Event-Misc*1164 Aubrey tried to repudiate Agnes as his wife, Principal=Aubrey de Vere5 
Event-Misccirca 1172 Agnes appealed to Pope Alexander III who ordered Aubrey to take Agnes back as a wife, Principal=Aubrey de Vere5 
Living*1206 when she held 5 knights' fees in the Honor of the Count of Perche5 

Family

Aubrey de Vere b. c 1110, d. 26 Dec 1194
Children

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 154-2.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 246-26.
  4. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.
  5. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 252.
  6. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 253.

Henry of Essex1

M, #6892, b. 1106, d. 1163

Father*Robert FitzSuein of Essex1,2 b. c 1085
Mother*Gunnor Bigod1,2 b. c 1093
Henry of Essex|b. 1106\nd. 1163|p230.htm#i6892|Robert FitzSuein of Essex|b. c 1085|p230.htm#i6894|Gunnor Bigod|b. c 1093|p230.htm#i6895|Suain d. E. (?)|d. a 1086|p306.htm#i9174||||Roger Bigod|b. c 1050\nd. 8 Sep 1107|p140.htm#i4195|Adeliza de Tony|b. c 1069|p140.htm#i4196|

Birth*1106 1 
Marriage* Principal=Cicely of Rayleigh (?)1 
Death*1163 1 
DNB* Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163), administrator and baron, was the son of Robert Fitzsweyn of Essex (d. c.1140), and Gunnora, daughter of Robert Bigod. He inherited from his father the Domesday honour and castle of Rayleigh in Essex. He married first Cecily, who was the mother of most or all of his children, and second Alice, probably the daughter (or possibly the widow) and heir of Robert de Vere (d. c.1151). Alice brought him Robert de Vere's constableship and the barony of Haughley, which had come to Robert through his wife, Alice de Montfort. Henry's children included Henry of Essex the younger, Hugh, Robert, Agnes of Essex (who married Aubrey de Vere, first earl of Oxford), and Alice (who may have married Geoffrey de Say).

From about 1151 onwards Henry served King Stephen as a royal constable and local justice in Essex. Although Stephen's rival, Empress Matilda, named him as one of those who ‘ought to’ guarantee her second charter to Geoffrey de Mandeville, and Henry himself reportedly heard the bishop of Winchester's command in 1141 to support the empress, there is no convincing evidence that he ever deserted the king. But upon Stephen's death he moved immediately into the service of Henry II, witnessing for the new king as royal constable at Christmas 1154 and serving with the chancellor Thomas Becket on the first judicial eyre of the reign, in 1156, through nine southern counties. He was sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1155 and of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire in 1156 and 1157, and he travelled frequently with the king.

Essex's promising career was blighted, however, by an incident at the battle of Counsylth, during the Welsh campaign of the summer of 1157. Hearing a rumour that Henry II had been killed, he threw away the royal standard and fled, crying out the news. Although the king managed to rally his troops, Essex was replaced as sheriff at Michaelmas of the same year, and his involvement in royal business decreased noticeably thereafter. Even so he retained the office of constable, and served in that capacity in the expedition against Toulouse in 1159. But in 1163 he was finally called to account for his behaviour at Counsylth. Robert de Montfort, whose family had once held Haughley, accused him of treason and defeated him in judicial combat. He was left for dead on the field, but later recovered under the care of the monks of Reading, who had taken his body up for burial at the request of his influential friends. The king mercifully allowed him to enter the monastery, and, although his interest in religious houses had hitherto been confined to some small-scale benefactions to the Premonstratensian priory of Blackwose in Kent, Henry lived out his days as a monk at Reading. His estates were forfeited to the crown.

Emilie Amt
Sources

Reg. RAN, vol. 3 · R. Howlett, ed., Chronicles of the reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I, 1, Rolls Series, 82 (1884) · The chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: concerning the acts of Samson, abbot of the monastery of St Edmund, ed. H. E. Butler (1949) · R. Howlett, ed., Chronicles of the reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I, 4, Rolls Series, 82 (1889) · Pipe rolls · L. Helliwell and D. G. Macleod, Rayleigh castle (1981) · M. Chibnall, The Empress Matilda (1991) · H. M. Colvin, The white canons in England (1951)
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Emilie Amt, ‘Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47254, accessed 24 Sept 2005]

Henry of Essex (d. after 1163): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/472543 
Title* Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley2 

Family

Cicely of Rayleigh (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 246-26.
  3. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.

Cicely of Rayleigh (?)1

F, #6893

Marriage* Principal=Henry of Essex1 

Family

Henry of Essex b. 1106, d. 1163
Child

Last Edited4 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Robert FitzSuein of Essex1

M, #6894, b. circa 1085

Father*Suain de Essex (?)1 d. a 1086
Robert FitzSuein of Essex|b. c 1085|p230.htm#i6894|Suain de Essex (?)|d. a 1086|p306.htm#i9174||||Robert d. E. (?)|b. 1007\nd. 1071|p306.htm#i9175||||||||||

Birth*circa 1085 1 
Marriage* Principal=Gunnor Bigod1,2 

Family

Gunnor Bigod b. c 1093
Child

Last Edited4 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 246-26.

Gunnor Bigod1

F, #6895, b. circa 1093

Father*Roger Bigod1,2 b. c 1050, d. 8 Sep 1107
Mother*Adeliza de Tony1 b. c 1069
Gunnor Bigod|b. c 1093|p230.htm#i6895|Roger Bigod|b. c 1050\nd. 8 Sep 1107|p140.htm#i4195|Adeliza de Tony|b. c 1069|p140.htm#i4196|Roger Bigod|b. c 1036|p149.htm#i4468|(?) de St. Sauveur|b. c 1040|p149.htm#i4469|Robert de Todenai|d. 4 Aug 1088|p140.htm#i4197|Adela de Belvoir||p106.htm#i3159|

Birth*circa 1093 1 
Marriage* Principal=Robert FitzSuein of Essex1,3 

Family

Robert FitzSuein of Essex b. c 1085
Child

Last Edited4 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 28.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 246-26.

Uchtred FitzMaldred1

M, #6896, b. between 1075 and 1080, d. between 1128 and 1129

Father*Maldred (?)1 b. c 1045, d. 1100
Uchtred FitzMaldred|b. bt 1075 - 1080\nd. bt 1128 - 1129|p230.htm#i6896|Maldred (?)|b. c 1045\nd. 1100|p148.htm#i4419||||Maldred MacCrinan|d. 1045|p80.htm#i2385|Ealdgith of Northumberland|b. c 1015|p80.htm#i2386|||||||

Birth*between 1075 and 1080 1 
Death*between 1128 and 1129 1 

Family
Child

Last Edited11 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Sir John de Tregoz1

M, #6897, b. circa 1245, d. 21 August 1300

Father*Robert II Tregoz1 b. c 1200, d. 4 Aug 1265
Mother*Juliane de Cauntelo1 b. c 1219, d. a 6 Aug 1285
Sir John de Tregoz|b. c 1245\nd. 21 Aug 1300|p230.htm#i6897|Robert II Tregoz|b. c 1200\nd. 4 Aug 1265|p104.htm#i3095|Juliane de Cauntelo|b. c 1219\nd. a 6 Aug 1285|p104.htm#i3096|Sir Robert de Tregoz|b. c 1168\nd. b 29 Apr 1215|p104.htm#i3092|Sibyl de Ewyas|b. c 1165\nd. b 1 Jul 1236|p104.htm#i3093|William de Cauntelo|b. c 1180\nd. 22 Feb 1251|p156.htm#i4658|Melicent de Gurnay|b. c 1183\nd. 1239|p156.htm#i4659|

Birth*circa 1245 of Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England1 
Marriage* Principal=Mabel FitzWarin1 
Death*21 August 1300 Wiltshire; Albrighton, Salop; Great Doddington, Northamptonshire, England1 
Burial* Bristol, Gloucestershire, England1 
Arms D'or ou ii gemeus de gules, en le chef ung leopard passaunt de gules (Falkirk, Camden, Guillim, Dering, Cott.). The Same, but the lion passant gardant (Charles, St. George). Az. 2 bars gemelles and in chief a lion passant or (1,2 Nob).2 

Family

Mabel FitzWarin b. c 1225, d. 24 May 1297
Children

Last Edited5 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, v. 5, p. 42.

Elizabeth de Holand1

F, #6898, d. 13 July 1387

Father*Sir Robert de Holand1,2,3 b. c 1283, d. 7 Oct 1328
Mother*Maud la Zouche1,2 b. 1290, d. 31 May 1349
Elizabeth de Holand|d. 13 Jul 1387|p230.htm#i6898|Sir Robert de Holand|b. c 1283\nd. 7 Oct 1328|p377.htm#i11309|Maud la Zouche|b. 1290\nd. 31 May 1349|p377.htm#i11308|Sir Robert de Holand|b. c 1253\nd. c 1304|p108.htm#i3237|Elizabeth de Salmesbury|b. c 1253\nd. a 1311|p108.htm#i3238|Sir Alan la Zouche|b. 9 Oct 1267\nd. b 25 Mar 1314|p108.htm#i3239|Eleanor de Segrave|b. c 1270\nd. 1313/14|p108.htm#i3240|

Marriage*before 23 May 1340 Principal=Sir Henry FitzRoger4,5 
Death*13 July 1387 1,4,5 
Burial* Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England1,4,5 

Last Edited20 Nov 2004

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 90A-6.
  3. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Holand 7.
  4. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 90A-7.
  5. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Bonville 8.

Emma of Blois1

F, #6899

Father*Count Stephen III of Blois1 b. 1045, d. 13 Jul 1102
Mother*Adela of Normandy1 b. 1062, d. 8 Mar 1108
Emma of Blois||p230.htm#i6899|Count Stephen III of Blois|b. 1045\nd. 13 Jul 1102|p123.htm#i3673|Adela of Normandy|b. 1062\nd. 8 Mar 1108|p123.htm#i3674|Thibault I. of Blois|b. b 1012\nd. 29 Sep 1089|p123.htm#i3677|Garsinde d. M. (?)|d. 10 May 1100|p123.htm#i3678|William I. of Normandy "the Conqueror"|b. 1027\nd. 9 Sep 1087|p59.htm#i1768|Maud of Flanders|b. 1032\nd. 3 Nov 1083|p59.htm#i1769|

Marriage* Principal=Herbert of Winchester2 

Family

Herbert of Winchester d. 1130
Child

Last Edited1 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 262-26.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 95.

Sir William d' Albini1,2

M, #6900, d. before 7 August 1224

 

Father*Sir William d' Aubigny1,2 b. c 1165, d. 1 Feb 1220/21
Mother*Mabel of Chester1 b. c 1172
Sir William d' Albini|d. b 7 Aug 1224|p230.htm#i6900|Sir William d' Aubigny|b. c 1165\nd. 1 Feb 1220/21|p59.htm#i1756|Mabel of Chester|b. c 1172|p59.htm#i1757|Sir William d' Aubigny|b. c 1139\nd. 24 Dec 1193|p86.htm#i2565|Maud de St. Hilary|b. c 1132|p86.htm#i2566|Hugh of Kevelioc|b. 1147\nd. 30 Jun 1181|p59.htm#i1758|Bertrade de Montfort|b. 1155\nd. 1227|p97.htm#i2903|

Of* Helmesley, Yorkshire, England1 
Death*before 7 August 1224 |ob. s. p.2,3 
Title* 4th Earl of Arundel3 
Name Variation Aubigny3 
Event-Misc*12 April 1221 He did homage for his father's lands3 

Last Edited27 Apr 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S325] Rev. C. Moor, Knights of Edward I, p. 6.
  3. [S347] Carl Boyer 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 8.
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