General Notes

Source:  Lord Ancestors (see source list)
William de Warren (Plantagenet), Earl of Warren and Surrey, sided at thecommencement of the c ontest between King John and the barons and for along time thereafter with his royal kinsman , but eventually joined thebanner of Lewis of France. On the death of King John, however, her eturned to his allegiance and swore fealty to King Henry III, at thesolemn nuptials of whic h monarch he had the honour of serving the king,at the banquet, with his royal cup in the Ear l of Arundel's stead, who,being in minority, could not perform that office as he had not bee n girtwith the sword of knighthood. His lordship m. 1st, Lady Maud de Albini,dau. of the Ear l of Arundel, but by her ladyship had no issue. He m.2ndly, Maud, dau., of William Marshal, E arl of Pembroke, and widow ofHugh Bigot, Earl of Norfolk, by whom he had John, his successor , andIsabel. He d. in 1240, and was s. by his son, John de Warren(Plantagenet), Earl of Warre n and Surrey. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant,Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's P eerage, Ltd., London,1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey]

William de Warenne, Named in the Magna Charta 1215, 6th Earl of Surrey,d. London 27 May 1240 , son of Hamelin (bastard son of GeoffreyPlantagenet) and Isabella de Warenne; m. (2) befor e 13 Oct 1225 MaudMarshal. [Magna Charta Sureties]

EARLDOM OF SURREY (VI)

WILLIAM (DE WARENNF), EARL OF SURREY, son and heir. On 12 May 1202 theKing advised his father 's tenants that he had taken his homage. On 19April 1205 he had a grant of Grantham and Stamf ord, Lincs, to compensatehim for the loss of his lands in Normandy. In 1206 he owed 100 mark s foran advance made to him in Poitou, and 100 marks for robes provided forhim there. On 30 N ovember 1206 he was directed to escort the King ofScots to York. On 20 August 1212 the custod y of the castles of Bamburghand Newcastle-on-Tyne was committed to him and 2 others. In May 1 213 hewas with the King at Dover, and was a party to John's submission to thePope and resigna tion of his crown. In January 1214/5 he was among thosewho came to London with the Archbisho p to discuss grievances, but on 10May 1215 he was security for the King in his promise of con cessions tothe barons. On 24 May 1215 he took part with the barons in the seizure ofLondon; a nd on 15 June at Runnymede was one of those who advised the Kingto grant Magna Carta; and h e afterwards swore to observe the mandates ofthe 25 barons. On 16 May 1216 he was appointed W arden of the CinquePorts; but soon afterwards he joined Louis of France. On 22 June 1217,howe ver, he had renewed his fealty to the King and on 24 August took partin the naval battle in w hich Eustace the Monk was defeated and slain. In1217 he was sheriff of Surrey. In February 12 17/8 there was a disputepending between the Earl and Engelard de Cigoigny as to the county of Surrey. In 1220 he was appointed to meet the King of Scots at Berwickafter Whitsun, and in 12 21 was granted the scutage of Biham. In February1222/3 he was on pilgrimage to St. James (San tiago), in October 1223 wasin North Wales, and in November on pilgrimage to St. John. In Augu st 1224he was with the King at Bedford. On 5 April 1225 he had ceased to holdthe castle of Ha stings. On 30 June he was warned that he must observe theKing's liberties. In 1227 he joine d the Earl of Cornwall at Stamford inhis revolt against the King; but at Christmas he was wit h the King atYork. In 1229 he was about to make a voyage on the King's service. InJune 1230 h e was taking an assize of arms in Sussex, and in July waswarden of the ports and seacoast o f Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk; and inthe same year he was appointed a justiciar of England. I n August 1231 hewas in Wales. In February 1231/2 he was called to the Council to treat onmatt ers concerning Llewelin, prince of Aberfraw; and in the same year wasone of the four Earls ap pointed to keep Hubert de Burgh in custody atDevizes Castle. In June 1234 he, with another, w as granted the castles ofBramber and Knapp. At the Coronation of Queen Eleanor at Westminster , 20January 1235/6, he acted as Butler in place of his son-in-law, the Earlof Arundel (i); an d he claimed unsuccessfully to carry one of the Swords.In 1237 he joined the King's council , and in 1238 was sent to Oxford tocompose the quarrel between the scholars and the Romans wh o hadaccompanied the Legate. He was reprimanded by Robert, Bishop of Lincoln,for having had m ass celebrated in his hall at Grantham though it wasunconsecrated. He married, 1stly, Maud (m ). He married, 2ndly, before 13October 1225, Maud, widow of Hugh (BIGOD), EARL OF NORFOLK, da ughter and(after the death s.p. of her 5 brothers) coheir of William (MARSHAL), 4thEARL OF PE MBROKE, by Isabel, daughter and (after her brother's death inchildhood) heir of Richard (FITZ GILBERT), 2nd EARL OF PEMBROKE. He died27 May 1240 in London and was buried before the high a ltar in LewesPriory. Maud died between 1 and 7 April 1248. [Complete PeerageXII/1:500-03, (t ranscribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(i) Arundel had been excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury,because when the archbish op hunted in the Earl's forest in Sussex, theEarl had taken his dogs.

(m) She is alleged to have been daughter of an Earl of Arundel, to haved. 6 Feb 1215/6 and t o have been buried in the chapter-house of LewesPriory. The date 6 Feb. (no year) as the dat e of death of a Maud,Countess de Warenne, is confirmed by an Obit in the Beauchief AbbeyRegis ter.