William de Braose VII 
William was born in 1255 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales.1 William's father was William de Braose VI and his mother was Alina of Multon. His paternal grandparents were Lord gower & Swansea John (Tadody) de Braose and Margred Verch Llwelyn; his maternal grandparents were Thomas de Multon III and Maud de Vaux. He was an only child. He died at the age of 71 on May 1st, 1326 in Bramber, Sussex and Gower, Wales.1 General Notes
William had already taken on many of the duties of the lordship from his father when the inheritance was granted to him by the king on March 1, 1291. Their favourite residence in Gower was Oystermouth castle.
True to his father's tradition, young William had law suits that had been rumbling on for years. In 1299 the Bishop of Llandaff succeeded in a plea to the king, who ordered William to answer for his misdeeds before the court and the royal justices. In 1306 William's tenants in Gower sought justice from the king, having taken the drastic step of deserting their lands. They accused their lord of failing to protect them and their rights. His neglect and mismanagement had disgraced the marcher lordships. William was forced to issue charters of rights for the burgesses of Swansea and his tenants in Gower.
William and his first wife, known only from surviving records as Agnes, had a son William. This son, the de Braose heir, died in 1320. William married his second wife, the heiress Elizabeth de Sully, in 1317 but she remained childless. William's oldest daughter Joan married James de Bohun of Midhurst in about 1295, but she too died before her father in 1323.
William died in 1326, ironically the year the Despensers were executed. The king was deposed the following January. Alina married Richard de Peshale, whom she met when they were prisoners together in the Tower, and together they held Gower until her death in 1331. Bramber passed to her son John de Mowbray.
(http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/William7.htm)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1112 in Brecknock, Bramber, Sussex, England d.1192 in Bramber Castle, Sussex, England
- b.1146 in Bramber, Sussex and Totnes, England d.09 Aug 1211 in Corbeil, France
- b.1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1170
- b.1175 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Aug 1211 in Windsor Castle, Surrey, England
- b.1117 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England
- b.1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.1210 in Corfe, Windsor, England
- b.1128
- b.1197 in Brembye, Sussex, England d.18 Jul 1232 in Brembye, Sussex, England
- b.1116 d.1173
- b.1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1135 in Burkenham, Field Dalling, Norfolk d.24 Dec 1195 in Norfolk, England
- b.1180 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1249
- b.23 Nov 1116 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Nov 1183 in Somersetshire, England
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1224
- b.1129 d.24 Apr 1197
- b.15 Jul 1224 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.06 Jan 1291 in Findon, Arun, West Sussex, England
- b.1100 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1129 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.1176 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales
- b.1098 in Pembroke, Montgomershire, Wales d.1155
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
- b.1091 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Herefordshire, England
- b.1148 in Overton-Madoc, Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.1095 in Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1210 in Caernarvonshire, Wales d.1263 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Hertfordshire, England
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.22 Jul 1190 in Neward Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.30 Mar 1236 in Court of Aber, Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.1140 in Oakham, England d.31 Dec 1189 in Normandy, France
- b.1168 in Charltey, England
- b.1149 in Bramber, England d.05 Feb 1228 in England
- b.1255 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales d.01 May 1326 in Bramber, Sussex and Gower, Wales
- b.1125 in Multon, Lincolnshire, England d.1169
- b.1150 in Multon, Lincolnshire, England d.1201
- b.1143 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.1175 in Multon, Lincolnshire, England d.1240 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1152 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1214 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England d.14 Jan 1270 in Egremont, Cumberland, England
- b.1105 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1162
- b.1135 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1128 in Bedfordshire, England d.1150
- b.1172 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England d.1230
- b.1105 in Cottingham, East Riding, Yorkshire, England d.1183 in Lazenby, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1156 in Knaresborough Castle, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
- b.1114 in Lazenby, Cumberland, England d.> 1183
- b.1240 in Gilsland, Irthington, Cumberland, England
- b.1165 in Irthington, Cumberland, England
- b.1184 in Gilsland, Cumberland, England
- b.1165 in Gilsland, Cumberland, England
- b.1205 in Gilsland, Cumberland, England d.1240
- b.1180 in Burgh-Next-Aylsh, Norfolk, England
- b.1185
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- b.1223 in Gilsland, Irthington, Cumberland, England d.29 May 1293
- b.1180
- b.1207 in Burgh-Next-Aylsh, Norfolk, England
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Details of William's family with Elizabeth of Sully
Details of William's family with Eleanor de Bavant
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=stolp&id=I625&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I21806&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I27197, http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/William7.htm , http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I875, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I002746
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I21806&style=TABLE, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I27197, http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/William7.htm , http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I875, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I002746
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