• General Notes

  William de Albini, Senior, the Surety of the Magna Charta, Lord of Belvoir Castle, 3rd baron for this family. When his father died, he was in ward to King Henry II., and, in 1194, he was in the army of Richard I., in Normandy. Already a wealthy man at the time of the accession of John to the throne, he received several additional grants of great value. In 1201, when the barons refused to attend their sovereign into France, King John demanded that their castles should be given up to him as security for their allegiance, beginning with William de Albini of whom he claimed Belvoir Castle, instead of which de Albini gave him his son, William, as hostage. He appears to have remained longer faithful to King John, as well as more moderate in his opposition to him, than most of the barons, and did not join the insurgents until he could no longer with safety either remain neutral, or adhere to the King, for so late as January 1214-15, he was one of the King's commissioners appointed for the safe-conduct of such as were traveling in his court, at Northampton. After he joined the baron's party, he entered with great spirit into their cause and was excommunicated; but, after having gained their point, he was looked upon with suspicion by the other sureties because he did not attend the grand tournament in Staine's Wood, on June 29, 1215, to celebrate the victory, and it was not until after other barons had alarmed him, that he forfeited his castle at Belvoir, and joined them at London. But the sequel proves their suspicions were not well grounded. He was placed as governor of Rochester Castle, when, though he found it so utterly destitute of provisions as almost to induce his men to abandon it, he recruited and held it until famine and weakness, and watching, obliged them to surrender to the King. The siege having lasted three months, and his army being attended with considerable loss, King John ordered that all nobles in the castle be hanged; but his chief counselors resolutely opposing the sentence, William de Albini and his son Odonel, with several other barons, were merely committed to the custody of Peter de Mauley, and sent prisoners to Corfe and Nottingham Castles. While de Albini remained at Corfe, the King marched on Christmas morning, 1216, from Nottingham to Langar, near Belvoir Castle, and sent a summons to surrender. Upon this, Nicholas de Albini, one of the baron's sons, and a clerk in orders, delivered the keys to the King, asking only that his father should be mercifully treated. The fortress was then committed to the custody of Geoffrey and Oliver de Buteville. His liberty was gained only by William de Albini's paying a fine to the king of six thousand marks (More than 4,000 pounds), the sum being raised from his own lands by his wife. After King John's death, though he submitted himself to King Henry III., William de Albini was forced to give his wife and son Nicholas as hostages for his allegiance; but in 1217 he was one of the king's commanders at the battle of Lincoln. He died at Offington, May 1, 1236, and was buried at Newstead, and "his heart under the wall, opposite the high altar," at Belvoir Castle. William de Albini, the Surety, had no children by his second wife Agatha, daughter of William de Trusbut. By his first marriage to Margery, daughter of Odonel, Baron d'Umfraville, he had the following children:
  
  1. Robert de Albini, d.s.p.
  2. Nicholas de Albini, d.s.p.
  3. Odonel de Albini, d.s.p.
  4. William de Albini, Junior. See below.
  5. William de Albini, Junior, also served in the baronial army. He married, (1) Albreda, daughter of Henry, Lord Biseth, and dying in 1285, left a daughter, Isabel de Albini, sole heiress to the Surety, her grandfather.
  6. Isabel de Albini died in 1301. She was a ward of the king and on May 17, 1244, Bernard de Savoy and Hugh Gifford were commanded to deliver her to her husband Robert de Roos, grandson of the Surety of that name. "But not," says Dugdale, 'without a round computation, for there appears that both he and his wife in the 32nd year of King Henry III. were debtors to the king in no less the sum of 3,285 pounds, 13 shillings, and 4 pence, and a palfrey; of which sum the king was then pleased to accept 200 marks a year until it should be paid."
  
  
  Sources:
  
     1. Abbrev: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"
        Title: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (P.O. Box 577, Bayview, Idaho 83803)
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        Her sources included, but may not be limited to: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Debrett's Peerage, Oxford histories & "numerous othe r reference works"
  
        very good to excellent, although she has a tendency to follow Burke's
  
        Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore.
        Page: Albini-Aubigny
     2. Abbrev: Mann Database
        Title: Ed Mann, Mann Database
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        Contributor on soc.genealogy.medieval
  
        edmann@commnections.com
     3. Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who
        Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 (7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992)ame to America bef 1760ame to America bef 1760. 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992.
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        Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623-1650" ed 1-6
  
        good to very good
  
        J.H. Garner
        Page: line 215
        Text: no parents, Magna Charta Surety
     4. Abbrev: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell
        Title: Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell (08 Oct 1997)
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        Text: no parents
     5. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW
        Title: Pullen010502.FTW
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        Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
     6. Abbrev: Mann Database
        Title: Ed Mann, Mann Database
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        Contributor on soc.genealogy.medieval
  
        edmann@commnections.com
        Text: b ca 1133
     7. Abbrev: Stevens DB
        Title: Jim & Luke Stevens, Stevens DB (http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/index.html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/)html#Welcome, http://pss.fit.edu:80/~stevens/descent/.
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        Some data from Jim Stevens' son, Luke Stevens, who is also a contributor to the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup (Luke Stevens stevens@pss.fit.edu)
        Text: Mar 1219/20
     8. Abbrev: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"
        Title: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (P.O. Box 577, Bayview, Idaho 83803)
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        Her sources included, but may not be limited to: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Debrett's Peerage, Oxford histories & "numerous othe r reference works"
  
        very good to excellent, although she has a tendency to follow Burke's
  
        Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore.
        Text: d 1221
     9. Abbrev: Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall
        Title: Martin L. "Pete" Nance, Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall (Originally a newsletter sent to purchasers of his book "The Nance Register", 1970)ewsletter sent to purchasers of his book "The Nance Register", 1970.
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        Text: d 1220
    10. Abbrev: Crouch Family Heritage Association
        Title: John Crouch, Crouch Family Heritage Association (Crouch Database)
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        http://adams.patriot.net:80/~crouch/cfha/index.html
  
        http://adams.patriot.net:80/~crouch/tree/index.html
        Text: d 1220
    11. Abbrev: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"
        Title: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (P.O. Box 577, Bayview, Idaho 83803)
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        Her sources included, but may not be limited to: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Debrett's Peerage, Oxford histories & "numerous othe r reference works"
  
        very good to excellent, although she has a tendency to follow Burke's
  
        Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore.
        Page: Albini-Aubigny
        Text: no date, his 2nd m
    12. Abbrev: Magna Charta Sureties, 1215
        Title: Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (4th ed, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore)ublishing, Baltimore.
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        J.H. Garner
        Page: line 136 p 148
        Text: m of Wm de Aubigny & Mabel of Chester, no date
    13. Abbrev: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell
        Title: Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell (08 Oct 1997)
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        Text: no date/place
    14. Abbrev: Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall
        Title: Martin L. "Pete" Nance, Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall (Originally a newsletter sent to purchasers of his book "The Nance Register", 1970)ewsletter sent to purchasers of his book "The Nance Register", 1970.
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        Text: m 1215
    15. Abbrev: Crouch Family Heritage Association
        Title: John Crouch, Crouch Family Heritage Association (Crouch Database)
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        http://adams.patriot.net:80/~crouch/cfha/index.html
  
        http://adams.patriot.net:80/~crouch/tree/index.html
        Text: m 1215 

Details of William's family with Mabel de Meschines