De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William

Birth Name De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William 1a
Gramps ID I25253
Gender male
Age at Death about 33 years, 5 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E25485] about 1055    
1b
Death [E25486] 1088-06-24 Lewes  
1c
Burial [E25487]   Chapter House Of Lewes  
1d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father De WARENNE, Ralph II [I27425]after 1074
Mother , Emma [I27426]after 1074
         De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William [I25253] about 1055 1088-06-24

Families

    Family of De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William and , Gundred [F11295]
Married Wife , Gundred [I7998] ( * + 1085-05-27 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E32228] 1070    
1e
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William II [I25251]10711138-05-11

Narrative

[MARSHALL.FTW]

SOURCE NOTES:
Farmerie, Todd A, Robert de Torigny and the family of Gunnor, Duchess of
Normandy. Jan 5 1997, modified from a Dec 1996 article in GEN-MEDIEVAL.
http://www/algonet.se/~anderzb/genea/medieval/gunnor.htm.

Holloway, Naomi D, The Genealogy of Mary Wentworth, Who Became the Wife of
William Brewster, Revised Edition, October 1969. LDS Film#1738313 item#5

Keats-Rohan, K. S. B., Aspects of Robert of Torigny's Genealogies revisited,
Nottingham Medieval Studies, vol 37 (1993), p21-27.

Lee, Sidney, ed. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith & Co, 1893.

Moriarty, George Andrews, Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III And Queen
Philippa. Salt Lake: Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, 1985. LDS
Film#0441438. nypl#ARF-86-2555.

Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Euroopaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte
der europaischen Staaten, New Series, Marburg: J.A. Stargardt, 1978-.

Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical
Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33.

Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John
Johnson, 1928. LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9.

Weis, Frederick L, Magna Charta Sureties 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna
Charta and Some of Their Descendants. 4th Ed. Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1991.

Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th Edition,
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988.
RESEARCH NOTES:
Knight, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Reigate, Conningsburg, Bellencombre,
friend and companion of WIlliam the Conquerer [Ref: Holloway p27]

name derived from his fortress situated on the left bank of the Varenne, and
called after that river, though later called Bellencombre (Seine-Inferieure)
[Ref: DNB v59p372]

1054: Knight at battle of Mortemer; after that battle Roger De Mortimer
offended Duke William and duke gave the castle of Mortemer to William de
Warenne [Ref: DNB v59p372]

1054: given Bellencombre in or shortly after 1054, and land near Arques c1055
[Ref: KeatsRohan p22]

1066: one of the lords consulted by Duke William with reference to his
complaints against Harold, and was present at the battle of Hastings. Grants
of land from king: in Sussex he held Lewes, where he erected a castle, and
about a sixth part of the county. Built another castle at Reigate in Surrey,
and a third at castle Acre in Norfolk [Ref: DNB v59p372]

1069: received Conisborough in the West Riding [Ref: DNB v59p372]

1075: during absense of King, was joint chief justiciar with Richard De
Clare [Ref: DNB v59p372]

1077: founded the priory of St. Pancras at Lewes, the first house of the
Cluniac order that was founded in England [Ref: DNB v59p372]

1086: held lands in twelve counties [Ref: DNB v59p372]

1088: given earldom of Surrey by King Rufus [Ref: DNB v59p373]

1088: it is said that the earl was wounded in the leg by an arrow at the
siege of Pevensey, and was carried to Lewes, where he died. He left his
estates in England to his elder son, and estates in Flanders to younger
son (the estates in Flanders must have come to the earl by his marriage) [Ref:
DNB v59p373]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: abt 1055 [Ref: ES III #699], parents: [Ref: KeatsRohan p24] appears to
have been son of Rodolf or Ralph De Warenne and second wife Emma [Ref: DNB
v59p372], father: [Ref: Farmerie Gunnor, Holloway p27, Moriarty p184, Watney
#1026, Weis MC #158]
RESEARCH NOTES:
parents: Ralph de Warenne & Beatrice [Ref: Holloway p27, Watney #1026, Weis MC
#158] Rudolph De WARENNE & Beatrice [Ref: ES III #699, Wagner #46]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: [Ref: DNB v59p373, ES III #699, Moriarty p184, Watney #1026, Weis MC
#158], place: [Ref: DNB v59p373, ES III #699, Weis MC #158]
RESEARCH NOTES:
date: May 24 1088 [Ref: Holloway p27]
SOURCE NOTES:
place: [Ref: DNB v59p373]

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
AFN ES:III-699, AR:50-24s2f, MC:158-1s, GXQC-Z6
 

Pedigree

  1. De WARENNE, Ralph II [I27425]
    1. , Emma [I27426]
      1. De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William
        1. , Gundred [I7998]
          1. De WARRENE, Earl Of Surrey, William II [I25251]

Ancestors

Source References

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