General Notes

William de Clinton; 1st and last Earl of Huntingdon, so created 13 March 1336/7, earlier (6 Sep 1330) called to Parliament by writ made out to "William de Clynton" thus according to later doctrine being created Lord (Baron) Clinton even though his elder brother was at one point sitting in Parliament under an identical title; knighted by 1324; Custodian of Halton Castle, Cheshire Sep 1327-48, Justice of Chester 1330-33 and Kent 1332, Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports 1330-43, Admiral of the West 1333-35, served Scottish Wars and Hundred Years War, fighting at Sluys 24 June 1340, took part in Crecy expedition 1346 but only as Admiral in command of the ships; married by 17 Oct 1328 Juliane (died between 31 Oct and 2 Nov 1367), daughter and heir of Sir Thomas de Leybourne, and widow of (a) Sir Thomas le Blount and (b) 3rd Lord (Baron) Hastings of the putative 1264 creation, dsp 25 Aug 1354, when his title expired.  [Burke's Peerage]

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on the history of the Earldom of Huntingdon:

When the third Simon de St Liz died in 1184 he left no surviving issue and David, younger brother of the Kings of Scots just mentioned, assumed the Earldom from 1185 (on the handing over of it to him by William the Lion) till it was taken away from him in 1215 or 1216 by King John.  He got it back again in 1218, however.  It is this David's daughter who married Sir Henry de Hastinges, ancestor of the Lords (Barons) Hastings of which the current Hastings holdersof the Huntingdon Earldom are cadets....A little over a century later the then Lord Clinton was promoted Earl of Huntingdon.  Apart from his wife being the widow of Lord Hastings he seems to have had no family connection with the title's previous holders.  On his death death without issue in 1354 the Earldom expired once more.  [Burke's Peerage, p. 1474]

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Created Earl of Huntingdon, 1337. d.s.p.m., probably d.s.p. legit.

EARLDOM OF HUNTINGDON (XI, 1)

WILLIAM DE CLINTON, younger son of John, LORD CLINTON, of Maxstoke, co. Warwick (died 1315), by Ida, daughter and coheir of William DE ODINGSELLS, was born about 1304. He won promotion early and rapidly. He was a knight in 1324. He was summoned to serve in Gascony in 1325. For services to Queen Isabel he was made custodian of Halton Castle, Cheshire, September1327-48, and was granted two manors for life. In November 1327 he was one of the two knights appointed to conduct William Count of Hainault and his daughter Philippe (afterwards Queen) to the Court. From 1328 until his death he held numerous public offices. He was summoned to Parliament from 6 September 1330 to 14 January 1336/7, by writs directed Willelmo de Clinton, whereby he is held to have become LORD CLINTON. He was one of those who seized Roger de Mortimer in Nottingham Castle in October 1330, and had pardon for slaying two knights who resisted them. Justice of Chester 23 October 1330-33 and for Kent from 1332; Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports 1330-43, and Admiral of the West 1333-35, and in later years. In 1331 he sent a petition to Rome desiring to found a college of chantry priests in Maxstoke Church, and obtained the King's licence to endow it, but changed his mind in 1337 and founded a priory of Austin Canons at Maxstoke; a Banneret of fhe Household 1332-37. In 1332 and 1348 he procured charters for fairs at Eltham and at Ashford in Kent, two of his wife's manors. He was created, 10 March 1337/8, EARL OF HUNTINGDON, with a grant of £20 a year out of the issues of the county, and 1,000 marks in land or rent to support the dignity. He was on the Council of the King's son in 1338, during the King's absence abroad. He served in the Scottish wars, and in Edward III's wars with France, fighting at Sluys 24 June 1340, and participating in the CrÈcy expedition of 1346, but apparently only as Admiral in command of the ships. In 1345 he had licence to build a castle at Maxstoke for his nephew, John de Clinton. In December 1347 he received £823 12s. 4d. as a reward for good services beyond the seas, having been a member of various embassies to Flanders, France, and Rome. In 1352 he had licence to enclose a park at Blackham, Sussex.

He married, before 17 October 1328, Juliane,de jure suo jure [according to modern doctrine], Baroness Leyburn, widow of Sir Thomas LE BLOUNT [1st Lord Blount], (who died 17 August 1328), and before that of John (DE HASTINGS), LORD HASTINGS (2nd Lord Hastings, died 20 January 1324/5), and daughter and heir of Sir Thomas DE LEYBURNE, [son and heir of William 1st Lord Leyburn], by Alice, sister and heir apparent of Sir Robert de Toni [1st Lord Tony], daughter of Sir Ralph DE TONI. With her he acquired great wealth and influence. He died s.p., 25 August 1354, when his honours became extinct. His widow died 31 October, 1 or 2 November 1367 and was buried in St. Anne's Chapel in the Church of St. Augustin, Canterbury.  [Complete Peerage VI:648-50, XIV:395, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]