General Notes

ALICE DE GANT, daughter and heir. She married Simon DE ST. Liz III, EARL OF NORTHAMPTON and EARL OF HUNTINCDON. She and Simon, singly or together, confirmed the gifts of her ancestors to various monasteries---Bardney, Bridlington, Kirkstead, Rievaulx, and Rufford. He died s.p.s., June 1184, See HUNTINGDON. She died s.p.s., in 1185, having given the mills of Folkingham to Sempringham Priory in order that slic might be buried there, but appears to have been buried at Bridlington.  [Complete Peerage VII:673, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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He [Simon de St Liz] married Alice, daughter and heir of Gilbert (DE GANT), EARL of LINCOLN by Rohese, sister of Roger, EARL OF HERTFORD, and daughter of Richard FITZGILBERT of Clare. He died s.p.s., June 1184, and was buried in St. Andrew's Priory, to which he was a benefactor. At his death the Earldom of Northampton became extinct. His widow was buried at Bridlington.  [Complete Peerage VI:645-6, XIV:395, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]