Hugh VI Seigneur de Gournay 
Hugh VI Seigneur de was born about 1148 in Caistor next Yarmouth, Flegg, Norfolk, England. Hugh VI Seigneur de's father was Hugh V Seigneur de Gournay and his mother was Melesinde de Coucy. He was an only child. He died in 1215 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France (as a Templar).General Notes
The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 20 Jan 2003, by Douglas Richardson:
From: Douglas Richardson (royalancestry@@msn.com)
Subject: Gournay Family Pedigree [Corrected Post]
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2003-01-20 07:48:21 PST
HUGH DE GOURNAY, of Wendover, co. Buckingham, Houghton, co. Bedford, Caister and Cantley, Norfolk, Mapledurham, co. Oxford, etc., seigneur of Gournay-en-Brie, benefactor of Bellosane, Clairruissel and Fescamp Abbeys and the priory of St. Laurent en Lions, Normandy, and Missenden Abbey, co. Buckingham, younger but eldest surviving son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born say 1150/55 (adult by 1180). He married before 1193 JULIANE DE DAMMARTIN (descendant of Charlemagne), daughter of Aubri II de Dammartin, Count of Dammartin, seigneur of Lillebonne-en-Normandie, by Mahaut (or Mabile), daughter of Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. They had two sons, Gerard and Hugh, and one daughter, Millicent. In 1190 he was granted the manor of Houghton Regis, co. Bedford. In 1191 he accompanied King Richard on the 3rd Crusade. At the capture of Acre, he commanded 100 knights. In 1193, he swung over temporarily to King Philip's side and his manors of Houghton and Bledlow were taken. In 1202 the manor of Wendover was re-granted to him. In 1202 he joined the French side and Wendover was granted to Ralph de Tilley. In 1206 he was pardoned at the instance of Otho the Emperor, and permitted to return to England. He was sheriff of cos. Buckingham and Bedford in 1214, being then "weighed down with sickness." HUGH DE GOURNAY died 25 October 1214 at Rouen in Normandy "after donning the garb of a Templar and discarding it by apostasy."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1091 in Gournay-en-Bray, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1181 in Holy Land - on Crusade
- b.~ 1148 in Caistor next Yarmouth, Flegg, Norfolk, England d.1215 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France (as a Templar)
- b.1120 in Crecy, Ardennes, France d.> 1181 in Caistor next Yarmouth, Flegg, Norfolk, England
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Hugh VI Seigneur de and Juliane de were married in a religious ceremony before 1193. They had a son and a daughter, named Hugh VII de and Milicent de.
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Children
Milicent de Gournay
Milicent de was born about 1194 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England. She died in 1260.
Hugh VII de Gournay , of Mapledurham, Sir
Hugh VII de was born about 1195 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England. He died in 1239 in Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England. He was buried in Langley Abbey, Norfolk, England.
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