General Notes

This feudal lord, who took up arms with the barons in the reign of Henry III, and was made prisoner at the storming of the Castle of Northampton, in the 48th of that monarch's reign, but afterwards participated in the success of his party at Lewes. He was again taken prisoner with young Simon de Montfort, at Kenilworth, but by some means or other effected his escape, and was with Robert Ferrers, Earl of Derby, under whom he fought at the Battle of Chesterfield, but had the good fortune to escape with his life. He subsequently submitted to the king, and received a pardon with restitution of his lands. He married Hawise de Quincey, daughter and co-heir of Robert de Quincey and Helen (daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales); son of Saire de Quincey and Margaret de Bellomont; daughter of Robert de Bellomont and Parnel or Petronella (daughter and co-heir of Hugh de Grentesmenil); son of Robert de Bellomont and Itta; daughter of Ralph de Gaudiar, Earl of the East Angles, and his wife Emma, who was descended from Ralph de Iveri, one of the followers of the Conqueror. He was succeeded by his son, John.