William de Vescy , Lord of Knaresborough 
William de was born about 1125 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England. William de's father was Eustace FitzJohn , of Alnwick, Constable Cheshire and his mother was Beatrix de Vescy. His paternal grandparents were John "One Eye" Monoculus , of Saxlingham and Magdalen. He had a half-brother named Richard FitzEustace Lord. He died before September 1183 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. He was buried in Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England.General Notes
WILLIAM DE VESCY, son and heir, by 1st wife, adopted his mother's name of Vescy, by which he and his successors were known. He was Sheriff of Northumberland, 1157-70, and of the Honor of Lancaster, 1166-70. At the Inquest of 1166 his carta showed that his tenants held of him 26 knights' fees, plus one third and one seventh of a fee. When William the Lion invaded Northern England in 1174 and laid siege to de Vescy's own castle of Alnwick, he was one of those who, after a forced march, raised the siege, 13 July, and took the Scottish King prisoner. On 16 March 1176/7, when Henry II arbitrated between the Kings of Castile and Navarre, he was among the witnesses of the award. He was a benefactor of many religious houses.
He married, before 1169-71, Burga, daughter of Robert DE STUTEVILLE, by his wife Helewise. Having taken the habit of a monk at Alnwick Abbey, he died shortly before Michaelmas 1183 and was buried near the door of the Chapter House there. His widow, who was living in 1185, was buried with him. [Complete Peerage XII/2:274-5, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1056 in Vains, Manche, Normandy, France d.1138 in Saxlingham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1083 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.03 Jul 1157 in ambushed near Basingwerk Abbey, Flintshire, Wales
- b.1060 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1125 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.<Sep 1183 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1090 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d.< 1128 in in childbirth
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‌William de and Burga de were married in a religious ceremony before 1169.
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