William de Vescy , Lord of Alnwick, Sir 
William de was born before May 16th, 1205 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. William de's father was Eustace de Vescy , Lord of Alnwick, MCS, Sir and his mother was Margaret of Scotland. His paternal grandparents were William de Vescy , Lord of Knaresborough and Burga de Stuteville; his maternal grandparents were William The Lion King of Scotland and Miss de Hythus. He was an only child. He died before October 7th, 1253 in Gascony, France. He was buried in Watton Priory, Yorkshire, England.General Notes
William de Vescy, of Alnwick, Northumberland, and Malton, Yorks, by Agnes, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby of the 1138 creation. [Burke's Peerage]
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WILLIAM DE VESCY, son and heir, was a minor at his father's death. In January 1217/8 the custody of the whole de Vescy fee, with the heir and his marriage, was granted to William (LongespÈe), Earl of Salisbury, the King's uncle, to whom Margaret, Eustace's widow, was ordered to deliver her son, 13 November 1218. William had livery of his inheritance, 16 May 1226, when he was about to marry the Earl's daughter. He was knighted, circa May 1229, and accompanied Henry III's expedition to Brittany in 1230, being granted a protection while remaining in the King's service overseas, 15 September. In 1232 and 1234 he was forbidden to attend tournaments at Blyth, Northampton and Cambridge. He was deputed to escort King Alexander and Queen Joan of Scotland to the English court in 1235, and again in August 1237. In 1240 he was ordered not to retain in his service Siward, sometime professed in the order of Friars Preachers, nor to prevent his arrest. In 1242 he went with the King to Gascony. In December 1244. he was deputed, with the abbots of Alnwick and Byland, to receive the oath of Patrick and Walter Comyn, Earls in Scotland, to clear themselves towards the King. Next year he was in the Welsh campaign. On 30 May 1253 he had a protection, going with the King to Gascony. He was the founder of the Carmelite priory of Hulne, in Northumberland.
He married, 1stly, shortly after 16 May 1226, Isabel, daughter of William (LONGESPEE), EARL OF SALISBURY, by Ela, only daughter and heir of William (OF SALISBURY, styled also FITZPATRICK), 2nd EARL OF WILTSHIRE, styled always EARL OF SALISBURY. She died s.p. and was buried in Alnwick Abbey. He married, 2ndly, before 1244, Agnes, 1st daughter of William (DE FERRERS), 5th EARL OF DERBY, by his 1st wife, Sibyl, sister and, in her issue, coheir of Anselm, 9th EARL OF PEMBROKE, 3rd daughter of William (MARSHAL), 4th EARL OF PEMBROKE. He died in Gascony, shortly before 7 October 1253, and was buried at Watton Priory, co. York. His widow died 11 May 1290, and was buried in the Greyfriars, at Scarborough. [Complete Peerage XII/2:276-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1025 in Vains, Manche, Normandy, France d.< 1061
- 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.~ 1063 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1118 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.<Sep 1183 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1040 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1065 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1090 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d.< 1120 in in childbirth
- b.~ 1055 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d. in Malton, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1075 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1170 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d.Aug 1216 in killed besieging Barnard Castle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1040 in Estouteville-Ecales, Normandy, France d.> 1107 in Cottingham, East Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Estouteville-Ecales, Normandy, France d.> 1138 in Normandy, France - of Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1045 in Rieux, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1105 in Cottingham, East Ride Yorkshire, England d.1183 in Lazenby, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1045 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1075 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1135 in Cottingham, East Ride Yorkshire, England d.> 1185 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1060 in Normandy, France d. in Deddington, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1085 in Lazenby, Cumberland, England
- b.~ 1115 in Lazenby, Cumberland, England
- b.<16 May 1205 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d.<07 Oct 1253 in Gascony, France
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumbria, England (slain besieging)
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.1114 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 1036 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1076 in Beheaded at Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.1072 in Huntington, Huntingdonshire, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scotland
- b.1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.> 1086
- b.1143 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, England
- b.< 1037 in Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England (from wounds at Siege of Pevensey)
- b.~ 1071 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1052 in Flanders, France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England (in childbirth)
- b.~ 1122 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1050 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.18 Oct 1101 in The leader of 1st Crusade died at Tarsus, Cilicie
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1050 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1170 in Scotland d.>13 Nov 1218
- b.~ 1120 in Scotland
- b.~ 1145 in Scotland
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William de and Agnes de were married in a religious ceremony before 1244 in 2nd wife. They had two sons and a daughter, named John de, William 1st Baron de and Agnes de.
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Children
John de Vescy , of Alnwick, Sir
John de was born on July 18th, 1244 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. He died in Montpelier, Gascony, France (dsp). He was buried in Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England.
William 1st Baron de Vescy , of Alnwick, Sir
William 1st Baron de was born on September 19th, 1245 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. He died at the age of 51 on July 19th, 1297 in Malton Priory, Yorkshire, England (dsps legit).
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