General Notes

pg 62,65 & 70, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc"  by Frederick Lewis Weiss, 6th Edition

pg 2198, Wurt's "Magna Charta"

pg 1239, Burke's "Extant Peerage and Baronetage etc", 1970 Edition

pg 447, Burke's " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" published 1883

pg 262, Burke's " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" published 1883

pg 42, Burke's " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" published 1883

One of the 25 sureties of the Magna Charta.  Saire De Quincey, theSurety, a Baron Present at Lincoln whenWilliam The Lion, of Scotland didhomage to the English monarchin Oct. 1200. He received large land grantfrom King John andwas created Earl of Winchester, 03/02/1207, havingbeen, in1203, Governor of the Castle ofRuil, in Normandy. He iscreditedwith the re-writing of the Magna Charta from theCharter of King Henry Iand the Saxon Code. Opposing the King'sconcession, hewas bitterly hatedby King John. He was one ofthe Barons to whom the city and the Tower ofLondon wereresigned, and was excommunicated with the other baronsthefollowing year. He was sent with Robert FitzWalter to invitetheDauphin of Franceto Assume the crown of England, and, evenafter thedeath of King John, he kepta strong garrison inMountsorrell Castle, inbehalf of Prince Louis. When the Barons,being greatly outnumbered, weredefeated by King Henry III, hewas taken prisoner and his estatesforfeited. But in the fallhis immense estates were restoredupon hissubmission. In 1218he went to the Holy Land, and in 1219 to assist attheseige ofDamietta and in Nov of the same year he died on his wastoPalestine.


Earl of Winchester
Saher De Quincey, the Surety, born before 1154, a Baron present at Lincoln when William the Lion of Scotland, did homage to the English monarch in October 1200. He obtained large grants and immunities from King John, and was created Earl Of Winchester on March 2, 1207, havingbeen, in 1203, governor of the castle of Ruil, in Normandy. To him is creditedthe re-writing of Magna Charta from the Charter of King Henry I and the Saxon code. Opposing the King's concession to the Pope's legate, he was bitterly hated by King John. He was one of the Barons to whom the city and Tower of London were resigned, and was excommunicated with the other Barons the following year. he was sent, with Robert FitzWalter, the Surety, by the other Barons, to invite the Dauphin of France to assume the crown of England, and, even after the death of King John, he kept a strong garrison in Mountsorell Castle, in behalf of Prince Louis. When the Barons, being greatly out numbered, were defeated by the troops of King Henry III, Saire de Quincey with many others was made prisoner and his estates forfeited. In October his immense estates were restored upon his submission. In 1218, the Earl of Winchester went with the Earls of Chester and Arundel to the holy Land, assisted at the siege of Damietta, 1219, and died November 3, 1219 on the way to Jerusalem.  Margaret Saher's wife was daughter of Robert de Bellomont and his wife Petronella Grentesmesnil was descended from Emperor Charlemagne.[Burkes Peerage]