General Notes

"(Plantagenet) "Edward I (born 1239, ruled 1272-1307) was one of England`s greatest kings. He was a handsome man, with fair hair and ruddy cheeks, and so tall that he was nicknamed Longshanks. He delighted in tournaments and hunting, but he was also practical and hardworking. For seven years before he came to the throne, he was the real ruler for his weak father, Henry III (see Henry, Kings of England ; Montfort ). He was in the Holy Land involved in the crusades when his father died, but there was no question that he would take the throne. Edward has been called the "English Justinian" because, like the Roman emperor Justinian, he organized the laws. His laws were not restatements of existing customs but statutes in the modern sense. Many of them, particularly the land laws, had a long-lasting influence. A statute of 1285 limited church courts to strictly church matters--a change that Edward`s great-grandfather, Henry II, had been unable to make because of the murder of Thomas  Becket (see Becket: Henry, Kings of England).  Edward also stopped paying a feudal tribute to the pope."
"Parliment grew in strength during Edward's reign becasue he continued the policy of Simon de Monfort in summoning to it representatives of the towns and lesser knights.  His parliament in 1295 is know as the Model Parliament.  In 1297 he reaffirmed the Magna Carta in the famous confirmation of the charters.  All of Edward's moves were not fair and admirable ones, however; he forced Jews out of England in 1290."
"Soon after coming to the throne, Edward conquered Wales and gave to his infant sone, Edward, the title Prince of Wales.  Until 1289, the care of his French possessions, principally Aquitaine in Southern france, absorbed much of his attention.  For the rest of his life, his main concern was Scotland.
He conquered the country in 1296, but in 1297 all Scotland rose in revolt against him under the popular leader, William Wallace.  Edward defeated Wallace at Falkirk the next year, but the Scots still resisted.  Near the end of Edward's reign, Scotland found a new leader in Robert Bruce.  In 1307 King Edward, then 70 years old, led an army toward Scotland but died before he reached the border."
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SOURCES: LDS Family History Library, Ancestral File #8WKN-4B (familysearch.org)
WEB:
"Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: F. L. Jacquier (History of Charlemagne by Christian Settipani); L. Orlandini,  Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L.  J P de Palmas (Aurejac et Tournemire; Frankish line; The Complete Peerage}, Jacquier (Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI), A. Brabant ("Dynastie Montmorency, Michel d'Herbigny), Paul Leportier, Claude Barret, H.R. Moser (Burke Peerage), O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, N. Danican (Britain's Royal Families; Buthlaw, Succession of Strathclyde, the Armorial 1961-62) A.Terlinden (Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842), L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron (Brian Tompsett), R. Dewkinandan, H. de la Villarmois, C. Donadello; Scevole de Livonniere, H. de la Villarmois, I. Flatmoen, P. Ract Madoux (History of Morhange; Leon Maujean; Annuaire de Lorraine, 1926; La Galissonniere: Elections d'Arques et Rouen), Jean de Villoutreys (ref: Georges Poull), E. Wilkerson-Theaux (Laura Little), O. Auffray, A. Brabant (Genealogy of Chauvigny of Blot from "Chanoine Prevost Archiviste du Diocese de Troyes Union Typographique Domois Cote-d'Or 1925), Emmanuel Arminjon (E Levi-Provencal Histoire de l'Espagne Andalouse),  Y. Gazagnes-Gazanhe, R. Sekulovich and J.P. de Palmas ("notes pierfit et iconographie Insecula", Tournemire), H de Riberolles (Base Tournemire), Franck Veillon; ,(Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Hornes, Bruxelles 1848; Notice Historique Sur L'Ancien Comté de Hornes, Gand 1850; Europäische Stammtafeln, Marburg 1978); E.Driant / "La Maison de Damas" par Hubert Lamant, 1977 (Bibliothèque municipale d'Eaubonne)
........... http://geneastar.org.
"(Presidental) Descendants of William The Conquerer" at http://users, legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/Royalpresidents.htm
AWTP:
"Stimpson Family", Cory Stimpson at (who has generously shared the above narrative)
"The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed" Larry Overmire larryover@@worldnet.att.net