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Male William de Meschines Lord of Cumberland Click to view William de Meschines Lord of Cumberland in the family tree

William was born in 1124 in Egremont, Cumberland, England.1   William's father was William de Meschines and his mother was Cecily de Rumilly.  His paternal grandparents were Earl of Chester Ranulph (de Briquessart) de Meschines III and Countess of Chester Lucia Taillebois; his maternal grandparents were Lord of Skipton-in-Craven Robert de Rumilly and Muriel. He had a brother and three sisters, named John, Alice, Matilda and Amice.  He was the second oldest of the five children.

1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I010994

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