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1075
Bernard
Baliol
1024 - 1087
William
de
Normandie
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Duke of Normandy (as Guillaume II ) William I of England, William of Normandy, William the Conqueror and William the Bastard. He was the illegitimate son of Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva, the daughter of a tanner. Born in Falaise, Normandy, now in France, William succeeded to the throne of England by right of conquest by winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066 in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. William succeeded to his fathers Duchy of Normandy at the young age of 7 in 1035 and was known as Duke William II of Normandy. He lost three guardians to plots to usurp his place. King Henry I of France knighted him at the age of 15. By the time he turned 19 he was himself successfully dealing with threats of rebellion and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen in the Battle of Val-s-Dunes in 1047. William The Conqueror, or The Bastard, or William Of Normandy, French Guillaume Le Conqubbrant, or Le Bbbtard, or Guillaume De Normandieduke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 and king of England from 1066, one of the greatest soldiers and rulers of the Middle Ages. He made himself the mightiest feudal lord in France and then changed the course of England's history by his conquest of that country. William was the elder of two children of Robert I of Normandy and his concubine Herleva, or Arlette, the daughter of a burgher from the town of Falaise. In 1035 Robert died when returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and William, his only son, whom he had nominated as his heir before his departure, was accepted as duke by the Norman magnates and his feudal overlord, King Henry I of France. William and his friends had to overcome enormous obstacles. His illegitimacy (he was generally known as the Bastard) was a handicap, and he had to survive the collapse of law and order that accompanied his accession as a child. Three of William's guardians died violent deaths before he grew up, and his tutor was murdered. His father's kin were of little help; most of them thought that they stood to gain by the boy's death. But his mothe rmanaged to protect William through the most dangerous period. These early difficulties probably contributed to his strength of purpose and his dislike of lawlessness and misrule. By 1042, when William reached his 15th year, was knighted, and began to play a personal part in the affairs of his duchy, the worst was over.But his attempts to recover rights lost during the anarchy and to bring disobedient vassals and servants to heel inevitably led to trouble. From 1046 until 1055 he dealt with a series of baronial rebellions, mostly led by kinsmen . Occasionally he was in great danger and had to rely on Henry of France for help. In 1047 Henry and William defeated a coalition of Norman rebels at Val-bbs-Dunes, southeast of Caen. It was in these years that William learned to fight and rule. (Wikipedia)
1345 - 1378
Maud
de
Percy
33
33
# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 207-33 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 14 # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 45-6, 8-8 Warkworth Castle ~ Warkworth, Northumberland (EH) http://www.heritage.me.uk/castles/warkworth.htm Although the place of Warkworth is at least as old as the eighth century, the first castle built here was in the mid-twelfth century, a motte and bailey structure probably of wood. This original castle was built by Earl Henry of Northumberland who was the son of King David I of Scotland, who held the land at that time. The site was on high ground at one side of the peninsula of land formed by the curving River Coquet, with the village and river crossing protected by the castle. By 1158 however, Northumberland was back in the hands of the English King Henry II and he gave the lands and castle to Roger FitzRichard, whose descendants retained it until the mid-fourteenth century. Roger set about building a stone castle immediately and the pressing need for a fully defensible home and garrison was proved as early as 1173, when Warkworth was easily captured by a Scottish raiding party. Work continued under Roger's son Robert and the castle grew, funded by the services to King John that Robert undertook. The village church also dates from the twelfth century and the interior retains the most complete Norman church in Northumberland, the stonework showing the influence of the great cathedral at Durham to the south. Robert completed the gatehouse and other parts of the castle and construction continued during the thirteenth century. In 1292, Warkworth was considered grand and safe enough for the English King Edward I to visit and it was garrisoned with troops during the Anglo-Scottish wars. The financial upkeep was shared between the family, who had by then taken the name Clavering, and the King, who gained full control over the land and castle when the Claverings died out in 1332. In 1327, the castle had been besieged twice by the Scots and with its important strategic position, King Edward II in London granted it to the influential Percy family, to provide a full-time defence against the Scots. The Percys already held the nearby castle of Alnwick and the family, who became effective royalty in Northumberland, lived and built at both properties. At Warkworth they built the Grey Mare's Tail Tower on the east side and altered the Carrickfergus Tower, the solar, or private lord's apartment and the chapel in the south-west corner. The Hermitage, along the river from the castle, also dates from the early fourteenth century. This secluded but not remote spot was home to a hermit, supported by the Percys, who spent his life in prayer and contemplation. The Chapel cut from the rock is the earliest part of the Hermitage and shows how much time and money must have been spent on its carving. Alongside the political and warlike life that the Percys led, they had a care for the spiritual side of life as the two chapels in the castle and the additional Hermitage shows. In later centuries the Hermitage was expanded and altered and the hermit's life gradually became more comfortable. In the 1530's, the resident hermit, George Lancastre, drew a salary of £13-6s-8d and acted as the sixth earl's Warkworth agent. In the late fourteenth century, the magnificent keep was built by Henry Percy IV, a feature which still today dominates the castle and village around it. The keep was an entire castle within the existing castle, so that as well as proclaiming his power and prestige to the surrounding countryside and all visitors, the Earl could accommodate his most important visitors in a separate household from himself. Also dating from around this time is the fortified bridge over the river at the other end of the village. This Henry, who became the first Earl of Northumberland, set a pattern of rebellion against the English royalty which was to see the Percy estates, including Warkworth, pass to and from the Percy and Royal families (for details see Alnwick Castle). Further building was carried out by the family in the early fifteenth century, the second earl planning a collegiate church across the outer bailey which was however never finished and the fourth earl completing the Montague Tower, begun under the brief ownership of Warkworth by John Neville. The fifth earl didn't live much at Warkworth, although he did spend money on repairs, but the sixth earl frequently visited and repaired the Montague Tower and the gatehouse in the early sixteenth century. In order to propitiate the King, Henry VIII, the earl left all his Percy property to the Crown on his death in 1537. The gradual and sad decline of Warkworth stemmed entirely from the Percy family's continued problems with the Crown. Following the Reformation, their lands were restored under the Catholic Queen Mary, but taken back by the Protestant Queen Elizabeth, whose servants carried off most of the castle's fittings and timber. The destruction was compounded by the soldiers of the Parliamentarian army who garrisoned the castle in 1648, despite the fact that the tenth earl was on the same side. In 1672, the eleventh earl's widow gave the remaining materials to one of the estate's auditors, John Clarke and great wagon-loads of lead and timber left the castle to the fate of the elements. The great keep, once the scene of feasting and grand entertainments and the seat of power for the Percy family, was left a deserted shell. The Percy estates passed into the hands of the Smithsons by the late seventeenth century and they took the name of Percy and became Dukes of Northumberland. They repaired some of the crumbling stonework and in the 1850's the fourth duke carried out excavations and employed the architect Anthony Salvin with a view to restoring parts of the keep. Due to the high cost of this enterprise, the work was never completed, but the south projection and chambers over the buttery and pantry were roofed over and provided a picturesque picnic site for the family's excursions across from Alnwick. The gatehouse was repaired and made into a residence for the custodian, who showed visitors around. In 1922, the high cost of maintenance led to the castle being given to the Office of Works, now English Heritage who manage the site today.
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# Note: John de Neville, KG, Lord Neville of Raby, b. c 1331, d. Newcastle 17 Oct 1388, KG 1369; m. (1) Maud Percy, d. 18 Feb 1378/9. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: 5th Baron of Raby, , third Baron Neville. First Earl of Westmorland, died on the 42nd anniversary of the Battle of Neville's Cross. He was summoned to Parliament in 1368. In 1369, he was created a Knight of the Garter and Admiral of Fleet. He gave Durham Cathedral a beautiful stone and an alabaster screen known to this day as the "Neville Screen". John is buried at Durham Catherdral with his wife Maude. Summoned to parliament as Lord Nevill of Raby from February 24, 1368 to July 28, 1388. He was carried by his father at the age of five years to witness the battle of Durham. During the remainder of King Edwards reign he was in active service either in France or Scotland. He was constituted lieutenant of Aquitaine under Richard II and was seneschal of Bordeaux. He was employed against the Turks and won and had surrendered to him, 83 walled towns, castles and forts. He died at Newcastle on October 17, 1388 and is buried in the Neville chantry, in the south asile of the nave of Durham Cathedral, near his father and his first wife. # Note: # Note: 1381-warden of eastern marches # Note: 1383-warden of western marches # Note: 1386-appointed commander of all forces against the Scots. Took the place of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland as military leader in the north. # Note: # Note: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- # Note: # Note: Sir John de Nevill, 3rd baron, summoned to parliament as Lord Nevill, of Raby, from 24 February, 1368, to 28 July, 1388. This nobleman was carried by his father to witness the battle of Durham, being then scarcely five years old, and received the honour of knighthood some years afterwards when in arms before the barriers of Paris. In the 44th of the same reign [Edward III, 1371], he was again in the wars with France, and then constituted admiral of the king's fleet from the mouth of the Thames northwards. During the remainder of King Edward's reign, he was constantly in active service either in France or Scotland. In the 2nd Richard II [1379], he was constituted lieutenant of Aquitaine and he was, likewise, seneschal of Bordeaux. It is reported of this nobleman that he was some time employed against the Turks, and that, being lieutenant of Aquitaine, he reduced that province to tranquility, and that, in his service in those parts, he won and had rendered to him 83 walled towns, castles, and forts. His lordship was a knight of the Garter. He m. 1st, Maud, dau. of Henry, Lord Percy, by whom he had issue, Ralph, Thomas, Maud, Alice, and Eleanor. His lordship m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. and heir of William, Lord Latimer, K.G., and had by her (who m. 2ndly, Sir Robert de Willoughby) had issue, John, Elizabeth, and Margaret. He d. at Newcastle, 17 October, 1388, and was buried in the south side of the nave of Durham Cathedral, and was s. by his eldest son, Ralph de Nevill. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 393, Nevill, Barons Nevill, of Raby, Earls of Westmoreland] # Note: # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 207-33 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 14 # Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 45-6, 8-8
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Percy
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Clifford
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Percy
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9th Baron, 1st Lord Sources: 1. Abbrev: Gedcom FileThorns among the roses, 14 March 2003, Title: Gedcom FileThorns among the roses, 14 March 2003, Holly Forrest Tamer bhtt141@netins.nethtt141@netins.nethtt141@netins.net.
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31
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De Warrenne
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74
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Matilda
Marshall
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56
Sources: Abbrev: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Title: Mark Willis Ballard, GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Note: 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 mwballard52@yahoo.com
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John
Plantagenet
De Warrenne
74
74
Earl of Warren and Surrey John de Warenne (1231?- September 27, 1304), 7th Earl of Surrey or Warenne, was prominent during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I. During his long life he fought in the Barons' War and in Edward I's wars in Scotland. He was the son of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey or Warenne, and Maud (or Matilda) Marshal. His mother was the daughter of William Marshal and widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk. Thus Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk, was his elder half-brother. Warenne was a boy when his father died, and for the rest of his minority Peter of Savoy was the guardian of his estates. In 1247 he married Henry III's half-sister Alice of Lusignan. This marriage was to create resentment amongst the English nobility, who did not like seeing a wealthy English nobleman marrying a penniless outsider. During the following years Warenne was closely associated with the court faction centering on his in-laws. In 1254 he accompanied the king's son Edward (the future Edward I) on Edward's journey to Spain to marry Eleanor of Castile. During the conflicts between Henry III and his barons Warenne started as a strong supporter of the king, switched to support for Simon de Montfort, and then returned to the royalist party. He opposed the initial baronial reform plan of May 1258, but along with other opponents capitulated and took the oath of the Provisions of Oxford. By 1260 Warenne had joined the party of Simon de Montfort, but switched back to the king's side in 1263. After the Battle of Lewes, which was fought near his castle at Lewes, he fled to the Continent, where he remained for about a year. He returned to fight in the campaign which culminated in the Battle of Evesham and the siege of Kenilworth Castle. Warenne served in Edward I's Welsh campaigns in 1277, 1282, and 1283. In 1282 he received the lordships of Bromfield and Yale in Wales. A good part of the following years were spent in Scotland. He was one of the negotiators for the 1289 treaty of Salisbury and for the 1290 treaty of Brigham, and accompanied the king on Edward's great 1296 invasion of Scotland. On August 22, 1296 the king appointed him "warden of the kingdom and land of Scotland". However he returned to England a few months later claiming that the Scottish climate was bad for his health. The following spring saw the rebellion of William Wallace, and after much delay Warenne led an army northward, where they were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Nevertheless the king appointed Warenne captain of the next campaign against the Scots in early 1298. He raised the siege of Roxburgh and re-took the castle at Berwick. The king himself took the field later that year, and Warenne was one of the commanders at the Battle of Falkirk. Warenne and Alice of Lusignan had three children: Alice, who married Henry Percy and was the mother of Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick; Isabella, who married John Balliol and was the mother of Edward Balliol; William, who married Joanna, daughter of Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, and was accidentally killed at a tournament in December 1286; his son John (see below) succeeded his grandfather as earl of Surrey.
1137 - 1199
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De
Warrenne
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62
# Note: He [William de Blois] married Isabel, only daughter and heir of William (DE WARENNE), 3rd EARL OF SURREY, by Ela. He died s.p. as above in October I 159 and was buried in the hospital of Montmorillon in Poitou. Isabel survived him and was sought in marriage by Henry Il's brother William, but Archbishop Beket opposed the match on the ground of consanguinity, and she married, 2ndly, the King's illegitimate half-brother, Hamelin. Complete Peerage XII/1:497-9 ---------------------------------------- He [Hamelin Plantagenet] married, in 1164 (probably in April), Isabel, widow of William (OF BLOIS) 4th EARL OF SURREY, and only daughter and heir of William (DE WARENNE), 3rd EARL OF SURREY, all above-named. He died 7 May 1202 and was buried in the Chapter House at Lewes. Isabel survived him and made gifts for the soul of her late husband to the priory of St. Katherine, Lincoln, and to Lewes Priory. She was living in April 1203 but died probably soon afterwards, possibly 12 July 1203, and was buried in the Chapter House at Lewes (g). [Complete Peerage XII/1:499-500 # Note: (g) By her 2nd husband she had issue, a son William, 6th Earl, and 3 daughters: (1) Ela, who m. 1stly Robert de Newburn, of whom nothing is known, and 2ndly, William FitzWilliam of Sprotborough; (2) Isabel, who m. 1stly Robert de Lascy, and 2ndly Gilbert de Laigle, lord of Pevensey; (3) Maud, who m. 1stly Henry, Count of Eu and lord of Hastings, and 2ndly Henry d'Estouteville or de Stuteville, of Eckington, co. Derby, and Dedham, Essex, lord of Valmont and Rames in Normandy. # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 151-1 Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 83-26 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/1:497-499, 497 (i), 500
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Ida De
Warrenne
# Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 7-1, 17c-1, 155-2 Text: States only the first name "Ida" as wife Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 Page: 138
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Of
Angers
1421 - 1461
Henry
Percy
39
39
Baron Poynings Henry Percy (1421 - 1461), 2nd Earl of Northumberland, was the son of the 1st earl (of the second creation). He fought on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Wakefield, and commanded the Lancastrian van at the Battle of Towton, where he was killed. The Battle of Wakefield took place at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, on December 30, 1460, and was one of the major actions of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing factions were a royal army, nominally commanded by Margaret of Anjou, and the supporters of Richard, Duke of York, rival claimant to the throne. York had already succeeded in obtaining a promise from King Henry VI of England that, on Henry's death, the crown would pass to him and his heirs. Queen Margaret was unwilling to accept this promise, which had been obtained by force, and was determined to protect the inheritance of her only son, Edward, Prince of Wales, then aged about six. With a force outnumbering that of the Yorkists, she marched north to confront the Duke. The details of what ensued are not entirely clear, and most people are more familiar with William Shakespeare's melodramatic version of events, notably the "murder" of York's second son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland. In Shakespeare's play, Edmund is depicted as a small child, and, following his unnecessary slaughter, Margaret torments his father, York, before murdering him also. In fact, the Duke of York was killed during the battle, and his son, Edmund, at seventeen, was more than old enough to be an active participant in the fighting. York's defeat was probably the result of his own over-confidence, as he apparently refused to wait for reinforcements to arrive before leaving his stronghold at Sandal Castle to meet the Lancastrians. The outcome was important mainly because it left York's eldest son, Edward, as the Yorkist pretender to the throne. Edward, though young, would prove an outstanding battle commander and a consummate politician, and would eventually reign as King Edward IV of England The Battle of Towton, one of the most decisive of the Wars of the Roses, is remembered as the bloodiest ever fought on British soil, with casualties believed to have been in excess of 20,000. The battle took place on March 29 - Palm Sunday, 1461, between the villages of Towton and Saxton in Yorkshire (about 20 km south-west of York and about 4 km south of Tadcaster). At this point in the civil war, the Lancastrians were on equal terms with the Yorkists, having eliminated the Duke of York from the scene at the Battle of Wakefield and been victorious at the second Battle of St Alban's. However, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, "the Kingmaker", controlled London and had proclaimed the eldest of York's sons as King Edward IV of England. It was Edward himself who decided to take the initiative and march north in the hope of inflicting a final defeat on his rival, King Henry VI of England. Henry, a pious and peace-loving man, took no part in any military decisions, but allowed his queen, Margaret of Anjou, complete freedom to employ her battle commanders, chief of whom was Lord Clifford, on his behalf. It is thought that 50,000, or perhaps even 80,000 men fought, including 28 Lords (almost half the peerage). The battle was long and hard-fought, made no easier for either side by the blizzard conditions which prevailed. The decisive moment came in the middle of the day, when the Yorkist reinforcements arrived, led by the John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. The Lancastrians retreated in disarray, resulting in a near-massacre. The death in battle of Lord Clifford, Queen Margaret's most experienced commander and right-hand man, was a serious blow from which the Lancastrians would take years to recover. Margaret and Henry fled north to Scotland, while those Lancastrian lords who were not killed or dispossesed were forced to make peace with Edward.
1422 - 1483
Eleanor
Poynings
61
61
1449 - 1489
Henry
Percy
40
40
Henry Percy (1449 - 1489), 3rd Earl of Northumberland, son of the 3rd earl, was the only one of the family to appear to take the Yorkist side. His father's earldom was forfeited at the Battle of Towton by the victorious Yorkists, and Percy was imprisoned. After swearing fealty to Edward IV he was released (1469). The earldom was restored in 1473, and Percy held many of the important government posts in the north of England which were traditional in his family. He commanded the Yorkist reserve at the Battle of Bosworth Field, but never committed his forces to the battle, which played an important part in Richard III's defeat. Percy was again imprisoned by the new king, Henry VII, but was soon released and returned to his old posts. He was killed 28 April 1489 by a mob enraged by his efforts to collect some new and higher taxes. The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was fought on the August 22nd 1485 when Richard III of England, the last of the Plantagenet dynasty, fought a pitched battle with the Lancastrian contender for his crown, Henry Tudor. Henry had landed in Pembrokeshire, the county of his birth, on August 7, with a small force - consisting mainly of French mercenaries - in an attempt to claim the throne of England. Note that Richard III was of the Yorkist branch of the Plantagenets. Richard III had fought similar battles with Lancastrian usurpers in the past, but this one would be his last. Although Henry did not have his opponent's military experience, he was accompanied by his uncle, Jasper Tudor and Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, both brilliant and seasoned soldiers. Henry gathered supporters in the course of his journey through his father's native Wales, and by the time he arrived in the Midlands, he had amassed an army estimated at 5,000 men. The king, by contrast, could command nearly 8,000. The decisive factor in the battle was to be the conduct of the Stanley brothers - Sir William Stanley and Lord Thomas Stanley, the latter being Henry's stepfather. Richard had good cause to distrust them but was dependent on their continued loyalty. The battlefield site, now open to the public, is close to the villages of Sutton Cheney and Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. The actual siting of the battle has been the topic of often contentious debate among professional and amateur historians, with a compelling case being made for siting the battle closer to the villages of Dadlington and Stoke Golding, although most are agreed that Richard's encampment the night before the battle was indeed on Ambion Hill. In any case, the Stanleys seem to have taken up a position some distance away from the two main armies. Richard had taken hostages to ensure that, even if they did not join him, they would at least remain neutral during the battle. The battle lasted about two hours, and began well for the king. Unfortunately for him, the Stanleys chose their moment to enter the fray on Henry's side. Despite a suicidal charge led by Richard in an attempt to remove Henry - who had stayed well clear of most of the fighting - from the equation, the king was overwhelmed by the opposition. Richard was killed on the field (the last English king to die in battle), and his body was ignominiously treated by the victors. A popular legend says that the crown of England was found in a hawthorn bush after Richard's death, but the truth is probably that it was the circlet Richard wore around his helmet, the common practice so followers could recognize their ruler in battle, even from behind him. However, the battle proved to be decisive in ending the long-running mediaeval series of English Civil Wars later be to known as the Wars of the Roses, although the last battle was actually to be fought at Stoke two years later (1487). Henry Tudor's victory in this battle led to his being crowned as Henry VII, and the long reign of the Tudor dynasty in England.
1461
Margaret
Percy
Eleanor
Percy
Ralph
Percy
1399 - 1463
Eleanor
Neville
64
64
1364 - 1403
Henry
Percy
39
39
Percy, Sir Henry, called Hotspur (1366-1403), English military leader, eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Knighted in 1377 by Edward III, king of England, Percy shortly began that service on the Scottish border in which he won his greatest fame, and about 1393 he became governor of Bordeaux, in France. He was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury after he had revolted against King Henry IV. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Sir Henry Percy, also called Harry Hotspur (1364 ? - 1403) was the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and 4th Lord Percy of Alnwick. His nickname is suggestive of his impulsive nature. Harry acquired a great reputation as a warrior, fighting against the Scots and the French. He fought against the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. With his father he helped depose Richard II of England, but later with his uncle Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester he led a rebellion against King Henry IV in 1403, forming an alliance with another rebel, Owen Glendower. Before they could join forces, Hotspur was defeated and killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury. He is a major character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. He married Lady Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd of March, and Phillipa, daughter of Lionel of Antwerp and granddaughter of Edward III of England. The Battle of Shrewsbury was fought on July 21, 1403, between an army led by the Lancastrian King, Henry IV, and a rebel army led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland. The Percys had supported Henry IV in a war against Richard II, which ended when Henry took the throne in 1399. Henry had been supported by a number of wealthy landowners to whom he had promised land and money in return for their support. When the war ended lands in Cumbria promised to the Percys were instead given to a rival. This was enough to spark them into revolt, which may have been helped by money promised by Henry which never arrived. Henry Percy raised a small group of retainers, likely about 200, in early July 1403 and started marching south to meet his uncle, Thomas Percy. He recruited most of his army in Cheshire, an area hostile to Henry IV,and which provided many experienced soldiers, notably its archers, some of whom had served as Richard II's bodyguard. It appears that he may have hoped to be reinforced by a Welsh force under the self-proclaimed Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndwr. This didn't happen, although it appears some Welsh from the borders may have joined him. The rebels then marched towards Shrewsbury, the easily defended county town of Shropshire. King Henry became aware of the situation on July 12, apparently while he was moving to help the Percys from another threat. Upon hearing of the forces, he changed direction and marched towards Shrewsbury with his army. Estimates of the sizes of the two armies vary widely, with the Royal army being placed between 15,000 and 60,000, and the rebels between 5,000 and 20,000. Both forces arrived near the town on July 20 1403 and set up camp to the north and south of the Severn River, which loops around the town. The next day the King's forces crossed the river at Uffington, placing them in a position in open ground where they could best use their large numbers. They were soon joined by the Percy forces from the north. For much of the morning the two forces parleyed. It appears that Henry was somewhat inclined towards accepting the King's position, while his uncle Thomas was not. Whatever the case, negotiations ended near noon, and the two forces advanced for the fight. The battle opened with a massive archery barrage, killing or wounding many of the men before they could meet in the field. Of the two forces, the Percy's Cheshire bowmen proved generally superior. However when the two armies finally met, the greater numbers of the Royal army generally prevailed. The Percys attempted to address this imbalance with a charge, but it was premature and Heny Percy was killed. At this point the rebel forces fled the field, and a rout began. Over 300 knights and another 20,000 men-at-arms fell on the field, and thousands more died of injuries over the next few weeks. Henry Percy was initially buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire, but rumors soon spread that he was not really dead. In response the King had him disinterred. His body was set up in Shrewsbury impaled on a spear between two millstones, and was later quartered and put on show in the four corners of the country. In November his remains were returned to his widow.
1370 - 1417
Elizabeth
Mortimer
47
47
Sources: 1. Abbrev: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Title: Mark Willis Ballard, GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Note: 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 mwballard52@yahoo.com
1415
Eleanor
Percy
Joan
Percy
1418
John
Percy
1422
Thomas
Percy
1423 - 1504
Catherine
Percy
81
81
1424
George
Percy
Ralph
Percy
1426
Richard
Percy
1428
William
Percy
1444
Anne
Percy
1390 - 1437
Elizabeth
Percy
47
47
1396
Richard
le
Despencer
1341 - 1408
Henry
Percy
66
66
1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick Percy, Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1342-1408), English nobleman, first in the line of famous English dukes and earls. Sir Henry Percy traced his descent from Sir William de Percy, an 11th-century Norman baron who traveled to England with William I (called the Conqueror) in 1066. Percy was created marshal of England and 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1377. He initially supported the reign of King Richard II of England, but he later became dissatisfied with the way the new king treated him. In 1403 the earl and his son Sir Henry Percy (known as Hotspur) played a leading role in bringing about Richard’s deposition and the subsequent accession of Henry IV. This revolt cost the earl his offices and lands, but these were restored after Hotspur's death at Shrewsbury in 1403. In 1405 the earl took part in the conspiracy, led by Welsh leader Owen Glendower, to depose Henry IV, and was declared a traitor. He was slain at Bramham Moor in 1408 while invading England. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Henry Percy (November 10,1342 - February 20,1408), 1st earl of Northumberland, was the son of Henry, 3rd baron Percy, and the father of Henry " Harry Hotspur" Percy. His mother was Mary of Lancaster, daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, son Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England. Originally a follower of Edward III of England, for whom he held high offices in the administration of northern England, Henry Percy went on to support King Richard II. He was given the title of Marshal of England and created an earl at Richard's coronation (1377), but he switched to the side of Henry Bolingbroke (later, Henry IV) after Richard created his chief rival, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland in 1399. On Henry's coronation he was appointed Constable of England and granted the lordship of the Isle of Man. In 1403 Percy turned against Henry IV in favor of Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March, and then conspired with Owen Glendower against King Henry. This rebellion failed at the Battle of Shrewsbury but, since Percy did not directly participate, he lost his office as Constable but was not convicted of treason. But in 1405 Percy supported Richard le Scrope, archbishop of York, in another rebellion, and then Percy fled to Scotland, and his estates were confiscated by the king. In 1408 Percy invaded England and was killed at the Battle of Branham Moor.
1341 - 1372
Margaret
Neville
31
31
Henry Percy, first Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry Percy, third Baron of Arnwick, and Mary, dau. of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, was born in 1342. In 1359 he m. Margaret, dau. of Ralph Neville, fourth Baron of Raby. She had been m. to William Lord Ross of Helmsley. (Dunham Genealogy English and American Branches of the Dunham Family, page xxvii) daughter of Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby (c. 1291 - 1367) and Alice de Audley. (Wikipeda)
1368
Ralph
Percy
1366
Thomas
Percy
1321 - 1368
Henry
Percy
47
47
1344
Thomas
Percy
Mary
Percy
1308
William
de
Pressene
1270
John
Percy
1200 - 1281
Eleanor
de
Baliol
81
81
1230
Walter
de
Percy
1156 - 1198
Henry
de
Percy
42
42
1168 - 1230
Isabel
de
Brus
62
62
1130 - 1180
Jocelyn
de
Louvain
50
50
Jocelin or Josceline, of Louvain (thought to have died by Michaelmas 1180), of Petworth, Sussex, half-brother of Queen Adela (who presented Jocelin with the Petworth lands), 2nd wife of Henry I, and son of Godfrey I "Barbatus" ("The Bearded"), Duke of Lower Lorraine, by his 2nd wife. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2118] --- Jocelin/Josceline, of Louvain; married Agnes, 2nd daughter but eventual heiress of William de Percy and had issue, the 1st Duke of Northumberland of the 1766 creation choosing the title "Lord Lovaine, Baron of Alnwick" when also given a Barony 1784 in commemoration of this ancestral connection. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1929]
1134 - 1205
Agnes
de
Percy
71
71
1074 - 1139
Godfrey
of
Brabrant
65
65
# Note: Godfrey I, Duke of Brabant from 1106, also Marquis of Antwerp and Count of Louvain, called "The Bearded", deposed from his Duchy 1127 but continued styling himself Duke and was so succeeded by his son. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: Title: The Complete Peerage, or a History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times, edited by Lord Howard de Ealden, 1936 Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 161-25 ,Page: 155-23, 149-23 Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 1929
~1083 - 1121
Ida de
Chiny
38
38
1110 - 1163
Ida de
Louvain
53
53
1055 - 1125
Otto
de
Chiny
70
70
1068 - 1124
Adelaide
de
Namur
56
56
1025 - 1106
Arnold
de
Chiny
81
81
Ludwig
Sophie
0956 - 1017
Judith
of
Brittany
61
61
0997 - 1028
Richard
of
Normandy
31
31
1005
William
of
Normandy
1010
Eleanor
of
Normandy
Helena
0999 - 1057
Fredesende
of
Normandy
58
58
0927 - 0992
Conan
of
Brittany
65
65
0971 - 1008
Geoffrey
of
Anjou
37
37
# Note: GEOFFREY, DUKE OF BRITTANY, married Hawise, daughter of Richard I, DUKE OFNORMANDY, and died in 1008, leaving two sons, Alan and Eudon. During their mother's lifetime the two brothers seem to have been joint rulers of Brittany, but on her death, on 21 February 1034, dissensions broke out between them; peace was restored by a settlement under which Eudon received a territory corresponding roughly to the dioceses of Dol, St. Mialo, St. Brieuc and Tréguier, reduced in the hands of his successors to the two last-named dioceses, while Alan retained the rest of Brittany. After the death of Alan in 1040 Eudon seized the government of Brittany to the exclusion of his nephew Conan, who recovered it in 1057. Eudon died 7 January 1079. He married Orguen, whose parentage is unknown. [Complete Peerage X:779-81, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
0975 - 1037
Judicael
de
Rennes
62
62
0995
Martin
d'Acigne
1112 - 1174
William
de
Percy
62
62
William; fought on King Stephen's side at the Battle of the Standard 1138 against the invading Scots under David I; founded Sallay Abbey Jan 1147/8, having presented the Abbey with lands for its upkeep and a site for its physical construction; probably founded also Stainfield Priory, Lincs, and made gifts to Byland and Fountains Abbeys, at the latter of which he was later buried; married 1st Alice or Adelaide de Tonbridge (died between 1148 and c1166), probably daughter of Richard FitzGilbert de (Lord of) Clare by Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester; married 2nd c1166, as her 2nd of three husbands, Sibyl de Vaognes (died in or after 1212), widow of Robert de Ros, and dspml by Easter 1175. [Burke's Peerage]
1115 - 1148
Alice
de
Clare
33
33
1088
William
de
Percy
1090 - 1112
Alice
de
Ros
22
22
1067 - 1135
Alan
de
Percy
68
68
1071
Emma
de
Gaunt
1070
Arnolde
de
Percy
1044 - 1096
William
de
Percy
52
52
1038 - 1096
Emma
de
Port
58
58
1020
Geoffrey
de
Percy
Margaret
de
Percy
0996
William
de
Percy
[scary.ged] William II, Comte de Caux and de Poicters, Sieur de Percie, reputed father of Serla de Percie, Abbot of Whitby. Sources: 1. Title: scary.ged Author: Susan (Poliksa) Cary scary @ infowest.com Publication: RootsWeb World Connect, db=poliksa Repository: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Oct 3, 2001
1143 - 1196
Adam
de
Brus
53
53
1145
Joanna
le
Meschines
1128 - 1196
Adam
de
Brus
68
68
1137 - 1206
Jueta
Ivetta de
la Arches
69
69
1152
Piers
de
Brus
1103 - 1194
Robert
de
Brus
91
91
1105
Agnes
Paynel
1120
Agatha
de
Brus
1085 - 1141
Robert
de
Brus
56
56
1085
Yvette
Giffard
1050 - 1080
Adam
le
Brus
30
30
[Pullen010502.FTW] Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, (1883 ed., 1996 reprint), page 80; Weis, Ancestral Roots, 7th ed. (136-25 through 136-26). Sources: 1. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW Title: Pullen010502.FTW Note: Call number: Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
1055
Emma
Ramsay
1071
William
le
Brus
1071
Duncan
le
Brus
1071
Rosselina
le
Brus
1030 - 1089
Robert
le
Brus
59
59
[Pullen010502.FTW] Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, (1883 ed., 1996 reprint), page 80; Weis, Ancestral Roots, 7th ed. (136-25 through 136-26). Sources: 1. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW Title: Pullen010502.FTW Note: Call number: Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
1025 - 1094
Emma
de
Brittany
69
69
1005 - 1046
Robert
le
Bruce
41
41
Sources: 1. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW Title: Pullen010502.FTW Note: Call number: Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002
1017
Felicia
of
Normandy
0990
Ostrida
Regenwaldsdatter
0997 - 1040
Allan
of
Brittany
43
43
1036 - 1072
Hawise
of
Brittany
36
36
1008 - 1083
Robert
of
Anjou
75
75
0999 - 1079
Eudes
of
Brittany
80
80
# Note: GEOFFREY, DUKE OF BRITTANY, married Hawise, daughter of Richard I, DUKE OFNORMANDY, and died in 1008, leaving two sons, Alan and Eudon. During their mother's lifetime the two brothers seem to have been joint rulers of Brittany, but on her death, on 21 February 1034, dissensions broke out between them; peace was restored by a settlement under which Eudon received a territory corresponding roughly to the dioceses of Dol, St. Mialo, St. Brieuc and Tréguier, reduced in the hands of his successors to the two last-named dioceses, while Alan retained the rest of Brittany. After the death of Alan in 1040 Eudon seized the government of Brittany to the exclusion of his nephew Conan, who recovered it in 1057. Eudon died 7 January 1079. He married Orguen, whose parentage is unknown. [Complete Peerage X:779-81, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
1010
William
Ramsay
1070 - 1138
Fulk
Paynel
68
68
1074
Beatrix
Fitzansculf
de Picquigny
1020 - 1087
William
Paynel
67
67
1040
Lesceline
de
Fontenay
1090
Gervaise
Pagnell
1095 - 1154
William
de
Arches
59
59
Sources: Title: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Author: Mark Willis Ballard Abbrev: Mark Willis Ballard Abbrev: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Note: 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 mwballard52@yahoo.com Date: 4 NOV 2003 Title: GEDCOM File : !!June-2004-Sanders-Weaver-Lay.ged Author: David William Weaver Abbrev: David William Weaver Abbrev: GEDCOM File : !!June-2004-Sanders-Weaver-Lay.ged Note: 812-689-5624 dave@satcover.com Date: 23 MAY 2004 Title: GEDCOM File : 8-08-04-Weaver-Sanders-Lay-Ancstry Tree.ged Abbrev: GEDCOM File : 8-08-04-Weaver-Sanders-Lay-Ancstry Tree.ged Date: 8 AUG 2004 Title: GEDCOM File : ALL-AN~1.ged Abbrev: GEDCOM File : ALL-AN~1.ged Date: 14 SEP 2004 Title: GEDCOM File : !!~!The One To Use-Weaver And Sanders.ged Abbrev: GEDCOM File : !!~!The One To Use-Weaver And Sanders.ged Date: 14 OCT 2004
1100
Jueta
Ivetta
1059 - 1116
Osbern
Giffard
57
57
1035
Beatrice
de
Bolebec
1080
Matilda
1120 - 1194
Bernard Guy
Reginald de
Baliol
74
74
1128
Agnes
de
Picquigny
1170
Ingleham
de
Baliol
1146 - 1190
Walter
de
Berkeley
44
44
1154
Eva of
Galloway
~1118 - 1174
Echtred
of
Galloway
56
56
born: at or before 1121 [Ref: The Scots Peerage, 1904, v4 p136], parents: [Ref: Weis AR7 121b:27, 38:24], father: [Ref: Watney p430, 886] Jim, I have place of birth as Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland. Possibly Ayrshire is short for Argylshire... Curt Note: There are places named Carrick in Ayrshire, Argyll & Bute (Argyllshire), and Fife. Apparently Uchtred was from Ayrshire -not Argyllshire... Jim marriage: names: [Ref: Mg Crt Barons, Turton, Watney 430, 886, Weis AR738:2, 121b:27] Roland's father Uhtred married Gunnilda daughter of Waltheof, lord of Allerdale in Cumberland. [Ref: Essays of the Nobility of Medieval Scotland by K.J. Stringer, Edinburgh, 1985, p49 (citing Bruce by G.W.S. Barrow p36, n2)] died: 22 Sep 1174 [Ref: Peerage of Scotland by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, v1 p612-13, Watney 430, Weis AR7 121b:27] 1174[Ref: Weis AR7 38:24] murdered by his nephew, Malcolm, at the instigation of his brother, Gilbert [Ref: Watney 430] Fergus was succeeded in the lordship of Galloway by his son Uchtred. . . .His brother Gilbert, having first torn out his eyes and brutally mutilated him, put him to death. Blinding and castration was used in Celtic times to make a man ineligible for the kingship; Gilbert apparently thought himself a monarch and wanted his brother out of the way. [Ref: A History of Dumfries and Galloway by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Edinburgh, 1896, p54] Biographical notes: Uchtred first appears 7 July 1136 when he and his father, Fergus, witnessed a charter of King David I granting land in Perdeyc or Patrick to the Church of Glasgow, when that church was dedicated. Considering he was at least 15, that would place his birth at or before 1121 and during the lifetime of his presumed grandfather, Henry I, who died in 1135. [Ref: The Scots Peerage, 1904 v4 p136] note: 'presumed' implies his mother was possibly not the (illegit) dau of Henry I whereas CP, ES, Louda, Paget & Weis all say she was. Need to re-check these sources to see if they show any qualifications to the connection... Curt Uchtred, youngest son, divided with Gilbert the extensive inheritance of Fergus. They led their forces to the army of King William the Lion, when he invaded Northumberland in 1174. The natives of Galloway rebelled. Gilbert and Uchtred gave homage to Henry II of England. Gilbert's son Malcolm murdered Uchtred 22 September 1174, and was resisted by Roland. [Ref: Peerage of Scotland by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, v1 p612-13] In summary, Uchtred murdered his brother Gilbert on 22 Sept 1174 after their return from England. On 4 July 1175, a battle in 'Galweta' was fought between Uchtred's son Roland and Gillepatrick, in which many were slain, most on the side of the latter. Soon after, in another battle with Gillecolum, the latter was slain along with a brother of Roland. Gillecolum was probably the same person as Gillecolam, a son of Somerled's by a previous marriage. If so, he no doubt contended for the rule of Galloway. In this there is another link to our statement that Fergus, first Lord of Galloway, and Somerled were connected. They carried the same armorial bearings--viz., a lion rampant--which, as we have described elsewhere, was of Scandanavian origin. [Ref: History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway by P.H. M'Kerlie, New Edition, 1906 v1 p118-9] --- Sources: Title: AFN: Abbrev: AFN: Title: The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens Abbrev: The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens Author: Mike Ashley Publication: Carroll & Graf Pubishers, 1998 Title: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Abbrev: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Author: Paul B. McBride Title: Royal Ancestors of the Magna Charta Barons Abbrev: Royal Ancestors of the Magna Charta Barons Author: Carr P. Collins, Jr. Title: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors Abbrev: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Author: Lloyd A. Horocks Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Abbrev: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Author: Jim Weber Title: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650 Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New Author: Frederick Lewis Weis Publication: Genealogical Publishing, Inc. Sixth Edition, 1988
1126
Gunnild
of
Dunbar
~1164 - 1200
Roland
of
Galloway
36
36
Roland, the father of Alan and Thomas, obtained extensive estates in the shires of Northampton, Huntingdon, and Bedford, in right of his wife, Elena de Moreville [Ref: Turton] 'During the 1180s the king [William the Lion] struck up an alliance with Lachlan (or 'Roland'), lord of Galloway, who had married into the Anglo-Norman family of Moreville, and whose change of name neatly captures the interaction that was beginning between the native and foreign cultures. When in 1187 William was again faced by a northern uprising, it was Roland who captured its leader, Donald mac William, a distant kinsman of the king'. p. 59: 'Roland of Galloway's marriage to the Moreville heiress expanded the family's interests.' [Ref:Political Development of the British Isles 1100-1400, by Robin Frame, Oxford, 1990, p. 42] 'Roland, Lord of Galloway, the son of Uchtred. On the death of his uncle, Gilbert, in 1185, Roland rose in arms, and possessed himself of all of Galloway.' Henry II threatened to invade in 1186; Roland agreed to swear fealty, give his three sons as hostages, and keep Uchtred's lands. Gilbert's son Duncan got Carrick. 'Roland greatly increased his lands by marrying Eva, Ela, or Helena, daughter of Richard de Moreville, Constable of Scotland, who died 1196. Roland inherited the office of Constable. Issue: 1. Alan. 2. Thomas, Earl of Atholl. 3. ---,hostage in 1186. Daughter Ada married Sir Walter Bisset.' [Ref:'Peerage of Scotland' by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, v 1, pp. 612-13] 'On the death of the cruel Gilbert in 1185, Roland, son of Uchtred, claimed the lordship of Galloway. . . . Roland, the father of Alan and Thomas, obtained extensive estates in the shires of Northampton, Huntingdon, and Bedford, in right of his wife, Elena de Moreville (Joseph Bain, 'Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland', vol. i, p. 47).' [Ref: A History of Dumfries and Galloway' by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Edinburgh, 1896, p 56] 'In 1200 Lachlan, alias Roland, son of Uhtred lord of Galloway, remembered . . . that his wife Helen de Morville, heir of her father Richard and of her grandmother Beatrice de Beauchamp, was entitled to four knights' fees respectively at Bozeat, Northants, Whissendine and Whitwell in Rutland, Offord in Huntingdonshire, and Houghton Conquest beside Bedford--the 5 hides at Houghton having been originally acquired by Hugh de Beauchamp, Beatrice's grandfather, probably not long before 1086.' [Ref: The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History' by G.W.S. Barrow, Oxford, 1980, p 17] --- Sources: Title: AFN: Abbrev: AFN: Title: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Abbrev: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Author: Paul B. McBride Title: The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens Abbrev: The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens Author: Mike Ashley Publication: Carroll & Graf Pubishers, 1998 Title: Royal Ancestors of the Magna Charta Barons Abbrev: Royal Ancestors of the Magna Charta Barons Author: Carr P. Collins, Jr. Title: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors Abbrev: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Author: Lloyd A. Horocks Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Abbrev: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Author: Jim Weber Title: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650 Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New Author: Frederick Lewis Weis Publication: Genealogical Publishing, Inc. Sixth Edition, 1988
1075 - 1161
Fergus
Dunbar of
Galloway
86
86
1095 - 1167
Elizabeth
of
Normandy
72
72
1130
Margaret
le
Galloway
1062 - 1138
Walter
Dunbar
76
76
1163
Maud
Plantagenet
1166
Suzanne
de
Warenne
1110 - 1174
Ela de
Talvas
64
64
# Note: He [William de Warenne] married Ela or Ala, daughter of William TALVAS, COUNT OF PONTHIEU (son of Robert DE BELLÊME, 3rd EARL OF SHREWSBURY), by Ela, widow of Bertrand, COUNT OF TOULOUSE, and daughter of Eudes BOREL, DUKE OF BURGUNDY. He died s.p.m. 19 January 1147/8, being slain when the rearguard of the French King's army was cut to pieces in the defiles of Laodicea. His widow married, probably in or before 1152, Patrick (DE SALISBURY), 1st EARL OF WILTSHIRE or SALISBURY (died 1168). She is said to have died 4 October 1174. # Note: Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 Page: 112 Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 83-25, 108-26 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XI:375-7 ,XII/1:497
1145 - 1224
Gundred
de
Warenne
79
79
1085
Clementia
of
Burgundy
1320 - 1362
Mary of
Lancaster
Plantagenet
42
42
1130 - 1202
Hammelin
Plantagent
De Warrenne
72
72
# Note: Hameline Plantagenet, natural brother to King Henry II, likewise obtained, jure uxoris, the Earldom of Surrey, and assumed the surname and arms of de Warren. This nobleman bore one of the three swords at the second coronation of Richard I, and in the 6th of the same reign [1195], he was with that king in his army in Normandy. He d. 7 May, 1202, four years after the countess, having had issue, William, Adela, Maud, another dau. who m. Gilbert de Aquila, Isabel, and Margaret. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey]
1468
Elizabeth
Percy
1110 - 1147
William
de
Warenne
37
37
# Note: WILLIAM (DE WARENNE) III, EARL OF SURREY, 1st son and heir, was born probably in 1119. In June 1137 he was one of the nobles who deserted Stephen's army in Normandy. The King pursued them to Pontaudemer, where he held William de Warenne junior and other youths and did his best to pacify them; but did not dare to make them fight. He was with his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan, at Rouen on 18 Dec. 113 8, and at Oxford in 1139 or early in 1140. On 2 February 1140/1 he was in Stephen's army at the battle of Lincoln, and with Waleran fled before the enemy's opening charge. However, the brothers soon rallied to the Queen and were with her in London about June 1141. After the King's release on 1 November he witnessed royal charters at Canterbury at Christmas 1141 and at Ipswich early in 1142. On Palm Sunday, 24 March 1145/6, he took the cross, and in June 1147 he set off on crusade. He was a benefactor to the priories of Lewes, Castle Acre, Nosteil and Thetford, the Templars and St. Mary's Abbey, York. He married Ela or Ala, daughter of William TALVAS, COUNT OF PONTHIEU (son of Robert DE BELLÊME, 3rd EARL OF SHREWSBURY), by Ela, widow of Bertrand, COUNT OF TOULOUSE, and daughter of Eudes BOREL, DUKE OF BURGUNDY. He died s.p.m. 19 January 1147/8, being slain when the rearguard of the French King's army was cut to pieces in the defiles of Laodicea (i). His widow married, probably in or before 1152, Patrick (DE SALISBURY), 1st EARL OF WILTSHIRE or SALISBURY (died 1168). She is said to have died 4 October 1174. [Complete Peerage XII/1:496-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] # Note: (i) He left an only daughter and heir Isabel. He was probably the first to assume the checkered shield of gold and azure, differenced by the change of colour from the checkered shield borne by his half-brother Waleran, Count of Meulan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- # Note: William de Warrenne (Earl of Warrenne), 3rd Earl of Surrey, zealously espoused the cause of King Stephen and had a chief command in the army of that monarch in the battle fought at Lincoln between him and the adherents of the Empress Maud. His lordship m. Adela, dau. of William Talvace, son of Robert de Belesmé, Earl of Shrewsbury, and had by her (who m. 2ndly, Patrick de Evreux, Earl of Salisbury) had an only dau. and heir, Isabel. In 1147, the Earl of Warrenne and Surrey assumed the cross and accompanoied Lewis, King of France, to the Holy Land against the Saracens. From this unfortunate enterprise the earl never returned, but whether he fell in battle or died in captivity has not been ascertained. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey] Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 Page: 112 Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 108-26 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/1:496-7
1170
Agnes
de
Berkeley
1364 - 1425
Ralph
de
Neville
61
61
The "Kingmaker's" grandfather, the 1st Earl of Westmorland settled about half the original Neville estates on the children of his second marriage, whereas the subsequent Earls of Westmorland were the product of his first. It thus came about that the 2nd-6th Earls of Westmorland were actually less well-endowed territorially than their ancestors who had been mere barons. The pre-eminence of that branch of the family represented by the Earls of Salisbury/Warwick, who stemmed from the second marriage, was made correspondingly easier. --- The 1st Earl of Westmorland had multiplicity of children: nine by the first wife, fourteen by his second. Of his 23 in all, four were peers, three were duchesses and another four daughters the wives of lesser peers; moreover of those three duchesses one was mother of two kings. Between 1450 and 1455 no fewer than 13 members of the family had seats in the House of Lords. This very fecundity like that of Edward III, engendered quarrels. There was rivalry between the two branches of the family, which grew from a dispute about family estates into a difference as to dynastic loyalties. It thus served as an overture to the Wars of the Roses, one which was made even more ominous by a dispute between the Nevilles, represented by the 1st Marquess of Montagu and the Percys. [Burke's Peerage] --------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Ralph de Neville, KG, b. c 1346, d. Raby 21 Oct 1425, created 1st Earl of Westmorland 1397; m. (1) Margaret Stafford, d. 9 June 1396; m. (2) before 29 Nov 1396 Joan Beaufort, d. Howden 13 Nov 1440, widow of Robert Ferrers, daughter of John, Duke of Lancaster and Katharine (Roet) Swynford. [Magna Charta Sureties] --------------------------------------------------------------- Sixth Baron Neville of Raby, became a Knight of the Garter and 1st Earl Westmoreland September 29, 1397. As a Lancasterian, he opposed Richard II in 1399 and conveyed Richard's resignation to the convention. He assisted in the coronation of Henry IV and was a member of the council of regency appointed to rule in the infancy of King Henry V. With his second marriage to Joan Beaufort, a widowed daughter of John Of Gaunt, fourth son of Edward III, this favorably affected Joan and Ralph's wealth and social prestige, making possible brilliant marriages for their children. In 1450, five of Ralph's sons, five sons-in-law and several grandsons were in Parliament. --- Held many offices, among them Constable of the Tower of London and in 1399, Marshall of England the year he was created Earl of Richmond. He was a member of Richards II's privy council, saw service at Agincourt on October 25, 1415 where Henry won a victory over the superior numbers of French owing to his superior generalship. --- He married his first wife Margaret, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford by special dispensation from Pope Urban V, because of their close relationship. --- The marriage to Joan, his second wife, was a much more distinguished one as the line now descends through the royal house of England. summoned to Parliament from December 6, 1389 to November 30, 1396. --- Some say he is the son of Elizabeth Latimer --- Was created Earl of Westmorland by Richard II on 9-29-1397 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ralph de Nevill, 4th baron, summoned to parliament from 6 December, 1389, to 30 November, 1396. This nobleman took a leading part in the political drama of his day and sustained it with more than ordinary ability. In the lifetime of his father (9th Richard II), he was joined with Thomas Clifford, son of Lord Clifford, and was appointed a commissionership for the guardianship of the West Marches. In three years after this he succeeded to the title, and in two years subsequently he was one of the commissioners appointed to treat with the Kings of France and Scotland, touching a truce made by them with the King of England. In the 21st Richard II [1378], he was made constable of the Tower of London and shortly afterwards advanced in full parliament to the dignity of Earl of Westmoreland. His lordship was of the privy council to King Richard and had much favour from that monarch, yet he was one of the most active in raising Henry, of Lancaster, to the throne as Henry IV, and was rewarded by the new king in the first year of his reign with a grant of the county and honour of Richmond for his life, and with the great office of Earl Marshal of England. Soon after this, he stoutly resisted the Earl of Northumberland in his rebellion and forced the Percies, who had advanced as far as Durham, to fall back upon Prudhoe, when the battle of Shrewsbury ensued, in which the gallant Hotspur sustained so signal a defeat, and closed his impetuous career. The earl was afterwards governor of the town and castle of Carlisle, warden of the West Marches towards Scotland, and governor of Roxborough. He was also a knight of the Garter. His lordship m. 1st, Lady Margaret Stafford, dau. of Hugh, Earl Stafford, K.G., for which marriage a dispensation was obtained from Pope Urban V, the earl and his bride being within the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity; by this lady he had issue, John, Lord Nevill; Ralph; Maud; Phillippa; Alice; Margaret; Anne; Margery; and Elizabeth. The earl m. 2ndly, Joan de Beaufort, dau. of John of Gaunt, by Katherine Swynford, and widow of Robert, Lord Ferrers, of Wem, by whom he had issue, Richard; William; George; Edward; Cuthbert; Henry; Thomas; Catherine; Eleanor; Anne; Jane; and Cicely. This great earl d. in 1425 and was s. by his grandson, Ralph Nevill, 5th Baron Nevill, of Raby. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, pp. 393-4, Nevill, Barons Nevill, of Raby, Earls of Westmoreland] --- Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 10-33, 207-34 Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 45-7, 47-7, 8-9, 8a-9 Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 12-13, 14 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/1:450 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I5824 --- 1st Earl of Westmoreland, 6th Baron Raby, K. G. Neville, Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364?-1425), English soldier and statesman. Born the 4th Baron Neville of Raby, Neville was knighted in 1380 and created earl of Westmorland in 1397 by Richard II in recognition of his assistance to Richard against the lords appellant (a coterie of noblemen who had accused Richard’s supporters of treason). Neville rebelled against Richard II in 1399 and assisted Henry IV in gaining the crown, for which he was granted the office of marshal of England for life. After the defeat of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland, and his son Sir Henry Percy, called Hotspur, in their revolt against Henry IV in 1403 at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Westmorland was given the wardenship of the west marches. In the revolt of 1405, in which Archbishop Richard Scrope and Thomas Mowbray, 3rd earl of Nottingham, accused Henry of treason, Neville took Scrope and Mowbray prisoners. Neville was thereafter constantly occupied in negotiations to keep the peace on the Scottish border, and was one of the executors of Henry V's will and regent for his son. Neville was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson, Ralph Neville, who died in 1484. The title remained with his descendants until it reverted to the crown with the condemnation in 1571 of Charles Neville, 6th earl of Westmorland, for his part in the attempted liberation of Mary, Queen of Scots. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
1393 - 1455
Henry
Percy
62
62
Henry Percy (1392/3 - 1455), 1st Earl of Northumberland, was the son of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy. He was restored to favor by Henry V, receiving his grandfather's estates and re-creation of the earldom. Percy was on the regency council in the early years of the reign of Henry VI. He was killed fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of St Albans. Percy married Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and was succeeded as earl by his eldest son. There were two battles during the English Wars of the Roses fought in or near the town of St Albans. The first Battle of St Albans was the first battle of the war and was fought on May 22, 1455. Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeated the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, who was killed. York captured King Henry VI of England and had himself appointed Constable of England. The second Battle of St Albans was fought February 22, 1461. With the defeat and death of the Duke of York the previous December (at the Battle of Wakefield, and York's son and heir busy in the west (where the Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought a few days before the engagement at St Albans), the way was clear for the Lancastrians (lead by Queen Margaret ) to march south towards London, pillaging and sacking as they went. They were intercepted near St Albans by forces commanded by the Earl of Warwick. Warwick had his men set up an array of defenses, including ditches and spikes, but they were surprised and defeated before these were complete. The Lancastrians captured King Henry, who supposedly spent the battle sitting under a tree, singing. But they did not press their advantage by marching south to London. The reasons are not clear; it may be that their reputation for pillaging had preceeded them as the Londoners would not open their gates. The Battle of Hexham (May 15, 1464) marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV. John Neville, later to be 1st Marquess of Montagu, led a modest force of 3,000-4,000 men, routed the rebel Lancastrians. Most of the rebel leaders were captured and executed, including Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. Henry VI, however, was kept safely away (having been captured in battle 3 times earlier in his life), and escaped to the north. With their leadership gone, only a few castles remained in rebel hands. After these fell later in the year, Edward IV was not seriously challenged until the Earl of Warwick switched sides in 1469.
1069 - 1135
Henry
England
66
66
Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. Because his father, who died in 1087, left him no land, Henry made several unsuccessful attempts to gain territories on the Continent. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother—Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne—to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. Henry subsequently secured his position with the nobles and with the church by issuing a charter of liberties that acknowledged the feudal rights of the nobles and the rights of the church. In 1101 Robert, who was duke of Normandy, invaded England, but Henry persuaded him to withdraw by promising him a pension and military aid on the Continent. In 1102 Henry put down a revolt of nobles, who subsequently took refuge in Normandy (Normandie), where they were aided by Robert. By defeating Robert at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry won Normandy. During the rest of his reign, however, he constantly had to put down uprisings that threatened his rule in Normandy. The conflict between Henry and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, over the question of lay investiture (the appointment of church officials by the king), was settled in 1107 by a compromise that left the king with substantial control in the matter. Because he had no surviving male heir, Henry was forced to designate his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death on December 1, 1135, at Lyons-la-Fôret, Normandy, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended only with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Henry I (c.1068 - December 1, 1135), called Henry Beauclerk or Henry Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests, was the youngest son of William the Conqueror. He reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. He was also known by the nickname "Lion of Justice". His reign is noted for his limitations on the power of the crown, his improvements in the machinery of government, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial decision to name his daughter as his heir. Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive schooling for a young nobleman of that time period. He was probably the first Norman ruler to be fluent in English. His father William, upon his death in 1087, bequeathed his dominions to his sons in the following manner: Robert received the Duchy of Normandy William received the Kingdom of England Henry received 5000 pounds of silver It is reported that he prophesied that Henry would eventually get everything his father had (Cross, 1917). The two older brothers made an agreement that if either died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother. When William II died in 1100, however, Robert was returning from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Henry to seize the keys of the royal hoard at Winchester. He was accepted as king by the leading barons and was crowned three days later on August 5 at Westminster. He immediately secured his position among the nobles by issuing the Charter of Liberties, which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta. On November 11, 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling, the marriage united the Norman line with old English line of kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities, Edith changed her named to Matilda upon becoming queen. The following year in 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize back the crown by an invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 marks, which Henry proceeded to pay. In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel. In 1106, he decisively defeated his brother's Norman army at Tinchebray. He imprisoned his brother and appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of England, thus reuniting his father's dominions. As king, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including: issuing the Charter of Liberties restoring laws of King Edward the Confessor. He had two children by Matilda before her death in 1118: Maud, born February 1102, and William Adelin, born November 1103. On January 29, 1121, he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey, Count of Louvain, but there were no children from this marriage. He also holds the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with a provisional total of twenty-five. One of his illegitimate daughters, Sybilla, married King Alexander I of Scotland. However, his only legitimate son William Adelin perished in the wreck of the White Ship, on November 25, 1120, off the coast of Normandy. Also among the dead were Henry's illegitimate son Richard and illegitimate daughter Matilda, Countess of Perche, as well as a niece, Lucia de Blois. Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Matilda, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir. Henry died of food poisoning from eating foul lampreys in December, 1135, at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy and was buried at Reading Abbey. Although Henry's barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter Matilda as their queen, Matilda's sex and her remarriage to the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Boulogne to come to England and claim the throne with popular support. The struggle between Matilda and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen's naming of Matilda's son, Henry, as his heir in 1153. --- # Note: Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town. # Note: At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus. # Note: Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting. # Note: Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realises that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir. # Note: Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please. # Note: In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of £2,000. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved. # Note: He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry had known for many years as a dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy. # Note: In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign. # Note: In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organisation within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used. # Note: In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir. # Note: Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimoney of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well. # Note: But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995] # Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 161-9 Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Page: Henry I Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 262-27, 33a-23
~1115 - 1151
Adelicia
of
Brabrant
36
36
D. 1069
Adela
de
Rameru
1035 - 1086
William
d'Arques
51
51
# Note: William of Arques has been the subject of an exhaustive study by Professor D. C. Douglas in the introduction to his edition "The Domesday Monacharum of Christ Church Canterbury", where full references are given to the authorities; and it is unnecessary to go over the ground again. Briefly he held Folkestone, Kent, and was the son of Godfrey Vicomte of Arques. The identity of the tenant of Folkstone is established by the fact that it passed to Nigel de Monville who had married his daughter and coheiress Emma. He must not be confused with William of Arques, a monk of Moleme who was a counsellor of Robert Curthose, and still less with William, count of Arques, the uncle of William the Conqueror. The ruined castle of Arques-la-Bataille is well known.
1049 - 1093
William
de
Braose
44
44
[Pullen010502.FTW] SRCES: Weis/Sheppard Magna Carta Sureties Weis/Sheppard Ancestral Roots, 7th Ed. Complete Peerage Dict. Nat. Biog. Visit. Shropshire (St.Peter pedigree) Bromfield's Norfolk Pedigrees from Plea Rolls a series of articles on Braose in vol 4-6 of The Genealogist (the old one) William de Braose, First Lord of Bramber (d. 1093/1096) participated in the Battle of Hastings in support of William the Conqueror. de Braose was given lands in south western England, adjacent to Wales, and became one of the most powerful of the Marcher Lords. William was succeeded as Lord of Bramber by his son, Philip. William was present for the consecration of a church in his hometown of Briouze (whence the name Braose), France, in 1093, so we know he was alive in that year. However, Philip was issuing charters as Lord of Bramber in 1096, indicating that William died sometime between those dates. Sources: 1. Abbrev: Pullen010502.FTW Title: Pullen010502.FTW Note: Call number: Text: Date of Import: Jan 5, 2002 --- WILLIAM DE BRAOSE,(+) a Norman Baron, received large grants from the Conqueror after the Conquest in several counties, Bramber Castle, in Sussex, being his headquarters; married Agnes, daughter of Waldron de St. Clare. In Normandy William de Braose was Lord of the Honor of Braose or Brieuze, a castle situated within two leagues of Falaise, where William the Conqueror was born
0952 - 0992
Ermengard
of
Anjou
40
40
0958 - 1026
Richard
Normandy
68
68
1113 - 1151
Geoffrey
Plantagenate
Of Anjou
38
38
Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 - September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called "Geoffrey the Fair" or "Geoffrey Plantagent", was the son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem. Geoffrey's mother was Eremburg of La Fleche, heiress of Maine. Geoffrey himself became the father of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings. Nicknamed for the sprig of broom (= ''gen t'' plant, in French) he wore in his hat as a badge, at the age of 15 he married Matilda, the daughter of Henry I of England and widow of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. The marriage in 1128 was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, and their marriage was a stormy one, but she survived him. Their eldest son became Henry II of England. The year after the marriage Geoffrey's father left for Jerusalem (where he was to become king), leaving Geoffrey behind as count as Anjou. When King Henry died in 1135, Maud's cousin Stephen seized the throne. While Maud turned her attentions to England, Geoffrey focused on the conquest of Normandy. This was to take a decade of steady seigework and alliance-building, a process Geoffrey would not abandon even when his wife pleaded for help in England. The merits of this strategy are sometimes debated. While Angevin forces might have been decisive if brought over to England, it also seems that the possession of Normandy played a role, possibly even a decisive one, in the eventual success of their son Henry in taking the English crown. Geoffrey also put down three baronial rebellions in Anjou, in 1129, 1135, and 1145-1151. The threat of rebellion slowed his progress in Normandy, and is one reason he could not intervene in England. In the remaining years of his life, Geoffrey consolidated his hold on Normandy, reforming the administration of the duchy, and, in 1150, introduced Henry into its rule. He died on September 7, 1151, still a young man, and is buried in Le Mans Cathedral in France. Geoffrey and Matilda had three sons, Henry, Geoffrey, and William. He also had an illegitimate son, Hamelin de Warenne. The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law Geoffrey and granted him a badge of gold lions (or leopards) on a blue background. (A gold lion may already have been Henry s own badge.) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy. Henry's son, Richard I, added a third lion to distinguish the arms of England. References Jim Bradbury, "Geoffrey V of Anjou, Count and Knight", in The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood III Charles H. Haskins, "Normandy Under Geoffrey Plantagenet", The English Historical Review, volume 27 (July 1912), pp. 417-444
0987 - 1031
Brusi
Sigurdsson
44
44
1003 - 1050
Heleve
Arlette de
Falaise
47
47
Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: cxiv Text: Harlette is the common mother between William I and Robert de Mortain. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 121-23, 130-23 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: III:164 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I5702
1055
Emma
Ramsay
0971 - 1008
Geoffrey
of
Anjou
37
37
# Note: GEOFFREY, DUKE OF BRITTANY, married Hawise, daughter of Richard I, DUKE OFNORMANDY, and died in 1008, leaving two sons, Alan and Eudon. During their mother's lifetime the two brothers seem to have been joint rulers of Brittany, but on her death, on 21 February 1034, dissensions broke out between them; peace was restored by a settlement under which Eudon received a territory corresponding roughly to the dioceses of Dol, St. Mialo, St. Brieuc and Tréguier, reduced in the hands of his successors to the two last-named dioceses, while Alan retained the rest of Brittany. After the death of Alan in 1040 Eudon seized the government of Brittany to the exclusion of his nephew Conan, who recovered it in 1057. Eudon died 7 January 1079. He married Orguen, whose parentage is unknown. [Complete Peerage X:779-81, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
1029 - 1087
Adeliza
of
Normandy
58
58
1322 - 1368
Isabel
Percy
46
46
0968 - 1034
Havlive
Rouen
66
66
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 39-22Text: illegal dau of Richard I ,Page: 214-22
1003
Geoffrey
de
Bretagne
1005
Adela
de
Bretagne
1008
Hawise
de
Bretagne
1010
William
Ramsay
1086 - 1164
Agnes
de
Arches
78
78
gift dated 1144-55 to the nuns at Nunkeeling, which establishment she founded, "pro salute anime domini mei Herberti de Sancto Quintino et pro animabus Walteri et Alani filiorum meorum." [Farrer. EYC v.3 p.53]. Agnes is referred to as Alice's mother in a gift made to Nunkeeling by the latter between 1164-1170
1168
Maud de
Louvain
de Percy
1051 - 1094
Robert
de
Bruis
43
43
1043 - 1100
Roger
de
Pitres
57
57
1009
Hedwige
de
Normandy
1138
Emma
Plantagenet
1002 - 1085
Bertha
de
Blois
83
83
1228 - 1271
William
de
Percy
43
43
1162
Piers
de
Bruce
1170
Loderina
de
Brus
1198
Henry
de
Baliol
1145
Annabel
de
Baliol
1160
Eustace
de
Baliol
1150
Enetau
de
Baliol
1106
Guermond
de
Picquigny
1130
Eustace
de
Picquigny
1078
Arnoul
de
Picquigny
1102
Mellisende
de
Picquigny
1040 - 1085
Eustace
de
Picquigny
45
45
1172
Margaret
de
Berkeley
1178
Richard
de
Berkeley
1185
Roger
de
Berkeley
1125
John
de
Berkeley
1158
Robert
de
Berkeley
1160
Theobald
de
Berkeley
1162
Richenda
de
Berkeley
1100 - 1169
John
de
Berkeley
69
69
1126
Richard
de
Berkeley
1090
Walter
de
Berkeley
1069
John
de
Berkeley
1002
Stephanie
de
Normandy
0990 - 1017
Aelis
Adelaide of
Normandy
27
27
1000
Judith
de
Normandy
1007
Felicia
de
Normandie
1162 - 1221
Peter
de
Brus
59
59
Some sources have this Peter/Piers as the son of Adam III instead of Adam II --- Sources: Title: AFN: Abbrev: AFN: Title: Royal Genealogy Abbrev: Royal Genealogy Author: Brian Tompsett Publication: 1994-1999 Title: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Abbrev: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Author: Paul B. McBride Title: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors Abbrev: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Author: Lloyd A. Horocks Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Abbrev: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Author: Jim Weber Title: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650 Abbrev: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New Author: Frederick Lewis Weis Publication: Genealogical Publishing, Inc. Sixth Edition, 1988
1142 - 1215
William
de
Bruce
73
73
1226 - 1282
Isabel
de
Warenne
56
56
1132
Ada
de
Percy
1134
Walter
de
Percy
1136
Richard
de
Percy
1138
William
de
Percy
1140
Alan
de
Percy
1142
Maud
de
Percy
1144
Alice
de
Percy
1146
Emma
de
Percy
1122
Robert
de
Arches
Sources: Title: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Author: Mark Willis Ballard Abbrev: Mark Willis Ballard Abbrev: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged Note: 6928 N. Lakewood Avenue 773-743-6663 mwballard52@yahoo.com Date: 4 NOV 2003 Title: GEDCOM File : !!June-2004-Sanders-Weaver-Lay.ged Author: David William Weaver Abbrev: David William Weaver Abbrev: GEDCOM File : !!June-2004-Sanders-Weaver-Lay.ged Note: 812-689-5624 dave@satcover.com Date: 23 MAY 2004 Title: GEDCOM File : 8-08-04-Weaver-Sanders-Lay-Ancstry Tree.ged Abbrev: GEDCOM File : 8-08-04-Weaver-Sanders-Lay-Ancstry Tree.ged Date: 8 AUG 2004 Title: GEDCOM File : ALL-AN~1.ged Abbrev: GEDCOM File : ALL-AN~1.ged Date: 14 SEP 2004 Title: GEDCOM File : !!~!The One To Use-Weaver And Sanders.ged Abbrev: GEDCOM File : !!~!The One To Use-Weaver And Sanders.ged Date: 14 OCT 2004
1038
Maud
de
Arques
0998
Helen
1126 - 1184
Gilbert
de
Molle
58
58
1124
Bethoc of
Galloway
de Molle
1120
Aufrica of
Galloway
de Molle
1040 - 1124
Everard
de
Ros
84
84
1012
Gospatric
de
Port
0969
Geofrey
de
Percie
[scary.ged] Geoffrey II, Count de Caux, Sieur de Percie. Sources: 1. Title: scary.ged Author: Susan (Poliksa) Cary scary @ infowest.com Publication: RootsWeb World Connect, db=poliksa Repository: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Oct 3, 2001
0945
William
de
Percie
[scary.ged] William, Sieur de Percie, Governor of South Normandy, Comte of Caux; slain by Hugh Capet, King of France. Sources: 1. Title: scary.ged Author: Susan (Poliksa) Cary scary @ infowest.com Publication: RootsWeb World Connect, db=poliksa Repository: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Oct 3, 2001
0912
Geoffrey
de
Percie
[scary.ged] Geoffrey, associate of Rollo, baptized at Artois A. D. 912. Rollo became a Christian, but still held to many of his pagan customs. Sources: 1. Title: scary.ged Author: Susan (Poliksa) Cary scary @ infowest.com Publication: RootsWeb World Connect, db=poliksa Repository: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Oct 3, 2001
0884
Mainfred
de
Percie
[scary.ged] There was, perhaps, no more illustrious house of English nobility than that of Percy. Both in the age of chivalry, and in the so-called "Renaissance" or Reformation period, the house of Northumberland occupied a position of great, if not paramount, importance. The Percies were Catholic, but not Ultramontane; Monarchial, but steadfast opponents of tyrants; they contributed more than their share to the development of the National Church and Constitution. Heroes in war, pioneers of learning, martyrs for religion, are all represented by Percies; while from the earliest period there has been no grander title than that of King or Earl of Northumbria. Tradition bestows upon these lords of Percie a remote Scandinavian origin, and monkish historians afterwards traced the house from those old Danish sea-rovers who harried every European shore from Shannon to the mouth of the Tiber. In the words of Dugdale: This ancient and right noble family do derive their descent from Mainfred de Percy, which Mainfred came out of Denmark into Normandy before the advent of the famous Rollo there. And another chronicler of the 15th century tells us that a son of this Mainfred, the Viking, was one of those who fought side by side with Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy. Mainfred, who came out of Denmark into Normandy before the advent of Duke Rollo, who gained possession of Normandy in 911. Sources for Percy Family: History of House of Percy, by Brenan; author's preface, p. XVII; Introduction. Charts pp. 6 and 168, pages 1 to 93; Edmondson Baronagium Genealogicum, Vol. 3, pp. 269-270. ; Collins Peerage of England, Vol. 2, p. 240; Vol. 3, pp. 217-273; Clay's Dormant and Extinct Peerage, pp. 21-24; Harleian Society Publications, Visitation of Cheshire, Vol. 18, p. 140; Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Vol. 3, pp. 306, 363, 394; Burke's Landed Gentry (1939), Americans of British Ancestry, Vol. 3, pp. 2759-60. --- Sources: 1. Title: scary.ged Author: Susan (Poliksa) Cary scary @ infowest.com Publication: RootsWeb World Connect, db=poliksa Repository: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Oct 3, 2001
~1086
Sigrid
Ceanmore
1044
William
de
Picquigny
1014 - 1066
Ansculf
de
Picquigny
52
52
He served in the military in 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England. Ansculf was made Lord of the Manor of Englefield by King William I not long after his conquest of Britain. He appears to have come from Picquigny and was probably part of William's army at the Battle of Hastings. He died after 1066. He held the royal title of Lord of the Manor of Englefield after 1066. Englefield means "Anglo" or "English-Field", being named after the Field of Battle where the Anglo-Saxons were victorious over invading Vikings in 870. He held the royal title of Sheriff of Buckinghamshire after 1066.
William
Paganel
Sources: 1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry Abbrev: Turton Author: William Henry Turton Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968, originally 1928
1100
Ralph
Paganel
Gervaise
Paganel
0984 - 1037
Judhael
Chateau
en Porho
53
53
1095 - 1143
Godfrey
of
Brabrant
48
48
1193 - 1245
William
De
Percy
52
52
0985
Emma
of
Tancarville
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