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William de Vescy

William was born about 1125 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England.¹ William's father was Eustace FitzJohn Clavering de Lacy and his mother was Beatrix de Vescy. His paternal grandparents were John (Monoculus) FitzNigell de Lacy and Magdalen; his maternal grandparents were Yves de Vescy and Alda Tyson. He had a half-brother named Richard. He died before September 1183 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England.¹

General Notes
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      WILLIAM DE VESCY, son and heir, by 1st wife, adopted his mother's name of Vescy, by which he and his successors were known. He was Sheriff of Northumberland, 1157-70, and of the Honor of Lancaster, 1166-70. At the Inquest of 1166 his carta
      showed that his tenants held of him 26 knights' fees, plus one third and one seventh of a fee. When William the Lion invaded Northern England in 1174 and laid siege to de Vescy's own castle of Alnwick, he was one of those who, after a forced
      march, raised the siege, 13 July, and took the Scottish King prisoner. On 16 March 1176/7, when Henry II arbitrated between the Kings of Castile and Navarre, he was among the witnesses of the award. He was a benefactor of many religious houses.
  
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      He married, before 1169-71, Burga, daughter of Robert DE STUTEVILLE, by his wife Helewise. Having taken the habit of a monk at Alnwick Abbey, he died shortly before Michaelmas 1183 and was buried near the door of the Chapter House there. His
      widow, who was living in 1185, was buried with him. [Complete Peerage XII/2:274-5
  
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  # Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
  # Note: Page: XII/2:274-275

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Viscomte Neil de St. Saveur ^*
  - b.~  0980 in St. Sauveur, Normandy, France d.1071
  
  Comte de Lassy Hughes
  - b.~  1020 in St. Sauveur, Cotentin, Manche, Normandy, France d.1072 in Lassy, Virer, Normandy, France
  
  Adela d'Eu ^*
  - b.~  0985 in Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
  
  Constable of Chester Nigell de Lacy
  - b.~  1040 in Lassy, Virer, Normandy, France d. in Chester, Cheshire, England
  
  Emma
  - b.~  1022
  
  John (Monoculus) FitzNigell de Lacy
  - b.~  1060 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.1138 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England
  
  Eustace FitzJohn Clavering de Lacy
  - b.~  1085 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.03 Jul 1157 in Basingwerk, North Wales
  
  Magdalen
  - b.~  1064 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England
  
  William de Vescy
  - b.~  1125 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.
  Yvo de Vesci
  - b.~  1040 in Normandy, France
  
  Yves de Vescy
  - b.~  1065 in Normandy, France
  
  Beatrix de Vescy
  - b.~  1090 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d.>  1115
  
  Alda Tyson
  - b.~  1075 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

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