William de Vescy 
William was born in 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 de Blois; his maternal grandparents were Yves de Vescy and Alda Tyson. He had a half-brother named Richard. He died at the age of 58 in 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
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0980 in St. Sauveur, Normandy, France d.1071
- b.1020 in St. Sauveur, Cotentin, Manche, Normandy, France d.1072 in Lassy, Virer, Normandy, France
- b.0985 in Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.1040 in Lassy, Virer, Normandy, France d. in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.1022
- b.1060 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.1138 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1085 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.03 Jul 1157 in Basingwerk, North Wales
- b.1005 d.1045
- b.1040
- b.0992
- b.1125 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d.Sep 1183 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1040 in Normandy, France
- b.1065 in Normandy, France
<Unknown>
- b.1090 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d.1115
- b.1035 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.1055 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d. in Malton, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
- b.1038 in England
- b.1075 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
<Unknown>
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Details of William's family with Burga de Stuteville
Details of William's family with <Unknown>
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