16778016. Baron William Russel &
16778017. Lady Eleanor de Aula
1257, William born in England, 3rd
s/o 33556032. Sir Ralph Russel & 33556033. Isabel de Newmarch.
~1270, Eleanor born in England, heiress
& d/o §§Thomas
de Aula, lord of Yaverland, St. Laurence, and
other manors in the Isle of Wight.
11/16/1272,
Edward I succeeded Henry III as King of England. [While on crusade.]
8/7/1278, Order to the sheriff of Dorset to deliver to
William Russel the manor of Kingeston, which Ralph Russel, his father, held in
chief, and whereof he enfeoffed his said son. (S) CFRs. [William
held the manor of Kingston-Russell of the king by service of acting as
cupbearer on stated occasions.]
1280, William did homage to King Edward
for his lands.
By 1281, William’s father died, his
nephew Ralph, s/o his brother James the heir.
[––William & Eleanor––]
By 1281, William 1st married to
Eleanor.
1282, “Will. Russel, dnus de Everland,
qui filiam et heredem Tho. de Hawle duxit in uxorem, …”
1284, William obtained a royal charter
for a market every Thursday, and an annual fair.
5/6/1286, William Russel, summoned to
service with Bishop of Bath and Wells, going with the king beyond seas. (S)
CPRs.
6/24/1286 from Dover, King Edward and
Queen Eleanor traveled to Gascony where they would stay for 3 years.
1292, The following are the plots allocated,
handed over, and rented out in the newly-built town of Winchelsea [chartered in
1283, on the coast SE of London] by the mayor … plots already rented out to
tenants in the new town on the hill … 8th street in the 37th
quarter … William Russel, 15 ½ virgae, 3 ¼ d. (S) Florilegium Urbanum; Patent Roll, 11 Edward I, m.7; 2.
1294, The Gascon War began between England and
France, lasting 9 years.
1294, William named with Adam de Gordon …
warden of the Isle of Wight. They were charged with preparing the island for an
invasion by France.
1295, William’s nephew Ralph died leaving
his older brother Robert as the heir.
1295, Sir William Russel summoned to
parliament as a burgess for East Bedwin; holding a knight’s fee by service of
furnishing the king with 2 vessels of wine at the 4 annual festivals.
1296-97, William’s brother Robert died
leaving William as the heir.
1297, William did homage for the livery
of the lands of his older brother Robert; acquiring manors in Somerset and
Gloucestershire.
1297, The English nobles rebelled,
forcing King Edward to grant Parliament control over taxes.
1297, Sir William summoned by general
writ to muster in London in person with horses and arms for service in
Flanders.
Bef. 5/1298, Sir William summoned by writ
to York by May 25th “to repress the malice, and chastise the haughty
hopes of the insurgents” in western Scotland.
7/22/1298, Sir William at the battle of
Falkirk.
7/22/1298, King Edward defeated Sir William Wallace
(Braveheart) at the battle of Falkirk, Scotland. The Scots defensive position
was strong, but based on spearmen with support of some cavalry and archers.
Edward’s armored knights were repulsed by the amassed spear points. King Edward
brought up his Welsh longbowmen. They cut gaps into the Scottish ranks through
which the mounted English knights could charge. The Scots were routed, but
Wallace escaped.
11/23/1298, Order to the treasurer … the
king's grant to William Russel that of the 220 marks wherein he is held to the
king, to wit, 50 marks for the relief of Robert Russel, his late brother,
tenant in chief, whose heir he is, 50 marks for his own relief for a moiety of
the barony of Newmarket, £40 for the ransom of James Russel, his
late brother, whose heir he is, and £40 of the debt of the
said Robert for the farm of the manor of Kyngesbury, co. Somerset. (S) CFRs.
1299, Sir William Russel called to
account for scutages on his moiety of the barony of Newmarch [due from 1277.]
Bef. 6/1300, Sir William Russel summoned
by writ to Carlisle muster by June 24th.
1300, Sir William at the siege of
Caerlaverock. [William is not in the Roll of Arms.]
1301, Sir William summoned for military
service; wintering in Scotland. [William apparently did not personally attend.]
5/14/1301, Writ of aid to William Russel,
bailiff of the Isle of Wight, … empowered to sell trees, wood and underwood,
both green and dry, in the forest … to the amount of £50. (S) CPRs.
1302, Sir William appointed warden of the
Isle of Wight along with Sir John de Lisle.
By 1303, Eleanor died.
[––William––]
1303, William married 2nd Jane
coheiress & d/o Robert, Lord of Bradford Peverel. [It appears Jane likely
died in childbirth.]
Aft. 1303, William married 3rd
Katherine ?.
4/8/1304, Commission to Thomas de
Warblinton … county of Southampton and the Isle of Wight … touching a statement
by William Russel, keeper of the manor of Sweyneston, Isle of Wight, that he
caused a vessel called la Mariote of Portesmuth to be laden with 450 quarters 5
bushels of corn of divers kinds from the king’s manors … to be taken to
Berwick-on-Tweed, and the vessel was wrecked off the Isle of Wight, … He prays
to be discharged of the amount sunk, … (S) CPRs.
3/20/1305, Commission of oyer and
terminer … complaint by Peter Ernald de Ville, burgess of Bayonne, Ferand …
[about a ship that sunk off the coast of Dorset in a storm] … William Russel
[one of many persons named.] (S) CPRs.
1306, William Russel built a house at Salisbury.
(S) Historic Houses of Salisbury.
11/26/1306, Licence for William Russel to
demise, for life, to Nicholas de Mortesthorn and Nciholaa his wife [William’s
daughter] the manor of Kungeston, co. Dorset, held in chief. (S) CPRs.
By 6/1307, Sir William Russel summoned to
muster at Carlisle by July 8th, with the rest of his military
knights.
7/7/1307,
Edward II succeeded Edward I as King of England.
8/26/1307, Sir William, baron, summoned
to parliament as Knight of the Shire for Southampton.
Bef. 10/1307, Sir William relenquished
his custody of Carisbrook castle and the Isle of Wight to Nicholas de Bois. (S)
CFRs.
11/28/1307, William Russel and 1 other to
assess and collect the 20th and 15th for the county of
Southampton. (S) CPRs.
5/20/1308, By letters patent, Sir William
Russell constituted 1 of 3 justiciaries for Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and
Sark, to inquire about revenues of the crown.
1309, William summoned with horse and
arms to be at Newcastle-upon-Tynes by Sept. 29th to chastise the
Scots for the non-observance of a truce. [William, of advanced age would not
have likely severed personally.]
6/20/1309, Protection with clause
Volumus, until Michaelmas, for William Russel, going to the channel islands on
the king’s service. (S) CPRs. [John de
Fressingfeld, John de Ditton, William Russel and Drogo de Barentin, royal
justices in eyre for assizes.]
7/30/1309, William Russel of co.
Southampton on a commission with 2 others to enquire about prises taken for the
king’s use contrary to a statue made in the Parliament. (S) CPRs.
9/10/1310, Lord William Russel proferred
to Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere for knight service Robert Russell and Robert
de Compton, his servientes, with 2 barded horses.
1311, William died.
2/24/1311, William died. (S) Edward II,
Probate Records, 1908, P152. [Wilts. … Buckingham … Berks … Gloucester …
Southampton ; Isle of Wight]. Yoverlond … Somerset … Dorset … Theobald his son,
aged [10-12 at different IPMs], is his next heir. (S) CIsPM.
[––Katherine––]
3/20/1311,Pardon, at the instance of
Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, to Simon de Harecurt and to
Katherine, late the wife of William Russel, tenant in chief, for intermarrying
without license. (S) CPRs.
(S) Collections for a Parochial History of
Wraxall, Master, 1900, P13. (S) Historical Memoires of the House of Russell,
V1, Wiffen, 1833, P122ff. (S) Hist. of Hampshire, V5, 1912, Yaverland.
Family
notes:
·
1204, The manor of Briddlesford lapsed to the
overlord, Thomas de Aula,
lord of Yaverland, who was the son of §§Roger de Aula.
·
1224, A grant by Walter de Parco to Quarr
confirmed by his lord Thomas de Aula.
·
1228, §§Thomas de Aula in a deed.
·
1254, §§Roger de Aula,
s/o Thomas, obtained a grant of free warren at Yaverland.
·
1267, Tothill a possession of Thomas de Aula. (S) Feet of
Fines, Hants, 52 Hen. III, no. 582.
Children
of William and Eleanor:
i.
Nicholaa Russel, born ? in Devon, England.
By 1306, Nichola married Nicholas de
Mortesthorn of Dorset.
1330, Nichola died.
ii.
Theobald Russel (8389008), born 1298-1301 in Devon, England.
[Most family histories give Jane as the
mother of Theobald; but that does not fit with the records of multiple IPMs;
under the assumption that the marriage date of 1303 is correct. In addition it
conflicts with a record of 1312 which indicates that Theobald would reach his
maturity in 1320.]
