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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Baron William de Warenne & Lady Beatrix de Pierrepont

 973528578. Baron William de Warenne & 973528579. Lady Beatrix de Pierrepont

~1145, William born in England, s/o 1947057156. Reginald de Warenne & 1947057157. Alice de Wormegay.

~1150, Beatrix born in England.

12/19/1154, Henry II succeeded King Stephen of England.

[––William & Beatrix––]

~1167, William married Beatrix.

Bef. 1179, ‘Reginaldus de Warenna” donated property to St Mary Overey Priory; Southwark, with the consent of “Aliciæ uxoris meæ et Willielmi filii mei”, for the souls of “Isabellæ comitissæ dominæ meæ … Willielmi comitis Warennæ fratris mei … Willielmi de Wormengay patris Aliciæ uxoris meæ.’

1179, William’s father died.

1180, William de Warenne accounted for the fines of his parents. (S) Honors and Knight’s Fees, Farrer, 1925, P323.

[Undated] ‘Willielmus de Warenna’ donated property to St Mary Overey Priory; Southwark, for the souls of ‘patris mei Reginaldi et matris meæ Aliciæ et Beatricis uxoris meæ et Reginaldi filii nostri et Beatricis et Isabellæ filiarum nostrarum.’

1186, William de Warenne held land in Hillington, Freebridge hundred, Norfolk. (S) Honors and Knight’s Fees, Farrer, 1925, P442.

9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded King Henry II of England.

12/21/1192, Returning from crusading, King Richard was captured near Vienna. [The time of “Robin Hood”.]

1193-94, William a justice itinerant in the counties of Essex and Hertford.

3/12/1194, King Richard, having been released on “a king’s ransom”, landed at Sandwich.

1194, William given custody of the honor of Gloucester [until 1196.]

1194, William given custody of the heir of Hugh de Chandos for a 40 mark fine.

1194-5, William de Warenne a keeper of Bristol castle. (S) Accounts of the Constables of Bristol Castle, Sharp, 1982, P78.

1195, Warenne served as a royal justice at Oxford.

1195-1200, William a justicar at the Curia Regis at Westminster.

1196, William de Warenne of Wormegay [a cousin of Earl Warenne], appointed the Chief Justice of the Jewish Exchequer. (S) Christians and Jews in Angevin England, Jones, 2013, P123. [William would hold this position until his death.]

1198-99, William served as an itinerant justice.

5/27/1199, John succeeded King Richard I of England.

1199-1200, William served as an itinerant justice.

By 1203, Beatrix died.

[––William––]

1203, William, for a 500 mark fine, married 2nd Milicent ? (47282027), widow of Richard Muntfichet, lord of Stansted, Essex. [Likely hoping to have a male heir.]

11/13/1203, William d Hastings owed a debt of £100 sterling to the Jews which was acquitted by William de Warenne who bought the debt. [This allowed him access to his mortgaged lands.]

3/28/1204, “The King … to William de Warren, G. de Norwich, T. de Neville [Justiciaries of the Jews] …” (S) King John of England, Chadwick, 1865, P219.

5/5/1204, ““The King … to William de Warren … guardians of the Jews … we have granted to Robert Agulun …” (S) King John of England, Chadwick, 1865, P219.

Bef. 9/1208, William died; his daughter Beatrice his heir. (S) Synopsis of the Peerage of England, 1825, P675.

(S) DNB, P832. (S) Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. (S) Biographia Juridicia, Foss, 1870, P705.

Children of William and Beatrice:

i. Reginald de Warenne, born ? in England.

Bef. 1205, Reginald died; his sister his heiress.

ii. Beatrice de Warren (486764289), born ~1170 in England.

[Undated] ‘Beatrix filia Willielmi de Warenna’ confirmed her father´s donation of property to St Mary Overey Priory, for the souls of ‘fratris mei Reginaldi cuius corpus ibi requiescit.’

iii. Isabel de Warenne, born ? in England.

Isabel married Geoffrey de Merlay.

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