 Abt 1115 - Bef 1183 (68 years)
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| Name |
William De Vescy |
| Birth |
Abt 1115 |
Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef Sep 1183 |
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England [3] |
| Burial |
Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England |
| Person ID |
I71266 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Eustace Fitzjohn, b. Abt 1083, Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England d. 3 Jul 1157, Ambushed Near Basingwerk Abbey, Flintshire, Wales (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Beatrix De Vescy, b. Abt 1090, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d. Aft 1115, In Childbirth (Age 26 years) |
| Marriage |
1st Wife [4] |
| Family ID |
F31426 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Burga Stuteville, b. Abt 1145, Cottingham, East Riding Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1185, Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1169 [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Maud De Vesci, b. Abt 1166, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F31425 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
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| Notes |
- 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.
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, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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| Sources |
- [S1675] Wurts, John, Wurts (1945), (Philadelphia: Brookfield Publishing Company, 1945.), p. 135 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1701] Burke, John Bernard, Burke (1883), (London: Harrison, 1883.), p. 555 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, XII/2:274-275 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, XII/2:273-274 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, XII/2:275 (Reliability: 3).
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