William de Vesci, II Lord of Alnwick Lord of Kildare

• Preferred Name: William de Vesci, II Lord of Alnwick Lord of Kildare^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Knight
  
• FSID: LJLC-M3T
  
• Death: 19 JUL 1297 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  
• Birth: 19 SEP 1245 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, , England at LATI: N5.4 LONG: E1.7
  
• Burial: in Malton, Priory, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.139 LONG: E0.792
  
• Notes:

  === William de Vescy, of Alnwick, Northumber ===
  William de Vescy, of Alnwick, Northumberland, and Malton, Yorks, by Agnes, daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby of the 1138 creation. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  WILLIAM DE VESCY, son and heir, was a minor at his father's death. In January 1217/8 the custody of the whole de Vescy fee, with the heir and his marriage, was granted to William (Longespée), Earl of Salisbury, the King's uncle, to whom Margaret, Eustace's widow, was ordered to deliver her son, 13 November 1218. William had livery of his inheritance, 16 May 1226, when he was about to marry the Earl's daughter. He was knighted, circa May 1229, and accompanied Henry III's expedition to Brittany in 1230, being granted a protection while remaining in the King's service overseas, 15 September. In 1232 and 1234 he was forbidden to attend tournaments at Blyth, Northampton and Cambridge. He was deputed to escort King Alexander and Queen Joan of Scotland to the English court in 1235, and again in August 1237. In 1240 he was ordered not to retain in his service Siward, sometime professed in the order of Friars Preachers, nor to prevent his arrest. In 1242 he went with the King to Gascony. In December 1244. he was deputed, with the abbots of Alnwick and Byland, to receive the oath of Patrick and Walter Comyn, Earls in Scotland, to clear themselves towards the King. Next year he was in the Welsh campaign. On 30 May 1253 he had a protection, going with the King to Gascony. He was the founder of the Carmelite priory of Hulne, in Northumberland.
  
  He married, 1stly, shortly after 16 May 1226, Isabel, daughter of William (LONGESPEE), EARL OF SALISBURY, by Ela, only daughter and heir of William (OF SALISBURY, styled also FITZPATRICK), 2nd EARL OF WILTSHIRE, styled always EARL OF SALISBURY. She died s.p. and was buried in Alnwick Abbey. He married, 2ndly, before 1244, Agnes, 1st daughter of William (DE FERRERS), 5th EARL OF DERBY, by his 1st wife, Sibyl, sister and, in her issue, coheir of Anselm, 9th EARL OF PEMBROKE, 3rd daughter of William (MARSHAL), 4th EARL OF PEMBROKE. He died in Gascony, shortly before 7 October 1253, and was buried at Watton Priory, co. York. His widow died 11 May 1290, and was buried in the Greyfriars, at Scarborough. [Complete Peerage XII/2:276-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
  === 1228 ===
  1228
  
  === Child born, mother not known ===
  Child born, mother not known
  
  === !Complete Peerage 942.D22cok V 4 pp. 305 ===
  !Complete Peerage 942.D22cok V 4 pp. 305-312...pedigree on p. 205 I J Sanders English Baronies 942.R2sa p. 33
  
  === William owned Eltham in Kent in 1295 ===
  William owned Eltham in Kent in 1295

1. Title: Book - Yorkshire : Historic Notices of Rotherham
   
2. Title: rootsweb > The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest: William 1st Baron de VESCY , of Alnwick, Sir
   Publication: Name: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I09290;
   Note: ID: I09290 Name: William 1st Baron de VESCY , of Alnwick, Sir 1 Sex: M Birth: 19 SEP 1245 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England 2 Death: 19 JUL 1297 in Malton Priory, Yorkshire, England (dsps legit) 1 Note: BARONY OF VESCY (I) WILLIAM DE VESCY, brother and heir, was born 19 September 1245. In the Barons' War he was supporting Simon de Montfort, April 1264, being then of Caythorpe, co. Lincoln; and in June 1265 he, with Robert de Ros, tried unsuccessfully to hold Gloucester against Prince Edward. He had a protection, 16 March 1275/6, going to Santiago; and was summoned to serve against the Welsh, 1277, 1282 and 1283. He was also summoned, 28 June, to attend the Assembly to be held at Shrewsbury, 30 September 1283; to a Council at Westminster, Michaelmas 1288, and 16 April, to be at Norham, 3 June 1291, in connection with the claims to the Scottish throne. He was Justice of the Forest beyond Trent, 30 June 1285-September 1290, and again 24 September 1295; also Constable of Scarborough Castle, 22 August 1289-June 1292. Having succeeded his brother John, 10 February 1288/9, he also inherited his mother's great estates in co. Kildare, in Ireland, derived from the Marshals, Earls of Pembroke, on her death 11 May 1290. On 20 June 1290 he was appointed, with the Bishop of Durham and others, to treat with the Scottish envoys; and in the following year he was one of the competitors for the Crown of Scotland, lodging his petition (by proxy of his son John), 3 August 1291, at Berwick, in right of his grandmother, Margaret, illegitimate daughter of William the Lion. His claim was, however, withdrawn, 10 November 1292, a week before the King's decision thereon. Meanwhile he had been appointed Justiciar of Ireland, 12 September 1290, with an annual grant of £500 for his maintenance, and he landed there, 11 November. Complaints having been made by the Abbot of St. Thomas's, Dublin, and others regarding Vescy's rule in Ireland, the King ordered a commission of inquiry, 10 December 1293; but before this could report, Vescy challenged John FitzThomas FitzGerald, Lord of Offaly, to a wager of battle for defaming him in a matter touching the King. The Justiciarship was placed in commission, April 1294, and both parties were summoned to Westminster, where, on the appointed day, 24 July, Vescy appeared fully armed, but John did not come. Although he claimed judgment by default, Vescy was removed from the Justiciarship, October 1294, when, however, he was going to Gascony on the King's service. In April 1295 he was with the kingj in Wales. He was summoned to Parliament from 24 June to 2 November 1295, by writs directed Willelmo de Vescy, whereby he is held to have become LORD VESCY. Having no surviving legitimate male issue and in order to secure a patrimony for his bastard son, he, by fine, 12 November 1295, conveyed his Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland estates, including Alnwick, to Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham, who by a further fine, 20 January 1295/6, re-granted those in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire to William for life, with remainder to William, his illegitimate son, and his heirs, whom failing, to the right heirs of William first named, which grant was confirmed by the King, 16 February 1296/7. On the same date (20 January 1295/6) the Bishop regranted Alnwick, &c., to William and the heirs of his body, with remainder to the grantor. William served in Gascony under the King's brother Edmund and the Earl of Lincoln in 1296, but was invalided home towards the end of that year. On 18 February 1296/7 he surrendered his castle and liberty of Kildare to the King, on condition of his and his brother's debts to the Exchequer being forgiven, and he was re-granted Kildare, but for life only, 22 June 1297. He was again summoned for service overseas, 15 May 1297. He married, after 25 July 1266, Isabel, widow of Sir Robert DE WELLE (died shortly before 24 September 1265), 2nd daughter and coh. of Adam DE PERITON (died shortly before 24 February 1265/6), of Ellington, Northumberland, Faxton, co. Northampton, and Rampisham, Dorset, probably by Sarah. He died s.p.s. legitimate 19 July 1297 at Malton, aged 51, when any Barony which may be supposed to have been created by the writ of 1295 became extinct. His widow died shortly before 5 January 1314/5. [Complete Peerage XII/2:281-3, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] NOTE: "died s.p.s. legitmate" above indicates that he had one or more legitimate children, but they died without issue before he died; and it also implies that he had illegitimate children. Curt Hofeman indicates in a post-em that he had a son John who died without issue 27 Apr 1295 (only a few months before his father). In another post-em Curt indicates that William had an illegitimate son William, who was himself successful and became a Baron (by legal definition) in his own right, but died without issue at the Battle of Bannockburn, 24 Jun 1314; so his Barony also became extinct. ----------------------------------------- William de Vesci was a person in great esteem with Edward I and constituted by that monarch, in the 13th year of his reign [1285], justice of the royal forests beyond Trent, and the next year one of the justices itinerant touching the pleas of the forests. After succeeding his brother, he was made governor of Scarborough Castle, and the year ensuing, doing his homage, had livery of all those lands in Ireland which were of the inheritance of Agnes, his mother, and he was made at the same time justice of that kingdom. But during his sojourn there, he was accused in open court in the city of Dublin, in the presence of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and others, of felony and challenged to the combat by John FitzThomas, for which he subsequently instituted a suit before the chief justice of Dublin against the said FitzThomas on a charge of defamation in saying that he, the said William de Vesci, had solicited him to a confederacy against the king, which charge, being denied by FitzThomas, and a schedule by him delivered into court containing the words which he acknowledged, he was, thereupon, challenged to the combat by this William, and he accepted the challenge. But the king, being apprised of the proceedings, prohibited the battle and ordered the combatants to appear before him at Westminster, to which place William de Vesci came accordingly, mounted upon his great horse covered, as also completely armed with lance, dagger, coat of mail, and other military equipments, and proffered himself to the fight, but FitzThomas, although called, appeared not. The affair was afterwards brought before parliament but dismissed owning to some informality. It was finally submitted to the award of the king, but the ulterior proceedings are not recorded. In the 23rd Edward I [1300], William de Vesci was again in the wars of Gascony, and he was summoned to parliament as a Baron 24 June, 1 October, and 2 November, 1295. His lordship was one of the competitors for the crown of Scotland through his grandmother, Margaret. (The illegitimacy of this lady and her sisters, daus. of William the Lion, is obviously established by the fact of their claim being at once dismissed, whereas, had they been legitimately born, their pretensions were prior to those of either Baliol or Bruce, who had sprung from David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of King William.) He m. Isabel, dau. of Adam de Periton, and widow of Robert de Welles, by whom he had an only son, John, who was justice of the forests south of Trent, and was in the wars of Gascony, and who m. Clementina, a kinswoman of Queen Eleanor, but d. s. p., v. p. On the decease of this son, his lordship enfeoffed Anthony Beke, bishop of Durham, in the castle of Alnwick and divers other lands, in trust for William, his bastard son, who became possessed of all his other estates. This trust the prelate is said to have basely betrayed and to have alienated the property by disposing of it for ready money to William Percy, since which time the castle of Alnwick and those lands have been held by the Percys and their representatives. His lordship d. in 1297, when all his great inheritance passed to his bastard son, William de Kildare, save the estates above-mentioned in Northumberland, and the Barony of Vesci became extinct. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 555, Vesci, Barons Vesci] Father: William de VESCY , Lord of Alnwick, Sir b: BEF 16 MAY 1205 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England Mother: Agnes de FERRERS b: ABT 1222 in Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Marriage 1 Isabel de PERITON b: ABT 1235 in Faxton, Northamptonshire, England Married: AFT 25 JUL 1266 in 2nd husband 3 Sources: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/2:281-283, 438 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/2:281 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/2:283, 438
   
3. Title: Book - History of the Borough & Castle & Barony of Alnwick
   
4. Title: Book - Old Yorkshire
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: William Vescy -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
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6. Title: Book - Feudal & Military Antiquities of Northumberland
   
7. Title: Wikiwand: Alnwick Castle
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Alnwick_Castle;
   Note: Alnwick Castle (/ˈænɪk/ (About this soundlisten)) is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of His Grace The 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building and as of 2012 received over 800,000 visitors per year. History Alnwick Castle guards a road crossing the River Aln. Yves de Vescy, Baron of Alnwick, erected the first parts of the castle in about 1096. Beatrix de Vesci, daughter of Yves de Vescy married Eustace Fitz John, Constable of Chestershire and Knaresborough. By his marriage to Beatrix de Vesci he gained the Baronies of Malton and Alnwick. The castle was first mentioned in 1136 when it was captured by King David I of Scotland. At this point it was described as "very strong." It was besieged in 1172 and again in 1174 by William the Lion, King of Scotland and William was captured outside the walls during the Battle of Alnwick. Eustace de Vesci, lord of Alnwick, was accused of plotting with Robert Fitzwalter against King John in 1212. In response, John ordered the demolition of Alnwick Castle and Baynard's Castle (the latter was Fitzwalter's stronghold), but his instructions were not carried out at Alnwick. The castle had been founded in the late 11th century by Ivo de Vesci, a Norman nobleman from Vassy, Calvados in Normandy. Descendent of Ivo de Vesci, John de Vesci succeeded to his father's titles and estates upon his father's death in Gascony in 1253. These included the barony of Alnwick and a large property in Northumberland and considerable estates in Yorkshire, including Malton. As John was under age, King Henry III of England conferred the wardship of his estates to a foreign kinsmen, which caused great offence to the de Vesci family. The family's property and estates had been put into the guardianship of Antony Bek, who sold them to the Percys. From this time the fortunes of the Percys, though they still held their Yorkshire lands and titles, were linked permanently with Alnwick and its castle and have been owned by the Percy family, the Earls and later Dukes of Northumberland since. The stone castle Henry Percy bought was a modest affair, but he immediately began rebuilding. Though he did not live to see its completion, the construction programme turned Alnwick into a major fortress along the Anglo-Scottish border. His son, also called Henry (1299–1352), continued the building. The Abbot's Tower, the Middle Gateway and the Constable's Tower survive from this period. The work at Alnwick Castle balanced military requirements with the family's residential needs. It set the template for castle renovations in the 14th century in northern England; several palace-fortresses, considered "extensive, opulent [and] theatrical" date from this period in the region, such as the castles of Bamburgh and Raby. In 1345 the Percys acquired Warkworth Castle, also in Northumberland. Though Alnwick was considered more prestigious, Warkworth became the family's preferred residence. The Percy family were powerful lords in northern England. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), rebelled against King Richard II and helped dethrone him. The earl later rebelled against King Henry IV and after defeating the earl in the Battle of Shrewsbury, the king chased him north to Alnwick. The castle surrendered under the threat of bombardment in 1403. During the Wars of the Roses, castles were infrequently attacked and conflict was generally based around combat in the field. Alnwick was one of three castles held by Lancastrian forces in 1461 and 1462, and it was there that the "only practical defence of a private castle" was made according to military historian D. J. Cathcart King. It was held against King Edward IV until its surrender in mid-September 1461 after the Battle of Towton. Re-captured by Sir William Tailboys, during the winter it was surrendered by him to Hastings, Sir John Howard and Sir Ralph Grey of Heton in late July 1462. Grey was appointed captain but surrendered after a sharp siege in the early autumn. King Edward responded with vigour and when the Earl of Warwick arrived in November Queen Margaret and her French advisor, Pierre de Brézé were forced to sail to Scotland for help. They organised a mainly Scots relief force which, under George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus and de Brézé, set out on 22 November. Warwick's army, commanded by the experienced Earl of Kent and the recently pardoned Lord Scales, prevented news getting through to the starving garrisons. As a result, the nearby Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh castles soon agreed terms and surrendered. But Hungerford and Whittingham held Alnwick until Warwick was forced to withdraw when de Breze and Angus arrived on 5 January 1463. The Lancastrians missed a chance to bring Warwick to battle instead being content to retire, leaving behind only a token force which surrendered next day. By May 1463 Alnwick was in Lancastrian hands for the third time since Towton, betrayed by Grey of Heton who tricked the commander, Sir John Astley. Astley was imprisoned and Hungerford resumed command. After Montagu's triumphs at Hedgeley Moor and Hexham in 1464 Warwick arrived before Alnwick on 23 June and received its surrender next day. After the execution of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, in 1572 Alnwick castle was uninhabited. In the second half of the 18th century Robert Adam carried out many alterations. The interiors were largely in a Strawberry Hill gothic style not at all typical of his work, which was usually neoclassical. However, in the 19th century Algernon, 4th Duke of Northumberland replaced much of Adam's architecture. Instead he paid Anthony Salvin £250,000 between 1854 and 1865 to remove the Gothic additions and other architectural work. Salvin is mostly responsible for the kitchen, the Prudhoe Tower, the palatial accommodation, and the layout of the inner ward. According to the official website a large amount of Adam's work survives, but little or none of it remains in the principal rooms shown to the public, which were redecorated in an opulent Italianate style in the Victorian era by Luigi Canina. Current use The current duke and his family live in the castle, but occupy only a part of it. castle is open to the public throughout the summer. After Windsor Castle, it is the second largest inhabited castle in England. Alnwick was the tenth most-visited stately home in England according to the Historic Houses Association, with 195,504 visitors in 2006. Since World War II, parts of the castle have been used by various educational establishments: firstly, by the Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School; then, from 1945 to 1977, as Alnwick College of Education, a teacher training college; and, since 1981, by St. Cloud State University of Minnesota as a branch campus forming part of their International Study Programme. Special exhibitions are housed in three of the castle's perimeter towers. The Postern Tower, as well as featuring an exhibition on the Dukes of Northumberland and their interest in archaeology, includes frescoes from Pompeii, relics from Ancient Egypt and Romano-British objects. Constable's Tower houses military displays like the Percy Tenantry Volunteers exhibition, local volunteer soldiers raised to repel Napoleon's planned invasion in the period 1798–1814. The Abbot's Tower houses the Regimental Museum of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. An increase in public interest in the castle was generated by its use as a stand-in for the exterior and interior of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films. Its appearance in the films has helped shape the public imagination regarding what castles should look like. Its condition contrasts with the vast majority of castles in the country, which are ruinous and unfit for habitation. Construction The River Aln flows past the north side of the Castle. There is a deep ravine to the south and east, separating the castle from the town. By the 12th century, Alnwick Castle had assumed the general layout which it retains today. It is distinguished as one of the earliest castles in England to be built without a square keep. The castle consists of two main rings of buildings. The inner ring is set around a small courtyard and contains the principal rooms. This structure is at the centre of a large bailey. As the central block was not large enough to contain all the accommodations required in later centuries, a large range of buildings was constructed along the south wall of the bailey. These two main areas of accommodation are connected by a link building. There are towers at regular intervals along the walls of the outer bailey. About a sixth of the bailey wall has been reduced almost to ground level on the bailey side to open up views into the park. Stable and service yards adjoin the castle outside the bailey; these would not have existed when the castle still had a military function. Alnwick Castle has two parks. Immediately to the north of the castle is a relatively small park straddling the River Aln which was landscaped by Lancelot Brown ("Capability Brown") and Thomas Call in the 18th century; it is known locally as The Pastures. Nearby is the much larger Hulne Park, which contains the remains of Hulne Priory. The castle is in good repair and used for many purposes. It provides a home for the present Duke and family and offices for Northumberland Estates, which manages the Duke's extensive farming and property holdings. Alnwick's battlements are surmounted by carved figures dating from around 1300; historian Matthew Johnson notes that around this time there were several castles in northern England similarly decorated, such as Bothal, Lumley, and Raby. Alnwick Garden Adjacent to the castle, Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, has initiated the establishment of The Alnwick Garden, a formal garden set around a cascading fountain. It c..
   
8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: William Vescy -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
   
9. Title: Book - Medieval English Ancestors
   Author: Google Books
   Note: Isabel Periton eldest d/o Adam Periton & sarah Ellington b- 1235 - Faxton, Northamptonshire,England m-1- sir, Robert Wells 2- aft 1266 bef 1269 - William Vesci d - shortly bef 5 Jan 1314 - Malton Priory, Yorkshire,England bur - Malton Priory, Yorkshire,England
   
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