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Sir William Fenton
- Preferred Name: Sir William Fenton[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- Birth: 1240 in Airlie, Angus, Scotland at LATI: N6.6383 LONG: E3.1148 with note: GEDCOM data
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Baikie and Beaufort
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Fenton
- FSID: GVMJ-NVS
- Death: 1316 in Airlie, Angus, Scotland at LATI: N6.6383 LONG: E3.1148 with note: GEDCOM data
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Sir William de Fenton, Lord of Baikie and Beaufort, was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble.
William was one of Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale's auditors during the arbitration for the Crown of Scotland between 1291 and 1292.
He performed homage to King Edward I of England at Berwick-upon-Tweed on 28 August 1296. He also performed fealty to Edward I on 14 March 1304 at St. Andrews. His coat of arms was "Argent, three crescents gules".
He married Cecilia Bisset, the co-heiress of John Bisset, Lord of Lovat, and is known to have had the following issue:
. John
. Alice, married Henry St Clair; had issue.
William was born about 1240 son to John Fenton of that Ilk and his wife Mary.
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William was born about 1240 son to John Fenton of that Ilk and his wife Mary.
William married circa 1265 to Cecilia Byset (Bisset), eldest daughter of John Byset younger of Aird and
Preferred Parents:
Father: Sir John Fenton, b. 1220 in Scotland d. 1270 in Angus, Scotland
Mother: Mary Kettins, b. ABT 1220 in Angus, Scotland d. 1270 in Airlie, Angus, Scotland
Family 1: Cecilia Bisset, b. ABT 1250 in Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. ABT 1320 in Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Alice Fenton, b. 1270 in Fenton, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1336 in Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Sources:
- Title: William de Fenton, Lord of Fenton, later of Beaufort d. Aft 1296: MacFarlane Clan
Author: "William de Fenton, Lord of Fenton, later of Beaufort d. Aft 1296: MacFarlane Clan." Clanmacfarlanegenealogy https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I119172. Accessed 21 Jan. 2020.
Publication: Name: https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I119172;
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- Title: People of Midieval Scottland
Publication: Name: https://www.poms.ac.uk/record/person/16725/;
- Title: William de Fenton
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Fenton;
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