Isabel FitzWilliam of Gressinghall

• Preferred Name: Isabel FitzWilliam of Gressinghall^[1]
  
• Gender: F
  
• Birth: AFT 1150 in Gressinghall Manor, East Bradenham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.6404 LONG: E0.8431
  
• Death: 1207 in Framton, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.8842 LONG: E2.1446
  
• FSID: MD2W-FVR
  
• Alt. Death: 1207 in Southorpe, Lincolnshire, England at LATI: N3.4636 LONG: E0.6535
  
• Alt.+Birth+Dates: with note: Description: Between 1160 and 1170 https://www.geni.com/people/Isabel-FitzRoger-lady-of-Gressenhall/6000000002006301926?through=6000000010808678652 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gressenhall-1 https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p521.htm#i15647
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE HUNTINGFIELD, Knt., of Huntingfield and Mendham, Suffolk, Harlton, Cambridgeshire, Frampton, Fishtoft, and Southorpe, Lincolnshire, etc., Constable of Dover Castle, 1203-4, Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1209-11, justice itinerant in Lincolnshire, and, in right of his wife, patron of Castleacre Priory, son and heir of Roger [Fitz William] de Huntingfield, of Huntingfield, Linstead, and Mendham, Suffolk, Frampton, Huttoft, Southorpe, and Tytton (in Wyberton), Lincolnshire, East Bradenham, Norfolk, etc., by Alice de Senlis, daughter of Saher de Quincy, of Long Buckby and Daventry, Northamptonshire. He was born about 1160. He married before 1194 ISABEL FITZ WILLIAM (otherwise DE GRESSENHALL), widow successively of Berenger de Cressy, and Osmond de Stuteville, of Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire (died in Palestine, probably during the Siege of Joppa about 1187), and daughter and heiress of William Fitz Roger, of Gressenhall and Castleacre, Norfolk, by his wife, Aeliva. They had two sons, Roger, Knt., and presumably Saher, and four daughters, Alice, Isabel, Sarah, and Margaret (or Margery). In 1194 he disputed with his wife's son, William de Stuteville, concerning his wife's dower. In 1195 the Abbot of St. Edmunds granted the whole vill of Wendling, Norfolk to William de Huntingfield and his wife, Isabel, and her heirs for 50s. a year. Sometime c.1204-12, he witnessed a charter of Alexander, Abbot of Sibton to Thomas son of Roger de Huntingfield, presumably his brother. In 1205 he was granted the manor of Clafford, Hampshire. In the period, 1204-17, he witnessed a charter of Ralph the chaplain of Heveningham to John Fitz Robert, lord of Ubbeston. His wife, Isabel, died in 1207. In 1208 he had custody of the lands of his brother, Roger, which had been seized in consequence of the interdict. From 1208 to 1210 he was one of the justices before whom fines were levied. In the period, 1210-18, he witnessed a charter of his kinsman, Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester. In 1211 he gave the king six fair Norway goshawks for license to marry his daughter, Alice, then widow of Richard de Solers, and to have assignation of her dowry out of the lands of her late husband. In 1213 he held the office of accountant with Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford, for the customs of Norfolk and Suffolk. In 1215 he joined the confederate barons against the king. He was one of the twenty-five barons appointed to secure the observance of Magna Carta, which King John signed 15 June 1215. He served as a witness to the charter granting freedom of elections to the abbeys. He was among the barons excommunicated by Pope Innocent III in late 1215, and his lands were taken into the king's hands. He reduced Essex and Suffolk for Prince Louis of France, and in retaliation John plundered his estates in Norfolk and Suffolk. In Nov. 1216 he was granted the vill of Grimsby, Lincolnshire with all liberties and free customs by Prince Louis of France. He fought at the Battle of Lincoln 20 May 1217, where he was taken prisoner by the king's forces. On 23 June 1217 all his lands in Lincolnshire were granted to John Marshal. On conclusion of peace, he made peace with King Henry III 6 Oct. 1217, and had restitution of his estates. In 1218 he sued Nichole de la Haye for the recovery of chattels worth £273, which she seized from him in Lincolnshire when he was at arms against the king; a compromise was reached whereby Nichole gave William 30 silver marks in return for which he quitclaimed to her "all the right and claim that he had against her." In 1219 he had leave to go to the Holy Land on crusade; he appointed Thomas his brother to act on his behalf during his absence. SIR WILLIAM DE HUNTINGFIELD died on crusade, possibly in the Holy Land, before 25 Jan. 1220/1.
  Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 6 (1807): 134-138; 9 (1808): 510-515. Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbrevatio (1811): 3, 38. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicarium 5 (1825): 52 (charter of Isabel de Gressenhall, wife of William de Huntingfield), 58. Benedict of Peterborough Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedict Abbatis (or Chron. of the Reigns of Heny II. & Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192) 2 (Rolls Ser. 49) (1867): 149-150 (death of Osmund de Stuteville at Joppa). Foss Judges of England (1870): 358-359 (biog. of William de Huntingfield). Paris Chronica Majora 2 (Rolls Ser. 57) (1874): 604-605, 642-645. Lincolnshire Notes & Queries 2 (1891): 65-67. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 86. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 2 (1908): 100-103; 4 (1909): 66-68. Copinger Manors of Suffolk, 4(1909): 66-67. D.N.B. 10 (1908): 306 (biog. of William de Huntingfield). Lindsay et al. Charters, Bulls & Other Docs. Rel. the Abbey of Inchaffray (Scottish Hist. Soc. 56) (1908): 157-158. Rye Norfolk Fams. (1911): 386-387. Foster Final Concords of Lincoln from the Feet of Fines A.D. 1244-1272 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 17) (1920): 333. Book of Fees 1 (1920): 195. Salter Newington Longeville Charters (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 3) (1921): 76. Farrer Honours & Knights Fees 3 (1925): 395-397. C.P. 6 (1926): 671, footnote a (sub Huntingfield) (also known as Isabel de Freville, and is stated to have died in 1209). Stenton Rolls of the Justices in Eyre (Selden Soc. 53) (1934): 233. TAG 14 (1937-38): 10-12. Stenton Pleas Before the King 1198-1202 1 (Selden Soc. 67) (1953): 199. Foster Reg. Antignissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln 7 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 46) (1953): 14. Davis Kalendar of Abbot Samson of Bury St. Edmunds & Related Docs. (Camden 3rd Ser. 84) (1954): 159 (charter of William and wife, Isabel; available at www.utoronto.ca/deeds/research/research.html). Paget Baronage of England (1957) 299: 1-5 (sub Huntingfield). Stenton Pleas Before the King1198-1202 3 (Selden Soc. 83) (1967): xxxi, cclxiv-vi, cdxix. VCH Cambridge 5 (1973): 217. Brown Sibton Abbey Cartularies & Charters 1 (Suffolk Charters 7) (1985): 21-22 (re. Cressy him.), 64, 91-92; 2 (Suffolk Charters 8) (1986): 53-56; 3 (Suffolk Charters 9) (1987): 152; 4 (Suffolk Charters 10) (1988): 4-5. Caenegem English Lawsuits from William I to Richard I 2 (Selden Soc. 107) (1991): 598-599. White Restoration & Reform; 1153-1165 (2000): 168. Kauffmann Biblical Imagery in Medieval England, 700-1550 (2003): 160. Jobson English Government in the 13th Cent. (2004): 117. Wilkinson Women in 13th-Cent. Lincolnshire (2007): 21. Suffolk Rec. Office, Ipswich Branch: Iveagh (Plaillipps) Suffolk MSS, HD 1538/301/1 (feoffment dated before 1221 in free alms from William de Huntingfeld to the Monks of St. Mary of Mendham, Suffolk for salvation of souls of himself, his wife Isabel, and his parents and all ancestors, he grants to the monks in free alms all his wood in Metfield, Suffolk called Haute) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  Children of William de Huntingfield, Knt., by Isabel Fitz William:
  i. ROGER DE HUNTINGFIELD, Knt. [see next].
  ii. ALICE DE HUNTINGFIELD, married (1st) in or after 1200 RICHARD DE SOLERS, of Faccombe and Tangley, Hampshire, and Bonby, Lincolnshire, younger son of Guillaume (or William) de Solers (or Soliers), of Ellingham, Hampshire, Constable of Moulins-la-Marche, 1180, by Mabel, daughter of Robert Fitz Robert (or Fitz Count), of Conerton, Cornwell, Castellan of Gloucester [grandson of King Henry I of England]. In 1200, as "Ric[ardus] de "Soliis," he gave £600 Anjou to have his lands in Normandy and England, and to marry as he pleased. RICHARD DE SOLERS died shortly before Michaelmas 1207. In 1208 his widow, Alice, sued Thomas Peverel for one-half of vill of Faccornbe, Hampshire as her dower. In 1211 her father gave the king six fair Norway goshawks for the marriage of his daughter, Alice, widow of Richard de Solers, and to have assignation of her dowry out of the lands of her late husband. She married (2nd) before 1215 HUGH LE RUS (or RUFUS, RUFFUS), of Akenharn, Bircholt, Clopton, Hasketon, Stradbroke, and Whittingham (in Fressingfield), Suffolk, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1225-7, son and heir of Ernald Rufus, of Bircholt, Hasketon, Stradbroke, and Whittingham (in Fressingfield), Suffolk, by his wife, Isabel. They had two sons, Hugh and William. He was granted the manor of Fawsley, Northamptonshire in 1214 by King John. In 1215 the Sheriff of Hampshire was ordered to deliver up to Hugh and Alice his wife the dower of Alice in Faccombe and Tangle)', Hampshire, of which they had been disseised in the Barons' War. He was granted a weekly market at Stradbroke, Suffolk in 1225. In 1227 he was granted a weekly market at Woodbridge, Suffolk, which he later granted to Woodbridge Priory. HUGH LE RUS died in 1230. Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 6 (1807): 134-138. Hardy Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi Asservati 1 (1835): 38. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 86. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 4 (1909): 84-85. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 314, 326-328. Book of Fees 2 (1923): 1268. Kirkus Great Roll of the Pipe for the 9th Year of the Reign of King John Michaelmas 1207 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 22) (1946): 60, 148. Stenton Great Roll of the Pipe for the 13th Year of the Reign of King John Michaelmas 1211 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 28) (1953): 6, 179, 185. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 299: 1-5 (sub Huntingfield). Hockey Beaulieu Cartulag (Southampton Recs. 17) (1974): 104. Brown Eye Priory Cartulay & Charters 1 (Suffolk Charters 12) (1992): 235-236; 2 (Suffolk Charters 13) (1994): 77-81.
  Children of Alice de Huntingfield, by Hugh le Rus:
  a. HUGH LE RUS, of Stradbroke, Suffolk, son and heir. He died without issue shortly before 24 Sept. 1232. Brown Eye Priory Cartulary & Charters 2 (Suffolk Charters 13)
  
  === Notes and sources for Isabel... ===
  
  STUTEVILLE (ESTOUTEVILLE)
  
  This family has been studied by Gabriel de la Morandière[1386]. He appears to clarify adequately the relationship between the Estouteville family in Normandy and the Stuteville family in England. However, his account of the descent of the various branches of the English Stuteville family is confused and contradictory. As will be seen below, it has not yet been possible to reconstruct this family completely on the basis of the primary sources which have so far been consulted during the preparation of the present document.
  
  ROBERT [III] de Stuteville, son of ROBERT [II] d’Estouteville & his [second] wife Erneburg --- (-1183). "Robertus de Stutevilla" confirmed donations to Rievaulx of "terram de Houetona", for the souls of "Roberti de Stutevilla avi mei et Roberti patris mei et Erneburgæ matris meæ et Helewisæ uxoris meæ", with the consent of "Willelmi filii mei et aliorum filiorum meorum", by undated charter witnessed by "…Johanne de Stutevilla, Nicholao de Stutevilla, Rogero de Stutevilla, Bartholomæo de Stutevilla…"[1387]. The Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire, records that "Robertus…de Stutevylla, quondam dominus de Cotyngham" donated a mill "super ripam de Hullo, in territorio de Cotyngham" to the abbey[1388]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Robertus de Stoteville" held eight knights’ fees from "Rogeri de Munbray" in Yorkshire[1389]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Osmundus de Stuteville" held two parts of one knight’s fee from "Robertus de Stuteville" in Yorkshire[1390]. A charter of King John dated 3 Feb 1200 confirmed donations to Keldholm Priory, Yorkshire, including those made by “Roberti de Stutevill, et concessione Willielmi de Stutevill hæredis sui”[1391]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Robertus de Stoteville cviii s iv d" in Yorkshire in [1167/68][1392]. "Roberto de Stutevilla, Willelmo de Stutevilla" subscribed the charter dated 1168 under which Henry II King of England confirmed the property "in manerio de Hinton" of "Roberto de Basoges" granted to him by "comes Conanus"[1393]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Robertus de Stoteville viii l, de novo ii s vi d" in Yorkshire in [1171/72][1394]. "…Roberto de Stut[evilla]…" subscribed the charter dated [1172/78] under which Henry II King of England granted concessions to the lepers at Mont-aux-Malades[1395]. King Henry II confirmed “manerium de Leestune...et Uptonam...et [revenue from] terra de Selfleta” to “Ranulfo de Glamvilla” by undated charter, witnessed by “Ricardo de Luci, Hugone de Cressi, Roberto de Stutevill, Rogero de Stutevill, Willielmo de Stutevill”[1396].
  m HELWISE, daughter of ---. Her marriage is confirmed by the undated charter under which her son "Robertus de Stutevilla" confirmed donations to Rievaulx of "terram de Houetona", for the souls of "Roberti de Stutevilla avi mei et Roberti patris mei et Erneburgæ matris meæ et Helewisæ uxoris meæ"[1397].
  Robert [III] & his wife had [nine] children:
  1. [ROGER d’Estouteville . King Henry II confirmed “manerium de Leestune...et Uptonam...et [revenue from] terra de Selfleta” to “Ranulfo de Glamvilla” by undated charter, witnessed by “Ricardo de Luci, Hugone de Cressi, Roberto de Stutevill, Rogero de Stutevill, Willielmo de Stutevill”[1398]. No indication has been found of the identity of Roger d’Estouteville. If, in line with one possibility which is indicated below, the witness William de Stuteville was the son of Robert [III], Roger could have been an otherwise unrecorded older son. The altenative possibility is that he was an otherwise unrecorded brother of Robert [III].]
  2. WILLIAM de Stuteville (-after [1190/91]). The Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire names "Willielmum, Nicholaum, Eustachium et Robertum" as the sons of "Robertus…de Stutevylla, quondam dominus de Cotyngham", adding that all except Nicholas died childless[1399]. "Robertus de Stutevilla" confirmed donations to Rievaulx of "terram de Houetona", with the consent of "Willelmi filii mei et aliorum filiorum meorum", by undated charter witnessed by "…Johanne de Stutevilla, Nicholao de Stutevilla, Rogero de Stutevilla, Bartholomæo de Stutevilla…"[1400]. [King Henry II confirmed “manerium de Leestune...et Uptonam...et [revenue from] terra de Selfleta” to “Ranulfo de Glamvilla” by undated charter, witnessed by “Ricardo de Luci, Hugone de Cressi, Roberto de Stutevill, Rogero de Stutevill, Willielmo de Stutevill”[1401]. The witness William de Stuteville could have been the same William who is named in [1172]. Alternatively, he could have been Robert [III] de Stuteville’s son.] The 1190/91 Pipe Roll records "William de Stuteville (Reginald de Basset for him) renders his account; in lands granted to the K. of Scotland 100s for half a year"[1402]. A charter of King John dated 3 Feb 1200 confirmed donations to Keldholm Priory, Yorkshire, including those made by “Roberti de Stutevill, et concessione Willielmi de Stutevill hæredis sui”[1403].
  3. NICHOLAS de Stuteville (-after 1176). The Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire names "Willielmum, Nicholaum, Eustachium et Robertum" as the sons of "Robertus…de Stutevylla, quondam dominus de Cotyngham", adding that all except Nicholas died childless[1404].
  - see below.
  4. OSMUND de Stuteville (-Jaffa [1192]). Domesday Descendants names Osmund as son of Robert [III] de Stuteville[1405]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Osmundus de Stuteville" held two parts of one knight’s fee from "Robertus de Stuteville" in Yorkshire[1406]. “Osmundus de Stutevile…homines mei de honore de Gressinghale” confirmed donations to the church of “sanctæ Mariæ de Acra”, with the consent of “Ysabel uxoris meæ”, by undated charter witnessed by “…Rogero fratre dominæ…”[1407]. m as her second husband, ISABEL, widow of BERENGER de Creissi, daughter of ROGER FitzWilliam of Gressinghall, Norfolk & his wife Aline ---. “Osmundus de Stutevile…homines mei de honore de Gressinghale” confirmed donations to the church of “sanctæ Mariæ de Acra”, with the consent of “Ysabel uxoris meæ”, by undated charter witnessed by “…Rogero fratre dominæ…”[1408]. Domesday Descendants records her parentage and three marriages[1409]. She married secondly ([1192/94]) William FitzRoger of Huntingfield. “Ysabella de Gressingehale” donated property to the church of “sanctæ Mariæ de Acra”, with the consent of “Willielmi de Hunteinfeld domini mei”, by undated charter[1410].

• m. 1170 in Gressenhall, Mitford, Norfolk, England
• m. ABT 1187 in Suffolk, England

1. William de Stuteville of Gressenhall, b. ABT 1170 in Weasenham, Norfolk, Cowesby, Yorkshire, England     d. BEF 20 MAY 1259 in Norfolk, England

• m. ABT 1193 in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England

1. Alice de Huntingfield, b. BET 1185 AND 1194 in Mendham, Suffolk, England     d. 30 MAR 1236 in Caernarvonshire, Wales
2. Roger de Huntingfield, b. 1195 in Frampton, Boston, Lincolnshire, England     d. 10 JUL 1257 in Huntingfield, Blything, Suffolk, England

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