Adam de Brus Lord of Skelton

• Preferred Name: Adam de Brus Lord of Skelton^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: ABT 1134 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4 LONG: E1.1337
  
• Death: 11 MAR 1196 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4 LONG: E1.1337 with note: data from my ANCESTRY.UK research may have died on 11 May 1196
  
• Burial: MAY 1196 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.5363 LONG: E1.0519
  
• FSID: MBDR-25N
  
• Title+(Nobility): with note: Description: 3rd Lord of Skelton myheritage
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Adam de Brus II was the son of Adam de Brus I, 2nd Lord of Skelton and his wife (name unknown).
  Upon the death of his father in 1142 he became the 3rd Lord of Skelton.
  
  Adam Brus, of Skelton
  s/o Adam de Brus Second Lord of Skelton and Agnes de Aumale
  b- -Skelton, Yorkshire, England
  m- 1st husband - Ivette Arcis
  d- 1180
  
  Adam de Brus II (1143–98)
  
  12. Grants to Guisborough priory the churches of Kirk Leavington and Yarm for the souls of his grandfather, Robert, and father, Adam. Date 1160 x 1165. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fo. 249v; Dodsworth MS vii, fo. 56. Printed GC, ii, no. 679; EYC, ii, no. 654. Comment Description in Dodsworth MS of equestrian seal with legend SIGILLVM ADAM DE BRVS. 13. Confirms to Guisborough priory grants of various Brus tenants. Date c. 1160 x 1175. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fos 111v–112. Printed GC, i, no. 9; EYC, ii, no. 656. 14. Confirms the foundation charter of Guisborough priory. Date 1170 x 1190. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fos 112v–113. Printed GC, i, no. 13; EYC, ii, no. 659. 15. Revokes a grant extorted from the canons of Guisborough to pay 10 marks yearly to Adam the chaplain until the church of Skelton fell vacant, with a promise that the church would then be presented to him. Date 1170 x 1178. the brus charters 205 Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fo. 285. Printed GC, ii, no. 814; EYC, ii, no. 660. Comment Adam the chaplain witnesses nos 14 and 17. 16. Confirms to Guisborough priory the church of Skelton as granted by his grandfather and father. Date c. 1170 x 1180. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fo. 285; Dodsworth MS vii, fo. 73v. Printed GC, ii, no. 815; EYC, ii, no. 661. 17. Grants to Guisborough priory all Westworth in Guisborough. Date c. 1170 x 1180. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fo. 112. Printed GC, i, no.10; EYC, ii, no. 662. 18. Confirms to Guisborough priory half a carucate of land in [Ingleby] Arncliffe granted by William Engelram (Ingram). Date 1170 x 1180. Source: GC, ii, no. 1099; EYC, ii, no. 715. Comment Taken from a C15th transcript then at Arncliff Hall. Abstract in Hailstone MS 6.4, no. 7 with drawing of equestrian seal similar to no. 23. Inscription broken. 19. Grants to Guisborough priory one carucate of land in Brotton. Date 1185 x 1198. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fo. 290. Printed GC, ii, no. 839; EYC, ii, no. 667. Comment Given with consent of Peter his heir. 20. Grants to Thornton abbey the churches of Levington, Yarm and Skelton. Date before 1160. Source Mon. Angl. vi. 327; EYC, iii, no. 1312. Comment Noted in confirmation charter of Richard I. 21. Grants to the monks of Byland abbey relief of toll on fish purchased by them at Coatham. Date 1165 x 1176. Source BL Egerton MS 2823, fo. 19v. Printed EYC, ii, no. 657. 22. Confirms to Byland abbey a fishery in Linthorpe on the Tees granted by William of Acclum. Date 1185 x 1198. Source Dodsworth MS xciv, fo. 16; BL Egerton MS 2823, fo. 38v. Printed EYC, ii, no. 773 from Dodsworth MS. Comment Entry in the Egerton MS includes the first three witness names only and follows William’s own grant (EYC, ii, no. 703). Both are blotched, faded and almost illegible. 23. Confirms to Rievaulx abbey a fishery at Normanby demised by Roger Host. Date 1175 x 1185 . Source Original, Northallerton, North Yorkshire County Record Office, ZPQ 9; cartulary copy in BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fos 235v–236. Printed GC, ii, no. 608; EYC, ii, no. 664; Rievaulx Cart., 232 n. 1. the brus family in england and scotland 1100–1295 206 Comment Equestrian seal attached with image on reverse side of knight with conical helm and undrawn sword, mounted on standing horse facing to dexter. Inscription gone. The charter was formerly at ‘York Museum’. 24. Confirms to Rievaulx abbey land in Normanby with fisheries on the Tees granted by Richard Lost. Date 1175 x 1185. Source BL Cott. MS Julius D.i, fo. 78 (old fo. 74). Printed EYC, ii, no. 744; Rievaulx Cart., no. 119. 25. Confirms to Rievaulx abbey land in Welbury and [Ingleby] Arncliffe granted by William Ingram. Date 1178 x 1190. Source BL Cott. MS Julius D.i, fo. 80 (old fo. 76). Printed EYC, ii, no. 665; Rievaulx Cart., no. 121. 26. Confirms to Kirkham priory land in Crambe granted by William Esturmy. Date c. 1165 x 1180. Source Bodleian, Fairfax MS vii, fo. 65. Printed EYC, ii, no. 691. 27. Grants to the hospital of St Nicholas, Yarm, three acres and three roods of land. Date after 1185. Source Confirmation of Peter I, no. 55 below. 28. Grants to the burgesses of Hartlepool the same liberties as those enjoyed by the burgesses of Newcastle. Date c. 1160 x 1180. Source PRO C53/167, m. 13. Printed CChR, v. 370. 29. Grants to Adam de Seton half a carucate of land in Skelton. Date 1170 x 1195. Source Dodsworth MS cxviii, fo. 141. Printed EYC, ii, no. 663; also noted in GC, ii. 329 n. 1. Comment Note in MS of equestrian seal with worn inscription. 30. Grants to William de Wicton half a carucate of land in [Kirk] Leavington. Date 1180 x 1198. Source BL Cott. MS Cleopatra D.ii, fo. 249v; Dodsworth MS vii, fo. 49; Hailstone MS 6.4, no. 6. Printed GC, ii, no. 680; EYC, ii, no. 666. Comment Dodsworth and Hailstone MSS list more witnesses than the Cotton MS. Hailstone MS includes drawing of an equestrian seal similar to no. 23 above. William later granted this land to Guisborough priory with the consent of Peter I; no. 40 below. 31. Confirms to Geoffrey Fossard II a tenement in South Otterington granted to him by his father, Geoffrey Fossard I. Date c. 1180 x 1195. Source Dodsworth MS vii, fo. 167v; BL Egerton MS 2823, fo. 88. Printed EYC, ii, no. 759 from Dodsworth MS which has additional witness names. the brus charters 207 32. Grants to his daughter Isabel, on her marriage to Henry de Percy, the town of [Kirk] Leavington, excluding his (named) free men and their tenements. Date 1190 x 1196. Source EYC, ii, no. 668; Percy Chartulary, no. 435. Comment Both printed from the MS of the cartulary in the Percy archives at Alnwick Castle.
  
  === Occ:lord of Skelton in Cleveland ===
  1.1.1 Adam de Brus
  
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  Death:11962,1
  
  Birth:ca 113411,12
  
  Occ:lord of Skelton in Cleveland
  
  of Skelton and Danby in Cleveland, co. York
  
  custody given to William of Aumale during his minority (shown by Ruth
  
  Blakely to have been his maternal uncle)9 [Note: the manor of Danby
  
  was appropriated by William of Aumale during his minority, and not
  
  returned upon his taking seisin of his other lands10]
  
  record of a plea or convention before Ranulf de Glanville and other
  
  justices in Yorkshire, 22 Hen II (1175-6):
  
  ' Adam de Brus redd. comp. de .c. l. de misericordia pro foresta.
  
  In thesauro .l. l. Et debet .l. l. ' [Pipe Roll XXV:11213]
  
  confirmed gifts by his men to the church of Guisborough, before 1176

• m. AFT 1169 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England

1. Isabell de Brus, b. 1160 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England     d. AFT 1230 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England
2. Peter de Brus Lord of Skelton, b. ABT 1170 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England     d. 27 JAN 1211 in Skelton Castle, North Yorkshire, England

1. Title: Adam II de Brus (1134-1180), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-BQCR : 14 April 2023), Adam de Brus, ; Burial, Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England, Guisborough Priory; citing record ID 85680283, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-BQCR;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85680283/adam_ii-de_brus Adam II de Brus BIRTH 1134 Skelton, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England DEATH 11 Jul 1180 (aged 45–46) Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England BURIAL Guisborough Priory Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England MEMORIAL ID 85680283
   
2. Title: Adam de Brus & Arches in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QY-6NB?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3N%3A352086301%2C352519001
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QY-6NB?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3N%3A352086301%2C352519001 : 20 May 2014), D > De Bruijn, William (1780) - Decker, Francois (1749) > image 485 of 1285; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QY-6NB;
   Note: Adam de Brus (1126-1196) married Ivetta de Arches and had children according to research before 1963
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources