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Hugh de Balliol


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Father: Eustace de Balliol 3rd Baron Balliol, b. BEF 1155 in Bywell, Northumberland, England   d. ABT 1209 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England
Mother: Petronella FritzPier De Lutegareshale, b. 1162 in Essex, England   d. 17 OCT 1198 in Bywell, Northumberland, England

Family 1: Cecily de Fontaines,    b. ABT 1180 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland    d. 2 Febuary 1228 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England
  1. John de Balliol, b. BEF 1208 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England     d. 25 OCT 1268 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England
  2. Ada de Balliol, b. ABT 1204 in Baronage, Bywell, St. Andrew, Northumberland, England     d. 29 JUL 1251 in Stokesley, Yorkshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Guy, Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in Bernard Castle, pg. 4-5 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Bernard Castle, pg. 4-5
    Note: Guy, Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in Bernard Castle, pg. 4-5 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in Bernard Castle, pg. 4-5 [See document in the Memories section]
  2. Title: Bernard de Balliol II in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 63 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 63
    Note: Bernard de Balliol II in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 63 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Bernard de Balliol II in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 63 [See document in the Memories section]
  3. Title: Mathematical.com: John de Baliol
    Author: source: LDS ancestry.com
    Publication: Name: http://www.mathematical.com/baliolcecilia1240.htm;
    Note: *John de Baliol born about 1212 Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England died 12 October 1268/69 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England buried New Abbey, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland father: *Hugh Baliol born about 1180/90 died 2 February 1229 mother: *Cecily de la Fontaine born about 1186/1195 England siblings: *Ada de Baliol born about 1206 Barnardcastle, Durham, England died 29 July 1251Stokesby, Durham, England Eustace de Baliol born about 1208 Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Bernard de Baliol born about 1210 Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Jocelin de Baliol born about 1214 Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Hugh de Baliol born about 1216 Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland spouse: *Devorgilla NicAlan of Galloway born 1220 Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland died 28 January 1290 Kemston, Bedfordshire, England buried New Abbey, Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland married 1233 Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland children: Hugh de Baliol born about 1234 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England died 10 April 1271/72 *Cecilia de Baliol born about 1240 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England died 1289 Alexander de Baliol born about 1242 Place: Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England died 13 November 1278/79 Eleanor de Baliol born about 1246 Place: Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England Mary de Baliol born about 1247 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England Ada de Baliol born about 1248 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England John de Baliol born about 1249 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England died April 1313/15 Bailleul, Nord, France buried St. Waast, Bailleul, Nord, France Alan de Baliol born about 1250 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England died before 1272 William de Baliol born about 1251 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England Margaret de Baliol born about 1259 Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
  4. Title: Foundation for Medieval Geneaology: HUGH Balliol (Barnard Castle [1237/40]-[Palestine] before 10 Apr 1271)
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#_ftnref854;
    Note: HUGH Balliol (Barnard Castle [1237/40]-[Palestine] before 10 Apr 1271). A writ after the death of "John de Balliolo", dated "27 Oct 52 Hen III," and later inquisitions name "Sir Hugh de Balliolo his son, age variously stated as 28 or more, and 30 and more" as his heir. A charter of David II King of Scotland dated 15 May 1359 confirmed a donation by "Dervorgilla daughter of the late Alan of Galloway, in her widowhood" for founding the abbey of St Mary of Sweetheart, for the souls of "…John Baliol the granter’s lord and late spouse, Hugh his son and hers, Cicilia her daughter," stating that the abbey was founded 10 Apr 1273. He succeeded his father in 1268 as Lord of Bywell, co. Northumberland and Barnard's Castle, co. Durham. A writ after the death of "Hugh de Balliolo," dated "10 Apr 55 Hen III," assigns her dower to "Agnes de Valentia, the king’s niece, late the wife of the said Hugh." Inquisitions after the death of "Hugh de Balliolo," dated "Sunday before St Gregory 56 Hen III," names "Alexander de Balliolo his brother" as his heir. m (after 1268) as her second husband, AGNES de Valence Dame de Danfalize, widow of MAURICE Fitzgerald Baron of Offaly, daughter of GUILLAUME de Lusignan Seigneur de Valence, Lord of Pembroke & his wife Joan Munchensy of Swansbrooke (-1310). An order dated 10 Apr 1275 relates to payments to "Agnes de Valence the K’s cousin" out of the estate of "Maurice Fitz Gerald her late husband." A writ after the death of "Hugh de Balliolo," dated "10 Apr 55 Hen III," assigns her dower to "Agnes de Valentia, the king’s niece, late the wife of the said Hugh." King Edward I confirmed the grant by "Agnes de Balliol to her son Ingeram de Balliol of her land at Foxton" for five years from 11 Jun 1275, by charter dated 5 May 1276. She married thirdly Jean d'Avesnes Seigneur de Beaumont. The Chronicle of Baudouin d’Avesnes records that "Ioannes," son of "domino Balduino de Avesnes domino de Bellomonte" and his wife, married "Agnete filia domini Guillelmi de Valentia fratris regis Angliæ Henrici ex parte matris." An order dated 7 Oct 1277 relates to attorneys appointed by "John de Aveynes and Agnes his wife" relating to affairs in Ireland.
  5. Title: Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 66 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 66
    Note: Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 66 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3, pg. 66 [See document in the Memories section]
  6. Title: Wikiwand: Dervorguilla of Galloway
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dervorguilla_of_Galloway;
    Note: Dervorguilla of Galloway (c. 1210 – 28 January 1290) was a 'lady of substance' in 13th century Scotland, the wife from 1223 of John, 5th Baron de Balliol, and mother of John I, a future king of Scotland. The name Dervorguilla or Devorgilla was a Latinisation of the Gaelic Dearbhfhorghaill (alternative spellings, Derborgaill or Dearbhorghil). Family Dervorguilla was one of the three daughters and heiresses of the Gaelic prince Alan, Lord of Galloway. She was born to Alan's second wife Margaret of Huntingdon, who was the eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon and Matilda (or Maud) of Chester. David in turn was the youngest brother to two Kings of Scotland, Malcolm IV and William the Lion. Thus, through her mother, Dervorguilla was descended from the Kings of Scotland, including David I. Dervorguilla's father died in 1234 without a legitimate son (he had an illegitimate son Thomas). According to both Anglo-Norman feudal laws and to ancient Gaelic customs, Dervorguilla was one of his heiresses, her two sisters Helen and Christina being older and therefore senior. Because of this, Dervorguilla bequeathed lands in Galloway to her descendants, the Balliol and the Comyns. Dervorguilla's son John of Scotland was briefly a King of Scots too, known as Toom Tabard (Scots: 'puppet king' literally "empty coat"). Life The Balliol family into which Devorguilla married was based at Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. Although the date of her birth is uncertain, her apparent age of 13 was by no means unusually early for betrothal and marriage at the time. In 1263, her husband Sir John was required to make penance after a land dispute with Walter Kirkham, Bishop of Durham. Part of this took the very expensive form of founding a College for the poor at the University of Oxford. Sir John's own finances were less substantial than those of his wife, however, and long after his death it fell to Devorguilla to confirm the foundation, with the blessing of the same Bishop as well as the University hierarchy. She established a permanent endowment for the College in 1282, as well as its first formal Statutes. The college still retains the name Balliol College, where the history students' society is called the Devorguilla society and an annual seminar series featuring women in academia is called the Dervorguilla Seminar Series. While a Requiem Mass in Latin was sung at Balliol for the 700th anniversary of her death, it is believed that this was sung as a one-off, rather than having been marked in previous centuries. Devorguilla founded a Cistercian Abbey 7 miles south of Dumfries in Galloway Scotland, in April 1273. It still stands as a picturesque ruin of red sandstone. When Sir John died in 1269, his widow, Dervorguilla, had his heart embalmed and kept in a casket of ivory bound with silver. The casket travelled with her for the rest of her life. In 1274–5 John de Folkesworth arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Devorguilla and others touching a tenement in Stibbington, Northamptonshire. In 1275–6 Robert de Ferrers arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against her touching a messuage in Repton, Derbyshire. In 1280 Sir John de Balliol's executors, including his widow, Devorguilla, sued Alan Fitz Count regarding a debt of £100 claimed by the executors from Alan. In 1280 she was granted letters of attorney to Thomas de Hunsingore and another in England, she staying in Galloway. The same year Devorguilla, Margaret de Ferrers, Countess of Derby, Ellen, widow of Alan la Zouche, and Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and Elizabeth his wife sued Roger de Clifford and Isabel his wife and Roger de Leybourne and Idoine his wife regarding the manors of Wyntone, King’s Meaburn, Appleby, and Brough-under-Stainmore, and a moiety of the manor of Kyrkby-Stephan, all in Westmorland. The same year Devorguilla sued John de Veer for a debt of £24. In 1280–1 Laurence Duket arraigned an assize of novel disseisin again Devorguilla and others touching a hedge destroyed in Cotingham, Middlesex. In 1288 she reached agreement with John, Abbot of Ramsey, regarding a fishery in Ellington. In her last years, the main line of the Royal House of Scotland was threatened by a lack of male heirs, and Devorguilla, who died just before the young heiress Margaret, the Maid of Norway, might, if she had outlived her, have been one of the claimants to her throne. Devorguilla was buried beside her husband at New Abbey, which was christened 'Sweetheart Abbey', the name which it retains to this day. The depredations suffered by the Abbey in subsequent periods have caused both graves to be lost.A replica is to be found in the covered south transept. Successors Dervorguilla and John de Balliol had issue: Sir Hugh de Balliol, who died without issue before 10 April 1271. Alan de Balliol, who died without issue. Sir Alexander de Balliol, who died without issue before 13 November 1278. King John of Scotland, successful competitor for the Crown in 1292. Cecily de Balliol, who married John de Burgh, Knt., of Walkern, Hertfordshire. Ada de Balliol, who married in 1266, William de Lindsay, of Lamberton. Margaret (died unmarried) Eleanor de Balliol, who married John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch. Maud, who married Sir Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan, of Bedale, Knt., (d. 1 June 1306), who succeeded the Earl of Surrey as Guardian and Keeper of Scotland for Edward I of England. Owing to the deaths of her elder three sons, all of whom were childless, Dervorguilla's fourth and youngest surviving son John of Scotland asserted a claim to the crown in 1290 when queen Margaret died. He won in arbitration against the rival Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale in 1292, and subsequently was king of Scotland for four years (1292–96). Aunt and niece She should not be confused with her father's sister, Dervorguilla of Galloway, heiress of Whissendine, who married Nicholas II de Stuteville. Her daughter Joan de Stuteville married 1stly Sir Hugh Wake, Lord of Bourne and 2ndly Hugh Bigod (Justiciar). Her other daughter Margaret married William de Mastac but died young.
  7. Title: SUMMARY HISTORY OF THE EARLY BALIOL (BAILLEUL) FAMILY: NOTES ON BARNARD CASTLE
    Author: From a description prepared by A.D. Saunders, MA, FSA, Inspector of Ancient Monuments for England, 1971
    Publication: Name: http://earthfriendarts.tripod.com/Baliol.htm;
    Note: From the first, the castle was set in a commanding position on the left bank of the Tees, on the borders of the Palatinate of Durham, using the natural defense of an almost sheer cliff on the west and south sides. The northern and eastern limits were originally defined in the late llth or early 12th century by a ditch and rampart to provide a roughly oblong-shaped fortified enclosure, about six and a half acres in extent, covering an important crossing of the river and center of communications. The enclosure retained its boundaries throughout the Middle Ages and it was not until the late 17th and 18th centuries that the houses of the townsfolk encroached upon and completely masked the ditch on the east, eventually spreading into the wards themselves. There were four wards of varying defensive strength with the nucleus, both defensive and domestic, in the northwest corner. The modern entrance is through the North Gate in the Town Ward. The original gateway to this ward was probably a little to the south of the King's Head Yard, but has been removed by later building behind the shops fronting the Market Place. A similar development has largely eliminated the east wall although its line is preserved by the main property boundaries, despite the encroachment into the ward of kitchen gardens. There is a slight mound inside the line of the wall which may be the remains of the up-cast bank from the ditch now filled in. The wide ditch on the north, which still exists for most of its length, is really the outer defense of the Town and Middle Wards. On the other three sides the walls are incomplete and in several places have been rebuilt. In the late 18th century they were described as "featureless" and probably never were of great strength. It has been suggested that this ward served as a refuge for the townsfolk and their cattle. In 1538 there was a great stable for forty horses or more and used by the auditors, receivers and various visiting officers. A certain amount of medieval pottery has been found following ploughing, but the only obvious indication of occupation within it is a garderobe shaft corbelled out of the southern stretch of wall. Leland, in the 16th century, stated that "the first area hath no very notable thing yn it, but a faire Capel when be 2 cantharides." Part of an early 12th-century column respond and base, built into the wall of a cattle shed, and a double aumbry built into a neighboring garden wall may be surviving fragments. Town Ward Occupying the northeastern comer, this ward was much more strongly fortified and may have served as the main bailey for the first castle. In the north curtain wall is a gateway giving on to the Flatts. The North Gate probably belongs to the 14th century but may occupy the position of an earlier entrance. It has a roundheaded arch of two chamfered orders with chamfered jambs and impost. Above the arch is a narrow, rectangular window similar to two other windows in the curtain, one on either side. The gate was flanked on the west by a small solid drum tower. Internally, there are remains of a substantial, two-storied gatehouse with rooms on either side of and over the gate passage. On the west, a doorway from the Ward opens into an almost square room with a fireplace either side of and over the gate passage. On the west, a doorway from the Ward opens into an almost square room with a fireplace against the curtain wall. At the south-west angle projects the base of a garderobe turret with the remains of two latrine pits. The porter's lodge was sited on the opposite side of the passage and opening from it. This, too, had a fireplace, and had been subdivided to give a living room and a bedchamber. Further to the south-west, on the counter-scarp of the Inner Ward ditch is a rectangular tower contemporary with the curtain. The projecting northeastern angle has the remains of a buttress, while the north-western angle employs a vertical bonding course in the curtain wall. The tower was a two-storey structure with a timber roof supported on corbels. The only other remaining feature as a blocked, first-floor window facing south. In 1538 it was used as a malt kiln and the tower as well as the curtain wall further west contain nesting boxes for pigeons. Northeast of the gate, the curtain wall retains traces of buttresses externally and, internally, splayed rectangular loops mostly blocked, with round-headed rear arches. In the northeast corner two such loops are at a higher level than those east of the North Gate and the two in the isolated length of the curtain to the south; another tower is said to have existed at this corner, but there is no conclusive evidence for it in the structure now surviving. Further to the southeast is the large Brackenbury's Tower, projecting slightly beyond the line of the curtain and extending about 30 feet behind it. It was named after Richard III's Lieutenant of the Tower of London, Sir Robert Brackenbury, and is said to have been a prison. The ground floor has a rubble, barrel-vaulted roof with an ashlar string course just below the springing of the vault. A large room stretching the length of the tower has a mutilated chimney in the north-eastern corner, and a recess on the south side. A small chamber opens to the north, lit by a blocked loop on the west. This room has been disfigured and much of the wall-face cut away. On the upper floor is another large chamber with a fireplace in the north wall and a garderobe chamber in the north-west comer. Access was by means of a mural staircase in the south wall. South of Brackenbury's Tower is an isolated stretch of curtain wall with two blocked loops. The south side of the ward retains its high, though much patched, wall of uncoursed rubble. Middle Ward Despite its name, this is merely a small and irregular area bounded by the early ditch of the Inner Ward, the ditch on the south cutting the major portion of the castle off from the Outer Ward, a later ditch linking the first two on the east and the cliff on the west. In the 16th century this ward was known as the Many Gates. It had entrances from the Outer ad the Town Wards and served as a link between them and the Inner Ward. Part of the gate tower guarding the approach from the Outer Ward remains. The surviving west wall shows that it was of at least three storeys. It was known as the Constable's Tower. Three internally splayed rectangular loops remain in this wall together with the toothing for return walls: that to the north shows a vertical straight joint. Further north is the jamb of a door at a high level. The tower projects beyond the line of the now non-existent south wall of the ward and is in the line of the ditch. The wall on the west side crosses the ditch of the Inner Ward and in doing so attains a considerable height. It has a round-headed opening at the ditch bottom similar to that which can be seen in the curtain east of the Round Tower, where the wall crosses the ditch. The original height of the opening is not yet known; it was no doubt a drain linking the two parts of the ditch. A gatehouse with a drawbridge existed in the east wall guarding the approach from Town Ward. The drawbridge pit and gateway have been uncovered, and a modern bridge spans the ditch between Town and Middle Wards. A survey of 1592 mentions the buildings in the ward at that time: a smithy, three stables, the great bam, the garner, two chambers over the gate, lodgings, a hall, Mr. George's Chamber and the Mill house. Inner Ward This ward contained all the most important buildings in the castle and largely for this reason its building history is very complex. Its full elucidation will not be possible until the area has been excavated archaeologically. The first castle appears to have been a ring work, a fortified earthwork edged by a wide, deep ditch and up-cast bank curving around to the steep cliff on the west and enclosing an area roughly oval in shape. It may have been defended by a timber palisade, for none of the existing masonry can be certainly dated to the late 10th or early 12th century. The substitution of stone walls for wood to form a shell-keep probably followed in the latter part of the century. Subsequently there were several rebuilds and remodels of the surrounding wall and the structures built against it. An area in the center of the ward has been examined and the resulting depression indicates the top of the earth rampart, the outer line of the ranges of buildings on the west, and the level of a late courtyard. The ward was entered at the south from the Middle Ward, through a gatehouse set on the edge of the cliff. Only part of its west wall remains; this has one splayed loop with a flat lintel and evidence for a chimney flue in the upper storey. It is called the Headlamp Tower. Opposite the gatehouse, in the northern corner, is the Round Tower, sometimes called the Baliol Tower, dominating the whole castle, half within and half without the curtain. It stands on remains of an earlier structure of uncertain date and plan, one wall of which survives in the east side of the well beneath the lowest floor of the tower. The tower is about 36 feet in diameter and about 40 feet high from the Courtyard. The lowest six feet are battered, but above that the walls are vertical, built without ornament in fine, coursed ashlar. A large spur provides the south and east sides with a rectangular external face. The apex of the spur dies into the tower about four-fifths of the way up. The tower was approached through the building which adjoined it on the south, with which it was connected both by the round-headed opening at first-floor level and by the passage which leads into the basement. A narrower mural passage on the left of this leads to a garderobe lit by a small loop. The large basement room, the floor of which was lower than it is at present, has a flattened dome vault built of rubble set in a spiral fashion. In addition to the well, there ..
  8. Title: Yorkshire Guide: Barnard Castle
    Publication: Name: http://www.yorkshireguides.com/barnard_castle.html;
    Note: Impressive Barnard Castle, perched dramatically on a high rock above the River Tees, is situated in the town of the same name, just over the border in County Durham. The castle was constructed on the site of an earlier defended position from around 1095 to 1125 by Guy de Balliol, a Norman baron originating from Bailleul-en-Vimeu close to Abbeville in Northern France, who was granted land in northern England in the late eleventh-century. The building was enlarged between 1125 and 1185 by Guy's nephew and heir, Bernard de Balliol, his son, also Bernard, further extended the building. In 1216 the castle was besieged by Alexander II, King of Scotland. It was still held by the Balliol family although its ownership was disputed by the Bishops of Durham. In 1264 Barnard Castle was taken by barons supporting Simon de Montfort in his rebellion against Henry III. The Scottish puppet king, John Balliol, was the most important member of the Balliol family. Following the death of Alexander III of Scotland and his only grandchild, Margaret 'the Maid of Norway', he became a claimant to the vacant crown of Scotland through his mother, Dervorguilla of Galloway, herself a descendant of David I, King of Scots. King Edward I of England was invited to adjudicate among the various claimants, and he selected John. However, when John Baliol ascended the Scottish throne, he foreswore his oath of allegiance to King Edward, which resulted in the enraged Edward's invasion of Scotland. When Edward deposed John Balliol as King in 1296 the castle passed to the Bishop of Durham. Around 1300 the castle was granted to the Beauchamp family, Earls of Warwick. In the fifteenth century the castle passed to the powerful Neville family by the marriage of Anne Beauchamp to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known to history as 'Warwick the Kingmaker'. Following the death of the mighty Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later to become King Richard III), who was married to Warwick's younger daughter Anne, took possession of the castle, it was to become one of his favourite residences. After becoming king, Richard had plans to enlarge and strengthen Barnard Castle, but these failed to materialise as his short reign was brought to an abrupt end at his defeat by Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond (later to become Henry VII) at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Over the next two centuries the Nevilles enlarged and improved the estate and created a substantial and impressive castle. The Catholic Rising of the North in 1569, against the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I was plotted at the nearby Raby Castle. The rising witnessed Barnard Castle being besieged by the supporters of Mary Queen of Scots. For eleven days, Sir George Bowes of Streatlam held the fort for Elizabeth I, before being forced to surrender it. For the rebels', the victory proved to be a costly one. The delay Sir George had created broke their impetus and bought the Crown much-needed time; ultimately the "Great Rebellion" foundered and failed. When Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland was attainted for his leading role in the Rising of the North the Neville estates were sequestered. In 1626 the Crown sold the castle and also the Neville property at Raby Castle to Sir Henry Vane. Vane decided to make Raby his principal residence and Barnard Castle was abandoned and its contents and much of its masonry was removed for the maintenance and improvement of Raby. Of particular interest are the ruins of the twelfth century cylindrical tower and the fourteenth century Great Hall and Great Chamber. The castle is now in the care of English Heritage and is open to the public. Images courtesy of Paul Johnson
  9. Title: Hugh and Ada de Baliol in The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pg. 7 Footnote [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: he Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pg. 7 Footnote
    Note: Hugh and Ada de Baliol in The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pg. 7 Footnote [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hugh and Ada de Baliol in The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pg. 7 Footnote [See document in the Memories section]
  10. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 03: Baliol, John de (d.1269) by Aeneas James George Mackay
    Author: Historical Documents, Scotland, 1286-1408, arranged by Rev. J. Stevenson, i. 155; Acts Parl. Scotland, vol. i.; Fordun; Chronicle of Lanercost. The work of Henry Savage, master of Baliol College, entitled Balio-Fergus, Oxford, 1664, is untrustworthy as to the Baliol genealogy, but gives some interesting particulars as to the endowments of the college by the Baliols, and its first statutes made by Devorguila.]
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Baliol,_John_de_(d.1269)_(DNB00);
    Note: BALIOL, JOHN de (d. 1269), of Barnard Castle, founder of Balliol College, Oxford, was the son of Hugh, the grandson of Eustace, and the great-grandson of Bernard de Baliol the younger [q. v.]. He married Devorguila, one of the daughters of Alan of Galloway, constable of Scotland, by Margaret, eldest daughter of David, earl of Huntington, brother of William the Lion. In his own right and that of his wife, coheiress of two great inheritances, Baliol was one of the wealthiest barons of his time, possessing, it is said, as many as thirty knights' fees in England, besides one-half of the lands of Galloway; though his possession of the latter must have been precarious during the reign of Alexander II, who favoured the claim of Roger de Quincey, husband of Helen, the elder daughter of Alan of Galloway, to the whole, while the Galwegians supported Alan's natural son, Thomas de Galloway. According to the Chronicle of Lanercost, Thomas de Galloway, being taken prisoner in 1235, was committed to the custody of Baliol, who kept him in the dungeons of Barnard Castle, where he remained until, in extreme old age, he was released at the instance of Edward I. Baliol was one of the regents of Scotland during the minority of Alexander III, but was deprived of that office and his lands forfeited for treason in 1255, when a new regency was appointed through the influence of Henry III. Making terms with that monarch, Baliol escaped the consequences of his forfeiture, and sided with Henry in the barons' war (1258-65). He was taken prisoner at Lewes, but, having been released, did all that was in his power to support the royal cause, along with the barons of the north, against Simon de Montfort. About the year 1263 he gave the first lands for the endowment of the college at Oxford, which received his name, and this endowment was largely increased by his will, and after his death by his widow, Devorguila. He died in 1269, leaving three sons, Hugh, Alexander, and John, who succeeded to the family estates by the death of his elder brothers, without issue, and afterwards became king of Scotland. Devorguila survived her husband, dying 28 Jan. 1290. There is a writ in the 'Memorial Rolls of Edward I,' dated 1 June 1290, ordering the customary inquisition after her death.
  11. Title: Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pgs. 10-11, 14, 17-19, 24, 27-28 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pgs. 10-11, 14, 17-19, 24, 27-28
    Note: Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pgs. 10-11, 14, 17-19, 24, 27-28 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in The Baliols of Bywell and Bernard Castle, pgs. 10-11, 14, 17-19, 24, 27-28 [See document in the Memories section]
  12. Title: Eustace, Hugh, John and Ada de Balliol in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#EustaceBaliolB [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#EustaceBaliolB;
    Note: Eustace, Hugh, John and Ada de Balliol in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#EustaceBaliolB [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Eustace, Hugh, John and Ada de Balliol in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#EustaceBaliolB [See document in the Memories section]
  13. Title: Guy, Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in A History of Northumberland, pgs. 15-18, 20-21, 25, 29, and 31 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: A History of Northumberland, pgs. 15-18, 20-21, 25, 29, and 31
    Note: Guy, Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in A History of Northumberland, pgs. 15-18, 20-21, 25, 29, and 31 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard I and II, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in A History of Northumberland, pgs. 15-18, 20-21, 25, 29, and 31 [See document in the Memories section]
  14. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace Hugh and John de Baliol in Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters American Revolution, Vol. II, pg. 505-506 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters American Revolution, Vol. II, pg. 505-506
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace Hugh and John de Baliol in Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters American Revolution, Vol. II, pg. 505-506 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace Hugh and John de Baliol in Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters American Revolution, Vol. II, pg. 505-506 [See document in the Memories section]
  15. Title: Wikipedia - Hugh de Ballliol
    Author: Beam, Amanda (2008). The Balliol Dynasty, 1210-1364. Edinburgh: John Donald. Stell, G. P., "Balliol, Bernard de (d. c.1190)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 24 Jan 2008 Stell, G. P., "Balliol , John de (b. before 1208, d. 1268)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 24 Jan 2008
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Balliol;
    Note: Hugh de Balliol (died 1229), Lord of Bywell, Barnard Castle and Gainford, was a 12th and 13th century nobleman. He was the son of Eustace de Balliol and Petronilla FitzPiers. Balliol was a supporter of King John of England during the Barons Wars of 1215-17. Life Balliol was the eldest son and successor of Eustace de Balliol of Barnard Castle and Petronilla FitzPiers.[1] Hugh probably succeeded to his father Eustace's lordships by 1209.[1] Hugh and his brother Bernard were staunch supporters of King John; Hugh probably named his son John, after the king.[2] Balliol defended the northern borders of England against King Alexander II of Scotland in 1216. His castle of Barnard Castle was besieged by Alexander II, however the siege was abandoned after the death of Alexander II's brother in-law Eustace de Vesci. After Hugh's death in 1229, his son John succeeded to the chief Balliol estates.[2] Marriage and issue Balliol married Cecily, daughter of Aleaune de Fontaines and Laurette de St. Valerie, they had the following known issue: John de Balliol (died 1268), married Dervorguilla of Galloway, had issue. Their son become King John I of Scotland. Eustace de Balliol (died 1274), married firstly Helewise, daughter of Ranulph de Levington and Ada de Gernon. He married secondly Agnes, daughter of William de Percy and Joan Briwere. Jocelin de Balliol Hugh de Balliol (died 1292) Bernard de Balliol Ada de Balliol (died 1251), married John FitzRobert of Warkworth,[3] had issue.
  16. Title: Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Balliol in The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, pg. 389 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, pg. 389
    Note: Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Balliol in The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, pg. 389 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Balliol in The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, pg. 389 [See document in the Memories section]
  17. Title: Wikiwand: John I de Balliol
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_I_de_Balliol;
    Note: John de Balliol (before 1208 – 25 October 1268) was a leading figure of Scottish and Anglo-Norman life. Balliol College, in Oxford, is named after him. Life John de Balliol was born before 1208 to Cecily de Fontaines, daughter of Aléaume de Fontaines, chevalier, seigneur of Fontaines and Longpré-les-Corps-Saints and Hugh de Balliol, Lord of Balliol and of Barnard Castle and Gainford (c. 1177 – 2 February 1229). It is believed that he was educated at Durham School in the city of Durham. In 1223, Lord John married Dervorguilla of Galloway, the daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway and Margaret of Huntingdon. By the mid-thirteenth century, his wife had become very wealthy, principally as a result of inheritances from her family. This wealth allowed Balliol to play a prominent public role, and, on Henry III's instruction, he served as joint protector of the young king of Scots, Alexander III. He was one of Henry III's leading counsellors between 1258 and 1265, and was appointed Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from 1261 to 1262. He was captured at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, but escaped and rejoined King Henry. In 1265 Thomas de Musgrave owed him a debt of 123 marks. About 1266 Baldwin Wake owed him a debt of 100 marks and more. Following a dispute with the Bishop of Durham, he agreed to provide funds for scholars studying at Oxford. Support for a house of students began in around 1263; further endowments after his death by Dervorguilla, resulted in the establishment of Balliol College. Issue John and Dervorguilla had issue: Sir Hugh de Balliol, who died without issue before 10 April 1271. He married Agnes de Valence, daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Alan de Balliol, who died before 10 April 1271 without issue. Sir Alexander de Balliol, who died without issue before 13 November 1278. He married Eleanor de Genoure. King John I of Scotland, successful competitor for the Crown in 1292. Ada de Balliol, who married in 1266, William Lindsay, of Lambarton, and had a daughter, Christian de Lindsay. William de Balliol, "Le Scott," who issued John LeScott. Margaret de Balliol, who may have married Thomas de Moulton. Cecily de Balliol (d. before 1273), who married Sir John de Burgh (d. before 3 March 1280) of Wakerley, Northamptonshire, by whom she had three daughters, Devorguille de Burgh (c.1256–1284), who in 1259 married Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter; Hawise de Burgh (d. before 24 March 1299), who married Sir Robert de Grelle (or Grelley) (d. 15 February 1282) of Manchester; and Margery de Burgh, who became a nun. Mary (or Alianora) de Balliol, who married John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, and had a son, John 'The Red Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (d. 1306). Maud (or Matilda) de Balliol, married to Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan, and feudal Baron of Bedale. They were parents to Agnes FitzAlan (b. 1298), who married Sir Gilbert Stapleton, Knt., of Bedale[6] (1291–1324). Gilbert is better known for his participation in the assassination of Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall.
  18. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in the Lives of the Baillies, pg. 2-4 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Lives of the Baillies, pg. 2-4
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in the Lives of the Baillies, pg. 2-4 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in the Lives of the Baillies, pg. 2-4 [See document in the Memories section]
  19. Title: Guy, Bernard I, Bernard II, Hugh and John de Baliol in Nicolas' The Historic Peerage of England, pg. 38-39 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Nicolas' The Historic Peerage of England, pg. 38-39
    Note: Guy, Bernard I, Bernard II, Hugh and John de Baliol in Nicolas' The Historic Peerage of England, pg. 38-39 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard I, Bernard II, Hugh and John de Baliol in Nicolas' The Historic Peerage of England, pg. 38-39 [See document in the Memories section]
  20. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Note: Eustace de Balliol & his [first] wife had four children: 1. HUGH de Balliol (-1228). The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Eustakius de Baillol, Hugo, Ingelramus, Bernardus, Henricus filii eius"[842]. Lord of Biwell. "Hugo de Balliol" confirmed the donation of "piscaria…ad Wudehorn…Wudehornestelle in flumie de Tuede" made to the monastery of Kelso by "qm Bernardo de Bailloil" by charter dated to [1200][843]. Matthew Paris names “...Hugo de Bailul et Bernardus frater eius...” among the "consiliarios iniquissimos” of King John[844]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Hugo de Baylol" holding "baroniam de Bywelle" with five knights’ fees in Northumberland in [1210/12][845]. Lord of Hiche, Essex. Of Barnard Castle, he helped in the defence of the castle against Alexander II King of Scotland who invaded England in 1216[846]. “Hugo de Baillol” confirmed donations to the monks of Fountains, by charter dated to [1190/1210][847]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Hugo de Baillol" holding four knights’ fees "de Stokeley" in Yorkshire, and three in Essex, Hertfordshire, in [1210/12][848]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records "Hugo de Bailliol" holding "baroniam de Biwelle" in Northumberland which had been granted by King William II to "antecessores"[849]. "Hugo de Baillol" donated land at Newsam to Rievaulx abbey, for the soul of "uxoris meæ Ceciliæ", by undated charter[850]. m CECILIE de Fontaines, daughter of ALLEAUME de Fontaines & his wife Laure de Saint-Valéry. "Hugo de Baillol" donated land at Newsam to Rievaulx abbey, for the soul of "uxoris meæ Ceciliæ", by undated charter[851]. Hugh de Balliol donated his fishery at Courchon, part of the dowry of his wife "fille de sa…mere Lorette de St Valery", to the chapter of Longpré [Longpré-les-Corps-Saints, Picardie, near Bailleul-en-Vimeu[852]] by charter dated 1210[853]. Hugh de Balliol & his wife, Cecily de Fontaine had three children: a) JOHN de Balliol (-before 27 Oct 1268). b) ADA de Balliol (-Stokesley late Jul 1251). c) EUSTACE de Balliol (-after 15 Jun 1230).
  21. Title: The Peerage: Sir Hugh Balliol
    Author: Citations [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 203. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
    Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10783.htm#i107827;
    Note: Sir Hugh Balliol M, #107827, b. circa 1238, d. 10 April 1271 Last Edited=29 Apr 2009 Sir Hugh Balliol was born circa 1238 at Barnard Castle. He was the son of John de Balliol and Devorguilla de Galloway. He married Agnes de Valence, daughter of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, after 1268.1 He died on 10 April 1271. He was also known as Hugh de Baliol. He was appointed Knight.1 He gained the title of Baron of Bywell.
  22. Title: Balliol family in Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 553-554 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 553-554
    Note: Balliol family in Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 553-554 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Balliol family in Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pg. 553-554 [See document in the Memories section]
  23. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 23-24 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 23-24
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 23-24 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages, pg. 23-24 [See document in the Memories section]
  24. Title: Guy, Hugh, Widelard de Baliol in Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club Record of Proceedings, pg. 71-72 [See document in the memories section]
    Author: Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club Record of Proceedings, pg. 71-72
    Note: Guy, Hugh, Widelard de Baliol in Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club Record of Proceedings, pg. 71-72 [See document in the memories section]
    Page: Guy, Hugh, Widelard de Baliol in Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club Record of Proceedings, pg. 71-72 [See document in the memories section]
  25. Title: Hugh de Baliol in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/32902854;
    Note: Name: Hugh de Baliol Gender: m (Male) Birth Date: Abt 1180 Death Date: 2 feb 1229 Death Age: 49 Father: Eustace de Baliol Mother: Petronille FitzPiers Spouse: Cecily de la Fontaine Children: Ada Baliol Jocelin de Baliol Eustace de Baliol Hugh de Baliol Bernard de Baliol John de Baliol URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...
  26. Title: Wikiwand: Barnard Castle
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Barnard_Castle;
    Note: Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was built. It is the main settlement in the Teesdale area, and is a popular tourist destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine and decorative arts in the North of England, housed in a "magnificent" 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most famous exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, though art includes work by Goya and El Greco. Barnard Castle sits on the north bank of the River Tees, opposite Startforth and 21 miles (34 km) south-west of the county town of Durham. Nearby towns include Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the east and Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's largest single employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a manufacturing facility on the outskirts of town. History Before the Norman conquest the upper half of Teesdale had been combined into an Anglo-Norse estate which was centred upon the ancient village of Gainford and mortgaged to the Earls of Northumberland. The first Norman Bishop of Durham, Bishop Walcher, was murdered in 1080. This led to the surrounding country being attacked and laid waste by the Norman overlords. Further rebellion in 1095 caused the king William II to break up the Earldom of Northumberland into smaller baronies. The Lordship of Gainford was given to Guy de Balliol. The earthwork fortifications of the castle were re-built in stone by his successor, Bernard de Balliol I during the latter half of the 12th century, giving rise to the town's name. The castle passed down through the Balliol family (of which the Scottish king, John Balliol, was the most important member) and then into the possession of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. King Richard III inherited it through his wife, Anne Neville, but it fell into ruins in the century after his death. The remains of the castle are a Grade I listed building, whilst the chapel in the outer ward is Grade II* listed. Both sets of remains are now in the care of English Heritage and open to the public. Walter Scott frequently visited his friend John Sawrey Morritt at Rokeby Hall and was fond of exploring Teesdale. He begins his epic poem Rokeby (1813) with a man standing on guard on the round tower of the Barnard Castle fortress. Charles Dickens and his illustrator Hablot Browne (Phiz) stayed at the King's Head in Barnard Castle while researching his novel Nicholas Nickleby in the winter of 1837–38. He is said to have entered William Humphrey's clock-maker's shop, then opposite the hotel, and enquired who had made a certain remarkable clock. William replied that his boy Humphrey had done it. This seems to have prompted Dickens to choose the title "Master Humphrey's Clock" for his new weekly, in which The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge appeared. William Wordsworth, Daniel Defoe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Hilaire Belloc, Bill Bryson and the artist J M W Turner have also visited the town. The Bowes Museum, housed in a chateau-like building, was founded by John Bowes and his wife Josephine, and is of national status. It contains an El Greco, paintings by Goya, Canaletto, Boucher, Fragonard and a collection of decorative art. A great attraction is the 18th century silver swan automaton, which periodically preens itself, looks round and appears to catch and swallow a fish. John Bowes lived at nearby Streatlam Castle (now demolished). His Streatlam stud never had more than ten breeding mares at one time, but produced no fewer than four Derby winners in twenty years. The last of these, "West Australian," was the first racehorse to win the Triple Crown (1853). Although never a big manufacturing centre, in the 18th century industry centred on hand loom wool weaving, and in the early 19th century the principal industry was spinning and the manufacture of shoe thread. Governance Barnard Castle is for all purposes (historic, ceremonial and administrative) located in County Durham. The county boundary with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted in 1967: that part of the town of Barnard Castle historically in Yorkshire was added to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the administrative centre of the former Teesdale district of County Durham until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The town is now administered by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as principal authority and by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a parish. The Town Council elects a ceremonial Town Mayor annually. It is part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which as of 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman (Labour), though with a small majority over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England region, which serves as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 and 1967 the town was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District. All four Durham County Councillors whose wards (Barnard Castle East and Barnard Castle West) include part of Barnard Castle are Conservative. The local police force is Durham Constabulary. The town is the base for the Barnard Castle division, which covers 300 square miles (780 km2). This division is within the force's south area. Geography Elevation: 180 m (600 ft) Nearest large towns: Darlington, 16 miles (26 km). Bishop Auckland 14.8 miles Economy The most important employer in Barnard Castle is Glaxo Smithkline, which has a large pharmaceutical manufacturing plant on the outskirts of the town which employs around 1000 people. GSK has invested £80 million into the plant since 2007. Barnard Castle is located in a picturesque area of Teesdale and tourism is important to the local economy. Several holiday parks are located nearby including a Camping and Caravanning Club site. The town has a number of antique shops and an antique centre which attracts antique buyers from all around the world. The High Street has many independent shops. Nearby Startforth has a young offenders' institution. Transport Barnard Castle has road connections to Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor and central County Durham via the A688 and Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, and Middlesbrough by the A67. Barnard Castle is also four miles (6.4 km) from the A66, with access to the M6 to the west and the A1(M) to the east. The B6278 also connects Barnard Castle with Middleton-in-Teesdale. Barnard Castle railway station was closed for passenger trains in 1964. A Bill was approved in 1854 for a line from a junction with the Stockton & Darlington Railway at Darlington to Barnard Castle and opened on 9 July 1856, with intermediate stations at Broomielaw, Winston, Gainford and Piercebridge. The terminus at Darlington only lasted five years. In 1856 the South Durham & Lancashire Railway proposed a line from Bishop Auckland to Tebay via Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen but only the western section was built with the Company receiving its Bill in 1857. The line opened on 8 August 1861 from a second terminus at Barnard Castle to a junction with the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway at Tebay with intermediate stations at Lartington, Bowes, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, Ravenstondale & Gaisgill. The two stations at Barnard Castle were some distance apart; the earliest station became a through station and closed to passengers on 1 May 1862, but remained in use as a goods depot. The second station was closed for passenger trains under the Beeching cuts in 1964 and completely on 5 April 1965 and the site was eventually built on by Glaxo Smith Kline. Today rail access is via Bishop Auckland, 15 miles (25 km) or Darlington, 16 miles (26 km). Education Further information: List of schools in Durham Barnard Castle School Barnard Castle School, an independent co-educational boarding school, is located on the eastern edge of the town. Its notable former pupils include: ex-England Rugby players Rob Andrew, now Director of Elite Rugby for the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the Underwood brothers, Tony and Rory along with present England player Mathew Tait and his younger brother Alex, member of the Newcastle Falcons and England U20s team. Students Rory Clegg, and Alex Gray were members of the England Under 18 rugby union squad. Other former pupils include renegade spy Richard Tomlinson and Professor Sir Edward Mellanby, the co-discoverer of vitamin D. Teesdale School Teesdale School is an 11–18 comprehensive school on the outskirts of the town, just off the A688. Green Lane School Green Lane school is a primary school for 4–11 year olds, situated on a road of the same name not far from Teesdale School. Culture The town hosts the Bowes Museum, purpose-built as a public gallery to house the collection of John and Josephine Bowes. It is regarded as one of the finest museums in the north of England, being in the style of a French chateau, in extensive grounds, and is by far the largest building in the town. It contains paintings by El Greco, Francisco Goya, Canaletto, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and François Boucher, together with a sizable collection of decorative art, ceramics, textiles, tapestries, clocks and costumes, as well as older items from local history. It is most famous for the Silver Swan automaton, which plays every day at 2pm. The Witham Arts Centre on the Horse Market, holds a wide variety of events including drama, cinema, music, spoken word and children's events as well as being the town's visitor information point. The TCR Hub is a community centre on the edge of the town with a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities for young people and families and for the community more generally. An annual live music festival, organised by Teesdale Community Resources in conjunction with the Barnard Castle Meet Committee, runs over the Whit weekend alongside the many other 'Meet' activities. It is a three-day event with out-of-town bands playing on the Saturday and local bands & up and coming TCR bands playing on the Sunday and Monday. It is a f..
  27. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in A History and Genealogy of the Family of Baillie of Dunain, pg. 10-11 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: A History and Genealogy of the Family of Baillie of Dunain, pg. 10-11
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in A History and Genealogy of the Family of Baillie of Dunain, pg. 10-11 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in A History and Genealogy of the Family of Baillie of Dunain, pg. 10-11 [See document in the Memories section]
  28. Title: SUMMARY HISTORY OF THE EARLY BALIOL (BAILLEUL) FAMILY: The Baliol Family-Scottish Nobles
    Author: This paper is based on a summary history originally prepared by Linda Tanner as a school project, and later expanded by Thomas A. Baillieul using several additional source documents.
    Publication: Name: http://earthfriendarts.tripod.com/Baliol.htm;
    Note: There are several places named Bailleul in France: 1) in Flanders, near the Belgian border (14 miles NW of Lille); 2) Bailleul sur Berthoult (north of Arras); and 3) Bailleul- Orne (between Caen and Alençon). The first location is the recorded point of origin of the family which was to play such an important role in English and Scottish history. The founder of the family in England was a Norman baron, Guy, or Guido de Bailleul who held the fiefs of Bailleul, Dampierre, Harcourt, and Vinoy in Normandy. At this time, (about 1066) William the Conqueror was preparing for a conquest of England, and had promised a share of the land gained to any of the Norman barons who would follow him. Guy de Bailleul was one of these, and must have remained in England after the fighting ceased. Around 1093, he was granted the Barony of Biwell in Northumberland (which included the forests of Teesdale and Marwood, and the lordships of Middleton in Teesdale and Gainford, part of the wapentake of Sadberge) by William Rufus, notoriously cruel "Red King," the son of William the Conqueror. This area, which later became the vast parish of Gainford, had been ecclesiastical land before the Conquest, although leased or mortgaged to laymen. In the Boldon Book of 1133, the Baliol fees were not included in the Bishopric. This was the prelude to a long dispute over whether the lands were held of the Bishops of Durham and could be taxed by them . Another family member, Renard de Bailleul, may have been mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. This Rainald de Baliol (also Renaud, or Renard), was Sheriff of Shropshire under Earl Roger (Roger de Montgomery II), and had accompanied the Conqueror across the channel in 1066. Renard was married to Amiera, Earl Roger's niece. He may be one and the same as Pierre, Knight of Balliol and Fecamp who contributed one ship and twenty men-at-arms at Hastings, or he may be the brother or son of Pierre. Renard's descendents also included several Bishops of Lincoln. In the late 11th or early 12th century, Renard's son, Bernard de Bailleul (Baliol), began construction of a castle near Durham, overlooking the River Tees. As was common in those days, Barnard Castle acquired the name of its builder. Bernard played a prominent part in history: he fought for King Stephen during the civil war. He was a military commander of some reputation and participated in the victory over the Scots in 1138 at a battle near Northallerton, which came to be known as the Battle of the Standard. Like King Stephen himself, Bernard was later taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln, on February 2, 1141. The exact date of his death is unknown. A son, Bernard II, probably was responsible for much building of the family castle in Teesdale. He took a prominent part in local affairs, first being noted in the records around 1167. Bernard II was a munificent benefactor to the church, bestowing lands upon the abbey of St. Mary at York, and upon the monks at Riebault. Bernard II took up arms and, joining Robert de Stuteville, proceeded to the relief of Alnwick Castle in 1174. In the course of this forced march to Alnwick, a dense fog was encountered and a halt was recommended. Baliol is reported to have replied: "Let those stay that will, I am resolved to go forward, although none follow me, rather than dishonor myself by tarrying here." In consequence, they all advanced, and the returning light enabled them to decry the battlements of Alnwick Castle. William, the Scottish king, was then in the fields with a slender train of 60 horsemen. At the head of these, however, he instantly charged the newcomers, whose force was much larger. Being overpowered and unhorsed, William was made prisoner by Baliol and sent to the castle of Richmond and afterwards to Falaise in Normandy. Bernard's daughter, Annabel (1153 - 31 MAR 1204), became a concubine to Henry II Plantagenet. Bernard's son, Eustace, succeeded him in 1215, the same year that King John made peace with his barons at Runymeade. He gave £100 for license to marry the widow of Robert Fitzpiers. Eustace had three sons: Hugh, Henry, and Eustace II. Henry married Lora (also recorded as Lauretta) who was one of the co-heiresses of Christian, wife of William de Mandeville, Earl of Essex; and heirs of Peter, lord of the barony of Valoines (Valsques), and lord of Panmure. In 1234, Henry inherited part of the rich English fiefs of the Valoines family. He died in 1245-46, and his widow retained livery of all the lands in Essex, Hertford, and Norfolk which Henry had held of her inheritance. They had two sons: Alexander (d. 1271-72) and Guy Baliol. Eustace the younger married Hawise, daughter and heiress of Ralph de Boyville de Levyngton, a baron of Northumberland. In 1260-61, the records show Eustace as being sheriff of Cumberland and governor of Carlisle Castle. Nine years later he assumed the cross and accompanied Prince Edward to the Holy Land. Hugh de Baliol succeeded Eustace (the elder) as head of the family. He was certified by the Crown to hold the barony of Biwell (paying five knights' fees). He also was required to find 30 soldiers for the guard of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as his ancestors had done since the time of William Rufus. Also, as a gift from Henry II, Hugh was made lord of Hiche in Essex. Later, from King John, he obtained the lands of Richard Unfronville and of Robert de Meisnell in County York -- this for his support of the king in the baronial war. In 1216, de Baliol joined with Philip de Hulcotes in defense of the northern border with Scotland. When the Scottish king subjugated the whole of Northumberland for Lewis of France, de Baliol and de Hulcotes firmly held all the fortresses on the line of the Tees. Barnard Castle was particularly notable in this defense. Hugh received King John at Barnard Castle at this time, and for a short while was besieged there by Alexander II of Scotland who wished to "espie whether it was assailable at any side." The castle at that time was apparently too strong to afford an easy conquest. Hugh de Baliol was also described by Dugdale as having "benefitted himself not a little in the troublesome times of King John and, even at the great entrance of Henry III, could not forbear his wonted course of plundering." Hugh was married to Cecily de la Fontaine. Some time around 1228, he was succeeded by his son John who, having been born at Barnard castle about 1216, would have been a meer adolescent at the time. John became one of the regents of Scotland during the minority of Alexander III. In 1244, when ways and means were required to discharge the debt incurred by the war in Gascony, John de Baliol was one of the committee of 12 chosen to report to Parliament on the subject. The next year, Baliol is reported as having paid £30 for thirty knights' fees which he held towards the levy in aid for marrying the king's daughter. Afterwards he served as sheriff of Cumberland and governor of Carlisle Castle for six years. Subsequently he had a military summons to attend the king at Chester to oppose the Welsh. He was also sheriff of Nottingham and Derby Counties for three years. During the time that John Baliol was head of the family relations with the bishops of Durham continued to worsen. This may have reflected the rift between the English bishops and the Crown. Around 1255, the Bishop of Durham excommunicated and, in due course, imprisoned some of Baliol's men. In retaliation, Eustace (John's uncle?) and Jocelyn Baliol waylaid the bishop and threw 4 of his servants into the dungeon. Henry III intervened and brought about an exchange of prisoners. In the baronial revolt against the king led by Simon de Montfort, Baliol remained loyal to the throne. Along with the king he fell into the hands of the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes in 1264. However, he appears to have effected his escape and to have joined the other loyal barons in raising fresh troops to rescue the monarch. John Baliol, married Devorguilla, the younger daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, a great baron of Scotland. Galloway's wife, Margaret, was sister of John le Scot and one of the heirs of King David. It was from this alliance that the Baliol claim to the throne of Scotland arose. Also, through the marriage to Devorguilla, Baliol acquired the Scottish barony of Galloway. Devorguilla, came to the union with Baliol an equal partner, and her family arms were joined with his. About 1260, with guidance from the Bishop of Durham, John decided to carry out a substantial act of charity. He did it by renting a house in the suburbs of Oxford, and maintaining in it some poor studnets. The foundation date of the College which grew from this is traditionally reckoned as 1263. At the very least, the little society which John Baliol founded was in existence by June 1266, when its dependence on him is mentioned in a royal writ. After his death in 1268/69, his widow, Devorguilla, put his arrangements on a permanent basis, and she is honored as co-founder with him. She provided a capital endowment, formulated Statutes (1282), and gave the College its first seal, which it still has. Devorguilla and John's union is commemorated in the arms of Baliol College, Oxford. Their's must have been a true love; when John Baliol died, Devorguilla had his embalmed heart placed in an ivory shrine. This shrine was placed before her at meals, and she would give it's share of every dish to the poor. Later she founded "Sweetheart" Abbey (along with the college). She died in Buittle Castle on 28 January, 1289/90, but was buried in the Abbey with the casket containing John's heart in her arms. John had three sons, and in 1268 his property came to his eldest son, Hugh Baliol. Hugh died without issue in 1271 and was succeeded by his brother, Alexander. Alexander married Eleanor de Genoure and inherited a barony of more than 25 extensive lordships. Like his older brother, he died without issue in 1278-79 and was succeeded ..
  29. Title: Hugh de Baliol in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/19043314;
    Note: Name: Hugh de Baliol Gender: m (Male) Birth Date: Abt 1180 Death Date: 2 feb 1229 Death Age: 49 Father: Eustace de Baliol Mother: Petronille FitzPiers Spouse: Cecily de la Fontaine Children: Ada Baliol Jocelin de Baliol Bernard de Baliol Hugh de Baliol Eustace de Baliol John de Baliol URL: https://www.genealogieonline.n...
  30. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 20-21 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 20-21
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 20-21 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace, Hugh and John de Baliol in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 20-21 [See document in the Memories section]
  31. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in Banks The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, Vol. 1, pg. 19-20 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Banks The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, Vol. 1, pg. 19-20
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in Banks The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, Vol. 1, pg. 19-20 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in Banks The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, Vol. 1, pg. 19-20 [See document in the Memories section]
  32. Title: John FitzRobert de Clavering and Ada de Baliol in Magna Charta Barons and their Descendants, pg. 98-99 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Magna Charta Barons and their Descendants, pg. 98-99
    Note: John FitzRobert de Clavering and Ada de Baliol in Magna Charta Barons and their Descendants, pg. 98-99 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: John FitzRobert de Clavering and Ada de Baliol in Magna Charta Barons and their Descendants, pg. 98-99 [See document in the Memories section]
  33. Title: The Baliols of Bernard Castle in Clay's The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, pg. 4-5 and footnote [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Clay's The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, pg. 4-5 and footnote
    Note: The Baliols of Bernard Castle in Clay's The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, pg. 4-5 and footnote [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: The Baliols of Bernard Castle in Clay's The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, pg. 4-5 and footnote [See document in the Memories section]
  34. Title: Baliol family in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 1, pgs. 76-78 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 1, pgs. 76-78
    Note: Baliol family in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 1, pgs. 76-78 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Baliol family in the Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 1, pgs. 76-78 [See document in the Memories section]
  35. Title: Guy, Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in A History and Genealogy of the Family of Bailie, pg. 68 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: A History and Genealogy of the Family of Bailie, pg. 68
    Note: Guy, Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in A History and Genealogy of the Family of Bailie, pg. 68 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Guy, Bernard, Eustace and Hugh de Baliol in A History and Genealogy of the Family of Bailie, pg. 68 [See document in the Memories section]
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