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Amicia de Kevelice
- Preferred Name: Amicia de Kevelice[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
- Alternate Name: Amicia De Develioc
- Alternate Name: Amicia de Kevelioc
- Gender: F
- Marriage+Notification+: with note: Description: H.comes Cestrie" granted "the service of Gilbert son of Roger, namely the service of three soldiers" to "Radolfo de Meinilwarin with my daughter Amicia in free marriage"
H. comes Cestrie” granted “servicium Giliberti filii Rogeri, scilicet servicium trium militum” to “Radulfo de Meinilwarin cum Amicia filia mea in libero maritagio”
- Death: 2 NOV 1247 in Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1827 LONG: E2.5305
- Birth: 16 AUG 1167 in Merionethshire, Wales at LATI: N2.7471 LONG: E3.8775
- Burial: NOV 1247 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meschines-17
- FSID: MDBS-1K8
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
In the Great Roll of the Pipe, i Ric. I. (1189), p. 223, we have this entry, which, synchronising with the date of Ralph Mainwaring's justiceship, may very possibly refer to Amicia, there being at the date no daughters of the earl of Chester, except her, who were not then infants:
P. Pelliciis variis ad opus filiae comitis Gloec'r et filie comitis Cestr. lxxiij s iiij d
Trans: Various furs for the work of the daughter of the Earl of Gloucester and the daughter of the Earl of Chester. 73 s 4 d
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#AgnesChesterdied1247 as of 2/1/2016
AMICIA . Her alleged legitimacy, the subject of a bitter dispute in the late 17th cen
Preferred Parents:
Father: Hugh of Cyfeiliog 5th Earl of Chester, b. 1147 in Cyfeiliog, Powys, Wales d. 30 JUN 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England
Mother: Unknown ,
Family 1: Rafe De Mainwaring, b. 1155 in Warmingham, Northwich, Cheshire, England d. ABT 1200 in Warmingham, Cheshire, England
- m. 1179 in Cheshire, England
- Roger de Mainwaring, I, b. 1182 in Warmingham, Cheshire, England d. 1250 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England
- Bertred Edith Mainwaring, b. 1180 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 3 NOV 1249 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England
Sources:
- Title: "Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Volume 5," by Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges
Author: F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, 1812
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=VYkUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA529&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV_a-62qnJAhVHkh4KHfe7CGk4ChDoAQg6MAY#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: "Our Ancestry - Volume 1," by Jan B. Young
Author: Lulu.com, 2010
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=ozBOAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA118&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgudLJ0anJAhVDGj4KHe09BMsQ6AEILzAE#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "HUGH "of Kevelioc""
Author: fmg.org
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#HughChesterdied1181;
Note: HUGH "of Kevelioc" (Kevelioc, co. Monmouth 1147-Leek, Staffordshire 30 Jun 1181, bur Chester, Abbey of St Werburgh). The Annales Cestrienses record the birth in 1147 of “comes Hugo II”[111]. Robert of Torigny names "Hugonem filium suum" as successor of "Ranulfus comes Cestriæ"[112]. He succeeded his father in 1153 as Earl of Chester, Vicomte d'Avranches. "Hugo comes Cestrie" confirmed a donation of land in Thoresby donated by "Willelmus filius Othuer" to Greenfield priory, Lincolnshire, for the soul of "patris mei Randulfi", by charter dated to [1155] witnessed by "Matilla matre sua…"[113]. The Annales Cestrienses record in 1169 that “Hugo comes Cestrie” was made a knight[114]. He joined the rebellion of Henry "the Young King" against Henry II King of England and was taken prisoner at Alnwick 13 Jul 1174: the Annales Cestrienses record in 1173 that “Henricus tertius Rex Anglie filius Henrici Regis Anglie” captured “patrem suum” with the help of “duobus comitibus Anglie...Hugone comite Cestrensi et Roberto comite Leicestrie”, adding that “Hugo comes Cestrie” was captured “apud Dol in Britanniam...cum Radulpho de Feugis”[115]. He was deprived of the earldom but restored in Jan 1177[116]. The Annales Cestrienses record in 1177 that “Hugo comes Cestrie” captured “totam Bromfeld in Id Jun” with “David filio Owino”[117]. A manuscript narrating the descent of Hugh Earl of Chester to Alice Ctss of Lincoln records the death “II Kal Jul” of “Hugo”, son of “Ranulfus de Gernons”, and his burial at St Werburgh’s, Chester[118]. The Annales Cestrienses record the death “II Kal Jul...apud Lech” 1181 of “Hugo II...comes Cestrie”[119]. m ([1169/70]) BERTRADE de Montfort, daughter of SIMON [III] de Montfort Comte d'Evreux & his wife Mathilde --- ([1155]-1227). The Annales Cestrienses record in 1169 that “Hugo comes Cestrie” married “filiam Simonis comitis Ebroensis...Bertrad” arranged by King Henry II and that she was “ipsius cognata”[120]. Robert of Torigny records the marriage arranged by Henry II King of England in 1170 of "Hugoni comiti Cestriæ cognate suo" and "filiam comitis Ebroicensis cognatam suam ex parte patris sui"[121]. “Bertreia comitissa Cestrie...” witnessed the charter dated to [1169/73] under which Hugh Earl of Chester granted land at Coventry to Godfrey his homager[122]. The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records property “Beltesford et Hemmingebi et Dunintone” held by “Bertia comitissa, filia comitis de Evereros, uxor Hugonis comitis Cestrie”[123]. “Bertrada comitissa Cestrie...” witnessed the charter dated [3 Feb 1188/15 Nov 1189] under which “Ranulfus dux Britannie comes Cestrie et Richmondie” confirmed a donation to Bordesley abbey[124]. The Annals of Burton record the death in 1227 of “Bertrudis comitissa Cestriæ”[125]. The Annales Cestrienses record the death in 1227 of “Bertrudis comitissa Cestrie”[126]. Earl Hugh & his wife had six/seven children:
a) RANULF "de Blundeville"[120] (Oswestry, Powys [1170]-Wallingford 28 Oct 1232, bur 3 Nov 1232 Chester, Abbey of St Werburgh).
b) MATILDA ([1171]-[6] Jan 1233).
c) son ([1173]-after [1171/73]).
d) [daughter ([1174/75]?-[1191/95]?). m.Llewelyn ap Iorworth
e) MABEL (-after 1232).
f) AGNES [Alice] (-2 Nov 1247).
g) HAWISE ([1175/81][163]-[6 Jun 1241/3 Mar 1243
Earl Hugh had one [illegitimate] child by [an unknown mistress]: AMICIA.
Page: Shows Amecia.
- Title: Amicia: Legitimate or Not?
Author: Tracts written in the controversy respecting the legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, earl of Chester, A.D. 1673-1679, Peter Leicester and Thomas Mainwairing, 1869, Chetham Society, Introduction by William Beamont
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/tractswrittenin00beamgoog/page/n95/mode/2up;
Note: The Introduction is excellent and lays out the history of the controversy over Amicia's legitimacy.
- Title: "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica." 1835
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=mv0GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA249&dq=Amicia+Hugh+of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB1cK94anJAhUMXh4KHdSfAS84FBDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=Bertred&f=false;
- Title: Hugh Kyvelioc, Earl of Chester in County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire
Author: County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, pg. 363, 364, 365, 366
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof00crosuoft/page/362/mode/2up?q=Gernon;
Page: Hugh Kevelioc de Gernon, Earl of Chester in County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, pg. 363, 364, 365, 366 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: "Ranulf de Blondeville: The First English Hero," by Iain Soden
Author: Amberley Publishing Limited, Jun 30, 2013
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=0GaoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT14&dq=Amicia+Hugh+of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB1cK94anJAhUMXh4KHdSfAS84FBDoAQgzMAQ#v=onepage&q=Amicia%20Hugh%20of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: Mainwarings, earliest origins: Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford, by J. G. Cavenagh
Author: “Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford: an account of the family, and ... the manor of Whitmore”, compiled by J. G.[James Gordon] Cavenagh-Mainwaring, 1934, [Place of publication and publisher not identified] (Above link goes to pages 58, left-hand page, with pedigree of earliest Mainwarings beginning in 959 in Coutance, France, and being in Norfolk & Cheshire, England by about 1050.)
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/mainwaringsofwhi00main/page/58/mode/2up;
Note: See Pedigree of Manwaring of Norfolk and Cheshire, England on pages 58-59 at the link under the URL heading above.
Page: (Link under the URL heading above goes to page 58, with pedigree the of earliest Mainwarings beginning at the bottom of the left hand page, beginning in about 959 in Coutance, France, and being in Norfolk & Cheshire, England by about 1050): (Amicia de Kevelioc, daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, Earl of Chester, married Rafe[Ralph Mainwaring] ): Rafe [de Mainwaring], born 1155, is in the pedigree in the 3rd entry down on the right-hand page, the son of Roger [de Mainwaring] born about 1130 who is the 2nd entry on the right-hand page. Rafe [Ralph de Mainwaring] married in about 1179 to Amicia, daughter of Hugh [de Kevelioc], Earl of Chester.
- Title: "NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, GENERAL READERS, ETC.," 1869
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=x2oJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA419&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV_a-62qnJAhVHkh4KHfe7CGk4ChDoAQgmMAI#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Sibyl Marshall, first wife of Wm de Ferrers
Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#SibylMarshaldiedbefore1238;
Note: SIBYL (-before 1238). The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that "quarta filia…Willihelmi Marescalli…Sibilla" married "Willielmo de Ferrers comiti Derbiæ"[1396]. m (before 14 May 1219) as his first wife, WILLIAM de Ferrers, son of WILLIAM de Ferrers Earl of Derby & his wife Agnes de Chester (-May 1254, bur Merevale Abbey). He succeeded his father in 1247 as Earl of Derby.
Page: EARLS of CHESTER 1120-1232 in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc21106844 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: "The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing: Their Descents, Marriages, and Issues ...," by Thomas Wotton, 1741
Author: T. Wotton, 1741
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2UzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgudLJ0anJAhVDGj4KHe09BMsQ6AEIPzAH#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: "The Stipp and Brown Family Tree," by Joseph Whalen
Author: Gateway Press, 2002
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=gBhWAAAAMAAJ&q=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV_a-62qnJAhVHkh4KHfe7CGk4ChDoAQgbMAA;
- Title: The Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Keveliok, Earl of Chester
Author: The Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, Earl of Chester
Page: The Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, Earl of Chester, pg. 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: "The County Palatine Of Chester: 2,2," T. Cadell And W. Davies, 1810
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=4T9aAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA750&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgudLJ0anJAhVDGj4KHe09BMsQ6AEINTAF#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: Rafe (Raufe) Mainwaring in The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester
Author: The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, pg. 28
Note: Rafe (Raufe) Mainwaring in The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, pg. 28 [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Rafe (Raufe) Mainwaring in The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, pg. 28 [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: "Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain. Containing Cambridgeshire, and the County Palatine of Chester," Volume 2, by Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons
Author: Lomdon: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand. 1810.
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=n8U_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA878&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgudLJ0anJAhVDGj4KHe09BMsQ6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
- Title: Geni: Amicia Mainwaring, of Chester
Author: Geni
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Amicia-Mainwaring-of-Chester/6000000005935845569;
Note: Information for Amicia Mainwaring, of Chester
- Title: Wikipedia, "Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester"
Author: Wikipedia.org
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Cyfeiliog,_5th_Earl_of_Chester;
Note: Biography.
Page: Shows Amice.
- Title: "Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum"
Author: British Museum, 1808
Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=HW8YpOp2E2YC&pg=PA482&dq=amicia+HUGH+%22of+Kevelioc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT5NGp4KnJAhVGrB4KHfB1ALY4FBDoAQghMAE#v=onepage&q=amicia%20HUGH%20%22of%20Kevelioc&f=false;
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