Gilbert FitzReinfred

• Preferred Name: Gilbert FitzReinfred^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LVXM-6H9
  
• Occupations: with note: Description: Gilbert, Baron Fitzreinfrid Of Kendal, Justice Of The King's Court, Steward To The King Sheriff Of Lancashire & Yorkshire Fitz Reinfrid, Lord of Kendal
  
• Death: BEF 6 MAY 1220 in Kendal, Westmorland, England at LATI: N4.328 LONG: E2.747 with note: When Gilbert's lands were taken 'into the King's hand" after Gilbert's death.
  
• Birth: AFT 1157 in Westmorland, England at LATI: N4.3822 LONG: E2.7795
  
• Occupation: Justice of the King's Court, Steward to the King Sheriff of Lancashire
  
• Notes:

  Gilbert de Lancastre "junior" (approx 1180-1265)
  Gilbert de Lancastre "junior" (approx 1180-1265). Apparently a knight as an adult, referred to as "Sir" Gilbert.
  
  Circumstantial evidence that this Gilbert is son and not only heir to the previous one
  
  Gilbert de Lancaster (approx 1150-1220)
  Gilbert de Lancaster (approx 1150-1220). The founder of the Lancasters of Sockbridge was an illegitimate son of William de Lancaster II (died 1184).
  
  Married Sapience.
  
  Gilbert appears on many charter
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#HawiseLancasterMPeterBrus as of 7/13/2016
  
  GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid (-[1216/20]). Henry II King of England granted "fi
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#HawiseLancasterMPeterBrus as of 7/13/2016
  
  GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid (-[1216/20]). Henry II King of England granted "fi
  
  Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfried, or Gilbert the son of Roger fitzReinfrid, (died about 1220)
  Gilbert fitz Roger fitz Reinfried, or Gilbert the son of Roger fitzReinfrid, (died about 1220) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron whose administrative career in England began in the time of Henry II (11
  
  My Maternal 23rd. Great Grandmother, Helewise de Lancaster
  Name: Helewise de Lancaster
  Birth: about 1170 in Kendal, Westmorland, England
  Married: after 20 July 1189 in Westmorland, England to Gilbert FitzReinfred
  Note:
  She was the ward of William Marshall an
  
  My Maternal 23rd. Great Grandfather, Gilbert Fitz Roger Fitz Reinfrid, 4th. Baron of Kendal
  Name: Gilbert Fitz Roger Fitz Reinfrid, 4th. Baron of Kendal,
  Justice of the King's Court, Steward to the King Sheriff of Lancashire
  Born: 1157 in Kendal, Westmorland, England
  Married: after 20 July 1
  
  === Marriage of Helewise de Lancaster ===
  Shortly after his coronation, Richard I gave Helewise de Lancaster in marriage to Gilbert FitzReinfred, and in consideration of a fine of 60 marks of silver, relieved him and his heirs from a certain tribute, called 'nutegeld', which used to be paid by his lands in Westmorland and Kendall. This Gilbert obtained a grant of the honour of Lancaster for life from King John, and filled the office of sheriff of Lancashire from the 7th to the 17th years of the same reign [1206-1216], but we find him, notwithstanding, taking up arms with the other barons and only reduced to allegiance by the capture of his son and heir, William, by the royalists, upon the fall of Rochester Castle. This event compelled the haughty baron to sue for pardon, which the king granted with the freedom of the captive in consideration of the sum of 12,000 marks, the custody of some of his castles, and hostages for future good conduct†. This Gilbert d. in 1219, leaving issue, William, his heir; Helewise, m. to Peter de Brus, of Skelton; Alice, m. to William de Lindsey; and Serota, m. to Allan de Multon and d. s. p. Gilbert FitzReinfrid was s. by his son, William, who assumed his maternal surname of Lancaster. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 313, Lancaster, Baron Lancaster]
  
  † On account of his involvement with the rebellious barons, Gilbert Fitz Reinfred was compelled to give hostages for his future conduct, which hostages were the sons, daughter, and heirs of the principal mesne lords holding under the barons of Kendal. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 55, Strickland, of Sizergh]
  
  === He was Governor of Lancaster Castle. He ===
  He was Governor of Lancaster Castle. He was Castellan of William FitzDuncan. He was fourth Baron Kendal.

• m. 20 JUL 1189 in Barton, Westmorland, England

1. Avice de Lancaster, b. ABT 1189 in Kendal, Westmorland, England     d. ABT 1205
2. Helewisa de Lancaster, b. ABT 1200 in Kendal, Westmorland, England     d. ABT 1245 in Kendal, Westmorland, England
3. Roger de Lancaster, b. 1220 in Rydal, Westmorland, England     d. 22 FEB 1291 in Witherslack, Westmorland, England
4. Alice de Lancaster, b. 1202 in Barton, West Ward, Westmorland, England     d. BEF 1247 in Lamberton, Berwickshire, Scotland

1. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall
   Author: page 94
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Helewise+or+Hawise+de+Lancaster&source=bl&ots=9ly9pFFnDw&sig=LSjg80e29-N4oD6YoNEKB4BGndg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBmoVChMI5JGmipfhxwIV1imICh30Fgor#v=onepage&q=Helewise%20or%20Hawise%20de%20Lancaster&f=false;
   Note: Gives ancestry and marriages for the Lancaster line...
   
2. Title: Earls of England
   Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Projects, Lancaster
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc64702013;
   Note: About Gilbert and Helewise
   Page: British Isles - England, Untitled Nobility L-O, p. 36: HAWISE de Lancaster . An undated manuscript relating to Cokersand Abbey, Lancashire names “Helewisia” as daughter of “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” and his wife, adding that she married ”Gilbert filium Raynfridi”[281]. Henry II King of England granted "filiam Willelmi de Lancastre cum tota hæreditate sua" to "Gilleberto filio Rogeri filii Rainfridi, dapifero nostro" by charter dated to [1184/89][282]. A charter of King Henry II names “Helewisam” as daughter of “Willielmum secundum” and his wife “Helewisam de Stuteville”, adding that she married “Gilberto filio Rogeri filii Reynfredi”[283]. “Gilbertus filius Reinfredi et Elewisa uxor eius” donated various churches to Wetherhal priory by undated charter[284]. m ([1184/89]) GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid Lord of Kendal, son of ROGER FitzReinfrid & his wife --- (-[1216/20]).
   
3. Title: Gilbert FitzRoger FitzReinfrid in Medieval Lands Project/Lancaster
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc64702013;
   Note: GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid (-before 1220). Henry II King of England granted "filiam Willelmi de Lancastre cum tota hæreditate sua" to "Gilleberto filio Rogeri filii Rainfridi, dapifero nostro" by charter dated to [1184/89][272]. Lord of Kendal. Richard I King of England exempted "Gileberto filio Rogeri filii Reinfredi" from neatgeld or cornage in "totam terram suam de Westmeriland et de Kendale" by charter dated 15 Apr 1190[273]. King John confirmed "tota terra sua de Westmoriland et de Kendal" to "G. fil Rog filii Reinfr" by charter dated 25 Apr 1200[274]. “Gilbertus filius Reinfredi et Elewisa uxor eius” donated various churches to Wetherhal priory by undated charter[275]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records "Gilbertus filius Reinfridi" holding "feudum unius militis" in Lancashire, adding that "Willelmus de Lanc" had granted "in maritagium v caricatas terre in duobus Eccliston et in Lairbrec"[276]. "Gilebertus fil Reinfr" made a fine for the release of "Willelmus de Lancastr filius suus et Rad de Aencurt et Lambertus de Busay milites sui…qui capti sunt in castro Roffens", naming "…filius primogenitus Rogeri de Kirkeby que habit de filia eiusdem Gilberti fil Reinfr, filium et heredum Willelmi de Windlesor que habit de nepte eiusdem Gilebert…" among the hostages which were given, dated 1216[277]. m ([1184/89]) HAWISE de Lancaster, daughter of WILLIAM de Lancaster & his wife Helwise de Stuteville. An undated manuscript relating to Cokersand Abbey, Lancashire names “Helewisia” as daughter of “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” and his wife, adding that she married ”Gilbert filium Raynfridi”[278]. Henry II King of England granted "filiam Willelmi de Lancastre cum tota hæreditate sua" to "Gilleberto filio Rogeri filii Rainfridi, dapifero nostro" by charter dated to [1184/89][279]. A charter of King Henry II names “Helewisam” as daughter of “Willielmum secundum” and his wife “Helewisam de Stuteville”, adding that she married “Gilberto filio Rogeri filii Reynfredi”[280]. “Gilbertus filius Reinfredi et Elewisa uxor eius” donated various churches to Wetherhal priory by undated charter[281]. Gilbert & his wife had five children.
   
4. Title: DE LANCASTER Charters
   Author: Ragg, F. W. (1910). De Lancaster in Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 10 (series 2). Vol 10, pp. 395-494. https://doi.org/10.5284/1064125., pp 398-399
   Publication: Name: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3195062;
   Note: Translation of Charter I on page 399: Know all who are and all who are to come that I William de Lancastre have given and granted and by this my charter have confirmed to Gilbert my son half of the manor of Sockbridge, namely of that Socabrec which Huctred (son of Ketell) held of my father in the part where Likmasike and Forellsike (or Sorelsike) descend to the Eamont ; to be held by him and his heirs freely and undisturbedly in honourable tenure and in its integrity in woodland and cleared land, in earth and water, in meadow and in pasture and in all its liberties, in fee and inheritance, of me and my heirs, for his free service, he giving to me and my heirs two shillings yearly—not to include the King's forensic service :—namely twelve pence at Pentecost and twelve pence at the feast of St. Martin. Witness : Helewisa my wife, Helesius de Stivetone, William de Lancastre, Gervase de Ainecurt, Horm the steward, Anselm son of Michael (le Fleming). William the chaplain. Uctred son of Osulf. tcwaas_002_1910_vol10_0024 DE LANCASTER. 399
   
5. Title: Gilbert fitzRoger fitzReinfrid, Husband of Helewise de Lancaster, Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_fitz_Roger_fitz_Reinfried;
   
6. Title: Gilbert fitzReinfrid Marriage to Helewise and other information in Records Relating to the Barony of Kendal
   Author: BHO, Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 1. Originally published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, 1923. (Kirkby in Kendale: c.1100-1350
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol1/pp1-22;
   Note: 1189. Henry II granted to Gilbert son of Roger Fitz-Reinfrid the daughter [Helewise] of William de Lancastre [II] with her whole inheritance. And other information about Gilbert
   
7. Title: DE LANCASTER Charters # 2
   Author: ART. XXI.—De Lancaster. By the Rev. FREDERICK W.- RAGG, M.A., F.R.Hist.S.
   Note: In the third charter, given later on, Helewisa, daughter of William de Lancaster, and afterwards wife of Gilbert f. Reinfred, confirms to Gilbert (son of William), whom she openly calls her brother, all the land that William, their father, had bestowed on him in Slegile, Sockebroc, Tyrerhge (Tirril), and Patrikdale* with all the libertieswhich I take in these charters to be dues from free tenants —and services, inside the boundaries mentioned in her father's charters. Helewisa's charter was given, no doubt, after she came into possession at her-father's death (c.1184),. and before the consummation of her marriage with Gilbert f. Reinfred took price ; since the actual marriage would give him the right to deal with her land, and, in the old formula, she would " not be able to gainsay her husband.' A further addition to the- possessions of this Gilbert, son of William, is made by Robert Mustell in a charter grantingto him the services and the holding of William Brun in Backestaneholm, which -services, -- since - homage . is not mentioned, most probably consisted of socage payments, such as are now called rents. This charter is of date about 1200. To the same Gilbert it must have been that the next charter (iv.), of which a facsimile is given, was granted. This is in several ways a most interesting deed. The question is still an open one as to what places are named in it. I take them to be Hawkshead and " Elterdale " in Furness Fells, for reasons given in comment on the charter. Gilbert, son of William, seems to have lived till a little before the year 1220, and not long before that date Sapience his widow, by the next deed (charter v.), leased the land which was her dower in Staynehed, one third of her husband's lands there, to Gilbert f. Reinfred, to farm for the remainder of her life, reserving the right of occupation if Gilbert did not pay his rent of 3s. yearly. Gilbert f. Reinfred himself died in 1220. * Albthese and lands in Strickland Ketel, as will be seen, remained in possession of Gilbert's descendants for many years. tcwaas_002_1910_vol10_0024 DE LANCASTER. 401
   
8. Title: William de Lancaster I (d. 1170) in Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Lancaster_I;
   Note: William de Lancaster I (d. circa 1170), or William Fitz Gilbert, was a nobleman of the 12th century in Northwest England during the Anarchy, and the period during which his region was ruled by King David I of Scotland. His position survived the return of English rule under King Henry II, and his most important lordship, which had previously come together under Ivo de Taillebois, would evolve into what was eventually known as the barony of Kendal. According to a document some generations later, he was also referred to as William de Tailboys (de Taillebois) when younger, and then became "William de Lancaster, baron of Kendal". He died in about 1170. Contents Titles and positions Edit Earliest holdings Edit Despite his by-name "de Lancaster", which was used by his descendants as a family name, William and his relatives appear in contemporary documents relating mainly to what is now the modern county of Cumbria, not Lancashire, the county of Lancaster. He and his family were especially associated with Copeland in western Cumberland, Furness in the Lake District, the barony of Kendal, which became part of Westmorland, and various areas such as Barton between Kendal and Ullswater. Much of this area was not yet permanently part of England, or divided into counties. Only part of this area was within the later English county of Lancaster or Lancashire. The by-name "de Lancaster", by which William was remembered, therefore referred to the city of Lancaster, to the south of his lordships, and probably more importantly to some area under its jurisdiction which did not necessarily become part of the later county. In 1900, William Farrer claimed that "all of the southern half of Westmorland, not only the Kirkby Lonsdale Ward of Westmorland, but also the Kendal Ward, were linked with Northern Lancashire from a very early time" and formed a single district for fiscal administrative purposes.[1] Two apparently lost records which are said to have mentioned William's father Gilbert apparently connected him to Cumbria, specifically to the area of Furness.[2] The following are some of the areas associated with him: Muncaster in Cumberland. William Farrer, in his 1902 edition of Lancashire Pipe Rolls and early charters, wrote: It appears that he was possessed of the lordship of Mulcaster (now Muncaster), over the Penningtons of Pennington in Furness, and under Robert de Romille, lord of Egremont and Skipton, who held it in right of his wife, Cecilia, daughter and heiress of William Meschin.[3] According to Farrer, this title would have been one of those granted by Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel de Albini, having come into his hands after the decease without male heirs of Ivo de Taillebois. He also believed that this grant to William de Lancaster came to be annulled. Workington, Lamplugh and Middleton. The manors of Workington and Lamplugh in Cumberland were given by William de Lancaster, in exchange for Middleton in Westmorland, to an apparently close relative, Gospatric, son of Orme, brother-in-law of Waldeve, Lord of Allerdale.[4] Hensingham. The Register of St Bees shows that both William son of Gilbert de Lancastre, and William's son William had land in this area. William's was at a place called Swartof or Suarthow, "probably the rising ground between Whitehaven and Hensingham, known locally as Swartha Brow". The appears to have come from his father Gilbert. His brother Roger apparently held land at Walton, just outside modern Hensingham, and had a son named Robert. Roger and William also named a brother called Robert.[5] Ulverston. Farrer argued that this may have been held by William and perhaps his father Gilbert, before it was granted by Stephen, Count of Boulogne and Mortain, to Furness Abbey in 1127.[6] The possible connection of William's father Gilbert to Furness will be discussed further below. Enfeoffment by King Stephen Edit King Stephen's reign in England lasted from 1135 to 1154, but only during a small part of this did he control this region. For the majority of his reign all or most of this area was under the rule of David I of Scotland. During the period when Stephen was in control "we possess distinct and clear evidence that Stephen, as king, enfeoffed a knight of the lands of Warton in Kentdale and the wide territory of Garstang, in Lancashire, to hold for the service of one knight. This was William de Lancaster, son of Gilbert by Godith his wife, described in the Inquest of service made in 1212 as "Willelmus filius Gilberti primus", that is, the first to be enfeoffed of that fee."[7]
   
9. Title: Death of Gilbert fitzReinfrid
   Author: Henry III Fine Rolls Project, 4 HENRY III (28 October 1219–27 October 1220),
   Publication: Name: https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_012.html;
   Note: 1220 141. 6 May. Shrewsbury. Westmorland. To the sheriff of Westmorland. Order to take into the king’s hand without delay all land formerly of Gilbert son of Reinfrid in his bailiwick, together with all property and chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed until William of Lancaster, Gilbert’s son and heir , will do to the king what he ought to do. Witness H. etc. 150. 17 May. Westminster. Westmorland. To the sheriff of Westmorland. R. bishop of Durham, chancellor, has mainperned that William of Lancaster will meet the king at York on Wednesday in the week of Pentecost in three weeks to perform his homage and satisfy the king for his relief. Order to hand over in peace all lands formerly of Gilbert son of Reinfrid, father of William, in his bailiwick, and not to extend his hand over them in the meantime. Witness H. etc. 173. 16 June. York. Lancaster. To the sheriff of Lancaster. William of Lancaster has performed homage to the king and has given surety for rendering his relief for the lands and tenements formerly of Gilbert son of Reinfrid, his father, in his bailiwick. Order to cause William to have full seisin without delay of all the lands and tenements. Witness H. etc.
   Page: Confirms Gilbert's death before 6 May 1220 and confirms William de Lancaster as his son and heir.