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Birth Name FitzAlan, William II
Gender male
Age at Death about 52 years

Narrative

‘. . . the entry for 1174-75, which listed £13 13s. 9d. as wages for one knight, two porters, and two watchmen. This sum is exactly three-quarters of £18 5s., and the conclusion seems inescapable that three-quarters of the way through the 1174-75 Exchequer year, on or about 1 July 1175, William Fitz Alan (II), the minor heir for whom Guy Lestrange had served as guardian, came of age and began to run his own affairs, including the administration of Oswestry Castle.” The Medieval Castle: Romance and Reality, The Garrisoning of Oswestry, A Baronial Castle on the Welsh Marches, Fredrick Suppe, Ed. Kathryn L. Reyerson, Faye Powe, U of Minnesota Press, Feb 1, 1991, p. 69

Ibid, Footnote 30. “D.C. Roberts (“Some Aspects,” p. 43) believes that William Fitz Alan (I) died some time near Easter 1160, which fell on 27 March that year.” Dyfan Cunedda Roberts, “Some Aspects of the History of the Lordship of Oswestry to 1300,” M.A. thesis Univ. College of Wales, Bangor, 1939, pp. 43-44.

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William FitzAlan, the son and heir of William by Isabel, who succeeded as a minor and apparently came of age in 1175. He married a daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath [Rot. Hundredorum, vol.2, pp.69, 76, 80, referring to land given to William FitzAlan with the sister of Walter de Lacy, cited by Eyton, vol.5, p.86, vol.10, p.126] and died in 1210 [Eyton, vol.7, p.244 citing the Annals of Dunstaple Priory; since printed in Annales Monastici, vol.3 (Rolls Series no 36; 1866)].

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1158 Ewins Lacy, Herford, England   9
Death 1210 Arundel, Sussex, England   9

Age: 52y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father FitzAlan, William II11051166
Mother , Christina11131155
    Sister     Fitzalan, Christiana 1143 1227
         FitzAlan, William II about 1158 1210

Families

Family of FitzAlan, William II and de Lacy, Mary
Unknown Partner de Lacy, Mary ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
FitzAlan, William1215
FitzAlan, Agnesabout 1187
Fitzalan, Johnafter 11911240-03-12
FitzAlan, Petronillaabout 1195

Source References

  1. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I11520&style=TABLE
  2. Wikiwand: William FitzAlan, 1st Lord of Oswestry and Clun
      • Source text:

        William FitzAlan (died 1210) was a Norman nobleman who lived in Oswestry and Clun, near Shrewsbury, along the medieval Welsh Marches. William was the son of William FitzAlan and Christina.

        He was the first FitzAlan to hold both the castles of Clun and Oswestry in his own right, and was responsible for the significant expansion of Clun Castle. William was still in his minority in 1160, and Guy Lestrange was appointed as his guardian. William later had two sons, the first also called William FitzAlan and a younger son, John by the daughter of Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, whose name is not mentioned in any documents.

        Upon William's death in 1210, the eldest son succeeded his father.

      • Citation:

        https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_FitzAlan,_1st_Lord_of_Oswestry_and_Clun

  3. Robert William Eyton: Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume 7
  4. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: WILLIAM FitzAlan II died ca. 1210
      • Source text:

        The [ ] around the birth and death year means that these dates are uncertain.

        WILLIAM FitzAlan ([1154]-[1210]). He came of age in 1175. "Willielmus filius Willielmi filii Alani" donated "villam…Parva Buldewas" to Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, by undated charter, witnessed by "Johannes Extraneus et Wido frater eius, Johannes filius Johannis Extranei, Wido et Hamo filii Widonis Extranei, Thomas filius Roberti filii Noelli…". A register of Dunstable priory records the death in 1210 of William FitzAlan. m --- de Lacy, daughter of HUGH de Lacy of Ludlow and Ewyas [later Lord of Meath] & his first wife Rohese ---. Her parentage and marriage are referred to by Eyton but he cites no primary source on which this is based. William & his wife had four children: (William, John, Agnes and Petronilla).

        a) WILLIAM (-[Apr] [1215]). "William, son of William Fitz Alan" confirmed donations of land at Downton to Haughmond abbey by charter dated to [1210]. An undated writ reports the death of "William Fitz Alan" is reported at "Clun in company with his brother John…at Easter last," dated to [1215]. m (betrothed Jul 1214) MARY de Erdington, daughter of THOMAS de Erdington & his wife ---. "Thomas de Erdington" purchased the wardship of the FitzAlan estates in early Jul 1214, the marriage of his daughter to the elder son of "the late William FitzAlan" being agreed at the same time. A writ of King Henry III dated 13 Oct 1217 ordered the sheriff of Oxfordshire to give seizing to Thomas de Erdington of the manor of Nortun "which was the dower of his daughter Mary out of the lands of William fitz Alan, late her husband."

      • Citation:

        http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#WilliamFitzAlandied1210

  5. Robert William Eyton: Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume 10
      • Page: page 126
      • Citation:

        https://books.google.com/books?id=fU1NAAAAMAAJ&q=hugh+de+lacy#v=snippet&q=hugh%20de%20lacy&f=false

        last details of wife of William II...

         

  6. Robert William Eyton: Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume 5
  7. Robert William Eyton: Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume 3
  8. Burke, John: A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance
  9. LZXL-ZFL FamilySearch.org