19989988. Baron William D’Aubeney &
19989989. Lady Margaret de Umfreville
~1160,
William de Albini born in Belvoir, Leicester, England, heir & s/o 39979976.
William D’Aubeney & 39979977. Maud Fitz Robert.
12/19/1154,
Henry II crowned king of England.
1168,
William a minor when his father died.
~1170,
Margaret born in England, d/o 39979978. Odinel de Umfreville & 39979979.
Alice de Lucy.
[––William
& Margaret––]
~1188,
William married Margaret.
11/3/1189,
Richard I crowned king of England.
1192,
William served in Ireland.
1194,
William accompanied Richard I in his invasion into Normandy, for which he was
acquitted scutage in Bucks and Bedford.
5/12/1194,
King Richard sailed from Portsmouth with his army and siege engines for
Barfleur, from which they traveled to Caen, then Bayeux, then Lisieux.
1196-98, Wm.
de Albini sheriff of Warwick, Leicester, and Rutland.
1198, Margaret
died.
[––William––]
9/29/1198,
William, for a fine of 600 marks, married 2nd Agatha Trussebut,
widow of Hamo Fitz Hamo. [No children.]
5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.
1199,
William the high sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham.
1/15/1200,
King John confirmed a grant of King Richard I of the manor of Orston to
William.
1201,
William de Albeni rendered £213 6s. 8d. to the crown for having Agatha to wife.
1203, King
John confirmed a grant of King Richard of the manor Orston to William de
Albini.
1210,
William fought in Ireland. King John launched successful attacks in Ireland
[which he split Ireland into shires ruled by the crown from Dublin], launching
700 ships in the attack.
1210, Wm. de
Albini a surety for King John in the peace agreement with the king of France.
11/30/1214,
King John summons the release of Belvoir castle, and threatens that if it were
not delivered Wm. de Albini “should never eat more”.
1215,
William joined the confederacy of barons at Stamford and was appointed
justiciary of Lincolnshire.
6/15/1215 at
Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree to the terms of the Magna
Carta. William one of the 25 barons who swore to observe the charters and to
compel the king to comply.
10/13/1215,
William, appointed by the barons as Governor of Rochester castle, under siege
by King John. [Lore says that William refused to let a bowman shoot King John,
who was personally in charge of the siege.]
11/30/1215,
William surrendered the castle to King John, and was imprisoned in Corfe
castle. (S) Freemason’s Quarterly, 1859, P167.
12/16/1215,
William and his son William excommunicated by the Pope as rebel barons.
5/12/1216,
Prince Louis [future VIII] of France, after a successful landing, crowned King
of England in London. In June, Louis captured Winchester and controlled half of
England.
6/1216,
William promoted a tournament at Stanford; the prize of tilting – a bear.
Robert fitz Walter sent a letter to William de Albini about moving the
tournament planned for Stamford to a location near London.
7/1216-10/1216,
Agatha raised money to pay William’s fines.
8/6/1216, On
a guarantee of 6000 marks, Agatha given seisen of all of William’s lands.
10/18/1216,
King John died.
10/27/1216,
Wm de Albini submits and gives hostages to King Henry.
10/28/1216,
Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
1217,
Muleton castle given to Wm. de Albini.
5/20/1217,
William a commander at the battle of Lincoln. English forces, with the aid of previous rebel barons, defeated the
French forces at Lincoln, killing the Count of Perche in the battle.
9/12/1217,
Prince Louis forfeited his claim to the English crown by the treaty at
Kingston-on-Thames, called the Treaty of Lambeth. A principle provision of the
treaty was amnesty for English rebels.
1218, William de Albini of Bevir gave of the scutages of the fees of 33
knights, and 3 knights of the inheritance of his wife, and 2 knights in
Oskinton of the gift of King Richard.
1220, Wm. de Albini obtained the wardship of Hugh Nevil.
3/12/1221, William d’Aubigny has made fine with the king by one good
palfrey for having custody of the land with appurtenances in the bailiwick of
the sheriff of Lincolnshire formerly of Henry de Neville, and for having the
marriage of Hugh, son and heir of the same Henry. (S) FRsHIII.
1222, The sheriff commanded not to exact the White Rent of William
Daubigny out of the manor of Oskinton because it was held of knight’s service.
10/3/1223,
William d'Aubigny has made fine with the king by 40m., to be rendered each year
at the Exchequer for as long as it pleases the king, for the 6000m. that he
owes of the fine that he made with King John, the king’s father, for his
ransom, of which he is to render 20m. …
(S) CPRs.
8/18/1224,
The King at Bedford in the presence of Hubert de Burg Justiciary, William Earl
of Salisbury, William Earl Warren, … William Briwer, P. fitz Herebert, William
de Albini, … Relaxation of the subsidy granted to the king by the clergy, for
the siege of Bedford. (S) Manuscripts of the Duke of Beaufort, 1891, P556.
1/14/1230,
The king has granted to William d’Aubigny that, of the 86½ m. which are exacted
from him … for the prest of Ireland, Barham Down and Poitou made to him in the
time of King John, … he may render 5 m. per annum. (S) FRsHIII.
1231, Wm. de
Albini founded the hospital and priory of St. Mary at Newsted.
9/22/1233, Order
to the sheriff of Lincolnshire that if he is able to establish that Thomas
Grelley, by his own authority, violenty ejected and beat the bailiffs of
William d’Aubigny that he found in the manor of Swineshead, which the king had
committed to William. (S) FRsHIII.
4/23/1235, William
d’Aubigny gives the king 2 palfreys for having his confirmation of the manor of
Orston with appurtenances in Nottinghamshire and 100 solidates of land in
socage in Wilbarston in Northamptonshire , which he has of the gift of King
John, father of this king. (S) FRsHIII.
5/7/1236,
William died; buried at Newstead, Lincolnshire.
(S) Magna
Carta Ancestry, P28. (S) History of Nottinghamshire, V1, 1797, PP218-20. (S)
Academia Tertia Anglicanan, Peck, 1727, P85.
Family
notes:
·
Undated: William de Albini gave to the monks of
Belvoyr out of every acre of Belver, Walsthorp, Botelesford, Oskington, and
Stokes one sheaf of grain for the soul of Agatha his wife, and for the soul of
Margery, his former wife; witnessed by his sons William, Odinellsu, Robert and
Nicholas.
Child
of William and Margaret: [4 sons]
i. William D’Aubeney (9994994), born ~1190 in
England.
