189118208. Baron William Fitz Alan & 189118209. Isabel ?
12/19/1154, Henry II
succeeded King Stephen of England.
~1155, William born in England, s/o 378236416. William FitzAlan & 378236417. Isabel de Say.
4/1160, William’s father died.
1161-2, ‘Willelmo filio Alani i m’ in Warwickshire and
Leicestershire. (S) FMG.
1165, Walter fitz Alan [William’s uncle] holding 2 fees of the
new feoffment in the barony of William fitz Alan. (S) Antiquities, V6, P70.
7/1165, Geoffrey de Vere, sheriff of Shropshire, and stepfather
of William fitz Alan, Baron of Clun and Owestry.
9/1165, Guy le Strange custos of the estates of young William
fitz Alan, Baron of Clun and Owestry. (S) Court, Household, and Itinerary of
King Henry II, Eyton, 1878, P80.
1166, William a minor, his guardian listed the following
enfeoffments in Shropshire: 14 fees de verteri, 8.5 fees de novo, 35
muntatores; in Norfolk: 5 fees de verteri; in Wiltshire: 8.5 fees of the honor
of Ernulf of Hesdin. (S) Feudal Assessments, Keefe, 1983, P253.
~1170, William married d/o 378236418. Hugh de Lacy. (S) Rot.
Hundredorum, V2, PP69,76,80 [Referring to land given to William FitzAlan with
the sister of Walter de Lacy.]
6-7/1175, William of age.
1176, Document of Haughmond abbey donations: ‘Willielmus filius
Alani’ of the church of Stokes with the consent of ‘Isabelle uxoris sue.’ (S)
FMG
1177, William’s uncle Walter fitz-Alan died.
1177-78, William son of William fitz Alan attested a charter of
John le Strange. (S) Antiquities, V6, P34.
1188, William entertained Archbishop Baldwin at Oswaldstre.
1188, Giraldus, a guest of William, called him ‘a noble and
liberal young man.’ (S) Antiquties, V7, P223.
2/8/1189, William fitz Alan, Thomas Noel, Hugh Pantulf, …
sitting justices at Salop. (S) Antiquities, V6, P368.
1189, William a justice itinerant in multiple counties.
9/3/1189, King Richard I
succeeded King Henry II of England.
9/1189, William replaced Hugh Pantulf as sheriff of Shropshire.
(S) Collections – Staffordshire, V2, 1881, P152.
1/24/1190 at Westminster, William at the court of King Richard
I.
1190-1200, The market at Owestry held by William. (S) Gazetteer
of Markets and Fairs.
1191, William, Sheriff of Salop.
4/1192, William sheriff of Shropshire, and Castellan of
Stretton – holding an annual salary of £20. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V12,
Eyton, P18.
11/22/1192, William with Bishop High de Novant at Buildwas.
4/29/1194 at Portsmouth, Confirmation by King Richard I to
Haughmond abbey attested by William fitz Alan and William de Botereus.
1194, William fitz Alan assessed a scutage of 27.5 knights’
fees. [William only acknowledged 13 fees.]
1194, William fitz Alan assessed a scutage of 27.5 knights’
fees.
1195, William, sheriff of Shropshire, paid to William de
Boterells 10 marks, towards fortifying his house of Matefelun.
9/1196, William, sheriff of Shropshire, paid Cassewelanus 20
marks to support him in the King’s service.
4/1197, William relieved of the office of Castellan of Stretton,
given to Cassewellanus.
1197, A release from marriage of Thomas de Erdington witnessed
by ‘Willelmo filio Alani, Hugone Pantolfe, Roberto Corbet, Johanne Extraneo,
Radulfo Basset … William Bagot.’ (S) FMG.
1198, Malculum the deputy sheriff of Shropshire under William
fitz Alan.
11/9/1198, William with King Richard I at Rochae Andely.
5/27/1199, King John succeeded King Richard I of
England.
6/1199, William fined 60 marks to not cross the seas with King
John.
1199, William’s mother died leaving him the barony of Clun.
1200, Roger Bigod granted Theberton manor to William fitz alan
for a term of life. (S) Bigod Earls of Norfolk, Morris, 2005, P39.
4/1201, William relieved of his office as sheriff of Wiltshire.
1201, William assessed 5 fees scutage on the barony of Clun,
which he paid and was quitted.
9/1202, The Welsh historian Giraldus, Archdeacon of Brecon, was
entertained on the estate of William; according to Giraldus a longtime friend.
1202-3, William fitz Alan recovered Norton by a fine with King
John.
1203, William assessed 10 fees scutage for his total barony.
3/1204, William to give safe conduct to Llewelyn who was coming
to the English court. [William would be one of the barons to hold hostages of
Llewelyn for King John.]
5/12/1204, William with the King at court in Southwick,
Hampshire.
10/15/1204, King John wrote to William fitz Alan about the
custody of several of the hostages of Lewellyn.
12/24/1205, William at King John’s court at Oxford; where he
delivered 2 Coursers to the king as part of a fine allowing him to hold a 4-day
fair at Clune manor.
2/11/1206, William fitz Alan, by order of the king, giving some
of his hostages to William de Cantilupe and Walter de Clifford.
11/3/1207, At King John’s court at Malmesbury, William fitz
Alan, Hugh Pantulf, and John le Strange witnessed an agreement with Wenhunwyn
son of Hoen de Keveliac.
10/28/1208, William witnessed a treaty of King John with
Llewelyn at Shrewsbury.
3/1209, William fitz Alan prominent in the Forest Assizes, and
charged for imbaldements in the Long Forest.
1210, William died. (S) FMG.
(S) Antiquities of Shropshire, Eyton, 1858, P241.
Family notes:
·
Undated: ‘Willielmus filius Willielmi filii
Alani’ donated ‘villam … Parva Buldewas’ to Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire. (S)
FMG.
Children of William and ?: [2 sons, 2 daughters: Agnes
& Petronilla]
i. William III FitzAlan, born ~1195 in England.
1214, William still a minor.
3/3/1215, William succeeded his father, doing homage at the
Tower of London.
William married to 243382851. Mary de Erdington.
4/19/1215, William died without issue.
