189120592. Sir William de Huntingfield & 189120593. Isabel Fitz William
~1160, William born in England, heir & s/o §Roger Fitz
William & Alice de Senlis.
~1160, Isabel born in England, heir & d/o §William Fitz
Roger & Aeliva ?.
Isabel 1st married Berenger de Cressy.
Isabel 2nd married Osmond de Stuteville.
9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded King Henry II of England.
Bef. 1194, William married widow Isabel ‘de Gressenhall’; when
the abbot of St. Edmunds demanded against the said William and Isabel his wife
the land of Wendling, Norf., as a member of the manor of Runton. (S) Honors and
Knights’ Fees, Farrer, 1923.
1194, William in a dispute with William de Stuteville over
Isabel’s dower.
1195, The abbot of St. Edmunds granted William and Isabel the
vill of Wending, Norfolk, for 60s a year. (S) Records of the Anglo-Norman House
of Glanville, Richards, 1882, P60.
1197, William and Isabel
plaintiffs against William de Stuteville over Isabel’s dower lands. (S) Honors
and Kinghts’ Fees, Farrer, 1925, P397.
1198, William de Hungingfeld and Isabel his wife conveyed by
fine to William Batail, 60 acres in Swannington. (S) History and Antiquities of
the County of Norfolk, Armstrone, 1781, P4.
5/27/1199, John crowned king
of England.
1199, William and Isabel
plaintiffs against William de Stuteville over Isabel’s dower lands. (S) Early
Yorkshire Charters, Farrer, 1952, P35.
9/22/1199 at Caen, France, William de Huntingfeld a witness to
a charter of King John to the city of Norwich [a confirmation of a charter of
King Richard.] (S) Records of the City of Norwich, 1906, P14.
9/26/1203, William de Huntingfield, deputy of Hubert de Burgh,
appointed Constable of Dover castle; giving a son and daughter as hostage for
safe holding. (S) Viator, V5, 1975, P243.
1204, William’s mother died.
6/1205, William granted the manor of Clafford, Hampshire;
except for the chattels and corn, for £30.
11/1205, William’s £30 fine pardoned.
Aft. 1206, William’s father died.
1207, Isabel died.
1208, William had custody of the lands of his younger brother
Roger [a justiciar under papal interdict].
1208-10, William an itinerant justice of fines in Cambridge and
Lincoln. (S) Judges of England, Foss, 1848, P83.
1210-11, William sheriff of Norfolk. (S) Vicemonites
Norfolciae, 1843, P6.
1212, The Great Inquest of Service: William de Huntingfeld hold
the fee of 1 knight in Mendam of the King in chief. (S) Lancanshire Inquests,
Pt3, Farrer, 1903, P111.
1213, William gave the King 6 fair Norway goshawks for license
to marry his daughter, Alice, widow of Richard de Solers.
1213, William held the office of accountant with Aburey de
Vere, Earl of Oxford.
5/12/1214, King John gave the manor of Clafford, which William
de Huntingfeld had held, to John de Harecurt. (S) Magni Rotule Scaccarii, V2,
1844, P205.
1214, King John unsuccessfully invaded France trying to recover
his lands.
1214, William joined the confederacy of barons against the King
with Richard earl of Clare, Roger de Cresci, Gilbert de Clare, and Robert
fitz-Walter.
10/1214, King John returned to England.
5/5/1215, The revolting Barons formally renounced their
allegiance to John and invited the King of France to invade England. [This was
prevented by the Pope.]
6/19/1215 at Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree
to the terms of the Magna Carta.
11/20/1215 at Bury St. Edmunds, William elected as one of the
25 to guarantee observance of the Magna Carta. (S) History, Gazeteer and Dir.
of Suffolk, 1874, P565.
12/16/1215, William excommunicated with the other barons.
5/12/1216, Prine Louis of France, after a successful landing,
crowned King of England in London. In June, Louis captured Winchester and
controlled half of England.
1216, William ravaged Essex and Suffolk for Prince Louis of
France. King John in retaliation plundered William’s estates in Norfolk and
Suffolk.
10/18/1216, King John died.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
11/21/1216 at Hertford, William granted the village of Grimsby,
Lincolnshire by Prince Louis, to be held of 2 knights’ fees. Witnesses: Seiher
de Quency, earl of Winchester, Robert Fitz-Walter [Commander of the forces of
the English barons.] (S) Guide to the Manuscripts, Warner, 1906, P41.
5/20/1217, William fought at the battle of Lincoln; the defeat
of Prince Louis’ forces.
6/23/1217, All of William’s lands in Lincolnshire granted to
John Marshall.
9/12/1217, For 10,000 marks and some land exchanges, Louis
forfeited his claim to the English crown by the treaty at Kingston-on-Thames,
called the Treaty of Lambeth. A
principal provision of the treaty was amnesty for English rebels.
10/6/1217, William made peace with King Henry III and had his
lands restored.
1218, William, son of Roger de Huntingfeld, gave land to the
priory of castle-Acre on his founding of the monastery of Mendham, Norfolk. (S)
Index Monasticus, Taylor, 1821, P15.
6/1219, William had leave to go to the holy land on crusade in
an attempt by the Pope to retake Jerusalem. [Very few English knights went on
this crusade.]
Bef. 1/25/1220, William died on crusade.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P446. (S) Monasticon Anglicanum, V5,
1825, P56.
Family notes:
·
Roger Fitz William [de Huntingfeld] s/o
Guillaume de Huntingfeld [died 1155] & Sibilla ? [died 1186].
·
Alice de Senlis [likely] d/o Lord Saire de Quincy & Lady Maud
de Saint Liz.
·
1196, Charter of Hugh abbot of Sees … all their
portion of the church of Mendeham … done with the assent and will of Roger de
Huntingfeld, knight, patron. (S) Calendar of Documents Preserved in France, V1,
1899, P240.
·
2/1206 at Woodstock, Roger de Huntingfeld a
judge with William de Wrotham, archdeacon of Taunton [chief judge], and John de
Gestling. [7/1206 they were in London, 8/9/1206 in Stratford, 8/23/1206 in
Colchester, 9/1206 in Canterbury, then at Westminster].