319832480. Baron Eustace Fitz John & 319832481. Lady Agnes fitz Nigel
~1090,
Eustace born in England, s/o §§Baron John de Burgo, called Monoculus.
(S) Magna Charta Barons, Browning, 1969, P98.
~1095, Agnes
born in England, d/o §§Baron William
fitz Nigel, of Halton, constable of Chester.
8/5/1100, Henry I crowned King of England.
~1108, Eustace 1st married Beatrix, heir & d/o Yvo de
Vesci.
1/8/1107, David became King of Southern Scotland, Alexander King of
Northern Scotland.
[––Eustace & Agnes––]
~1113,
Eustace, married Agnes, heiress of Halton, and became Lord of Alnwick and
Malton.
1116-19,
Notification … grant to the canons of St. Oswalds, Nostell, of the church of
Bambrough, … attested … Ranulf the chancellor, and Eustace fitz John. (S)
English Historical Review, V34, 1919, P507.
1123-29,
Notification to Walter Espec, Eustace fitz-John, … confirmation to St. Mary’s,
York. (S) English Historical Review, V34, 1919, P549.
4/24/1124, David I crowned King of Scotland.
1126-29,
Notification … confirmation to the monaster of Austin canons … Kirkham, co.
York, by Walter Espec, … attested … Eustace fitz John … , (S) English
Historical Review, V34, 1919, P538.
12/1128,
Notification of Henry I to Walter Espec and Eustace fitz John. (S) Regesta
Regum Anglo-Normannorum, 1956, P220.
By 1129, By
King Henry I, Eustace given the whole fee of Radulph Gaugi: Elingeham,
Docheseffodam, Osberwyc, Hacton, and Netferton; with lands in Durham and
Yorkshire including the barony of Malton.
By 1129,
King Henry appointed Eustace the sheriff of Northumberland, and made him
governor of Bamburgh.
1129,
Notification of the king’s confirmation to St. Stephen’s Caen, … signatories:
Henry the King; Hugh archbishop of Rouen; [bishops of Bayeux, Lisieux]; Roger
of Salisbury; [earls of Gloucester and Chester]; Geoffrey de Magnaville, Nigel
de Aubigny; Robert de Hai; and Eustace fitz-John. (S) English Historical
Review, V34, 1919, P551.
1129-30,
Eustace a justiciar in the north with Walter Espec. [Eustace and Walter appear
numerous times in the pipe roll.]
1129-33,
Eustace Fitz-John attested multiple charters of King Henry. (S) English Historical
Review, V34, 1919.
8/1131,
Notification by Henry I … restored and granted to William, son of Walter de
Beauchamp, his dispenser, the land that his father held from whatever lord; and
his father's office of dispenser. … Witnesses: … Robert de Vere; Miles of
Gloucester; … Payn fitz John; Eustace fitz John; Geoffrey fitz Payn; William
Maltravers; William de Albini, Smo ; … William Mauduit.
12/25/1132
at Windsor, Eustace fitz John at the Christmas court of King Henry.
1133,
Eustace provided assisstance [bread] to the starving monks at Fountains abbey.
(S) Annals and History of Leeds, 1860, P18.
1135,
Eustace fitz John in possessio of the barony of Alnwick. (S) History – Alnwick,
Tate, 1866, P51.
12/22/1135, Stephen crowned king of England.
[Usurping Empress Matilda, d/o King Henry I; the next 18 years there would be
civil war in England.]
2/1136, at
Durham [or York], King Stephen confirmed the gifts of Eustace fitz John to
Fountains abbey.
1136-38,
Royal mandate of King Stephen to Eustace to see that Rainer de Muschamp and
Cecily his sister honour a gift of their brother to the bishopric of Durham.
(S) Anglo-Norman Durham, Rollason, 1998, P355.
2/1138, King
Stephen detained Eustace on suspicion of treasonable correspondence with David,
King of Scotland. Eustace had to remain at court, and had to surrender Bamburgh
castle. [King David had just invaded England.] Eustace complained that this was
against custom: ‘ab eo in curia contra morem patrium captus.’
8/1138,
Eustace surrendered the castle of Alnwick to King David and joined his forces,
helped attack Bamburgh, and offered his castle at Malton.
8/22/1138,
Eustace a Scottish commander under Prince Henry at the Battle of the Standard
at Northallerton; the defeat of Scottish forces. Eustace was wounded. [Walter
Espec was a prominent member of the royal forces.]
8/1138,
Eustace retreated to Malton, which was then besieged. (S) Chronicle of John of
Worcester, McGurk, 1998, P255.
4/9/1139 at
Durham, Eustace took advantage of a new treaty between England and Scotland to
do homage to Henry, earl of Northumberland, saving fealty to King Stephen.
1139,
Eustace fitz John a witness to King Stephen’s creation of Waleran, count of
Meulan, as earl of Worcester. (S) Tradition and Change, Greenway, 2002, P168.
9/1139, King
Henry’s daughter Empress Matilda invaded England with forces led by her half
brother Robert, Earl of Gloucester.
9/1140 at
Stamford, Attending King Stephen’s court: Ranulf, earl of Chester; Gilbert,
earl of Pembroke; Earl Simon; Roger, earl of Warwick; Earl Robert de Ferrers; …
Richard de Camville; Richard Fitz Urse; Eustace fitz John; … Hugh Wake; … (S)
From Alfred the Great to Stephen, Davies, 1991, P216.
1140,
Eustace founded the Augustinian priory of St. Mary at North Ferriby, Yorkshire.
1141,
Eustace held the lordships of Burgh and Knaresborough of King Stephen.
2/2/1141,
King Stephen captured at the battle of Lincoln.
4/7/1141 at
Winchester, Empress Matilda acknowledged
as “Lady of England and Normandy” by Bishop Henry.
1141, Empress Matilda appointed Eustace fitz John the governor at York.
1141, Eustace supported William Cumin in a dispute with the Bishop of
Durham.
6/1141, King David of Scotland informs Eustace fitz John that he has
granted to Westminster abbey the land which Adam, son of Aldwin the
chamberlain, held in Tottenham, and warns Eustace about interfering with the
land. (S) Charters of King David I, Barrow, 1999, P106.
9/1141, Empress Matilda’s brother, Robert, earl of Gloucester, captured
at the battle of Winchester.
11/1/1141, King Stephen exchanged by Matilda for Robert, earl of
Gloucester.
12/25/1141, Stephen again crowned King, and held a Christmas court. [The civil war would
continue for 12 more years.]
By 1142,
Henry, son of the king of Scotland, for Eustace fitz John; has given and
granted and restored all lands and tenements that he held in Northumbria of
King Henry I in chief, and after him, of King Stephen; has given in
augmentation of Eustace's other feu, but for no additional service, Earls
Barton, Potton, Paxton and Great Stukeley as earl himself held them in his
demesne; and in feu and heritage the feu and service of Robert de Muntut. (S)
POMS.
1143,
Eustace helped negotiate and agreement between William Cumin and the Bishop of
Durham.
Aft. 1143,
Eustace fitz John made a grant to Hugh de Cathewic of pasturage for 100 sheep,
provided that ‘a final end is made of building the church at Norton’ according
to the first foundation of William fitz Nigel.
1144,
Eustace became constable of Ranulf, earl of Chester.
1/29/1145, A papal bull of confirmation and
privileges to Fountains abbey mentions Eustace Fitz John. (S) Surtees Society,
V44, 1863, P-LII.
1145,
Eustace fortifited his castel at Alnwick. (S) Northumberland, White, 1859,
P170.
1146,
Eustace fitz John witnessed a charter to Kirton in Lindsay. (S) Charters of
King David I, Barrow, 1999, P93.
1147,
Eustace founded the abbey of Alnwick, Northumberland.
6/1148,
Empress Matilda returned to Normandy, never returning to England.
1149-50,
Eustace and Agnes founded a nunnery at Watton, Yorkshire [‘on the prayer and
with the assent of his wife, Agnes, through whose dowry Watton was exchanged,
that is for Loddington and Hilderthorpe’]; and a house of canons at Malton; at
the instance of Murdac, Archbishop of York. (S) Monastic Order in Yorkshire,
Burton, 2006, P137.
1150-53,
Eustace witnessed 2 charters of the Earl of York.
1152,
Eustace, governor of York, issued coins at York with his name and full-length
figure. (S) British Numismatic Journal, V4, 1908, P364.
5/24/1153, Malcolm IV succeeded King David I of
Scotland.
Aft. 1153, Eustace witnessed a royal grant to the church of Rievaulx of
lands in Crosby and Cotum. (S) Durham, 1153-1195; Snape, 2002, P107.
9/1154 at Westminster, Eustace fitz John, constable of Chester,
attended the court of King Stephen.
12/19/1154, Henry II crowned king of England.
2/1155,
Eustace fitz John witnessed a royal charter to Yorkshire priory of Nostell.
5/1157 at
Waltham, Essex, Eustace fitz John witnessed a royal charter to Bridlington
priory, Yorkshire.
7/1157,
Eustace, serving with King Henry, was killed fighting the Welsh forces of Owain
Gwynedd ap Gruffydd at the battle of Ewloe. (S) The Age of Owain Gwynedd,
Barbier, 1908, P84. (S) CH&I.HII, P38. [Robert de Courci also killed.]
[––Agnes––]
Agnes
married 2nd Robert of Gloucester, natural s/o Earl Robert de Caen
(d.1147).
1158, Robert
fitzCount, constable of Chester, granted Watton priory all the land as Eustace
fitzJohn gave it with the consent of Agnes his wife, from whose marriage
portion there was exchanged. (S) Book of Seals, Hatton, 1950, P356.
4/1158, A
confirmation of a grant by King Henry mentions a grant by Agnes fitz Nigel and
her husband Robert.
Agnes made a
grant in which her grandson is styled ‘Johannes filius Ricardi, nepos Dominae.’
By 1161,
Agnes died.
(S)
Transactions – Shropshire, V2, 1908, P31. (S) Court, Household, and Itinerary
of King Henry II, Eyton, 1878. (S) Judges of England, Foss, V1, 1848, P116. (S)
Norton Priory, Greene, 2004, P5. (S) History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony
of Alnwick; Tate, 1866, P52. (S) King Stephen, King , 2010.
Child
of Eustace and Beatrix:
i. William de Vescy, born ~1110 in England.
1157,
William the heir of Eustace and Beatrice.
Charter of
William: ‘omnes donationes quas pater meus Eustachius filius Johannis dedit tam
canonicis quam monialibus sive in Wathona sive in Maltona.’ (S) Monastic Order
in Yorkshire, Burton, 2006, P138.
i. Richard FitzEustace
(159916240), born ~1115 in England.
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