Baron William Aguillon

 486764296. Baron William Aguillon

~1175, William born in England, s/o §§Baron William Aguillon.

Aft. 1185, William’s father died.

1195, William Aguillon was claiming a knight's fee in Nutbourne against Manser and Richard Aguillon. (S) The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, V4, 1997, P108.

5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.

1200, William offered by his father (§§William) to King John as a hostage.

~1210, William Aguillon held 3 knights’ fees of the honor of Arundel. (S) Sussex Archaeological Collections, V3, 1850, P55.

Bef. 11/5/1212, Henry fitz Aylwin [married to Margaret], first Lord Mayor of London, died. William Aguillun had already made fine for the custody and marriage of Joan, the granddaughter and heiress of the said Henry, widow of Ralph le Parmentier, The sheriffs of Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Norfolk and Suffolk were ordered to deliver the lands of Henry and Ralph to William.

Aft. 1212, William married 2nd Joan, d/o Bartholomew Cheney of Addington, Surrey. (S) Literary and Biographical Magazine, V10, 1793, P300. [Joan widow of Ralph le Parmentier, king’s serjeant.]

1214, Mandate to the Barons of the Exchequer … 300 marks … respite to Wm. Aguilon.

9/1214, Willelmum Aguillun named in a letter from King John to Peter des Roches.

1/1215, Willelmo Aguillono named in a letter of King John.

1215, … “et hereditas Johanne uxoris Willelmi Aguillum” in a letter of King John.

6/19/1215 at Runnymede, William, an adherent of King John, swore to obey the mandate of the 25 barons chosen as Conservators at the signing of the Magna Carta.

Bef. 12/13/1215, William sided with the barons against King John.

1215, King John took William’s lands.

10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England. William was a supporter of Henry’s ascension, and in right of his wife prepared a dish called Malpigernoun in the king’s kitchen on coronation day and served it to the king.

9/17/1217, William’s lands were restored.

1218, William of Aguillon gifted a wind mill to Merton Priory, previously rented by Bartholomew of Kensington for 2s.

1218-20, Demise by Thomas, Prior of Merton Abbey to Sir William Aguillon and his heirs. Windmill in Perchings and land, Liberties and free customs pertaining to the same windmill [Sussex]. (S) UKNA.

9/17/1219, William Aguillon and Joan, his wife, give the king half a mark for having a pone … against Ralph of Clere, concerning the manor of Greatham with appurtenances. (S) FRsHIII.

Bef. 6/5/1222, Alan, son of the mayor of London, died without issue; his lands falling to William Aguillum in right of his wife.

1223, William Aquilon possessed 1 fee of the manor of Greatham of the earl of Warren.

1223, William Aguillon [and others] complained that Matilda, the wife of Richard de Toreini had more dower than she was entitled.

6/15/1227, Grant to Godfrey de Crawcumbe … of the gift of William Aguilun, his land at Weycumbe and la Newelande, … (S) CChRs, V1.

1227, William left England.

8/1/1227, Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite, …, the demand of 35 m. that he makes … from Eudo de Longvillers for the debt that he owed, as is said, to William Aguillon, who has abjured the realm, …. (S) FRsHIII.

By 1230, William returned to London.

1230, Grant by William Agulun to Roger Duk, citizen of London … in the parish of St. Botulph without Bisshpesgate. (S) Desc. Catalogue of Ancient Deeds, 1890, P188.

1230s, William Aguillon, steward of Pevensey, commissioned to try prisoners at Chichester gaol. (S) English Government in the 13^th Century, Jobson, 2004, P105.

1233, Bartholomew Cheney holding in Addington, Surrey, [by deputy-service of his son-in-law William Aguillon] office of making hasitas in the king’s kitchen on the day of coronation. (S) Fragmenta Antiquitatis, Blount, 1815, P53. [Surreia. Willelmus Agulon, quit habet heredem Bartholmei de Cheney in uxorem, … (S) De Antiquis Legisbus Liber, Stapleton, 1846, P-XV.]

1234, William attended parliament as baron of Addington. (S) Victoria History of te County of Surrey, V4, 1912, P195.

9/7/1234, Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand he makes from William Aguillon by summons of the Exchequer for the scutage that he does not owe, as he says, from his land of Addington, …. (S) FRsHIII.

1235, A grant to Eleanor daughter of Gilbert de Addington witnessed by William Aguillon. (S) The 1235 Surrey Eyre, 2002, P165.

1235, William Aguillon claimed 7/8 fee against Margaret, wife of Nicholas de Lymesy.

8/24/1235, Order to the sheriff of Surrey to place in respite the demand for scutage that he makes from William Aguillon … until Michaelmas …, and to cause his livestock, …, to be delivered to him in the meantime. (S) FRsHIII.

1236, William Agulun called upon to show cause why he should not be assess for the service of half a knight, because his father-in-law Bartholomew de Chennay had been assessed in the Toulouse scutage in 1159 for 2 marks. (S) A History of Surrey, Malden, 1900, P96. [The jurors found for William because Bartholomew had held by sergeantry.]

1241, William Aguillon remised to Walter de Limesi a third part of a fee in North Merdon for 16 marks. (S) Honors and Knights’ Fees, Farrer, 1923, P43.

9/25/1241, Willemus Agilun tuenet unum feodum militis in Percinges … heredes Bartholomei de Kaisneto …

7/8/1243, Pardon to William Agulun of his flight and outlawry for the death of Adam de Munceaus and for robbery and breach of the peace ; with the usual conditions. (S) CPRs.

3/30/1244, William Aguillon gives 1 m. for having a precipe [to remove a plea] from the county court of Sussex to [the justices of the Bench at] Westminster. (S) FRsHIII.

1244, William died.

(S) The Manors of Suffolk, Copinger, 1905, P46. (S) De Antiquis Ligebus Liber, Cronica Maiorum et Vicecomitum Londoniarum, 1846.

Family notes:

1185, William Aguillon appears in Receipt Roll of the Exchequer for Michaelmas. (S) Harvesting the Air, Kealey, 1987, P307.

Child of William and ?:

i. Robert de Aguillon, born ~1203 in England.

10/3/1244, To the sheriff of Surrey. The king has received the homage of Robert Aguillon, son and heir of William Aguillon … £10 … for relief … Order to cause Robert to have full seisin of all lands and tenements. (S) FRsHIII.

4/6/1248, Robert Aguillon has made fine with the king by 10 m. for having a charter of warren, and by 3 m. for having a fair, together with the 11 m. which he will give for acquitting that charter [from the fees] of the Chancery. (S) FRsHIII.

ii. William Aguillon (243382148), born ~1205 in England.