William Fossard

  General Notes:

~Select Civil Pleas: Volume I A.D. 1200 - 1203, p. 18, in the cause between Robert de Turnham and The Abbot of York, William is referred to as "William Fossard, son of Robert." ⁸⁶⁹

~Yorkshire: Historical and Topographical Introduction to a Knowledge of the Ancient State of the Wapentake of Strafford and Tickhill; With Ample Account of Doncaster and Conisbrough. pp. 6-7, According to Banks and Dugdale, there was only one William Fossard, but according to Dodsworth, there were two of this name immediately succeeding Robert, one of whom was living in the later part of the reign of Henry I. Also in the Select Civil Pleas, the record of the suit between Robert de Turnham and the Abbot of Yorkshire, Robert Turnham's wife is refered to as the the great granddaughter of Robert de Turnham, which would agree with Dodworth. Also according to Dodsworth, this william had a sister named Agnes who was married to Alexander Paynell. ⁸⁶⁷