William le Fleming

   Another name for William was William de Furness.¹⁶⁰

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 34:27-29, William le Fleming of Aldingham, son of Sir Michael le Fleming III and Agatha of Ravensworth, daughter of Ranulf Fitz Henry and granddaughte of Henry Fitz Hervey, Lord of Ravensworth, was the father of Aline, Alicia or Eleanor le Fleming, Lady of Aldingham who married Sir Richard Cansfield, Knight, Lord of Cancelfield and Farleton, Lancaster. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷²⁰
William, son of Michael le Fleming, succeeded, who was in turn followed by another Michael, who appear to have died young, leaving a widow, Alina, but no issue. The manor passed to the next heir, Alice, sister of Michael le Fleming, who conveyed it in marriage to Sir Richard Cancefield, Knight, lord of Cancefield and Farlton. She survived her husband, and her name occurs during her widowhood as confirming a grant of lands to the Abbey of Cockersand. The issue of the marriage was two sons, John and William, and a daughter Agnes.

~Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, p. 245

• Background Information. ⁹¹⁰
Michael II and Christian de Stainton had several children. William, the eldest son, attested several of his father's charters as "William son of Michael de Furness," and 1186, paid twenty marks to the Crown pro fine terre, doubtless upon succeeding to the paternal estates [Lancs. Pipe Rolls, ed. Farrer, p. 60]. Circa 1190, William obtained a grant of various liberties in his lordship of Aldingham, including the right of gallows and jugment by iron, water, and duel [Rot. Chart., Rec. Com., p. xl]. In 1193 he was amongst those fined for having taken part in the rebellion of King John, then Count of Mortain, against Richard I [Farrer, Lancs. Pipe Rolls, p. 78]. William apparently died about 1203, leaving a widow, Eleanor (who married, secondly, William le Butler, lord of Warrington), and a son and heir, Michael III, who was six years old at his father's death [Ancient Deeds, A. 13453; Farrer, Lancs. Pipe Rolls, pp. 180, 191; Lancs. Inqs. and Extents, Lancs. & Cheshire Rec. Soc.]

The Early History of the Stricklands of Sizergh, p. 71-72

William married Ada of Workington, daughter of Thomas of Workington Lord of Culwen and Grace ¹⁶⁰.^,910 (Ada of Workington was born about 1160 in Workington, Cumberland, England.)