Sir William de Vescy Knight, Lord of Alnwick

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• Background Information. ¹⁴¹
William de Vescy, son and heir, was a minor at his father's death. In January 1217/8 the custody of the whole de Vescy fee, with the heir and his marriage, was granted to William (Longespée), Earl of Salisbury, the King's uncle, to whom Margaret, Eustace's widow, was ordered to deliver her son, 13 November 1218. William had livery of his inheritance, 16 May 1226, when he was about to marry the Earl's daughter. He was knighted, circa May 1229, and accompanied Henry III's expedition to Brittany in 1230, being granted a protection while remaining in the King's service overseas, 15 September. In 1232 and 1234 he was forbidden to attend tournaments at Blyth, Northampton and Cambridge. He was deputed to escort King Alexander and Queen Joan of Scotland to the English court in 1235, and again in August 1237. In 1240 he was ordered not to retain in his service Siward, sometime professed in the order of Friars Preachers, nor to prevent his arrest. In 1242 he went with the King to Gascony. In December 1244. he was deputed, with the abbots of Alnwick and Byland, to receive the oath of Patrick and Walter Comyn, Earls in Scotland, to clear themselves towards the King. Next year he was in the Welsh campaign. On 30 May 1253 he had a protection, going with the King to Gascony. He was the founder of the Carmelite priory of Hulne, in Northumberland.

William de Vescy married, 1^stly, shortly after 16 May 1226, Isabel, daughter of William Longespeé, Earl of Salisbury, by Ela, only daughter and heir of William (of Salisbury, styles also as Fitz Patrick), 2nd Earl of Wiltshire, styled always Earl of Salisbury Isabel died s.p. and was buried in Alnwick Abbey.

William de Vescy married, 2^ndly, before 1244, Agnes, 1^st daughter of William (de Ferrers), 5^th Earl of Derby, by his 1^st wife, Sibyl, sister and, in her issue, coheir of Anselm, 9^th Earl of Pembroke, 3^rd daughter of William (Marshal), 4^th Earl of Pembroke. William de Vescy died in Gascony, shortly before 7 Oct 1253, and was buried at Watton Priory, co. York. His widow died 11 May 1290, and was buried in the Greyfriars, at Scarborough.

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. XIIB, pp. 276-278

• Family Background. ¹²⁷⁰
35 Edward I, a charter, whereby William de Vescy, son of Sir Eustace de Vescy, for his soul and those of Sir Eustace, his father, Margery his mother and Isabel, sometimes his wife, granted to the abbot and convent of Alnewic in frank almoin, all that Eustace son of John, his great-grandfather, and Sir William de Vescy, his grandfather, and Sir Eustace de Vescy, his fahter gave to them.

~Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward I, pp. 86-87

William married Agnes de Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and Sibyl Marshall.¹⁴¹ (Agnes de Ferrers was born about 1222 in Tutbury Castle, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, died on 11 May 1290 in Yorkshire, England ¹⁴¹ and was buried in Greyfriars, Scrborough, Yorkshire, England ¹⁴¹.)

William next married Isabella Longespée, daughter of William "Long Sword" Longespée 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Ela de Salisbury. ¹⁴¹ (Isabella Longespée was born about 1209 in Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England and died before 1244 in Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland, England.)