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William DE COURCY

William DE COURCY

Male Abt 1107 - Bef 1162  (~ 54 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William DE COURCY was born about 1107 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England (son of Robert DE COURCY and Rohese DE GRENTEMESNIL); died before 1162 in Okehampton Castle, Okehampton, Devon, England; was buried in 1180 in Wymondham, Priory.

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    • FamilySearch ID: KC41-YSX

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    Wikipedia

    William de Courcy was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and baron.

    William was the son of William de Courcy and his wife Emma de Falaise.[1] Through his mother, William inherited the barony of Stogursey in Somerset, as his mother was the sole heir of William de Falaise, the lord of Stogursey in Domesday Book.[2] William and Emma were also the parents of two other sons: Richard and Robert.[1]

    William married Avice, the daughter and coheir of William Meschin,[1] and Cecily de Rumilly.[2] The marriage took place around 1125.[1]

    William, along with his brother Robert, confirmed the gift of his father of the advowson of the church of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire to Abingdon Abbey.[3] This reconfirmation of his father's grant was recorded in the abbey's chronicle, the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis,[1] like the original grant had been. William then gave further lands to the abbey, including a meadow named "cow mead" and a pasture large enough for 300 sheep, 8 oxen and 10 cows.[3]

    William died before 1130.[1] William's widow married William Paynel, son of Fulk Paynel, as his second wife.[4] His heir was his son William de Courcy. Another son was Robert, who was steward to King Stephen of England.[5] But Marjorie Chibnall thinks this Robert is a cousin, from the Norman branch.[6]


    Family/Spouse: Matilda AVRANCHES, Heiress Of Okehampton. Matilda (daughter of Robert D'AVRANCHES and Baroness Hawise DE DOL) was born about 1115 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England; died on 21 Sep 1173 in Okehampton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lady Hawise DE COURCY was born in 1135 in Courtenay, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France; died on 31 Jul 1219; was buried after 31 Jul 1219 in Ford Abbey, Devonshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert DE COURCY was born in 1070 in Nuneham Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (son of Richard DE COURCY and Wandelmode); died in 1131 in Okehampton, Devon, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GZ93-KPM
    • Name: Robert De COURCI

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    ROBERT [II] de Courcy (-after 1102). "Richard de Curciaco" donated land at "Brenarie [Berni?res] which his mother Hebrea had left them at her death", with the consent of "his wife Wandelmode and his sons Robert and William", by charter dated 1076[1744]. "Richard de Courci" donated property to Marmoutier, for the benefit of "his wife Gandelmodis and his sons Robert and William", by charter dated to [1077/79][1745]. Orderic Vitalis names "Rodbertus?Ricardi [de Curceio] filius" when recording his marriage[1746]. "?Rotberti de Curcei?" witnessed the charter dated [May 1092] under which William II King of England confirmed previous grants to Lincoln cathedral[1747]. "?Rotberti de Curci?" witnessed the charter dated Sep 1093 under which William II King of England donated property to Lincoln cathedral[1748]. m ROHESE de Grantmesnil, daughter of HUGUES de Grantmesnil & his wife Adelise de Beaumont. Orderic Vitalis names "Adelinam et Hadvisam, Rochesiam et Mathildem et Agnetem" as the daughters of "Hugo de Grentemaisnilio" and his wife "Adelidem filiam Ivonis comitis de Bellomonte", adding that Rohese married "Roberto de Curceio"[1749]. Robert de Courcy & his wife had five children:
    https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#RobertCourcydiedafter1102

    Robert married Rohese DE GRENTEMESNIL about 1092 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Rohese was born in 1062 in Grandmesnil, Basse-Normandie, France; was christened in in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1127 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rohese DE GRENTEMESNIL was born in 1062 in Grandmesnil, Basse-Normandie, France; was christened in in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1127 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GZ9C-DHZ

    Children:
    1. Robert DE COURCY, III was born about 1093 in Bilsington, Kent, England; died in 1157 in Flint, Flintshire, Wales.
    2. Richard I de COURCY, Sire was born about 1095 in Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire, England; and died.
    3. Hugh de COURCY was born about 1097 in Of, Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire, England; and died.
    4. Ivo de COURCY was born about 1099 in Of, Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire, England; and died.
    5. Robert DE COURCY was born about 1100 in Ireland; and died.
    6. Philip DE COURCY was born about 1101 in Of, Nuneham Courtnay, Oxfordshire, England; and died.
    7. Simon DE COURCY was born about 1103 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England; and died.
    8. Gervase de COURCY was born about 1105 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England; and died.
    9. 1. William DE COURCY was born about 1107 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England; died before 1162 in Okehampton Castle, Okehampton, Devon, England; was buried in 1180 in Wymondham, Priory.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard DE COURCY was born about 1040 in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Gallia Aquitania, France; died in 1098 in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GX4C-4NR

    Richard married Wandelmode. Wandelmode was born in 1045 in Oxfordshire, England; died in in Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Wandelmode was born in 1045 in Oxfordshire, England; died in in Somme, Picardie, France.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GDMM-BZG

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert DE COURCY was born in 1070 in Nuneham Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England; died in 1131 in Okehampton, Devon, England.