William de BRAOSE

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Family/Spouse: Maud De CLERE. Maud (daughter of Roger DE CLARE and Mathilde DE SAINT-HILAIRE) was born in 1181 in Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England; died in 1213; was buried in Stanlow Abbey, Stanlow, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Children: ; 22 Children (Margred verch Llywelyn)
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• TitleOfNobility: ; Lord of Bramber & Gower
• TitleOfNobility: Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England; Lord of Stinton
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John de Braose, Lord of Gower, born c1197, died 18 July 1232 at Bamber, co Sussex from a fall from a horse; married 1219 Margaret, died 1263, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Nicknamed "Tadody" by the Welsh when he was hidden in Gower as a child after King John had his father and grandmother killed. He was later in the custody of Engelard de Cigogny (castellan of Windsor) along with his brother Giles. Cigogny was ordered to give the two boys up to William de Harcourt in 1214. At this time John became separated from his brother. He was present at the signing of the Magna Charta in 1215.

John disputed his uncle Reginald's claim to the Braose lands, sometimes resorting to arms. Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, helped him to secure Gower (1219). In 1221, with the advice and permission of Llewelyn, he repaired his castle of Abertawy (Swansea). He purchased the Rape of Bramber from Reginald and his son William in 1226. In that year John confirmed the family gifts to Sele Priory, near Bramber, and to the Abbey of St FLorent, Saumur, and added others. After the death of Reginald (1228) he became Lord of Skenfrith, Grosmont, and Whitecastle, the three Marcher castles, by charter from the king but he lost these in 1230 to Hugh de Burgh at the same time as Gower became a subtenancy of de Burgh's Honour of Carmarthen and Cardigan.

See Castle of Abertawy, Swansea

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Joan de Braose, surnamed Tadody, had been privately nursed by a Welsh woman at Gower. This John had grants of lands from King Henry III and was also possessed of the Barony of Brembye, in Sussex, where he died in 1231, by a fall from his horse, his foot sticking in the stirrup. He married, it is stated, Margaret, dau. of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, by whom (who m. afterwards Walter de Clifford) he had a son, his successor, William de Braose. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]

John married Margaret Verch LLEWELYN in 1219 in Wales, England. Margaret (daughter of Llewelyn Ap IORWERTH, Prince Of Wales and "Joan" Tangwystl Verch LLYWARCH) was born in 1204 in Caernarvonshire, Walesey, Wales; was christened in 1208 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; died after 1268 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England; was buried after 1268 in Priory Church, Aconbury, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William was only 12 when his father died. The wardship of William and the de Braose lands were granted by Henry III to Peter des Rievaux. On his fall in 1234 these custodies were passed on to the king's brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall. When William came of age he took control of the Braose lands in Gower, Bramber and Tetbury. He confirmed the grants made by his father of the rents of cottages in Tetbury (they are still there) to the priory at Aconbury, founded in the memory of Maud de St Valery by her daughter Margaret.

He was plagued throughout his life by a series of legal battles over land rights with his female relatives.

See Cottages of Tetbury.


William de Braose, in the 41st Henry III [1257], when Llewellyn ap Griffith menaced the marches of Wales with a great army, was commanded by the king to defend his own marches about Gower, and the next year he had a military summons to attend the king Chester. In two years afterwards, he was again in arms under Roger de Mortimer against the Welsh, and was one of the barons who became pledged for King Henry, abiding the award of Louis, King of France. He d. in 1290, leaving by Isabel de Clare, his first wife, a son, William de Braose. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]

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Peter de Braose, half-brother of William, Lord Braose, of Gower. Peter's son, Thomas, was found heir to his grandmother, Mary de Ros (his grandfather, William de Braose's 2nd wife). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 73, Braose, Barons Braose]

NOTE: From the above information it is certain which William de Braose was Peter's father, for only this one William was summoned to parliament as a baron. However, in attempting to connect Mary de Ros to William, there are some pretty glaring date inconsistencies. e.g., William died in 1290, and Mary wasn't born until around 1298. It's possible the approximated year of birth for Mary is somewhat off, but surely not that far off. According to Burke, her father, William de Ros, was b. 1255, thus, she could have been born as early as perhaps 1271. Her father d. in 1316, and her grandfather died 16 June, 1285. Her 2nd husband, Thomas of Brotherton, was born 1 June, 1300. Had she been born as early as 1271, she would have been 29 years older than her 2nd husband. It's almost as if there had been two separate individuals named Mary de Ros, yet Burke says "Mary m. 1st, to William Braose, and 2ndly, to Thomas de Brotherton, Duke of Norfolk."

William married Aline De MULTON in 1255 in Bramber, Sussex, England. Aline (daughter of Thomas DE MULTON and Maude DE VAUX) was born about 1240 in Gilsland, Irthington, Cumberland, England; died in 1268 in Bramber, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Agnes De MOELS after 1260 in 2ND Wife. Agnes was born about 1230 in Cadbury, Tiverton, Somerset, England; died before 1271. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary De ROS about 1271 in 3rd Wife. Mary was born about 1253 in Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England; died before 23 May 1326. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title: Stinton, Norfolk, England; Lord of Stinton Manor
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Sir Richard de Braose, said to be a younger son (not fully documented), Lord of Stinton, Norfolk; Brumlagh, Surrey; Ludborough, co Lincoln; Akenham, Hasketon, Stradbrooke, and Rouse Hall, Suffolk, all in right of his wife; also granted part of the manor of Thorganby, co York by his brother William; born before 1232, died before 18 June 1292, buried Woodbridge Priory; married before 9 Sep 1265 Alice le Rus, widow of Richard Longespee, died shortly before 28 Jan 1300/1, daughter and heir of William le Rus of Stinton, Norfolk by Agatha (dsp shortly before 27 Dec 1261), daughter and heir of Roger de Clere of Brumlegh, Surrey and Ludborough, Lincoln. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Note: I am not sure how to read the above. MCS cannot mean that Agatha "dsp" because in the same statement she is said to have a daughter (Alice) by her husband William le Rus.

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SIR RICHARD DE BREUSE, a younger son of John de Breuse, Lord of Bramber and Gower, by Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ap lorwerth, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES, born 1232. He was summoned cum equis et armis 12 December 1276 to 14 June 1287, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, by writs directed Ricardo de Brehuse or Breuse.

He married, before 9 September 1265 Alice, widow of Richard LUNGESPEYE (who died s.p. shortly before 27 Dec. 1261, and daughter and heir of William LE Rus, of Stinton, Norfolk, Akenham and Whittingham, Suffolk, by Agatha. daughter and heir of Roger DE CLERE, of Bramley, Surrey, and Ludborough, co. Lincoln. She was born 25 December 1245 or 1247, or 1 January 1245/6. He died before 18 June 1292 (i). His widow died shortly before 28 January 1300/1. They were buried in Woodbridge Priory. [Complete Peerage II:304, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(i) At which time his widow was claiming her dower. On the morrow of St. John the Baptist 25 Edward I, Richard de Brewose obtained from (his mother) Alice, que fuit uxor Ricardi de Brewesa, the manor of Stradbroke, Suffolk. The younger Richard m. Alianore. He was summoned cum equis et armis 12 Mar 1300/1. Blomefield erroneously assigns to the elder Richard the Inq.p.m. on his nephew Richard, for which see p. 308, note "d".

Richard married Alice Le RUS, Heiress Of Stinton on 9 Sep 1265 in Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England. Alice (daughter of William LE RUS and Agatha DE CLERE) was born on 25 Dec 1245 in Stinton, Norfolk, England; died before 28 Jan 1300-1301 in Stinton, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NOTE: This is the first cousin of my sons wife's line. Making Abby my 25th cousin. Three other identified lines also converge paths with Abby within 6 generations, branching prior to this person.

William de Braose, in the 22nd of Edward I [1293], had summons to attend the king with other great men to advise regarding the important affairs of the realm. And about the beginning of the ensuing September, he was one of those who embarked at Portsmouth with horse and arms in the king's service for Gascony. In the 28th and 29th of the same reign,he was in the wars of Scotland, and in the latter year he had summons to parliament as a baron. In the 32nd [1304], he was again in the Scottish wars and then enjoyed so much favour that the king not only confirmed to him and his heirs the grant of Gower Land, made by King john to his ancestor, but granted that he and they should thenceforth enjoy all regal jurisdiction, liberties, and privileges there in as ample a manner as Gilder de Clare, son of Richard de Clare, sometimes Earl of Gloucester, had in all his lands of Glamorgan. For several years afterwards, his lordship appears to have been constantly engaged upon the same theatre of war and was always eminently distinguished. In the 14th Edward II [1321], according to Thomas of Walsingham, being "a person who had a large patrimony but a great unthrift," his lordship put up for sale his noble territory of Gower Land, and absolutely sold it under the king's license to the Earl of Hereford; but its contiguity to the lands of the younger Spencer (who was then high in royal favour, and the king's chamberlain), attracting the attention of that minion, he forcibly possessed himself of the estate and thus gave rise to the insurrection headed by Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster. Lord Braose m. Aliva, dau. of Thomas de Moulton, and had issue, Aliva, m. 1st, to John de Mowbray, and 2ndly, to Sir Richard de Pershall, and Joan, m. to John* de Bohun, of Midhurst. His lordship, who had regular summons to parliament to 18 September, 1322, d. in that year, when the Barony of Braose, of Gower, fell into abeyance between his daus. and co-heirs, and it so continues with their representatives. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, pp. 72-73, Braose, Barons Braose, of Gower]

* The Bohun entry on pg. 58 in the same source cited above, states it was James de Bohun, younger brother of John de Bohun, who d. s. p., that Joan married.

William married Agnes Elizabeth De SULLY about 1300 in Gower, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. Agnes (daughter of Raymond de SULLY) was born in 1263 in Sully, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales; died in 1328. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Giles married Beatrice De ST. HELEN in 1st Wife. Beatrice was born about 1270 in Wittenham Manor, Wallingford, Berkshire, England; died before 1300. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giles married Maud WHITNEY before 1300 in 2ND Wife. Maud was born about 1275; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Agnes De CLIFFORD. Agnes was born about 1274 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England; died before 1332. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He [Ralph de Camoys] married, 1stly, in 1303, before 25 June, Margaret, daughter of William, 1st Lord BREWES, by his 3rd wife, Mary, daughter of Robert De Ros, of Helmsley. [Complete Peerage II:507, XIV:138, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Margaret married Ralph III 1St Baron De CAMOYS, Of Flockthorpe before 25 Jun 1303 in 1st Wife. Ralph was born about 1283 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England; died before Jun 1336 in Flockthorpe Manor, Hardingham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Youngest son, Eldest brother was also William. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor De BAVANT, Heiress Of Wiston. Eleanor was born about 1298 in Wiston, Thakeham, Sussex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Margaret DE BREWES
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He [Roger de Coleville] married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard DE BREWES, of Stinton, Norfolk, by Alice, daughter and heir of William Le Rus, of Stinton. He died 1287/8, before 6 March, date of writ for Inq. p. m. His widow died 1335, before 12 May, when the writ for her Inq. p. m. is dated. [Complete Peerage III:374, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Margaret (or Margery) de Braose, died shortly before 12 May 1335; married Sir Roger de Coleville, Knight, born c1251, aged 26 in 1277, died shortly before 6 Mar 1287/8, Lord of Bytham, co Lincoln, son of Walter de Coleville, Lord of Bytham, co Lincoln, died 1277, by Isabel or Elizabeth. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Note: Neither Ancestral Roots, CP, or MCS mention a second marriage for Margaret, but Roger's death in 1288 would certainly allow for a 2nd marriage.

Biography
Margaret (Margery) de Brewes was born circa 1260 at Stainton Manor, Norfolk, England, the daughter of Sir Richard de Brewes and Alice le Rus.

Marriage & Children
She married Sir Roger de Coleville, 2nd Baron Colville, son of Walter de Coleville and Isabel/Elizabeth, circa 1276.

They had 1 son & 2 daughters:
1.) Edmund

2.) Elizabeth, wife of Ralph Basset

3.) Alice, wife of Guy Gobaud, & of Sir John Gernon

Death
Margaret (Margery) de Brewes died circa 12 May 1335.

Records
4 May 1288 Westminster. To Master H. de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Coleville, tenant in chief of the king as of the honour of Albemarle, the following of Roger's lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Conythorp, a member of the manor of Bitham, the wood called ' Morkelawe,' with the meadow, herbage and all appurtenances, in the same manor, the wood called ' La More,' with the meadow, herbage and all other appurtenances, in the same manor and rent in Estbitham, which is a member of the manor aforesaid. Total value of land yearly assigned approx 70/.

7 May 1290 Westminster. To Henry de Bray, eschaetor this side of Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colville tenant in chief.

24 May 1290 Westminster. Assignment of dower to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colevill, of the knights' fees that belonged to Roger by Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent, by the king's writ. There are assigned to her three quarters of a fee that Ralph de Sancto Laudo holds in Cunesby, co. Lincoln. Also the eighth of a fee that Robert Walran holds in Estbitham, in the said county. Also a fee that Laurence de Preston holds in Somerdeby, in the said county.

12 May 1335. Order to William de Clapham, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland, to take into the king's hand the lands late of Margaret late the wife of Roger de Colville, deceased, tenant in chief.

Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Coleville. Writ 19 May 9EIII. Robert de Colville, knight, her kinsman, aged 26 or more, is her next heir.

8 July 1335. Order to William de Clapham, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland, pursuant to an inquisition made by him shewing that Margaret late the wife of Roger de Colville held in her demesne as of fee the manor of Ayketon, county Cumberland, with certain tenements in Burgh on Sands pertaining thereto, in chief by homage and the service of rendering 27s a year at the Exchequer of Carlisle at the Assumption for cornage, and that Robert de Coleville, knight, her kinsman, is her next heir and of full age, to deliver the premises to him, he having done homage.

Margaret married Roger COLVILL, Of Bytham, Sir Knight in 1st Husband. Roger was born about 1251 in Bytham Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died before 6 Mar 1288 in Bitham, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Walter DEVEREUX, Of Lenhales, Sir after 1288 in 2ND Husband. Walter was born about 1261 in Lenhales, Herefordshire, England; died in 1320 in Lenhales, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married John De WEYLAND, Of Blaxhall, Sir before 1289. John was born about 1265 in Blaxhall, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England; died before 30 Oct 1312 in Middleton, Blything, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Giles De BREUSE
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SIR GILES DE BREUSE, son and heir, aged 28 and more at his mother's death. He married Joan, daughter of Richard DE BEAUMONT, of Witnesham, Suffolk. He died shortly before 6 February 1310/1. His wife survived him. [Complete Peerage II:305, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Giles De Braose
Also Known As:"Lord Stinton"
Birth circa January 1270 Stinton in Sall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England UK Died February 6, 1310 in Lincolnshire, England UK Immediate Family:Son of Richard de Braose (Brewes), Lord of Stinton Manor and Alice (Alicia) le Braose, Heiress of Stinton & Ludborough
Husband of Joan "Lady of Woodbridge" de Beaumont Father of Sir John de Braose, Lord of Stinton and Robert De Braose Brother of Margaret Devereaux; Mary de Weyland; Sibyl de Braose; Richard Breuse, Sr and Richard Braose

Giles married Joan BEAUMONT in 1st Husband 2ND Wife. Joan (daughter of Richard DE BEAUMONT OF WITNESHAM and Alice) was born about 1289 in Witnesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England; died in 1332 in Ewelme, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born in 1272 in Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England; died in 1296 in Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice BEAUMONT. Alice was born in 1270 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giles married Katherine Dau Of Laurence De HUNTINGFIELD in 1st Wife. Katherine was born about 1275 in Huntingfield, Blything, Suffolk, England; died in 1303 in Huntingfield, Blything, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(i) At which time his widow was claiming her dower. On the morrow of St. John the Baptist 25 Edward I, Richard de Brewose obtained from (his mother) Alice, que fuit uxor Ricardi de Brewesa, the manor of Stradbroke, Suffolk. The younger Richard m. Alianore. He was summoned cum equis et armis 12 Mar 1300/1. Blomefield erroneously assigns to the elder Richard the Inq.p.m. on his nephew Richard, for which see p. 308, note "d".

Family/Spouse: Alianore SHELTON. Alianore was born about 1282 in Stradbroke, Hartismere, Suffolk, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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