Baroness Beatrix de Vesci

Medilands (12 Aug 2022) English Lords T - Z: Vescy

EUSTACE FitzJohn (before 1100-1157).
A charter of King Henry I dated 1133 is witnessed by Payn FitzJohn, Eustache and William his brothers[448].
"…Eustachius filius Johannis…" witnessed the charter of Ramsey abbey dated to [1133/37] which records that >"Walterus de Bolebeche…Heylenius uxor sua et Hugo filius suus" donated "terram de Waltone"[449].
"Walter de Gaunt" founded Bridlington priory, with the assent of Henry I King of England, by undated charter, witnessed by "…Eustace FitzJohn…"[450].
An undated charter records the foundation of Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland by ”Eustachius filius Johannis”, for the soul of “Ivonis de Vescy” and the health of “Willielmi de Vescy filii mei”[451].
“Eustachius filius Johannis…et uxor mea Agneta” founded Watton priory by charter dated to [1150][452].
§
m firstly BEATRICE de Vescy, daughter of YVES de Vescy Lord of Alnwick and Malton, Yorkshire & his wife [Alda Tyson].
A manuscript concerning the founders of Watton priory records the marriage of “Eustachius filius Johannis” and “filia et hærede Ivonis de Vescey”, adding that she died giving birth to their son William[453].
An undated charter recording the foundation of Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland recites a donation by ”Willielmi de Vescy, filii Eustachii, filii Johannis”, for the souls of “patris mei Eustachii et matris meæ Beatricis”[454].
m secondly as her first husband, AGNES, daughter of WILLIAM FitzNeel Constable of Chester, Baron of Halton & his wife ---.
“Eustachius filius Johannis…et uxor mea Agneta” founded Watton priory by charter dated to [1150][455].
“Agnes filia Willelmi constabularii Cestrie” confirmed an exchange of property made by “dominus Eustachius vir meus” with the nuns of Watton, for the souls of “Ricardi filii mei et Galfridi”, by charter dated to [1150/57], witnessed by “…Rogerus filius Willelmi constabularii…”[456].
Agnes married secondly (after 1157) Robert FitzCount.

---

Beatrix (Beatice) de Vescy (Vesci)
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown, in childbirth
Father: Yvesde Vescy Lord of Alnwick and Malton
Mother: Alda Tyson
Spouse: Eustace FitzJohn
Issue: William de Vescy

---

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beatrix de Vesci, Baroness of Alnwick Castle
Born: Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Died: c. 1125, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Husband: Eustace Fitz John (1089 - 1157)
Father: Ivo de Vesci (c. 1045 – c. 1100)
Beatrix de Vesci of Alnwick Castle, was an eleventh-century medieval noble lady of house de Vesci.[1]

Life Daughter and sole heir of Ivo de Vesci,[2] Builder and first Baron and his wife, Alda,[3][4] Beatrix de Vesci was one of the richest heiresses of her time.[5] She was the first wife of Eustace Fitz John, also known as Eustacius fitz John de Burgo, Constable of Chestershire and Knaresborough.[6]

According to Dugdale, Beatrix had two sons, William and Geoffrey.[7] However, it is most often said that she died during childbirth of her first and only son, William de Vesci.[8] William de Vesci took his mother’s surname and would become the ancestor of the de Vesci baronial house.[9][10] William served as Sheriff of Northumberland from 1157 to 1170,[11] and Sheriff of Lancashire from 1166 to 1170.[12]

Upon the death of Eustace Fitz John, his lands passed to his son William by consent of King Henry II.[13]

Beatrix de Vesci's grandson, Eustace de Vesci, was one of the Surety Barons of Magna Carta.[14]

References

1. Geldard, Ed (2009). Northumberland strongholds. London: Frances Lincoln. p. 49. ISBN 9780711229853.
2. Wurts, John (1945). Magna Carta. Philadelphia: Brookfield Publishing Company. pp. 72, 135.
3. Hull, Lisa (2008). Understanding the Castle Ruins of England and Wales: How to Interpret the History and Meaning of Masonry and Earthworks. McFarland & Co. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-7864-3457-2.
4. Burke, John (1837). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British empire. London: Henry Colburn. p. 352.
5. Grainge, William (1871). The history and topography of Harrogate, and the forest of Knaresborough. London: J.R. Smith. p. 51.
6. Browning, Charles Henry (1969). Magna charta barons and their descendants; with the story of the great charter of King John. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 129.
7. Cokayne, George Edward (1959). G.H. White; R.S. Lea (eds.). The Complete Peerage Vol. XII/2 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd. p. 276.
8. Tate, George. 1866. The history of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick. Alnwick: H.H. Blair. 56.
9. Burke, John Bernard (1883). Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 555.
10. Tout, T. F.; Dalton, Paul (2004). Eustace Fitz John: Justice and Baron. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
11. Chalmers, George (1807). Caledonia: Or, an Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain; From the Most Ancient to the Present Times. Vol. I. London: T. Cadell, and W. Davies, Strand; and A. Constable Co., at Edinburgh. p. 532.
12. "High Sheriff of Lancashire". Geni.com. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
13. Dalton, Paul (1996). "Eustace Fitz John and the Politics of Anglo-Norman England: The Rise and Survival of a Twelfth-Century Royal Servant". Speculum. Speculum (Medieval Academy of America). 71 (2): 380. doi:10.2307/2865417. JSTOR 2865417. S2CID 155189020.
14. "Magna Carta Surety Barons". The Magna Carta. Runnymede Borough Council. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
15. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Vescy, William de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Categories:
11th-century English people
English families
Anglo-Norman families
De Vesci family
11th-century English women