Hawise de Lancaster

Hawise/Helwise de Lancaster

• b abt 1176,
• d aft Sep 1226.
• Father: William de Lancaster, 6th Baron Lancaster1 d. 1184
• Mother: Helewise de Stuteville b. c 1155, d. a 1226

She md Sir Gilbert Fitz Roger Fitz Reinfrid, Lord of Kendal, bef 20 Jul 1189, son of Roger Fitz Reinfrid. Only child of Sir William II de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal b abt 1156, of Westmorland, England, d 1184.

He md Hawise de Stuteville abt 1174, daughter of Robert de Stuteville, Sheriff of York, and Hawise.

Children of Gilbert Fitz Reinfrid and Hawise/Helwise de Lancaster were:

• William de Lancaster b abt 1192 / 1200 and died 29 Nov 1246. Married Agnes de Brus; no issue.
• Hawise/Helwise de Lancaster b abt 1198 / 1205. Married Peter II de Brus abt 1220, son of Peter I de Brus and Joan le Grammaire.
• Alice de LANCASTER was born 1202 in Kendal, Westmorland, England. Married Sir William I de LINDSAY Knight (1198-1245), son of Walter de Lindsay & an unknown woman.
• Serota de LANCASTER 1, 2, 3 was born 1205 in Kendal, Westmorland, England. Married Alan de Milton; no issue.

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Genealogy

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#_Toc110580332

William [I] & his [second] wife had one child:

• 3. WILLIAM [II] de Lancaster ([1154/56]-1184, bur Furness Abbey). An undated manuscript relating to Cockersand Abbey, Lancashire names “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” as son of ”Willielmum de Lancaster”[335]. … m as her first husband, HELWISE de Stuteville, daughter of ROBERT [III] de Stuteville & his [first/second] wife [---/Helwise ---] ([after 1170?]-after [1226/28]). …
  • William [II] & his wife had one child:
    • a) HAWISE de Lancaster . An undated manuscript relating to Cockersand Abbey, Lancashire names “Helewisia” as daughter of “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” and his wife, adding that she married ”Gilbert filium Raynfridi”[349]. Henry II King of England granted "filiam Willelmi de Lancastre cum tota hæreditate sua" to "Gilleberto filio Rogeri filii Rainfridi, dapifero nostro" by charter dated to [1184/89][350]. A charter of King Henry II names “Helewisam” as daughter of “Willielmum secundum” and his wife “Helewisam de Stuteville”, adding that she married “Gilberto filio Rogeri filii Reynfredi”[351]. “Gilbertus filius Reinfredi et Elewisa uxor eius” donated various churches to Wetherhal priory by undated charter[352]. m ([1184/89]%29 GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid Lord of Kendal, son of ROGER FitzReinfrid & his wife --- (-[1216/20]).
• William [II] had two illegitimate children by unknown mistresses:
  • b) GILBERT de Lancaster ([1174/84]-before 1220).
  • c) JORDAN . Andrew Lancaster notes that Jordan was named in “many charters with his father” and provides information about his possible descendants who fall outside the scope of Medieval Lands, supported by primary source evidence[354].

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntlo.htm#GilbertFitzRogerdied1220

• 1. ROGER FitzReinfrid . A charter of King Edward II confirmed donations to “ecclesiæ beati Thomæ martiris de Westwuda in Liesenes” including the donation of “ecclesiam de Ramesdena” made by “Rogeri filii Reinfrei”[388]. m ---. The name of Roger’s wife is not known. Roger & his wife had one child:
  • a) GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid (-[1216/20]). Henry II King of England granted "filiam Willelmi de Lancastre cum tota hæreditate sua" to "Gilleberto filio Rogeri filii Rainfridi, dapifero nostro" by charter dated to [1184/89][389]. … m ([1184/89]%29 HAWISE de Lancaster, daughter of WILLIAM [II] de Lancaster & his wife Helwise de Stuteville. An undated manuscript relating to Cockersand Abbey, Lancashire names “Helewisia” as daughter of “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” and his wife, adding that she married “Gilbert filium Raynfridi”[396]. … Gilbert & his wife had [six] children:
    • i) [GILBERT de Lancaster (-after [1189/1201]). …
    • ii) WILLIAM [III] de Lancaster (-29 Nov 1246). … m AGNES de Brus, daughter of ---.
    • iii) daughter . "Gilebertus fil Reinfr" … m ROGER de Kirkby, son of --- (-after 1216).
    • iv) HAWISE de Lancaster . … According to an undated manuscript relating to Cockersand Abbey, Lancashire, the wife of “Petrum de Brus seniorem” was Hawise, daughter of “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” as her second husband[414]. m PETER [III] de Brus Lord of Skelton, son of PETER [II] de Brus Lord of Skelton & his wife Joan --- (-Marseille 13 Sep 1241, bur Gisburne Priory).
    • v) ALICE de Lancaster (-before 1247). A manuscript describing the descendants of “Ivo Tayleboyse” names “Helewisiam primogenitam…maritata Petro de Brus seniori, Alicia…maritata Willo de Lindesay et Serotam…maritata Alano de Multono” as the three sisters of "Willielmum de Lancastre…tertius et ultimus"[415]. However, her parentage and marriage are confirmed by a writ dated Thursday after Epiphany "56 Hen III", after the death of her son "Walter de Lyndesay", which records "a moiety of the lands which were of William de Lonecastre his uncle, one of whose heirs he was, excepting the dower of Agnes sometime the wife of the said William"[416]. m ([1220]) WILLIAM de Lindsay, son of WALTER de Lindsay & his wife --- (-1247).
    • vi) SEROTA de Lancaster . A manuscript describing the descendants of “Ivo Tayleboyse” names “Helewisiam primogenitam…maritata Petro de Brus seniori, Alicia…maritata Willo de Lindesay et Serotam…maritata Alano de Multono” as the three sisters of "Willielmum de Lancastre…tertius et ultimus"[417]. m ALAN de Multon, son of ---.
  • Gilbert had one [presumably] illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:
    • vii) ROGER [I] de Lancaster ([1200/05] or before-[after 29 Nov 1247, maybe after 1256]).

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From … A History of Westmorland, page 116-118 < Archive.Org > Norman Settlement : III. — Barony of Kendal.

Gilbert FitzReinfrid was the first to hold the barony of Kendal direct from the Crown; he lived through the reigns of Richard I. and John, and died in the year 1220, early in the reign of Henry III. He was the son of Roger FitzReinfrid, a justice itinerant in 22 Henry II., a justicier from the 25th of that King to 10 Richard I., and Sheriff for the counties of Sussex and Berkshire. His mother was Rohaise, niece of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and widow of Gilbert de Gaunt, Earl of Lincoln. By marriage with Helwise, the heiress of the De Lancasters, Gilbert FitzReinfrid acquired their property in the barony of Kendal. His son William assumed his mother's name, was known as William de Lancaster (the third of that name), and married Agnes de Brus. For the convenience of our readers we give a tabular pedigree, prefixing in italics the steps by which some writers make out that William de Lancaster was descended from Yvo Talboise, and so inherited the barony of Kendal from him. That is not so. Mr. Hodgson-Hinde and Dr. Whitaker decline to accept this head of descent. …

… Gilbert FitzReinfrid and Helwise, his wife, haxl one son, William, who took his mother's name and called himself William de Lancaster ; he married Agnes de Brus, and died without issue. He had three sisters: Helwise, who married Peter de Brus of Skelton ; Alice, who married William de Lindesay, and Serota, who married Alan de Multon, and dying without issue goes out of the story. The barony of Kendal was thus early divided into two moieties, one of which was " heired " by the De Bruses and the other by the De Lindesays. The descent of these moieties we must now briefly trace, leaving the curious in the minutiae of pedigrees to refer for further information to Nicolson and Bum, or Hodgson. The moiety inherited by the elder sister, Helwise, became presently further subdivided into two quarters, known for reasons which will appear presently as the Marquis and Lumley Fees. The moiety inherited by the younger sister, Alice, remained more entire, and acquired the name of the Richmond Fee ; we will take it first. ….

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Excerpt from Barony of Kendal (Wikipedia, 12/23/2016)

There is some doubt about who should be named as the first true Baron of Kendal. It is generally associated with the family of William de Lancaster I, and before him, with his apparent relatives, the Norman, Ivo de Taillebois, and William's uncle, the Anglo-Saxon Ketel (or Chetell) son of Eldred of Workington. William de Lancaster I was in any case the first administrator of the region after England recovered the area from King David I of Scotland.

The blazonry attributed to William de Lancaster I and several of his descendants who were Barons of Kendal.

William is thought to be related to Ivo de Taillebois, who helped administer the Cumbrian region and formed Kendal into what would become the barony, under the first two Norman kings, William the Conqueror and William Rufus. Ketel fitz Eldred is known to have been lord over similar areas after the death of Ivo, and before the time when William took over. But between Ivo and William, a period which included Scottish occupation, the history of the Barony of Kendal is very unclear.

The arms of Westmorland. In modern times, the two red bars were incorporated into the arms of the traditional county of Westmorland, as a representation of the Kendal half of that county. The apple tree represents Appleby, or Northern Westmorland.[6]

Two historical records claim a direct line of father-son descent from Ivo to Eldred to Ketel to Gilbert, which was the name of the father of William de Lancaster (also known as "William son of Gilbert"). These were records made much later in Cockersand Abbey and St Mary's Abbey in Yorkshire. But modern commentators believe this to be impossible, and made by placing a sequence of lords into the simplest possible family tree.[7] Furthermore, records have been found which describe Ketel not as William's grandfather, but as his uncle (Latin avunculus, so probably a maternal uncle).[8]

More contemporary is a record in the Coucher Book of Furness Abbey. Helewise, granddaughter and heir of William is a party, and it was asserted there that William de Lancaster I had first been known as William de Tailboys, before receiving the right to be called "Willelmum de Lancastre, Baronem de Kendale".[9] This is the only relatively contemporary evidence that William had a Taillebois connection, probably through his father Gilbert, and it also suggests that during the 12th century, Kendal was associated somehow with the honour of Lancaster, because William was described as becoming Baron of one, and taking up the title from the other. William Farrer argued that such links go back before 1066. He argued that Kendal and the neighbouring parts of Lancashire, Furness to the west, and northern Lancashire to the south, formed a single administrative district in the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.

Furness, Kendal, and North Lancashire, bounded on the north by the river Duddon, Dunmail Raise, Kirkstone Pass, and Borrow Beck, and on the south by the river Ribble, formed a complete fiscal area of five hundred teamlands for the levying of Danegeld.[10]

So during the lifetime of William de Lancastre, the link between Kendal and Lancashire was by this account an older link, which was only broken later as the honour of Lancaster came under more direct royal control, and Furness came under the control of the powerful Abbey of Furness. Documents show that disputes concerning control of Furness continued between the Barons of Kendal and the Abbey of Furness for several generations.

Despite common assertions to the contrary, Farrer and Curwen thought that William was probably not a true "Baron" of Kendal, in the sense of being a direct tenant of the monarch, because he appears to have had lords above him apart from the king. Farrer wrote in the Introduction to Records of Kendal:

After a careful review of the evidence which has been sketched above, the author is of opinion that no barony or reputed barony of Kentdale existed prior to the grants of 1189–90; and that neither William de Lancaster, son of Gilbert, nor William de Lancaster II, his son and successor, can be rightly described as "baron" of Kentdale.[5]

Instead, Farrer and Curwen believed that William I and II were actually tenants of the lord controlling northern Westmorland. Therefore, the eventual county of Westmorland was not originally a merger, but a takeover, which was then re-structured in the time of King Richard I of England. On 15 April 1190, Richard acquitted the then Baron of Kendal, Gilbert fitz Reinfrid, of his dues to northern Westmorland. It was only 13 years later, on 28 October 1203, that King John granted to Robert de Veteriponte in fee "Appleby and Brough with all their appendages with the bailiwick and the rent of the county with the services of all tenants (not holding of the king by military service) to hold by the service of four knights." The service to the crown for Kendal was by comparison the service of two knights.[11] There was a second William de Lancaster, son of the first, who was either the next baron, or according to Farrer the first definite Baron of Kendal. And after him came the above-mentioned Gilbert son of Roger fitz Reinfrid, the husband of Helewise, who was the daughter and heiress of William de Lancastre II. Gilbert was one of the barons whose seal is found on the Magna Carta, and he participated in the so-called First Baron's War.

The last true Baron of the whole of the Barony of Kendal was the son of Gilbert fitz Reinfrid, who used the name William de Lancastre III. After his death, the Barony was divided between the husbands of his daughters.

Sources

• Farrer's Introduction to his Records of Kendal British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol1/vii-xvii
• website: http://edenlinks.rootsweb.ancestry.com/1gp/RECORDS/FAR/INTRO.HTM .

References

1. Vision of Britain - History of Kendal ward
2. Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 2
3. Vision of Britain - History of Lonsdale ward
4. Wainwright, "Grey Crag", The Far Eastern Fells
5. Farrer; Curwen (1923), "Introduction", Records of Kendal, 1. Also at [1].
6. 'Appendices: Kendal Castle and the Westmorland coat of arms', in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 3, ed. John F Curwen (Kendal, 1926), pp. 308-312. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol3/pp308-312 [accessed 18 March 2016].
7. For William Farrer's remarks on this see Farrer, William (1902), Lancashire Pipe Rolls and Early Lancashire Charters, p. 305 and p.vii (Addenda and Corrigenda) concerning p. 389 I.18, and Farrer (1909), The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey of the Premonstratensian Order, Volume I, Part II, pp. 305–8
8. F. W. Ragg (1910), "De Lancaster", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society: 395–493)
9. Coucher Book of Furness Abbey, 1887, pp. 344–345
10. Farrer, "The Domesday Survey of North Lancashire and the Adjacent Parts of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire", Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society: 88
11. “North Westmorland: The barony of Appleby", The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, 1932, pp. 1–2
12. Nicholson; Burn, The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Volume 1, retrieved 9 July 2013
13. Nicolson; Burn, The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Volume 1, retrieved 9 July 2013

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From the Geneajourney page for her husband, Roger Fitz Reinfrid:

http://www.geneajourney.com/fzrein.html#gilbfzrein

Roger Fitz Reinfrid [a], Sheriff of Sussex and Berkshire, b abt 1116, d aft 1198. The identity of his wife is not known.

Child of Roger Fitz Reinfrid was:

1. Gilbert Fitz Roger Fitz Reinfrid [b], Lord of Kendal,

b abt 1142, of Kendal, Westmorland, England,

d bef 5 May 1220.

He md

[1] Rohaise de Rumare abt 1160, and

[2] Hawise/Helwise de Lancaster bef 20 Jul 1189, daughter of Sir William II de Lancaster, Lord of Kendal, and Hawise/Helwise de Stuteville.

Children of Gilbert Fitz Reinfrid and Hawise/Helwise de Lancaster were:

1. Sir William de Lancaster b abt 1192; md Agnes de Brus.

2. Hawise/Helwise de Lancaster b abt 1205. She md Peter II de Brus abt 1220, son of Peter I de Brus and Joan le Grammaire.

NOTES:

a. Sheriff of Sussex 1176, of Berkshire 1186-1187, and a Judge 1176 and 1198, he was a witness to the King's will.

b. He was Steward to Henry II in France, 1180-89, and later to Richard I, as well as justice of the King's Court 1185, Sheriff of Lancashire 1205-1216, and Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1209-1212.

SOURCES:

CP: Vol VII[371-372]; AR: Line 88[27-28].

From the Celtic Casimir online family tree:

http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/17/31266.htm

Hawise DE LANCASTER 593,1562,7718,8407

Born: Abt 1172, Kendal, Westmorland, England

Married: Before 20 Jul 1189 593,7718,8406

Died: After Sep 1226, Kendal, Westmorland, England 7718

General Notes:

Hawise (or Helwise) de Lancaster, only child, Baroness Kendal, living Sep 1226; m. bef. 20 Jul 1189, Gilbert Fitz Rogert Fitz Reinfrid, Lord of Kendal, 1189, who had m. (1) ca. 1156, Rohaise, daughter of William de Rumare, and widow of Gilbert de Gaunt, who d. 1156. Gilbert was Steward to Henry II, in France 1180-89, and later to Richard I; was justice of the King's Court 1185, sheriff of Lancashire 1205-1216, and of Yorkshire 1209-1212, and d. bef. 13 Jun 1220. His father Roger Fitz Reinfrid, was witness to the King's will, Judge 1176, 1198, sheriff of Sussex 1176, and of Berkshire 1186-7. [Ancestral Roots, line 88-27] 593,1562

Marriage Information:

Hawise married Gilbert FITZ REINFRID Lord of Kendal, son of Roger FITZ REINFRID Sheriff of Sussex & Berkshire and Hawise/ Rohaise (Rohese) DE ROUMARE, before 20 Jul 1189 593,7718,8406. (Gilbert FITZ REINFRID Lord of Kendal was born after 1157 in Kendal, Westmorland, England and died before 13 Jun 1220 in Kendal, Westmorland, England 7718.)

Hawise de Lancaster was born circa 1169. She married Gilbert FitzReinfrid, son of Roger FitzReinfrid and Alice de Breton, on 20 July 1189 in Rouen.

Hawise appears to be the only legitimate child of William II. After his death, Hawise became a ward of William le Mareschal, known as the "perfect knight". She eventually marriage Gilbet FitzReinfrid, with the permission of Henry II.

1184-86, Henry II gave to William Marshal the custody of the heir of William de Lancaster; see Kirkby in Kendale,

http://www.lawrencefamhis.com/ashton-o/p1561.htm#i39024

Hawise de Lancaster1

1. 39024, b. circa 1169

Hawise de Lancaster was born circa 1169.2 She married Gilbert FitzReinfrid, son of Roger FitzReinfrid and Alice de Breton, on 20 July 1189 in Rouen.3,2

Hawise appears to be the only legitimate child of William II. After his death, Hawise became a ward of William le Mareschal, known as the "perfect knight". She eventually marriage Gilbet FitzReinfrid, with the permission of Henry II.

1184-86, Henry II gave to William Marshal the custody of the heir of William de Lancaster; see Kirkby in Kendale, page 2.5,4

Family

Gilbert FitzReinfrid b. c 1162, d. b 5 May 1220

Children

• i.Serota de Lancaster
• ii.Unknown de FitzReinfrid4
• iii.Hawise de Lancaster3 b. c 1190, d. a Sep 1226
• iv.William III de Lancaster d. 12 Nov 1246
• v.Avice de Lancaster3

http://www.lawrencefamhis.com/ashton-o/p1561.htm#i39024

HAWISE de Lancaster . An undated manuscript relating to Cokersand Abbey, Lancashire names “Helewisia” as daughter of “Willielmus de Lancaster secundus” and his wife, adding that she married ”Gilbert filium Raynfridi”[267]. Henry II King of England granted "filiam Willelmi de Lancastre cum tota hæreditate sua" to "Gilleberto filio Rogeri filii Rainfridi, dapifero nostro" by charter dated to [1184/89][268]. A charter of King Henry II names “Helewisam” as daughter of “Willielmum secundum” and his wife “Helewisam de Stuteville”, adding that she married “Gilberto filio Rogeri filii Reynfredi”[269]. “Gilbertus filius Reinfredi et Elewisa uxor eius” donated various churches to Wetherhal priory by undated charter[270]. m ([1184/89]) GILBERT FitzRoger FitzReinfrid Lord of Kendal, son of ROGER FitzReinfrid & his wife --- (-before 1220).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#_To...

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Norman Settlement : III. — Barony of Kendal.

Source: Ferguson. Richard Saul (1894). “.. A History of Westmorland.” Page 117. < Archive.Org >

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References

1. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~daisy/lawbar.htm
2. Ferguson, Richard Saul. (1894). ... A History of Westmorland. Page 116-118. < Archive.Org >
3. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p157.htm#... shows children as Avice, William, Hawise, and Roger. Cites:
   1. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 215.