William, 2nd Baron Zouche of Harringworth

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Inquisitions Post Mortem for William la Zouche, or Souche, of Haryngworth, knight, Writ: 26 April, 5 Richard II [1382].
mention: Elizabeth, his wife, deceased, Thomas, their son, who is still living.
He died on Wednesday the feast of St. George last [23 April 1382]. William la Zouche of Bramfeld, knight, aged 30 to 40 years and more, is his son and heir.

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Sir William LA ZOUCHE 2nd Baron la Zouche of Haryngworth

Born: 25 Dec 1321, Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England Married: Before 16 Jul 1334 Died: 23 Apr 1382, Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England

Marriage Information: William married Elizabeth DE ROS, daughter of William IV DE ROS of Helmsley, M.P., 3rd Lord Ros and Margery DE BADLESMERE Baroness Ros, before 16 Jul 1334. (Elizabeth DE ROS was born about 1325 in Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England and died after 16 May 1380 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England.)

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Sir William La Zouche BIRTH Dec 1321 England DEATH 23 Apr 1382 (aged 60) England BURIAL Biddlesden Abbey Harringworth, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England MEMORIAL ID 113221037

nd Lord Zouche of Harringworth, Knight of Harringworth, Northamptonshire, of Eaton Bray and Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Of Totnes and Cornworth, Devon, Bridgewater, Heygrave, and Odcombe, Somerset, of Calne and Calstone, Wiltshire.

Son and heir of Eudes la Zouche of Harringworth and Joan Inge, daughter of William, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. They married before 16 July 1334, and had four sons and two daughters: Sir William, 3rdLord Zouche Richard Sir Thomas Eudes, Canon of Lincoln, Chancellor of Cambridge Elizabeth, wife of Sir Basing Margery, wife of Robert Willoughby

Sir William served the Earl of Derby at the Siege of Calais in 1347, summoned to Parliament in his grandfather's lifetime as Willelmo la Zouche de Haryngworth juniori. Sir William accompanied King Edward III to France in 1359 and he was off to the Holy Land October of 1362. In 1373, he was sent to accompany the King of Navarre from Normandy to England. In 1376 he was co-heir to his cousin, William de Cantelowe by which he inherited the manors of Ilkeston, Derbyshire and Greasley, Nottinghamshire.

William left a will dated 14 March 1381, proved 24 April 1382. Elizabeth died 24 May 1382.

Family Members Parents Eudes la Zouche 1298–1326

Spouse Elizabeth Roos Zouche unknown–1380

Children Margery La Zouche Willoughby unknown–1391 William La Zouche 1341–1396