William Deincourt, 2nd Baron Deincourt

Disputed Origins

“grandson and heir, being 2nd but 1st surviving son of John DEINCOURT, who was son and heir apparent of the last Lord, but died v.p.”

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The parentage of William Deincourt, 2nd Baron Deincourt, is disputed. According to Complete Peerage, William was a younger son of John Deincourt, son of Edmund Deincourt, 1st Baron Deincourt.[1] According to Trevor Foulds' 1994 Thurgarton Cartulary, however, William was more probably the son of John Deincourt of Park Hall, to whom Edmund Deincourt granted his lands and titles in order to avoid having them fall to his great granddaughter Isabella and thus (by her marriage) out of the Deincourt name.[2]

For a discussion of Foulds' evidence and argument, see Parentage of William Deincourt.

Family

William m. bef. 1326 Milicent, dau. of Sir William la Zouche, Lord Zourche of Harringworth and Maud Lovel, dau. of Sir John Lovel, Lord Lovel. [1]

Child of William Deincourt, 2nd Lord Deincourt and Millicent la Zouche

1. Elizabeth Deincourt m. John Clinton
2. William Deincourt m. Margaret Welle
3. Margaret Deincourt (d. April 2, 1380) m.(1) Robert de Tibetot and (2) Sir John Cheyne

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Biography

The King took his homage and he had livery of his grandfather's lands, 7 February 1326/7, being then aged 26 and more.

He did homage and fealty to the Archbishop of York for his lands in Burnby, 11 February 1326/7.

On 20 February 1327/8, after the death of Joan, wife ot Hamon de Mascy, he obtained possession of the messuage, &C., in Elmton, as the right heir of Edmund Deincourt, his grandfather.

He was summoned for Military Service against the Scots from 5 April 1327 to 23 December 1355 to Councils from 24 August 1336 to 20 June 1358 and to Parliament from 20 July 1332 to 1 June 1363, by writs directed Willelmo de Eyncourt, Deyncourt, or Dayncourt.

Appointed a justice in cos. Notts and Derby, to hear and determine the oppressions committed by the King's ministers and others, 10 December 1340: he was then a banneret.

A commander at the battle of Neville's Cross, 17 October 1346, being one of those who were thanked, 20 October following, for their services.

On 14 May 1347 he was summoned to join the King before Calais. He was the principal warder of the King of France when that monarch was a prisoner in England, 29 July 1359 to 4 May 1360, at Somerton Castle, co. Lincoln and afterwards at Berkhamstead Castle the King being removed to the latter place in March 1359/60, by order of the Council, there being a scare of a French invasion.

He married, before 26 March 1326, Milicent, 1st daughter of Sir William LA ZOUCHE, of Harringworth, Northants [LORD ZOUCHE], by Maud, daughter of Sir John LOVEL, of Titchmarsh, Northants, and Minster Lovell, Oxon [LORD LOVEL]. He died 2 June 1364. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 5 July 1364. She died 22 June 1379. [Complete Peerage IV:120-2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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William, 9th Lord d'Eyncourt, s. his grandfather when twenty-six years of age, both as heir by descent as well as by virtue of the licensed entail. He was an eminent warrior and active servant of King Edward III through the glorious period of his reign, participating in the immortal achievement of that era in France and Scotland, and on 17 October, 1346, he was one of the commanders in the famous battle of Neville's Cross, near Durham.

He is particularly mentioned as an object of the king's gratitude in his letter of thanks dated 20 October, written on the occasion of that celebrated victory when David, King of Scotland, was taken prisoner. King Edward being then before Calais, his queen, Philippa, is stated by some writers to have been present at the battle. At any rate, it is clear she was in the field prior to its commencement, when she rode in front of the army on a white courser and, in the words of the historian, "sweetly exhorted them."

The Queen was attended by Lord d'Eyncourt at the head of her guard, a post of honour and responsibility, which shows that he was deemed one of the first gentlemen of his day.

This is further evidenced by the circumstance that John, King of France, taken prisoner at the battle of Poictiers -- who, during his captivity in England, was treated with that respectful and generous which shed a lustre over those times -- was consigned to Lord d'Eyncourt's custody and so remained until the period when he passed out to Lincolnshire, under Lord d'Eyncourt's charge, to the metropolis and thence to France, King Edward himself conducting him to the sea-side, and the Black Prince attending him to Calais, having felt his durance so little personally irksome, that he afterwards returned on a visit to King Edward, and died in England before it was completed.

On 14 May, 1347, Lord d'Eyncourt was commanded to attend the king before Calais, and was present at all the interesting scenens there enacted and, at the final surrender of the place, followed by the heroic self-devotion of six of the inhabitants, who, with Eustace St. Pierre at their head, were saved by the gentle but urgent intercession of Queen Philippa, who, after the battle of Durham, had joined her husband at Calais.

Lord d'Eyncourt d. 2 June, 1364, aged sixty-four.

He m. Millicent, dau. of William, Lord Roos, of Hamlake.

William, his eldest son, m. Margaret, dau. of Adam de Welles, and d. v. p., leaving an only son, who s. his grandfather as William, 10th Lord d'Eyncourt.

[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 170, d'Eyncourt, Barons d'Eyncourt] 8021

Marriage Information:

William married Milicent LA ZOUCHE, daughter of Sir William LA ZOUCHE 1st Baron la Zouche of Haryngsworth and Maud (Matilda) LOVEL, before 26 Mar 1326 7850. (Milicent LA ZOUCHE was born about 1307 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England and died on 22 Jun 1379 in Blankney, Lincolnshire, England 5602,8022,8023.)

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Deincourt
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p22801.htm#i228009
• *Foulds, Trevor. The Thurgarton Cartulary. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1994. p. cxvii. Table 2: Deyncourt Secondary Branch. link
• “A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and ...“ By John Burke. Page 168. GoogleBooks
• Complete Peerage, v.4 pp.118 - 124 Archive.Org “ According to The Complete Peerage, vol. 4, p. 120, note d. https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo04coka#page/120/mode/2up John the son of Edmund Deincourt, 1st Baron Deincourt, "has been frequently confused with John Deincourt ... who died in 1322 leaving a son & heir Roger.
• ”The Complete Peerage, Addenda, vol. 14, p. 241 states Faulds, The Thurgarton Cartulary claims that this John Deincourt who died in 1322 was a distant cousin of Edmund, 1st Lord Deincourt. His arguments are unconvincing.”

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William Deincourt
BIRTH unknown
Blankney, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
DEATH 2 Jun 1364
Blankney, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
BURIAL
St. Oswald's Churchyard
Blankney, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
MEMORIAL ID 173624851

2nd Baron, 9th Lord of d'Eynecourt of Blankney

Fought for king against Scots, at Neville's Cross.

Family Members
Parents
John Deincourt
unknown–1326

Spouse
Millicent la Zouche
unknown–1379

Children
William Deincourt
1327–1364