William of Huntingfield

Arms of William de Huntingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk

William of Huntingfield (died c. 1225[1]) was a medieval English baron, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the sureties of Magna Carta.

He held Dover Castle for King John from September 1203 (as a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports)[2] and in exchange, the king took his son and daughter hostage.[1] He was granted the lands seized from his disgraced brother and appointed Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1210 and 1211. In the First Barons' War he was an active rebel against King John and one of the twenty-five chosen to oversee the observance of the resulting Magna Carta.

He subsequently supported the French invasion of England, and took part in the Fifth Crusade, during which he died.[3]

Family

William was son of Roger de Huntingfield and Alice de St Liz.

He married Isabel, [4] the daughter of William Fitz Roger of Gressinghall, Norfolk. Isabel had been twice widowed: her first husband was Berenger de Cressi (Cressy), and her third Osmund de Stuteville.[3][5] son of Robert de Stuteville and Erenburg.

They had two sons and four daughters. William was succeeded by his elder son Roger.[5][6]

  • Roger de Huntingfield married Joan de Hobrugg [7]
  • Margaret de Huntingfield married Thomas de Pinchbeck
  • Alice de Huntingfield, she married Hugh le Rus Sheriff of Norfolk married Richard de Solers
  • Sarah de Huntingfield, she married Richard de Keyne [8] married William Biset
  • Saher de Huntingfield
  • Isabel de Huntingfield married Richard de Dagworth

References

  1. ^ a b Turner, Ralph W. (2004). "Huntingfield, William of (died in or before 1225)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14238. Retrieved 14 June 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Batcheller, William, New history of Dover & Dover Castle during the Roman, Saxon, and Norman Governments, p. 102, at Google Books
  3. ^ a b Weis, F.L. et al (2004) Ancestral Roots ... pg 176 via Google
  4. ^ Carthew, G. Alfred. (18771879). The hundred of Launditch and deanery of Brisley: in the county of Norfolk : evidences and topographical notes from public records, heralds' visitations, wills, court rolls, old charters, parish registers, town books, and other private sources : digested and arranged as materials for parochial, manorial, and family history. Norwich [Eng.]: Printed by Miller and Leavins. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002040741580
  5. ^ a b Richardson, D. (2011) Magna Carta Ancestry ... pg 434 via Google
  6. ^ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 Sampul Depan Douglas Richardson
  7. ^ History of the Hundred of Launditch p338 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002040741580?urlappend=%3Bseq=379
  8. ^ Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county by Sussex Archaeological Society. 1n Publication date 1922 https://archive.org/details/sussexarchaeolog63suss/page/n221/mode/2up