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From: Kay Allen AG < >
Subject: Re: Henry de Audley's Ancestry
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 12:53:54 -0700
raymond l montgomery wrote:
>
> Optimistic Dave
> Do you have the ancestry of Beatric Mainwarings grandfather roger
> mainwaring and also the ancestry of Emma de Derleveston?
> Sincerely
> Ray Montgomery
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:13:02 EDT writes:
> >In a message dated 6/30/99 10:01:33 AM Central Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> >
> ><< I have a Alice de Aldithley, wife of Peter de Montfort (d.1287) as
> >the
> > daughter of Henry de Audley (Aldithley). Based on dates, I would
> >guess
> > that her father was Henry, younger brother of James, justicar of
> >Ireland,
> > who succeeded James' son, James, and died in 1276. Can anyone
> >confirm or
> > shoot this apart?
> > Thank you,
> > Dick Ledyard
> > >>
> >here's what I have
> >
> >Descendants of Adam de Aldithley
> >
> > 1 Adam de Aldithley b: Abt. 1145 in
> ENG d:
> >
> >Bet. 1203 - 1211
> >.. +Emma de Derleveston b: Abt. 1150 in
> ENG
Try Emma fitzOrm, dtr. of Ralph fitzOrm.
m:
> >1170
> > 2 Henry de Audley b: 1175 in of Heileigh, STS,
> >ENG
> >d: Abt. November 1246
> >
> >Henry de Alditheley was in great favor with Ranulph de Meschines, Earl
> >of
> >Chester and Lincoln (the most powerful subject in England in his
> >time).
> >Henry de Alditheley obtained from Ranulph de Meschines a grant of
> >Newhall in
> >Cheshire, with manors in Staffordshire and other parts, and for his
> >adhesion
> >to King John, in that monarch's struggle with the insurrectionary
> >barons, a
> >royal grant of the lordship of Storton, in Warwickshire, part of the
> >possessions of Robert of Summerville. In the four first years of the
> >reign of
> >King Henry III. he executed the office of sheriff for the counties of
> >Salop
> >and Stafford, as deputy for his patron, the great Earl Ranulph. In the
> >10th
> >year of Henry III. this Henry de Alditheley was appointed governor of
> >the
> >castles of Carmarthen and Cardigan, and made sheriff the next year of
> >the
> >counties of Salop and Stafford and constable of the castles of Salop
> >and
> >Bridgenorth, which sheriffalty he held for five years. Upon his
> >retirement
> >from office, he had a confirmation of all such lands, whereof he was
> >then
> >possessed, as well as those granted to him by Ranulph, Earl of
> >Chester, and
> >Nicholas de Verdon, as those in Ireland, given him by Hugh de Lacy,
> >Earl of
> >Ulster, whose constable he was in that province. He subsequently
> >obtained
> >diverse other territorial grants from the crown, but, notwithstanding,
> >when
> >Richard Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke, rebelled, and made an incursion
> >into
> >Wales, the king, Henry III., thought it prudent to secure the persons
> >of this
> >Henry, and all the other barons-marchers. He was afterwards, however,
> >constituted governor of Shrewsbury, in the place of John de Lacy, Earl
> >of
> >Lincoln, and on the death of John, Earl of Chester, governor of the
> >castle of
> >Chester, and also that of Beeston, then called the "Castle on the
> >Rock," and
> >soon after made governor of Newcastle-under-Lyne. This powerful
> >feudal baron
> >married Bertred Meisnilwarin, daughter of Ralph de Meisnilwarin. of
> >Cheshire.
> >
> >He died in 1236, having founded and endowed the Abbey of Hilton, near
> >to his
> >castle at Heleigh, in Staffordshire, for Cisterian monks, and was
> >succeeded
> >by his son, James. [HBJ]
> >
> >.. +Bertrea Mainwaring b: Abt. 1190 in
> ENG m:
dtr. of Sir Ralph Mainwaring and Amice of Chester; grandtr. of Roger
Mainwaring. See Ormerod's Hist. of Ches. and The Ancestor for deeds
which supplement Ormerod.
Kay Allen AG
> >1217 d:
> >Aft. 1249
> > 3 James de Aldithley b: Abt. 1220 in of
> >Heleigh, STS, ENG
> > d: Abt. 11 June 1276 in IRL
> >
> >James de Alditheley was a great favorite of Richard, Earl of Cornwall,
> >at
> >whose coronation as King of Almaine (Germany) he assisted. He had
> >livery of
> >his lands in the 31st year of King Henry III., and was constituted in
> >two
> >years afterwards constable of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Being one the
> >lords-marchers he was actively employed for some years against the
> >Welsh, and
> >was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth, and
> >sheriff
> >of the counties of Salop and Stafford. He was the Justice of Chester,
> >sealed
> >1259. In the 47th year of Henry III., he was made Justice of Ireland;
> >and in
> >the same year, upon the misunderstanding between the king and the
> >barons,
> >regarding the provisions of Oxford, being referred to the arbitration
> >of
> >monarch of France, he was one of the noblemen who undertook for the
> >king
> >therein. The next year we find him with Roger de Mortimer and the
> >other
> >barons-marchers, giving battle to Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, and
> >afterwards
> >joining the Earl of Gloucester at Evesham in rescuing the king, who
> >had
> >become captive to the Earl of Leicester at the battle of Lewes. In the
> >52nd
> >year of Henry III., he performed a pilgrimage to the shrine of St.
> >James in
> >Galicia, in Spain, and the following year embarked in the Crusade with
> >the
> >king and Prince Edward. He married Ela, daughter of William Longespee,
> >Earl
> >of Salisbury. She was living in 1282. [HBJ]
> >He died of a broken neck.
> >
> >.. +Ela Longespee b: Abt. 1228 in of Stratton
> >Audley &
> >Wretchwick, OXF, ENG m: 1244 d: Abt. 22 November 1299
> > 3 Alice de Aldithley b: 1225 in of
> >Staffordshire, ENG
> >
> >.. +Piers de Montfort b: Abt. 1215 in of
> >Beaudesert Castle,
> >WAR, ENG d: 04 August 1265 in Worcestershire, ENG
> >
> >A minor at his father's death as his wardship was given to William de
> >Cauntelo; in 1236 he went on a pilgrimage to Santiago with William de
> >Cauntelo, the Younger. He was with the King on the unsuccessful
> >expedition to
> >Poitou in 1242, but in 1245 his lands were confiscated by the King
> >when he
> >attended a prohibited tournament at Cambridge. In 1248 he was overseas
> >with
> >Simon de Montfort & served in Gascony. He accompanied Prince Edward in
> >the
> >summer of his journey to Spain for his marriage to Eleanor of Castile.
> >In Feb
> >1258 he was appointed a commissioner to arrange a truce with Llewelyn,
> >Prince
> >of Wales. When the King renewed his struggle with the barons in 1261,
> >he was
> >elected one of the 3 arbitrators to negotiate with the King, & later
> >he was
> >one of the magnates who besieged & took Worcester, 28 Feb. 1262/3.
> >However,
> >he was captured when Northampton Castle fell to the King in AprilI
> >1264 & was
> >for a short time imprisoned in Windsor Castle until being released by
> >the
> >victorious baronial party after the Battle of Lewes. During the
> >dominance of
> >Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, he received many commissions &
> >grants,
> >but was slain at the Battle of Evesham, 4 Aug. 1265.
> >
> > 3 Emme de Aldithely
> >.. +Griffin ap Madoc
> > 2 Daughter de Audley
> > 2 Adam de Audley
> > 2 William de Aldithley
> >
> >Always optimistic--Dave
> >
>
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