William (Lanvallei) de Lanvallay (aft. 1190 - bef. 1217)

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Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Lanvallay was one of the twenty-five medieval barons who were surety for Magna Carta in 1215. Join: Magna Carta Project Discuss: magna_carta

Biography

Birth and Parents

William was the son of William de Lanvallei and Hawise de Boclande/Buckland.^[1][2] His birth date is uncertain, but he was a minor when his father died in 1204.^[1][2][3] He probably did not come of age until after 1210: in that year his mother and an uncle paid a fine of 200 marks to have custody of lands that had belonged to his father.^[1][2] That points to a birth date likely to have been after 1190.

Lands

William inherited the Barony of Walkern, based in Hertfordshire.^[3] He held lands in a number of counties in the southern half of England, including Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Northamptonshire and Somerset.^[1][2]

Marriage and Daughter

In the period 1212-1214, Alan Basset paid a fine to marry a daughter to William but this marriage appears never to have taken place.^[4] Instead, William married Maud Pecche. Her marriage portion included the manor of Marston, Cambridgeshire.^[1][2]

William and Maud had one daughter:

• Hawise,^[1][2][3][5] married John De Burg^[6][7]

Life

In 1214 William took part in King John's expedition to Poitou.^[1][2]

The following year he joined the Barons who compelled King John to agree to the Magna Carta, for which he was one of the Surety Barons.^[1][2] In the summer of 2015 he was given custody of Colchester Castle, Essex. Along with other rebel Barons, he was excommunicated towards the end of 1215. His lands were confiscated, but restored when he returned to allegiance.^[1][2]

Death

It is not certain when William died. It was certainly before 3 October 1217, when lands of his were given to others.^[1][2][4] His wife survived him, dying before 1233.^[1][2]

William and Maud were buried at St John's Abbey, Colchester, Essex.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Estimated Birth Date

Estimates of William's date of birth vary around 1185-1195. The above text states that he was a minor at his father's death in 1204.

Death Date

Cawley's 'Medieval Lands' database offers [1214-1216] as an estimated date of death.^[4] This is possible because Cawley does not commit himself to the position that it was this William, rather than a different William (e.g. his 2nd cousin) who was the Magna Carta Surety in 1215. (Note that Cawley uses brackets to indicate uncertain information.)

Disambiguation

There were two other people of the same name with profiles on Wikitree as at 30 April 2020:

• William I de Lanvallei, d. 1180, grandfather of the William of this profile
• William de Lanvallei, d. 1204, father of the William of this profile

There were other relatives of the same name in the same era and region - see Cawley's Medlands for details.^[4]

Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Biography

For the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in 2015, Professor Nigel Saul wrote a set of biographies of the Surety Barons. He and the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee generously gave permission for them to be reproduced on WikiTree. They can be viewed here.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City: the author, 2011, Vol. II, p. 575, LANVALLAY 1, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, Vol. III, pp. 536-537, LANVALLAY 3
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} I J Sanders. English Baronies, A Study of the origin and Descent 1086-1327, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1960, p.92
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Charles Cawley. 'Medlands', entry for William (IV) de Lanvalay
5. ↑ Morant. The History and Antiquity of Essex. Vol. 1. Online at Archive.org, pages 440-441.
6. ↑ In the Curia Regis Roll. No. 120. 23. Hen. 3. m. 5. Beds,— John de Burgo and Hawise, his wife, sued Alice de Veteri- ponte, who had been called to warranty by the Prior of Caudewell, for land in Eton. This book gives Hawise's pedigree to her father William.
7. ↑ George Wrottesley. Pedigrees from the plea rolls. Online at Archive.org, page 486.

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Royal Ancestry’’.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".
• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands. Entry for William [IV de Lanvalay]
• Wikipedia: William de Lanvallei
• Professor Nigel Saul, author of William de Lanvalei III biography. From: Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee, Magnacarta800th.com
• Watson, J. Yelloly. The Tendrling Hundred in The Olden Time. Published in Colchester by E. Durrant & Co., Chlemsford. Online at Archive.org, Pages 162-163.
• Wrottesley, George. Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office. Great Britain. Public Record Office. 1905?. page 486.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

As a surety baron, William de Lanvallay is managed by the Magna Carta Project. See Lanvallei-3 Descendants for profiles of his descendants that have been improved and categorized by the Magna Carta project and are in a project-approved trail to a Gateway Ancestor. See this index for links to other surety barons and category pages for their descendants. See the project's Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails.

This profile was reviewed and revised for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley, finishing on 1 May 2020.