Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: shortly before 20 August 1296.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by the Complete Peerage (12B:934). The date is that of the writs for Ellen’s inquisitions post mortem.
Relationships
Father: Roger de Quency, 2nd earl of Winchester.
This relationship is given by Tout and by the Complete Peerage (12B:934).
Mother: Helen of Galloway.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (12B:934).
Spouse: Sir Alan la Zouche. Married before 1242.
This relationship is given by Tout and by the Complete Peerage (12B:934).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Sir Roger la Zouche (born 1240-1242 - died 1285) married Ela Longespee before 1267.
William la Zouche (died shortly before 6 August 1287)
Alan la Zouche
Sir Oliver la Zouche
Henry la Zouche, parson of East Ham in 1293.
Margaret la Zouche married Robert fitzRoger.
Evidence
Ellen’s inquisition post mortem (CIPM v. 3, no. 363):
Helen (Elena) la Zousche alias la Suches, la Zuche, de la Zuche, de la Suche
Writ, to the sheriff of Fife, 20 Aug. 24 Edw. I. [1296]
Fife. Inq. made at Berwyck on Monday after St. Bartholomew, 24 Edw. I.
Disard and Strahon. A third part of the lands of Disard and Strahon, held of the king in chief; and the free service of Roger de Schazawy, and a third part of 1/2 mark of assised rent from him.
Alan la Suches, aged 24, is her next heir, and he has done homage to the king for the above lands and others which he holds in Scotland by doing homage for the land aforesaid.
Oliver la Suches does a third part of the service of one knight for the aforesaid lands and the land of Lokeris.
Writ to the sheriff of Dumfries (Dounfres), 20 Aug. 24 Edw. I.
Dumfries. Inq. made at Berewyk on Sunday after St. Bartholomew, 22 Edw. I.
Girtun. A third part of the town.
Saverayk. A third part of the town.
Treuqr’ and Drumslet. A sixth part.
Keltun. 1 mark of land and a pound of wax.
All held of the king in chief owing the service of 1 1/2 knight and a third part of 1/2 knight.
Alan la Zuche, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
Writ to the sheriff of Ayr (Are), 20 Aug. 24 Edw. I.
Ayr. Inq. made at Berwyk on Tuesday after St. Bartholomew, 24 Edw. I.
Conyngham. A third part of a moiety of Irwyn, held of the king in chief by service of three parts of 1 knight.
Sir Alan de Zuche, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
Writ to the sheriff of Wigton, 20 Aug. 24 Edw. I.
Wigton. Inq. made at Beruuich on Saturday after St. Bartholomew, 24 Edw. I.
Mauhirton. A third part of the town held of the king in chief by the service due in the sheriffdom of Dumfries (Drumfres).
Alan Lachuche, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
Writ to the sheriff of Berwick upon Tweed, 20 Aug. 24 Edw. I.
Berwick.
Inq. Saturday after St. Bartholomew, 24 Edw. I.
Lowedyr. A third part of a moiety of the town and dale held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight.
Alan la Zuche, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
Writ to the sheriff of Edinburgh (Edeneburgh), 20 Aug. 24 Edw. I.
Edinburgh Sheriffdom. Inq. made at Berwic on Sunday after St. Bartholomew, 24 Edw. I.
Travirnent. A capital messuage and 3 carucates of land, 46s. 8d. assised rent from a coalmine (in carbonaria), 33s. 4d. from a mill, and 11s. 1d. from the land of Fauside.
Nudreff’. 3 carucates of land in demesne.
Caldor Cler. 2 carucates of land.
All held of the king in chief, service unspecified.
Sir Alan de la Suche son of Sir Roger de la Suche, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
Leicester. Inq. (undated).
Schepeshevede. A third part of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief for 1/9 knight’s fee, doing the scutage thereof when it runs; and 4 virgates of land each worth 9s. 3d. yearly held of William de Ferariis to whom she renders as much yearly.
Alan la Zouche, her son, is her next heir and of full age.
Northampton. Inq. 14 Sept. 24 Edw. I.
Hausho. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Brackele. The township (extent given), pertaining to the manor aforesaid, out of which 6l. 13s. 4d. are paid to the prior of Brackele. And there is there a foreign court called the honour of Wyncestre.
Alan la Zouch, aged 28 at the feast of St. Giles last, is her next heir.
References
Calendars of Inquisitions Post Mortem (Public Record Office, generally available online at British History Online, HathiTrust, the Internet Archive, or Mapping the Medieval Countryside).
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Tout, T.F, rev. R.R. Davies. “Zouche, Alan de la” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).