Sir Alan la Zouche (died 1270)

Events 

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Alan was to have seisin of his lands, having done homage, 16 June 1238 (CP 12B:932).

Date of Death: 10 August 1270.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Tout and by the Complete Peerage (12B:934).

Relationships

Father: Roger la Zouche.

This relationship is given by Tout and by the Complete Peerage (12B:932).

Mother: Margaret Biset.

The Complete Peerage (12B:932) gives her name as Margaret. Douglas Richardson identifies her as Margaret Biset in Magna Carta Ancestry. 

Spouse: Ellen de Quincy. 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

Alan’s inquisition post mortem (CIPM v. 1 no. 735):

Alan la Zuche alias la Suche.

Writ (missing). Inq. Sunday before St. Michael, 54 Hen. III.

Roger his son, age variously stated as 28 and more and 30, is his heir.

Devon. Nort Multon, held of the king in chief by service of 1 serjeanty.

Leicester. Esseby la Zuche manor (extent given) held of the heir of the earl of Winchester by service of 1 knight's fee.

Sussex. Inq. (undated.) (Unspecified,) 2½ fees held of Sir Henry de Percy, doing royal service; and ½ fee of Sir Robert de Muhaut by royal service.

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).

Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancesty. (2011). 

Tout, T.F, rev. R.R. Davies. “Zouche, Alan de la” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).