William Crassus (fl. 1160)

Steward of Normandy in 1203.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Vincent (p. 145) notes that it is probably this William who appears, with the title dapifer, as a witness in a charter of about 1155-1160 .

Date of Death: before 1219.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Vincent.

Relationships

Father: William Crassus.

This relationship is given by Vincent.

Mother: a member of the Taisson family.

This relationship is given by Vincent.

Spouse: a daughter of John Marshal.

This relationship is given by Vincent.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Vincent.)

William “primogenitus” (died before 1242).

Robert (died before 1219).

William “the younger” (died before 1242).

Hamo.

Anselm (died 1247), bishop of St. David’s.

Margaret married (1) Ralph de Somery; married (2) Maurice de Gaunt.

References

Hunt, John. Lordship and the Landscape: A Documentary and Archaeological Study of the Honor of Dudley c. 1066 - 1322 (British Archaeological Reports, 1997).

Vincent, Nicholas. “The Borough of Chipping Sodbury and the Fat Men of France (1130-1270)” in Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archeological Society 116 (1998), 141-59.