William de Cantilupe
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 7 April 1239.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Holden.
Relationships
Father: Walter de Cantilupe.
This relationship is given by Holden and by Julian-Jones.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Mazilia de Bracy.
This relationship is given by Julian-Jones. Holden calls her ‘Mazilia’. Her name appears as ‘Mazilia’ or ‘Mascillia’ in the Curia Regis Rolls. Julian-Jones identifies her with the Mazra de Bracy who attourned William de Cantilupe in a 1201 case.
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 Julian-Jones.)
William de Cantilupe (died 1251) married Milicent de Gournay.
Walter de Cantilupe (about 1195 - 1266), bishop of Worcester.
Fulk
Nicholas (died 1266).
John married Margery Cumin.
Isabel married Stephan de Ebroicis.
Sybil (de Pauncefot).
Evidence
from the Fine Rolls:
2 May. Westminster. To William de Cantilupe . The king has rendered to Hugh, son and heir of Hugh de Gournay all lands and tenements formerly of Hugh, his father, that are in William’s custody and fall to him by hereditary right. Order to cause Hugh to have full seisin without delay, saving to the king the land that Hugh, his father, held by bail of King John, father of the king, in the soke of Waltham . Witness H. etc. By the same and the king’s council.
[No date]. The fine of William de Cantilupe. Somerset. William de Cantilupe junior has made fine with the king by 500 m. for having to himself and his heirs or assigns the custody of the lands and of Juliana, daughter and heiress of Hugh de Gournay . He is to render 60 m. of that fine per annum at the Exchequer, namely 30 m. at Easter and 30 m. at Michaelmas until it is paid.
References
Henry III Fine Rolls Project. The National Archives and King’s College London (accessed 18 February 2023).
Holden, B.W. “Cantilupe, William (I) de (d. 1239)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2002).
Julian-Jones, Melissa. The land of the raven and the wolf: family power and strategy in the Welsh March. 1199-c. 1300, Corbets and the Cantilupes. (PhD Thesis, Cardiff University; 2015).
Lawrence, C.H. “Cantilupe, Walter de (c. 1195-1266)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2002).