In 1166, William held two fees of Richer de Laigle and seven fees of John, count of Eu (Keats-Rohan, p. 508).
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
William had succeeded his father by 1166.
Date of Death: by 1211.
Place of Death: unknown.
Keats-Rohan (p. 508) states that in 1211 Simon de Echingeham held seven fees of the count of Eu.
Relationships
Father: Simon de Achingham.
This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 508) and by the Sussex VCH (9:212).
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Ala, daughter of Haimo fitz Mainfelin.
This relationship is given by Rosie Bevan in a contribution to “Corrections to KSB Keats-Rohan’s Domesday Descendants”, citing Elvey (p. xlxii).
Children:
Simon de Echingham (died by 1242/3) married Alice.
William de Echingham.
Henry de Echingham.
Evidence
De Lisle and Dudley (no. 62). This quitclaim, apparently from around 1207, is witnessed by Simon de Echingham and his brothers William and Henry. I am not sure it refers to this William's family. See also nos. 67, 94, 120.
References
Calendar of Charters and Documents relating to the Abbey of Robertsbridge Co: Sussex preserved at Penshurst among the muniments of Lord de Lisle and Dudley, (1873).
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 9, the Rape and Honour of Hastings, (Victoria County Histories, 1937).
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).
Luffield Priory Charters: Part II, ed. G.R. Elvey, (The Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire Record Societies, 1975).
Saul, Nigel. Scenes from Provincial Life: Knightly Families in Sussex, 1280-1400. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1986).