Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: before 1292.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by the Lancashire VCH (7:sub Broughton).
Relationships
Father: Alan de Singleton.
This relationship is given by Farrer (Cockersand Ch. p. 263). It is recorded in a fine of 29 Henry III (no. 81).
Mother: Alice.
This relationship is suggested by the entry in the Lancashire Assize Rolls below, assuming Alan did not have a previous wife.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
Alan de Singleton married (1) Hawise de Cottam; married (2) Catherine Conyers.
Evidence
from the Lancashire Assize Rolls:
(p. 22-3)
30-31 Henry III.
Alice late wife of Alan de Singelton gives ½ mark for leave to concord with William son of Alan, in plea of fine made.
(p. 241), (p. 243), (p. 245), (p. 246) 1269.
William de Singleton and others are defendants in an assize of novel disseisin regarding a tenement in Gosnarhe. Plaintiffs: Bernard de Mitton, Ralph de Caterale, Adam de Hocton, Richard le Botiler, and Adam de Blakeburn.
In the Chartulary of the Priory of Lancaster (Chetham Society 1894, 2:425-6), a charter confirms the donation of property to the priory, and records the name of William's father and son.
References
A Calendar of the Lancashire Assize Rolls (Col. John Parker trans.) (The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, vol. XLIX: 1905).
Farrer, William (ed.) The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey (Chetham Society, volume 39, 1898).
Henry III Fine Rolls Project. The National Archives and King’s College London (accessed 14 March 2015)
A History of the County of Lancaster volume 7 (Victoria County Histories, 1912).
Roper, William Oliver (ed.) Materials for the History of the Church of Lancaster. Vol. 2. (Chetham Society: 1894).