William le Vavasour

A custodian of the lands of the Archbishop of York 1183-1190

Justice Itinerant 1184, 1187-1189

Advisor of Maud, countess of Warwick

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between Michaelmas 1189 and 29 June 1191.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (12/2:231).

Relationships

Ancestor: Malger, tenant in Yorkshire of William de Percy and Ilbert de Lacy in 1086.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (12/2:231) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 1134).

(probable) Father: Malger fitz Malger

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 1134).

Mother: unknown.

Uncle: Robert fitz Malger.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 1134).

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(The information on the children comes from the Complete Peerage (12/2:231).)

Robert le Vavasour married (1) unknown; married (2) Juliane daughter of Thomas de Multon.

Mauger le Vavasour married Agnes, daughter of Walter Polcard of Denton. Ancestor of the Vavasours of Denton and Weston.

Agnes.

(probably) Mabel.

References

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).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).