*William I De Warenne
born Abt 1055 Of, Bellencombre, Seine Inferieure,
France
died 24 Jun 1088 Penevesy, Lewes, Sussex, England
buried Priory Of Lewes,
Lewes, Sussex, England
father:
*Ralph (Raoul
or Ranulphe) De Warenne
born Abt 0998 France
mother:
*Emma
wife of Ralph De Warenne
born Abt 1020 France
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siblings:
*Roger
De Mortimer died after 1074 bef 1086
Ralph De Warenne born Abt
1053, France
spouse:
*Gundred Princess of
England
born before 1050? Normandy, France
died 27 May 1085 Castle
Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England
buried Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England
married
Bef 1077 Normandy, France
children:
*William II
De Warenne born Abt 1085? Of, Sussex, England
died 11 May 1138 England
buried Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England
Gundred De Warenne born
Abt 1085 Acre Castle, Acre, Norfolk, England
*Reginald
De Warenne born Abt 1082 Of, Sussex, England
*Editha
De Warenne born Of, Surrey, Sussex, England
biographical and/or anecdotal:
.
William de Warren I, Earl of Warenne, came from Normandy, a near kinsman of William
the Conqueror. He received large grants of land in recognition of the distinguished
part he took at the battle of Hastings. He had large grants of land in several counties
among which were the barony of Lewes, in Sussex, and the manors of Carletune and
Benington, in Lincolnshire. So extensive indeed were those grants that his possessions
resembled more the dominions of a sovereign prince than the estates of a subject.
He enjoyed, too, in the highest degree, the confidence of the king, and was appointed
joint Justice-General, with Richard de Benefactis, for administering justice throughout
the whole realm. While in that office, some great disturbers of the public peace
having refused to appear before him and his colleague, in obedience to citation,
the Earl took up arms, and defeated the rebels in a battle at Fagadune, when he is
said, for the purpose of striking terror, to have cut off the right foot of each
of his prisoners. Of these rebels, Ralph Wahir or Gauder, Earl of Norfolk, and Roger,
Earl of Hereford, were the ringleaders. He was likewise highly esteemed by King William
Rufus, and was created by that monarch the first Earl of Surrey.
notes or
source:
LDS & HBJ