THE BARONS OF HALTON & DE VESCI

Deciphering the Barons of Halton & De Vesci: The Northern Barons

Tracing the One-Eyed Baron of Saxlingham, the lords of Knaresborough, and the heiresses of Alnwick Castle.

The Deciphered Lineage & Transcription

Top Progenitors (The Moneyer Family Split):

FitzJohn / De Vesci | Saxlingham, Norfolk & Alnwick, Northumberland

Waleran Fitz Ranulf de Caen (d. before 1086)  brother of Conan (had mill at Amblie 1066).

John Fitz Richard de Burgh ("Monoculus" / The One-Eyed Baron, living 1094) held Saxlingham, Norf. & Elsenham, Essex.

Serlo de Burgh (brother of Monoculus, 1st builder of Knaresborough Castle, d.s.p.).

Middle Section (The De Vesci Marriage & Halton Line):

Eustace Fitz John, Constable of Chester d. 1157 = Beatrice de Vesci (heiress of Alnwick Castle, dau. of Ivo de Vesci & Alda Tyson).

William "de Vesci" (took mother's surname), High Sheriff of Northumberland d. 1184/5 = Burga de Stuteville of Knaresborough.

Agnes Fitz Nigel (sister of William Fitz Nigel) = Eustace Fitz John (2nd wife).

Lower Section (Magna Carta Lineage):

Eustace de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick, Magna Carta Surety Baron d. 1216 = Margaret (illeg. dau. of William the Lion, King of Scotland).

Warin de Vesci | Matilda = Adam de Carlisle.

Citations: Dugdale's Baronage I 90 ; Early Yorkshire Charters ; Complete Peerage XII/2.

If you are interested, see Saturday’s story:

John 'Monoculus' & The Great Mill Seizure of 1076

We will be headed into a wild 11th-century Norman family feud—how John "Monoculus" (The One-Eyed Baron) forcibly marched onto his uncle Waleran's property in 1076 to seize a river watermill!