Agnes (Bruce) Fauconberg (abt. 1229 - 1286)

Born about 1229 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Walter (Fauconberg) de Fauconberge — married about 1243 in Rise, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 22 May 1286 at about age 57 in Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Agnes (Bruce) Fauconberg is a member of House of Bruce.

Agnes de Brus was born at/of Skelton and Danby, Yorkshire, England.

Father Sir Peter II de Brus, Baron Skelton^[1] b. b 1201, d. bt 7 Sep 1240 - 7 Sep 1247

Mother Hawise de Lancaster b. c 1205

Agnes de Brus died on 22 May 1286.^[2]

(Agnes (died by 25 May 1280), sister and coheir of Sir Piers de Brus, of Skelton and Danby, Cleveland. ^[3])

Family

She married Sir Walter de Faucomberge, 1st Baron Fauconberg, son of Piers de Faucomberge and Margaret de Montfitchet, before November 1243; They had 7 sons & 4 daughters.^[4]

• Sir Walter de Faucomberge, 1st Baron Fauconberg d. 1 Nov 1304 or 2 Nov 1304

Children

• Peter
• Walter, 2nd Lord Fauconberge
• Frank
• Peter, a cleric
• Alexander, a cleric
• John
• Patrick
• Avice
• Lorette
• Hawise
• Agnes

The “Fauconberg” family connection

Following the death of Peter de Brus III in 1272, his four sisters became co-heiresses of the de Brus estates. Agnes, the eldest, married Walter de Fauconberg and took, as her share, the manors of Skelton, Marske, Upleatham and Kirkleatham. Lucia, the second sister, married Marmaduke de Thweng taking with her the manors of Yarm, Danby and Brotton. Margaret, the third sister, married Robert de Ross and had, as her share, the barony of Kendall; whilst Laderina, the youngest, married John de Bellew and had for her share the lordship of Carlton amongst other holdings. Thus the estate was split up and Skelton Castle passed into the hands of…

Walter de Fauconberg (died 1304) = Agnes de Brus ^[5]

The estates now passed in direct line through the Fauconbergs.

Walter de Fauconberg (died 1318)

John de Fauconberg (died 1349) while the castle and estate were in the hands of John, in the 13th year of the reign of Edward II, John obtained a licence from the king to move the market from Sunday to Saturday. ^[5]

Walter de Fauconberg (died 1361)

Sir Thomas de Fauconberg He inherited two-thirds of the estate, while his mother, Isobel, received the other third. In 1403 the estate, by reason of Sir Thomas’s insanity, was put into the custody of King Henry IV who, later, placed it in the custody of Robert and John Conyers. In 1407 the estate was settled on…

Walter de Fauconberg (died 1407) He was the son of Sir Roger de Fauconberg, who was a brother of Sir Thomas. William died in the same year that he inherited the estate, which then passed to his daughter, Joan. ^[5]

Joan Fauconberg (died 1490) = Sir William Neville (died 1462) She inherited the estate as an infant. She was described as an idiot from birth. The castle passed, via her marriage, to her husband who was honored with the title Earl of Kent by Edward IV in 1461. They made alterations to the castle in 1428. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 142.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 548.
3. ↑ Burke's Peerage
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 215.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} The “de Brus” family connection

See Also:

• Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 3083.

• Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Douglas Richardson, 22 Sep 2004.

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999.

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