Alice (Fleming) de Cansfield (abt. 1245 - aft. 1284)

Born about 1245 in Aldingham, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard (Cancefield) de Cansfield — married 1256 in Cantsfield, Lancashire, England

Descendants

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Alice Fleming was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

Aline (Alicia or Eleanor) le Fleming of Aldingham ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Aline le Fleming of Aldingham, daughter of Sir William le Fleming knight of Aldingham & Urswick and Joan, his wife, was born circa 1243 at Aldingham, Lancashire, England ^[1]

Aline (Alicia or Eleanor) le Fleming of Aldingham married Sir Richard de Cansfield/Cancefield of Cantsfield (in Tunstall), Lancashire & Aldingham, son of John Cansfield/Cancefield and Joan de Stainford, in 1256 at Cantsfield, Lancashire, England. They had issue. ^{[1] [3] [5] [6] [7]}

• John ^[1][7]
• William ^{[1][7] [3]}
• Agnes. (d. 1293), married Robert de Harrington, father of the John de Harrington who died in possession of Thurnham in 1347" ^{[1][3] [5][7]}

Aline was named the heir of her brother, Michael le Fleming of the manor of Aldingham after his death^[8]

She and her husband, Sir Richard de Cansfield were listed in a settlement of a difference between the Convent, and Richard de Cancefield and Alina his wife, touching alleged wrongs on their part, with certain conditional cessions on either side in 1269.^[3]

This writing testifies that when a dispute had arisen between D'num Abbate and Conv. Furness, on the one part, and Mr. Richard de Cauncefelde and Alina, his wife, on the other, upon the injuries and damages of the said Abbot and Conv. by the aforesaid Mr. Ricardo and Alina, as they said, brought, at last by the counsel of their friends, and by the consent of the aforesaid parties, the friendship was settled in this manner: — viz. that the aforesaid Richard and Alina, for the good of peace, agreed to give themselves to the aforesaid Abbot and Conv. xii marcas t're, with pert., below Furnes by a reasonable extent, in a competent place, Tenendas and hab. to the same Abbot and Conv., and their successors in perpetuity, freely, quietly, and peacefully, if it happens that Richard and Alina should inherit the lands which belonged to D'nt Michaclis de Founes, having concluded a plea of ??motion or moving between them and William de Fournes, by amicable settlement, or in any other way...

Remembering that Michael Flemingus, who feoffed Ewan, Abbot of Furnes de Roos and Crivelton by exchange for Berdesey, who was succeeded by his son William, who succeeded William his son Michael, who succeeded Michael his son William, who succeeded William his son Michael, who died he was in Leven, having no heir of his body, who was succeeded by his sister Alina, the bride of Richard de Cauncefeld, to whom Alina was succeeded by John de Caucefeld, his son.

In a settlement of a dispute in 1273 between the Convent and Alina de Cancefield touching certain reliefs due from her to the said convent, with stringent provisions in case of her falling into arrear.^[3]

She was Pleadings in a judicial enquiry whether Alina de Cancefield, mother of John de Cancefield, a minor, was legally seised of the manor of Aldingham. before 1283 ^[3]

Aline (Alicia or Eleanor) the Abbot of Furness acknowledged that Aline de Cansfield deceased, mother of John de Cansfield, then under age, held of him the manor of Aldingham by homage, suit at Dalton court, and £10 rent; but he claimed the custody of the heir, which the Cansfields refused on the ground that the tenure was not by knight's service. The descent was traced from Michael de Furness, great-grandfather of John, the abbot alleging that Michael's son and heir William was left a minor and that the then abbot had had his wardship and marriage. Aline on succeeding had paid a double rent, £20, as relief. The dispute was not decided at once apparently, though the abbot retained possession, and it is supposed to have occasioned the violent death of one of the monks at Aldingham in 1288, in which year the abbot complained that he had been forcibly ejected from his custody of the manor by William brother and heir of John de Cansfield, Robert de Harrington and others. At last in 1290 William son of Richard de Cansfield made agreement with the abbot, acknowledging explicitly that he held by knight's service, viz. by the fortieth part of a fee; the abbot on his part renounced all claim to damages.

Aline's issue retained the lordship, for, though her sons failed, her daughter Agnes by her husband Robert de Harrington, lord of Harrington in Cumberland, left a son John, afterwards known as John de Harrington of Aldingham. in 1284^[7]

Aline died in 1284 ^{[1] [7] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} James Croston, "County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire" (London: John Heywood, 1887); digital image: Chapter 5, Page 241-266
2. ↑ Walter Lee Sheppard, Kaleen E. Beall, William Ryland Beall Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700: lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other historical individuals" Edited by William Ryland Beall, Eight Edition. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004); digital image: Page 43.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} The Chetham Society, "Historical and Literary Remains Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancashire and Chester Vol 2 New Series; The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey" Edited by John Christopher Atkinson, Volume 1 Part 2. Society Volume 11, New Series. (Manchester: Charles E.Simms, 1887); digital image: Chapter 8, Aldingham, Pages 461-3
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, "Sir Nicholas Harrington's wife" in Sir Nicholas Harrington's wife, Online Forum Message Posted to soc.history.medieva Newsgroup on 2010 [1]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Townships: Thurnham," in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London: Victoria County History, 1914), 101-105, note 6. British History Online, accessed October 24, 2023, [2]
6. ↑ Thomas Wotton, "The English Baronetage: Containing A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets Now Existing: Their Descents, Marriages, and issues; ..." Volume IV. (London: Printed for the Author, 1741); digital image: Page 107
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} "The Parish of Furness," in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London: Victoria County History, 1914), 285-304. British History Online, accessed October 25, 2023, [3]
8. ↑ Chetham Society, "Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester; Notitia Cestriensis or the Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester" Edited by Francis Robert Raines, Compiled by Francis Gastrell, Volume 2, part 3, Lancashire. Society Volume 22. (Manchester: Charles Simms, 1850); digital image: Page 495. Deanry of Furness and Cartmell, Not Mentioned in MS. L. but in Libings, put in Kendal Deanery, Lancashire" .

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