William (Marisco) de Marisco (abt. 1200 - 1242)

Born about 1200 in Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

William de Marisco was born about 1200, the son of Geoffrey de Marisco, probably by his first wife (name unknown).^[1][2]

Brooks^[1] stated that William de Marisco married Matilda and they had two sons William and Hugh who were in prison in Chester in 1258. They apparently died without heirs.

William de Marisco was accused of the murder of Henry Clement in 1235^[3][4], he was outlawed in 1237 and became a pirate.^[5] From 1237 to 1242 he ranged the west coast of Britain between Galloway and the Bristol Channel. ^[6]

William de Marisco settled his family on Lundy an island off the coast of Devon.^[7]

In 1242, he was hanged as a traitor.

Notes concerning William Marisco and Maud/Matilda de Marisco, from Who Was Who in Medieval Limerick:^[8]

• 1228-55 land in Oconagh (Archbishop Alen’s Register, pp.81 & 85)
• 1234 castle in Coonagh put into King's hands pending good behaviour (Calendars of Patent Rolls, 19 Henry III, p.83)
• 1235, excommunicate, son of Geoffrey (Black Book of Limerick p.129; Calendar of Documents Ireland 1, 2267).
• 1237, outlawed for death of Henry Clement (Calendar of Documents Ireland 1, 356).
• 1245, to inquire if Bishop Henry of Dublin gave Castleblathac to Matilda before her marriage (Calendar of Documents Ireland 1, 2759)
• 1246, Maud, wife of the late William to hold Coonagh which she had from Henry Bishop of Dublin. (Calendars of Patent Rolls, Henry III, 3, p. 490).

From Ireland Under the Normans:^[9]

• "Twenty marks a year were to be paid to Walter [de Lacy] for the castle of Blathach, which it appears, when in the king's hand, had been granted to Archbishop Henry [de Londres], and by him conferred on his niece Matilda before her marriage with William de Marisco."^[10]

• "William de Marisco, Geoffrey's son, was outlawed for avenging the earl [Richard Marshall] by killing in London one Henry Clement, clerk to Maurice Fitz Gerald, who had boasted that he had caused the earl's death."^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Family of Marisco (Concluded). By Eric St. John Brooks. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Seventh Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jun. 30, 1932), pp.50-74 JSTOR.
2. ↑ Hugh, the son of Cathal Crovderg, appointed a conference at Lathach Caichtubil with William Mares (de Marisco), the son of Geoffry Lord Justice of Ireland. Annals of the Four Masters : M1227.7
3. ↑ The Family of Marisco (Continued). By Eric St. John Brooks. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Seventh Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Dec. 31, 1931), pp. 89-112 JSTOR.
4. ↑ The Collected Papers of Frederic William Maitland. Cambridge University Press 2013, p 11 Google Books.
5. ↑ The English Historical Review : The Murder of Henry Clement] by F. W. Maitland. Vol X issue XXXVIII, April 1895 Link.
6. ↑ In the Shadow of the Black Ensign; Lundy's Part in Piracy. B C.G. Harfield. LFS Annual Report. Vol. 47, Part 16.
7. ↑ The Family of Marisco (Continued) by Eric St. John Brooks in The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Seventh Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Dec. 31, 1931), pp. 89-112 - Pub: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
8. ↑ Who Was Who in Medieval Limerick (created 2009, revised 2016) by Brian Hodkinson, Assistant Curator, Limerick Museum:
   • https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/atoms/files/who_was_who_in_medieval_limerick_-_copy_3.pdf
9. ↑ Orpen, Goddard Henry. Ireland under the Normans (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1920), Vol. 3
10. ↑ p.20:
    • https://archive.org/details/irelandundernorm03orpeuoft/page/20/mode/2up
11. ↑ pp.68-69:
    • https://archive.org/details/irelandundernorm03orpeuoft/page/68/mode/2up

• The murder of Henry Clement and the Pirates of Lundy Island by F. M. Powicke pub: 1941.
• The English Historical Review : The Murder of Henry Clement by F. W. Maitland vol: X issue XXXVIII April 1895,