Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ela (Longespée) Audley
Husband of
Maud (Clifford) Giffard
— married
about 1254 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret (Longespée) de Lacy
Died about
at about age 20
in England
Profile last modified
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Sir William Longespee was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
WILLIAM LONGESPEE, Knt., died at about Christmas 1256 from injuries received in a tournament held at Blyth, Nottinghamshire on 4 June 1256, at which, according to Matthew Paris, he had exerted himself beyond his strength.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Matthew Paris. Chronica Majora (ed. Henry Richards Luard), Vol. V, Longman & Co, 1872, p. 609, [Giggle Books
- Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. III page 612-614
- Edward Fairbrother Strange, The cathedral church of Worcester:..." Volume 45 (p 69)
- Farrer, William & Brownbill, J. The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (Archibald Constable and Co. Limited, London, 1906) Vol. 1, Page 308
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Categories: Early Barony of Trowbridge | Early Barony of Chitterne | Earls of Salisbury | Early Barony of Brattleby
[CFR HIII] 19 October 1252 Westminster. The king has taken the homage of William Longespée, son and heir of Idonea, who was the wife of William Longespée, for all lands and tenements which Idonea held of the king in chief in Oxfordshire on the day she died and which fall to William by hereditary right. Order to the abbot of Pershore to cause William to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands and tenements, having first accepted security from him by his co-escheator in the aforesaid county for rendering 50s. to the king for his relief.