William Bertram (abt. 1157 - abt. 1199)

Born about 1157 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1199 at about age 42 in Mitford, Northumberland, , England

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William Bertram's son Roger, obtained a grant from the crown in the 5th year of King John [1204], of the manor of Felton, in Northumberland, with all the woods thereunto belonging.

living 1196^[1]

d. abt. 1199^[1] or before 7 John (1206), for at that time we find King John conferring the wardship of his lordship's son and heir, Roger, upon Peter de Brus, with the custody of his lands during the minority, in consideration of the sum of 300 marks. To the possession of which lands succeeded, when at full age, the said Roger Bertram.

William built the stone keep at Mitford, quarrying one side of the castle's hill to get his material. It was an unusual building with five sides, possibly the only one in Britain at the time. The strengthening work was completed before 1215. This was a fateful year for many Northumbrian castles, but not for Mitford, and indeed it is rumoured that King John stayed there awhile when he returned from his blitzkrieg of vengeance against those noblemen who had payed homage to Scottish King Alexander II.

Marriage

m. Alice, dau. of Robert de Umfraville.^[1] Issue:

• Roger (d.1242)^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Hodgson & Hodgson-Hinde, 1832

• "Royal Ancestry Douglas Richardson, 2013, Vol. I. p. 346
• "Royal Ancestry" Douglas Richardson, 2013, Vol. IV. p. 11
• Hodgson J. & Hodgson-Hinde, J. (1832). A history of Northumberland, in three parts, Part 2, (Vol 2, pp.125). Northumberland: E.Walker. Google Books.

http://www.thepeerage.com/p13087.htm#i130865

http://www.stepneyrobarts.co.uk/15726.htm