Sir
William
(William II)
de Cantilupe
formerly Cantilupe aka de Cauntelo
Born about in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Cantilupe, Nicholas Cantilupe, Thomas Cantilupe, Isabel (Cantilupe) Devereux, Walter Cantilupe, Mabel Cantilupe and Sybilla (Cantilupe) de Pauncefort [half]
Husband of
Millicent (Gournay) de Cantilupe
— married
1217 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
William (Cantilupe) de Cantilupe, Nichole (Cantilupe) de Lucy, Thomas Cantilupe, Unknown (Cantilupe) Gregonet, John Cantilupe, Juliana (Cantilupe) de Tregoz, Hugh Cantilupe, Agnes (Cantilupe) de Turville and Nicholas (Cantilupe) de Cantelou
Died
at about age 66
in Calne, Wiltshire, England
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Biography
William had a brother, John de Cantilupe, Lord Snitterfield, co. Warwick, married Margaret Mohun, daughter of John Mohun, Lord Mohun, of Dunster. They had a son, John, who d.s.p., and a daughter Eleanor Cantilupe, who married Sir Thomas West, Lord West, from which union lineally descend the Earls of Delaware and Viscounts Cantilupe.[1]
Birth
William II Cantelupe was the son of William de Cantelupe I who died about 23 Henry III.[2][3][4]
Marriage
- William Cantelupe II married Millicent (or Maud), the daughter of Hugh de Gournai [3] before 1216. She was the widow of Amaury de Montfort, earl of Gloucester and count of Évreux (d. 1210×13). This marriage brought him six and a half fees in Oxfordshire, but also involved him in legal disputes over dower with Gilbert de Clare, earl of Hertford and Gloucester.[2]
"Willam De Cantelowe, Knt., married (1st) Milicent De Gournay, Countess of Evreux, widow of Amaury de Montfort, Count of Evreux in Normandy, and daughter of Hugh (or Hugues) de Gournay, by Juliane, daughter of Aubrey II, Count of Dammartin.[2]
Children
- William and Millicent De Gournay and four sons and two daughters.
- William IV, Knt., [Master] Hugh [Archdeacon of Gloucester][2] He was in Calne, Wiltshire and Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire and died at Calstone, Wiltshire 25 Sep 1254, bur Studley Priory, Warwickshire. Inquisitions following a writ dated 15 Oct "38 Hen III" He married before 15 Feb 1248, EVA de Briouse, daughter of WILLIAM de Briouse & his wife Eva Marshal. William [IV] & his wife had three children.[4]
- THOMAS de Cauntelo. Pope Innocent IV issued a faculty to the bishop of London to grant dispensations to “Thomas and Hugh clerks, sons of William de Cantalupo...to hold an addiitonal benefice apiece...”, dated 26 Jan 1246. He was Bishop of Hereford.
- HUGH de Cauntelo . Pope Innocent IV issued a faculty to the bishop of London to grant dispensations to “Thomas and Hugh clerks, sons of William de Cantalupo...to hold an addiitonal benefice apiece...”, dated 26 Jan 1246.[4]
- Nicholas De Cantelowe[2] Died before 24 Sep 1266. He married as her first husband, Eustachie, daughter of Ralph FitzHugh of Greasley, Nottinghamshire & Ilkeston, Derbyshire & his wife Joan ---. Inquisitions following an undated writ after the death of "Hugh son of Ralph" name “Eustacia wife of Nicholas de Cantilupo is daughter and heir of Ralph son of Hugh and of full age”. She married secondly (before Oct 1268) William de Ros of Ingmanthorpe, Yorkshire. Nicholas & his wife had one child.[4]
- Agnes.[2] married firstly Robert de St John, son of William de St John & his wife Godeheut Paynel (-[11/25] Mar 1267). She married secondly, before 4 Jun 1271, John de Turville.[4]
- Juliane.[2]She married before 1 Aug 1245, Robert II de Tresgoz, son of Robert I de Tresgoz & his wife Sibylla de Ewias. She died after 1282. [4]
- John De Cantelowe.[2] His parentage has not been ascertained, but the chronology suggests that he may have been the son of a younger son of William [III] de Cauntelo. John died before 18 Feb 1279. He married Margery de Harcourt, daughter of William [II] de Harcourt & his first wife Alice la Zouche Her parentage, marriage and date of death are confirmed by a writ dated 18 Feb "7 Edw I", after the death of "Henry de Penebrigg", which records Aylestone (Leicestershire) and Tong (Shropshire) “given by William de Harrecurt lord of Ayliston to his two daughters Orrabilis and Margery jointly; afterwards came Henry de Penbrugg and married the said Orrabilis, and John de Canti Lupo the said Margery...who died...without heir of their bodies, and so that manor reverted to Fulk son and heir of the said Henry and Orrabilis”.[4]
Career
- Like his father he was named by Roger of Wendover as one of King John's evil counsellors (Paris, Chron.).[2]
- In 1217 he was at the siege of Mountsorrel and at the battle of Lincoln.
- Following his father into royal service, Cantilupe demonstrated by his appointments as arbitrator and diplomatic representative, and above all as a custodian of the kingdom in the king's absence, the continuing trust in and reliance upon his household which Henry III showed in the late 1230s and 1240s.
- His obtaining the custody of Eva de Briouze shows the rewards available to those close to the king, and made the Cantilupes for a time a power on the Welsh march.[2]
Death
- William II died about 7 April 1239.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Parentage of Sir William de Cantelowe, Steward of the King's Household (died 1239) (soc.genealogy.medieval)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, page 78 CANTELOWE 4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical Notices of the Parish of Withyham, in the County of Sussex with a Description of the Church and Sackville Chape. John Russell Smith. 1857, London. Page 41.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Crawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project. English Lords A-C, William Cantelo[1]
- Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, page 78 CANTELOWE 4.
- Historical Notices of the Parish of Withyham, in the County of Sussex with a Description of the Church and Sackville Chape. John Russell Smith. 1857, London. Page 41. Pedigree Chart of William de Cantelupe I.
- Crawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project. English Lords A-C, William Cantelo[2]
See also:
- wiki group Richardson, Parentage of Sir William de Cantelowe, Steward of the King's Household (died 1239) (soc.genealogy.medieval)
- Chauncy, Henry. The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (J.M. Mullinger, London, 1826) Vol. 1, Page 62: He "married Millecent Widow of Almaric Earl of Cureux, and was also Steward to the King, a powerful Man, and a faithful Subject: He died Anno 35 H. III. leaving Issue William his Son and Heir, Thomas Bishop of Hereford, who Anno 34 Edw. I. was canoniz'd for a Saint, and Julian Wife of Robert de Tregoz."
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900)
- Cantilupe, Thomas. The Register of Thomas de Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford (A.D. 1275-1282) (Wilson and Phillips, Hereford, 1906) Page ii
- Speight, Harry. Nidderdale, from Nun Monkton to Whernside (E. Stock, London, 1906) Page 169
- http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=hwbradley&id=I33883&style=TABLE&ti=5542
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[CFR HIII] 5 July 1229 Lechlade. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand without delay, for trespass of his forest, all land of William de Cantilupe junior in his bailiwick and to keep it safely with the chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise. [CPR HIII] 4 March 1236 Northampton. Protection for William de Cantilupo the younger until his return from pilgrimage to Santiago.
[LOTN] 23 July 1238. Grant to William de Cantilupe junior, and his heirs and assigns, for a fine of 500 marks, of the keeping of the lands etc of Juliana, daughter and heiress of Hugh de Gournay, with the marriage of the said Juliana. Also Maud, widow of the said Hugh claims that she is pregnant by Hugh and William is to have the wardship and marriage of the child when born. If the said Juliana or the child die before they come of age, then the said William or his heirs/assigns, will be quit of what remains to be paid of the fine.
[CPR HIII] 23 July 1239 Westminster. Grant to William de Cantilupo the younger, his heirs and assigns, for a fine of 500 marks, of the custody of the lands of Juliana, the daughter and heir of Hugh de Gurnay, with the marriage of the said Juliana, together with the custody and marriage of the child when born, whereof Maud late the wife of the said Hugh says she is pregnant; on condition that if the said Juliana or the child die before the come of age, the said William, his heirs or assigns, shall be quit of what then remains to be of the said fine.
[CFR HIII] 23 October 1239 Windsor. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe that, for the custody of the castles of Nottingham and Horsley and the counties of Nottinghamshire and , which the king has committed to him to keep for as long as it pleased the king, he may take 100 marks per annum at the Exchequer, so that each year he is to render that which Hugh son of Ralph rendered to the king for the manor of Horsley in the manner in which he is best able to answer for it. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.
[CFR HIII] 5 May 1242 Portsmouth For William de Cantilupe. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe, to whom he has committed his manor of Bridgwater, with the castle and all other appurtenances, to keep for as long as it pleases the king, that he may render £64 10d. per annum, at which that manor is extended by the king’s order, for the same manor from the time at which it was in his hand by the king’s order and for as long as he will hold it, namely a moiety at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and the other moiety at the Exchequer of Easter.
[CFR HIII] 7 February 1244 Reading. For W. de Cantilupe. The king has granted to W. de Cantilupe senior that he is to have seisin of the manor of Lydham until one month from Michaelmas in the twenty-eighth year. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to permit him to have that seisin. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Wiltshire concerning the manor of Poulton.
[CFR HIII] 5 July 1244 King’s Cliffe. For William de Cantilupe. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe that he is to render £10 each year of all the debts which he owes him from the time of William his father, together with the arrears of the farm of Calne, both from his own time and from the time of his father, namely 100s. at Easter in the twenty-ninth year, 100s. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £10 thus from year to year at the same terms until the whole debt is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.
[SRS V6, page 126] 1244. At Westminster in the quinzaine of Michaelmas; between William de Cantilupe, senior, claimant; and William Haket, tenent; for the manor of Merston Parva. William Haket acknowledged the manor to be the right of William de Cantilupe; for this William de Cantilupe conceded the same to William Haket to hold for his life of William de Cantilupe, rendering yearly one pair of gilt spurs or sixpence at the feast of St Mary Magdalen, in the manor of William de Cantilupe at Berewyk. But nevertheless William Haket shall not give, sell, injure, waste, or spoil, the lands, hpuses, gardens, homages, rents, or other things to the manor belonging, so that the said manor with all belongings, after the death of William Haket, shall wholly revert to William de Cantilupe and his heirs. And besides William de Cantilupe gave William Haket thirty pounds sterling.
[CFR HIII] 30 May 1246 Windsor. For William de Cantilupe. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite until the quindene of Michaelmas in the thirtieth year the demand which they make from William de Cantilupe senior concerning the debts of Hugh de Gournay.