Furbert De Wescote (1164 - abt. 1225)

Descendants

Died about 1225 at about age 61 in Exeter, Devon, England

Biography

The following ancient lineage of Wescotes is of interest as it indicates the ancestry of St. Lager Wescote (W. G., pp. 1, 2, 4) and several generations following him. It is notable that the persons named in the succeeding generations were all of the south and north-central part of Devon.

1. Furbert de Wescote, b-1164, d-Exeter, Devon, 1225. 2. John de Wescote, b-Exeter, 1184. He was Canon Residentiary of St. Peter's at Exeter, 1216-1272. (The bishopric, of which Exeter was the seat, was founded about 1050. Its cathedral was begun about 1100.) 3. John de Wescote was rector of John the Baptist Hospital at Exeter, 1272-1307. His wife was a daughter of Sir John St. Leger. They had sons John, St. Leger and Thomas. John was Warden of John the Baptist Hospital, Exeter, and Canon of St. Peter's, Exeter, 1817. Thomas was Abbott of Hartland, Devon, in 1315. St. Leger, second son, probably derived his name from his mother. 4. St. Leger Wescote of the Manor of Wescote, was married in the year 1300. (W. G., pp. 1, 2, 4.) 5. William de Wescote flourished at the Manor of Wescote in 1345-6, which Manor he held of William Coffyn. His wife was a Danish lady, and to them was born a son Guy. 6. Guy de Wescote, assumed to be the foregoing Guy, had a son (7) Thomas.

At this point, it can be only surmised that this son Thomas (7) was the Thomas de Wescote, who, about 1400, married Elizabeth Littleton. (W. G. p. 6.) Historians record this Thomas de Wescote as descending from St. Leger Wescote. The second son of Thomas and Elizabeth was named Guido. The name Guy is Danish and in Spanish is spelled Guido and pronounced Gui'do. By a pre-nuptial agreement, Thomas de Wescote had promised to name his first son Thomas, not for himself but for Baron Thomas de Littleton, father of his wife. This son was baptized Thomas de Littleton. The second son, Guido, was named perhaps for his paternal grandfather Guy. Thomas de Wescote, baptized Thomas de Littleton, was born, according to the History of National Biography, 1909 (vol. xi, p. 1252), in 1422; not 1402 as recorded by Lord Burke and W. G., p. 6. This would make the birth of his brother Guido in the year 1424. It is believed, however, that 1404 is correct, as in 1450, Guido was granted his Coat of Arms.

Sources

wescottfamily.net/wesengla.html