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Bibliography
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Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
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Hedley, W Percy, Northumberland Families. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: H.Hill, 1968. NYPL ARX+ (Northumberland) (Hedley, W.P. Northumberland families). Available (search only) at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000319577. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hedley Northumberland p[0-9]*].
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Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
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Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday People, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol I: Domesday Book. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1999. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 1. Corrections in Volume II (Domesday Descendants) pp 4-5. Further corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-people-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p[0-9]*].
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Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].
- father:
- [Ref: Hedley Northumberland p225, Keats-Rohan DP p228, Sanders
Baronies p133, Sanders Baronies p52(7), Sanders Baronies p52]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p841, Sanders Baronies p133, Sanders Baronies p52]
- 1153 [Ref: Foss Judges p240, Hedley Northumberland p225],
- place:
- [Ref: Foss Judges p240, Keats-Rohan DD p841, Sanders Baronies p133]
Sources with Information about marriage to Adelina
- names:
- [Ref: Foss Judges p240, Keats-Rohan DD p840, Keats-Rohan DD p841]
Research Notes:
inherited Barony of Old Wardon from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p133,
Sanders Baronies p52(7)]
succeeded his father [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p495]
Baron of Helmsley, Yorks [Ref: Sanders Baronies p133]
of Helmsley, or Hamlake, Yorkshire [Ref: Foss Judges p240]
powerful baron in the north [Ref: Foss Judges p240]
royal justice during reign of Henry I [Ref: Sanders Baronies p52(7)]
granted the barony of Helmsley, Yorkshire, on the Mortain fee, by Henry I
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p841]
received a grant of Barony of Helmsley by Henry I; Helmsley was held at the
time of Domesday by the Count of Mortain [Ref: Sanders Baronies p52]
received a grant of Barony of Wark by Henry I [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p841,
Sanders Baronies p149]
abt 1122: founded Kirkham priory [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p841]
c1153: entered Rievaulx abbey [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p841, Sanders Baronies
p133, Sanders Baronies p149, Sanders Baronies p52]
d.s.p; heirs were the issue of his three sisters [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p841]
d.s.p; heirs were the heirs of his three sisters, Hawise, Albreda, and
Adeline; Helmsley passed to the heir of Adeline [Ref: Sanders Baronies p52]
d.s.p; Bedfordshire lands (Barony of Old Wardon) were divided between the
heirs of Hawise and Albreda [Ref: Sanders Baronies p133]
Barony of Wark was controled by the crown because of the unsettled
conditions on the Scottish border. The lands were directly under the king
between 1158 and 1161, while from 1186 to 1188 Hugh de Neville answered for
the estates [Ref: Sanders Baronies p149]
Pedigree of Walter ESPEC, Baron Of Old Wardon
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William ESPEC, Baron Of Old Wardon
Walter ESPEC, Baron Of Old Wardon
Descendants of Walter ESPEC, Baron Of Old Wardon