Biography of William de Albini 1151-1236

Paternal Family Tree: De Albini

Maternal Family Tree: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu 1030-1089

Around 1151 William de Albini was born to [his father] William Meschines Brito de Albini [aged 21] and [his mother] Maud de Clare [aged 19].

Around 1155 [his grandfather] William Brito de Albini died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. He was buried at Belvoir Priory [Map]. His son [his father] William Meschines Brito de Albini [aged 25] inherited Belvoir Castle [Map].

In 1168 [his father] William Meschines Brito de Albini [aged 38] died. His son William de Albini [aged 17] inherited Belvoir Castle [Map].

In or before 1171 [his father] William Meschines Brito de Albini and [his mother] Maud de Clare [aged 38] were married. They were brother and sister.

Around 1171 [his mother] Maud de Clare [aged 39] died.

Around 1188 [his son] William de Albini was born to William de Albini [aged 37] and [his future wife] Agatha Trusbut

In 1192 William de Albini [aged 41] and Margaret Umfraville [aged 27] were married. They were fifth cousins.

Before September 1198 [his wife] Margaret Umfraville [aged 33] died.

In or after 1199 William de Albini [aged 48] and Agatha Trusbut were married.

Magna Carta

                    On 15th June 1215 King John of England [aged 48] met with his Baron's at Runnymede [Map] where he agreed to the terms of the Magna Carta which attempted to reduce the King's authority through political reform. Those who signed as surety included:
                
                    Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 71]
                
                    his son Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk [aged 33]
                
                    Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford [aged 39]
                
                    Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford [aged 62]
                
                    his son Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford [aged 35]
                
                    William "The Younger" Marshal 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 25]
                
                    William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk [aged 42]
                
                    Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [aged 45]
                
                    Robert Ros [aged 43], Richard Percy 5th Baron Percy Topcliffe [aged 45]
                
                    Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford [aged 50]
                
                    Eustace Vesci [aged 46]
                
                    John Fitzrobert 3rd Baron Warkworth [aged 25]
                
                    John Lacy Earl Lincoln [aged 23].
                
                    William de Albini [aged 64], Geoffrey Mandeville 2nd Earl Essex [aged 24]
                
                    Robert Clare Fitzwalter                

                    William Forz 3rd Earl Albemarle                

                    William Hardell
                
                    William Huntingfield
                
                    William Llanvallei
                
                    William Malet 1st Baron Curry Mallet
                
                    Roger Montbegon, Richard Montfichet
                
                    Geoffrey Saye [aged 60] signed as surety the Magna Carta.
                
                    Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 45] witnessed.

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Second Battle aka Fair of Lincoln

                    On 20th May 1217 William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 71] and Ranulf de Blondeville Gernon 6th Earl Chester 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 47] fought at Lincoln, Lincolnshire [Map] during the Second Battle aka Fair of Lincoln.
                
                    Rebels William Mowbray 6th Baron Thirsk [aged 44] and William Ros [aged 17] were captured. William de Albini [aged 66] fought for the rebels. Thomas Chateaudun I Count Perche [aged 22] died fighting for the rebels.
                
                    Bishop Peter de Roches led a division of the royal army and earned some distinction by his valour.

Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris. 6th May 1236. About this time, too, on the 6th of May, William Daubeny the elder [aged 85], a bold and magnanimous knight, and one endowed with all noble qualities, closed his life at an advanced age, leaving his son William [aged 48], his legitimate heir, who took after his father in every respect.

On 6th May 1236 William de Albini [aged 85] died at Uffington, Leicestershire. His remains were buried at Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire [Map] with his heart being buried at Belvoir Priory [Map].

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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[his son] Nicholas de Albini was born to William de Albini and Agatha Trusbut