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William Fitz Patrick

Male Abt 1150 - 1196  (~ 46 years)


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  • Name William Fitz Patrick 
    Born Abt 1150  of Chitterne, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Apr 1196 
    Buried Bradenstoke Priory, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7048  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Patrick of Salisbury,   b. Abt 1121, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1168, Castle of Lusigan, Poitou, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Ela of Ponthieu,   d. 10 Dec 1174 
    Married Abt 1152 
    Family ID F2839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor de Vitré,   d. Abt 18 Aug 1233, , Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1191 
    Children 
     1. Ela of Salisbury,   b. Abt 1191,   d. 24 Aug 1261, Lacock, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “WILLIAM FITZ PATRICK, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, of Chitteme, Amesbury, Chicklade, Little Langford, North Tidworth, Somerford (in Great Somerford), and Shrewton, Wiltshire, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, Edgware, Middlesex, etc., son and heir, born about 1150. He married about 1191 ELEANOR DE VITRÉ, widow successively of William Paynel, of Drax, Yorkshire, Broughton, Lincolnshire, Wootton, Oxfordshire, etc. (died 1184), and Gilbert de Tillieres (died 1190), seigneur of Tillières-sur-Avre (Eure) in Normandy, Headley and Westcote, Surrey, West Compton, Berkshire, etc., and daughter of Robert III de Vitré, seigneur of Vitré, by Emma, daughter of Alain de Dinan [see MORTAIN 4 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included a moierty of the manors of Ryes, Trungy, and Ducy, all in Normandy, and £20 sterling annually out of manor of Cowling, Suffolk. They had one daughter, Ela [Countess of Salisbury]. He gave the advowson of the church of Canford, Dorset with its dependent chapel of St. James at Poole, Dorset to Bradenstoke Priory, together with the chapel of St. Andrew at Chitterne, Wiltshire. His wife, Eleanor, gave the same priory the advowson of the church of Cowling, Suffolk with a rent of 40s. WILLIAM FITZ PATRICK, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, died 17 April 1196, and was buried in Bradenstoke Priory, Wiltshire. His widow, Eleanor, married (4th) before 1198 GILBERT MALESMAINS, in right of his wife, of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, Cowling, Suffolk, etc. They had no issue. In 1203 Gilbert and his wife, Eleanor, and William Fitz Martin and Finapopula his wife had an assize regarding land in Cowling, Suffolk. He was living in 1205. A royal writ of 1216 ordered that Eleanor, Countess of Salisbury, should be permitted to hold her manors of Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, Edgware, Middlesex, and Wootton, Oxfordshire in peace. In 1217 she gave a setier of oats to Mondaye Abbey in Normandy to be received annually at Trungy, and in 1218 a rent from her oven of Ryes to buy waxlights to burn every day at the mass of Holy Mary. In 1223 Eleanor, sometime Countess of Salisbury, granted Roger de London, clerk, the assart called Le Frith in the manor of Cowling, Suffolk. In 1227 she gave 10s. money of Tours annually to Mondaye Abbey for the observation of anniversary of her daughter, Juliane de Tillieres, widow of Baldwin Rastell, to be received annually at Trungy. In 1232 she granted Roger, son of Richard de Coiling', the land called Hamstall, and other lands which his father Richard held in the vill of Cowling, Suffolk to hold for term of his life. The same year she made fine with the king by 10 marks for having seisin of her wood of Wootton, Oxfordshire. Eleanor, Countess of Salisbury, died testate shortly before 18 August 1233. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiq. of Hereford 1(1815): 371 (Longespée-Zouch ped.). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 263-267. Stapleton Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae 2 (1844): xliv-I. Memoirs illus. of the Hist. & Antiqs. of Wiltshire & the City of Salisbury (1851): 217-217 ("William Earl of Salisbury took part in the ceremonial of the first coronation of the lion-hearted king, which was solemnised with great state at Westminster on 3d of Sept. 1189; he carried the verge or red, cosigned with a dove on its summit. At Richard's second coronation, which took place after his return from captivity in Germany, and which was solemnised in the cathedral of Winchester on the 18th April, 1194, this earl was one of four who supported the canopy ... In the latter year the earl of Salisbury was also constitued keeper of the king's charter or grant for licensing tournaments throughout the country ... According to the Book of Lacock, his [William's] body was buried at the priory of Bradenstoke. His wife, who survived him for thirty-five years, was Alianor, daughter of Robert de Vitré, of Brittany,... She was married first to William Paynell, lord of Hambie in Normandy, and of Drax in Yorkshire, whose widow she became in 1184; and she was married thirdly to Gilbert de Malesmains, who in her right held the manor of Gatesden in Hertfordshire, in the year 1205. Alianor countess of Salisbury died in Normandy, and was buried by the side of her daughter Juliana, in the abbey of St. Martin de Monte Dei, commonly called Mondaye."). Herald & Genealogist 6 (1871): 241-253. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 35 (1874): 31 (two charters of Eleanor de Vitrei, Countess of Salisbury, one dated 1223, the other dated 1232 witnessed by Andrew de Vitrei). Money Hist. of Newbury (1887): 72-79 (Salisbury ped.). Baildon Select Civil Pleas 1 (SeIden Soc.3 ) (1890): 60. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 402 (seal of Eleanor de Vitré, Countess of Salisbury dated 1222 - Pointed oval. In long dress, head-dress and cloak. Standing, turned slightly to the left, on a platform. In the right hand a fleur-de-lis. The left hand lifted before the breast. In the field on the right a quatrefoll. Legend: [SIGIL]LVM : ALIENOR [CO]MTISSE DE SALESBIR..). Broussillon LaMaison de Laval 1 (1895): 271-314. Bull. de la Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne 2nd Set. 11 (1895): 168-209. Round Cal. of Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 537-538. C.C.R. 1231-1234 (1905): 97, 99, 150, 247, 249, 286, 370. VCH Hertford 2 (1908): 201-207. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 6 (1939): 21-24. VCH Wiltshire 3 (1956): 275-288; 13 (1987): 105-114; 14 (1991): 194-204; 15 (1995): 13-55, 153-163, 178-183, 242-252. Paget English Baronies (1957): 432:1. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 91 (In 1212 William, Earl of Salisbury, claimed lands from Henry de Bohun and in 1215 control of the barony of Trowbridge was granted to William. A compromise was reached later in the same year when the honour was divided between the Earl of Hereford and the Earl of Salisbury. Half the barony of Trowbridge remained with the lords of Chitterne (p. 92), 112. Powicke Loss of Normandy, 1198-1204 (1961): 353-354 (sub Tillieres: "In 1172 Tillières-sur-Avre (Eure) was held by Gilbert of Tillières for the service of 3 knights [R.B., ii, 631. A. reads 4 knights]. He died during the third Crusade and his heir was still under age in 1198 [Rot. Scacc., ii, 321]. This heir, Gilbert the younger, died between 1220 and 1227 since he was succeeded by his sister Juliana, who was dead in the latter year [Stapleton, II, xlvi, note]. By this time, if not before, the rights of a second sister, Joanna, the wife of Thomas Malesmains, had been recognised also, although she and her husband lived in England. The co-heirs in 1228 were Hilaria, the daughter of Juliana, and Nicholas Malesmains, the son of Joanna [Stapleton, II, xlviii]. Hilaria's husband, James of Bavelingham, did homage to the king of France for the whole honour, and tanquam antenatus, secured by judgement of the exchequer in 1234 the right of the whole auxilium exercitus, from the lands of Nicholas as well as from his own."). VCH Middlesex 4 (1971): 155-157. Ellis Cat. of Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 93 (seal of Eleanor, sometime countess of Salisbury dated 1222-The countess standing, wearing a flowing gown and a short mantle, her left hand held to her breast and her right hand extended. To the right, a quatrefoll. Legend: "[SIGIL]LUM ALIENOR' C/MITISSE DE SALESBIR."). Kemp Reading Abbey Cartularies 1 (Camden 4th Ser. 31) (1986): 398. Janet Cooper Oxfordshire Eyre, 1241 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 56) (1989): 44 (lawsuit dated 1241 between heirs of Gilbert de Tillières): Johns Noblewomen, Aristocracy & Power in the 12th Cent. Anglo-Norman Realm (2003): 228. Power Norman Frontier in the 12th & Early 13th Cents. (2004): 518 (Subligney ped.). Dryburgh Cal. of Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 2 (2008): 428, 429, 499, 536.”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “PATRICK OF SALISBURY (otherwise known as PATRICK FITZ WALTER), of Chitterne, Alton Barnes, Amesbury, Chicklade, Little Langford, Mildenhall, North Tidworth, Rockley (in Preshute), Shrewton, Somerford (in Great Somerford), Tollard (in Tollard Royal), and Wilcot, Wiltshire, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, Edgware, Middlesex, North Aston, Oxfordshire, etc., hereditary Sheriff of Wiltshire, Steward of the Household to Empress Maud, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, born as early as 1121 (of age in 1142). He married (1st) MAUD ___. They had no known issue. He was created Earl of Salisbury (or Wiltshire) about 1143; he occurs once as Earl of Wiltshire in the period, 1141-50. He witnessed a charter of Henry d'Oilly in the period, 1144-47. Sometime before 1148 he witnessed a charter of Roger Fitz Humphrey to the Templars. He married (2nd) probably in or before 1152 ELA (or ALA) OF PONTHIEU, widow of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey (died 19 Jan. 1147/8) [see WARENNE 6], and daughter of Guillaume III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu and Alencon, by Ela, daughter of Eudes I Borel, Duke of Burgundy. They had four sons, William [2nd Earl of Salisbury], Patrick [Canon of Bradenstoke], Philip [Canon of Bradenstoke] and Roger. In 1153 he witnessed the treaty between King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy [future King Henry II]. After the accession of King Henry II, he continued to act as Sheriff and was frequently at Court. He witnessed a charter of his brother-in-law, John Marshal, to the Templars in 1155-6. At an unknown date, he gave Bradenstoke Priory the church of Wilcot, with its dependent chapel at Draycot Fitz Payne, as well as a portion of the manor of Wilcot, Wiltshire. He also exchanged the property in Wilsford, Wiltshire given by his father, for the rest of the manor of Wilcot, Wiltshire, and also gave a salt pit in Canford, Dorset. His wife, Countess Ela, gave the same priory land and rents in Hatherop, Gloucestershire worth 100s. yearly. In 1167 he accompanied King Henry II to Poitou, where the king assigned him to protect his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. PATRICK, Earl of Salisbury was slain about 7 April 1168 by Poitevin nobles while riding near the castle of Lusigan in Poitou with Queen Eleanor. He was buried in the Abbey of St.-Hilaire in Poitiers. Queen Eleanor and her son, Richard, subsequently founded an anniversary at St.-Hilaire for their salvation and for the soul of Earl Patrick "who died in our service." His widow, Ela, Countess of Salisbury, died 10 Dec. 1174.
      Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 16 (1813): 588-590 (letter of John of Salisbury to Master Girard Pulcelle dated 1168 states "Comes Patricius à rebellibus Pictavis occisus est."). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiq. of Hertford 1 (1815): 371 (Longespée-Zouch ped.). Guizot Hist. des Ducs de Normandie par Guillaume de Jumiège (1826): 299 ("Guillaume Talvas Ce dernier eut deux fils et deux filles de son épouse Alix, qui avait eté mariée auparavant au duc de Bourgogne. Son fils ainé, Gui … L'une de ses filles fut mariée à Joel, fils de Gauthier de Mayenne, qui eut de ce mariage plusieurs fils. L'autre filla épousa Guillaume de Warenne, comte de Surrey."). Gentleman's Mag. 103 (1833): 402. Ellis Original Letters Ill. of English Hist. 3.1 Ser. 1 (1846): 23-25 (letter of Thomas Becket to Ala, Countess of Warenne dated 1162-74) (Mr. Ellis, the editor, cites Reg. Priorat. Lewes. fol. 107 b. for death date of Ela, Countess of Surrey: "Domina Ala Comitissa Surregiæ, filia Comitis de Belesme et uxor Willielmi tertii. Obiit quarto Idus Decembris Anno gratin Millesimo et anno xxvito post virum suum. Ubi sepulta est nescitur."). Memoirs illus. of the Hist. & Antiqs. of Wiltshire & the City of Salisbury (1851): 216-217 ("Patrick of Salisbury was a witness to king Stephen's treaty with Henry duke of Normandy, in the year 1153. Having taken part with the empress Maud in her struggle with Stephen, he was by her advanced to the dignity of Earl of Salisbury, and he occurs under that designation in the year 1165. Being lieutenant of Aquitaine for king Henry II., he went in pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Iago in Gallicia; and on his way back was slain by Guy de Lusignan on the 27th March, 1168. His body was interred in the church of St. Hilary in Poictiers ... Patrick earl of Salisbury is supposed to have had two wives. Of one no more is known, except that "the soul of Matilda the countess, my wife" is recommended to the prayers of the canons of Bradenstoke in his charter to that priory. It is not improbable that his son Patrick, who occurs in another Bradenstoke charter, was the son of the countess Matilda. Earl Patrick's second wife was Ela, the widow of William earl Warren, who died in 1148 ... This Ela was the daughter of William Talvais comte of Ponthieu, by Helen, daughter of Odo duke of Burgundy. She died on the 10th Dec. 1174, having had issue, by her second marriage, William earl of Salisbury, and two or three younger sons, whose names alone are known from the monastic charters of Bradenstoke, Stanley, and Southwark."). Herald & Genealogist 6 (1871): 241-253. Money Hist. of Newbury (1887): 72-79 (Salisbury ped.). Salter Eynsham Cartulary 1 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 49) (1907): 75 ("The earliest mention of Patrick, as an Earl, hitherto known is in a deed of 1149 (`Geoffrey de Mandeville,' by Mr. J.H. Round, p. 271."). VCH Hertford 2 (1908): 201-207. Leys Sandford Cartulary 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 179 (charter of John Marshal), 228. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 8 (1949): 12-13. C.P. 11 (1949): 375-377 (sub Salisbury); 12(1) (1953): 496-497 (sub Surrey). VCH Wiltshire 3 (1956): 275-288; 5 (1957): 44-71; 6 (1962): 213-221; 10 (1975): 8-13, 190-204; 12 (1983): 125-138, 160-184; 13 (1987): 79-88, 105-114; 14 (1991): 194-204; 15 (1995): 13-55, 153-163, 178-183, 242-252. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 112. Davis King Stephen (1967): 140 ("Patrick, Earl of Salisbury, was the son of Walter of Salisbury (d. 1147) who was possibly sheriff in the early years of Stephen's reign (Reg. iii. 684) and whose own father, Edward of Salisbury, had certainly been sheriff under William the Conqueror. Patrick was made earl at some date between 1141 and 1147. He was not an earl in Reg. iii. 839, but is so styled in a charter of Henry d'Oilly given betore the death of Earl Robert of Gloucester (31 October 1147) (Salter, Eynsham Carlidary, i. 75 (no. 71), Oxford Hist. Soc. xlix, 1906-7). His normal style was Earl of Salisbury, but in a charter of Henry fitz empress (1144-50) he was styled Earl of Wiltshire (Reg. iii. 704), and it may be assumed that, as in the case of Arundel-Chichester-Sussex, the titles were interchangeable."). VCH Middlesex 4 (1971): 155-157. VCH Oxford ll (1983): 6-21. Stacy Surveys of the Estates of Glasonbury Abbey, c. 1135-1201 (Recs. of Social & Econ. Hist. 33) (2001): 244 footnote 8,247 footnote 1. Thomas English & the Normans (2003): 121. Power Norman Frontier in the 12th & Early 13th Cents. (2004): 520 (Talvas ped). Stacy Charters & Custumals of Shaftesbury Abbey, 1089-1216 (2006): 67.
      Children of Patrick, Earl of Salisbury, by Ela (or Ala) of Ponthieu:
      i. WILLIAM FITZ PATRICK, 2nd Earl of Salisbury [see next].
      ii. PATRICK OF SALISBURY, Canon of Bradenstoke. VCH Wiltshire 3 (1956): 275-288.
      iii. PHILIP OF SALISBURY, Canon of Bradenstoke. Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 2 (1894): 73 (Countess Isabel [de Warenne] and her [half] brother, Philip, occur as witnesses to a charter of 0., prior of St Pancras, Lewes). VCH Wiltshire 3 (1956): 275-288.
      iv. ROGER OF SALISBURY, living c.1140-55. Jackson Words, Names, & Hist.: Selected Papers Cecily Clark (1995): 330 ("Rogerus 'filius comitis de salesberi’").”

      3. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “ROBERT III DE VITRÉ, seigneur of Vitré, and, in right of his wife, of Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, born about 1120. He married before 1 April 1161 (date of charter) EMMA DE DINAN, widow of Hugues V d'Alluye, and daughter of Alain de Dinan, Chev., seigneur of Bécherel and Lehon, by Agnorie, daughter of Stephen (or Étienne), Count of Brittany, lord of Richmond [see RICHMOND 5 for her ancestry]...
      Children of Robert [III] de Vitré, by Emma de Dinan...
      iii. ELEANOR DE VITRÉ, married (1st) WILLIAM PAYNEL, of Drax, Yorkshire, Broughton, Lincolnshire, Wootton, Oxfordshire, etc. [see LONGESPÉE 4]; (2nd) GILBERT CRISPIN, seigneur of Tillières-sur-Avre (Eure) in Normandy, Headley and Westcote, Surrey, etc. [see LONGESPÉE 4]; (3rd) WILLIAM FITZ PATRICK, 2nd Earl of Salisbury [see LONGESPÉE 4]; (4th) GILBERT MALESMAINS, of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [see LONGESPÉE 4].”