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  • Name Maud d'Aubeney
    Gender Female
    Death 6/06 FEB/FEB 1215/1216 
    Burial Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7347  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father William d'Aubenay   d. 24 Dec 1193
    Mother Maud de Saint Hilary,   b. of Field Dalling, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Bef 29 Sep 1176 
    Family ID F3168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William de Warenne,   b. of Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1240, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Bef 1207 
    Family ID F3014  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “WILLIAM DE WARENNE, Knt., 6th Earl of Surrey, of Lewes, Sussex, Reigate, Surrey, Conisbrough and Sandal cm Wakefield), Yorkshire, etc., Warden of the Cinque Ports, a justiciar of England, custodian of Bamburgh and Knapp Castles, King's councillor, Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1216, Sheriff of Surrey, 1217-26, son and heir. He witnessed a charter for King Richard I at Rouen in 1197. In 1202 he had seisin of his father's lands. In 1204 he was granted a yearly fair at Wakefield, Yorkshire. In 1205 the king granted him Grantham and Stamford, Lincolnshire to compensate him for the loss of his lands in Normandy. In 1206 he owed 100 marks for an advance made to him in Poitou, and 100 marks for robes provided for him there. In 1206 he was directed to escort William the Lion, King of Scots to York. He married (1st) before 1207 MAUD D'AUBENEY, daughter of William d'Aubeney, 2nd Earl of Arundel (or Sussex), by Maud, daughter and heiress of James de St. Hilary, of Field Dalling, Norfolk [see CLIFTON 4 for her ancestry]. They had no known issue. In 1213 he witnessed King John's submission to the Pope and resignation of the crown. He was security for the king in his promise of concessions to the Barons 10 May 1215. He took part with the Barons in the seizure of London 24 May 1215, and on 15 June at Runnymede was one of those who advised the king to grant the Great Charter [Magna Carta]. His wife, Maud, died 6 Feb. 1215/6, and was buried in the chapter-house of Lewes Priory. In 1217 he took part in the naval Battle of Sandwich in which Eustace the Monk was defeated and slain. In 1220 he was appointed to meet the King of Scotland at Berwick. In 1223 he went on pilgrimages to St. James (Santiago) in Spain and to St. John. He married (2nd) before 13 October 1225 MAUD MARSHAL, widow of Hugh le Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, hereditary Steward of the Household (died shortly before 18 Feb. 1224/5) [see BIGOD 7], and eldest daughter of William Marshal, Knt., 4th Earl of Pembroke (or Striguil), hereditary Master Marshal, by Isabel, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert (nicknamed Strongbow), 2nd Earl of Pembroke (or Striguil) [see MARSHAL 3 for her ancestry]. They had one son, John, Knt. [7th Earl of Surrey], and one daughter, Isabel. In May 1225 Maud granted land in Stockton, Norfolk to her son, Ralph le Bigod. In 1226-7 Mary daughter of William de Newmarch, of Cateby, Yorkshire, granted to Maud Bigot, countess of Warenne and Norfolk, the hermitage of St. Margaret's, Cateby on the Don, with land in Eadmunde croft, and common of pasture for the cattle of the hermitage, rendering yearly to the grantor at Easter white gloves. In 1227 he joined the Earl of Cornwall at Stamford in his revolt against the king, but at Christmas was with the king at York. In 1229 he was about the make a voyage on the king's service. He was heir in 1234 to his sister, Isabel de Warenne, widow of Gilbert de l'Aigle. In 1236 he acted as Butler at the Coronation of Queen Eleanor of Provence, in place of his son-in-law, Hugh, Earl of Arundel. In 1238 he was cited to appear before Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, because mass has been celebrated in the earl's hall at Grantham, Lincolnshire. SIR WILLIAM DE WARENNE, 6th Earl of Surrey, died testate in London 27 May 1240, and was buried in the priory church of Lewes, Sussex. In the period, 1240-6 his widow, Maud, granted a tenement in Thorne, Yorkshire to Richard de Otley her chaplain. In 1241 she granted Sir Adam de Newmarch and his heirs a water-course and ditch in Balne, Yorkshire from Flaxcleyker to the Dike to be 8 feet wide and 4 feet deep. In the period, 1241-5, she granted land in Stockton, Norfolk to her son, Ralph le Bigod. Maud was co-heiress in 1245 to her brother, Anselm Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, by which she inherited the marshalcy of England and honour of Chepstow, Monmouthshire. In 1246-8 she confirmed the union of Kilkenny Abbey with Duiske Abbey. In 1246-8 she granted three silver marks of annual rent to St. George's Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk. Maud, Marshal of England, Countess of Norfolk and Warenne, died 27 (or 29) March 1248.
      Anselme Hist. de la Maison Royale de France 6 (1730): 26-28 (sub Bastards of Anjou). Watson Mems. of the Earls. of Warren & Surrey & Their Descs. (1782). Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 2 (1805): 95-102. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 4 (1823): 475, 478 (charter of Maud, Marshal of England, Countess of Norfolk and Warenne); 5 (1825): 266 (Obit. of Tintern Abbey: "Matilda Comitissa Warennæ obiit xxix. die Martii."), 743-744. Hunter South Yorkshire 1 (1828): 105 (Warenne ped.). Wainright Hist. & Top. Intro. of the Wapentake of Stafford & Tickhill (1829): 165-170, 195-196 (Warenne ped.). Burke Dict. of the Peerages... Extinct, Dormant & in Abeyance (1831): 555-558. Dallaway Hist. of the Western Div. of Sussex 2(1) (1832): 128 (Warenne ped.). Gentleman's Mag. n.s. 24 (1845): 584. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Scrope Hist. of Castle Combe (1852): 19, 36-37 [alleges Maud Marshal married (3rd) Walter de Dunstanville, Baron of Castle Combe, Wiltshire]. Sussex Arch. Colls. 6 (1853): 107-128 ([Alice], Countess of Eu, styled "niece" [neptis] by William de Warenne in letter dated pre-1227). Luard Roberti Grosseteste Episcopi Quondam Lincolniensis (Rolls Ser. 25) (1861): 171-173. Matthew of Paris Matthæi Parisiensis, Monachi Sancti Albam; Historici Anglorum 3 (Rolls Ser. 44) (1869): 280 (sub A.D. 1240: "Obiit eodem die, viio. kalendas Junii [26 May], inditus comes Waranniae Willelmus. Qui de stirpe regia extitit procreatus; filius namque fuit Hamelini, filii regis Henrici."). Procs. Soc. of Antiqs. of London 2nd Ser. 6 (1876): 133-135 (charter of William, Earl Warenne). Clark Earls, Earldom, & Castle of Pembroke (1880): 69-75. Flower Vis. of Yorkshire 1563-4 (H.S.P. 16) (1881): 336-338 (Warren ped.: William Erl Waren son of Hamelyn. = Mawde doughter to William Bygot, Earl of Norfolk & Marshall of England."). Genealogist 7 (1883): 74. Doyle Official Baronage of England 2 (1886): 576 (sub Norfolk); 3 (1886): 470-471 (sub Surrey). Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 1(1890): 35, 38; 3 (1900): 137; 5 (1906): 97. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2(1892): 378 (seal of Maud Marshal, wife of William de Warenne, dated 1241-1245 - Obverse. Pointed oval. Standing, wearing a long dress and cloak, between two elegantly designed scrolls of foliage. Legend wanting. Reverse. A shield of arms: chequy [WARENNE]. Remainder of the design and legend wanting). Moore Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria 1(1897): 172-173 (charter of William, Earl Warenne dated c.1215). List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 88. Salzman Hist. of the Parish of Hailsham (1901): 214. Salzman Feet of Fines Rel. Sussex 1 (Sussex Rec. Soc. 2) (1902): 79, 90-91, 93-94, 95-96. Warren Hist. & Gen. of the Warren Fam. (1902). Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 519-520, 526. C.P.R. 1232-1247 (1906): 267. VCH Norfolk 2 (1906): 354-356. D.N.B. 20 (1909): 832-835 (biog. of William de Warenne). VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 51-56. VCH Surrey 3 (1911): 61-69, 141-150. C.P. 4 (1916) Appendix H, 670 (chart); 9 (1935): 589-590 (sub Norfolk); 10 (1945): 364, footnote a (sub Pembroke); 12(1) (1953): 500-503 (sub Surrey). Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 236-238 (sub Warenne) Rye Some New Facts as to the Life of St. Thomas à Becket (1924): 63. VCH Berkshire 4 (1924): 178-183. Rpt. on the MSS of Lord de Lysle & DudIey 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 77) (1925): 70-71. Curia Regis Rolls 5 (1931): 33-34 (suit dated 1207: "... Et sciendum quad comes [Roger Bigod] quod quidam recognitores sunt homines comitis War[enne]’, qui duxit filiam comitis Arund[el]’."). Foster Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln 1 (1931) (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 27) (1931): 131-133; 3 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 29) (1935): 216-218. Salzman Chartulary of the Priory of St. Pancras of Lewes 2 (Sussex Rec. Soc. 40) (1934): 19-21. Edwards Cal. Ancient Corr. Concerning Wales (Board of Celtic Studies, Hist. & Law 2) (1935): 29. Gibbs Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 58) (1939): 36-39. Early Yorkshire Charters 8 (1949): chart facing 1, 1-26, 47-51, 233-234. VCH Sussex 4 (1953): 160-165, 183; 7 (1940): 69-73. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 64: 1-2 (sub Bigod). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 28, 110-111, 129. Tremlett et al. Rolls of Arms Henry III (H.S.P. 113-4) (1967): 65 (arms of William, Earl of Warenne: Checky azure and or). Ancient Deeds - Ser. A 2 (List & Index Soc. 152) (1978): 50. VCH Somerset 4 (1978): 38-52. Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters 4) (1982): 41 (charter of William de Warenne). Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 112 (seal of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey dated 13th Cent. - Obverse. On horseback, galloping to right. He wears chain mail, long surcoat and flat-topped helmet, and holds a drawn sword and a shield with arms: cheeky. Reverse. A shield of arms: cheeky.). Brown Sibton Abbey Cartularies 1 (Suffolk Charters 7) (1985): 25, 58, 96; 2 (Suffolk Charters 8) (1986): 284-285 (charter of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk dated 1221-1225; charter named his wife, Countess Maud). Cooper Oxfordshire Eyre 1241 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 56) (1989): 71. Morris Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the 13th Cent. (2005): opp. 1 (chart), 213 (list of charters of Maud Marshal). National Archives, E 40/339 (grant by [Ada]m de Reinevil to Maud Bigote, Countess of Warenne, of the homage and service of Agnes, daughter of Jordan de la Felede (i.e., 5 solidates of rent per annum), Richard son of Elyas, Humfrey, son of Robert Palmer, William, son of Robert Palmer (i.e., 2 solidates of rent and two sticks of eels per annum), William de Marisco [Marsh] and Constance de Reinevill, for tenements they held of him in Bramwich and Braint hund(des), the services (which are all expressed in solidates and denariates) being due at Whitsunday and the feast of St. Martin, and the eels at Mid-Lent; also all his water called ‘Brainthunddesmere' and the tight of fishing therein, and all right he has in the water of Don; paying yearly a pair of gloves or 1d. at Easter, and saving to him and his heirs the scutage of the said tenements when it falls due. For this grant the Countess has paid 100s.) (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).
      Children of William de Warenne, Knt., by Maud Marshal:
      i. JOHN DE WARENNE, Knt., 7th Earl of Surrey [see next].
      ii. ISABEL DE WARENNE, married HUGH D'AUBENEY, Knt., 5th Earl of Arundel, Chief Butler of England [see CLIFTON 5.i].”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “WILLIAM D'AUBENEY, 2nd Earl of Arundel (or Sussex), Chief Butler of England, Privy Councillor, Constable of Windsor Castle, 1191-3, son and heir. He married before Michaelmas 1176 MAUD DE SAINT HILARY, widow of Roger de Clare (otherwise Roger Fitz Richard), 2nd Earl of Hertford (died 1173) [see CLARE 4], and daughter and heiress of James de Saint Hilary, of Field Dalling, Norfolk, by his wife, Aveline. They had three sons, William [3rd Earl of Arundel], Alan, and Godfrey (or Geoffrey), and one daughter, Maud. In 1176/7 he was confirmed as Earl of Sussex, but the Castle and Honour of Arundel were, in accordance with the policy of King Henry II, retained by the Crown. He served as Assessor in the royal court in 1177 to arbitrate between the Kings of Castile and Navarre. He was granted restoration of the Castle and Honour of Arundel by King Richard I 27 June 1190, when he became Earl of Arundel. At an unknown date, he granted various lands in Quiddenham, Norfolk to Reading Abbey, Berkshire. WILLIAM D'AUBENEY, Earl of Arundel, died 24 Dec. 1193, and was buried at Wymondham Priory, Norfolk.
      Tierney Hist. & Antiqs. of the Castle & Town of Arundel 1 (1834): 179-180. Barrett Memorials of the parochial Church ... in the Parish of Attleborough (1848): 12-41. Arch. Journal 22 (1865): 154 (undated charter of William d'Aubeney, Earl of Sussex to Reading Abbey; charter names Queen Alice his mother [Regine Adelize maths mee] Jocelin the castellan his uncle [avunculi], charter is witnessed by Reiner his brother [fratre]), 155 (undated charter of William d'Aubeney, Earl of Sussex to Reading Abbey; charter names Jocelin his uncle [avunculi]; charter is witnessed by Reiner his brother [fratre])). Luard Annales Monastici 2 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1865): 249 (Annals of Waverley sub A.D. 1193: "Obiit Willelmus comes junior de Arundel in vigilia Natalis Domini ") Jour. British Arch. Assoc. (1867): 21-33. Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 2 (1873): 63-64 (sub A.D. 1176 - "Qui Guillermus [de Albineio] duxit relictam Rogerii comitis de Clara, filiam Jacobi de Sancto Hilario, cum omni terra quam idem Jacobus habuerat in Anglia."). Doyle Official Baronage of England 1 (1886): 66-67 (sub Arundel). C.P. 1 (1910): 235-236,237 (chart) (sub Arundel). Harvey et al. Vis. of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 152-156 (Daubeny ped.: "Willelmus (nomen cepit in parliamento consulatus [sic MS.] Sussex et Arundell construxit capellam beate Thome in Wimondham et sepelitur in abbathia predicta) Daubeney comes Arundel ob. 22 H. 2. = [empty roundel] Matilda filia et heres Jacobi de Sancta Hillario relicta Rogeri comitis Clara."). Ward Women of the English Nobility & Gentry 1066-1500 (1995): 42; 93-94 (charter of Maud, wife of Roger earl of Clare dated 1152-73; charter witnessed by Richard brother of the earl and Conan nephew of the earl).
      Children of William d'Aubeney, by Maud de Saint Hilary:
      i. WILLIAM D'AUBENEY, 3rd Earl of Arundel [see next].
      ii. MAUD D'AUBENEY, married WILLIAM DE WARENNE, Knt., 6th Earl of Surrey [see WARENNE 8].”