William DE COURCY

Abt 1107 - Bef 1162  (~ 54 years)

• Name	William DE COURCY  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1107	Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	KC41-YSX
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC41-YSX
  _UID	D71E436CF56646318EC1C497A7C7D92087B0
  Death	Bef 1162	Okehampton Castle, Okehampton, Devon, England   [1]
  Burial	1180	Wymondham, Priory   [1]
  Person ID	I594767098	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert DE COURCY,   b. 1070, Nuneham Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England d. 1131, Okehampton, Devon, England (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Rohese DE GRENTEMESNIL,   b. 1062, Grandmesnil, Basse-Normandie, France d. 1127, Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1092	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [2]
  Family ID	F536728843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda AVRANCHES, Heiress Of Okehampton,   b. Abt 1115, Okehampton, Devonshire, England d. 21 Sep 1173, Okehampton, Devon, England (Age ~ 58 years)
  Children	1. Lady Hawise DE COURCY,   b. 1135, Courtenay, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France d. 31 Jul 1219 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F536728841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Wikipedia William de Courcy was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and baron. William was the son of William de Courcy and his wife Emma de Falaise.[1] Through his mother, William inherited the barony of Stogursey in Somerset, as his mother was the sole heir of William de Falaise, the lord of Stogursey in Domesday Book.[2] William and Emma were also the parents of two other sons: Richard and Robert.[1] William married Avice, the daughter and coheir of William Meschin,[1] and Cecily de Rumilly.[2] The marriage took place around 1125.[1] William, along with his brother Robert, confirmed the gift of his father of the advowson of the church of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire to Abingdon Abbey.[3] This reconfirmation of his father's grant was recorded in the abbey's chronicle, the Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis,[1] like the original grant had been. William then gave further lands to the abbey, including a meadow named "cow mead" and a pasture large enough for 300 sheep, 8 oxen and 10 cows.[3] William died before 1130.[1] William's widow married William Paynel, son of Fulk Paynel, as his second wife.[4] His heir was his son William de Courcy. Another son was Robert, who was steward to King Stephen of England.[5] But Marjorie Chibnall thinks this Robert is a cousin, from the Norman branch.[6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Hawise DE COURCY, person ID 2Z96-7WY. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Robert de Courcy, person ID GZ93-KPM. (Reliability: 3).