Sir Brian fitz Alan, of Bedale

Sir Bryan FitzAlan, Baron FitzAlan Knt. (died 1 June 1306) was Lord of the Manor of Bedale in Richmondshire, Askham Bryan in the Ainsty, Bainton, Heworth etc., in Yorkshire, Bicker and Graby in Lincolnshire, a J.P., and High Sheriff of Yorkshire, etc. He was appointed a Guardian of Scotland on 13 June 1291, and was brother-in-law to King John of Scotland.

Sir Bryan was summoned for Military Service from 6 April 1282 to 7 November 1302, to a Military Council on 14 June 1287; as a Guardian of Scotland he was one of those commanded on 18 November 1292 to give sasine of the Kingdom of Scotland to John de Balliol. [Cannot have been less than eighteen years old, and was probably over 21, in 1282!]

He was summoned to parliament from 24 June 1295 to 22 January 1305 by Writs directed to Briano filio Alani whereby he is held to have become Lord FitzAlan. As Brianus filius Alani domins de Bedale he took part in the Barons' Letter to the Pope, dated 12 February 1300.

Lord FitzAlan was buried in Bedale Church next to his first wife, Muriel; he married 2nd to Maud (Agnes) de BALIOL , Princess of Scotland b: ABT 1280 in Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England

His coheirs were his two daughters by Maud:

1. Agnes, aged 8 in 1306. Her marriage was granted, 10 May 1306, to Sir Miles de Stapelton, of Carlton, co. York, and she married, before 15 December 1317, Gilbert de Stapelton, a younger son of the said Miles: he died before 23 June 1324: she married, 2ndly, Sir Thomas de Sheffeld, of Sheffield, Wadsley, Owlerton, &c., co. York: they both died before 3 November 1348. (1)
2. Katherine, aged 6 in 1306. She married before 27 December 1317, as 1st wife, Sir John de Grey, of Rotherfield Oxon, Sculcoates, co. York, and Duston, Northants [Lord Grey of Rotherfield]: she died before 7 August 1328, and was buried in the Church of the Black Friars at York: he, who was born at Rotherfield 29 October and baptized there 1 November 1300, died there 1 September 1359, aged 58. (1)

The lordship passed into abeyance with the death of Lord Lovell in the Wars of the Roses.

Notes

From Rootsweb Postem

re Maud (Agnes) de BALIOL , Princess of Scotland

• 1. CP V:394 indicates the name of Brian Fitz Alan's 2nd wife was Maud with no surname.
• 2. CP I:386(d) lists the 4 sisters of John Baliol, K. of S. as Margaret, Ada, Cicely and Mary and also states: "Some genealogists add (but in error) a fifth sister, Anne, wife of Brian Fitz Alan of Bedale..."

From Find A Grave Memorial# 63247921 comment May 2013

• Actual burial Danby Wiske Parish Church, Danby Wiske, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England.Also incorrect parentage

Citations

1. [Complete Peerage V:639-44, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1534.htm#25879

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