Sir William Aldborough

Sir William de Aldeburgh

(before 1330 - 1 April 1388)

Sir William de Aldeburgh was born before 1330 at England. He was the son of Sir Ives Aldeburgh and Mary Unknown (Aldeburgh).

Children of Sir William de Aldeburgh and Elizabeth de Lisle

• William de Aldeburgh b. b May 1358, d. 20 Aug 1391
• Elizabeth de Aldeburgh+ b. b Oct 1364, d. 21 Dec 1417 or 1434
• Sibyl Aldeburgh+ b. c 1367, d. 3 Sep 1439

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Sir William de Aldeburgh was mentioned in a deed dated 13 November 1347 at Roxburghshire, Scotland. Edw III confirmed to William, son and heir of Ives de Aldeburgh, lands in Brokesmouth, co. Roxburgh, which Edward Balliol, King of Scotland had given to Ives. Mary, widow of Sir Ives de Aldeburgh, gave to William, her son, lands in Aldeburgh: 22 Edw III. William was termed "vallettus magnifici principis Edwardis de Balliolo, regis Scotie consanguinei nostri carissimi", 22 Jan 1350/51 to 6 September 1352, and miles of the said King 6 August 1353. The arms of Balliol still exist at Harewood Castle after 22 January 1350/51, at Scotland. He gave lands in Aldbrough 26 Edw III to an unknown person in 1351/52 at Yorkshire, England.

Sir William de Aldeburgh married Elizabeth de Lisle, daughter of John de Lisle 2nd Baron and Maud or Matilda Grey, circa 1356 at England. Sir William de Aldeburgh bore arms: Gules, a lion rampant, argent, on his breast a fleur-de-lis azure. He sealed in 1363 with his arms of a lion rampant, and the same device is seen over the gateway of his Castle of Harewood and his arms in Harewood church: gules, a lion rampant charged with a fleur de lys.

This family is often confused with the Aldeburghs of Aldeburgh, see Duckett's "Harewood evidences:, Yorks. Arch. Journal, iv, 98.

Arms: azure, a fesse argent, between 3 cross crosslets or (Nobility roll) [Dictionary of Heraldry].

See also Sir William de Aldeburgh, of Aldeburgh Yks 1360 - bore, a fess dancette from point to point, between 3 crosses crosslet (now called botonnee) an annulet for difference. Monumental brass at Aldborough church. C.1360 33 Edw.III.

Sir William Aldeburgh of Aldeburgh, now Aldbrough in Richmondshire (Aldbrough juxta Tees near Stanwick, wapentake of Gilling West) son & heir of Sir Ives A by Mary his wife. He was sometime valettus to Edward Balliol, King of Scotland. In 1364 Sir Robert de l'Isle of Rougemont enfeoffed him & Elizabeth his wife of the manor of Harewood. He was summoned to Parl 8 Jan 1370/1 44 Edw III to 8 Aug 1386 10 Ric II. [Cokayne, Complete peerage. pp 101-2]

Sir William de Aldeburgh, Baron 1371-1386. Lord of Harewood 1365.

William de Aldeburgh, 1st Lord Aldeburgh; summoned 8 Jan, 44 Edw III (1371), to 8 Aug 10 Rich II (1386); Lord of the manor of Harewood by his marriage; died 1388; buried in the church of the Dominican Friars of York; married Elizabeth, daughter of John de Insula, 2nd lord, and sister of Robert 3rd Lord Lisle of Rougemont; buried in the church of the Dominican Friars of York.

He was summoned to parliament 8 Jan 1371 [44 Edw III] to Aug 8 1386. Seized of Harewood manor & castle by feoffment of Robert Lord Lisle his brother in law in 1365. He built or rebuilt the castle. In 1366 he received permission to crenellate his manor at Harewood. Margery his daughter in law in 1391 bequeathed a tapestry with Balliol arms to her son by her first marriage. He was messenger of Edward Balliol 27 Edw III (1354).

Sir William de Aldeburgh and Robert de Lisle 3rd Baron were mentioned in a deed dated 1364 at Harewood, Yorkshire. Inquisition whether it would be to the detriment of the King or of others that Robert de l'Isle of Rougemont, kt should enfeoff William de Aldeburgh kt and Elizabeth his wife of 2 parts of the manor of Harewood, which he held in chief: and should concede that the third part of the said manor, which Maud late the wife of John de l'Isle of Rougemont, father of Robert, held in dowry, should remain after Maud's death to Wm & Elizabeth.

Robert de l'Isle paid 70 pre licencia feoffandi the two parts of the manor, 16 June 1634.

Cokayne notes that the remainder was to the heirs of William not Elizabeth.

Robert was paid 1000 pounds for Harewood by his brother-in-law William Aldburgh in 1365. [Fine 38 Edw III].

Sir William de Aldeburgh was a petitioner William de Aldeburgh requests permission to enclose and improve his land called Swindon, part of the manor of Harewood in Wharfedale, which he holds of the king in chief, and in which the game from the forest of Knaresborough are pastured, and also that he might be able to profit from the white oaks (cheynes blaunkes) there.

Endorsement: Let this petition be sent into Chancery, and there the council of the queen is to be called and let justice be done. Covering dates c. 1366. A note on the guard of the petition says 'c. 1364' but CPR 1361-4, p.51, which is dated at Westminster, 16 June 1364, shows that the manor still belonged to Robert de Insula then. He may have been the father of William's wife, and the enfeoffment was done to allow him to settle it on the couple as part of a marriage settlement or to make a settlement prior to his death. A later patent roll entry, dated at Windsor, 27 December 1366, shows, Harewood was in his possession then, and this is the best approximate date we have for the petition (CPR 1364-7, p.355) at Harewood between 1364 and 1366.. He was mentioned at the Inquisition Post Mortem held on 24 May 1368 on the death of Sir William de Aldeburgh. Inquisition re the Henry de Percy estate: Kirkby Overblows tenements held by Willian de Aldburgh. 42 Edw III. v.12 no. 242.

Sir William de Aldeburgh was summoned to Parliament 8 Jan 1370/71, 44 Edward III to 8 August (1386) 10 Ric II, by writs directed Willelmo de Aldeburgh whereby he is held to have become Lord Aldeburgh between 8 January 1370/71 and August 1386.

Sir William de Aldeburgh and Robert de Lisle 3rd Baron were mentioned in a deed dated 1377 or 1378. In 1377/8, a further fine between William de Aldburgh (his wife being dead) & Robert confirming the manor... Harewood was one of 90 manors held by Robert [Originalia Roll 42 Edw III].

In 1377/8 Robert conveyed to his brother William, the manor of Campton.

Sir William de Aldeburgh and William de Aldeburgh paid the poll tax in 1379 at Harewood, Yorkshire. Harwod: Willelmus de Aldeburgh, Chivaler, xx sh; Willelmus filius ejusdem Willelmi, Esquier, 3/4 not having possession of lands, rents or castles, in service "ou ad este armez".

William died on 1 April 1388. He was buried at the Dominican Friars, York.

Sir William de Aldeburgh was the subject of an Inquisition Post Mortem held in May 1388. William, son and heir of William was aged 30 and more at his father's death.

From http://harewood.org/explore/gardens-and-grounds/the-castle/

......... was granted to Sir William de Aldeburgh in 1366, shortly after he became lord of the manor of Harewood. Substantial earthworks around the ruins of the castle (still only partially explored) indicate there were earlier buildings on the site, but de Aldeburgh made a decision to demolish and replace whatever was there with something brand new........... fore-shadowing Gawthorpe Hall and Harewood House some 400 years later.

The castle was founded by the De Lisle family in the 12th century, and then passed to Sir William de Aldeburgh, following his marriage to Elizabeth de Lisle, heiress of Harewood, who was granted a licence to crenellate in 1366.[1] The rectangular tower house on a steep slope is visible for miles around.[2] The main block of two storeys is flanked by four angle towers, one being a plain entrance tower; the chapel is situated over the portcullis chamber. The lower kitchen wing is of four storeys, with a barrel-vaulted basement containing the well.

When the second Baron Aldeburgh died in 1391 without issue, the castle transferred to the Ryther and the Redmayne (Redman) families, into which his two daughters had married.[3]

In 1574, James Ryther and partner William Plompton bought out the Redman family, although Ryther's financial situation must have worsened because he died in London's Fleet Prison in 1595. His son and two daughters sold the castle to Sir William Wentworth of Gawthorpe Hall in 1600 to clear debts; this is probably when Harewood Castle ceased to be a main residence.

The castle was last occupied in the 1630s, and in 1656 it was put up for sale as an 'upstanding source of stone and timber'.[3] The Wentworths sold Harewood and Gawthorpe to Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet, by which time the castle had probably already been partly dismantled though Cutler lived there at the end of his life. At Cutler's death in 1693, it passed to his only surviving daughter, Elizabeth, Countess of Radnor and on her death without heir to Cutler's nephew, unmarried Edmund Boulter MP of Boston and Wimpole Hall then to his nephew John Boulter of Gawthorpe and Westminster, who died unmarried in 1738. His executors sold to Henry Lascelles (1690–1753) whose son, Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood built Harewood House.

Centuries after it had been abandoned, Harewood Castle remained a landmark, the subject of several paintings in the 1797 by J. M. W. Turner.[4]

Present Recent times saw decay and weathering take their toll, and the unstable castle was placed on the Buildings at Risk Register by English Heritage. Then, around the year 2000, a £1 million rescue plan was drawn up, funded partly through English Heritage and partly by the Harewood Estate. As of 2008, the restoration project, which involved architects, geologists, structural engineers, ecologists and staff of the Harewood Estate, Historic Property Restoration Ltd and English Heritage, was nearing completion. The castle was taken off the Buildings at Risk Register in that year