Warin de Lea, of Lancaster

Warin de Lea, of Lancaster, Royal Falconer, was a cadet of the first dynasty of Lancasters, barons of Kendal. He was born in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, England and died there.

Parents: Farrer describes Gilbert as the father of Warin de Lancaster. [227] Others place Warin as the son of William I de Lancaster.

Children:

1. Henry de Lea, who is also sometimes called Henry de Lancasttre, [1] was Warin's son and heir. He was born in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, England and died there after 1208.

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Sources

• W. A. Hulton, ed., The Coucher Book or Chartulary of Whalley Abbey, volume 2 (1847) (Google Books) footnote, pp. 496-7 (see attached document)

Citations

1. Medlands: Untitled English Nobility L-O retrieved 11 July 2011.
2. British History Online: The parish and township of Aughton
3. 'Townships: Formby', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3 (1907), pp. 45-52. Date accessed: 12 July 2011

• [S2378] The de Lancaster Family
• [S2383] Some Remarks Upon the Surnames Lancaster, Lancashire, Lanchester & Satterthwaite and Satterfield.
• [227] Farrer (1902), Lancashire Chartulary, Series XX, Charter IV, p. 432.

Footnotes

1. The parentage of Warin de Lancaster has not been traced, although from a chronological point of view it is possible that he was another son of Gilbert de Lancaster and his wife Goditha: WARIN de Lancaster (-before [1190/94]). "Johannes Comes Moreton" confirmed "terras…Ravenesmeles, Ainuluesdale, Vplitherland, Liuerpul, et Le Franceis", granted by "Rex Henricus pater meus" to "Warino patri suo", to "Henrico, filio Warini de Lancastre" by charter dated to [1190/94][227]. m ---. The name of Warin´s wife is not known. Warin & his wife had one child: HENRY de Lancaster. [Medlands]

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Warin(e) de Lancaster, was royal falconer, and ancestor of a family known as "de Lea" or "de Lee". He was contemporary with Henry II.

Warin was Keeper of the Castle and Prison, & as a Magister Serviens, or sergeant of the peace. He was termed the Constable of Lancaster Castle and its prison per "Time-Honored Lancaster." Corrodium refers to an allowance for services of some kind. Perhaps here this means Warin's treasury.

Ancestor to the family of Lee. There is a grant in frankalmoign, circa 1185-1190, of the fourth part of one oxgang of land in Lea from Warin de Lancaster [Warinus de Lancastre] to the monks of Cockersand - from "The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey of the Premonstratensian Order" by William Farrer.

Also known as Warinus Falconarius," the Falconer" and Chief Falconer of Henry II, he held his lands by the serjeantry of falconry. Note that Henry II gave the vill of Raven Meols, with Ainsdale and other more important estates, to his falconer, Warin de Lancaster, to hold by grand serjeanty, and John count of Mortain, later King John, confirmed the gift to Henry de Lea, son of Warin, between 1189 and 1194 - from "British History Online." The son, Henry, got his surname from the manor of Lea, in Preston.

1185-1186. "The Sheriff had collected the fines arising from five convictions against the Forest, of which details were given:--Warin the Falconer for keeping dogs in the forest, contrary to assize, i.e. which had not been expelled in accordance with the Assize of Woolstock; Harold of Lancaster for vaccaries or cow sheds for the cattle pasturing in the forest . . . " = from "The Lancashire Pipe Rolls of 31 Henry I., A.D. 1130, and of the Reigns of Henry II., A.D...." by Great Britain Exchequer

During the reign of Henry II, or sometime between 1166 and 1189, Liverpool and other lands were granted to Warine de Lancaster, the governor of Lancaster castle. This probably occurred at the great council held at Northampton in 1176 - from "The Decline of the Manor of West Derby and the rise of Liverpool during the medieval period" by Norman Blake. The deed of grant does not survive, but is referred to in an undated confirmation granted to Henry, son of Warine, by John Count of Mortain, after his succession to the honour. - from "British Historny Online." In 1207 King John exchanged lands with Warin [or his son, Henry?] to get control of Liverpool. Liverpool was omitted from the deed to Henry Fitz Warine [de Lea], the son of Warine de Lancaster. Warin has been referred to as a Crusader.