William de Cantelou, Baron Abergavenny

Sir William Ill de Cantilupe

• Cantelou; Baron Abergavenny
• b. ABT 1216, Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire, England
• d. 25 Sep 1254, Calstone Wellington, Calne, Wiltshire, England
• bur. 30 Sep 1254, Studley Priory, Warwick, Eng.
• Son of William II de CAUNTILUPE (1180-1251) and Melicent de GURNAY (1183-1260)
• Married Eva de BRAIOSE (-1255) before July 1241, daughter of William de Brewes, Knt., of Totnes, Devon, Kingston, Herefordshire, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, etc., by Eve, daughter of William Marshal, Knt., Earl of Pembroke, hereditary Master Marshal.

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Biography

William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire,[3] and jure uxoris (in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of the de Braose dynasty of Welsh Marcher Lords) was feudal baron of Totnes in Devon[4] and Lord of Abergavenny. His chief residences were at Calne in Wiltshire and Aston Cantlow (named after his family), in Warwickshire, until he inherited Abergavenny Castle and the other estates of that lordship.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of William II de Cantilupe (d.1251) by his wife Millicent de Gournay (d.1260), a daughter of Hugh de Gournay and widow of Amaury VI of Montfort-Évreux (d. 1213), Earl of Gloucester. His uncle was Walter de Cantilupe (1195-1266), Bishop of Hereford and his younger brother was Thomas de Cantilupe (1220-1282), Bishop of Hereford and Chancellor of England, canonised in 1320.

Marriage and progeny

At some time before 15 February 1248 he married his father's ward Eva de Braose (d.1255), a daughter and co-heiress of William V de Braose (d.1230), "Black William", Lord of Abergavenny, by his wife Eva Marshal, daughter and eventual heiress of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Eva's wardship and marriage had been purchased by his father in 1238. Eva is said to be represented by the surviving recumbent female effigy in the Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny (formerly the church of Abergavenny Priory), most of whose body is covered by a large shield sculpted with the arms of Cantilupe ancient (three fleurs-de-lys), and holding a heart in her hands.[6]

By Eva he had the following issue:

1. Sir George de Cantilupe (1251-1273), Lord of Abergavenny, only son and heir, who inherited vast estates aged 3 and died in 1273, aged 22, shortly after having reached his majority[7] and recovered his lands from royal wardship. He married Margaret de Lacy but died childless, leaving his sisters or their issue as his co-heiresses.
2. Millicent de Cantilupe (d.1299).[8] Her first marriage, before 1254[9] was becoming the second wife of John de Montalt,[10] who died post-1265[9] without issue. Secondly, at some time before 1273, she married Eudo la Zouche (d.1279). Eudo was the younger son of Roger la Zouche (c.1175-1238) of North Molton in Devon and of Ashby in Leicestershire and the brother of Alan la Zouche (1205–1270), the latter of whom would become the grandfather of Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche (1267-1314) "of Ashby." Millicent's moiety of her fraternal inheritance included: the feudal barony of Eaton Bray; the manor of Calne in Wiltshire (her father's seat); a moiety of the feudal barony of Totnes in Devon; the entire feudal barony of Bulwick in Northamptonshire[11] and the manor of Harringworth in Northamptonshire, which her Zouche descendants made their seat, her son William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche (1276–1351) being created Baron Zouche "of Haryngworth" in 1308, to distinguish himself from his cousin Alan who had been made a baron in 1299.
3. Joan de Cantilupe (d.1271), who married Henry de Hastings (1225-1268) of Ashill, Norfolk,[12] whose wardship and marriage her father had purchased from Guy de Lusignan in about 1252.[13] Her moiety of her fraternal inheritance included the vast lands of the Lordship of Abergavenny and Aston Cantlow Castle in Warwickshire, one of her father's principal seats.[14] Joan was buried in the Greyfriars, Coventry, Warwickshire, in the Hastings Chapel, together with her husband Henry de Hastings and her son John de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, Lord of Abergavenny, all commemorated by effigies (now lost), as related by Dugdale.[15] However Joan de Cantilupe's heart was buried in Abergavenny Priory, and "her effigy there shows her holding a heart in the palm of her hand".[16] The effigy supposedly of Eva de Braose with the Cantilupe shield is also holding a heart, but with both hands.[17] Her sons were:

Death

Cantilupe died in 1254,[10] at about Michaelmas, 29 September. His death is recorded by his contemporary Matthew Paris (d.1259) in his Historia Anglorum thus:

Obiit Will's de Cantelupo; Anno eodem circa festum sancti michaelis obiit Will(ielmus) de Cantelupo juvenis elegans et dives in dolore multorum quia ille tertius iam fuit Cantelupinorum qui infra paucos annos de medio sunt sublati ("W. de Cantilupe died; In the same year (i.e. 1254) around the feast of St Michael died William de Cantilupe, a fine and rich youth, in the grief of many because he was already the third of the Cantilupes who within a few years were lifted up from their midst").

(His father William II died in 1251 and his grandfather William I in 1239). One of the chief mourners at his funeral was Simon de Montfort, a close friend of the family.[10]

Record of the death of William III de Cantilupe made by Matthew Paris (d.1259) in his Historia Anglorum (folio 165v).[19] His shield of arms is depicted in the margin inverted

Source: Matthew Paris, Chronica Maiora - Royal MS 14 C VII, (The Historia Anglorum, or "History of the English", by Matthew Paris (d. 1259), a history of England covering the years 1070-1253. Begun in 1250 and perhaps completed around 1255) arms of Cantilupe; folio 165v[1] http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=royal_ms_14_c_vii_f001v (Public domain)

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1254 Death and Estate

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cantilupe-64#Marriage_to_Dionis_FitzA...

Sir William de Cantelowe, Baron of Eaton Bay & Abergavenny, Constable of Builth Castle died on 25 September 1254 at Calstone, Wiltshire, England; Buried at Studley Priory, Warwickshire.[4]

A writ of extent was sent to the sheriff of Wiltshire regarding William de Cantilupo on 15 October 38 Henry III [1254], after which extents recorded that William de Cantilupo held in Wiltshire, Calne town and other properties including land in Bures, and in Suffolk, the manor of Badmundefeld which King Henry I gave to Baldwin de Bulers in free marriage with Sibyl de Faleisse, and the advowson of Wichum church which pertained to George, his three year-old son and heir.[5] A writ was issued to the sheriff of Wiltshire on 18 November 39 Henry III [1254] regarding Sir William de Kalna alias de Cantilupo, and Inquisitons were held in Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, which found a boy named George, aged not quite 3, was his heir, and in Eyton manor 7 hides were held of the heirs of Hugh de Gurnay, and all the rents of the 19 hides were assigned by Sir William de Cantilupo to John de Montealto, with his daughter, and the rents of three mills were assigned for life to Lady Agnes de Verdun.[1] A third undated Extent exists for William regarding Calna manor and Caleston manor in Wiltshire.[6]

Pedigree

CANTELOWE FAMILY
1. WILLIAM DE CANTELOWE, married _____.
2. WALTER DE CANTELOWE, living 1216, married AMICE _____.
3. WILLIAM DE CANTELOWE, died 1239, married MASCELINE (or MAZRA) DE BRACY.
4. WILLIAM DE CANTELOWE, Knt., died 1251, married (1st) c. 1215/6 MILICENT DE GOURNAY; (2nd) after 1232 MAUD FITZ GEOFFREY, died 1261.
5 (by1). WILLIAM DE CANTELOWE, Knt.,died 1254, married before 1241 EVE DE BREWES.

Family comments

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cantilupe-64#Marriage_to_Dionis_FitzA...

Sir William married: Denise (Dionis) FitzAnthony, daughter of Thomas FitzAnthony, Seneschal of Leinster, before 1232.[2]. This marriage is not shown at Wikipedia and http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#Willia... places her as 2nd wife of his father.

From Steven Mitchell Ferry 26 September 2023

In Bleddyn ap Maenyrch 40 ( https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173378030022 ) you can see Hywel Fychan at Gen 6, and his son Hopkin at Gen 8. If you go to Bleddyn ap Maenyrch 41 ( https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173383294874 ) you will see that Hopkin had a son named Sir William Cantelope of Tregantllo. That Sir William was the one mentioned by Boyer as having married Mawd de Londres. He is NOT William IV de Cauntelo, son of Nicholas, son of William II. Bartrum places him in Gen 9, requiring Gen 7 (.c1230-65) grandparents. That makes him a perfect match for the c. 1240 Hywel Fychan and a c. 1255 daughter of Sir William Cantelupe, or as we have him in Geni, William de Cantelou III, Baron Abergavenny.

And we already have that connection as N.N. de Cantilupe I doubt she was a daughter of Eva de Braose, as she goes unnoticed in Medlands and other lists of children for Eva. The Welsh were very tolerant of so called "illigitamate" children marrying into Welsh families. It would not be surprising if her mother was also a Welsh lady. And there is nothing to support her name as Agnes.

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Aston Cantlow

Source: Sir William Dugdale. (1730). “The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated: From Records, Leiger ...,” Volume 2. Page 833. < GoogleBooks >

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2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Cantilupe_(died_1254) Cites
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   5. They appear as a marginal drawing of an inverted shield referring to his "impious murder" (Nota impiam murthram). Historia Anglorum, Chronica Majora, Part III; (1250–59) British Library MS Royal 14 C VII f. 116 [2] However Matthew Paris depicts different arms for him in his Chronica Majora, Part III, fol.75v, in an inverted shield: Gules, four piles meeting in base or (Lewis, Susanne, The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora)
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