William de Valognes, Chamberlain of Scotland

WILLIAM DE VALOGNES

Chamberlain of Scotland

William de Valognes, here treated, is the son of Phillip de Valognes. Dunfermline Register: 189

Death and Burial

William De Vallognes, here treated, died in 1219, at Kelso in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He was buried beside his father at Melrose Abbey in Roxburghshire, Scotland: "Obiit Willelmus de Valoniis apud Kelchou, cujus corpus, etiam contra beneplacitum monachonun ejufdem domus, apud Melros deductum eft, et ibidem honorifice fepultum in capitulo monachorum, juxta fepu[l]crum patris sui." The burial record of William de Valognes follows that of Thomas de Collleuilla: Anno domini M.cc.xix. obiit Thomas de Colleuilla." Chronica de Mailros: 135

Evidence from the Register of Dunfermline

1211 X 1215: Charter issued by Reginaldus Gaillart. Witnessed by Phillip de Vallognes and his son William : "Dno Ph de Vallon 7 Will filio eis". Dunfermline Register: 189

Printed Evidence

1. Registrum de Dunfermelyn. Liber cartarum Abbatie Benedictine S.S. Trinitatis et B. Margarete Regine de Dunfermelyn. (bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XLII.), 562 pp. including indexes and omissum
2. Chronica de Mailros, e codice unica etc. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXV), 238 pp. plus index

Genealogy

1. Stirnet: VZmisc01
2. Medieval Lands: Voloignes

Biographical Summary by Wikipedia

William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. On his father's death in 1215, William de Valongnes was made High Chamberlain to Alexander II. He died in 1219 and was interred at Melrose Abbey.

Marriage and issue

William married Lora de Quincy, daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont. They had three daughters: (1) Christina, married Peter Maule of Fowlis, passing the Baronies of Panmure and Benvie into the Maule family; had issue. (2) Lora, married Henry de Balliol, passing the position of Lord Chamberlain of Scotland into the Balliol family; had issue. (3) Isabel, married David Comyn, passing the Barony of Kilbride into the Comyn family; had issue.