Sir William 'the Younger' Peverell, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

from Medilands: Peverel Families of Hatfield, Essex and Nottingham

WILLIAM Peverel ([1100/05] – after 1155).

• Henry I King of England confirmed the donation of the church of Lenton to Cluny, by charter dated to [1103/14], which records “Willelmo Peverello cum uxore sua Adaleida et filio suo Willelmo” as founders of the church and is subscribed by “… Willelmi Pevrelli de Notingaham, Adeline sue uxoris, Willelmi Pevrelli filii illorum…”[245].
• Considering the likely estimated birth date of William’s sister Adelise, it is unlikely that William could have been born much later than the earliest years in the 12th century. This therefore suggests that “Willelmi Pevrelli filii illorum” in the charter dated to [1103/14] could not refer to the older brother of this William Peverel junior, whose death is recorded elsewhere (see above).
• “Willelmus Peverellus” donated land “juxta Picheseie” to Colchester St. John, with the advice of “matris mee A.”, by undated charter[246].
• The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Wills Peur de Noting" in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire in respect of "Forest"[247].
• King Stephen named “Willielmo Peverello juniori cum uxore sua Oddona et filio suo Henrico” in his charter relating to Lenton Priory[248]. Ralph de Diceto records that "Willelmus Peverel de Notingeham" was disinherited in 1155 for poisoning "Ranulfo comiti Cestriæ"[249].
• The 1156 Pipe Roll records "Willi Peurelli de Notingen" in Nottinghamshire, with a revenue of ₤175, and the 1157 Pipe Roll "Willi Peurelli" in Nottinghamshire[250].
• In 1155, Henry II King of England confiscated the properties of William Peverel, who retired to a monastery[251].

m firstly ODDONA, daughter of ---.

• King Stephen named “Willielmo Peverello juniori cum uxore sua Oddona et filio suo Henrico” in his charter relating to Lenton Priory[252].

m secondly ([1140/45]%29 [as her first husband,] HAWISE de Lancaster, daughter of --- (-after [1188/89]). “Avisia de Lancastria, uxor Willielmi Peverel” donated property to Derley Priory by undated charter[253].

• The Complete Peerage which speculates that the wife of William Peverel was Hawise, daughter of Roger de Montgommery Lord of Lancaster & his wife Almodis Ctss de la Marche[254]. This is not an ideal fit. Her supposed father Roger was banished from England in 1102 and retired to La Marche, so it is unclear why Hawise would have been described as “de Lancastria”
• in a charter which must have been dated about 40 years later. In any case, the chronology is also unfavourable. It is unlikely that the wife of Roger de Montgommery, Almodis de la Marche, was born much later than 1070, given the known chronology of her family, which means that her children would have been born before 1110 at the latest. On the other hand, it is likely that William Peverel’s second marriage should be dated to the early 1140s at the earliest, as his first wife is named in one of the charters of Stephen King of England (who succeeded in 1135). Such a marriage date is late if his second wife was born in the early 1100s, and impossible assuming that his widow was the same person who married Richard de Morville and had children by him in the late 1150s. According to Domesday Descendants, she married secondly Richard de Morville (no corresponding primary source cited)[255]. The primary source which confirms that the widow of William Peverel was the same person who remarried Richard de Morville has not yet been identified.
• Domesday Descendants states that the wife of Richard de Morville was Hawise de Lancaster, daughter of William de Lancaster (no corresponding primary source cited)[256].
• As can be seen from the chronology of William de Lancaster’s known wife Gundred de Warenne, this affiliation would only be possible if Hawise had been born from an otherwise unrecorded earlier marriage. On the other hand, the onomastics are favourable, as each succeeding generation of this "de Lancaster" family included a Hawise de Lancaster. "Avicia de Lonc spouse of Richard de Morevilla, with the consent of William her heir and her other heirs" confirmed a donation to Furness St. Mary by charter dated to [1188/89][257].

William & his first wife had [two] children:

• (a) HENRY Pevere. King Stephen named “Willielmo Peverello juniori cum uxore sua Oddona et filio suo Henrico” in his charter relating to Lenton Priory[258].
• (b) [MARGARET ([1123/26]-). “Robertus comes de Ferrariis” granted property “in Stebbingis…per Margaretam comitissam uxorem meam” to Morice FitzGeoffrey by charter dated “VI Kal Oct IV anno imperii Regis Stephani” (1139)[259]. Her parentage is suggested by the charter of John King of England which names “Willelmo de Ferrariis comiti” as heir to territories of “Willelmi Peverell”[260]. If this parentage is correct, Margaret is unlikely to have been born outside the narrow date range shown above, which would also indicate that her marriage took place only shortly before the date of this charter. m (before 1139) ROBERT Ferrers Earl [of Derby], son of ROBERT de Ferrers Earl [of Derby] & his wife Hawise --- (-before 1160, bur Merevale Abbey).]

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Duston Directory: Duston & Upton Community "William Perevel"

Until the Domesday survey, Duston and nearby manors were held by the Anglo-Saxon Gytha, wife of the Earl Ralph of Hereford. Ralph was a nephew of Edward the Confessor. In 1086, the manor of ‘Dustone’ was founded by the Domesday Survey and Gytha’s lands were given to William Peverel, a mysterious figure. He is not known to have been a supporter of William I ‘The Conqueror’ in any battles and is not recorded among the Peverels in Normandy. He is said to be the illegitimate son of William I by an Anglo-Saxon girl, and was subsequently adopted into the Peverel family by her marriage to one of them. Given the nature of the feudal system, the amount of land he receives at Domesday, William’s own illegitimacy, the names he gives his own children and the final outcome two generations later, this story is almost certainly true.

The Peverel Line

There are known to have been four generations of William Peverals, referred to here as I, II, III and IV. William Peverel I, was probably born in 1052 and died in 1113. He was married to Adelina who died in 1119. William I had five children: William II died in 1100; Matilda (who was alive in 1130); William III (presumed deceased prior to 1149); Henry (who married Oddona) and Adeliza (married Richard de Rivieres). He founded Nottingham Castle and Lenton Abbey, and it appears that the Peverels were Sheriffs of Nottingham until the time of William Peverel IV.

William Peverel I gave 40 acres of land on which to build an abbey (St James Abbey) at Duston, plus a wooden Church in 1103 or 1104. Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror (born 1068) was friendly with William Peverel and, if we accept the story, was his half-brother. Henry I reigned from 1100 to 1135 and was a good scholar (‘Beauclerk’ was his nickname, and he is credited with the comment ‘an unlettered king is only a crowned ass ‘). It is due to his charters and recording that we begin to learn about Duston in print – he visited Northampton, possibly to check up on Simon de Senlis, William Peverel and their buildings: Northampton Castle/St. Andrew’s Priory and St. James’ Abbey respectively.

William Perverel III had two children: Henry, who predeceased his father, and William IV.

William IV married Avicia de Lancaster and supported King Stephen against Matilda and Henry II. William IV had a child named Margaret, who married William, Earl of Ferrers (Higham Ferrers). William Peverel IV, the Sheriff of Nottingham, fled on the advance of Henry II and entered a monastery in 1155. Henry II gave the ‘Honor of Peverel’ (including Duston) to Ranulf, Earl of Chester, which reverted to John ‘Count of Mortaine’ in 1174, marking the end of the Peverel line.

References

For a fuller profile of the Peverels, see Bridges’ and Bakers’ separate accounts in their ‘Histories of Northampton ‘ and look at the Peverel Society’s documents held at Nottingham Library.

1. ID: I39633
2. Name: William "The Younger" Peveril
3. Given Name: William "The Younger"
4. Surname: Peveril
5. Prefix: Sir
6. Suffix: Of Nottingham
7. Sex: M
8. Birth: Abt 1080-1085 in Nottingham, Nottingham, England
9. Death: 1155 in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England 1 1
10. Change Date: 21 Sep 2005 at 15:23
11. Note:

Complete Peerage, Appendix I.

William Peverel the younger, one of the principal supportors of KINGSTEPHEN, was a commander at the Battle of the Standard and was takenprisoner at the Battle of Lincoln. His estates were forfeited for a time,and his castle of Nottingham was committed by THE EMPRESS [MAUD] toWilliam Paynel. He recovered it in 1143. His wives were Odonna and AVICEDE LANCASTRIA, who was presumably a daughter of Count Roger the Poitevin(cognomine Pictaviensis), Lord of the honour of Lancaster, by his wifeAumodis, Countess of La Marche. He had a son Henry, and a daughter,Margaret, eventually, or in her issue, his heir, and a wife of Robert,Earl of Ferrers.

About March 1152/3 HENRY, Duke of Normandy [the future King HENRY II] andcount of Anjou, by a charter expedited at Devizes, formulated what he wasprepared to give to [RANULF DE GERNON] the Earl of Chester, as the priceof his support; not indeed, even to the half of the kingdom, but yet noinconsiderable portion of it. It ought to be unnecessary to have to statethat these extensive grants never took effect. Nine months afterwards, inDec. 1153, THE EARL died, poisoned, as men said, by William Peverel.

Shortly after his accession to the throne, KING HENRY II visitedNottinghamshire, in order, as the annalists state, to disinherit WilliamPeverel for having poisoned THE EARL, but more probably to punish him forwhat had previously been termed his wickedness and treason. William, onTHE KING's approach, retired to one of his religious foundations where hebecame a monk. The honor of Peverel remained in the Crown for nearly halfa century. [Complete Peerage, Appendix I, pp. 762-5 (English/non-Latinportion of text)]

The following information was contained in a post-em by Curt Hofemann,curt_hofemann@yaoo.com:

"of Nottingham, the younger; one of the chief supporters of King Stephen[Ref: Watney #779]
1137: a commander at the battle of The Standard [Ref: Watney #779]

Peverel, William. Perhaps illegitimate son of William I by his mistress;took name of Peverel from stepfather who married her. Large holdings inNotts. and Derby. Also in 6 other counties. [Ref: Domesday Online:http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/index.html]

Of Willelm Peurel (sic) de Nottingham, Keats-Rohan has this to say:Norman, major tenant-in-chief centred upon Nottinghamshire andDerbyshire. There is no direct evidence of any relationship with RanulfPeverel . . . but it is highly likely that they were related and possiblyquite closely. . . . By his wife Adeline he had issue two sons namedWilliam of whom one predeceased him and a daughter Adeliz . . . died1113/4 . . . on the honour of Peverel see HKF i, 146ff. [Honors andKnights' Fees, W. Farrer, 3 vols, Manchester, 1923-5] [Ref: ReniaSimmonds <renia.s@ntlworld.com> 18 Mar 2002 message to Gen-Medieval]

[Note: the above text from CP, Appendix I (as transcribed by Jim Stevens)was attached here, with several omissions and mistakes. I have correctedthe text to agree with what is stated in CP and placed it above.]

Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Derby, p. 192), identifies him asMARGARET's father. [Ref: Jim Stevens:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jast/index.html] Note: I haveremoved Jim's "RIN" (ID #'s) from the above & there are several sentencesthat may have been miscopied/reworded as they don't make sense = seewhere I have added (sic)... Curt

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Curt

Father: William "The Elder" Peverel b: 1050 in Normandy, , France
Mother: Adelina (Adeliza) b: Abt 1055 in Nottinghamshire, England
Marriage 1 Oddona Peverel b: Abt 1085 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

• Married: Abt 1118
• Note: 1st Wife
• Change Date: 21 Nov 2004
• Marriage 2 Avice de Lancaster b: 1095 in Nottingham, Nottingham, England
• Married: Abt 1112 in La Marche, France
• Change Date: 21 Sep 2005

Children

Child from 1st Marriage: Richard Peverel b: Abt 1110 in Ermynton, Devonshire, England
Children from 2nd Marriage:

1. Margaret Peverel b: 1114-1115 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
2. Helen Peverel b: 1115 in Owestrie, Shropshire, Eng

Sources:

1. Abbrev: Susan Cary

Title: Susan Cary

William "the Younger" Peverel (c. 1080 - 1155) was the son of William Peverel. He lived in Nottingham, England. [1]

He married Avicia de Lancaster (1088 - c. 1150) in La Marche, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery and Countess Almodis of La Marche. In 1114, she bore a daughter, Margaret Peverel.[1] Another member of his family, Maude Peverel (a sister or daughter) was - by 1120 - the first wife of Robert fitz Martin.

William inherited the Honour of Peverel.

Scottish atrocities depicted on the 14th century Luttrell Psalter.

He was a principal supporter of King Stephen, and a commander in the Battle of the Standard. He was captured at The Battle of Lincoln.[2]

King Henry II dispossessed William of the Honour, for conspiring to poison the Earl of Chester - though historians speculate that the King wished to punish him for his 'wickedness and treason' in supporting King Stephen. The Earl died before he took possession of the Honour, and it stayed in the Crown for about a half century.[2][3]

References

1. "Peverel Family Genealogy". Our Folk. http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/peverel.htm#name5059. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
2. Cokayne, George E.; other authors (1887-98). The Complete Peerage (extant, extinct or dormant). Volume 4 (4th Edition ed.). pp. 762-768. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jast/D0012/G0000098.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
3. "Langar Hall ~ A Microcosm of English History". Baronage. http://www.baronage.co.uk/langar/langar-1.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

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William "the Younger" Peverel (c. 1080 - 1155) was the son of William Peverel. He lived in Nottingham, England. [1]

He married Avicia de Lancaster (1088 - c. 1150) in La Marche, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery and Countess Almodis of La Marche. In 1114, she bore a daughter, Margaret Peverel.[1] Another member of his family, Maude Peverel (a sister or daughter) was - by 1120 - the first wife of Robert fitz Martin.

William inherited the Honour of Peverel.

He was a principal supporter of King Stephen, and a commander in the Battle of the Standard. He was captured at The Battle of Lincoln.[2]

King Henry II dispossessed William of the Honour, for conspiring to poison the Earl of Chester - though historians speculate that the King wished to punish him for his 'wickedness and treason' in supporting King Stephen. The Earl died before he took possession of the Honour, and it stayed in the Crown for about a half century

He married Avicia de Lancaster (1088 - c. 1150) in La Marche, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery and Countess Almodis of La Marche. In 1114, she bore a daughter, Margaret Peverel. Another member of his family, Maude Peverel (a sister or daughter) was - by 1120 - the first wife of Robert fitz Martin.

William inherited the Honour of Peverel.

Scottish atrocities depicted on the 14th century Luttrell Psalter.

He was a principal supporter of King Stephen, and a commander in the Battle of the Standard. He was captured at The Battle of Lincoln.

King Henry II dispossessed William of the Honour, for conspiring to poison the Earl of Chester - though historians speculate that the King wished to punish him for his 'wickedness and treason' in supporting King Stephen. The Earl died before he took possession of the Honour, and it stayed in the Crown for about a half century.

William fought as a commander with the Normans against invading Scots in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138 in Cowton Moor, north of Northallerton, Yorkshire England.

William was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lincoln on 2 February 1141 in Lincolnshire, when King Stephen's siege of Lincoln castle was reversed by supporters of Maud.

William saw his estates forfeited for a time, and his castle of Nottingham was committed by the Empress Maud to William, but he recovered it in 1143.

William helped to poison the excommunicated Ranulph de Gernon, 5th Earl of Chester (he helped Ranulf's wife, Maud) on 16 December 1153.

King Henry II dispossessed William of his estates probably to punish him for what had previously been termed his wickedness and treason in 1155.

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William "the Younger" Peverel (c. 1080–1155) was the son of William Peverel. He lived in Nottingham, England.[1]

He married Avicia de Lancaster (1088 – c. 1150) in La Marche, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery and Countess Almodis of La Marche. In 1114, she bore a daughter, Margaret Peverel.[1] Another member of his family, Maude Peverel (a sister or daughter) was - by 1120 - the first wife of Robert fitz Martin.

William inherited the Honour of Peverel, the estate that had been granted his father.

He was a principal supporter of King Stephen, and a commander in the Battle of the Standard. He was captured at The Battle of Lincoln.[2]

King Henry II dispossessed William of the Honour, for conspiring to poison the Earl of Chester - though historians speculate that the King wished to punish him for his 'wickedness and treason' in supporting King Stephen. The Earl died before he took possession of the Honour, and it stayed in the Crown for about a half century.[2][3] [edit] References

1. Peverel Family Genealogy". Our Folk. http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/peverel.htm#name5059. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
2. Cokayne, George E.; other authors (1887-98). The Complete Peerage (extant, extinct or dormant). Volume 4 (4th Edition ed.). pp. 762–768. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jast/D0012/G0000098.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
3. "Langar Hall ~ A Microcosm of English History". Baronage. http://www.baronage.co.uk/langar/langar-1.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

Notes

Ancient Welsh Studies “Welsh Origins of the Peverel Family”

The extant pedigrees identify a wife of "William Peverel" as Oddona, daughter of Earl Hugh Avranches[9]; she is usually cited as a second wife of William the Younger but such a lady would occur c. 1060 and the marriage probably belongs to a William born nearer 1050 than 1080. We assign it to the son of Ranulph named William of Dover. The youngest brother of Hamo and William was Payne who is also said to have died without male issue.

The son of William fitz Ranulph, we believe, was also named Payne and born c. 1080. He married a "de Metz" lady who was probably a daughter of Warin the Bald de Metz and sister of the first Fulk fitzWarin.

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Welsh Origins of the Peverel Family; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id50.html. (Steven Ferry, April 15, 2020.)

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 Volume 45 "Peverell, William"