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Birth:          ABT 1195 Barrington Hall, Essex, England

Notes
from ancestry.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I17153
From "Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society", Vol I, Colchester, pp 251-
273, The History of the Barrington Family AT 
www.southfrm.demon.co.uk/Genealogy/Barr.html:

In a curious deed, Radullphus de Upton, of West Ham, granted to Humphrey de 
Barenton the care of all his lands, other things, receipts, and rents, as also the 
wardship and marriage of his son Robert to any one, he, Humphrey, should please; 
and in case of Robert's death, the marriage of his son, William, and of his two 
daughters, Aveline and Beatrix, binding himself in the case of the death of his wife 
Matilda not to marry again, so as not to interfere with the rights of his sons. There are 
two other deeds relating to Humphrey de Barenton, one is a grant of land in Hatfield to 
him from Alan de Buiss, for which he gave to the grantor a mark of silver, to his wife 
Juliana twelve pence, and the same sum to his son and heir Nicholas. The other is a 
surrender and quit claim to him of part of a wood at Ramsden. Humphrey is said to 
have married Amicia, daughter of Sir William de Mandeville, third son of Geoffrey de 
Mandeville, first Earl of Essex. This Sir William de Mandeville, on the death of his 
brother Geoffrey without issue, became himself third Earl, and in all accounts of the 
family is stated to have died without issue, and indeed this must have been the case, 
as all his estates descended to his father's sister's grandchild, Beatrix de Say, whose 
husband, Geoffrey Fitzpiers, was in consequence created Earl of Essex.

[**Note** The above text, with the exception of the reference to the marriage to 
Amicia, belongs to Humphrey II, who d. during the reign of King John (1199-1216) and 
William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex (1144-1189). Humphrey III, who m. Amicia 
daughter of William de Mandeville, 6th Earl of Essex (1186-1227), lived during the 
reign of Henry III (1216-1272)]

This Amicia, the wife of Humphrey de Barenton, if the daughter of William de 
Mandeville, must have been a natural child. She seems to have inherited considerable 
property, as in the Close Rolls in the reign of Henry the Third, is an order to the Sheriff 
of Essex to give to Humphrey de Barenton and Amicia his wife peaceable possession 
of their lands in Shevington, Waleden and Teyden on their doing the service for them 
they had been accustomed to perform. If however Robert Fitzwalter or any other 
person should require any service from the said lands, the Sheriff was to appoint a day 
for his appearance in Court before the King, when full justice should be done to him. 
The chattells which had been seized, and of which Robert kept possession, were to 
be restored without any delay. This Robert Fitzwalter was father of William de 
Mandeville's second wife Christiana.

[**Note** The William de Mandeville who m. Christine, daughter of Robert FitzWalter, 
was the 6th Earl (1186-1227), not the 3rd Earl (1144-1189). Therefore Amicia m. 
Humphrey III, not Humphrey II. The text below referring to the marriage to "Haurse or 
Aricia, daughter of William le Gros refers to the 3rd Earl and an agreement with 
Humphrey II.]

There is a very curious agreement (which unfortunately is so stained as to be illegible 
in some places) between Humphrey de Barenton and Alan de Sepere, by which 
Humphrey became security with Alan to Benjamin and his sister Cissorie, Jews at 
Cambridge, for the payment of two pounds per annum for eight years. The first 
payment to be at Michaelmas next after the marriage of Earl William to the daughter of 
the Earl of Albermarle. Alan de Sepere giving to Humphrey, as a security, a mortgage 
on all the fee Humphrey held under him ; so that should he, Humphrey, be called upon 
to pay any part of the debt, he should have full possession of the fee, without any 
restriction, until he was repaid all the money he had advanced. The Earl William 
named in this agreement, was the William de Mandeville, whose daughter Amicia 
Humphrey married, and the agreement refers to his, William's, marriage to his first wife, 
Haurse, or Aricia, daughter of William le Gros, Earl of Albermarle. Humphrey was 
knighted by King Henry the Second as was his brother Warin by King John. Warin and 
his younger brother Richard appear as witnesses to the above-named agreement with 
Alan de Sepere and their names are found to deeds relating to property in Hatfield. 
Humphrey had a son and heir Nicholas, of whom hereafter, and several other sons, 
William, Hugh and Colin are all met with. William is named as the owner of land at 
Nosterfield in a deed, without date, from Henry de Capeles to the Prior and Monks of 
Hatfield. Hugh in 1221 is called "Magister Hugo de Barenton, Carpentarius," and Colin 
held an office in the Forest of Essex, and several orders are addressed to him by the 
King, some of which will be named in the account of the Forest.

(The above was also in a posting by Tim Powys-Lybbe, soc.genealogy.medieval, 17 
Mar 2000]

Note: As stated in my notes throughout the above text, I believe that it confuses 
Humphrey II and III (believing that they are one person), and also William de 
Mandeville, 3rd & 6th Earls.

Parents
BARRINGTON Humphrey II (ABT 1165 - BEF 1216)
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Siblings
BARRINGTON Humphrey III (ABT 1195 - )

Marriage To DE MANDEVILLE Amicia (Anne) (ABT 1207 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE MANDEVILLE William (ABT 1186 - 1227)
FITZ WALTER [FITZ ROBERT] Christine (Christiana) (ABT 1190 - BEF 17 Jun 1232)

Children by DE MANDEVILLE Amicia (Anne) ABT 1207 - 
BARRINGTON Nicholas (ABT 1227 - AFT 1272)

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