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Birth:          ABT 1172 of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England
Death:          Nov 1266 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Mowbray
William de Mowbray, 6th Baron of Thirsk, 4th Baron Mowbray (c.?1173–c.?1224) was 
an Norman Lord and English noble who was one of the twenty five executors of the 
Magna Carta. He was described as being as small as a dwarf but very generous and 
valiant.[1]
Family and early life[edit]

William was the eldest of the one daughter and three or four sons of Nigel de 
Mowbray, by Mabel, thought to be daughter of William de Patri, and grandson of 
Roger de Mowbray.[2]

Career under Richard I[edit]

William appears to have been in the company of Richard I in Speyer, Germany, on 20 
November 1193 during Richard's period of captivity on his return from Palestine.[3] In 
1194 he had livery of his lands. paying a relief of £100. He was immediately called 
upon to pay a sum nearly as large as his share of the scutage levied towards 
Richard's ransom, for the payment of which he was one of the hostages.[4] William 
was later a witness to Richard's treaty with Baldwin of Flanders in 1197.[3]

Career under John[edit]

In 1215 Mowbray was prominent with other north-country barons in opposing King 
John. He was appointed one of the twenty-five executors of the Magna Carta, and as 
such was specially named among those excommunicated by Pope Innocent III. His 
youngest brother, Roger, has sometimes been reckoned as one of the twenty-five, 
apparently by confusion with, or as a substitute for, Roger de Mumbezon. Roger died 
without heirs about 1218, and William received his lands.[4][5]

Career under Henry III[edit]

In the First Barons' War, Mowbray supported Louis. Mowbray was taken prisoner in the 
Battle of Lincoln (1217), and his estates bestowed upon William Marshal the younger; 
but he redeemed them by the surrender of the lordship of Bensted in Surrey to Hubert 
de Burgh, before the general restoration in September of that year.[4]

In January 1221, Mowbray assisted Hubert in driving his former co-executor, William of 
Aumâle, from his last stronghold at Bytham in Lincolnshire.[4]

Benefactor, marriage and succession[edit]

William de Mowbray founded the chapel of St. Nicholas, with a chantry, at Thirsk, and 
was a benefactor of his grandfather's foundations at Furness Abbey and Newburgh, 
where, on his death in Axholme about 1224, he was buried.[4][3]

He married Avice, a daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, of the elder 
branch of the d'Aubignys. By her he had two sons, Nigel and Roger. The ‘Progenies 
Moubraiorum’ makes Nigel predecease his father, and Nicolas and Courthope accept 
this date; but Dugdale adduces documentary evidence showing that he had livery of 
his lands in 1223, and did not die (at Nantes) until 1228. As Nigel left no issue by his 
wife Mathilda or Maud, daughter of Roger de Camvile, he was succeeded as sixth 
baron by his brother Roger II, who only came of age in 1240, and died in 1266. This 
Roger's son, Roger III, was seventh baron (1266-1298) and father of John I de 
Mowbray, eighth baron.[4]

There has been some speculation that de Mowbray was the inspiration for the 
character of Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones.[citation needed]

Parents
DE MOWBRAY Nele (Nigel) (ABT 1146 - 1190)
FITZ PATRICK Mabel (ABT 1148 - ABT 1203)

Siblings
DE MOWBRAY William (ABT 1172 - Nov 1266)
MOWBRAY Alice (ABT 1190 - )

Marriage To D'AUBIGNY Avice (ABT 1176 - )
    m.  

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Parents
D'AUBIGNY William (ABT 1135 - 24 Dec 1193)
DE ST. HILARY Maud (Matilda) (1132 - 24 Dec 1193)

Children by D'AUBIGNY Avice ABT 1176 - 
DE MOWBRAY Maud (ABT 1212 - AFT 1238)
DE MOWBRAY Roger (ABT 1218 - ABT Nov 1266)

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