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Birth:          ABT 1159 Buckinghamshire, England
Death:          7 Apr 1239 Radking, England
Burial:         Studley Priory, Warwickshire, England

Notes
also of Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Cantilupe_(died_1239)
William de Cantilupe (died 7 April 1239) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, 
etc, Latinised to de Cantilupo) [2] was an Anglo-Norman baron and royal administrator.
Personal life[edit]

Cantilupe was born c. 1159 in Buckinghamshire,[citation needed] the son of Walter de 
Cantilupe, recorded in 1166 as a minor landowner in Essex and Lincolnshire, who was 
a younger brother of Fulk de Cantilupe (died 1217/18), Sheriff of Berkshire in 1200/1.
[3] The family probably originated from the Norman manor which is now the small 
hamlet of Canteloup,[b] in Normandy, 11 miles east of Caen.

He had married Mazilia (or Marcelin) Braci, who had brought him lands in Kent, and 
was succeeded by his eldest son William de Cantilupe (died 1251). His younger son 
Walter de Cantilupe (died 1266) became Bishop of Worcester, of which see William 
had had custody in 1208. A daughter, Isabel, married Stephen Devereux[4][5]

He died on 7 April 1239[6] and was buried at Studley Priory, Warwickshire.

Career under King John[edit]

In 1198 he was Steward to John, Count of Mortain, the future King John(1199–1216), 
in which year his uncle Fulk de Cantilupe was also a member of the Count's 
household. From 1200 to 1204 he served as Sheriff of Worcestershire and in 1204 as 
Under-Sheriff of Herefordshire. In 1205 he took part in the ineffectual expedition to 
Poitou. In 1207, he was Sheriff of Worcestershire, serving until the end of the reign of 
King John in 1216. In 1209, following his appointment as Sheriff of Warwickshire and 
Sheriff of Leicestershire, his main residence became Kenilworth Castle in 
Warwickshire.[7]

Cantilupe was granted several manors formerly held by rebel barons during 1215-16, at 
the time of the signing of Magna Carta (1215). He was commissioned by King John to 
negotiate the return of such rebels to peaceable relations. He served as gaoler of 
baronial hostages, which action probably gained him the description by the 
contemporary chronicler Roger of Wendover (died 1236) as one of John's "evil 
counsellors".[8]

In 1204, he was granted the Warwickshire manor of Aston, to which as was usual, 
was appended his family name. The location now has a modern cartographical spelling 
as "Cantlow", one of the many ancient variants of the family name. This manor had 
previously been held by William the Chamberlain de Tankerville before it escheated to 
the crown.[9]

In 1205, he was granted the manor of Eaton,[10] Bedfordshire, (from 16th-century 
"Eaton Bray") which became the caput of the Cantilupe feudal barony. The grant, for 
knight-service of one knight, was in exchange for the manor of Coxwell, Berkshire, 
which had been previously granted to him. Eaton had been held at the time of William 
the Conqueror by the latter's brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, but later escheated to 
the crown. At Eaton, Cantilupe built a castle.

Career under Henry III[edit]

Following the death of King John in 1216, many of his appointees to governorships of 
royal castles were reluctant to hand over their castles to the regency council which 
governed during the minority of his son, the future King Henry III (1216–1272). They 
believed themselves obliged to hold their castles until Henry should have achieved 14 
years of age,[11] when he would be able to follow his own policy.[12] These many 
refusals met with a forceful response from the council.

In 1217, under the regency council, during which year he was a Baron of the 
Exchequer, Cantilupe was at the siege of Mountsorrel Castle, Leicestershire, which 
was razed to the ground, and was also at the Second Battle of Lincoln. He served the 
council at the siege of Bedford in 1224.[7] He later served in Wales (1228 and 1231) 
and Brittany (1230).

Manors held[edit]

Among the many manors held by William were:[citation needed]
Eaton, Bedfordshire.
Ipsley, Warwickshire, as tenants of which the Hubbard family took the later arms of 
Cantilupe ("Cantilupe modern"), 3 leopard's faces jessant-de-lys.
Brentingby, Leicestershire, as tenants of which the Woodforde family took the later 
arms of Cantilupe ("Cantilupe modern"), reversed.[13]
Calne, Wiltshire.
Calstone, Wiltshire.

Parents
DE CANTILUPE Walter (ABT 1122 - 1182)
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Siblings
DE CANTILUPE William (ABT 1159 - 7 Apr 1239)

Marriage To BRACI Marcelin (Mazilia) (ABT 1160 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BRACI Adulph (ABT 1137 - )
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Children by BRACI Marcelin (Mazilia) ABT 1160 - 
DE CANTILUPE William (ABT 1179 - 1251)
DE CANTILUPE Isabel (ABT 1190 - )

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