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Birth:          1170 
Death:          1216 Barnard Castle

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Vesci_(d.1253)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace_de_Vesci
Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216) was an English lord of Alnwick Castle, and a Magna 
Carta surety.[1]
Early life[edit]

His parents were William de Vesci and Burga de Stuteville, daughter of Robert III de 
Stuteville. He paid his relief on coming of age in 1190.[2] He was with King Richard I 
of England in Palestine in 1191.[3] On 13 August 1199 he appeared as one of the 
guarantors of the treaty between the new king John of England and Renaud I, Count 
of Dammartin, and in the same year, probably later, he was sent to William the Lion of 
Scotland to promise him satisfaction of his rights in England, and witnessed his 
homage on 22 November 1200.

He witnessed charters frequently in the early years of John's reign, in 1209 was one of 
the guardians of the bishopric of Durham, and on 10 April of the same year he was 
sent to meet William The Lion on his visit to England. He was serving the king in 
Ireland from June to August 1210. Accused of conspiring against John in 1212, he fled 
to Scotland. A tale of John's attempted seduction of his wife, and the trick played on 
him, first appears in Walter of Hemingburgh and bears a close resemblance to a 
classical model.

His lands were seized, but after John's submission to the pope he was forced to invite 
Vescy back (27 May 1213), though orders were sent on the same day to Philip of 
Oldcoates to cripple him by destroying his castle of Alnwick. On 18 July 1213 he was 
one of the recipients of John's pledge to abide by the decision of the pope concerning 
the things about which he had been excommunicated. On 5 November 1214 Pope 
Innocent III warned him not to trouble the king.

The Barons' Revolt[edit]

He was a leader in the First Barons' War, in 1215 marching south against King John I 
with Robert Fitzwalter.[4] He was prominent among the barons who wrung the Magna 
Carta from John, and was one of the twenty-five appointed to see it carried out.[5] He 
was excommunicated by name with others of the barons in 1216. He supported in the 
confused situation ensuing Louis, the French dauphin, who was claiming the English 
throne.[6] He was killed at a siege of Barnard Castle; while he accompanied Alexander 
II of Scotland on his way to do homage to Louis of France, on the way they laid siege 
to Barnard Castle, belonging to Hugh de Balliol, and, approaching too near, Vescy 
was shot through the head by an arrow.

His lands were confiscated and given to Simon de Champ Rémy, Philip de Ulecot, and 
William de Harcourt.

Family[edit]

He married Margaret, half-sister of Alexander II of Scotland,[7] an illegitimate daughter 
of William the Lion by a daughter of Adam de Hythus.[8] They had:
William de Vesci, who was father of John de Vesci and of William de Vescy. The latter 
was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland in 1291.[9][10]

Parents
DE VESCY William (ABT 1130 - 1184)
DE STUTEVILLE Burga (ABT 1152 - AFT 1185)

Siblings
DE VESCY Eustace (1170 - 1216)
DE VESCY Warin (ABT 1170 - )

Marriage To OF SCOTLAND Margaret (ABT 1178 - ABT 1226)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ William I "the Lion" (1143 - 4 Dec 1214)
DE HYTHUS ----- ()

Children by OF SCOTLAND Margaret ABT 1178 - ABT 1226
DE VESCY William (ABT 1210 - 1253)

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