FitzNigel, William
1058 - 1134 (76 years)
Generation: 1
1. FitzNigel, William was born in 1058 in Manche, Basse-Normandie, France (son of de Cotentin, Nigel and de Widnes, Agnes); died in 1134 in Halton, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1134 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Baron of Halton
- FSID: 9S8D-D66
- Occupation: Constable of Chester
Notes:
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William fitz Nigel
Died 1134
William fitz Nigel (died 1134), of Halton Castle in Cheshire, England, was Constable of Chester and Baron of Halton within the county palatine of Chester ruled by the Earl of Chester.
Origins
Traditionally, he succeeded his father Nigel as baron of Halton and Constable of Chester, although modern sources doubt the position was held by his father.[1] He held lands in Halton, throughout Cheshire and also in Normandy.[2] Through his heiress mother he obtained Widnes and the Lancashire manors of Widnes, Appleton, Cronton and Rainhill.[3] In 1115 he established Runcorn Priory, of the Augustinian Order of Canons Regular.[4] He died in 1134 at Halton Castle and was buried at Chester.[5]
Marriage and issue
By his wife, Agnes, daughter of Gilbert de Gant and Alice de Montfort, he had issue including:
William (d. 1149), who succeeded his father at Halton and in the constableship, but died without issue, when Halton and the constableship passed to the descendants of his eldest sister Agnes
Agnes, who became heiress to her childless brother William, and married Eustace fitz John by whom she had issue
Leucha, who married Robert de Mohaut and had issue
Matilda, who married Albert de Grelle and had issue
References
Nickson, Charles (1887), History of Runcorn, London and Warrington: Mackie & Co.
Starkey, H. F. (1990), Old Runcorn, Halton: Halton Borough Council
Whimperley, Arthur (1981), Halton Castle: An Introduction & Visitors' Handbook, Widnes: Arthur Whimperley
Whimperley, Arthur (1986), The Barons of Halton, Widnes: MailBook PublishingFamily/Spouse: de Gant, Agnes. Agnes was born in 1065 in Halton, Cheshire, England; died in 1125 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- FitzNigel, Agnes was born in 1089 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England; died in DECEASED in England.
2. de Cotentin, Nigel was born in 1020 in Cotentin, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France; died in 1080 in Halton, Lancashire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FSID: GNB4-QVL
Notes:
"Nothing is known for certain of William’s father Nigel, who is entirely absent from contemporary record. According to a fourteenth-century account from Norton priory, dismissed by James Tait as fictional, he came to England with Earl Hugh (Monasticon, vi. 315, no. iii; J. Tait, ‘The foundation charter of Runcorn (later Norton) priory’, Miscellanea VII, Chetham Soc. 100 (1939), 4–5). Tait was no more accepting of the postulated connection with certain vicomtes of the Cotentin in Normandy, which he described as the invention of unscrupulous heralds in the sixteenth century (ibid. 5–7). " ( William fitz Nigel, attached in sources.)
Nigel married de Widnes, Agnes. Agnes was born in 1025 in Widnes, Lancashire, England; died in 1075. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. de Widnes, Agnes was born in 1025 in Widnes, Lancashire, England; died in 1075. Other Events and Attributes:
- FSID: G91P-199
Children:
- 1. FitzNigel, William was born in 1058 in Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1134 in Halton, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1134 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.