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William de Huntingfield

Birth
Huntingfield, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England
Death
25 Jan 1221 (aged 53–54)
Burial
Huntingfield, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England Add to Map
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Magna Charta Signor. Son of Roger de Huntingfield and Alice de Quincy; Husband of Isabel FitzRoger; Father of Alice de Huntingfield; Sir Roger de Huntingfield; Sarah de Huntingfield and Isabel de Huntingfield. Half brother of John de Thornhill; Eve de Lalander and William de Thornhill; INFO source: geni.com and others.
Belief of burial: https://frontlinestates.ltd.uk/william-de-huntingfield/ as although he fought in the Fifth Crusade, there is info he was taken hostage, and his ransom negotiated, so it is highly likely his family returned him to their church, where he was born. Not certain, still researching,...
An American lineage: Lines up to Sarah Johnson ( FAG # 12247035, Sarah Baker Johnson, Sarah Baker Johnson ); to her father, Lewis Baker; to her mother, Abigail Baker; to his mother, Mary Conkling; to her mother , Mary Stratton; to her mother, Ruth James; to her father, Reverend John Jones; to his father, Reverend William Jones; to his father , Sir William Jones; to his father, John ap Thomas; to his father, Thomas ap Dafydd; to his mother, Dafydd ap Jenkin; to her mother, Gwladys verch Roger Hen; to her mother, Lady Anne Devereux; to her father, Sir William Devereux, Kt., of Bodenham; to his father, Sir Stephen Devereux; to his mother , Margaret Devereaux; to her mother, Alice le Rus; to her father, William le Rus; to his mother, Alice de Huntingfield; to his father, William de Huntingfield, Lord of East Brandenham, Magna Carta SuretyA medieval English landowner, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the Magna Carta sureties.
MAGNA CHARTA INFO: https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/william-de-huntingfield/

He held Dover Castle for King John from September 1203 and in exchange, the king held his son and daughter hostage.He was granted the lands seized from his disgraced brother and appointed Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1210 and 1211. In the First Barons' War he was an active rebel against King John and one of the twenty-five chosen to oversee the observance of the resulting Magna Carta.

He subsequently supported the French invasion of England, and took part in the Fifth Crusade, where he died.He had married Isabel Fitz Roger, daughter of William Fitz Roger and was succeeded by his son Roger.
Magna Charta Signor. Son of Roger de Huntingfield and Alice de Quincy; Husband of Isabel FitzRoger; Father of Alice de Huntingfield; Sir Roger de Huntingfield; Sarah de Huntingfield and Isabel de Huntingfield. Half brother of John de Thornhill; Eve de Lalander and William de Thornhill; INFO source: geni.com and others.
Belief of burial: https://frontlinestates.ltd.uk/william-de-huntingfield/ as although he fought in the Fifth Crusade, there is info he was taken hostage, and his ransom negotiated, so it is highly likely his family returned him to their church, where he was born. Not certain, still researching,...
An American lineage: Lines up to Sarah Johnson ( FAG # 12247035, Sarah Baker Johnson, Sarah Baker Johnson ); to her father, Lewis Baker; to her mother, Abigail Baker; to his mother, Mary Conkling; to her mother , Mary Stratton; to her mother, Ruth James; to her father, Reverend John Jones; to his father, Reverend William Jones; to his father , Sir William Jones; to his father, John ap Thomas; to his father, Thomas ap Dafydd; to his mother, Dafydd ap Jenkin; to her mother, Gwladys verch Roger Hen; to her mother, Lady Anne Devereux; to her father, Sir William Devereux, Kt., of Bodenham; to his father, Sir Stephen Devereux; to his mother , Margaret Devereaux; to her mother, Alice le Rus; to her father, William le Rus; to his mother, Alice de Huntingfield; to his father, William de Huntingfield, Lord of East Brandenham, Magna Carta SuretyA medieval English landowner, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the Magna Carta sureties.
MAGNA CHARTA INFO: https://magnacarta800th.com/schools/biographies/the-25-barons-of-magna-carta/william-de-huntingfield/

He held Dover Castle for King John from September 1203 and in exchange, the king held his son and daughter hostage.He was granted the lands seized from his disgraced brother and appointed Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1210 and 1211. In the First Barons' War he was an active rebel against King John and one of the twenty-five chosen to oversee the observance of the resulting Magna Carta.

He subsequently supported the French invasion of England, and took part in the Fifth Crusade, where he died.He had married Isabel Fitz Roger, daughter of William Fitz Roger and was succeeded by his son Roger.

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